Planet Swans ArchivesIt may sound a strange thing to say but defeat for the Swans yesterday actually came at a good time. That is of course if there ever was a good time to lose a game. My logic behind that sentence is based around the fact that defeat came just three days before we start a series of two home games inside four days.
The fact of the matter is, the side will be beaten on occasions during the course of the season and the reports from those that made the game suggest a couple of errors in conceding goals. Again, errors will be made and we have to accept them – but errors one in every ten games I can live with.
The scoreline of 4-2 also gives me some encouragement strangely enough – more so than a 2-0 defeat would have done. We scored a couple away from home which means that the goal tally is moving up and goals breed confidence as we have seen in the past. I have seen enough of our defence to know that they won’t concede four goals that often and if we can start to find the net at the right end with regularity then few sides will be able to match the points tally that we will rack up.
It should also not go unnoticed that we have accumulated an average of more than a point a game away from home, which traditionally should be enough for what we are looking for if we can couple that with home form, that looks good at more than 2 points per game. Our season results to date are good enough to see promotion come next May – indeed the predicted table shows that if we keep up home and away form to date, we will end with over 82 points – that figure in itself will be enough.
League Two is shaping up to be a very closely fought division this season with only 8 points separating Chester in 19th and leaders Leyton Orient. 13 points separates the whole division, compared to 20 in the Premiership, 22 in the championship and 23 in League one. A run of form one way or the other for any club could see a big change in their league position, something a little strange for this stage of the season where the league tables have traditionally taken shape.
Going back to yesterday’s game, the key for us now is to meet the ‘buzz’ word of the moment with bouncebackability. Quite why this word has become a bit of a phenomenon is anyone’s guess but with two big crowds at the Vetch expected, we have a great chance to stretch our winning run there to seven games and move ourselves back to the top of the league in the process.
They will not be easy games but at the same time, both Leyton Orient and Darlington will not be relishing the prospect of their last visits to the Vetch with the Swans recent run of form.
As I said at the beginning of this article, yesterday wasn’t a bad time to lose a game – it will become a bad time if we don’t bounce back from it. I remain confident that we will.
No panic yet from this side.
