Manager Paul Cox has again stressed the importance of consistency as we aim to return to winning ways tomorrow night at Southend United (7.45pm).
Our team, who boast the joint-best defensive record in Sky Bet League Two, havenât lost in six away matches, but last won at Chesterfield in September.
âWhen you look at the statistics, itâs not the losses that are hurting us. Itâs the draws,â said Cox.
âIf weâd have turned some of those draws into wins, the league table is that tight from first position, all the way down to thirteenth, we could be in the top three.
âHaving said that, we are where we are for a reason.Â
âEven earlier in the season when a lot of people were shouting from the roof-tops, I said that we can get better at a lot of things and I still maintain that.Â
âWe need to improve in certain areas and if we do that, weâll be in âthe packâ. At the minute, itâs a big pack that is chasing success this season.
âOverall, weâre just over a quarter of the way through the season. If you look at the tightness of this league, you can swap places with teams quite quickly, so consistency is the key.â
Our boss continued: âWe always want to try and play on the front foot.
âApart from the Chesterfield game where I thought we were a little bit defensive, I donât think anyone who has watched our games can say we havenât tried to win every game.
âWeâve created a lot of chances and itâs a simplistic equation for us at the minute. How many chances that we create, do we actually put away?
âIf we start doing that more often, we might have a successful season. If we donât, then itâs back to the drawing board â but not a bad drawing board.
âThatâs because I think weâve got a good set of players here, who probably need tweaking and adding a little bit of quality to, if we want to be [near the top].
âIf we can get back to the âbits and bobsâ that we were doing earlier in the season, where we were being ruthless in both boxes, weâll start winning games again consistently.â
He added: âPeople talk about a dip in results, but weâve lost three games all season in [League Two].
âIn the games where I think we should have finished teams off, weâve not punished teams in the way that we should have done.
âAt Bury, we had two âone-on-onesâ with the keeper, and on Saturday [against Plymouth Argyle] we missed two chances from two or three yards out.
âThatâs not having a go at the players, because they donât deliberately miss chances, but sometimes you go through periods where things donât work out.
âItâs a mental strength just to get yourself through [those periods] and to turn those little things that you arenât doing so well around.â
