Crunch Time

We are entering the last few weeks of the regular season and its all getting very interesting.  Not one team is out of the playoffs as of today.  Some have better chances then others but all still have some hope.  We are sitting in 3rd in the East, 1 point behind New England. Columbus has kept hold of that top spot in the east for a few weeks now and are almost certain to win the Supporters Shield(best record).  We are trying to jump into second so that we can get home field advantage in the playoffs. We had a great chance to do that this past weekend in KC with a win but had to settle for a 1-1 draw.  Chances were hard to come by in this game because the field is the size of a shoe box. Its very hard to try and play on that field so most of the game is spent hitting long balls. 

We have had five other games since the last time I wrote.  We are 2,3,1(w,l,t) in those games.  We lost in Houston 2-1 in a hard fought game, then beat NY 1-0 in Chi.  Then we dropped our next 2, in Colorado and at home to Dallas.  Next we beat LA 3-1 before this last tie against KC.  So as you can see we had a little drop in form for a few weeks but I think we have sorted it out for the playoff run.  I will say that our defense has been fantastic minus 1 game, but hey every team has one of those games.  The big challenge for us in the next few games and into the playoffs is if we can finish our chances.  When we play our best football we are one of the top teams in the league knocking the ball but we have to show more consistency from game to game with that.  If we do that, we will have a good run at it.  But first we have to finish the season off strong.  We have the Crew coming up here this weekend, then we go to Toronto and finish at home against NY.  We just need a few more points to lock up a spot in the playoffs so hopefully we can take care of that this weekend an d be able to rest some guys if need be.  Other than that it is just another week here in the windy city. 

On another note can someone please tell me what in the hell is going on in Newcastle. They are one big mess and it is not good times being a fan.  It seems to me that Mr. Wise is behind the scene stirring the pot.  They should have just left KK alone to manage the team.  I wonder if Shay Given wishes he had left during the summer.

Ok, got to run.
Until next time.

buschy