Hughes eyes top-six finish
08 Oct 2007 - 12:45:42
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes believes his side is good enough to clinch a top-six place in the Premier League this season.
Rovers bounced back from their shock UEFA Cup exit to beat Birmingham City 2-1 on Sunday, a result that lifted them back up to sixth position in the table.
Hughes' side have lost only one Premier League game so far this term, and the Rovers boss said: "It's the best start the club has had since the late 1990s and we've got to look to continue in the same vein.
"It's a long season and a good start is really important to us.
"We haven't managed it in recent seasons, so a good start may just help us when it gets to the business end.
"It was a big performance by us against Birmingham.
"The little edge to our game that is usually there wasn't quite there in the first half, and that was maybe as a consequence of our efforts on Thursday.
"That impacted on us, but in the second half we got our second wind, and I thought we were good value in the end.
"We had to withstand an aerial onslaught at the end and got our head on things and our bodies in the way of a few things.
"But we showed great qualities. We stuck at it and got the three points the performance deserved."
