Two seaside trips are up next for the Cobblers as we hope to build on the solid foundation of the early Sammo era. We’ve now gone five game unbeaten in all competitions and with the promise of Courtney Herbert and the tremendous fight backs against Bradford and Bury it was nice to get a clean sheet and a good three points last week.
Lincoln are typical of a lot of sides that will come to Sixfields this season, setting up to frustrate and it was important that we struck the winner whilst not being tested to the extremes at the other end. Chris Dunn has done well to reclaim his place in the first team and keeping out the Imps will add to his confidence. Simon Brown coming in must have done something for Dunn, with the extra competition a real benefit to go alongside Brown’s experience.
Herbert was missing for the Lincoln game but I don’t believe any of the reports linking him with a move away from Sixfields already. For one thing the lad is still very raw despite the blistering pace that takes him away from his marker. Add to that the fact that he’s made just four appearances for the club in League Two and you get basic logic that he’ll surely be here until the end of this season at the very least. We’ve seen many a young gun come through the ranks over the years and Herbert now needs to be settled and allowed to do his job. We can’t afford to heap pressure on his shoulders and hopefully, again, experience can help him through with the likes of Bayo and Steve Guinan around.
Morecambe away represents another big test for Sammo’s men. Away games under his leadership haven’t fell kindly so far with trips to Notts County, Shrewsbury and Bury yielding just the one point, at Gigg Lane, but this is a chance to really kick on and extend that unbeaten run. Four points from these two away games - we’re at Torquay next Saturday – would be very nice indeed!
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