DAN GROVES

HELLO EVERYONE, IT'LL BE GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK AT THE GREEN ENERGY SPORTS GROUND TODAY.

It was disappointing on Wednesday night to lose to Stockton. We played well, we created more chances than we have in any of the other games. We can't let teams like Stockton shoot from where they did - they're a good side, but we gifted them two goals at home. They had too much space, and it was always going to be difficult getting back into it. They only had a few opportunities and scored two goals - we had six or seven and scored once. I've played leftback a few times before, I'm happy to play there at the minute. It's just a case of shuffling across the back four, obviously we're a few players short due to injury. I'm happy to play wherever I'm needed and help the team. I've played with pretty much all the new players anyway so it's been quite easy for us to gel together. They're all good players who have given us another dimension, so hopefully they'll kick us on and we'll be up there come the end of the season. I think Sheffield have put a bit of money in this year and improved their squad. We've had five tough away games so it'll be good to play at home in front of a good crowd. We are travelling a lot of miles but every team has the same schedule, and we'll get a few home games eventually. It'll be a tough weekend with a lot of points on the line since we have North Shields straight after we're a fit group though and we're showing that in games.