April Month Report

2W1D1L and we still have a slim chance to finish 5th. The month started with a defeat at RH's West Brom. We then geared up, and 4 points from two games vs City and Gooners shown that we can fight with the top team, and the 5-0 victory over Birmingham is our best performance this season so far.

Players of the Month: (1) Reina 7.63 (2) Suarez 7.5 (3) Kuyt 7.38. Pepe toped the chart again this month with two clean sheets, and the 3 goals conceded are all penalties. Despite not scoring Suarez has been very lively in all the matches. And Kuyt capped the month with 3 goals scored.

May Prediction:
5/1 Newcastle United (h) With or without Carroll, we need to beat them.
5/9 Fulham (a) A tricky match as always.
5/15 Tottenham Hotspur (h) Potential 5th place decider.
5/22 Aston Villa (a) Get well soon, GH!

Match Report 110423 vs Birmingham City: Five Star performance

5:0 and this is one of the best performance of the season. All the players did well and it is glad to see Maxi scored a hat trick. The win gives us a slim chance to finish 5th, but we need some miracle.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7.5 Barely tested
Flanagan: 7.5 A good performance.
Carragher: 7.5 Another superb performance
Skrtel: 7.5 Shows that he can dribble.
Robinson: 7.5 Did well in his first start and home debut.
Lucas: 7.5 Good performance in helping the kids.
Spearing: 7.5 Superb shot lead to the first goal.
Kuyt: 8 Scored a great goal with his hard working.
Meireles: 7.5 More assured in the middle.
Maxi: 8.5 A great hat trick.
Suarez: 8 Constant lively as usual.

Substitutions:
Shelvey: 7 Solid at left back.
Cole: 7.5 Scored a lucky goal.
Ngog: 7 Not enough time to impress.

King Kenny: 8 Would be delighted about the teamwork.

Birmingham City: 6 Need to improve in order to survive the relegation fight.

Man of the Match: Maxi. Patience repaid.

Win it

In the last 7 matches vs Birmingham City we can only draw them, and with so many injuries, it will be another touch match for us. But the players will be up for it, and try to win it and close the gap.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Flangan
Skrtel
Kyrgiakos
Robinson
Shelvey
Lucas
Spearing
Meireles
Suarez
Kuyt

Result 2:0

Match Report 110417 at Arsenal: Team spirit drives u through

1-1 and it was a dramatic 12 minute added time that see us coming back from a 98th minute penalty to draw the game at the 102th minute. The players really show they won't give up, and by fighting till the last minute, their efforts are rewarded. Although it could probably hand #19 to a certain team in Manchester, what we look for is the fighting spirit of the team, that we have not seen for a long time.

Players Rating:
Reina: 8 Made a few great saves to draw the game.
Flanagan: 7 A good performance in general.
Carragher: 7.5 Another full hearted performance despite the concussion.
Skrtel: 7 No nonsense performance.
Aurelio: 6 Another hamstring....
Kuyt: 7.5 Another coolly taken penalty under tremendous pressure.
Lucas: 7.5 Boss the midfield and win the crucial penalty.
Spearing: 7.5 A very good performance despite conceded a penalty, which is a doubtful one.
Meireles: 7 Not feeling too good on the left side.
Suarez: 7 Too many miss passes.
Carroll: 6.5 Not able to exert his aerial strength.

Substitutions:
Robinson: 7 A very confident performance.
Kyrgiakos: 7 Solid performance when called upon.
Shelvey: 7 A good performance, and almost scored a Xabi goal.

King Kenny: 7.5 Would be absolute happy in the team spirit. It shows we really care the result.

Arsenal: 7 Bad losers. It will now be very difficult for them to win the league...

Man of the Match: Reina. Now he should know it will be a bad idea to join the gooner...

