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August Review

Game 1

Girondins Bordeaux 0-3 AS Monaco Attendance:32,151
Scorers: Barkley (X1) Pogba (X1) Riviere (X1)
Raphael Varane
Well, there's not much I can say about this game apart from that we capitalized on Bordeaux's mistakes. The shots were pretty much even, but when we had possession we used it better than they did, they just seemed to hoof the ball up to the strikers and hoped they would do something with the ball. Overall, I am very happy with the win because the new signings need time to gel together so to get a 0-3 win in the first game is very good. We now face Montpellier in the next league game looking for the three points to move up in the league!

Game 2

AS Monaco 2-2 Montpellier HSC Attendance:7,521
Scorers: Toulalan (X1) Riviere (X1)
Jeremy Toulalan
This game was a very even game. Both teams had quite a lot of shots on goal, but missed opportunities cost us. When we did have possession we rarely threatened the Montpellier goal, in all fairness we were probably lucky to come away from this game with a draw. I guess it was a point gained which could prove vital towards the end of the season, we now move on to the game against Toulouse FC which we will try for the three points once again!

Game 3

AS Monaco 0-1 Toulouse FC Attendance:8,461
Scorers: No scorers
http://www.fmscout.com/assets/icons/man-of-the-match.png Kurt Zouma
This was completely different to the Montpellier game, we dominated Toulouse and we could have been 2 or 3 nil up by half-time. Toulouse looked shaky at the back and we was creating a bucket load of chances we just couldn't get the ball into the net. I am disappointed with the result because like I said Toulouse looked a bad side but they got a bit of luck right at the end of the game. Our defense let Toulouse run through into our penalty box and have a crack on goal which unfortunately for us found the way into the back of the net. We should have been able tk close out the game and earn a point, it looks like we need to do some work in training on this as it could cost us games that we should be winning near to the end of the season and costs us valuable points.
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Ligue 1 Table


Player of The Month
Our player for the month of August was...Raphael Varane! He was a rock in the heart of the Monaco defense with him only being young as well it means that he has really bright future at Monaco!

Henry's View

It wasn't a bad month for the club but it wasn't a great month for the club either. Yes, I know the new signings need time to gel together and hopefully when they do that we will be firing on all cylinders. There was some great individual performances over the past month I just hope we can turn them into wins. I will see you all next month COME ON MONACO!!!!

Henry Enjoying Life At Monaco

Usually it takes new managers a bit of time to settle in at their new club, but it seems that Thierry Henry is settling in at Monaco fairly quickly.

Henry, a former player at Monaco has said in the papers that he feels 'privileged and excited to be working at Monaco.

"Obviously I have good history here at the club, but I felt that it was unfinished. I would like to thank the chairman for giving me the opportunity to finish what I previously started here."

"Everyone has been great, the fans have taking to me very well the chairman has been fantastic and supported me since the start."

"I would like to give a special mention to the players though, they have made my job so much easier than it should be. They're all getting along together and helping me, we really are a unit here at Monaco and I am loving every minute of it!