Nice report thanks Neil.
What Fritter said about AFCB 2.0. I would make one further point.
Quite often you see discussion here, in the press and on other message boards asking what is the point of being a mid table Premier League side. You know the kind of thing: you’ll never win the league, you’re just fodder for the Big Six, having to endure endless patronising drivel from Jamie Carragher, the Championship is far more unpredictable and exciting etc etc.
Well, for me, Saturday was a great example of the point of being where we are. It was a top notch game, both in terms of skill and of the uncertainty of outcome. Some of our football was sublime and it is so pleasing to see the development and progress of Rico, Stacey and Solanke. I don’t go to games in order to watch opposing players but I can admire what I see and I thought both Yarmalenko and Lanzini, when he came on, were top quality.
All this adds up to something like football heaven. I feel lucky and privileged to be at these sorts of games and my disappointment at not winning dilutes that feeling only a little.