A Terrier's Tale.....

Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Huddersfield Town

I know its a draw, but it feels like a victory to me. If someone had offered me 4 points from the last 2 away games before we played I would have bitten their hand off! This is an excellent result. Although at half-time it wasn't looking quite like that........

Town started with the same formation as Saturday - 4-1-4-1 - but the players seemed to be half-asleep, the commontator on the radio was saying "...its not the formation that's not working, its the players, they are just not playing...". And despite a bright start by Town (a few early corners), we were soon one behind when Zola scored with a header. We were being totally and utterly outplayed - a shambles it sounded like. After 1/2 an hour we were two behind when Chris Greenacre (has a habit of scoring against Town) scored after a great assist fron Chris Shuker (who played for Barnsley against us in the play-offs). And then Tranmere had a goal disallowed for offside right on half-time, it was all going horribly wrong.

Whatever Jacko and JD said (or shouted) at the lads at half time seemed to do the trick however, and with a slight change of formation (T Clarke off and Pav on) to 4-4-2, we clicked into gear. We played like I know we can, we were a like a different outfit, and we got our reward when Boothy prodded home his first goal of the season after the Tranmere keeper fumbled. I had a feeling we were going to pull it back, I could tell by what the radio commontator was saying, that Tranmere looked weary, were tiring, and soon the equaliser came with an excellent shot by Fletch (7 goals for the season).

With there being nearly 15 minutes still left I harboured hopes of Town scoring a winner, but it wasn't to be. A precious point, one we may be thankful for later in the season. Tranmere had only conceded one at home all season before last night, so you can't blame me for being absolutely delighted at this result.

Roll on Saturday, with a similar performance maybe its Bournemouth who will get "...a hiding..."!!

Jacko on Tranmere v Huddersfield (written)

Jacko on Tranmere v Huddersfield (audio)