31 Dec 2005
Great buzz before the game: "Deano and Danny Haynes up front!" ("You're
kidding, right?") and we all had to agree that with those two, a 4-4-2, and
most of the old men absent from midfield as well, many of the supporters had
got what they'd been asking for. And if it turned out to be rubbish, it
would prove once and for all that supporters know nothing (unlike
experienced managers). There was going ... More...
26 Dec 2005
I hope things don't continue this way for too much longer, if only because words really are going to fail me soon. List stattos will, I'm sure, give us the full story, but I'm going to guess that this will be the lowest end-of-December position we've
been in since before the Burley era, and what's worse, in the seasons which I reckon come close to this (96/97, 97/98 and ... More...
10 Dec 2005
A more lively performance from Town, for much of the game anyway, but for
the second week running we can't complain at coming away with nothing more
than a home draw. QPR have a broadly similar record and position in the
table to Wolves last week, and the result was similar too, yet this time Joe
couldn't be heard telling all and sundry that he was "ecstatic" with a draw
and that he'd ... More...
3 Dec 2005
A curiously absorbing game, given that it was between two mid-table teams
both playing well below their potential. Sometimes when two teams are so
firmly in the "could do better" camp, you wish you'd gone to the
International Festival of Boredom instead, but on other occasions, it makes
the game open up and there are plenty of chances, even if most of them are
squandered. This match was, fortunately, of the second type.
With ... More...