Two more matches this week for our high-flying Bluebirds and another six points.

It’s impossible not to get carried away at this stage, but perhaps I should breathe and start at the beginning.

On Tuesday night, we were well supported on a difficult trip to a Dagenham & Redbridge side with only one defeat in their last 14 games.

To the pride and delight of those travellers, we made one of the league’s form teams look decidedly average.

The passing was crisp and composed, the defence resolute with the reintroduction of Josh Granite (more on him later) and with the relief of John Rooney’s plainly incorrect dismissal from Torquay having been rescinded the team looked to be firing on all cylinders.

It was testament to the fans of Dagenham that our hardy band of travellers from Barrow were applauded out of the stadium, hands shaken and nods of approval given.

“You’re the best team we’ve seen here in years,” one gentleman told me, while another wondered aloud how exactly Torquay had contrived to put four goals into a side he compared to a 1970s Brazil. High praise indeed.

I certainly wasn’t complaining when Paul Cox had us on the cusp of the National League play-offs or gate-crashing the third round of the FA Cup three seasons ago.

Indeed, it was with some amusement that I used to read opposing fans bemoaning our ‘cheating’ or ‘borderline violence’. We were just playing better than they were.

But having said that, how nice is it to now be winning with style and to be the envy of the league? We can be justly proud of our players and our team at the moment.

Nine wins in ten league games (punctuated only by a shambolic refereeing decision at Torquay) is incredible. Even the bookies are finally getting on board and shortening our odds of promotion.

The Torquay result had the potential to shake confidence, inject self-doubt and undermine the foundations of what Ian Evatt is building with these players. But it didn’t.

It didn’t because of the mentality of the squad and the belief of the manager, which were in full view on Saturday as we ground out the most precious and hard-fought three points of the season at home to Sutton.

Barrow are not going to go away in this play-off challenge. We have the talent and we have the mental strength to maintain our high standards, and we have a playing and coaching staff determined to see that they do.

*There’s a reason that Novak Djokovic has 16 Grand Slam titles – more than his natural tennis talent arguably deserves.

It’s the same reason that Tyson Fury escaped the ring undefeated when seemingly knocked out by Deontay Wilder. Mentality. A refusal to be beaten or to give way against the odds.

On a hectic day of football all across the nation, surely nowhere was this mentality better exemplified than at Holker Street.

As the final minutes ticked by, Jason Taylor, our vice-captain, was off with a suspected concussion. Having used all the substitutions available to him, Ian Evatt was forced to go on with ten men.

Among those was Josh Granite, the skipper, newly reintroduced to the starting line-up in recent games. With a broken collarbone and suspected dislocated shoulder, he led the line up front – well out of position – winning headers and even having fouls given against him such was his determination to hold on to Barrow’s lead.

At full time, he headed straight down the tunnel and off to hospital. It was a performance all Barrow fans will relate to and one which might go down in local folklore if this incredible season gets a fairy tale ending.

Underneath the slick passing, this team have an iron will. Both will be needed in the long winter to come.

*The Bluebirds Trust held their AGM last Saturday morning. Bolstered by our friends from the NSC, who traditionally conduct their own AGM after ours, attendance was high.

It was nice to see so many come out and take an interest in the performance of the Trust in what's been a manic year for all our volunteers.

The bank balance is slightly up on last year, which is no mean feat considering that £10,000 of Trust funds was used to kick start the share purchase earlier this year.

Beyond this, several thousand pounds has gone in to other community projects and club initiatives. To be able to make these contributions to our club while retaining prudent reserves is a credit to the entire support.

Yet the hard work continues. On Friday, November 22, the Barrow AFC directors will be hosting an open forum for fans at the Co-op Bowls and Social Club on Dane Avenue commencing at 7:30pm.

We want to lift the curtain so that everybody associated with this club understands the hard work and the financial outlay that goes in to supporting a season like the one we're having, and so that we're all clear on the part that we must play to sustain this success.