Bantams 1 Brewers 1

What a day for football. An unseasonably warm day, plenty of money in my back pocket and the beer garden at the Beehive was the perfect location to start the afternoon. Of course the Bantams can take the edge off any day, and Saturday was yet another display that flattered to deceive. The opening exchanges were the usual sleep inducing fayre that we have come to expect, but just before the half hour the Bantams struck, Evans side footing into an open goal. You would have expected them to kick on from this point, as up till now Burton had been poor, but only a couple of smart saves from Eastwood kept City in front at half time. After the break the Bantams pushed to extend their advantage, but poor decision making up front saw promising possession wasted on several occasions, the team trying to play Hollywood passes instead of taking the easy choice. And then they just seemed to run put of steam. All of a sudden all the running was being made the team in yellow, and after one let off, Albion equalised. A sloppy effort, as the rest of the team sauntered back from a failed attack, leaving the central pairing exposed once to often. makes you wonder what kind of fitness training, if any that they undertake through the week. So a rather dull encounter fizzled out to a draw. At the moment we are playing tidy enough stuff, but remain a little to reliant on the big hoof up too Hansen, which is fine, but oh so predictable. Evans, Neilson and Flynn have plenty of running in them, but get the blinkers on when anywhere near the opposition penalty area, time and again they chose to shoot when a pass was the sensible option. Once again, for my money, our best player was Brandon. he always looks for the best pass, and is the most direct running midfielder in the squad. That said, if we can keep up with the pack, as we are currently doing, we should be well placed when Daley makes his comeback, sometime around Christmas.

Kev Watch- Didn't have much contact with him through the game. He was pretty perky, considering he had been on the lash the night before, but Helmet wore him down, and he got downright snappy. But in his defence, Tony does tend to have that effect on folk. scores points for ferrying us all to the pub afterwards. 7/10