The BBC have recognised what we all know, but it's still worth remembering (except for Swansea of course) how we have done at Craven Cottage in 2012. 2 January: Arsenal (W 2-1) 21 January: Blackburn (W 5-2) 1 February: West Brom (D 1-1) 11 February: Stoke (W 2-1) 4 March: Wolves (W 5-0) 17 March: Swansea (L 0-3) 31 March: Norwich (W 2-1) 9 April: Chelsea (D 1-1) 21 April: Wigan (W 2-1) 6 May: Sunderland (W 2-1) 18 August: Norwich (W 5-0) 15 September: West Brom (W 3-0) 29 September: Man City (L 1-2) 20 October: Aston Villa (W 1-0) Our next visitors are Everton and Sunderland, so more opportunities.... C O Y W
Does read well, doesn't it. The only other comparable period was the Coleman era; almost exactly the same over the same time span and his was slightly better in the first 8 (home and away) games of season 2003/04 (we finished 9th that year, having a bit of a dip after Saha was sold). I'm making that point because it seems to me, the level of confidence/belief in the respective teams is similar. There's no reason at all why we shouldn't get full points from Everton and Sunderland.
I always say at the beginning of the season when asked how we'll do is, if we win a lot of our home games then we'll finish mid table or just above, if we can win a few more away games we could challenge for a Europa place or finish in our highest position yet. When you make your home a fortress even the top teams are wary about dropping points against you. Long may it continue. Works the other way when our away form is poor. Teams look forward to playing us.
We could get something from Everton. They had an off-day up the road at the weekend, with 10 men. Or maybe we saw the importance of Fellaini.
