Pic: Ian Morsman
By Jon Couch
GARY WADDOCK has never been one for studying the league table mid-season – and he’s not about to start now!
Even on leading Aldershot Town to the Blue Square Premier title in 2007-08, the 55-year-old insisted he never once paid attention to stats or the formbook until the final ball was kicked.
Now, with the Shots back in the the play-off places in his second spell in charge at the club, the Wadfather – as he is affectionately known by his adoring fans – is hellbent on sticking to the same philosophy.
“[The league table] only counts at the end of the season,” said Waddock after last Tuesday’s impressive 3-1 victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Dagenham & Redbridge.
“When that final whistle goes on the final day, that’s when you know where you finish. There are a lot of clubs with the same aspirations and a lot of clubs with games in hand – you’re never going to know anything for sure until the very end.
“The mindset has changed since the start of the season in that we have to travel up to Solihull Moors on Saturday, looking to win that gamet. That’s all we are looking to do.
“We have a confident, close-knit group of players, who get on very well with one another and have over-achieved, for sure. We just plan game-to-game, talk about the opposition coming up and carry on enjoying what we are doing.
“We are very proud of what the players are doing, we’ve just got to maintain that now.”
Waddock added extra defensive cover to his squad last week with the signing of Scottish U21 international Dominic Hyam from Reading.
