Josh Falkingham

THE SKIPPER JOSH FALKINGHAM

As challenges in this division go, they don’t come much tougher than Stevenage, so today’s match promises to be a really exciting encounter.

We are still working hard to get our first win of the year so hopefully we can show the quality we have and bounce back from our defeat to Colchester last time out.

Collectively we were disappointed in the performance, we went into the game with a clear plan of how we wanted to play but in the end we got what we deserved and that has been a huge source of frustration within the dressing room.

However, playing at home again, we want to put things right with a good performance here today. We have to take our hats off to Stevenage for their result they picked up in the FA Cup last time out. They are a team who are flying high in the division with a clear identity on how they want to play the game.

These are the games you relish as a player, we have an opportunity to test ourselves against a team who are battling for the title. To make sure we do that properly, we have to focus on our own play. We have to go back to basics and make sure we nail them from the first minute until the last.

There must be a huge improvement from everyone within the group, being at home we want to make sure the game gets played on our terms. There is obviously going to be spells where they ask questions of us but we have to be ready to step up and answer them by defending as a unit from the front.

It’s also important that we do the right things in possession to ensure that we can get something from this game. We want to get the ball forward quickly and give good service to our forward line and hopefully they can make the most of that with some goals.

Since we last played we have lost Jaheim and, as I write this, Josh Coley has been recalled so they are two players who will be big losses to us. Jaheim was a player who worked his way in to the starting line-up pretty quickly and once he got there he went from strength to strength.

Josh is a player who liked to get on the ball and could make things happen going forward in attack for us. The lads were great characters to have around the place and players who really bought in to the culture of this club.

Me and the rest of the lads would like to wish them the very best of luck moving forward.

Enjoy the game!

Falks