My thoughts so far.....

It's been a while since my last blog, this has been mainly down to me being extremely busy since I moved house. Nevertheless, I've managed to keep tabs on the Mighty Pool. The season has been developing nicely culminating in an easy win over Cardiff City yesterday. Surprisingly, the Bluebirds looked a poor outfit considerly they are third in the league. They must hate playing against us, especially after that fantastic day when we met at Wembley when we beat them to secure our promotion to the Premiership. Still, yesterday's game didn't actually go to plan, mainly due to us taking it a bit too easy at times. We seemed to take our foot of the pedal, which allowed them to come into the game more. But saying that we had a couple of chances to win the game by half time. Dicko, the French guy on loan from Wigan, should have scored when he only had the keeper to beat, but shot wide. If I was being critical I would say we relied too much on the high ball and didn't move the ball quick enough. This allowed them time to close us down. They came into more in the second half and took the lead against the run of play. The Dicko/GTF combination was struggling so Ollie brought on SuperKev and Roman Bedner. What can you say about Kevin Phillips. This guy is absolute class. He can score in any division and can be relied on to change a game. I was dead chuffed when we signed him up, despite his age. You can't put a price on the experience he brings. We might not be the same passing team as we were last season, but we seem to have a better, balanced squad. Although Charlie Adam made things happen last season, he was also the main reason our form dipped this time last year, which ultimately led to us getting relegated. Thankfully, we don't have the same ego problem with players this season. We've now moved up to 4th and seem to be moving into a settled run even though we've been leaving it a little late to get the points. Like most footy fans we're all a bit superstitious, so I won't get carried away with thoughts of promotion back to the premiership, but if Ollie did managed it again surely the England job shouldn't be unthinkable. Although let's just keep things the same for the time being cos I'm loving it. Cup replay against Sheff Wed on Tuesday night and I think it's important to keep the winning run going, so I hope Ollie puts out a strong team. UTMP.