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Mansfield Preview plus news on loan deals

Posted by sgmboro on 08/02/2010

After Saturday’s disappointing result and performance against Tamworth, Stevenage have a quick opportunity to put things right when they entertain Mansfield Town at Broadhall Way tomorrow night. Again, it will not be an easy game. Mansfield are a tough side to beat and are in around the play-off places at the moment, although they did suffer a shock defeat at home to Gateshead at the weekend. The two sides met earlier in the season at Field Mill in a 5 goal thriller which Boro in the end won 3-2.

Stevenage will be without both Ronnie Henry and Darren Murphy tomorrow night. Henry is serving the first of his 3 match ban after his straight red card against Tamworth, while Murphy misses the only match of his suspension as his sending off was after 2 bookable offences. To be honest, I wouldn’t have started Murphy even if he was available. As I said on Saturday, his performance against Tamworth was well below par and he needs to improve a lot to get back into the team in my opinion. Once Roberts comes back into the defence then I can’t see Murphy playing with Bostwick moving back into midfield and Bridges and Long being available as well.

Mansfield have a pretty much full strength squad to choose from, although Andy Burgess is out as he is suspended. With Burgess out, it could mean a rare run out for Gary Mills. The former Boro midfielder was recently told by boss David Holdsworth that he is available to move out on loan. Mills has already been dropped as captain and has lost his place in the side since the arrival of Burgess, but he may be used tomorrow night against his old side. Another familiar face is also certain to be included. Michael Brough, who had 2 spells previously with Boro, will start for the Stags.

Mansfield’s recent form has been very inconsistent. They have won 3 and lost 3 from their last 6 games and are currently on a 2 match losing streak. Defeat to Gateshead was definately a bit of a disappointment, especially as the match attracted a bumper 7,261 crowd to Field Mill. Mansfield introduced a new scheme to try and boost the attendance with a ‘pay what you like’ initiative. It didn’t help the performance on the pitch though as Gateshead came away with the 3 points.

As for Boro, it is all about bouncing back. So far this season the team has done very well when they’ve been defeated. After their last defeat to Ebbsfleet, Boro went on an 8 match unbeaten run in all competitions. The same sort of run will be required again if Boro are to keep the pressure on Oxford United, who travel to Luton Town in a tricky encounter at Kenilworth Road. Stevenage need to get back on track and hope that Chris Wilder’s side can slip up. Saturday’s result against Tamworth was a good opportunity lost considering Oxford could only manage a 0-0 draw at home to Kidderminster Harriers.

In other news, Boro have brought in a new player on trial. Justin Porter of Bridgwater Town has joined up with the Stevenage players as Graham Westley looks into the possibilty of adding the midfielder to the squad. Bridgwater manager Craig Laird, who is the father of Boro’s Scott, has allowed Porter to train with the Blue Square Premier side. Also with the loan window opening again in the next week, Boro look like favourites to beat Mansfield to the signing of Kevin Nicholson to the squad. Nicholson was left out of Torquay’s game with Hereford United at the weekend because of interest from other clubs and it is looking increasingly likely that he’ll follow Tim Sills to Broadhall Way until the end of the season.

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Nine man Boro beaten at Tamworth

Posted by sgmboro on 06/02/2010

It was always going to be a tricky fixture and so it proved to be as Tamworth beat Boro this afternoon to knock the Hertfordshire side off the top of the Blue Square Premier table. Stevenage didn’t get out of first gear in the opening half and were punished for their sluggish start when Chris Smith poked the ball home from a free-kick. Boro improved, slightly, in the second half, but were dealt a blow when Ronnie Henry was sent off for a late tackle on Jake Sheridan. Things got worse minutes later when Darren Murphy picked up 2 bookings within 5 minutes and received his marching orders. Boro rallied late on, but couldn’t find the equaliser and slumped to their first defeat in 2010.

Graham Westley brought back Darren Murphy into the midfield in place of Mark Roberts, who missed the game through injury. Mitchell Cole and Tim Sills were dropped and replaced by Yemi Odubade and Charlie Griffin. Tamworth fielded former Boro pair Iyseden Christie and Michael Blackwood, while Nick Wright, who was a transfer target for Westley in January, started on the right.

