Bantams 1 Dale 2

Another last gasp goal put paid to the Bantams yesterday. After giving up an own goal early one to give Dale the lead, we were fortunate in the extreme to reach half time a goal down. Time and again they found space through the middle, and if they had a decent striker the game would have been dead and buried at the interval. Stuart must have given a right rocket during the half time team talk, because they came out firing. Yet again I missed a Peter Thorne goal, the Ikester needing a whizz, yet again. The game was pretty evenly contested over the remainder of the match, the travelling Rochdale support creating a pretty decent atmosphere, I always chuckle at the sheep shagger jibes, but McCall made an odd substitution as we were pressing to take the lead. He took of Thorne and bought on the young loan player Brown, whose diminutive stature was not really what was needed. He ran round like a headless chicken, and when he did get the ball, the bully boy bruisers of the Rochdale defence shoved him of it. With full time up, and the game seconds from the end, some toss pot Dale player strode forward and curled a belter beyond our keeper. These late goals look likely to have scuppered our chances of a play off spot.

Baz Watch;

Came on for last 15 minutes, replacing Willy Topp. Have yet to see these two in tandem. Linked well with Peter Thorne, carving out a nice opportunity for him. Robbed of a one on one chance by the linesman. He put himself about in his usual manner, but when Brown came on for Thorne, we seemed to lose momentum. These two as a partnership just doesn't look promising.

Pie Rating;

It has been a while, hangovers and pastry are not a good mix, but I was in fine fettle this week, and more importantly, starving. When we arrived at the ground, I got Ike his hot dog, and enquired about the pie selection. As I figured last week, they do indeed sell a cheese and onion variety, so I bought one, and stuck some ketchup on it. The pastry was pretty good, but the filling had a helmet cheese texture, and from what the JMF tell me, it tasted pretty similar to the stuff as well. I will definitely not be re-visiting this particular savoury again. I think next time I am not hungover, I will revisit the Chicken Balti offering.