I should have known better, shouldn’t I, than calling this one a certain win? The Villa never fail to let us down, whenever we think it’s in the bag. I commented early on that I thought us playing so wide…

I’ve just read an interesting stat that says today’s game will be the first we’ve played against a lower half of the table team in nearly two months. If that’s so, it just confirms my thinking that we’ve done pretty…

Merry Christmas all! I watched most of the Leeds game and I was absolutely livid at the way we threw the game away at the final whistle. I thought the ref was shocking and seriously wonder how paid officials can…

So much for FFP then. As I’ve often suggested, it’s a load of old tripe that you can get around if you have the means. It is of course a good idea, that is designed to stop clubs going bust,…

I have to say straight off, I didn’t see it. It would seem Stoke were the better side and my Stokey mate (who’s very reasonable in his judgement) said we were lucky. If that’s so, I think this was a…

Ah man, I’m sure I read somewhere this was a 5pm kick-off. It’s not and it’s a rare 3pm kick-off, which means I probably won’t get to see it. My AVTV subscription and extras is beginning to look a waste…

The big call here was Albion’s second goal in the first minute of half time. My understanding of the game has always been that if a player contacts the ball and knocks it onto his own arm, it’s an automatic…

Hmm. “Sid Cowans love child” suggested my having very little faith in our defence after the Forest game was a bit premature, given that we hadn’t conceded many previously. How right he was! In my defence, it was just that…

I’m getting a bit fed up of saying it now, but I won’t get to see this game, even though it’s a five thirty kick-off. Still, it is what it is and I’ll try and keep up with the score…

I’m actually a bit gutted that we didn’t win that, as the scoreline doesn’t matter, whereas the points do. But good grief, that was the best game I can remember in a very long time. Abraham got four goals and…

So after wasting a couple of hours looking for a Christmas tree (that we didn’t get!), here’s my thoughts; I’m going to look past some major problems at first and say that this was a cracking win. After going one…

I both love and hate this particular fixture. It’s the fear of losing and knowing you’ll never hear the end of it from blues fans, as opposed to the massive buzz it gives me when we win and keep them…

Well, I’m truly happy to say I called this one totally wrong. I didn’t get to the game and only got to listen to the WM commentary for the final half hour or so. We were missing chance after chance…

There’s a remote chance I might go to this game, but sadly, it’s looking very doubtful as there’s too much to do at work and I don’t think I’ll be able to finish early enough. I’m probably one of the…

I readily admit that I’m an armchair supporter, mostly because of restraints placed upon me because of work. So it was a pleasant change for me to actually get down to Villa park and watch the game in the flesh,…

From memory, Bolton made a very good start to the season, but a quick look at the table shows that results soon tailed off. So much so that they’re actually sat two places below us in 19th. Even better, they…

It’s a funny old game isn’t it? But that’s exactly what makes it so good, in that the stats don’t suit what actually happened. This was nothing like the defeat against Norwich and frankly, I thought we battered QPR tonight.…

God, yes, that game really annoyed me. After a very competent start, that saw us take a lead I never really expected beforehand, it was satisfying to go in at half time with a 1-0 lead. But it didn’t last…

The good and bad news is I’m back home. The bad of course, was walking into 8C at 3AM in the morning. On the other hand, it does mean that I’ll be able to watch the game tonight. And it’s…