IT'LL BE a travesty if he doesn't get it.

So, despite all that 'curse' stuff behind the award, surely the best way for Gulls fans to handle the August Manager Of The Month Award for League Two is to expect Paul Buckle to win it — and enjoy it for all it's worth!

Four straight league wins, an unlucky near miss against Reading in the Carling Cup and now Tuesday's JPT win at Bournemouth — how can they give it to anyone else?

The accepted wisdom surrounding the award is that it brings almost instant bad luck.

But the big 'plus' of last Saturday's 2-1 win at Port Vale is that, in some ways, it took the pressure off this weekend's trip to Southend.

What will be will be...