Do our best

We have not win at Arsenal since 2001 and it is a long long time. What's more, if we win we may have handed #19 to a certain team. But as King Kenny says we need to win as the fans won't be happy if we lose. So we will try our best and bring 3 points home.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Flangan
Carragher
Skrtel
Aurelio
Kuyt
Lucas
Spearing
Meireles
Suarez
Carroll

Result 2:0

Match Report 110411 vs Manchester City: A convincing win

3:0 and this is a very convincing win. Carroll opened his goal account with 2 nicely taken goals, and Kuyt scored one for his son's birthday gift. Also Flangan's debut is very impressive. In general, this is a good team performance and we need to play like this week in week out.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7.5 Barely tested until the last 10 minutes.
Flanagan: 7.5 Very assured debut performance.
Carragher: 7 Lead the backline well.
Skrtel: 7 Very confident performance.
Aurelio: 7 A good performance.
Kuyt: 7.5 Scored a nice goal for his son.
Lucas: 7.5 Another good performance.
Spearing: 7.5 Getting better and better.
Meireles: 7.5 Very good delivery.
Suarez: 8 A very good performance.
Carroll: 8.5 Scored two great goals.

Substitution:
Ngog: 6.5 Not enough time to impress.

King Kenny: 7.5 Would be very delighted about the team performance.

Manchester City: 6 Had an eye on FA Cup, so they did not perform up to standard.

Man of the Match: Carroll. His linkup with Suarez is really good.

Avoid another double

Although the season was not that good so far we only suffer one double by other team, and it was Blackpool. To keep this record, we need to at least draw City tonight. It will be a tough game, especially with so many injuries, but we have a week's rest and City will probably has one eye in the FA Cup semi final, so we will have a chance, and we need to take it.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Carragher
Skrtel
Kyrgiakos
Kuyt
Lucas
Spearing
Maxi
Meireles
Suarez
Carroll

Result 2:0

Match Report 110402 at West Bromwich Albion: Referee get it all wrong

1-2 and as if it is fate, we lose to a team managed by RH. What's worse is that Johnson and Agger were injured, and we will not see Agger again this season. The team now need to dig deep and try to win as many game as possible, although fifth place is now fading away gradually.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7.5 Made many great saves but despite conceded two penalties.
Carragher: 7 A nice block shows his hunger in winning the game.
Skrtel: 7 Scored a great header.
Agger/Johnson: 6 Get well soon.
Kuyt: 6.5 Did well as usual.
Lucas: 6.5 Solid in the middle.
Spearing: 6 Another good performance.
Meireles: 7 Superb corner lead to the goal.
Suarez: 7 Should have equalized in the dying minute.
Carroll: Need to control temper.

Substitutions:
Kyrgiakos: 5.5 Two errors lead to two penalties.
Wilson: 6.5 Solid in general.
Cole: 6 Not enough time to impress.

King Kenny: 6 Would be disappointed about the result. But we need to trust the kids now.

West Bromwich Albion: 6.5 It's almost fate that they will win the game, and they should survive in the relegation battle.

Man of the Match: Reina. We need to keep him.

Nothing to prove

As King Kenny said RH has nothing to prove, but this guy is so annoying that still don't understand what went wrong. Stevie G may not be available but the other players are ready and will try our best to bring three points home.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Carragher
Skrtel
Agger
Johnson
Lucas
Meireles
Spearing
Kuyt
Carroll
Suarez

Result 2:0

March Month Report

2W1D1L and we are doing very well in the League, but was crashed out in the Europa League. 2 league wins and we are still fighting for the 5th place. It will be tough, but we will do it if we have the belief.

Players of the Month: (1) Kuyt 7.38 (2) Reina 7.13 (3) Carragher 7.00. 4 goals in 2 league game, including probably a shortest hat trick (7 yards in total), Kuyt is currently on fire. 2 more clean sheets for Reina and he is as rock solid as usual. And Carragher once again stood up and lead the team when Gerrard is injured. It is worth noting that Suarez is cup tied, or otherwise he will be running away with MoM with his superb performance.

April Prediction:
4/2 West Bromwich Albion (a) RH is still unbeaten and they will be tough to beat at home.
4/11 Manchester City (h) We lost 0-3 in the first round so we need to improve in order to knock them down.
4/17 Arsenal (a) Gooner may be chasing league title but they are very unreliable and we still want to beat them.
4/23 Birmingham City (h) Birmingham will be fighting for survival so it will be another tough match for us.

