EDI managed victories over HEA (2-0) and AI (5-0) in the last two games of the SESL Cup  group stages to somehow finish top of the group and progress to the knock-out round. The manager was reported to be rather pleased with that outcome and also somewhat surprised considering that EDI took every opportunity to rest the teams better players as often as he dared while attempting to stay at least competitive in what was considered to be a tough group.

Back to the league campagn at the weekend and first up is a home match versus COV and that is followed by an away trip to CEL. With EDI currently sitting in the fourth and final automatic promotion spot, the manager will be looking for the same level of consistancy from the squad as they have been showing in recent weeks.

After a very poor lack lustre display versus ALO in mid-week which resulted in a 6-1 defeat, the manager stated that the remainder of the SESL Cup  group games may  be used to trial a couple of different tactics by EDI in the hope of learning something to help the team further down the line.

This weekends two games see EDI face HIB before a match against ALB, both games are SESL games and the manager will leave team selections until the eve of the games as he ponders the best approach for the team looking forward.

In other news....EDI have picked up a few resources for next season and are now satisfied with what they have and the manager can sit back and hope to acrue a workable bank balance in the second half of the season and hopefully make some plans for next season and beyond in regard to squad additions. The balance of the current squad continues to be the managers focus as he looks to the future and player recruitment will reflect that again next season.

The latest league session began with EDI hosting QP and after a tight match EDI came away with a 2-1 victory and all three points thanks mainly to a brace of goals from FW Lee Wood. EDI then faced an away game at ELG that swung to and fro but ended with a 3-3 draw. Scorers for EDI being WG John Robertson (2) and FW Lee Wood. The haul of four points from the session sees EDI retain 4th spot in the Division 2 league table for another week at least.

Next up is MSA and will be quickly followed by the SESL Cup group stages where EDI will face AI, ALB, ALO, HEA and HIB in what looks to be a very tough group. The manager has already stated that he is undecided about whether EDI can seriously compete strongly enough against that overall level of teams and perhaps should look to the resumption of the league campaign instead. With five games in just eight days much can change quickly and it remains to be seen which way the manager will lean....League or Cup,  or possibly look to find a balance.