September Update:
nPower Championship
Peterborough 2-2 Tranmere
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Peterborough continued their good form against us and again denied us the three points. In all honesty, we played terrible. No-one particularly stood out for me. Our number of chances reflects our performance. Couldn’t string two passes together and struggled to get into the game at all. Although we took the lead , we certainly didn’t deserve the 3 points, so a draw was quite an accomplishment considering Peterborough were all over us.
Tranmere 0-2 Brighton
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Another team who has a fantastic record against us over the years. Brighton were quite lucky to get the 3 points today. We played a lot better than the previous match and deserved a win, or at least a draw. We lacked composure in front of goal Fraser McCarthy was injured so we really struggled in the front role. Brighton will be delighted with this win, because to be fair they were quite lucky.
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Tranmere
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A really good way to bounce back after a disappointing result at home last week. A very good match for the neutral fan. Nottingham dominated the possession but failed to cause any real concerns for our back four. We had the majority of the chances and scored to cracking goals on McCarthy’s return to the first team after awhile out with injury. One downside is that Oriol Fernandez broke his leg which will see him out for a quite a while.
League Cup 3rd Round
Norwich 0-1 Tranmere
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Quite a fortuitous victory to say the least. Norwich dominated us , forcing many attacks on our defence , but we held out well and denied them any clear cut opportunity at goal. A freak Own goal gave us the lead just before the 10
th minute mark. A long range effort from McCarthy hit the crossbar , hit the back of the head of the keeper and ricocheted of the defenders leg. We managed to hold out then for the the rest of the match and can now look forward to a quarter final tie against Blackburn Rovers.
nPower Championship
Middlesbrough 1-1 Tranmere
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A good performance and a decent result to go by for it aswell. It was quite an evened out fixture. We took the lead in the first half through a solo effort from Kenny McLean and we created quite a few chances after that but failed to build on the lead and we were punished by a stubborn Middlesbrough team who never gave up, they scored 3 minutes from added time through a corner, somewhere I think we need to work on- Set Pieces.
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A fairly decent month I suppose , not overly delighted with the performances. A good league cup win , but as far as the league goes , I think we should be performing a lot better than we currently are. I’m going to start to try improving our away form.
World Cup Qualifying Phase
Costa Rica 0-0 Canada
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A decent result away from home. We played quite well actually and thought we were going to score a load of goals from our build up, but we lacked a bit of composure in the final 3
rd of the pitch and that dictated the result. Nevertheless I’m delighted with a draw away from home to a good Costa Rican side.
Canada 1-1 Mexico
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Another fantastic draw against a far superior Mexico side. A last minute equaliser from Robbia Brown sent the home fans into raptures! We played okay considering we were playing a team that really were a scare to us. We created a few chances but again lacked a bit of cool-ness infront of goal.
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With two games remaining I’m hoping to stay away from that playoff position and secure an automatic qualification place. We can still get first if results go our way.