Well, it's back to London area for the travelling Blue Army and this time it is Welling United. Earlier in the season amongst our 11 game unbeaten run, Welling were the recipients of a very fortunate 0-0 draw at Chippenham and many stepped away from the game really unsure how we had not not claimed all 3 points. Roll on a couple of months and as predicted Welling were very much in the relegation conversation until they have found a little form lately and accelerated away from the drop zone such is the case with this league. If you need an example of that 6 points in 2 games have lifted us from 21st to 17th and with 15th place on offer should we win and results go our way here.

Both teams are coming into the game on a high. Welling having a worst Christmas period than us with 5 defeats in a row and then suddenly out of nowhere they started winning picking up 13 points in 6 games and taking them away from a very dangerous position and putting them 13th in the league and 10 points off the playoffs, again such is that nature of the league we are in. Chippenham of course recording back to back wins for the first time in the league this term with our win over Maidstone and coupled with our win at Hemel, 6 points has pulled us away in terms of position in 17th but still hover dangerously above the drop zone. However, as with the opposite, a win this weekend could see us within touching distance of our opponents with games against St Albans and Concord on the radar, Mike must be looking to take a good amount of points from these fixtures and we are looking hard to beat at the moment. 

Pratty of course we know is missing and George Rigg took a few nasty bangs at the weekend with 3 challenges all on him resulting on his early removal from the game. What a contribution from George, a yellow card for a tackle on him, followed by red, followed by a second red card and a penalty. He didn't look too pretty after the game on Saturday. Squad is assembling nicely now with Ryan Case and Alex Bray both playing minutes on Saturday and will be hoping to be involved again, Nat Jarvis started the game on Saturday completing his road to recovery. Of course, we know the situation with Karnell, as far as I know he is still under suspension and will play no part in Saturday's proceedings. 

Personally away from home, this is never going to be a walk in the park but, if we set up with the same guile and determination we did against Hemel and Maidstone I think we will be very hard to break down again. Welling's strength is not their ability to score goals but their ability to stop teams getting out of sight, this should suggest the game is going to again be a very tight affair settled by the odd goal. Both of our wins coming 1-0 in recent weeks dose bode well for us, two clean sheets is just as important as the goals in terms of performance even if not points. All evidence points to a draw, I am however feeling a little more optimistic and am going for another win on the road. 2-0 to the Chippenham. 

Looking forward to making this trip been a while since I have visited Welling, hope to see you all there.