VNL#39 - Wealdstone 0 Daggers 5
This is admittedly a very generous run of fixtures for the Daggers, granted, but the manner in which they've explosively breezed through it cannot be ignored. A team that has notoriously struggled to assert their dominance, especially this season, are battering their way towards an impressive end to a season that for the most part has been bitterly disappointing. Five points off the play-offs leaves us with a very outside chance of fulfilling our ambitions. However, quite simply, we'd need to maintain our current perfect form but against vastly superior opposition to who we've been playing recently. The likelihood is that we will fall just short, but all we can do is win every game we possibly can, while hoping for slip ups from upwards. This was an exceptional statement ahead of a tougher sequence of fixtures. Stockport away in midweek is a daunting prospect, but six consecutive wins isn't a bad way to approach it. Certainly they'll be aware of what we're capable of, and no more so was it evident than this 5-0 success at Wealdstone, which was pretty much a procession. It was game over after four minutes, at which point we'd scored twice and had another cleared off the line. Our start was quite sensational, and set the tone for a half where we sliced through them at will. The second half was a stark contrast as we took our foot off the gas, quite inevitably, and only notched one. The damage was long done. Our potent trio of Balanta, McCallum and Robinson caused mass destruction, all adding to their impressive goal tallies of late. While they will naturally claim the plaudits, everybody was brilliant. Khan had his best game for us, Vilhete was outstanding, the defence snuffed out all the danger. It was a superb performance. The outcome can be attributed as much to Wealdstone being astonishingly poor, though. It didn't take long to discover why they'd lost their last six matches. Them, King's Lynn, Barnet and Woking have all packed it in with the threat of relegation removed. We've been fortunate to play all four in the past fortnight. They were all there for the taking, but you can only beat what's infront of you, and we've done that in the most emphatic way possible.
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