The View From Churchmans

Extraordinary. Hands up who said before this one that if the home record was to go, it might well be this afternoon? Now, people might point out that Bristol lost one centre-half soon into the second quarter of the game, and lost the other (as well as going a man down) soon into the third quarter, so it's hardly surprising they struggled defensively. But that's in hindsight. Don't ... More...

There were no outstanding individual performances in this one, nor did we put on a showpiece display, yet there was something very satisfying about the whole package today. Obviously the result: Wolves are playoff contenders, and had been on a nice unbeaten run. But perhaps even more importantly, you feel this might be the most settled, improving team we've had for a long time, and they're playing like ... More...

A match we didn't look like winning for long periods, but in the end it all fell into place and it was so amusing to see the reactions of the Cahwyoo fans, who once again made this game seem like their cup final. We began in a lively enough fashion, but after 15 minutes or so the opposition had comfortably got the measure of us, surrounding our two beleaguered central midfielders and preventing ... More...

Well, of course we made heavy weather of it, that's so often the way, isn't it? This was a game against a very poor team which should have been wrapped up by half time, but we didn't have the normal incisiveness up front, and even though we still managed to create several chances, only one was converted. So by the end we were hanging on by the skin of our teeth against a ... More...

Now it's beginning to look like a very useful start to the season. Despite the score, this may have been an even better performance than against Wednesday, and suggests that the real Town this season may be the one we saw on the opening day, rather than the one which made itself look foolish at Milton Keynes. Let's hope so. We didn't make a hatful of openings, but that was because Palace were ... More...

I'm sure stattos will tell me if I'm wrong, but that must be about four or five years running we've kicked off the league campaign at home, and normally it's a tight, tentative affair. Not today though - it was ole football almost from the start, with the whole team seeming to be enjoying themselves. The first game is rarely a pointer to the whole season, good or bad, ... More...