I’M very pleased with how things are coming together for us at the moment.

We’ve won our last three matches and two of those have been at home which is great because we really needed to improve our form at Roots Hall.

If you want to be challenging for promotion then your home form has to be second to none so hopefully we can now build on beating Oxford and do well on a consistent basis on our own ground.

I think the fact we’ve now managed to get more of a settled side has helped us pick up better results and the players now know each other’s games.

That’s something which was always going to take time to develop but we’re getting there and I was delighted by our win against Oxford on Tuesday night.

They are a strong side who have been in and around the play-offs for most of the season so for us to beat them was great.

I thought we deserved the victory too and played well in the end, despite making a sluggish start.

Because of that we decided to change formation and match their 4-4-2 which made a difference.

It’s taken us up to ninth in the table, just outside the play-offs but I hope nobody is taking any notice of us.

I want them to think we’re just enjoying a flurry of good results and then we can sneak up on them all at the end.

Bilel Mohsni also popped up with the winning goal again and it’s great he’s still with us because he’s an important member of our team.

It was Blackpool who came in for him just before the transfer window closed but their offer wasn’t acceptable.

It could have been difficult for Bilel because he’s now had a sniff of the Premier League but he’s on a learning curve with us and it will do him good to get more games.

There are a rough edges he still needs to smooth out but he is a player of real potential and has done well this season.

He will want to keep that going and so we will when we take on Shrewsbury Town this Saturday.

It’s another hard game as they are going for a top three finish and have been in contention for that virtually all year.

But we’re full of confidence at the moment and it’s a game we’re really looking forward to.

Hopefully the fans can really get behind us again too because they have been fantastic in the last few games we’ve had.

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