Match Report 100320 at Sunderland: Another magical moment

2:0 and one controversial penalty and a genius move by our No. 7 settled the game. At first it was quite even, but after a controversial penalty we took the lead and in control of the game. The win give us an outsider shout for the 5th place, and if we can improve from this, we may get it.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7.5 Barely tested.
Carragher: 7.5 Leading the back 4 well.
Skrtel: 7 More comfortable on the right side.
Agger: 7 Good performance after coming back from injury.
Johnson: 7 Another good run on the left.
Lucas: 7 Solid as usual although placed a bit more miss passes than usual.
Spearing: 7.5 Confidence grown after the penalty incident.
Meireles: 7 Very accurate corner delivery.
Kuyt: 7.5 Coolly taken penalty.
Carroll: 7 A bit unlucky not to score.
Suarez: 8 Another brilliant performance.

Substitutions:
Ngog: 6.5 Did well when come up.
Maxi/Cole: 6.5 Not enough time to impress.

King Kenny: 7.5 Would be delighted about the team respond from the mid week setback.

Sunderland: 6 Well beaten and did not do much to guarantee a point.

Man of the Match: Suarez. Another superb goal.

Improvements needed

After a disappointing midweek game, the focus is now back to the league. Steve Bruce's team is always difficult to beat, so it will be a very difficult match and we need to improve a lot if we want to bring 3 points home.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Carragher
Skrtel
Agger
Johnson
Kuyt
Lucas
Meireles
Maxi
Suarez
Carroll

Result 2:0

Match Report 110317 vs Braga: Lack of cutting edge

0:0 and our Europa journey is now over. Across two legs we failed to show a cutting edge and did not deserve to go through. Now the focus is back to the remaining nine league matches, and we need to try to win all to see if there is any miracle...

Players Rating:
Reina: 7.5 Made a few good saves in his 300th appearances.
Johnson: 6.5 Did not offer too much in attack.
Carragher: 7 Solid display.
Skrtel: 7 Played well.
Wilson: 6.5 A bit nervous in the beginning.
Cole: 6.5 Passed well.
Lucas: 6.5 Solid in the middle.
Meireles: 6.5 Tried hard to win the game but failed to do so.
Maxi: 6.5 A bit quiet.
Kuyt 7 Worked very hard.
Carroll: 7 Provided another dimension.

Substitutions:
Ngog: 6.5 Missed a great chance.
Spearing: 6.5 Played with heart.

King Kenny: 6.5 Would be disappointed about the lack of creativity of the team.

Braga: 7 Deserved to go through, and good luck to them.

Man of the Match: Reina. Another clean sheet.

A must win game

As King Kenny said we are lucky to be only 1 goal down at this stage, so we need to take the chance and try to win and proceed. As we can see in the first leg, Braga can be very dangerous. So we need the Kop to be at full voice to support the players.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Carragher
Skrtel
Agger
Johnson
Lucas
Poulsen
Kuyt
Meireles
Cole
Ngog

Result 2:0

Match Report 110310 at Braga: Poor performance

0:1 and we are lucky to only trailing by 1 goal. First half was in particular poor, but we did improve a bit in the second half. We should have a penalty but at the end, we don't deserve a win and we need to improve significantly if we want to go through to last 8.

Players Rating:
Reina: 6.5 Rarely tested.
Carragher: 6.5 Solid in general
Kyrgiakos: 5 Conceded a needless penalty.
Skrtel: 6.5 Solid in general.
Johnson: 6.5 Good in defense.
Lucas: 6.5 Good passing.
Poulsen: 6 Good passing but failed to make an impact.
Spearing: 6 Did not provide any width.
Meireles: 6.5 Failed to shine on his return to Portugal.
Cole: 6 Played too narrow.
Kuyt: 7 Worked hard and have a great chance saved.

Substitution:
Carroll: 7 Provided us another dimension when came on. Still need more match fitness.

King Kenny: 6.5 Would be disappointed about the performance.

