At the end of a game, it is fair to say that you have performed well if the opposition fans applaud you.

Our display on Saturday against Chelmsford resulted in that exact response.

The away day journey started as always.

Laurie Walker and I sat next to one another sharing a bag of our pre-match ritual jelly babies.

With Alejandro-Adrian Santiago and Josetxo Lapoujade returning to strengthen the defence after recent broken noses, I was sure that we would win.

Once we had arrived, finished the jelly babies and saw we had a good surface to play on, I was confident it was a foregone conclusion.

Starting on the front foot and creating early chances, our captain Darren Pond was the one to nearly open the scoring.

After great link up play, he latched on to a through ball before just missing the front post with his outstretched foot.

Later in the half, Josetxo came even closer to putting us ahead as his powerful header was denied by a fantastic fingertip save.

At 0-0 thanks to the efforts of the Chelmsford goalkeeper, the first 45 minutes were more exciting than the scoreline suggested.

However, after beating Ebbsfleet midweek, any confidence Chelmsford did have was taken away in the second half mauling.

We broke the deadlock in identical fashion to last weekend.

Winger Kynan Isaac did brilliantly once again to win a penalty, before Bradley Bubb confidently slotted the ball home in the 50th minute.

After producing another fingertip save to stop a glancing header from Darren, the Chelmsford number one couldn’t stop Kynan from doubling the lead.

Having replaced Bubb upfront, Omari Sterling-James exposed the smallest gap to flick the ball through, finding Kynan who slid the ball under the keeper.

Two goals to the good and completely in control, some of the football we produced was simply brilliant.

Ander Del Alamo was back to his best as he conducted the midfield while Santiago orchestrated attack after attack from defence with his penetrating passing.

With ten minutes to go, Reece Fleet punished the Chelmsford high line with a floated pass over the top.

Latching on to the pass before combining with Omari, I steered the ball home with my left foot to make it 3-0.

Julien Lafunente came on to add his name to the scoresheet and complete the second half hammering.

Omari completed his hat trick of assists by running in behind the Chelmsford defence, before squaring the ball for Julien, to tap home for our fourth of the game.

Overall, a dominating performance for our fifth win in six away matches which keeps us second in the league table.

This weekend, we turn our attention back to the FA Cup as we travel to Bognor Regis in the third qualifying round.

If we focus and prepare properly, there is no reason why we cannot perform as we did against Chelmsford and continue on into the next round.