Three weeks in, two games played, and three points clear in the early stages of the League Of Ireland Premier Division.
It's been the ideal start for Ian Morris and Waterford FC who this evening find themselves on the road to Deacy Park to face John Caulfield's Galway.
Their Western hosts have only played one game so far but were one goal to the better of Cork City in Turners Cross last Friday.
Determined to get out of the first division at the first time of asking, Morris has made no secret that he wants his team to push for every win, "It's been a really good start. Look, like I said, we want to go out and win every game and we've managed to do that so far. There's no doubt Galway are going to pose a really tough threat for us tomorrow. They're really well organized, they're fit, they're strong, they'll hustle and bustle so, it'll be a really competitive game. We just need to keep our work rate up and hopefully, the quality shines through."
The Blues hosted Bray last Friday with 2,400 fans in the RSC for the first home game of the season. Despite Bray being thumped 6-0 in their season opener, they proved a tougher challenge for Morris' team with Louis Britton's strike the lone score of the game. The Bristol loanee has made a flying start to the season, scoring in both games he's featured in and providing the manager with plenty of the "right type" of headaches.
"That's one of the difficult ones for me. I spoke about competition all over the pitches and "Cian-O" to be fair was top man in preseason and Louis' come in and he's managed to score goals. It's headaches for me; which one I play or whether I play them both together so it's nice to have them options. Both of them know that they're really gonna drive each other. As a striker, you want to be the top man and you want to be the main boy so the two of them are pushing themselves and pushing each other as hard as they can"
The boss expected a more stern challenge from Bray compared to what they had put up against Cork City. Six goals - five of which came in the second half - spelled a torrid tale for the newly amalgamated club. Despite missing out on taking anything from the game, the Wicklow outfit battled on until the final whistle and created plenty of problems for the Blues late on when a series of corners had to be contended with in order for the home side to retain their three points.
"We knew after their first game they obviously took a tough defeat. So we knew they were going to be a little bit more conservative. It is difficult to break down teams when they just really sit in deep and we have to be better at that. But I thought we did create chances. I just didn't think we were as fluid as we have been for the previous six or seven weeks. We do want to improve on that performance, I think it was okay. But we've certainly got levels to go up and we've been getting there this week"
