Back 3 was all over the place for the first 30 minutes, as Hanlon and May were taking up positions across the park, and defenders were trying to stay with them rather than passing them on. The break in play seemed to nullify Hanlon.

Morning all. SW19 on yesterday's victory now up - [Link]

Spit - Chelsea at home yesterday also failed to help our attendance, plus the air meltdown earlier in the week may have put off some tourists flying in. I did see a group of four put off their flight to the UK until later in the season.

Tickets are only as high as they are as clubs have to overpay the players. They are laughing all the way to bank whilst pretending to care about the clubs they play for. Unfortunately the PFA has too much power and any methods tried to temper wages is chucked out in court. And then you get rich rich owners paying silly money to get short term success

Think the ticket price for league 1 game is too high,people are voting with their feet.

I'm not getting carried away with three wins (two of them narrow/lucky) against the bottom three, but as Wu says we now have 20% of our target to stay up (although I'd rather go for 54 points). It's beginning to look like a polarised league with some big hitters at the top and hopefully enough teams poorer than us for us to finish mid table. I would take that now. Plus a great FA Cup run, of course.

I do wonder if we would have been better if we had started McNeilly as part of the 3-4-2-1 instead of Sasu we would have been better because the chance when he took the ball on the centre circle, used his strength to hold onto it and almost set up Hippo was the same as our goal v Wigan. Have only seen the highlights so cannot tell what Sasu gave us when he was on the pitch.

We’ve not lost at home and not conceded at home Franchise not won a game all season 😩

First a public service announcement you can see 10 minutes of highlights for free on YouTube. Secondly I feel of the chances shown on there Bursik only had one decent save to make and the rest were routine saves a decent keeper should make - it is his job to make those saves. He is still MOTM for doing his job though. The one at end of the first half was a decent one. We could worry about the volume they had and the lack of chances we created but that will be the tone of the season. Our season will depend on us being on the right side of results enough more than playing well. We know how to win matches more than Doncaster and Wigan this season and that is why we have 10 out of 18.

That felt like a re-run of the Wigan game. We get pissed all over but sneak a win. Someone is going to give us a right humping soon - oh, did somebody mention Huddersfield and Burton have done that already? Simmonds against their No.9 was a complete mismatch forcing Johnson to change sides - which did not help. Thank God that Bursik had a great game and was rightly MoTM. Would like to see McNeilly start alongside Stockley.

Whoever it was Donny had 5 bookings not 3.

Club printed match commentary has Simkin and Bailey booked in first half only. BBC text has them both booked in the second half only. For a ref to book same player twice is unfortunate but to do it twice in one match begins to look like carelessness!

DS, absence of the football gods is noticeable. Donny should have been out of sight. Not going to crow, there's a long season ahead.

She obviously likes you.

That was quick!

Going down for a few minutes - back soon

One of their players got booked for dissent after Stockley's booking. When everyone came over to the touchline, the ref called them back and they tried to take a quick free kick; he called them back and said player shouted in his face and got booked.

The positive is that we’re missing a load of players, playing like absolute toilet, but still winning and in 7th. Que sera sera, we’ll get a long term pumping at some point this season, but for now the football gods are on the piss

*no longer valid

Four more games til we can tell but I also think that rule of thumb is. I linger valid given we can quite easily switch at any point to going double figures without a win, twice, interspersed with three wins in a row against top five oppo.

Nice to see a Dolly Parton tribute at the Last Night of the Proms

I remember watching a film of Cooper v Tomasoni way back when. Dirty figher, Tomasoni, 3 low blows on 'Enery, with no protection from a partisan ref. 2 knock downs each, before Cooper KO'd the Italian in round 5. Trawling Youtube for Cooper fights, it's 90% Ali v Cooper. One or two other fights, that's all. You'd think our 'Enery would warrant better than that. Twice SPOTY, the only boxer to be knighted and the best they can do is Ali, Billie Walker, Bodell, Bugner and about 90secs of Ingmar Johansen.

I thought the ref had cautioned one of them as well when he did Stockley.

20% of the points we need to stay up already, I’ll take that.

Laurence - Ref appeared to book one of them after booking Stockley - presumably for dissent. BBC had it down as their GK. After match that booking disappeared and became 90+4. Strangely the earlier booking did not move to another player. Will be interested to watch the full match later to review the incident again.