It's about belief, confidence and momentum.
Fantastic 2nd half of the campaign last season with the only real blot being that day at Wembley....the day when we were in absolute control until an untimely error by a player who is otherwise a model of consistency occurred. Even the two derby losses, whilst horrendous, didn't detract from our supremacy in terms of seasons points haul ( without the 6 they took from us they'd have literally dropped off a cliff).
Pre-season cancellations was a god-send, as was the lack of a long haul traipse to the States.
Player up-heavily was minimal, and in fact positive with the departure of 'Our Jack' massively outweighed by the arrivals of Jela, Super Kev, Gibbo, Nais and Stevie P full term over the previous January and then Summer windows. Even the departure of The best little spaniard we know was progression....it took away our reliance on him as the only technical player in the side. Losing Tim was saddest for me because in terms of his impact over his time here he was, for me at least, a modern day hero, a true Blue....but whilst it was sad it signalled the Gaffers acceptance and desire to play football to entertain....the confidence was all through the Club, especially with
Moyes....the acquisition of The Boss Slotter saw to that in my opinion.
And now, with the exception of the 'blip' at Leeds (which was just one of those nights), and the loss at WBA ( which was a really tough game) we've been flying. But for some very unfortunate decisions that didn't go in our favour several of the draws could and should have easily been wins....an additional 4-6 points at this stage wouldn't be a misrepresentation of our play, our dominance in games, our creativity and of course our resilience to come from behind in 6 games on the bounce.
The momentum continued this week with Leon, Seamie and Tim Howard all being lauded as MOm's in their respective international matches....how sweet it must have felt for Leon at 31 to be so warmly received by the normally derogatory press.
The confidence is clearly oozing in abundance from Finch Farm....and with that comes a feeling of 'together we are invincible".
If the momentum continues then surely we'll be needing to nip round to the Pit to borrow the Brasso they no longer need, and surely the hallowed pot of Gold the call the Champions League is definitely within our grasp.
Of course there'll be a few hiccups on the way.....but make no mistake, we're on our f'kin way!
