Monday, December 01, 2003

Dunno what to say about yesterday's match, other than I remembered how difficult it is to manage when you're running the line. You just don't get to see the shape of the game as well, evevn as well as if you're on the pitch. Still, just a slight tweak was required to get the goals going in again (take Genghis off) - no, seriously, just asked Neil to drop 5 metres so our clearances started going to our players again and we managed to drag the game back up into their half. Bit hairy for a while though eh? Goes to show we can't be complacent even when 3-1 up at halftime. We created so many chances in that first half we should have had the game killed off, but now we know we need to keep on playing at the top of our game no matter what the scoreline is. And for anyone thinking of all those chances Dave didn't score, don't forget he still got a hat-trick and we shouldn't have to rely on him scoring loads just to compensate for us letting in loads. Yesterday could have been a very grumpy afternoon, but luckily I was able to tuck into wine, beer and smirnoff with a big cheesy grin.

But, it was better than winning 5-4 if we'd been 5-0 up, and we showed character to come back from being behind twice. Depending on other results we might be 5th in the league too, which is much more respectable. That was an important win yesterday, 3 on the trot in the league too. Bring on the Jolly Boatmen...

Nice to see Roy Keane costing Utd points, he'll probably blame it on the new players anyway. I know everyone likes watching Chelsea at the moment but you can see them and their fans becoming unbearable to live with this time next season if they do go on and win it. Think I'd rather see Charlton creep up and snatch it.