Our start to the season began with an emphatic piece of silverware as we demolished the Premier League champions Liverpool 5-1 at Wembley in the Community Shield match. Medina and Diangana both scored on their debuts for the club in this game
From there, we began the Premier League season against newly promoted Sheffield United at The Den, with Troy Parrott - on loan for another season - scored the only goal of the game from a spot-kick.
The Docker’s Derby came next against West Ham and we were held right at the death with a late Jarrod Bowen finish in the 93rd minute to stop us from taking all three points back home.
Another newly promoted team was next at The Den as Brentford held us to a 2-2 draw with both of our goals coming in the final 10 minutes from Grady Diangana and Troy Parrott.
The first month of the season finished with another three points being snatched away from us at the death with yet another 93rd equaliser from our opponents as Arsenal’s Andrea Papetti cancelled out Troy Parrott’s earlier opener.
Throughout August, we let many youth players out on loan, but also sold Clarke Nesbitt for £12.5million to Spurs after forcing his way to North London.
September began with another tough match against Manchester United who took an early lead from Zaniolo. However, our Northern Irish midfielder Michael McMahon equalised just after half-time to secure a point.
Our debut in the newly formatted Europa League began dramatically with a late Rekeem Harper header winning us our first match in Group A in the 94th minute of the match.
We also advanced in the League Cup as we faced Sheffield United for the second time in two months, beating them on penalties at The Den to go through to the 4th Round.
We capped off our September with a return to winning ways in the league, defeating Crystal Palace in a comfortable 2-0 win with Parrott scoring both of our goals.
The end of the first two months leaves us in a familiar midtable position, currently joining only two teams who have still yet to be beaten in the Premier League. We have a game in hand against Everton which should push us up to 6th if we are able to get it right.
At the top, Liverpool won all seven of their Premier League fixtures from the opening day as they take a two-point lead over Chelsea at the top.
Meanwhile, a couple of surprise entries into the Champions League spots are Eddie Howe’s Leeds United and Dean Smith’s Aston Villa who have both done very well in the opening games.
Manchester United started off badly but have already begun their recovery up the table despite only 1 win in their last 5. However, it is Arsenal - who finished 5th last season - who are really struggling in 16th place after 7 games. It is still early days, but the warning signs are there for Mikel Arteta’s team.
At the bottom are 2 of the 3 newly promoted sides with Brentford and Burnley in the relegation zone, also joined by Fulham.
In the Europa League, our campaign started well with a 2-1 win in a tough match against PSV. However, we sit one point behind Schalke, who beat Istanbul Basaksehir in their opening match of the competition.
Seems like Tyrone might feel threatened by anyone that's spend a considerable time at the club, so he's shifting them out slowly so his authority is never questioned! I agree with the fans that it appears a change in tactics is on the way, and with the club performing the way they are atm: it says [to me at least] that there's a firm belief in the current squad that they can get a top-3 or top-4 finish with a couple of additions. Gomes is quite impressive, as is Ma Chung Wai, who could be a very good addition if he's able to get his work permit any time soon.
