Well, turns out this match is bigger than any of us thought it was going to be fifteen games into the season. Win and we could go second. And I'm just writing it how it is, I'm not making any predictions. But if I were to make a prediction, I'd say ...

You know when everything is going great, sometimes it quickly isn't and it's often because you just lose focus for a split moment and then it's uphill for a bit before things are back to normal? I've just written that first sentence and realised bana...

I've been traveling since Sunday. Currently holed up in a hotel in Convent Garden and when I've written this post (Wednesday evening) and set it to publish on Thursday, I'll either be in the City of London or the West End. Is there a chance I'll be h...

I'm at the airport about to board in a bad way. Not the bad way you're thinking, I've got a man cold. It isn't good and I'll be at my hotel in about 3 hours and I'll be going to bed. I'm hoping my alarm wakes me up for kick off, because today is a bi...

It's all over right? I mean, it must be because I've seen the stories on BBC and Gareth Southgate making excuses. There is a part of me that thinks he might not be the manager by the time the tournament comes around next summer and that part of me al...

Last week was an opportunity we didn't take and because of that, Manchester United are a point behind us. Not taking the opportunity we have today would mean that we only have three wins out of the last six. I know that sounds ridiculous to write, o...

Nobody expected the result last time we met this side and I suspect not many are going to predict the result from tonight either. We're a little bruised at the moment and that can go both ways. It will be interesting tonight, not just for that reason...

I used to write a lot more when things were not going well at Aston Villa and when things were clearly wrong. And there were a lot of things that went wrong or were not right. There used to be daily posts. These days, there isn't much that is wrong ...