Tamworth started the stronger and had a lot of possession, but didn’t create many chances. Stevenage were looking to use the aerial threat of Beardsley and pace of Odubade, but neither were effective. Boro’s first chance came from a Stacy Long run into the box. He found Yemi with space, but the Nigerian striker shot over the bar. The Lambs continued to try and press Boro back and the physical Christie won a free-kick after being fouled by Bostwick. The ball was swung in and eventually landed at the feet of Chris Smith who poked the ball home from 6 yards. Boro looked lifeless in the first half and Charlie Griffin’s ‘free-kick’ at the end of the half summed up the performance.

Boro returned for the second half with a bit more appetite, but still lacked any quality in the final third. If the ball wasn’t in the air then it was being lost with sloppy passes, mostly from Darren Murphy who had a poor game. I’m not one of Murphy’s biggest fans, but I understand the job he does for the team. However, today he was awful. He was slow in possession and his passing was wayward. If I was the manager I would have taken Murphy off and not Bridges. GW made the change along with Sills, who replaced Beardsley.

The changes were beginning to work. Sills was winning balls in the air that Griffin hadn’t been and you felt that either Cole or Yemi would latch onto one of them and get us back in the game, but just a few minutes after the substitutions had been made, Ronnie Henry was sent off after a late challenge on Jake Sheridan. The Tamworth player certainly made a meal out of it, but it was a late tackle and he was sent off. I didn’t quite understand the reaction from our bench after the tackle. They seemed to make it a bigger incident than it actually was and I’m sure it was the reaction’s of the players and staff that made the referee’s mind up.

Stevenage still attacked after going down to 10 men. Long dropped into a right wing back role, but was supporting Yemi mostly. However, we still couldn’t find a way through a well organised Tamworth defence. Joel Byrom came on for Charlie Griffin, but it made little effect. Then to make things worse Darren Murphy got himself sent off for a poorly timed tackle on Pritchard. Murphy had only just been booked minutes earlier when he made a stupid tackle on Pritchard who wasn’t going anywhere. Boro were now down to just 9 men, but still kept Sills, Odubade and Cole in attack as they sought after an equaliser.

They had chances too. Cole went clear at one point, but his shot was well saved by Alcock. Ashton had a header go wide from a Stacy Long corner, but the closest Boro came was when Sills did superbly to knock the ball back for Cole who’s acrobatic effort just went wide of the far post. Scott Laird had a speculative effort also go wide in the dying seconds. Unfortunately for Boro, it just wasn’t to be and the defeat sees Oxford overtake us at the summit of the Blue Square Premier after they drew today with Kidderminster. Next up for Boro is Mansfield at Broadhall Way on Tuesday night. We need a response.

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Tamworth Preview

Posted by sgmboro on 05/02/2010

Stevenage return to league action tomorrow afternoon when they make the trip to the West Midlands to face Tamworth. Boro go into the game with a 100% record to defend so far this year and are still top of the Blue Square Premier. However, Tamworth are also on a good run of form and are unbeaten in their last 8 games in all competitions. Big wins against Mansfield and Oxford are included in that run of games. There’s no doubt about it, tomorrow afternoon is a very tough test for this team. Title winning teams go to these types of places and get results and we will need to do the same to maintain our push to be champions.

Fortunately for Boro, there aren’t many injury problems to report. If anything Graham Westley has a little bit of a selection dilemma with Tim Sills, Chris Beardsley, Yemi Odubade, Lee Boylan and Charlie Griffin all in form and competing to start up front. GW also has Scott Laird back from suspension and he will come back at left back after missing the last league game at home to Kettering. Tamworth will be without Richard Tait who misses the game due to illness. New signings Jerome Murdock and Jay Smith are in line to play though after impressing against Guiseley.

The last time we played Tamworth was way back in August on the opening day of the season. Stevenage began their season slowly, but went ahead when Lee Boylan coolly slotted home a penalty. Tamworth though never gave up and caught Boro cold thanks to a Bradley Pritchard strike. Pritchard along with Alex Rodman impressed throughout. It was a very frustrating game from what I can remember. We dominated possession, but couldn’t break down a very well organised side. 

