Travel Sickness A Concern To Solano

Last updated : 20 March 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor
Nobby Solano: "It's true that we don't fight enough away from home. We need to be stronger. We need to be consistent away from St James's Park.

"I remember 2002-2003, when Bobby Robson was here. The reason we qualified for the Champions League then was because we were consistent away from home.

"You also have to be cleverer: don't give chances away, don't give easy balls away. That is a big difference between Chelsea and us. They never give the ball away, especially not away from home. That is why they win 1-0, 1-0, 1-0. But they win.

"If we want to get back into the UEFA Cup now, we have to finish in the top six. We have the players to be in the top six, and everybody says it is where we need to be, but what we need to do is prove it on the pitch.

"Talk is cheap, as you say in England. We need to prove it.

"Of course, that will be very difficult now. It will be hard. We have Chelsea to play at home and we have Arsenal at home. But we also have some winnable games.

"Most of all, we really need to start winning games away from home, because it's so important for this club to be in Europe every season."