Was the win against a poor Northampton side a blip or has it given the team renewed confidence for the Boxing Day encounter with Cambridge United?
Nathan Jones attracts ire from a wide spectrum of supporters. The simplest explanation is that it is a results business, albeit one that focuses on the very short term, and the results have not been good, In the long run, as Keynes reminded us, we are all dead but it looks as if the ownership is taking a medium-term punt on Jones.
He does say some very silly things, but then some fans were calling for a 'passionate' manager. I prefer the cooler style of a Curbs. All this jumping up and down on the touchline is a distraction for the players at best.
Momentum counts for a lot in football, as the current negative example of Manchester City shows. Equally, one can never read results off the last one or relative positions in the table.
Cambridge are third from bottom in the real table and behind us in the form table. Away from home they have won just one game, drawn two and lost seven. They have conceded 20 goals and scored just seven.
Last Saturday they lost 0-4 at home to Huddersfield, so they will be looking for a comeback. However, our defence is tighter than it was and Leaburn looks as if he is returning to form. Three points are possible.
Will our Jekyl and Hyde team put in a performance a la Northampton. Or a Crawley type disaster. Not long to find out.
ReplyDeleteAssuming no injuries from the last game any manager would start the same eleven There's room for change on the bench, particularly if Aneke is available for his usual twenty minutes before getting injured again.
But of course our 'manager' is somewhat unique.