It was great to continue our good run with a 3-2 to victory at Accrington Stanley on Friday.
And while it doesn't much matter who gets the goals as long as you win, I have to admit I was mightily relieved to end my scoring drought – my strike at the Crown Ground was the 20th league goal of my career, but the first since I equalised at Home Park back in March.
I won't try and kid you and say it gave me quite as much pleasure as the goal against Argyle did but it was a pretty sweet strike and I was delighted to see it hit the back of the net.
Fingers crossed, I won't have to wait another eight months for my next goal and I can make rather more of a contribution to our goals scored column between now and the end of the season than I have done thus far.
Finding the back of the net certainly isn't a problem for my good pal Tom Nichols just now – his goal to put us 2-0 ahead was his sixth in five league games and took his total for the season to seven, putting him right up there among the leading scorers in the division.
Matt Grimes got our third goal against Stanley with a free-kick straight out of the top drawer; it's testament to the kind of form Grimesy has been in this season that such excellence from our No. 14 is all but taken for granted these days.
While Friday night's scoreline was identical to the one against Shrewsbury in our previous game, the match itself couldn't have been more different.
Shrewsbury was your quintessential game of two halves, with the Shrews enjoying much the better of the opening 45 minutes and us in the ascendancy after the interval, while Accrington was a real ding-dong affair with us and Stanley trading blows throughout.
While we twice led by two goals (2-0 and 3-1), there wasn't a great deal between the two sides and the final scoreline provided a much more accurate reflection of a pulsating game.
Tom Nichols is one of four nominees for November's League Two player-of-the-month accolade. Clearly, I haven't seen quite as much of the other candidates – Luton's central midfielder Nathan Doyle, Newport striker Aaron O'Connor and Southend wide man David Worrall – but they'll have to have gone some to have made more of a contribution than Tommy has over the past month.
I understand the winner will be announced tomorrow (Friday) and I'd love to see the trophy winging it's way to St James's Park!
I mentioned last week how good it is to have Ryan Harley back at St James's Park and it's better still that he's now been joined by Alex Nicholls and Clinton Morrison.
Alex was huge for us when he joined on loan from Northampton Town earlier in the season and it was a big disappointment when he was recalled to Sixfields so it's great to have him back. We picked him up en route to the North West last Friday and he came straight back into the team and performed as if he'd never been away. Like Matt Oakley, Clinton is someone who's enjoyed a distinguished career in the top flight and that experience can only be of benefit to us. Clinton was a non-playing substitute at Accrington, but from what we've seen at the Cat & Fiddle it's clear he still has a big appetite for the game and is itching for the opportunity to add to his 172 goals at club level.
A reminder, as I've mentioned previously, we'll be in Princesshay next Thursday evening, when there's a special late-night shopping event between 5pm and 7pm.
We're looking forward to meeting supporters and will be only too happy to sign autographs and pose for pictures. In addition, I understand the new 2015 Exeter City calendar and lots of other club merchandise will be available to buy.
I shall look forward to meeting one or two of you then!
Such is our form of late, Saturday's game against Burton Albion really can't come quickly enough.
Had it not been brought forward from a Tuesday night in March, after both us and the Brewers crashed out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle, we'd have been without a game which, in the circumstances, would have been a huge disappointment.
As it is, it's the only game in League Two this weekend and, that being the case, we know that a victory will lift us into the League Two play-off places. In addition, if any more incentive were needed, it will also take us above Argyle in the table for the first time since the opening week of the season!
As ever, no-one is kidding themselves it's going to be easy; Burton have been right up there ever since the start of the season and have continued in much the same vain under new manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. The again, while I'm getting bored of saying it, if we perform to the best of our ability then we're more than capable of beating anyone in this division.
On the back of our recent form, not to mention the possible return of Ryan Harley to the starting line-up, we'd like to think there will be a large and vocal crowd in attendance.
For sure, the support we received against Shrewsbury was a major factor in our comeback and more of the same on Saturday would only improve our chances of making it 30 points from the last 13 games. See you at the Park!
