In an opposite twist, I never got Cohen before this weekend. He always seemed like a headless chicken to me but by god did he have a blinder of a game chasing, closing down, always offering himself. he was my MoM.

Wes just looks better and better with every game he plays. The man is an absolute rock in the heart of our defence.

Earnshaw is still to win me round. His passing was woeful on Saturday. I forgave him for the few chances he had and missed against Reading as he’s seriously lacking match practice and against Watford, you could see his movement was much better and the positions he found himself in much better too.

The formation worked. But when everyone is fit, where are they going to fit into that shape and who will be left out? It would be very hard to drop Perch who has done the thankless job wonderfully. McCleary out for Tyson/Garner is the obvious one but where is Anderson going to fit in? What about McGugan? Bizarrely, I thought the team was better without him – it was a true team effort whereas McGugan does tend to try and do a little too much on his own occasionaly. Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts…

next – Graham – u come across as a person with a short term mem. Y do I say that – 2 seasons ago Holt was a God, last season he was pushed out of the team – had no runs in the season & eventually shipped on loan to BC for the remainder of the season. At first the board was meant to be swept clean but a week later shipped to Shrews where he scored on his debut (I think – the debut bit I mean).

We have more pace this season yes – but we had similar pace last year too. As for smoulds having a magic touch in the transfer market – yep, buying injured players!!! OK – I’m being 2 cruel. He’s done well this season & those who’ve played are showing their worth.

3rdly – I hope next away match – vs Wolves on Sat he doesn’t revert to a lone striker up front. We didn’t need to @ Swansea & we certainly don’t need to @ Molineaux either (in my opinion – CC may prob. disagree but we’ll see).

1 win is good – it doesn’t mean all’s well & we can relax. Defensive lapses can be punished & were on Sat but we managed to win. Good.

As for Martin – he’s showing y Man U don’t want to sell him but he needs to prove that in the rest of the month he’s here for. I still reckon we need another player & that player MUST have Championship experience.

That’s all 4 now except there’s 1 week left for the transfer market to close…

It’s quite a common chant around the teams.. whilst it’s unoriginal it does sound pretty good when it gets going!

I agree the officials were weird: the corner that led to their first goal definitely came off McAnuff and Benno’s tackle was perfect. Could have been costly for us but Mr Haywood almost became a homer towards the end.

What an awesome prospect Earnie and Tys up front together. Can anybody fill me in on the words of the Nathan Tyson da da da ditty.

I like the formation listed above. What went arye second half was when the formation became 2 up front, still 3 in the centre of midfield and NOBODY on the left wing. That yawning gap was how watford managed, uncontested to get a great cross in from which they scored.

I was more worried still when cole came on for martin, as the young lad was a major outlet. Then Smoulds, putting 2 strikers on and reducing the midfield for the last 10 minutes when defending a lead? What I want to know is WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL SMOULDS? Or has he had a blood transfusion from the man on tyneside?

Still – nerve racking it was but we did it. And with Anderson hopefully playing a role on the other wing, and Moussi being the signing of the summer, the future’s looking bright