Good to see some of you today. Enjoyed the match too, obviously.

West Ham will be looking for a new manager soon

Jackson is out of contract at the end of this season. If he gets us a better than expected finish in the league or its looking like he will then we might not be able to afford him for a renewal and / or he could even get poached by someone.

Player of the Match, Laurence ;-)

Trigger - I said this on the podcast this week and by my maths today was game number 19 in this run.

Chris Thorpe in suit, since he was doing Aaron Paul role of post-match man of the match presentations, and did some stiff in Legends and Captains Lounges pre-mattch together with 1889 with whoever was the guest today.

Good job we don’t listen to the Jackson out stuff and persevered with him. I’m sure if he stays too long things will go south for him, like all managers, but right now we’ve got a really good set up here.

Good friend of mine and erstwhile Wup poster asked when was the last time we conceded a goal in the first half of a league game.

As I said on X that was the sort of result and performance which sells tickets (home and away) - last time we were in League One alongside Barnsley we scraped a 0-0 away early in the season if I remember correctly and then got done 1-4 at home. Today we deserved our win.

Back pre game dining options. Might help if some of the vans were ready to serve at 1.30 pm or even put a menu out . The bau buns van had trouble understanding its own menu or what to charge so I gave up on the end. Perhaps the club are secretly hoping we will give up on the vans and buy food from the club in the end. Other than that great team performance and character. Agree Hackford could become the new Ali with his finishing. Enjoying the ride so far.

We seem to start every game with a n inferiority complex which disappears after the first 15 minutes

If last ditch clearances and blocks make you a good team then Portsmouth under 18s are a good team - this morning the Wimbledon under 18s had five or six shots past the keeper but blocked on the line - we still won 5-0. Hopefully Bert won't be receiving a screenshot of this from the club saying any mention of the under 18s is strictly verboten.

Reading looking win able on Tues then

I think in the main we've gone for every side we've played bar Luton, that was treated as a sighter, IMHO, we found we could compete with them and in the league haven't looked back.

That was brilliant ⚽️

Another vote for Johnson here Scottish.

Ryan Johnson was immense today, brilliant performance and it was good to see JJ go after Barnsley from the start.

Hippo MotM for me though I don't think we had a player on the field who didn't have a shout for it, one way or another.

Well that was fun.

Our second goal was taken particularly well. A shame about Bugiel hitting the post as that was almost inch-perfect. L2 already seems a long, long time ago...

Smith seems to have turned into a playmaker. Put Sevens through to his 1v1 in first half then provided for Hackfords goal.

Lurker he was a run of the mill / average / nobody would remember him type player for us but we always slag off / boo / sing you know what you are at ex frannies when they come to Plough Lane. Watson no different.

The defence and Bishop just look like players who know they’re good. There’s a confident strut about them and it’s time maybe to say those last ditch, covering man, off the line clearances aren’t just luck. They’re because those guys believe in themselves and each other.

Dons right at home in L1. Town was crawling with pissed Barnsley before the game and they thought they were in for an easy 3. Mugs.

Another thing with Hackford is he looks like he’s jogging. Sign of really natural pace that he doesn’t have to work hard for it.