Perfect Day.

 

You know how managers are always happiest with a one-nil scoreline? Well with me it’s a last minute winner particularly when it’s against a jumped up, we shouldn’t be in this league you know club and a ridiculous manager who can’t tell the truth about the latest defeat, we were rubbish, but that hides behind a highly scientific we did this because, we did that so that...

Nigel Adkins can’t tell the truth about Charlton’s latest setback, they were really poor, because he’s a whisker away from the sack. In fact I’m a little surprised he hasn’t gone before now because, you know, we can’t be losing to little old Lincoln can we?

Anyway, to the game. Are we at a turning point in the season? I’d like to think so but with Walsh back, McGrandles returned and playing to something like the standard of last season, Maguire showing he’s the player we and the manager thought we were getting and in fact the whole team looking like it’s had a service. When you factor in Lewis Montsma looks a considerably better player alongside Walsh and Bridcutt and Hopper to come back (In Hoppers case eventually) there’s cause for optimism.

Of course the injuries can return or different players end up on the treatment table, let’s not worry about that till it happens but, for the moment it’s wonderful to see, presumably, what the manager was hoping for when he constructed this latest side. We were saying on Saturday what an elegant player Joe Walsh is, I’d even say he reminds me of Beckenbauer or Bobby Moore, in our own humble way of course. Older readers will know, there’s no higher praise than that. Add in Chris Maguire, Liam Bridcutt and Lewis Fiorini, we’ve got some classy players to admire and after a day like Saturday some others who catch the eye. Personally I wouldn’t like to have to have picked man of the match after that game. I can think of half a dozen who might have got the accolade but Chris Maguire would have picked up the trophy if it were up to me.

Court Jester award goes to Nigel Adkins although he was pushed hard by our referee. I see another circus is arriving on the common. I’d get CV’s ready, the pair of you.