A Manager's View

 

Welcome to Goffs Lane for the first home game of the Season against near neighbours Waltham Abbey.  I am writing after a favourable result at Haringey Borough, in what promises to be a tough but interesting campaign in the SSML Premier Division. After only 6 weeks in the job I feel that the Club has taken great strides both on and off the field and the Pre-Season has been encouraging in many respects. We have had a tremendous turnout at each session and we have managed to attract a lot of good quality players to add to those that I inherited. As a management team we have set out the pattern of play and the standards which are expected from both First Team and Reserves and judging by the performances in the Pre-Season games it would appear that the players are happy to embrace the approach which we have taken. On the playing side the Club appears to have fallen on hard times over the last couple of Seasons and has never really consolidated its position in this grade of football. We have not made any bold statements about what we want to achieve other than to aim to lift both sides into higher league positions than they obtained last year and hopefully to try and rejuvenate the Club both on and off the field with a group of players who enjoy what they are doing.

 

We have had some good performances in the Pre-Season games, notably against Ryman League opposition, but that counts for nothing if we cannot reproduce that in the League. Believe it or not I played for a number of years at this level and I know that we have to be both in good shape and well organised if we are to progress!

 

In my short time I have found the Chairman, Committee and Supporters of the Club to be a friendly and committed group of people and I hope on the playing side that we are able to repay some of the faith which has been shown in the management teams with some enjoyable performances.