Posted in Match Report on Jan 11th, 2026
First, further fanks – sorry, thanks – to Ned for stepping into the breach yesterday at literally no notice. Brilliant job, Ned! I did consider it myself but had to at least make a start on that least appealing of tasks – the annual accounts 😱. At least this mission gave me 24 hours leeway. […]
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Posted in Match Report on Jan 8th, 2026
A hard-fought draw against the champions is not a bad result in isolation, but I ended the game with a sense of frustration. We played an excellent first half but failed to take advantage of numerous good situations to create clear cut chances. Liverpool deserve credit for a dominant second half, the most we have […]
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Posted in Match Report on Jan 4th, 2026
One question before the match was whether Antoine Semenyo would start for Bournemouth? He did. Had Arsenal made a cheeky bid, bearing in mind Mikel Arteta’s comments about watching the transfer market “and its timings carefully” and Semenyo declaring himself an Arsenal fan? I guess that is now highly unlikely as he started against us […]
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Posted in Match Report on Dec 31st, 2025
I’ve been saying all season that we are the best team in this league. I said it after we lost to Liverpool in our third game. I said it yesterday after a run of single goal victories that had some fans encouraged and others nervous. Well, you can bet I am still saying it now after watching us […]
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Posted in Match Report on Dec 28th, 2025
A cold Saturday in December and that rarest of rarities, a 3pm kick off. All is good with the world. Or so it seemed until around 4.15 pm yesterday when our old friends panic and passivity (thank you, Bath) turned up like Marley’s ghost, very nearly to ruin things. Even before the game began there […]
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