August Month Report

We lost our first game in August. Fortunately this is a game that we can afford to lose and it serves as a timely reminder to the player.

We continued our quest for getting into Champions League group stage and at the end of the mounth we were there. Although our Group seems to be quite strong with Chelsea, Anderlecht and Real Betis, we always survive in this kind of strong group so I am cautiously confident that we will go through the group stage. The league has also started, and we started it reasonably well with 1 win and 1 draw from 2 games, although the lack of goal seems to be a worrying sign. Baros has gone, and it is now getting more likely that Owen will be back. But I hope this does not mean Cisse will be forced out. He is such a great guy and is whole hearted to the benefit of the team, unlike that ex-player... And we finish the month on the high with Captain Carragher proudly lifted the UEFA Super Cup for us, with a great contribution from Cisse who scored 2 and assisted Luis Garcia's other goal to lead us from trailing 0-1 to winning 3-1.

Men of the Month: (1) Gerrard 7.63 (2) Cisse 7.08 (3) Alonso 7.00. Once again Gerrard was the engine for us and he fully derseve to be MVP for last year's CL. Cisse scored 4 goals in the month and we all want him to stay. Alonso as usual provided some intelligent passes and he scored a great free kick to win the Sunderland game for us.

September Prediction:
9/10 Tottenham Hotspur (A): Could be a tough game as Spurs played quite well this season.
9/13 Real Betis (A): Another tough game, but Rafa will know them very well and find a way to win it.
9/18 Manchester United (H): Their early dash this season will end here.
9/24 Birmingham City (A): A game we should be able to win.
9/28 Chelsea (H): The first of the double header vs Chelsea. Although this is an European game but this is in the Group Stage so I guess both team will treat this as a league game. But we can win it.