As Exeter City crashed to a 2-1 defeat at home to struggling Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, it must have felt like Groundhog Day had arrived two days early for season ticket holders at St James's Park.
Like Bill Murray's character in the 1993 film named after the American festival, City supporters must have felt like they were stuck in a time loop, repeating a tedious 24 hours over and over again.
That is because Accrington and Northampton have already won at St James's Park this year, while Hartlepool United managed the same feat when they were bottom of the table in October.
However, I think talk of the dreaded home form coming back to haunt City this season is premature. I know City's record at St James's Park has been a problem in the previous two campaigns, but it is not something you can label at them this campaign.
I admit that the Park has been far from a fortress – the Grecians' current standing of 15th place in the table for home results allude to that. But, prior to Christmas, they had gone six games unbeaten at home and recorded victories against Shrewsbury and Wycombe Wanderers in that time.
They have lost their first three matches on their own patch in 2015, but I think that has more to do with their overall form rather than results at the Park alone.
I thought City were unlucky to lose against Accrington on January 2 and put in a decent first-half display against Tranmere. On the flipside, they performed badly in a 4-1 defeat away at AFC Wimbledon, were extremely fortunate to get a win at Mansfield and deserved no more than a draw at Oxford.
If City can re-discover the form they showed in the autumn, I have no doubt they will be just as capable of getting results at St James's Park as they will away from home.
That brings me nicely on to my next point, though. Manager Paul Tisdale saw signs of improvement in the performance against Rovers on Saturday, labelling the first-half display as one of the best he had seen at St James's Park for a long time.
He obviously sees an early spring for his Grecians.
However, I currently see a shadow over City's promotion bid. I agree that the Grecians were good in the first half against Tranmere, but the game lasts for 90 minutes and they were poor for 30 minutes of the second half.
They conceded a soft second goal and, had Max Power done better with his penalty and Shamir Fenelon not fired hopelessly over the top from eight yards out with 20 minutes left, then we might have been looking at a scoreline similar to the one that City suffered at Wimbledon rather than trying to argue that they came close to a result.
The Grecians wobbled, like they have done numerous times this season. Good sides – sides that are capable of getting promotion – don't do that. They don't necessarily control a game for 90 minutes, but when they are put under pressure they are resilient. City are not. They are good going forward, but put them under pressure at the back and they concede too many goals.
That is not to say they have under-achieved as a group though – complaining about them not going up this season would be incredibly harsh as they have done remarkably well to even get into promotion-challenging position.
But if, like the groundhog, I'm asked to predict if City will have a spring in their step sometime soon, I would have to say no.
Having said all that though, I had Portsmouth down as favourites to go up and Wycombe as a team that would struggle at the start of the season. Therefore, I've proven myself to be about as capable of predicting what is going to happen in League Two this season as a giant squirrel is at predicting the weather.
So, here's to three points on Saturday.
