an early morning pitch inspection at the abbey allowed the game against kidderminster to go ahead. how the U's must wish it had been postponed. to be honest i thought they played quite well and were unlucky to be losing 1-0 at the break. but they just can't buy a goal (1st cliche) at the moment. i took a new face to the game, one half of my higham friends, and i think he enjoyed (endured) it well enough. he is from the west midlands so perhaps he was pleased to see the harriers do so well. they ran out 3-0 winners and this put a dent in the U's promotion surge. they will have to dig deep (that's no.2) and batter droylsden.

they need some confidence and some of the fighting spirit that seems to have been in evidence at the reebok. at half time i stopped checking the arsenal score (on the theory that you can't support two teams at once). we were 2-0 down and diaby had been sent off. but this team never knows when to lie down (no.3) and came back to win 3-2. shame that the villa rolled over so easily but at least we are going out fighting (4) and we won't let united walk away with the league without a struggle (5) its one game at a time (6) from now on, next up liverpool in the champs league - there are no easy games at this level (7) but at least we've got the winning feeling back (8) and the boys know where the goal is (9). i'm off to celebrate with a few jars of ale - its a funny old game! (10)