First of all, apologies for the lack of blog updates lately. Have had several different situations arise resulting in a lot le s free time for me to write.Anyway, back to the action on the pitch. Following the disappointing last minute defeat to Bournemouth, a long trip to Chester was next on the Daggers agenda. It all seemed to be going so smoothly for the visitors as goals from Ben Strevens and the ever impre sive Matt Ritchie ensured Dagenham led 2-0 at half time. In fact the
Cody Bellinger Jersey away side kept this lead until the last five minutes when a very uncharacteristic effort resulted in Chester grabbing two late goals to escape with a 2-2 draw. Many fans wondered how this late collapse would affect the team going into two succe sive home games against Lincoln and Morecambe.Unfortunately, this latest setback seemingly hurt the Daggers and dented their already fragile confidence. Two of arguably Dagenhams worst performances of the season saw them crumble 3-0 and 2-0 at home to Lincoln and Morecambe respectively. Very few plus points were able to be taken out of either match and only the extremely optimistic of fans considered the team to have an outside chance of reaching the play
Corey Seager Jersey offs.Three days after the very forgettable Morecambe performance, Dagenham travelled to a Port Vale side also very low in confidence. What felt like a fairly low key encounter contained two considerably low key performances. Thankfully though, it was the Daggers who managed to stop the rot with a scrappy but neverthele s effective 1-0 victory due to Jamie Guys first goal for the club. The victory certainly didnt propel John Stills men back into the play off frame but the inability of the teams above to pull away meant that the Daggers had an outside chance
Kenley Jansen Jersey if they could po sibly put a run together. The following Saturday saw Dagenham travel to a very in form Chesterfield side that had began what seemed to be a late surge of their own for a play off spot. Neverthele s, Dagenham put in a performance reminisent to their displays in 2008. Unfortunately, lady luck seemed to have deserted the visitors in 2009 and a goal out of nothing from Martin Gritton looked set to condemn Dagenham to their first away defeat for a while and end their outside play off hopes. Continued pre sure
Jackie Robinson Jersey from the Daggers followed and a rare late goal from Sam Saunders was their reward for an impre sive and determined display. In fact, Dagenham would probably have felt unlucky not to take all three points after Ben Strevens hit the post following the equaliser.With Shrewsbury and Bradford once again dropping points, John Stills team find themselves only six points off the play offs which is fairly amazing considering their poor run of form in 2009. The stage was set for the visit of table topping Brentford and the visit of the Skysports cameras. A Daggers victory would see the E sex side rise to within three points of the play offs with 7 games left to play. However, for the 2nd time in the season, a Daggers match had to be called off due to floodlight failure. The financial implications as a result look to be fairly heavy but that is for another thread!Instead, Dagenham will
Justin Turner Jersey take on Macclesfield at Victoria Road on Saturday knowing that nothing but a win will do if they wish to keep realistic play off ambitions. However, in a topsy turvy yet entertaining season, who knows what will happen next!
