A glance at the league table tonight does not make good reading for the nervous supporters out there, although it has to be said its not altogether telling a full picture and doesn't make me nervous at all at this moment in time. We have now played less games than any other EPL club and have only had 4 home games to build anything on so far out of our 10 games. By 6pm tomorrow night, whatever the result, we will have played 11 games, 7 of them away from home. In our next 10 games, we have 7 home fixtures to turn our season around and although there are some real tough ones in there such as Chelsea and Man City, there are also some nice juicy ones too with the likes of WBA, QPR, Southampton, Reading and Spurs to come to the SOL. Our 3 away games are against Fulham, Norwich and a killer at Old Trafford but out of that 10 game programme, I can see some real opportunities to put some real daylight between us and the bottom of the table. I saw a real spark at Goodison last week, with Sessegnon & Johnson having their best collective 90 mins of the season. After the next 10 games we will be in the January transfer window when Martin can look to being in maybe 1 or 2 new faces to add to the team. If we are still bottom 4 in 10 games time, then I will maybe alter my opinion and make some different points but right now, I cant wait for tomorrows game and hopefully some more points on the board for the lads. FTM and KTF
Most of the results today were okay ish for us and, as long as UTD beat Norwich we will have a real opportunity to get a little daylight between us and the dogfight. Not sure how we do down there probably badly as its London but, it's time for the lads to step up and show they do have something for us to cheer about.
Not worried in the slightest. We are getting better and we will put a good run of results together. I am still expecting a top 10 finish as a minimum.
I still want MON to take the brakes off for the full 90 minutes now and then. There are always going to be teams we are going to have to hope to hit on the break, just with the class fire power they have. I honestly think we now have a team that is more than capable of taking the game, to the mid table and lower teams. As was proved against Everton who have been playing really well. A bit more luck and determination up front and could have been a very good win for us.
Reading and Southampton winning was really bad for us. Wigan and the Mags losing good and we could use Man Utd stuffing Norwich. Id snap ya hand off for a draw tomorrow if im honest.
Its still far too early to be giving it this kind of talk mate. We have a good run of home games to come in the next 5 or 6 weeks and I reckon we will be far better off after that altogether.
Over quarter of the season gone now. Fixtures have been cruel but I can't for the life of me see us beating Fulham or West Brom. Id take a draw in both and pray we have enough to beat QPR (which just our luck will be Redknapps first game :-/ )
Did you see Norwich beating Man Utd tonight though? I certainly can see us winning both games personally but realistically we should be aiming for 4 points in the next 2 games. Haway Parker, its fighting talk we need now and a positive mental attitude.
