Tuesday night at Birmingham was essential in not losing ground to one of the teams around us, and a point was the least we deserved for a decent away performance, with us in control for much of the first half only to concede once again to a set piece. The turning point was the introduction of Ludo Sylvestre who immediately gave us more urgency going forward with his neat, one touch football. We were very close to scoring as Crainey overlapped and put a great ball across the face of goal, but scored from the resulting corner, with Broadfoot bundling the ball home from close in as Delfouneso created confusion with his first touch.
Watford are in fine form so not much was expected. For Paul Ince to get his first win there was therefore all the sweeter. We again had a few chances early on with Ince and Derbyshire both being denied by good saves, only to fall behind. The linesman inexplicably gave them a throw in, and then compounded his error by not picking up on the blatant foul throw; they broke at pace, we missed a tackle and they scored. Once again Ludo came on and made a difference and again Crainey overlapped with Ince taking advantage. After that, only one team looked like winning and it duly came after a scramble caused by Futacs making a nuisance of himself at a corner. A great win that makes us look much more secure in the Division. We need to build with victory against Peterborough.
STARMAN: Ludo Sylvestre (Birmingham); Tom Ince (Watford)
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