I’m not going to insult our hosts with any backhanded compliments or faint praise. They earned a point if not all three on Tuesday, and if they’re this brave and this tenacious all the time, they’ll do more than stay up. While we had our moments and even our spells, the Hatters gave as good as they got and then some. Still, once all the dust’s settled, we’ve escaped with the kind of dramatic late win that the actual journos might declare as evidence that we’re for real. There might be something to that, but there are still 23 matches to play, and we know full well the risks of counting chickens at this point in the season.