Day 113

Centre backs Josh Gowling and Rui Marques made it into the Team of the Week. That's the third time for Gowling and the first time for Marques. They've been brilliant together so far; I hope they keep it up for the rest of the season.

I realised today that we're up to ten games without losing. Wow, that's one hell of a run. Our home-game attendance appears to be improving as a result, although at an average of 2791 people per game it's still pretty piss-poor. Our stadium is nearly quadruple that capacity.

We're also leading on goals scored, third on (fewest) goals conceded, and top of the charts for "games scored in a row."

On the individual ratings, Barnes-Homer's brilliant average of 7.42 (out of 10) puts him as the third best-performing player in the league. His form has been astounding lately—7.70 in the past five games, during which time he's scored three and assisted two goals.

I knew I was onto a good thing when I signed him, but after a shaky start I thought he'd be one of those patchy players who scores a hat-trick then looks like crap for five games before another brilliant performance. That his poor performances have been limited to the pre-season delights me. Fingers crossed his confidence doesn't break.