Away Form

[Georgecloney]

I've noticed people are still citing our away form as a cause of concern. I thought I'd try and alleviate that. Whilst we are currently 19th in the away league table we are one of 6 teams with only one win. There are another 4 teams with 2 away wins so that is half the league with only 1 or 2 away wins so far this season.

It feels pretty clear to me that away wins are hard to come by at this level (making them all the more precious if you manage one)

We still have West Ham, Spurs, Villa, Liverpool, Brentford, Chelsea, Palace plus a rearranged game vs Leeds to come.

So only one top 6 side remaining away although Liverpool, Chelsea and Brentford (to a lesser extent) will be tough obviously and unlikely to yield an away win (although draws achievable)

That leaves games vs Villa, Palace, Leeds and West Ham. Our survival will likely come down to the home games but if we want to make it a little more comfortable, these are the games to target (particularly Leeds obviously). If we could win just one of these games it will have a massive impact on our season.

Anyway, the point I wanted to make is that winning away is hard, we aren't the only team that finds this difficult but that we have a lot of mid table or lower still to come so despair too much just yet!

On another day we might have pinched a point on Saturday. We were second best for an hour and Fulham hit the woodwork three times from shots outside the penalty area but we had chances to equalise and controlled possession for the last 30 minutes. It’s probably the first time I have seen us away from home in the premier league, take some control.