30 Oct 1999
Interesting performance - a good one, although if we'd been more ruthless
it could have been five or six. And on balance, we certainly deserved
three or four. Grimsby were poor, and their fans singing "You're not fit
to play for Town" showed that. Almost everyone played well, and the most
encouraging thing was the performance of two of the players who've been
borderline of late, Wilnis and Jermaine Wright.
Wilnis wasn't given much ... More...
19 Oct 1999
Yes, I know most of the List (including me) has written "we'll probably
go and thrash Charlton now" over the last few days, but who'd have
believed it really?
What was most interesting of all about this game was the way that we saw
a team rejuvenate itself not between games, as is usual, but steadily,
and gradually, during the course of a game. One up with a (fortunate)
goal within five minutes, then ... More...
16 Oct 1999
The after match comment "that was the worst Town performance I can
remember for several years" seemed a bit exaggerated, but it's hard to
argue against that if you can't immediately think of a worse one. And I
couldn't. QPR must have loved it. They weren't worth a three goal win,
but we almost certainly deserved a three-goal defeat.
For a while at the start, we almost forgot the dreaded letters
D-A-N-S-O-N. There's nothing ... More...