What a weekend!
It was a really good weekend for the Cobblers.
All of the results went their way, apart from the Plymouth win at Accrington.
But I don’t think it’s Plymouth they have to worry about. Northampton will have a few other teams in their sights.
Macclesfield, Hereford and Dagenham are really going to struggle come the end of the season so it was a really good weekend without even playing.
And the Cobblers can make it even better come tonight, when Macclesfield are at Sixfields.
The Silkmen are on a horrendous run of seven defeats on the trot so they’ll be on a real downer.
And Northampton, after last week, can only be on a high so I can only see three points coming their way.
And they’ve got a couple of games in hand as well so everything’s looking decent and they’ve got a good chance of getting out of it.
Come the end of February, certainly the end of March, they’ll be well clear.
Aidy Boothroyd has put a decent squad together, they’ve got a decent team and I can’t see them being in the bottom two for much longer.
Teams like Hereford, Macclesfield and Dagenham haven’t got the infrastructure and the squad to cope with the position they’re in, whereas Northampton have.
You’ve seen the players they’ve brought in on loan and permanently. Another goalkeeper’s come in and that makes it five for the season.
Northampton have got the power to fill the gaps when injuries occur or lack of form occurs, so it will be a decent end to the season and they will finish in mid-table.
Aidy is probably already looking towards next season because he’s confident they can get out of the mess they are in.
A lot of people who have been involved in football have seen the players that have been brought in, good experienced players, and think that can only be beneficial in the long run.
Northampton’s relegation rivals have got small squads and low budgets and eventually that catches up with you.
Macclesfield came up and did fantastic with Sammy McIlroy, but eventually teams find their level.
Dagenham are similar because they haven’t got the infrastructure to secure a long spell in the League and they will end up back where they came from.
You look at the crowds they get and they are struggling to get 1,500 people to their games and that affects revenue all the time.
The likes of Plymouth, Bradford and Bristol Rovers, who are down there, have kicked on again. Bristol Rovers got a good win at Torquay on Saturday.
You look at what they’ve done since their new manager came in and the strength they’ve got in their squad and eventually it pays off.
They’ve got the clout to survive.
As soon as this season is finished, Aidy Boothroyd can really start afresh.
I’m sure he can have a massive impact on the future of Northampton because in pre-season he can plan what he wants to do.
He’s only had a short space of time and he’s had a tough job to do but it seems like he’s coming through it.
Once they’ve survived and moved on to next season, Aidy’s experience of working with Watford and Colchester during pre-seasons will pay off.
Tadhg Purcell has headed off for a loan spell at Cork City and it can only be a good thing.
He needs to go and play football because it’s not been a very nice time for him.
Tadhg came in and within a space of a month he had a horrendous footballing injury that’s never easy to get over.
He’ll be comfortable going back to Ireland because he knows the league, he’s played there before and hopefully he will get some goals and get his confidence up.
You never know what’s going to happen in the future. He might stay in Ireland and make a decent career for himself.
He’s 27 now and it’s not going to be easy to come back over to England and make a career here.
He gave it a go, he had a good goalscoring record at Darlington, but he was just unfortunate when he came to Northampton.
Injury is unfortunately part of the game.
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