In the latest round of league games, EDI continued their topsy turvy run of form with a 3-2 away defeat at KIL and then followed up with a 2-1 home victory over DUU in the second match. The 3 points means that EDI remain 6th in the Division 2 table and still clinging on to the hope of at least a promotion play-off chance.
A couple of seperate bookings in those games means that DF Len Dalton will miss the next TWO games and FW Connor Young will miss the next match due to suspensions. The manager will certainly need to rotate the starting line-ups in the next session.
The latest round of Division 2 games saw EDI travel to SM in the first match and come away with a hard fought point after a 2-2 draw. In the second match, EDI hosted RR and managed a comfortable 4-1 home victory. Those two results meant that EDI remain in 6th position in the table and are still in the running for the promotion spots although the feeling inside the club is that a play-off place is the more likely outcome.
DF Paolo Maldini picked up a booking in the second match last week and therefore misses the first match of this weeks session due to a suspension. Otherwise the manager has a full squad at his disposal as EDI look to push on with an away game at KIL which is followed by a home match with DUU.
Still very much all to play for and EDI will be hoping to apply some pressure on the clubs around them in the league if possible.
After the loss to ANN in the Cecil Cup, EDI can now concentrate on the remaining ten games of the league campaign. EDI currently sit 6th in the Division 2 table and will need to pull up their socks if they are to remain in contention for promotion. There are some tough looking games coming up in the next few weeks including against several of the other contenders for promotion so much can change but the likely BEST scenario for EDI is a play-off game but the manager and team will push on hard.
The manager reports that the entire squad have been training really hard and well in the early part of this week and no no injury worries he has an almost full squad to choose from. The only exception being MF Ronnie Boyce who has to serve a one match suspension that he picked up in the 2nd league game of the most recent session for a booking that took him past the limit.
The upcoming SESL Cup game versus ANN promises to be a very tough game and EDI will do very well to progress to the next round, especially with the manager admitting that he must keep a serious eye on EL's for the next round of league games as EDI currently sit 6th in the Division 2 table and promotion is still possible assuming EDI do not get to carried away in the SESL Cup.