When I referred to you being unusually 'critical' Ella I wasn't actually being...critical. Your match reports are usually so valued precisely because they are so balanced and one can certainly sense your frustration this week.

Understand your disgruntlement with the team selection and the use of Bryson but it is very early days and I do think he contributed little after the booking, so 8/10 seemed more than a little generous to me.

As far as Pearson is concerned I have always had mixed feelings. I don't particularly like the man either but then I don't have to and that's not really relevant. I remember speaking to a Leicester season ticket holder on holiday about three years ago. He said he wasn't renewing as long as Pearson was in charge. Don't know what the outcome was but I suspect he was singing a different 'tune' a year later when they destroyed the rest of the Championship playing some great football. We seem to have needed a 'hard man' to handle to some of our 'characters' for a while now but it does seem slightly ironic that people are now calling for Wassell's input after all the flak he took last season.