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Birmingham Wrexham is far less entertaining than watching paint dry.

Today's win was unspectacular but very satisfying. At 1-0 down we showed a lot of grit to fight back and take the 3 points. Games like this build character. We didn't panic and maintained the belief that we could turn things around and so it proved. As the pressure of the run-in builds it's good to know the side is mentally tough under adversity.

It's on! In our first 27 games we gained 33 points - in our last 14 matches we gained 36 points. Go figure.

You are not getting the credit you deserve. All the plaudits are going to Tonda and the players.

Good set of results today. Ok Ipswich won but I think 2nd place was always going to be a stretch. Great to get a win over the kings of shithousery! Showed resilience to come back from a goal down against a physical side. 36 points out of a possible 42 in 14 games 🙂

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That's when he's most dangerous 🙂

Azaz is a game-changing player. His football brain is incredible as is his eye for a defence splitting pass threaded through the eye of a needle. He drifts into dangerous areas at will. He is a chance maker and a chance taker. No other player comes close for me but accept it's all about opinions.

Convincing 4-0 win.

I've seen one or two signs from Archer recently. For instance he made a tremendous burst at pace against Wrexham. He'll have been watching our top notch performances and hopefully thinking he wants to be a part of it. If anyone can get a tune out of him it's Tonda.

Derby should find it hard to score against us. Defensively we are very sound at the moment. Just looking at the numbers during the 16 match unbeaten run we have let in just 11 goals and 3 of those came in the 4-3 win at Leicester. The maths is simple - we have let in a paltry 8 goals in the other 15 matches ( that should be 7 but for the incompetence of the ref on Tuesday night). That is some turnaround considering we have always consistently shipped goals for fun. It all stems from the arrivals of Peretz and Bree plus the move to a settled back four.

Back to back home games against Derby and Blackburn coming up. Win both, as we should on current form, and we will all but guarantee making the play-offs barring a monumental collapse in the final 4 matches.

Pitchside Unseen video on official site is well worth a watch.

Fans the world over say what they see. It's often not a knee jerk reaction when criticism is dished out. Most times it's because fans have been worn down by inept performances from owners, coaches, players and those dealing with transfers. We seem to have struck gold with Tonda because his tactics work and he has a knack of getting the best out of his players. Right now it is great being a Saints fans because we are putting in a run of fantastic performances and results. We've put up with more than our share of bad times so let's enjoy this while it lasts and praise everyone involved because they deserve our plaudits.

His goal came at a crucial time yesterday. It restored our two goal cushion meaning Wrexham had to go for it. We then exploited the space they left to plunder another two goals.