There weren’t many Christmas presents under the tree for us this year - a combination of an injury crisis, a number of dreadful defensive errors and a couple of shocking refereeing decisions meant that we got just one point from three games over the festive period - a terrible return.

At Eastbourne on Boxing Day we deserved a point, but we lost the game due to a shocking penalty decision by the referee, who adjudged Leon Legge to have handled the ball when it clearly hit him on the chest and the linesman gave a corner. We huffed and puffed a lot and had the lion’s share of the possession, but never really had the cutting edge we needed and went down 2-1 in front of a big crowd.

We really miss Paul Booth up front. He scored one goal in the first eight games and went on the transfer list but he’s responded to that with 13 goals in 14 league games, and since he was injured against Dorchester before Christmas we haven’t looked sharp up front. And he’s not the only one who’s been out. We’ve been missing key players - the likes of Andy Drury, Jamie Cade, Lewis Hamilton, and Paul Kennett. Kenno is a big, big miss at the moment. In this sort of period you really need somebody with some bite and fire in the midfield, and we haven’t really got anyone like him when he’s out.

At this level of football it’s really difficult to get through an injury crisis, because you can’t afford to carry more than 18 in a squad and if five of those go out you’re really down to the bare bones. We went