Braga: 7 Solid game plan worked.

Man of the Match: Kuyt. Worked hard as usual.

Tough away match

Another away European tie and it could be a tricky trip, especially with Gerrard not travelling and Suarez cup-tied. But King Kenny will have a plan and if the players stick with it, we will have a chance.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Carragher
Skrtel
Kyrgiakos
Johnson
Cole
Meireles
Lucas
Poulsen
Maxi
Kuyt

Result 2:0

Match Report 110306 vs Manchester United: A great team effort

3:1 and this is a superb team effort. We defend well, win the midfield and our strikers did their job well. Although 4th place is still very remote but we still need to fight till the end to see if there is any miracle.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7 Rarely tested.
Johnson: 7 Did well on both ends.
Carragher: 7 A bit lucky to stay on the pitch.
Skrtel: 7 A solid display.
Aurelio: 6.5 Injury let him down again.
Meireles: 7.5 Very good performance.
Gerrard: 7 Disciplined performance.
Lucas: 7 Solid in protecting the back 4.
Maxi: 7 Linked up well.
Kuyt: 8 3 goals from a total of 7 yards.
Suarez: 8.5 Simply sensational.

Substitutions:
Kyrgiakos: 7 Solid performance.
Carroll: 7 A good debut.
Cole: 6.5 Not enough time to impress.

King Kenny: 7.5 Spot on in his tactics.

Manchester United: 6.5 Still the team to beat but we shown that they have holes for other teams to explore.

Man of the Match: Suarez. What a player he is!

For the pride of the Club

Although #19 seems to be going to the other side come May, we still need to try to delay it. The players will be ready for this fight and we will show the world what we can do if King Kenny was here from the beginning.

My Team Prediction:
Reina
Carragher
Skrtel
Agger
Johnson
Lucas
Meireles
Gerrard
Aurelio
Kuyt
Suarez

Result 2:0

February Month Report

3W2D1L and we are consolidating in 6th place and trying to climb up the table. The month began with 2 solid wins vs Stoke and Chelsea, but then we failed to win the last two league games. In between we took care of Sparta Prague although they did give us some hard times. New signing Suarez has played very well in particular and Kelly and Meireles also played well. It is a pity that Kelly is injured and hope he will recover soon.

Players of the Month (1) Reina 7.0833 (2) Meireles 7.0828 (3) Kuyt 7.02. Pepe get another PoM with 4 clean sheets from 6 games. And Meireles has been sensational with 3 goals and 1 assist. And Kuyt scored the important goal vs Sparta to send us to the last 16 of Europa League.

March Prediction:
3/6 Manchester United (h) We need to delay them to get #19, if not stopping them.
3/10 Braga (a) A tough away European game.
3/17 Braga (h) Another sensational European night at Anfield will see us through.
3/20 Sunderland (a) The balloon ball memory is still in our mind and it is now time to get a revenge.

Match Report 110306 at West Ham United: A day to forget

1:3 and it was a very poor performance coped with 2 injuries, and our unbeaten streak has finally ended. Performance was bad especially after the tough match in midweek, and the injury of Kelly and Meireles has made matter even worse. We now need to work hard to correct the mistakes, and to prepare for another big match the coming Sunday.

Players Rating:
Reina: 6 A below par performance.
Carragher: 6.5 Was exposed by the Hammers.
Skrtel: 5 Very poor performance.
Wilson: 6.5 Did OK at the back.
Kelly: 7 Did well before the injury. Get well soon.
Lucas: 6 Below par.
Gerrard: 5 Finding his match form.
Johnson: 6.5 Did well with a nice goal.
Kuyt: 6 Worked hard but was not effective.
Suarez: 7.5 Getting better and better.

Substitutions:
Cole: 6 Did not shine on his return to Upton Park.
Ngog: 5,5 No impact at all.

King Kenny: 6 Would be disappointed with the team performance and the injuries. Now need to correct the mistakes.

West Ham United: 7 Credits to them as they are more eager to win the game.

Man of the Match: Suarez. Superb assist.