Midfielder Charlie Cooper has said his Yeovil Town team-mates are in “a really positive place” having picked up two wins following more than two months without a win.
The Glovers have picked up six points with the 2-1 home win over Tamworth followed by last weekend’s 2-0 win away at Maidenhead United. They take on Southend United at Huish Park this weekend.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah on Thursday, Cooper said: “After the little dip we went on, that was all it was. I think most teams have a little bit of a rut and there was quite a bit of negativity. I missed two games and I watched the (2-1 defeat at home to) Wealdstone and there were boos (from the crowd) at half-time which I think was a bit uncalled for because after what we achieved last year and what we’re trying to build. That’s where we are at the minute, we’re trying to build and I think it was a bit uncalled for you. You have a lot of fans that are switched on and they’re positive and get behind the boys, and quite a few that just love being negative no matter what. I think the ones that really get behind the boys, that’s who we we we praise and we like that, and we are in a positive place now so we’re just going to kick on.”
Following Southend this weekend, Yeovil are on the road at league leaders Barnet next Tuesday night before travelling to promotion-chasing FC Halifax Town the following weekend. That starts a run of seven matches in March with fixtures against big-spending York City as well as relegation battlers Boston United and AFC Fylde.
The midfielder added: “I think we’re in a great position. We started off really well and we were in the top seven or eight, and then we had that little dip, and we went down the table a little bit, but nothing too worrying. Now we’re in a good position again. We have got some really good games coming up, tough games against top opposition. It is good to go into them sort of games with the two winds under our belt and now we can really go and attack those games.”
Yeovil go in to this weekend two points behind their opponents Southend in the National League table, seven points off the division’s play-off places with teams having played an uneven number of matches, but 12 points off the relegation zone.
Cooper added: “We just take each games as it comes. A few weeks ago (some people thought) we were going to get relegated, so there is no point in even thinking about it. We have been sound throughout the season, we know where we are at the minute. If you look at clubs like Barnet that have been in the league for quite a few years now and they’ve really built that club and obviously now they’re competing right at the top end of the table. Things do take time and we’ve been really competitive this year and I think that’s the main thing.”