Liam Miller put in an excellent performance in the midfield, showing plenty of deft touches and control backed up with the type of one touch passing quality that you’d expect to see from a Premiership player. I asked myself why he wasn’t still at that level and what made the likes of Sunderland and clubs [...]

Today was an unusual match for me, because despite the excitement at seeing some of our new signings in action, my Uncle sadly passed away at sudden notice yesterday. Football would usually be the last thing on your mind at a time like this, but equally it can be a great distraction too.

I heard Paolo Sousa’s comments after the game where he said our first and second phase of play was good, but after that, we didn’t do anything in the final phase, which means of course that we didn’t create much going forward. I totally agree with that, and felt very much the same while I [...]