The View From Churchmans

On a day when for many of us, the rugby result meant that there was nothing Ipswich could do to spoil things, the team went and did us proud regardless. And in a way there was something quite reminiscent of the way in which the England XV always seem to adapt their game to the opposition and conditions, because against hard opposition and in some gloomy drizzle, we proved we could mix it. The ... More...

A mediocre performance turned into a disastrous result by a succession of criminal errors at the back. We all laugh about the "Curse of the Manager of the Month Award" but sometimes you have to wonder if there's something in it. The manager couldn't take any of the blame for the errors, but he failed to sort out a ramshackle midfield and somehow contrived to make our left side vanish from the game ... More...