Another week, another two points on the board and an unbeaten stretch now running to three matches.

Yes Stevenage wasn’t great, but against both Bristol and Lincoln we were the better side against two teams who have started the season in decent form.

Stevenage saw a glut of changes but certainly in the first half and the first bit of the second half those changes didn’t affect us, we dominated and it felt like a matter of when not if we would go ahead.

Ironically the introduction of more of the usual starting eleven seemed to interrupt our flow and send us backwards.

Nonetheless, five points from the last three is a respectable return and we saw against Bristol that on our day we are a match for anyone.

So it’s on to the next one, and our first Saturday home game in over five weeks. Feels like a long time since the win over Crawley.

Gary Caldwell’s Exeter travel up to Lancashire with a decent start to the season in the bag and ex Latic Josh Magennis up top.

I thought it was a shame to see Magennis go at the end of last season.

Yes his scoring record wasn’t the best for us but he was a great option coming off the bench and seemed to hit a decent seam of form towards the end of last season.

There’s an ex Exeter defender in our ranks as well, and after six weeks of the season it’s clear as to why the aforementioned Caldwell was so furious to lose Will Aimson to us.

To say he’s been the signing of the summer is a big understatement. Latics haven’t really missed Charlie Hughes since his move to Hull and Aimson alongside Kerr and Carragher have been a big part of that.

So another two on the road before attention turns to the trip to Stockport. This would be the ideal time to collect some more points.

Fingers crossed the forwards can pack their shooting boots for Saturday.

Sean Livesey

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