“Tamworth came to our place first game of the season and showed us what they are about. A good work ethic, they work the ball very well, are very difficult to break down and are no mean opponents. They have drawn a lot of games but haven’t lost a lot. It is going to take a strong effort from us to come back with the points.” Westley on Tamworth

I think it will be a very difficult afternoon for us, but if we can work as hard as we have done in the last few months then it is definately a game we can win. I think the first goal will be key and if we can get it fairly early on then I’m confident we can win the game comfortably.

It’s the start of a tough week for us and in my opinion these 3 games against Tamworth, Mansfield and Rushden respectively could make or break our title bid. If we can take maybe 7 points from the next 9 available then we’ll be in a very good position, but anything less than that then I think we’d be pushing it to overtake Oxford going into the final 12-15 games. Of course a lot depends on what the U’s do and they have a tricky game tomorrow against Kidderminster, where I hope their new manager is still enjoying his ‘honeymoon period’. The main thing for Boro though is to keep winning and keep putting pressure on Oxford. That’s all we can do.

Prediction: Tamworth 1-2 Boro

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Quarter Final Draw, Manager of the Month & Fixture News

Posted by sgmboro on 03/02/2010

It’s been a busy last few days off the pitch at Stevenage. On Monday, Boro found out that the prize for knocking out Dover Athletic in the last round is another home tie, this time against Workington of the Blue Square North. Workington beat AFC Wimbledon in the last round to reach the last 8. Below is the full draw for the FA Trophy Quarter Finals;

Stevenage v Workington AFC
Cambridge/Salisbury v Guiseley/Tamworth
Barrow/Gateshead v York City
Oxford v Kidderminster

So what do we know about Workington?

Well the answer is not much. They are a part time club currently 15th in the BSN table, level on points with Northwich Victoria who are 13th. Looking through their squad, they don’t have any players that Boro fans will recognise. Some may know their manager Darren Edmondson, who played for Carlisle, York & Chester in his playing career before moving into management. They were founded in 1884 and have had some famous managers in their time. Tommy Cassidy and Bill Shankly managed Workington at some point during their careers.

Nonetheless, Boro will be very confident of beating Workington and progressing to the last 4 of the FA Trophy for the second consecutive season. GW will not be taking anything for granted though. Workington have knocked out both Rushden and AFC Wimbledon so far this season and will be well up for making the current holders the 3rd victims of their superb Trophy run so far. Amazingly, all of the ‘bigger’ sides left in the Trophy were drawn apart with Cambridge, Oxford, York and ourselves all facing different opposition.

Away from the Trophy and 3 of Boro’s fixtures have been re-arranged. The trip to Wrexham will now be played on a Wednesday night on the 24th February. The original fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch. As a result of Boro’s progress in the FA Trophy, games against Altrincham and Oxford have also had to be postponed. The Altrincham game is now on the 14th April with a 7.45pm kick off, while the Oxford game is now to be played on the 30th March. The Oxford game is bound to draw a big crowd, even on a Tuesday night, so expect some news from the club in the next few weeks about possible ticket sales.

Lastly, Graham Westley has won the Manager of the Month award for January. Funnily enough, Boro only played 2 league games in the month, but it was the month where the club overtook Oxford at the top of the Blue Square Premier and beat both Vauxhall Motors and Dover to progress into the quarter finals of the FA Trophy. Here’s hoping the usual curse of the award fails to materialise in February!

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Boro beat Dover to progress into next round

Posted by sgmboro on 31/01/2010

Stevenage are still on course to retain the FA Trophy after they comfortably saw off Dover Athletic at Broadhall Way. Although the Conference South side took the lead through Shaun Welford, Boro never really looked in danger of going out and goals from Tim Sills, Chris Beardsley, Michael Bostwick and Yemi Odubade secured Boro’s passage into the quarter finals where they could face last year’s finalists York or even title rivals Oxford United. York narrowly beat Corby Town, while Oxford travelled to Chelmsford and won 3-1. There was a shock as AFC Wimbledon were knocked at home out by Workington.

The consequence of progressing into the quarter-finals  is that the top of the table clash against Oxford on the 20th February will now have to be re-arranged. Of course it’s still possible that we could play Oxford on that date, but it won’t be in the Blue Square Premier. The league game will now be played in midweek which will undoubtably draw a bigger crowd. I think with the fixture now sure to be in either March or April, there will be more significance on whoever wins the game.

Despite the comprehensive victory, GW was unhappy with the performance.

