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Well, a goal for Fulham and it is a different game, but that half was as sweet as a nut. Worried about the line up, and it seems a bit of a scratch back four right now for us, so as happy with the clean sheet as anything else. Not counting any chickens, but impressed by that!

Mags on. We are either being really unlucky or playing them back to soon.

Only one up front, who is not really a natural on his own up there. Equally, should be lots of runs from midfield. Baker a loss. Ho hum. We shall see!

Worried we have some key players not quite 100% match fit yet. Be interesting to see the starting line up and will take a battling draw.

Hopefully Baker is not to serious. We seem to get one back and lose one at the moment!

Not great but thought we shaded the second half. Great result with some difficult games coming up. Can we now put the 'repeat of last season' to bed after this and Palace? Get in!

Bad international break for the Welsh, so there is that.

Bloody frustrating that. Burton did exactly what everybody expected them to do, and after the first 15 minutes we ran out of ideas. 75% possession in the second half and really created next to zero. Very disappointing to be honest. Ho hum.

Other than the Reid disallowed one, created so little this half.

Going to be one of those days.

An hour gone. Just hoping for that one moment still.

Frustrating to say the least. Burton having drawn their last two away 0-0 sound well organised and we seem to be getting frustrated. Clearly dominating possession and chances, but really need that spark, bit of magic, luck, whatever to break them down. Elements of Millwall/Bolton so far.

First 15, 72% possession, 4 shots to nil, but sadly the only stat that matters so far unmoved.

Let's do this then.

Right then. Friday 13th, just won the manager of the month, and first game back from the October international break. What could go wrong...

Pisano not even fit for the bench yet. Little worrying the injury has turned out a fair bit worse than first thought. Will be really interesting to see how Eliasson gets on.

Their away form has been last month a 5-0 drubbing, and creditable 0-0s at QPR and Norwich. Tell its own story. By hook or by crook, an early goal and we could run out handy winners. Otherwise they know how to defend. 3-0. Why not.

Odd feeling. Going in to a game in this league as strong favoriates. Winning, fairly comfortably. *Shrugs*.

Comfortable really. Not great, not sublime, but never I suppose going to be that kind of game. It is three points, it is a clean sheet, and that will do. Bolton will end this run at some stage, we made sure it was not tonight. All we could do. Ipswich will be a real benchmark now. 17 points in the bag is pretty darned good right now however.

Would be nice to get our fourth clean sheet in six, and third in a row, if we can...

We all just deal with the emotion of game day in different ways. At the end, I am sure I will agree it was comfortable. At the time, sure as heck I could see it going 1-1.

And breath. Kept patient, done the job. At times we have in truth sounded bang average, but that had been enough.

Stating the obvious, but a second would just calm the nerves.

Certainly more sweaty than it should be.

Just having a cheeky look at 6th place to see how it feels...