Colony boss Davidson's New Year Resolution? Consistency!
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COLONY Park Juniors manager Richard Davidson is hopeful that the mid-season slump has been left behind in 2019.
The Inverurie cracks host Nairn St Ninian this weekend, looking to shrug off a run of defeats from before the winter shutdown.
With the sides propping up the table well below Colony's points tally of 13, another relegation battle involving Davidson's men appears unlikely.
But he knows there is still plenty room to kick on, having won just one of their seven league games on the road: “Inconsistent would be the word that sums it up (the season so far).
“Similar to previous years since I’ve been in charge, we start of relatively well, have a bit of a slump – a mix between poor form, bad injuries and difficult fixtures really.
“On the positive side we are one point up from this time last year.
“We’re still going to need a drastic improvement in the second half of the season.
He added: “If you look at the away games we’ve played, we’ve had Culter, Banks O’Dee and Montrose – Montrose was the only one we’ve won – those are tough games to pick up points.
“There were games where we should have been picking up points, against Banchory, Deveronside and Nairn.
“Apart from the top four or five stronger teams, I’d expect us to be competing for points.
“Our home form has been relatively good but in the last four or five games we’ve not picked up any points which is frustrating and disappointing.
“But it’s something that the whole group needs to rally and put right in January."
Colony have lost Peter Douglas and Bryce Dawson to long-term injuries but Davidson hopes the team can power on in their absence.
He continued: “That’s probably been the most disappointing thing for a part-time football club, to see two really committed footballers break their legs in the space of a couple of weeks.
“It’s a hobby for those guys and a shame it’s came to that.
“It’s been difficult to deal with, but it happens in football and the group as a whole needs to get the grit between their teeth and get back to winning ways.”
