Great result, dismal afternoon. I thought we'd turned the corner with a respectable performance (if unlucky scoreline) against Leeds and a reasonable effort against Arsenal. But this was not encouraging. It started brightly enough, with some decent forays down the right wing, and a couple of reasonable chances. The tactics were obviously to exploit new boy Mark Burchill's speed, but in practice that meant lots of hopeful punts forward ... More...
Well, the stats show that we can't complain about an Arsenal win, but we so nearly got something out of the game, and certainly impressed all the Arsenal fans I was near. A battling performance, and we shouldn't get at all downhearted about the result, because if we keep that standard up to the end of the season there are 10 or 20 more points to come, for ... More...
Nothing like a bit of controversy not favouring us to get this list going is there? And quite right too. I've calmed down now, but it's not often you get that angry after a game. The referee was consistently bad, but the linesman in front of the Cobbold was worse than bad: he simply had it in for us. Why? Who knows. The bizarre way he kept his ... More...
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Trying my best to start Alex young!
First match, 12 Sept 2004
Meeting Bluey, April 2007
Reading the programme, April 2011
