Episode 13, unlucky for some. Hopefully not for us.

We are in a very good league position upon our return to the Premier League. The mission of staying up, could be about to become the mission to get into Europe IF, and it’s a gigantic IF we keep our form going.

A difficult start. Away to the league leaders – Newcastle United. Keeper Dave Watson gets an 11 out of 10 – he stopped everything. Playing against 10 for 90 minutes – I never felt we would win. A red card never seems to impact sides.

The perfect tonic to the Newcastle defeat. The Sol Man delivers the hammer blow.

Further strength in the AMC position. A Current Denmark international for 62k – even if he bombs, it’s a no lose situation for us.

I get Mad at Half Time, and get Mads on at Half Time. Izzy pulls it back but Gifton Noel-Williams is the heartbreaker at the end. Their keeper MoTM #standard

Another opposition keeper getting MoTM klaxon… I don’t care as much when we score more than they do. It should have been comfortable but the goal before half time made it edgy.

Izzy Rankin tears a groin muscle – I’ll see you in 3 months… Nic Anelka, are you ready??

Yes he was. Although it was Liverpool. I think we’ve beaten them every time. Merry Christmas.

I don’t mind Wimbledon’s late equaliser, they had 1 chalked off and generally dominated. For us, definitely a point gained, Pedersen’s first for the club.

Zola absolutely destroyed us. We did have chances but didn’t take them. They did. Move on…

You know those FA Cup games where the lower graded side scores first and the commentators are talking about the magic of the cup, then the bigger side eventually turn the tide and then the commentators start patronising the smaller club and talk about fitness and the occasion… yeah that..

Not convinced Anelka is the answer BUT he did grab us a point against the Owls. At 0-2 that didn’t seem likely. He missed plenty though. I’m sure we can all guess who was the MoTM.

A game that got worse and worse as the match went on. Tottenham are in the relegation zone so we should have done better. No win in 4 now.

Millwall are Division Two. For 44 minutes it looked like we were going to be the headline story of the round. Pedersen seems to have the knack of scoring goals.

20th placed Huddersfield come to town. We so dearly miss our boy Izzy. A club record attendance for a match that BBC refuse to show on Match of the Day.

A victory! Oh it’s the FA Cup. First Division Leicester City are seen off. That boy Pedersen popping up again.

Behind twice, but good old Nic does the business. Always rated him… 6 for the season and 29 for the club in 93 games. 1 in 3 ain’t bad actually – although skewered by 12 in 15 at the start.

Back to our best. Leeds dominated for large periods but we held firm and our French hero got the ball in the net. Izzy Rankin back in light training…

The last game of the episode. Another good defensive display, just lacking the winning goal. A point that moves us to the magical 40 though.

Whilst we still need some more points to be mathematically safe. I’m calling this. We will be in the Prem next year.

But you’ll have to wait until next week to see where we finish. Unless you hack into my account and read all of the draft posts…