Bantams 0 Shrews 0

I am sure you have all heard the old football chestnut about "murdering a team 0-0" and this was a pretty good example of it. The first half was as good as I have seen from the lads this season, and only profligacy, the wood work and poor refereeing decisions prevented the goal we deserved. Boulding missed when all thought he would score, and there were three penalty shouts, the last of which looked nailed on from where I was sat. All this against a team who are one of our main rivals for promotion. But it was two points dropped, and the worry is that some of the teams around us are now sporting a couple of games in hand. Next up is Bournemouth away, which unless me, Crespo or Shouty drop the jackpot on the lottery, is an away game too far. Next up is Accrington Stanley, who stuffed us in our home fixture last year.

Baz Watch- The first half nearly saw the moment that would have seen the Bazmeister etch himself in the memory of all who saw the game. Just inside 10 minutes, our bullet skulled centre forward got onto the end of a long punt from defence, knocked the ball up and unleashed a pile driver from the edge of his own own penalty area. A sonic boom could be heard as it flew goal wards, only to be hit the inside of the left upright, and across the face of goal to safety. A monumental effort indeed. This inspired a new chant, to the tune of winter wonderland,

"There's only one Barry Conlon, one Barry Conlon,
At fist he was shite, no we think he's alright,
Walking in a Conlon Wonderland"

Of course there are still plenty among the crowd who think he is garbage, but these tend to be the morons who spout such nuggets as "What we need is a Stevie Gerrard type in midfield" or "We need to some decent youngsters." News Flash. We are a skint, bottom tier league football team. Nobody who can get a game in the league above is interested. And while we are it, name me a team, apart from Liverpool wise acres, who wouldn't love a Stevie G? We do get a decent young local lad, and where is he playing? Leeds! Back to Big Baz. He did kind of fade a bit in the second half, but that was because the whole team ran out of ideas. Shrewsbury came for the draw, and were very good defensively. Marks? 7/10

I do have a new guest rating, but the picture is in my phone, and I can't be arsed walking across the living room to get it, so I will post it next week.