Steel city

These next two games caught the eye when the fixtures came out last summer. Like us Wednesday were undergoing a rebuilding job and had already recruited our player of the year. Their cross-town rivals United meanwhile had dropped to the 3rd tier for the first time in 23 years and had a new manager in ex-Owl Danny Wilson.

Not unexpectedly both Sheffield sides find themselves competing for automatic promotion at the halfway point. What will be a surprise to them both though is that a little club from south of the River Thames lead them in the chase.

United fans have made their feelings about Danny Wilson pretty clear, and the ex-Wednesday player and manager has trod a thin line this season but any drop down the table is sure to be met with a large chunk of negativity and odium.

Wednesday fans mind are in shock and awe that they aren’t already promoted. As Queens Park know very well a big ground doesn’t on it’s own make you a big club.

Word has it that Danny Haynes might be a Charlton player by the weekend. The ex-Addicks youth product’s game is more akin to BWP – pace and touch if not the goals – and he maybe a useful sub on Saturday as Wednesday will no doubt prefer it if we resort to the longer ball than run them around on the ground. In that context Powell will have to decide between Pritchard and either Russell or Hughes in the middle.

Meanwhile Leon Cort, as expected, signed an 18 month contract for the Addicks this afternoon and will feature on Saturday’s bench I suspect.

The next fortnight then, two (fooking) massive games in a league that frankly doesn’t turn up many massive games. I am slightly nervous writing this as it happens and I would do anything to be there on Saturday. Yes there is a long way to go but our rivals are looking for the slightest chink in our armour and I really hope we go to Hillsborough Saturday, backed by another voiceferous away following, and show then what that little club from south of the river is all about.

Come on you reds.