“I was disappointed in us to be honest. I think that the level of work-rate that we showed this afternoon was below the level that we are capable of and I don’t think our dominance of the game was consistent enough. They came and put in a spirited effort, but I felt we are better than we were this afternoon. It was disappointing to concede and we didn’t do enough damage going forward.” Westley on the performance against Dover

I think it’s good that the players are being kept on the ground and are not becoming complacent with their recent form, however GW has also got to keep morale up and make sure the players continue to be consistent. I think the players showed another side to their game yesterday. Of course it was disappointing to go 1-0 down, but the team upped their performance and worked hard for the equaliser. They didn’t just fold and feel sorry for themselves, they got back into the game and in the end were too good for Dover.

Boro now have a week to prepare for their next Blue Square Premier game which is a tricky trip to Tamworth. Stevenage were held by the Lambs on the opening day of the season and Gary Mills seems to have got himself a very hard working side who are difficult to beat. They like playing against the ‘bigger’ sides and showed that when they beat Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium recently. Tamworth also have a striker in good form. Iyseden Christie has scored 2 in 2 of his last BSP appearances and would like nothing more than adding another to dent Boro’s title hopes.

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Stevenage v Norwich Reserves LIVE text updates

Posted by sgmboro on 27/01/2010

The Stevenage reserves are back in action tonight against Norwich Reserves at Broadhall Way. Graham Westley has decided to give a host of first team players a run out against the League One leaders. Tim Sills has another run out, while regulars like Yemi Odubade, Lee Boylan and Scott Laird are all scheduled to play. There could also be a debut for Darragh Ryan. There will LIVE updates from here from 7.00pm.

FULL TIME: Boro 0-2 Norwich

BORO: Bayes, Odhiambo, Laird, Maamria, Albrighton, Odubade, Ryan, Vincenti, Boylan, Griffin, Sills
SUBS: Cornhill, Birri, Greene, Rayner

NORWICH: Rudd, Francome, Wiggins, Stephens, Whitbread, Adeyemi, Gill, McVeigh, McNamee, McDonald, Kelly
SUBS: Steer, Gordon, Ball, Dawkin, Clarke

Just about to kick off at BHW. Norwich boss Paul Lambert is here keeping a close eye on his reserve side. Meanwhile for Boro, Ashley Bayes captain’s the side and for anyone that wants to know Darragh Ryan’s squad number, well it’s 12.

1 min: We’re under way and it looks like Scott Laird is playing at centre back tonight alongside Albrighton.
3 mins: Good start by Norwich who are keeping possession well, but have yet to create a chance.
5 mins: Norwich create the first opportunity and come close to the opener with McDonald’s shot hitting the post.
7 mins: Lee Boylan has Boro’s first chance, but his shot from distance is blocked by Whitbread.
8 mins: Vincenti shoots this time, again from distance, but it goes wide.
9 mins: Boro get a free-kick which is taken by Yemi and finds Griffin who glances the ball over the bar.
11 mins: Boro corner is headed by Maamria, but is cleared off the line by Wiggins.
14 mins: It looks as if Charlie Griffin is playing out on the right tonight with Sills and Boylan up top.
15 mins: GOAL!!! Norwich score the opener after McDonald fires in under Bayes.
16 mins: Darragh Ryan has to take the blame for that goal. He lost possession to McVeigh who found McDonald who scored.
19 mins: The game has got a bit scrappy since the goal.
21 mins: McNamee is pulling the strings in the Norwich midfield.
24 mins: Norwich are using the long ball to good effect and McDonald looks their biggest threat.
26 mins: A Wiggins cross finds McDonald, but his effort is easily saved by Bayes.
27 mins: Boro free-kick taken by Yemi finds Vincenti who heads the ball into the side netting.
28 mins: Sills has done little so far…
29 mins: The man who scored the Norwich goal also scored Norwich’s winner last night away at Walsall.
31 mins: A good move by Norwich ends with a shot from Wiggins being well saved by Bayes.
33 mins: Ryan is outmuscled by McDonald who sets up Kelly to shoot, but Bayes is again equal to the effort.
36 mins: A long ball is flicked on by Sills to Boylan who heads just wide.
37 mins: Boro win a free-kick 25 yards out. Griffin takes it, but it’s poor and hits the wall.
38 mins: Quite a few Norwich supporters have made the trip down for tonight’s game.
41 mins: GOAL!!! Griffin shoots for Boro, but it’s saved. Norwich counter and Gill feeds McDonald who scores again.
43 mins: Norwich attack again and win a corner off Yemi.

