15 Jan 2005
An ordinary display from Town, with one or two areas of concern, but
the outcomes were all positive, particularly three points (which was
the main thing), and some confidence-boosting for the strikers,
seeing their names on the scoresheet for the first time in 2005.
A fairly conventional and predictable starting lineup, with perhaps
only the selection of Karbasiyoon over Richards at left-back as a
debating point. Westlake was suspended, and we missed his
industriousness. In ... More...
8 Jan 2005
Ah, the romance and glamour of the FA Cup. Well, perhaps not. If you're one
of those people who thinks it matters (and we'd all like to think we are), I
respectfully suggest you're deluding yourself: whereas against Wigan and
West Ham I was screaming at players to get stuck in right to the end, today
I had to look away whenever a player went to ground. Don't get yourselves
injured in a ... More...
1 Jan 2005
What a dreadful start to the New Year. At least things should be
looking up from here onwards. Facing opponents who were bigger,
stronger and faster than us was only half of the problem. The other
half was that we played like we'd seen the New Year in with a real
party and stayed for the lock-in.
There's no excuse. West Ham were pretty decent, but no more so than
Wigan, Reading or even ... More...
