for me,we would have to win the league and ko cup to see that as a good season.anything less than that would be seen as disappointing considering we won the league by around 20pts last year and only lost the cup final by penalties.we added to our squad in the summer so that should have made us STRONGER to compete again this season so for me a double should have been the target from the off with a run in the junior cup a bonus(only a bonus in my opinion because there are teams from far better leagues than ours)......we started the season strongly but yes the three defeats do seem to have affected the confidence in the team,especially since the defeat to norton,which is daft really considering we have WON 8 OUT OF OUR LAST 9 GAMES! i've heard players saying they like a tough game but i think because we haven't had things quite as easy this year,that is where the lack of confidence comes in with players worrying about losing their place in the team.i DON'T like arrogance in footballers,especially at our level as it's no great height in reality,but we do need to get back to the mentality of believing we can win every game we turn up for.i do believe we have the strongest/talentest squad in the league at the moment so that is why i expect to be competing strongly for both local tournaments....there isn't many players i would swap from our squad for other teams players..but one day others will catch up or overtake....maybe!
in cup football,it's all about"on the day" and when we played mendlesham in the junior cup we weren't good enough so we went out....but even if we had got a positive result that day,the way we have struggled for form of late,i don't think we would have got much further.....but having said that i remember saying i didn't think we were realisticly "GOOD ENOUGH" to win it the year we did,as most of todays team proudly proved me WRONG.