Another point out of a crucial game - a little disappointing at home and because we are still in the cellar after Charlton's 1-0 win over the Blackburn Rovers Tuesday - but better than a loss.
Aidy played for the draw, bringing fresh defensive legs in in the person of Chris Powell for Tommy Smith in the 84th minute, thus avoiding for the second game in a row the 'minute 85' jinx we've labored under all season.
Lee picked up one save, a vacation after Man City, and we escaped without a yellow card despite a bit of banging the boxes at both ends. We can probably console ourselves that without King, Foster, and Mahon, a point is a gift, but we'll need to pack a few more wins on if we have any hope of staying up next season. Charlton was spanked 5-1 by Tottenham Hotspur today but we can't rely on others to lose.
Next game is Saturday, December 16 away at Newcastle United. The middle-of-the-standings Geordies took us earlier at home to boot us out of the League Cup and this without the casualty list we sport now. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.
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Aidy didn't actually play for the draw. He brought on Powell for Tommy Smith, but then pushed Jordan Stewart into left midfield, Hameur Bouazza up front with Ashley out on the right.
In fact it was more of an attacking substitution than a defensive one.
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