HALF TIME: Boro 0-2 Norwich

46 mins: We’re back under way with Norwich comfortably in front. They’ve made a change with Clarke coming on for McDonald.
47 mins: The Boro defence will be happy that McDonald has gone off. He’s been their biggest threat.
49 mins: It’s been a dull start to the second half, however, Griffin has gone down injured. Doesn’t look good.
50 mins: Griffin gets back up on his feet.
51 mins: Anthony McNamee is still running the show. Looks a class above.
52 mins: A long ball aimed for Sills is dealt easily by Whitbread.
54 mins: Norwich win a corner, but it comes to nothing.
57 mins: Odhiambo makes a surging run down the right and finds Maamria who’s cross is too deep for Sills to connect to.
59 mins: Boro attack again, but this time Sills’ header from Yemi’s cross is well saved by Rudd. Best chance of the 2nd half.
60 mins: From the resulting corner, Yemi whips it in, but it is dealt with by Rudd, just.
61 mins: The pitch seems to be cutting up quite a bit.
62 mins: Albrighton makes a mistake which allows Kelly to go through, but Laird clears.
63 mins: McNamee comes off and is replaced by Dawkin.
64 mins: Long ball by Laird goes straight to the goalkeeper. Too much long ball this evening.
67 mins: Norwich enjoying a good spell of possession.
69 mins: Sills has been marked out the game tonight by Stephens.
70 mins: Boylan gets forward and crosses, but no one gets the vital touch that’s needed.
72 mins: Boylan shoots from 20 yards, but it goes harmlessly wide.
74 mins: Griffin has a shot which is well saved. From the resulting corner Sills glances the ball wide.
78 mins: Wiggins gets forward, but skies his cross high and wide.
80 mins: Corner to Norwich. The ball goes into the box and is headed by Whitbread. Boro clear.
80 mins: There are some handball claims against Griffin, but it’s waved away.
82 mins: Norwich have dominated possession in the second half, but chances have been at a premium.
83 mins: A minute after saying that Gill has an effort which flies over the bar.
85 mins: Mis-timed tackle by Francomb on Odhiambo. Booked.
86 mins: Free-kick about 25 yards out from Yemi Odubade is easily saved by Rudd.
88 mins: Neat football by Norwich forces a corner off Ryan.
90 mins: Two minutes to be added on.

FULL TIME: Boro 0-2 Norwich

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Long brace enough to beat Kettering

Posted by sgmboro on 24/01/2010

Two goals from in form Stacy Long were enough to give Stevenage another 3 points, this time at the expense of Kettering Town. In what was a scrappy and physical contest, Stevenage had to wait until just after the hour before Long smashed in his first. Kettering threw everything into trying to nick an equaliser, including sending up Nathan Abbey, but in doing that were caught on the break with Long again scoring after rounding the goalkeeper.

Graham Westley named Mitchell Cole at left back, with Scott Laird serving the last of his two match suspension. Mark Roberts returned to league action alongside Jon Ashton. Darren Murphy missed out so Michael Bostwick came into midfield with Stacy Long and David Bridges. Tim Sills had to settle for a place on the bench with GW prefering to stick with Beardsley, Boylan and Yemi up top. Kettering started the game in a 4-5-1 formation with Jean Paul Marna up front on his own. Lee Harper obviously would have been happy to take a point.

The game began slowly with Boro unable to break down the Kettering backline. The visitors had packed the midfield as well so it was difficult for Boro to get their passing game going. More often than not, the home side had to resort to playing the long ball over the top for either Boylan or Yemi to run on to. Stevenage did start getting into the game though after about 20 minutes. A well worked move ended with David Bridges shooting from just outside the box, but it failed to trouble Abbey in the Kettering goal. With Boro beginning to get into their stride, the team suffered a blow when Jon Ashton was forced off after a clash of heads with Andre Boucaud. I initially thought the worse when they both went down instantly, but both walked off to get treated. Westley brought on Byrom and moved Bostwick moved back.

