The View From Churchmans

Back down to earth a little, after Tuesday night's excesses, but hey, we're still getting those odd-goal victories where in less fortunate times we wouldn't be, so I'm not complaining. We were just about worth the win (although Stoke were incredibly lucky not to equalise at the end with the one which went off both posts then out), and to be honest, we weren't that much off Tuesday night's pace: I think that ... More...

And it came to the point in the season where, after clinging on grimly to a 2-1 lead over Walsall (every disrespect intended, as Danny Baker would say), the crowd erupted in relief. Yes, it had come to that. But much more encouraging all round, and three points on the board; I'm certainly not complaining! So 4-4-2 it was once more, with home debuts for Mahon and Bart-Williams, Naylor unluckily dropped to the bench ... More...

A fluke? Or is it all starting to come together? I'd like to think it's more of the latter. The team looked like a really solid unit tonight, and perhaps the only fluke was that the first half was one of those times when everything seems to go in. Goodness knows we've had enough of them when nothing seems to go in (we've had plenty of halves in the past where we've created ... More...

So TBBM (The Bloke Behind Me) says: "it comes to something when the most recognisable name on the pitch is the ****** referee" and he had a point. A lot of Rotherham fans will be setting fire to their Andy D'Urso commemorative teatowels after this one, but we can be thankful to him for three points and for turning a dire match into one we'll remember for, ooh, several days. Our penalty claim ... More...