High flying Chatham secured their play off spot with this consumate victory over rivals Walton and Hersham at the Sports Ground Maidstone Road on Saturday, with a brace from Ray Powell and a Rob Denness stunner.
That's of course only partly true. We had of course hoped for success this year - AOB is right in that you've got to have ambiton - but with this game being the end of the home season, we're left looking to the hope of next year. Was it really twelve months ago that we all got so excited when we went 12 unbeaten and Lee Barnett was the Ziggy Stardust of Chatham Town?
Oh well... always next year... and time to look ahead (the away game at Ashford on Saturday now frankly means nowt to either side).
We need to look at who we're going to keep from the playing squad... First to spring on to my keep list is Matt Solly , player of the season. One of those players the opposition don't notice, and keeps things going.
Also to keep... both Ruddy and Stroud. Good keepers keep each other on their toes. Whether we can keep them both remains to be seen. Ashley Probets -The best full back in the league if he wants to be. Richard Avery -Let him concentrate on the job - just leave him to it. Robbie Denness - keep him and play him. And try and keep Jack Pallen. So much potential. And I'm really quite keen on Bobby Dixie. That's not to say don't keep the rest - I'm still undecided.
The performance on Saturday was so full of positives, its easy to see where it went wrong this year - to be frank too many players not turning up. That's why I'm undecided on a few of the squad. It difficult from the terrace to work out where the negativity comes from - the manager needs to identify it and remove it. Everyone had a good game on Saturday - Ruddy was superb. Wilfort was the sensible head we needed at the back, and Brad Potter complemented Solly well in the middle of the park. Jordan Kiffin looked sharper than I've seen him so far since he came in on loan, and I was very impressed with Bobby Dixie for his brief spell off the bench. Perhaps the lack of pressure told on the players. If O'Brien can keep that level of motivation going, then he should stay and show us what he can do next year. But if I'm honest, he's got ten games to prove it next season. We never got going this term - there's always next year.
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