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Match Forty-Four You had the opportunity here to retake the top spot with a win or even a draw as Yeovil lost their match. As it is there are 2 matches remaining and you're still 1 point back. Eastbourne lost their match as well so they're still tied with you for the 3rd spot. This is really turning into an exciting finish for the supporters of those 3 clubs. I'm glad you qualified that it was exciting for the supporters because I doubt for the managers of any of those clubs it's very exciting. No, in all seriousness, I recognize what this means to the supporters and also for the clubs themselves. It's exciting to be a part of a playoff run like this. 3 clubs all within a point and just 2 matches remaining... this is what you do the job for.

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Weymouth Preview Weymouth have fallen down to 5th place but a loss or draw here could significantly hurt your chances at the top spot. Is this a must win match? It's getting about as close to must win as you can get. There are only 5 matches left and we're a point back so we can't afford to give anything away if we can help it.

March in Review Schedule We needed a good month and we got one, until the last match... but you can't win them all. Table The draw at the end of the month cost us the top spot but we're just 1 point back with 5 matches to play. Technically we are tied with Eastbourne but we have a 5 goal difference advantage over them which I wouldn't expect to lose in the last 5 matches. NLS Team Stats NLS Player Stats Gulls Attacking Data Gulls Defending Data Finances Yikes, we lost a lot of money this month.

Youth Intake We grabbed a few decent looking prospects in our recruitment. David Morgan David's supposed to be a center-mid but i'm not sure I see it. His physicals are not great and his dribbling is terrible, but he's young so we'll see. His backup positions are basically anything in a straight line from striker to defender. He does have decent passing and tackling so maybe defensive-mid might be a beter fit. George Stares Stares has good all-around numbers for a youngster. His physicals aren't great for a winger but we'll see how he develops. Lee Harrison Lee is allegedly a striker that can't finish... but he has excellent physicals for a 16-year old and his backup position is on the wing which may be where he ends up. Of course if he develops the ability to hit the back of the net, maybe he'll stick in the forward position.

Match Forty-One You gave up the equalizer here late into stoppage time and it's cost you the #1 spot in the league. With so few matches remaining could this match be the one that decides your fate? Well, it could be. It certainly wasn't, uh, to our advantage to allow that goal and we've paid for it by moving down the table. But these things happen and like always it's how we respond that will tell what sort of a team we are.

Match Forty You've secured a playoff spot with this victory, is that something you'll celebrate? Well it's certainly better than being told we're on the outside looking in, but no, it's not something that we're going to celebrate right now. It just means that we have an out if we don't finish what we started and win automatic promotion. So in that case it's a good thing, but we're certainly not going to sit back and just rely on that.

Match Thirty-Nine This result shoots you right back to the top of the table. You've been on a good run these past few matches, do you think it can continue? I'd like to think we've turned a corner after a few poorer results but we can't get complacent now. We just have to continue working hard for our goals.

Match Thirty-Eight That had to be without a doubt one of the wildest matches we've witnessed in quite awhile. You know there are times where you are watching something like this and you just can't believe it's really happening, even though it's being played out right there in front of you. So, there had to be a time early in the 2nd half where you were probably just about ready to sit down and just let the match continue on without a care in the world. At that point you were up 4-1 and it seemed like you might put up a few more goals before it was over. 3-1 at the half.... 4-1 early in the 2nd. I hate saying it but yes at that point I just assumed it was over. Then they come back and it's 4-3 and you're out there looking lost while they've come alive. Luckily we found another goal and sort of took the momentum back but they still managed to put another one in and I'm just hoping it's over at that point. I couldn't take any more.

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Match Thirty-Six ***shouting heard during halftime*** What was that? Where are your heads at? You lot are playing like you just don't care this last month. I know you're better than this, do you? Do you even believe in yourselves any longer? Get your f'n heads out of your azzes. Go out there and show that you're the better team. There's no reason to lose to this club, no reason to even be tied right now. You're playing like a bunch of little kids that's just decided to give up when there's everything on the line. But maybe i'm wrong, maybe this is what you are. Maybe all you will ever be is mid-level players on a mid-level team and I'm wrong to think more. Am I wrong? Go show me I'm wrong. I don't even want to hear it, I want to see it. Show it or just give up. ***When asked after the match Lewis Collins had this to say*** Yeah, gaffer lit us up a little and we deserved it. I deserved it. I definitely haven't been playing my best lately. We all want the same thing and we just haven't been in good form for the past few matches. So yeah it's nothing we didn't deserve.

February in Review Schedule Not a good month. We lost in the FA Trophy. We lost our first match in league play. And we only won 1 with 2 bad draws on top of that. Table We're stuck in 4th place, 3 points back from the top spot now. Also our goal difference advantage is evaporating. NLS Team Stats We're dropping from top spots in every category. NLS Player Stats Jarvis still on top! Oh wait, he's not with us any longer. Gulls Attacking Data Still good but not as good as it was. Gulls Defending Data Finances Not a good month on the pitch and not a good month financially.

