Not to to one of those warm Mediterranean or Canary Island climes some of you seem to find your way to at this time of the year but the chill of East Anglia - indeed Ipswich. I will be staying there at a friend's for the next three nights and will be there to support the lads on Saturday afternoon. Like everyone I am dismayed even a bit demoralised by the run of results this month but even more so by the manner of them a sequence of listless, at times seemingly apathetic error-strewn displays.
I ought to be used to it having supported the team for as long as I have and I have aways said that supporting this team is rollercoaster ride that gives you lows and highs like nothing else. I can certainly remember abject runs like this before and also that we tend to reverse them as sharply as we started them. Maybe we will this time starting on Saturday.
There are reasons not to think so - mainly that so far we have done nothing to remedy what I see as the fundamental weakness of the side the lack of drive, leadership and invention from central midfield. But on the other hand every match is a fresh start, at some point we will get the energising effect of a goal, it looks like we may have a least one new face in the squad, the recent returnees should have more match sharpness, we surely can't make the same basic errors as last time again. Let's see.
As I said these have not been a good few weeks but you support your team when things are rough not least to give you the feeling that when they are good you have earned the right to enjoy them that bit more. Am I wonder the first to hit the road for the next match. Whatever for all those going on Saturday see you there and let's hope we are given an experience to enjoy and be proud of.
I ought to be used to it having supported the team for as long as I have and I have aways said that supporting this team is rollercoaster ride that gives you lows and highs like nothing else. I can certainly remember abject runs like this before and also that we tend to reverse them as sharply as we started them. Maybe we will this time starting on Saturday.
There are reasons not to think so - mainly that so far we have done nothing to remedy what I see as the fundamental weakness of the side the lack of drive, leadership and invention from central midfield. But on the other hand every match is a fresh start, at some point we will get the energising effect of a goal, it looks like we may have a least one new face in the squad, the recent returnees should have more match sharpness, we surely can't make the same basic errors as last time again. Let's see.
As I said these have not been a good few weeks but you support your team when things are rough not least to give you the feeling that when they are good you have earned the right to enjoy them that bit more. Am I wonder the first to hit the road for the next match. Whatever for all those going on Saturday see you there and let's hope we are given an experience to enjoy and be proud of.
