HARROGATE Town assistant Tom Wade is confident with a little bit more luck Harrogate Town's season will turn on its head despite the club still deep in relegation trouble.
Two successive away defeats at Stafford Rangers (1-0) on Saturday and Farsley Celtic (2-1) on Tuesday respectively undid the good work of their 3-1 victory over Hinckley two weeks ago.
However former Blyth and Gateshead boss Wade knows a positive
result at fellow strugglers Hyde tomorrow (3pm) could see them move out of the bottom three if other results go their way.
The psychological effect on the players if that happens could kick start their season according to Simon Weaver’s number two.
“We just need that bit of luck, the ball to go in off a backside, anything to get us going,” he said.
“If we get out of the bottom three it will relieve a bit of pressure on the boys. I think then they’ll play with a lot more confidence and I’m sure our situation will turn round.
“It’s an important game against Hyde, they’re just above us but they’re still a good side, there’s no bad sides in the division this season, it’s a really competitive league.
“Vauxhall have drawn two on the bounce, Blyth Spartans were up there and now they’re down again so you can’t take anything for granted.”
Despite the two defeats this week Wade is sure Weaver’s new look squad will show its quality to the supporters in the coming weeks.
“We’ve got a squad of 20 quality players now, it’s going to take a bit of time for them to gel but when they do I’m sure the results will turn round,” continued Wade.
“The players we’ve got at the club now are good enough to be fighting for the play-offs let alone relegation. There’s great competition and anyone of those players is good enough to play at this level.
“We just need the supporters on our side now. Our home form is going to be crucial if we’re going to stay up, we’ll have had three away games on the trot after Hyde, if we win that that’ll be three points from three tough away games.
“But we need to make sure we’re strong at home. The supporters have a big role too, the support we got in the Hinckley game helped us out.
“We need them to stick with us, they can help us through it.”
On Saturday a solitary second half Tom Thorley goal was enough to condemn Town to their first defeat in 2010.
Weaver’s side continued where they left off against Hinckley with a strong first half display but crucially missed a host of good chances to take the lead.
Peter Knox, Jason Bradley, Craig James, Adam Nowakowski and Simon Sturdy all wasted opportunities as Town smelled blood.
The home side however came out fighting after the break.
