[spireitematt]

I hope you keep faith, Dancing, but I understand entirely. I don`t think I`ll be there on Saturday (but I still may be) and I certainly won`t be going to the Basford game for family reasons, as I`ve already said. If the likes of Matt, you and me (I exonerate Dev for reasons of geography) give up, then CFC really is f**ked.

After What I watched on Sunday SB, it's really really difficult to care. There were times when I felt just What's the point? and then there were times when I felt like running on the pitch getting the ball and putting it in the net that's how frustrated I was.

What I watched didn't feel like Chesterfield, it felt like 11 strangers had been picked from the crowd and were told to try and play as a team. There was no shape, no real formation, players couldn't string a pass together, couldn't find another player in a blue shirt. There were spells and bursts of play where we looked threatening and looked like scoring but we didn't take the chances and we seemed to be chasing the game as well as the ball for the majority of it.

Grimsby were nothing special and in my opinion they were beatable. If these teams we are playing are playing poorly and beating us then it just shows how poor we must be playing.

So far Staveley and Buxton have managed to beat Basford, Staveley beat them in the FA Cup and Buxton beat them in the Integro League Cup last night winning 3-2 after being 2-0 down with 8 minutes to go. How embarrassing would it be if actually struggled and didn't beat them in the FA Trophy? That would be like hitting rock bottom and if that did happen I guess it could be the final straw for a few supporters.