Happy to finally have a guesstimate come true.

y heart went out to Stears who, IMO, had more than earned the right to keep his place. I had the thought that we might go with a back 3 of Jags Stears and Curt. I was wrong.

We benefitted in the opening 20 from them not having played for 3 weeks and the opener came in that period. After that they found their rhythm and the game was more even.

For maybe the 4th time this season we had a decent ref. Got almost everything right, tried to let the game flow and was consistent. That's all we ask from a ref, isn't it? IMO, if we'd had the same ref as in the Baggies match we'd have got a free kick for the tackle on Loz rather than the opening goal.

Fans were excellent again.

Using my far from scientific extrapolation method of forecasting, providing the other relegation candidates stick on their current PPG average we need to average 1.63 a game to stay up. Of course, we can't bank on that provision. Survival is possible but still unlikely at the moment. That can change over the next few weeks. One game at a time.