Match Thirty-Five Respectfully - to put it in terms you've used before - the wheels seem to have fallen off. And I'm sure you'll add no disrespect intended to any other club but in your last 3 matches you've played 2 teams... Tonbridge and now Truro that were both either sitting in the drop zone or just a few points safe and you managed only a draw against both. Those 2 matches sandwhiched a loss to Yeovil which obviously can be forgiven since they are a good club. What's gone wrong? So I'll actually answer this as you are absolutely correct. We are not at our best right now and this isn't a good time to be saying that. There's a phrase used in America.... it's "any given Sunday" which refers to American Football which is historically played on Sunday and it means that on any Sunday any team in the league can beat any other team. It doesn't matter if you're 15-0 against an 0-15 team, they're in the league for a reason and they "can" win. Doesn't mean they should and most of the time they probably shouldn't but they can. Any team in this league right now deserves to be here whether they were relegated to it, promoted to it or have been here for several seasons. Which means you're up against competition that can beat you. I don't care if they're the 23rd team in the league and we're 3rd or 4th, they still have a chance. Now, saying all that you'd expect more often than not a good club is going to beat a struggling club. The problem is even good clubs struggle and when they do they're prone to being beaten by clubs that maybe they shouldn't lose to most of the time. That's where we are right now. So how do you fix that? Well you figure out why you are struggling and you make every attempt you can to overcome that. Whether it's a lack of training, poor training or just poor performances on the pitch. If we can, it seems that some of these struggles came after you let Aaron Jarvis and Tom Lapsile leave and then promoted some of your youngsters, along with bringing in a new keeper as well. Do you attribute some of your poor play to that? If you want me to say that losing Aaron didn't hurt I'll never say that. We've been okay on the offensive side of the ball but obviously he gave us something that we are missing a little of. There are other factors as well though so I'm not putting this all on the players. We're going through some growing pains and we need to learn to play together a little better than we are right now.

Match Thirty-Four You fell to a late goal and now find yourself in 4th place on the table, tied with Eastbourne although you hold the goal difference. There are 12 matches remaining in the season so presumably enough time to get back to the top but you've dug yourself a little bit of a hole here and have to overcome 3 and maybe 4 other opponents to get there. Are you confident you can do it? No choice but to not be confident at this point. I would rather have stayed on top and controlled our own destiny but in a way we still do. We know we have to win and if we don't it probably won't matter. If we do then we need a little help here or there but by winning we're putting pressure on the clubs at the top. So it all starts now. The loss also ended a pretty impressive string of 33 unbeaten in league play and your perfect season. How disappointed are you? Honestly I'm more disappointed that we lost the top spot. The rest is nice and it looks good in the record books but the goal here is to win the league, not put your name in the record book... unless of course it's for winning the league. Weymouth now sits atop the league once again. You have your final match against them in April. Have you circled that date already on the calendar? It may obviously end up being a pretty big match but we have several to play before then and if we don't do our part and put pressure on them, it won't matter much either way.

Yeovil Preview You have a big match coming up in the next week against Yeovil who currently sit in 3rd place just 1 point back from Torquay at the top. The last time you faced them you got the win somewhat easily with a 2-0 victory at home. Is it a case of just more of the same from the way you played against them last time? Yes and no. We know what worked against them the last time we faced them but so do they. So I'd expect them to come out with something a little different this time, which means we have to also. It's not necessarily a case of going back to the drawing board and changing everything, but we will absolutely have to tweak some things and throw something different at them. A loss and Yeovil goes to the top - depending on how Weymouth does in their match - and you could potentially fall to 4th on the table. Even a draw could remove you from the top spot. Is this a must win match? No, but that doesn't take away from how important the match is. The only time matches aren't important is when you have everything wrapped up and are playing for nothing. There are enough games left we can overcome a loss but that doesn't mean we're looking for one.

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FA Trophy Fifth Round Not meant to be today? No. Credit Boreham, they really came out and pressured us from the start. We had some good possessions, put in some good shots but we just couldn't stop them. Disappointed with the result? Losing is never fun but there are some matches that you just chalk up to the other club being better that day.

FA Trophy Preview Boreham Wood So far between the FA Cup and the FA Trophy you have managed to knock off 3 National League clubs. Your only loss so far has been against League Two's Notts County. Will Boreham be the 4th National League victim of yours this season? Well we're not going out there to lose, I can promise you that. So you're guaranteeing victory? No, I said we're not going out there to lose. That's not in my pre-match vocabulary. We train to win. We plan to win. We play to win. Whether we will or not... that will be decided on the pitch. Are you feeling confident? I always fell confident with my boys. We've put in some good training sessions. I think we have a good game plan. We're as prepared as we're going to be. Now it's nothing but lacing up our boots and going out there and performing.

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January in Review Schedule Started out promising with 4 straight league wins but ended with 2 draws. Still... unbeaten though in league play. Won our FA Trophy match as well, so that's always good. Table We're at the top -- via an impressive goal difference. But only 4 points separate 1-4... and just 7 to #5. The good news is there's a good amount of separation after the top 5. NLS Team Stats NLS Player Stats Gulls Attacking Data Gulls Defending Data Finances Lost money again....

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Match Thirty

Przybek Signed One can assume that Adam was signed as a replacement for Halstead since his contract is up this season? That would be a good assumption. He'll definitely get a look as will a couple of others already in the club but we needed someone that could come in immediately and play if needed. There has been some interest in Halstead and his contract is up so looking forward something was going to have to get done sooner or later. Adam has played for a dozen clubs over the past 6 seasons but has only made a handful of appearances. Is he someone you can trust as a first choice goalkeeper? We wouldn't have signed him if we didn't believe that. He has the quality to play at this level and above. He's never really had much of a chance but if he earns it here he's going to get playing time.

Match Twenty-Nine Benni scored a goal and had an overall excellent first match with the club. I assume that puts a smile on your face? The same as when any of my players have a good game, but yes, coming out and impressing in your first match with the club is definitely something worth smiling about. We look forward to seeing more of what he can do here.