ANOTHER week, and another two games to reflect on.

It’s been a hectic start to the season to say the least, mainly due to the fact we’ve had to play first and second round matches in the Capital One Cup.

Unfortunately, that adventure came to an end on Tuesday evening as we went down 1-0 at Sheffield Wednesday, our first defeat in 13 competitive games.

But we certainly didn’t disgrace ourselves, and can now focus fully on the main objective for this season – gaining promotion from League Two.

Tuesday's game at Hillsborough was our sixth match in just three weeks, and I made six changes to the starting line-up.

Changing a settled team for cup matches is just something you have to do when you have such a busy schedule of fixtures and the league is your No 1 priority, but it can be a bit of a conundrum.

Of course, you want to win every game you play, but I have to keep one eye on the bigger picture.

I’m not being defeatist, but it was highly, highly unlikely we’d win the Capital One Cup, whereas getting promoted to League One is a very real possibility.

Our first five matches were played out in the space of just 15 days and in each of those games I started with pretty much the same first 11.

To ask all of those boys to go again on Tuesday, particularly after such a bruising encounter at Mansfield three days before, was just one ask too many.

While the players are incredibly fit after a great pre-season and professional athletes, everyone is susceptible to suffering burn-out.

Did I weaken the team with the changes I made for Tuesday night’s game?

No, I don’t think so.

We’ve got a very strong squad this year and have a lot of talented players that haven’t had much game time yet.

While some of them aren’t in my preferred starting 11 at the moment, that’s not to say they can’t force their way into it.

They’re all good enough otherwise they wouldn’t be here.

And on Tuesday evening a couple of them really gave me a few things to think about it.

It was a tough game and we were on the back foot for a lot of it, but that’s to be expected when you’re playing a side two divisions above you.

By and large I was very pleased with the boys that came in.

They acquitted themselves well and all put real shifts in, and like I said, they all have the capabilities to become regulars in the first team.

As an ex-player myself, I know what it’s like to not be playing in the first team week in week out.

It’s frustrating, but it happens to everyone at some stage in their career, and you just have to knuckle down and get on with it.

Fortunately, everyone in the current squad has a good attitude, understands we’re a collective, and that we have a shared goal.

Looking back to Saturday, I felt we were unlucky not to come away from Mansfield with all three points.

We didn’t have the best of starts, and could have been two down after ten minutes had they put away a penalty, but after that I felt we dominated the game.

We controlled possession (70 per cent in the first half), and thoroughly deserved our equaliser when it arrived via the penalty spot early in the second half.

To say that Callum O’Dowda was upended is an understatement, it was more like assault, and Kemar Roofe despatched the spot-kick expertly.

That goal helped us keep our unbeaten league run going, the challenge we have now is shoring things up slightly at the back so as we can turn these draws we’re getting in to wins.

We’ve proved already that we have plenty of firepower going forward – and we have goals all around the team which is very useful – it’s making sure we keep things tight at the other end that’s the priority at the moment.

Of course, we’re doing everything we can on the training pitch to address the issue and I know exactly what we need to do.

Today we host Yeovil Town, and as always, I’m really looking forward to kick-off.

The last game we played at home was terrific, and from an attacking point of view, probably the best performance since I’ve been at the club.

We looked like scoring every time we went forward, and played some scintillating football at times.

We moved the ball quickly, were incisive and creative, and even standing on the touchline, immersed in the game, I could sense an atmosphere of genuine excitement in the crowd.

Obviously results are what matter most, but we do like to play the game the right way, and when we can, win in style.

If you’re not a regular visitor to the Kassam, but have been thinking about coming to a game, I’d urge you to do so today.

We need to make our home ground a real fortress – and you can help us do that.