9 points. There, I said it. There has been a steep improvement in the overall effort put in since MP took over, combined with a growing confidence. By the Newcastle game we should have everyone fit, except possibly Guly, and Mauricio will have the unenviable task of selecting the best team from the whole squad. I think what Beddy says should happen, is already happening, certainly Rodriguez put in a phenomenal shift on Saturday, and Cork, Schneiderlin and Davis were unbelievable in midfield. I agree we should probably have had a few more goals but you can't really complain at being gifted a couple by the champions.
Don't get me wrong guys your euphoria is not mis-placed but some of you just need to get your feet back onto the ground. The way we are playing is great, the style we are playing is great and seems to suite the players themselves. However we still are not as clinical as we need to be, to do well in this league. Yes I believe we will survive reasonably easily although each and every game is going to be a huge challenge until we can relax a bit more and not have to worry about relegation. I repeat though we are going to have to hone our finishing a lot more and some people have got to step up to the plate and start to contribute on this front to take some pressure off our Ricky. Puncheon is doing well but Rodders is not. He is not playing badly but he has missed too many sitters and needs to get it going in my opinion. The centre midfield need to take a lot more responsibility in this area and with the new style and system, should now be able to do so.
