Starting with the end, Stoke was beaten 1-0 at Goodison. Not the most exciting scoreline, but a very important home win and a long awaited goal by Yakubu.
3 points. - this was the one game I expected a win from.
Spurs was a tough opponent as expected, if they hadn't had a european game ahead of ours they might have had the little extra to tip it their way. We have not gotten much from WHL, so a point and a 1-1 score is something we can live with.
1 point. - one point more than I had expected, easily the hardest match this month.
The derby was as expected a tough one, lots of tackles, pace and effort from both teams. At least until we scored the second and winning goal. The second half was more about relaxing, keeping the lead and not wasting energy.
3 points. - the Birmingham win changed Everton, and we entered this game as the strongest team.
Birmingham had not lost at St' Andrews in some time before we changed that stat. A very strong effort from the Everton team, an a well earned first win of the season. This may really have been the match that changed our season.
3 points. - at best I had hoped we could get a draw against one of the strongest home teams, thankfully I was wrong.
All in all we got 10 out of 12 possible points, and a 6-1 scoreline. A near perfect October is over, and we are now on schedule for top half. We played well in the beginning of the season as well, and always looked like we would turn it around eventually once the first win was secured and confidence returned.
October was beautiful.
Here comes November...
-MF
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