Yet another trophy
Once again we are victorious and we are champions. Last season we won the capital one cup and this season we have done it again! It had been a hard path this year as we had to beat teams such as Tottenham and Man City before getting to the final.
Before we were to be crowned champions we had to overcome a strong Newcastle side. In that Newcastle side was one of our former players Lukas Podolski who I knew would be eager to score to try and prove a point.
The first half finished and the game was end to end. The possession was 50-50. Newcastle were passing the ball well and shooting from range, especially Podolski who even hit the post at one point. Jagielka was superb as he made many crucial tackles. Danny Welbeck scored a brilliant goal to give us a one-nill lead going into half time. Nothing is better than going into half time with the momentum.
In the second half I told the boys to play counter-attacking football. There was no need to constantly be attacking so I decided we would sit back and defend, but when we get a chance we would use Walcott and Moses's pace to counter attack. This worked however we were unable to convert our chances into a goal. Newcastle came close again to scoring when Adrian hit the post and Anita hit the side netting. In the last 5 minutes Newcastle had 5 corners. Our defense stood big and strong as we held out to win the final 1-0, ensuring that we won the cup.
A great defensive performance from the lads today. It seems like the fallout I had with Steve Bould has urged him to train the defense better as I've seen massive improvements, but then again we sold the previous defenders and only Jenkinson and Gibbs are left. This season alone we have won 4 trophies and we still have 3 up for grabs. Premier league, FA Cup and Champions league.