Player/manager Peter Adeniyi channelled The Wizard Of Oz this week by bringing to mind the famous mantra 'there's no place like home', writes James Barrett.
The squad has just completed six straight away fixtures, the last of which was a 1-1 draw against Molesey on Tuesday night, in which we collected only five points but also earned an FA Trophy replay.
That run, ahead of a home game against Ramsgate this weekend, has seen us slip from second to seventh in the Ryman South although we are just one point outside of the top five.
"If you consider the psychological side of football, the past three weeks have been tough on the boys with so many back-to-back away games,” Adeniyi said, "but Mike Gilham and I have already discussed ideas as to how to get them in the right frame of mind for Ramsgate."
We took the lead at Molesey thanks to Ricky Korboa's 15th goal of the season, but the hosts equalised shortly after half-time and the game finished even stevens.
Adeniyi has been without several attacking options thanks to injury recently, including 10-goal Tommy Bradford, but he doesn't feel worried about his available options.
"We had four players unavailable and, while they've both kept doing well, that does increase the pressure on the likes of Ricky and Mickel," added Adeniyi.
"That said, I have no concerns about my squad. Josh Phillips returned Tuesday, Sean is almost fully fit and we hope to have Tommy and Kingsley back soon."
And Adeniyi is looking forward to us playing at Colston Avenue on Saturday for the first time since we spanked Godalming Town 10-0 last month.
“Things are more challenging when you’re out of your comfort zone but the players have coped well generally and we’ll be looking to give the fans something to cheer this weekend," he added.
Our game against Ramsgate is on Saturday 22nd October (KO 3pm).