Josh Falkingham 26 Stats Zone

THE SKIPPER JOSH FALKINGHAM

It’s great to be back here at The EnviroVent once again for today’s home match against Leyton Orient. As a squad there is a real sense of positivity in the dressing room and spirits are high because of the quality of our recent performances.

In the last few weeks our performances have definitely been going in the right direction. We have been getting on the ball and showing composure in possession. We have found a formation which fits the players we have here and I think that has been key to the improvement in performances. Obviously the area we must improve now is keeping the ball out of our net. We have to look at that as a collective as a team but going forward and in possession we look like the team we know we can be.

Looking back at Tuesday night we put ourselves in a really good position, we showed good character to come from behind twice. I was delighted for Luke Armstrong to get that goal that had been coming for a while. He is a great lad who will never stop working for the team and you can see by his reaction how much that goal meant to him.

Leyton Orient are a very good side who sit top of the table. They have came out of the blocks flying but we have to continue to step up in big moments like we have done in recent weeks. That might be through our defending or imposing our style of play on the game. We have to keep making this place a really tough place to come like it has been for a number of years.

We know that every single one of us have to stand up and be counted to do our jobs. From the first minute we have to fight, we have to scrap and graft so It’s really important for us to start today’s game well.

We want to make sure we put our stamp on the game as early as possible. We forced Carlisle in to change because they were struggling to deal with us during midweek and hopefully we can catch today’s opponents on the back foot.

Personally for me, it’s great to have a run of games in the team having spent a lot of time out through injury. Every day after a game, I feel better and better and feel like I needed this run of games. I didn’t really have a pre-season like the lads did so I have been able to get the minutes in the bank.

Finally, I’d like to highlight the great backing we have received from our supporters in recent weeks. You have been turning out in your numbers and that support has been great. Hopefully we can get as many supporters as possible behind the goal and around the ground making noise.

We want to give you a performance you can appreciate and we can come together as we have done in the past to move on together.

Thank you for your support!

Falks

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