IN many respects Saturday's point at Tiverton Town was the best of the season.

Sometimes you look at a game and get a feeling about it, and after 10 minutes I have to admit I thought it was a match too far for us.

The wind was howling, conditions were incredibly heavy and if the referee had blown up at that point in the proceedings I would have taken a draw without hesitation.

But in the end it turned into an excellent point which to some extent, thought not quite all, made up for the bitter disappointment of conceding a late equaliser to Bath. That really stuck in my throat I have to admit.

While we played some good stuff at Twerton Park and should have made the game safe it was the opposite at Tiverton where it looked like three tough games in seven days had caught up with us.

The freshness and vitality of previous performances just weren't there and we couldn't get going.

However the fact we came back showed our character and in fact, if there was any side that looked like it might win, it was us, with Leon Kelly hitting the post and seeing a shot cleared off the line.

It was an important result against Tiverton because with them being in and around us we didn't want to concede any advantage in the table. Although they were a couple of players down, they remain a good side which made our efforts there even better.

The result did come at some cost though with the players totally spent after their exertions. One or two barely made it off the pitch.

For Jai Stanley, on his return to the starting line-up, it must have felt like the equivalent of playing three matches in those conditions but it was good to have him back.

He started in place of Liam McDonald who came on as a substitute to great effect by creating the goal for Leon.

We continue to be really pleased with Liam. He's got himself some starts and more importantly has earned the respect of his team-mates in a short period of time.

Liam will be in contention for a place for Saturday's visit of Chelmsford City. If we can win that it will make the points achieved at Bath and Tiverton even more invaluable.

The draw in Devon means we are now unbeaten in five in the league but it's dangerous to think we've turned the tide.

We cannot afford to take our foot off the gas and if any proof of that was required it came with Weymouth's defeat at Cambridge City.

The Dr Martens Premier Division is such a tight league that you have to just keep chipping along, worrying about yourself and not what is happening elsewhere.

If you start with the 'what ifs' inevitably you will trip up so we'll take care of business at our end and not waste time worrying about what other teams are doing.

On the injury front we've got a couple of problems with our central defensive trio of Barry Woolley, Jon Holloway and Carl Heeley. Barry's had a slight reaction to his thigh problem while Jon and Carl have got little niggles in the groin area.

Paul Carty has got a few different things but fingers crossed they'll be okay for Saturday.

One player we are hoping to welcome back soon is David Foy whose currently on loan at Halesowen Town. Their manager Brendan Phillips is pleased with his contribution and the loan spell is serving its purpose perfectly.

Finally after all the mud at Tiverton it's going to be a welcome return to our home ground on Saturday and we're looking forward to the chance of playing on a decent surface at St George's Lane, and reproducing some of the good football which we've played of late.

The quality is there in the squad and with confidence high we aim to impress again.