Blues:0 U's:1 - Conference football in 'being rubbish' shock

Listening to so many games on the radio recently has left me pondering another reason as to why we need to get out of this awful, awful, division as soon as possible.

Every away game recently seems to have taken place in a vacuum, with no sounds audible over the chat of the commentators, save for the occasional chant from the travelling United fans. Now I know the Abbey isn't exactly a seething cauldron of noise, despite us having the bestest, loudest fans in the world ever, but at least you know there will be a bit of noise when we score and stuff. Were it not for worried tone in Mark Johnson's voice, there would have been no way of telling when Danny Potter's goal was coming under threat during Tuesday's match at Grays.

It also highlights how few people have witnessed the recent quartet of away wins. A total of 5,132 hardy souls have attended our last four matches, with United probably providing at least a third of that amount. By way of contrast, there were 5,103 people at London Road on Tuesday night to watch Barry Fry's Peterborough overcome Carlisle. As much as it pains me to say it, it's hard not to be slightly jealous of P*sh while we're stuck down amongst the dregs.

Never mind though, at least the team are going the right way about staying in the promotion race, and are beginning to pick up wins in the same monotinous manner that characterised our form at this time last season. Based on the last couple of years, we'll need 78 - 81 points to make the play offs, which would involve winning six or seven of our remaing 13 games. Sounds do-able, doesn't it?