The View From Churchmans

A match which won't live long in the memory. The pre-match talking point was probably the biggest post-match talking point, namely that eight of the outfield players might well have been in the side today if this summer's so-called Roy Keane revolution hadn't happened at all. David Wright, McAuley, Quinn, Walters and Counago were the backbone of Magilton's teams, and it's quite possible that Trotter, Peters and Smith ... More...

Well, if we didn't know after the West Brom and Middlesbrough games how far away we are from the Premiership, we certainly do now. But despite the absurdly over-the-top outrage from many supporters after the game, did we seriously expect much else? Five of us went down to the match together, all predicted an away win, and the youngest two even called the score correctly, as it turned ... More...

I'm not sure where the all-important, confidence-boosting first win is going to come from at the moment, I must be honest. Forest were alright, nothing more, but by the end Town were hanging on for the point, and had McAuley not fallen on his sword, it would have been a thoroughly disappointing home defeat. And it had all started so well! I suppose you could argue the evening went ... More...

Still no win then. On the plus side, Town were up against one of the form teams around at the moment, but Preston really did offer every courtesy by giving away a silly penalty and obligingly spending the next 45 minutes with ten men. The result was one way traffic in the second half, but that only served to highlight the lack of creativity in Town's midfield and ... More...

New season, new (effectively) manager, new signings, and a new formation for the Portman Road faithful. But by 4.45pm things had changed substantially, and some of what we were watching seemed eerily reminiscent of this time last season, or the season before. Still, this made a change from Marks & Spencer management ("because there is no Plan B"), which bodes well for fickle fans like... well, all of ... More...