THE GAFFER

Squad rotation in a busy month ahead will be key

Hello and welcome to the management team and players from Runwell Sports football club.

The last couple of weeks have been mixed for us in the sense we lost in the quarter finals of the County Cup but then bounced back last week with a win in the league.

Losing to Rayleigh Town in the Premier Cup was a tough one for us all to take but fair play to Rayleigh, they came and got the job done. On the day they were physically stronger and did the dirty work better than. They scored 3 quick goals in the second half after we were a goal-up at half time, which sucked all momentum out of us. We managed to grab a goal late on and were very much on the front foot and as much as we pressed, we couldn’t find an equaliser before the end.

Last week we travelled to a hard working Canning Town side, a place where we have not had much joy over the years. There were no hangovers or feeling sorry for ourselves, it was back to business. We had to graft and dig-in deep to take home three points which was all that mattered on the day. I was delighted with the response in getting the job done and getting some more points on the board which was much needed.

I have expressed to the team that we have a relentless period of games now, which appears we’ll have 8 games in the next 32 days, certainly a lot for this level of football. I’ll be looking to rotate the team around for most games and share the minutes to keep everyone engaged and switched on to the task in hand.

Today we face a hard working Runwell team who had a fantastic result last week beating Sungate and have settled very quickly into the EOFL Premier Division after their promotion last season. I am sure this will be a great game of football today and I’m looking forward to the battle.

Enjoy the game today and have a safe journey home.