Chelsea

It’s becoming routine. Lovely between the boxes but miles off it at both ends. Enough has been said about the attack but the defending has been awful recently. Chelsea moved us around at will and the only surprise, given the oceans of space they were afforded in and around our penalty area, was it took […]

I hope the club manage to get the new head coach in place before next weekend. This one feels like more of a free swing but we want to be prepared going into the Forest game. That said, Bournemouth have experienced a ‘caretaker bounce’ since parting company with Scott Parker so maybe Davis and Collins […]

If there was one player feeling the sting last weekend, I bet it was Conor Coady. Whatever his shortcomings as a player, to be accused of not trying, of not caring, of downing tools, would have cut right to the bone for someone of his character. How sweet then for the skipper to be the […]

I do my share of distance running and it’s not uncommon to see people limping over the finish line. Wolves currently resemble the same frail old man you seem to encounter at all these events, straining every sinew just to complete the race. We made Brighton look like prime Mo Farah last weekend in what […]

Another game, another stoic defensive outing. The point is welcome but I’m left thinking if we could have sustained our attacking efforts for the duration of the game, we might have gone one better against a beleaguered Chelsea. Once they stepped onto us after the break though, we swiftly crawled back into our shell and […]

The make or break fixtures for December always looked like being Brighton and Watford. So far, that’s proved correct. Predictable defeats to the top two and a narrow victory over an alright but not brilliant Seagulls side have us on track. We’re back in bonus ball territory on Sunday – assuming it goes ahead – […]