Tigers prepare to roar again

TRURO City are on a mission to prove they would have finished last season as Pitching In Southern League Premier South champions – and that’s all the motivation boss Paul Wotton and his players need.

The White Tigers have started by taking 16 points from 24 after their promotion hopes were dashed last term when they sat a point clear with two games in hand.

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It was Wotton’s first year in charge at Truro, but now the former Plymouth Argyle captain has to do it all over again.

“We’ve had exactly the same start as we had last year,” he told The NLP. “We’ve had a tough start on paper, we’ve played Taunton at home, away at Hayes, Hendon, Poole, Swindon, all teams who will undoubtedly be up there at the end of the season. I’m really pleased with how we are but there’s lots to work on and we’re far from the finished article.

“We freshened it up a little bit in the summer although the nucleus of the squad is the same. Last year was my first year with them so they know how I work and I know more about them.

“It takes a bit of time to gel but we’re starting to get there and we’re looking forward to the restart like everyone else is.”

The early table has all of the usual suspects at the top and Wotton feels the lengthy summer break hasn’t negatively affected the quality in the league.

“It is strong, I don’t think there will be a runaway winner,” he said. “You see some crazy results every week in the league, it’s tough, very competitive, there’s some excellent football teams and most teams are well-organised with fit players.

“To get out of it is a big ask, we’ll be trying our best like every other team in the league. It would be very easy to sit there from last season and feel sorry for yourself.

“I must stress there was still nine games left last season we were in a good form and ahead but no one’s ever going to know what would have happened. What’s done is done, it’s very important not to play with anger and not look backwards. We’re in the current season and will try our best to rectify last season.

“We try to do things are professionally as we can. If your best is good enough then great and if your best isn’t, then I can live with that.”

Truro were just hitting form when lockdown arrived, scoring 11 goals in three games to ramp up the momentum ahead of a busy winter period.

They’ll resume on December 5 with a trip to Moneyfields in the FA Trophy first round and Wotton has trusted his players to be ready.

“You have to put a lot of trust in the players to keep themselves fit,” he added. “It doesn’t matter how much running you do, they’re never going to match fit for the first game of the restart.

“We hadn’t played football for six months in the first lockdown, anyone who needs two or three weeks to get ready to play football need a bit of a reality check, let’s get on with it, get the fans back in and get people smiling.

“All players will be in the same boat, it will come down in the early games which team has looked after themselves the best.”