Thursday, October 30, 2008

October Month Review

5 wins, 1 draw, and we are on top of both the Premier League and Champions League group table. We were perfect in the league with 4 wins, 2 dramatic came from behind followed by a superb win at Chelsea, and then we break down the tight defense of Portsmouth to maintain a 3 point lead in the table. In Europe we continued our good run by beating PSV but a rare mistake let Atletico equalised. In general this is a very good month, but there are still 7 months to go and we need to keeping fighting till the end.

Players of the Month (1) Gerrard 7.85 (2) Kuyt 7.79 (3) Alonso 7.60. Stevie G once again excels with 2 goals and 2 assists in the month, and he has been the engine in driving us forward. Kuyt did very well in the absense of Torres and scored 4 goals including 2 match winners in our comebacks. Xabi also did very well throughout the month, with a highlight of scoring the winning goal at Stamford Bridge.

November prediction:
11/1 Tottenham Hotspur (a) Spurs is on a high after the dramatic comeback at Arsenal, so we need to be at our best to tear the down for Keane's return.
11/4 Atletico Madrid (h) Torres to welcome his buddy, and a win will guarantee our entrance in the last 16.
11/8 West Bromwich Albion (h) West Brom will be defending hard so we need to be patient to break them down.
11/12 Tottenham Hotspur (a) Rafa will rest some key players but whoever play need to be at their best to go through.
11/15 Bolton Wanderers (a) Win this game for Sammy Lee to maintain the momentum.
11/22 Fulham (h) Another stubborn defense to break down.
11/26 Marseille (h) Whichever team Rafa put on for this match would need to perform well to get another 3 points.

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