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Sorry about the recent silence on here. I was so gutted after the Villa game I couldn’t bring myself to do the write-up. We all know what happened there!

Then after that we had the Derby game which I have to say must have been the dullest 4-1 win I’ve ever been too even though Robbie Savage did end up in goal! Ivar Ingimarsson said in his Captain’s notes for the Bristol City game that they had tried not to get carried away against Derby’s ten men and just see the game out to save themselves for the next run of games. This was probably a sound strategy but it did make the game seem like a training match – but a great result nonetheless.

Bristol City was next, and we saw that one out with ease as well – winning the game 2-0 thanks to goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson. Again, I wasn’t hugely inspired to put up a match report so I decided I’d start again with QPR. This turned out to be another game with a red card for the opposition, and in the end the pressure told and we got the victory courtesy of another Sigurdsson spot kick.

The real talking point of this game turned out to be the Matt Mills incident. The way I saw it was that some of the abuse he was getting was a bit harsh – and let’s make no mistake it was abuse. I think there’s a big difference between showing your frustration and disappointment with a player’s decision making and giving him some constructive criticism and calling your player names and shouting insults at him for making mistakes. Equally, Mills was wrong to react the way he did (with the finger if you somehow missed all this). Personally I’m glad the whole thing has blown over.

I didn’t go to Boro or Leicester so not a lot to say regarding those – except well done Jimmy Kebe – what a run of form he’s in and what a player he could become if he keeps working as hard and playing to his strengths. The other obvious person to single out for praise is Sigurdsson – another cool penalty for him against Leicester last night puts us firmly in mid-table (or so you would think).

Anyway, I think what I will try to do is get someone to help out by doing the odd match report – particularly the away games as I’m probably not going to go to many more this season (if any). If you fancy contributing let me know.

Despite almost a month of silence the site is still getting a few hits each day so I’ll try to ensure I don’t drop the ball again – so you can expect a match report on here after the West Brom game.