The second half began much like the first. Boro probed, but couldn’t find a way past the Kettering defence. Yemi was being marked out the game and was taken off by Westley about 10-15 minutes into the second half. Tim Sills came on for his debut and made an instant impact when a crossfield ball from Bridges was headed down by Sills to Long, who finished superbly first time. A massive sigh of relief went around Broadhall Way. I felt that we could relax now, knowing how good our defensive record is this season.

Kettering threw everything forward, trying to get an equaliser. Kwemi Appiah came on to partner Marna, but still they couldn’t find a way through the Boro defence. In truth Chris Day didn’t really have a save to make in the game. The Poppies won a corner late on and allowed Nathan Abbey to go up. There was no one in the Kettering half when the kick was taken. However that failed to materialise to anything and within minutes Boro had broke up the other end with Long running through and rounding Abbey, Kanu style, before sliding the ball into an empty net. The points were ours.

3 points gained and another tricky home out of the way. Stevenage weren’t brilliant yesterday, but they dug deep against a physical Kettering side and took their chances when they came. It was a scrappy game that maybe last season would have ended in a draw, but at the moment these are the games that Boro are winning and they will need to keep that up if they are to win promotion this season. Next up is Dover at home in the FA Trophy before a tough trip to Tamworth.

Lastly, here’s a link to James Cannon’s photography work for the Kettering game. James is a contributing photographer to Stevenage and also runs a blog on his work which can be accessed here. The work is of a very high standard and is well worth a look.

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Kettering Preview

Posted by sgmboro on 22/01/2010

So it’s back to league action this Saturday when Kettering are the visitors to Broadhall Way. It’s been a long 3 weeks since Boro beat Cambridge 4-1 to go top of the Blue Square Premier. In that time we have had games against Wrexham and Eastbourne postponed as well as have the FA Trophy game against Vauxhall Motors called off twice before finally getting the go ahead on Tuesday night, in a game which Boro won comfortably. Westley’s side will be looking to continue where they left off after that good win in midweek against Vauxhall Motors.

The Trophy tie on Tuesday night was the ideal preparation for the team ahead of tomorrow’s big game. After nearly 3 weeks without a competitive fixture, a lot of players would have needed an extra game or two to get back into the swing of things again and that 90 minutes against Vauxhall Motors would have done the squad the world of good. Kettering though is a much tougher task for the leaders of the Conference. Although they’ve been very inconsistent since the departure of Mark Cooper, they are still a good side in this division and will not make it easy for us.

The visitors have only won 2 of their last 6 games in the league. Their last win was only in the week when they travelled to Ebbsfleet and won 2-1 thanks to goals from James Dance and Jean Paul Marna. Previous to that, Harper’s side had lost to Histon and Salisbury, been held to a 0-0 draw against Tamworth and been knocked out of both the FA Cup and FA Trophy by Leeds and Barrow respectively. Scoring goals have been a problem since Cooper’s departure and their failure to secure Anthony Elding after his release from Crewe hasn’t helped.

Rockingham Road has certainly been rocking since Cooper’s departure to Peterborough. The unexperienced Harper has struggled in his new role and has seen his assistant sacked only days after being appointed. Star players such as Exodus Geohaghon, Moses Ashikodi and Francis Green have all left and not really been replaced. Harper made a lot of loan moves before Christmas which has kept them ticking over, but they are not the force they were when we played them back in October.

As for Boro, they have gone from strength to strength since they earned a point against the Poppies. Graham Westley has assembled a very solid squad and has been clever in the January transfer window adding the experienced Tim Sills to his front line as well as Darragh Ryan who can play in a variety of different positions as well as adding cover for Scott Laird. I said when the signing of Sills was announced that I thought he was the final piece of the jigsaw and I still believe that. I think he’ll settle in immediately and the way we play compliments his aerial power.

Tomorrow’s game looks like a straight forward one to call, but I don’t think it will be as easy as the form book suggests. It wasn’t that long ago when Kettering went to Cambridge and Luton and picked up maximum points, plus their display’s against Leeds in the Cup deserved a lot more. I think they’ll also raise their game tomorrow as they always seem to do against us. The fact that we’re top of the league will also add some motivation into Harper’s young side. However, we are playing some really good stuff at the moment and if we remain consistent and focused then beating Kettering shouldn’t be a problem.

Prediction: Boro 2-1 Kettering

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