It's all too easy to have a good moan through social media, or look at the negatives and I think that can sometimes dampen excitement. Even in the couple of posts above this, we have the January transfer window being described as "meh" despite bringing in players like Browne, Kelly and Holland.
We currently have a team of fantastic individuals, who love playing together. The standard of some of our football this season has been beyond anything we've seen in a generation. Players like Dickie, Brannaghan and Baptiste were rightly getting the headlines and we were braced for multi-million pound bids. But then we add in Taylor, Fosu and Henry who will all go well into double figures for the season, Gorrin who is sensational, Mous who is a true leader on and off the pitch, Eastwood coming right back into form, Ruffels and Long who give 100% every game, and then the likes of Sykes, Moore, Forde (before the injury) who are quality squad players as a minimum. Holland, Browne, Ageyi and Kelly also have far more to offer, along with Woodburn and Thorne to come back in.
If that isn't enough to excite you, then we also have a manager who really gets this club and cares for everything and everyone connected to it. On a personal note, my daughter and her friend had a stadium tour before the Wycombe game. 20 mins before kick off, Karl was sat in the dug out talking to them about Christmas, school and football. He gave them more time than he did the match sponsors and others he was talking to before. He went to Wombles funeral and spoke about the legend he created as a fan and so much more. He understands our history and uses that to help build a new history. For all his screaming and shouting on the touchline, we have a manager who is creating something very special throughout this club.
And then finally the board. The criticism that we're not spending money during this window is ridiculous. We have seen more investment in the club on and off the pitch in the last 12 months than at any time in our history. The money is there, but it's being used wisely. We may not see a Will Grigg style panic buy, but then we know how that worked out! Our recruitment team from top to bottom are as good as you will find in league 1, and I have confidence that whoever comes in during this week will strengthen this squad and help push us towards promotion.
A year ago we were happy if the bills were paid each month. Now we right in the mix for playoffs or better, about to face our 3rd PL team at home and with average attendance figures heading for an increase of 1000+ on last season. We've still got some massive games at home, starting saturday against Blackpool. But then Newcastle, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Bristol Rovers, Fleetwood, Bolton. We should be looking at virtual sell outs for most of these games and going up in style.
Let's drop the negative shite, focus on the positives and make this season the success that we all deserve. This is our time and one day we will look back and realise just how special this time was.
