What a disappointing week, after the highs of Peterborough and the progress made after Christmas with only two defeats since Boxing Day – one of those being the FA Cup exit against Manchester United. We were poor in the first half against Exeter but up until their opening goal we looked as though we could […]
Another casualty, another academy casualty of the ridiculous excesses put in place by our former owners be that IEC or Phoenix 21? Perhaps. This time in the form of Callum Lang, it isn’t as direct as those experienced previously but it’s still part of the same family of sad tales. There’s two trains of thought […]
You’d be forgiven for not noticing that we were currently unbeaten in the league since Boxing Day. Or that we had gained eight points from the previous twelve on offer, rising to fifth in the form table. Or maybe it’s escaped your attention that we in to the lofty heights of eleventh place. All of […]
Out of two cups in a week, one expected. One less so. There’s no dressing up Tuesday night’s defeat to Doncaster – it wasn’t good enough and I’ve no doubt Shaun Maloney will have told the players exactly that and if not Maloney then Graham Barrow certainly will have. We had a plum draw in […]
Time to concentrate on the league eh? I said I would be happy if we competed and compete we did, there was to be no 2018 style fairy tale but even being on the pitch in the first place is a fairy tale that I and many other supporters need reminding of. There was some […]
Four points from nine over the Christmas period doesn’t really tell the full story. It’s a decent return that stopped what was a bad run, turning in to a really bad run. But with players returning from injury and others stepping up to be counted, it was a lot more positive than just the results […]
One defeat in twelve, nine of those wins – twenty three goals scored all whilst a number of our automatic first teamers are out injured. No one can underestimate the positive effect that Shaun Maloney has had on this football club, from the flames of last season’s nonsense to overturning the minus eight in a […]
If you win your home games and pick up points away you won’t be far off, and that’s exactly what Shaun Maloney’s side are doing right now. There’s a consistency to our approach now that wasn’t there earlier in the season. Naturally for a side thrown together at haste with academy graduates, free transfers and […]
If you would have said to someone ahead of Derby away at the start of August that we would be sitting on 17 points at the start of November they would have snapped your hand off. When you consider without the points deduction that we would be sat in 7th place they would be even […]
That’s more like it. We said, we needed a reaction after this international break and what a reaction we’ve seen. Two wins, four goals scored, zero conceded and a huge step forward after such a damaging last few weeks. Both wins were fantastic in their own way, but distinctly different performances. Against Gary Caldwell’s Exeter […]