Another below par performance but I'll take the three points as the gap between us and the teams at the bottom of the league was starting to narrow. Nottingham Forest are always a tough team to beat, even at home. Fortunately, Forest could not convert their chances, many created by MGW. We took the lead on the half-hour mark when a cross from Ouattara (who had a good game for a change) was deflected into his own goal by a Forest defender. In the second half both teams had cha

A tough match away to Sunderland, even though they made eleven changes. We started really well with Thiago shooting wide, then in the same move hitting the post and bar, before Sangare's great effort was brilliantly tipped over the bar by their keeper. Then a string of defensive errors with the keeper and Diouf the main culprits sees Sunderland race into a 3-0 lead. Before the break Wilson pulled one back, then was denied by their keeper for his second. In the second half we

The strong wind was a factor, but it appeared to have a lesser impact on Hull at the MKM Stadium. With Yarmo and Janelt both suspended, KA chose to play Hickey in midfield. Based on his performance today, it's unlikely KA will make that decision again. Overall, we were pretty poor, particularly in the first half. Hull always seemed more likely to score, but a mistake by Kelleher followed by Hickey gifted Hull a goal. Kelleher tried to play out from the back and gave Hickey a

We go down 1-2 at home to Liverpool and end the game with only 9-men. Apart from one chance that Barcola was 1-on-1 with Kelleher and dinked it wide of the post, Liverpool offered very little in the first half. We took the lead in the 44th minute. A great cross from Thaigo was powered home with a brilliant header from KLP. Things looked comfortable until the eighth minute of added-on time when lining up for a Liverpool corner Yarmo slightly headbutted Jacquet in the face, who

I predicted a 2-2 draw away to the Villans and I was correct. 34 shots in total (20 Villa, 14 Bees), some great saves by both keepers, deflected goals, wingeing Villa players (McGinn and Cash) spoilt by some awful refereeing from Craig Pawson. Fouls given that were not fouls, and obvious fouls not given. Buendia allegedly fouled by Thiago was treated on the pitch for several minutes yet he wasn't told to go to the touchline after he had recovered. All these refereeing decisi

A difficult home game against an improving Chelsea, who made an interesting team selection. Pedro was out and although Palmer and Rogers were playing so were Welbeck and ex-Bee Henderson. With Collins and van ven Berg still out injured, it meant 20-year-old new CB signing Schuster was again starting, when it was expected that he would be weaned into the First XI as the season progressed. We started the game brightly and then Chelsea had increasing amounts of possession. For t

3rd Round Carabao Cup action away to Championship side Reading. KA made eight changes from the team that played Bournemouth on Saturday. Among those coming into the side was Carvalho, who was involved in a competitive fixture for the first time since 1 November 2025, after missing time with an ACL injury. Keeper Balcombe (who has been at the club for years) made only his second senior appearance, while summer signing Diouf started for the first time. Overall, we just did enou

Now one win and three draws in the PL. We were lucky to get away with a point at Bournemouth. They had most of the chances and near misses, and Kelleher was our Player of the Match as his saves kept us in the game. Although we started brightly Bournemouth had numerous chances before a Schade header (he had scored a hat-trick against them last season) against the run of play put us in front (34'). They got a deserved equaliser (38') and it was 1-1 at half time. A huge mistake

At home to Sunderland, this was a game of two halves, two VAR disallowed goals (one for each team) and a soft pen. As well as we played in the first half last week against Leeds, today we played as badly as possible in the first half. We were very lucky to get to half-time 0-0 when we easily could have been several goals down. They even had a goal disallowed in the 6th minute. After making some substitutions we played better in the second half and took the lead from Janelt's

With the signings we have made, including Diouf this week, we now have strength in depth so it was good to see KA get us attacking right from the start away to Leeds United. We had a fantastic first half, great passing and ball control, winning nearly all the 50-50s (we could have played any team off the park), so it was disappointing to go into half-time only a goal up through a brilliant outside of the foot goal by Schade in the 41st minute. We started strongly in the secon