September Month Review

3 wins at home and 2 losts away. So are we good or are we bad?

We started brightly with 2 great wins at home. 3-0 vs West Brom and 2-0 vs Monaco put everyone's hope high. Then we encountered the worse - not the lost at MU, but the injury of Stevie G. Then we win another great game at home vs Norwich when Alonso performed a great midfield show. Unfortunately our away blues are still there and we played a poor game and lost at Olympiacos, our first ever lost in Greece.

I still hold the view that we can finish 3rd. But we need to sort out the away blues ASAP. For Champions League, as Deportivo only get 1 point so the group is wide open. We definitely need to beat them in the home game, and get at least 1 point in the reverse game.

Players of the month: (1) Garcia 7.5 (2) Alonso 7.1 (3) Finnan 7. Gerrard only played 2 1/2 games, so he's not eligible. Garcia and Alonso played extremely well in the 2 home league game especially, and Finnan scored a great goal vs West Brom.

October predictions:
10/3 Chelsea (A) Given our current away form a draw would be a great achivement and our realistic target.
10/16 Fulham (A) If we don't win at Stamford Bridge we would need to starting winning away games here.
10/19 Deportivo La Coruna (H) A must win game, if not it will be very difficult to qualify.
10/23 Charlton Athletic (H) Return of Danny Murphy, but we should be able to win this game.
10/26 Milwall (A) A win should not be too hard unless we played a too week team.
10/30 Blackburn Rovers (A) Probably a draw. Somehow Mark Hughes always do good against us.