• BR Brum Royal 30 Jan 2018 · 11:15pm

  A game we thoroughly deserved to win. We could have scored more and Burton scored (the pen) from their only real chance in the game. This was not a nervy victory but one that once we got in front we never looked like giving away. Despite being pegged back to 1-1, the heads didn't drop. The second half in particular was played in fairly miserable conditions - driving rain throughout and it was never going to be pretty - but there were the individual moments of quality that we have been crying out for this season, and that proved to be the difference between the two sides. For 1-0, an overhit Bacuna cross from the right was well… More →

• KI Kitsondinho 30 Jan 2018 · 11:17pm

  Well that was fun. The weather and the quality of the game were both awful......However, I was massively impressed with our grit, fight and will to win tonight. It wasn’t pretty, it was far more direct than normal under Stam...BUT it worked. I don’t think the passing style has been thrown out the window, but it was lovely to see our tactics be a bit more flexible. Yes Burton contributed to that by constantly booting the ball into the air....but we rolled our sleeves up and dug in. My MOM was Edwards. That is the type of performance I’ve been expecting fron him for a while. He drove the team forwards, fought hard in the middle of… More →

• 3P 3points 30 Jan 2018 · 11:33pm

  Well that was very different. We played a very pragmatic form of football. Very little passing around at the back. Definitely safety first. It wasn’t pretty but was what was needed against a very limited Burton team and in the wet conditions. Can’t see Burton staying up tbh We started as a 4-4-2 with Bacuna right back and Gunter left back, and Aluko playing in central mode filed with Edwards more to the right. Just before the goal Stam made a tactical switch and went to a back three of Gunter, Moore and Ilori with Bacuna at left wing back, and Barrow on the right. Bacuna got the cross in for JDB to tap in from close range. Second… More →

• DR Denver Royal 30 Jan 2018 · 11:36pm

  Yep, right after scoring Gunter ran a long ways over to the sidelines...and it was quite a looong hug, too. Great to see.:)

• RI RichTea94 30 Jan 2018 · 11:39pm

  For all the insipid games we've had to endure, and the crap results, there was ne'er a hint that had Stam lost the dressing room.

• WI windermereROYAL 31 Jan 2018 · 12:03am

  Even more impressive we only played with 10 men.

• 3P 3points 31 Jan 2018 · 12:06am

  Fuck me. I forgot Aluko even played :oops: score him a 4 given he was played totally out of position but had no impact on the game

• DR Denver Royal 31 Jan 2018 · 1:17am

  Good write up's. I thought Yann played pretty well (although I'm going to watch the game again to be sure). But yes, he's still getting his legs under him and his timing down and sharpness back. The thing I see with him, though, is that he still occupies defenders and they are wary of his rep and record, which I think brings other players in to the game, like Bod tonite. Really wish the pair of them had started the season differently. Yann was out injured, period, for the first couple months with a bad injury. Bod was signed very late, wasn't really fit, started game one, and promptly got injured in it. If these two had had a full… More →

• TI TiagoIlori 31 Jan 2018 · 1:59am

  Bodvarsson seems to have gained a lot of confidence as of late, being there to score simple tap ins is a sign of a great striker. He’d be perfect with a powerful striker, the things I’d do to have the 11/12 version of Jason Roberts back

• DR Denver Royal 31 Jan 2018 · 2:53am

  Yep, agreed. I think Bod may be a season away yet, given his delayed start here. But yeah, this is a brute of a division, with some big clubs with big money. (castoff Elphick is an example). What we did last year was amazing, and it was unlikely we'd do the same this season. (We don't exactly have a long history of going back to back in the Champ anyway). As you sit down over the Summer, and you try to at least chart doing it, how do you do it? How do you circumnavigate Wolves, Villa, Leeds, Boro, Derby, Norwich, Fulham, etc. (Appoint Gilkes? :wink: ). Well for starters, significant injuries to Yann and Bod very early doors… More →

• FI FiNeRaIn 31 Jan 2018 · 5:27am

  They should have bought strikers and wasted it on midfielders instead, its totally their fault, they didn't even get a loan so its not like it was some unfortunate unlucky occurrence. We knew Kerm would be out for a while and there was no guarantee he'd come back fit so we put all our eggs in a striker who hasn't hit a barn door in his career. He's looked better recently but it was against a league two team and the worst team in the division yesterday, lets see how he does long term. It was a good result that eases some growing relegation fears but make no mistake if we follow this up with a home draw or defeat to a poor Millwall… More →

• LO loyalroyal4life 31 Jan 2018 · 6:45am

  Great to see who the teacher's pet is!

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