The View From Churchmans

An unremarkable performance with a nice (but not extraordinary) scoreline, but a match which will be remembered for a long time thanks to Deano's opportunism. Who knows, he might go on to great things and there'll be 75,000 Town fans who'll claim to have been there and have seen his home-debut hat-trick. But we really were there, weren't we kids? Those of us who want to see all the youngsters given a start ... More...

Three-one defeats are becoming a bit monotonous. But unlike the Wigan game, we weren't outplayed by a classier side, and unlike the Norwich game, we weren't robbed. Instead, we just looked a mess, against a strong but ordinary side. It was a match about commitment and confidence, and for periods we had it in spades, and for the remainder we were simply hopeless. I've simply no idea what we can learn from this, ... More...