When I was travelling back to East Anglia on a train full of grumpy commuters I began to wonder if I'd chosen the best game to come home to.
Bristol have had an impressive season so far and have the record of never having lost when they have scored the first goal. With our shaky defence I was concerned by this statistic.
But five minutes in and the nerves had worn off, Johnnie had scored and less than a minute later Pablo had an almost identical shot go just wide of the post. I started to believe we might be ok.
On the fifteenth minute a goal from unexpected source David Wright set us 2:0 up. Walters and Wright had created some clever moves on the right hand side, much to the crowd's pleasure, and the defender deserved to get on the scoreboard for his part so far.
Fifteen minutes from half time Jim Magilton substituted Alan Lee for Danny Haynes. Lee had controlled the Bristol defence until this point and I was a little concerned by his early exit - especially as Haynes seemed to look somewhat lost in the fast paced game.
Lee was suffering from a knock to his Achilles but has declared he should be fit for our next game in 10 days time.
The second half flew by in a flurry of goals, I almost didn't dare close my eyes in case the world had changed when I opened them again!
Walters, of course, added twice to the score and Pablo and Miller were the others on target.
Despite Johnnie's hat trick I believe that the best man on the field was Pablo Counago. As my Dad has said after every game, 'Chamionship defenders just don't know how to handle him', he's got skill, speed and an imagination that ties them in knots.
How wonderful is it to not have to worry about loosing him in the transfer window to raise funds for the club?
By the end of the game the 20,000 fans were singing 'We want 7...!'
How about at Cardiff next Saturday??!
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