Day 241

Youngster Robert Taylor had a brilliant month on the training ground, it seems, improving almost across the board. His strength, acceleration, marking, and heading particularly shot up. I guess it may be related to the 90 minutes of first-team football he got across two matches early in February. The youngster has a bright future ahead of him, so every bit of first-team exposure could make a big difference. He’s likely to get some more time on the pitch this month, while the senior lads shake off the remnants of their injury and fatigue woes.

Striker Matthew Barnes-Homer ranked second on the Player of the Month award, losing to Forest Green’s Britt Assombalonga. Interestingly, Barnes-Homer had the higher average rating and ratio of goals to games (7.62 and four goals in five matches). But Assombalonga got his impressive 7.58 and four goals across six matches, and it’s fair to judge that as being better—Barnes-Homer would have needed a rating of at least 7.4 in his theoretical sixth appearance of the month to match Assombalonga.

I picked up the runner-up spot for the Manager of the Month award. Wrexham’s Andy Morrell was a deserving winner, after guiding his team to five wins in as many matches—including a 7-1 thumping of Stockport.

Our losses flattened out somewhat after taking a nosedive in January. The club lost £59,676 in February, which is less than half of the loss from January. The balance is now £491,173 in the red—not yet “insecure” in the terms of a small club, but getting there.

In other news, Omar Koroma resumed full training today. I expect him to be fit in time for Tuesday’s trip to Fleetwood, but not Saturday’s home encounter against Southport. Hopefully this is the last time he’ll be injured, and hopefully he can carry on his form from earlier.