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We have secured a playoff place and worst case scenario could end up only being two wins short of an automatic promotion place. It could ultimately only be one.

This is despite the following;
1.) JJ league two player of the year has been injured for the most part.
2.) DC in the league two team of the year was injured for a time and wanted out last summer and was sold in January.
3.) A crop of young players in Johnson, Whittaker and Jarvis came in during January and had not played at this level before and had to be blooded into the team without a pre-season. This also applied to Traore who has come from abroad.
4.) Injuries to other players such as Robertson, Hinchy, Macari, McDonald, Edward’s, Bass which has caused disruption in team selection.
5.) The loss of Macca and Nemane in an attacking sense in the summer.
6.) The loss of two of the senior coaches in the Saunders Brothers earlier this year.

I believe that had some of the above six things not have happened we would have turned a few of those draws into wins and losses into draws or wins.

Of course there is room for improvement and things have not been perfect this is league two and I don’t dispute we could have got better results and performances at home. Overall though under the disruptive circumstances and amount of change this season we’ve made progress.