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Blues v Wolves

Hard to pick one. Maik did well but was left exposed for the goal. Jaidi gets away with murder most games and today was no exception. Both Kelly and Sadler blew hot and cold. I thought Muamba and Clem did ok but lost the midfield battle in the second half. Tiny had another solid performance and it's good to see him finally learn how to win the ball in the air. I do wish he wouldn't have to do a showboat moment every match. McChef is looking worth £4m not £2.3 at the moment. Bender had an off game and I thought it looked like some of the team appeared to be pissed off with him at times. Some of Larsson's through balls in the second half showed the gulf in class between Arsenal reserves and first team Championship players. Of the subs, Nafti got stuck in and puts in a great forward ball. Danns is lively but failed to capitalise on some good positions.

So, you've gueseed it, my MOTM is the SHA biatch - Jerome. His positioning was excellent and he used his strength well. He was denied a goal by an exceptional piece of goalkeeping and does well to bring others into play. He should have played the full 90 minutes as he looked most likely to score.

It kicked off after the game. No surpised - Wolves scored after it appeared Breen decked Larsson and left lLarsson on the deck holding his head. My understanding of the rules is that the ref HAS TO stop the game when it's a head injury. If the ref thinks the player faked it then the player gets a card. In any event, it's common gamesmanship for the other team to kick the ball out to allow the player to get treatment. However, this is the Dingles and sport isn't in there limited brains. They went down the other end, got a corner and scored. We can't argue about the actual goal - we didn't defend the back post.

Anyway, after the goal we played as we should have - with passion and conviction. 1 goal classed offside and 2 good chances flashed acorss the goalmouth. Too little too late. We can't sit back on a 1-0 lead. I know we did for the last few goames but it's not good enough.

Outside the Wolves were full of themselves, so much so the head of their crew stood behind 2 coppers and egged us on. here were a few flashes outside teh ground but there's no point fighting in front of the cameras.

Outside the Clements the Blues faithful waited patiently for the vistors to come by, as did the Old Bill. Some of the youngsters got a bit over excited and started when a handful of Wolves came past - result - 1 car dented. I regret to inform you that several bottles and pints lost their lives in this foray.

Ah well, our good run came to an end. I'm pleased that I saw most of the games - rare for me as most of the results came away from home (Derby, Cov and Sheffield were all attended by yours truly). The less said about Coventry the better ;-)

Next week we've got 2 away games. I can't make midweek Southampton but I've got a ticket for Burnley. Never a nice place to visit inside or outside the ground but we've got to win it to keep pushing for promotion.

Up the Blues.
posted by kwacky at 7:44 pm