Hi people,
I'm confused/frustrated. Please stay with me as its a long post but hopefully someone can help me...
In my first season with AFC Wimbledon, I finished 8th (2 points off 7th which is play-off's in League 2). I had a healthy goal difference of +14 which made it even worse that I finished 8th, as Exeter who finished 7th had +5...
Anyway, after the 46 games, I had won 19, drawn 15 and lost 12. I was quite happy with this as I was predicted to finish much lower in the table, and the players who I bought in seemed to be doing the business (Vincent Pericard, Emmanuel Mendy, Don Cowan & Eric Addo).
Just started my 2nd season, and I have improved the squad vastly. I had to get rid of quite a lot of players as they were out of contract and refused to re-sign, plus I had no money... But that was a blessing in disguise as it enabled me to sign much better players on slightly higher wages. Plus, most of the players I let go didn't get many games other than Vincent Pericard who got quiet towards the end of this season anyway...
So this season I have kept my best players, and have signed Vladimir Milotik, Emile Mpenza, Jason Talbot, Mark Millar and Evan Horwood. I have also managed to loan James Tavernier and Martyn Waghorn. If you check these players out, you will see that they are all very good signings and loans for a League 2 team, and certainly improvements to the AFC Wimbledon squad of my first season.
HOWEVER. My second season isn't going well at all. After 13 games, I have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5. This might not seem too bad, but when you consider that I won my first 4 games, its worrying. My form this season reads W,W,W,W,D,W,L,D,D,L,L,L,L. This leaves me in 11th place with 18 points and a very flattering +7 goal difference (only because I destroyed my first 3 opponents).
This is still decent for AFC Wimbledon (no offence intended), but considering I think I now have the best team in the league, I don't understand why I haven't won in 7 games. I haven't played well either, and have been lucky to avoid some heavy defeats. When playing teams, I only seem to get 1 or 2 good chances which I miss, whilst my opponents are battering my goal and luckily only scoring a few.
I try to tweak my tactics for different teams, which worked last season, although it was hard as there's only so much you can do differently from match to match considering you dont REALLY know anything about your opponent other than their league position and form, you do not know the way they play... And now nothing I do seems to work at all! My best players are receiving terrible match ratings and the game is beginning to become less fun. I know I won't win every game and I shall certainly keep playing, but I've been getting very frustrated watching my team of League 2 all-stars draw or lose 7 times in a row to struggling teams who haven't won a game! Especially when were not even creating chances really...
Team talks dont make a difference, no one reacts to anything I say and even when they do, there is no improvement in the 2nd half.
Pleaseeee can anyone give me any ideas about what could be going wrong? Maybe suggest some tactics that I can try using?
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
I'm confused/frustrated. Please stay with me as its a long post but hopefully someone can help me...
In my first season with AFC Wimbledon, I finished 8th (2 points off 7th which is play-off's in League 2). I had a healthy goal difference of +14 which made it even worse that I finished 8th, as Exeter who finished 7th had +5...
Anyway, after the 46 games, I had won 19, drawn 15 and lost 12. I was quite happy with this as I was predicted to finish much lower in the table, and the players who I bought in seemed to be doing the business (Vincent Pericard, Emmanuel Mendy, Don Cowan & Eric Addo).
Just started my 2nd season, and I have improved the squad vastly. I had to get rid of quite a lot of players as they were out of contract and refused to re-sign, plus I had no money... But that was a blessing in disguise as it enabled me to sign much better players on slightly higher wages. Plus, most of the players I let go didn't get many games other than Vincent Pericard who got quiet towards the end of this season anyway...
So this season I have kept my best players, and have signed Vladimir Milotik, Emile Mpenza, Jason Talbot, Mark Millar and Evan Horwood. I have also managed to loan James Tavernier and Martyn Waghorn. If you check these players out, you will see that they are all very good signings and loans for a League 2 team, and certainly improvements to the AFC Wimbledon squad of my first season.
HOWEVER. My second season isn't going well at all. After 13 games, I have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5. This might not seem too bad, but when you consider that I won my first 4 games, its worrying. My form this season reads W,W,W,W,D,W,L,D,D,L,L,L,L. This leaves me in 11th place with 18 points and a very flattering +7 goal difference (only because I destroyed my first 3 opponents).
This is still decent for AFC Wimbledon (no offence intended), but considering I think I now have the best team in the league, I don't understand why I haven't won in 7 games. I haven't played well either, and have been lucky to avoid some heavy defeats. When playing teams, I only seem to get 1 or 2 good chances which I miss, whilst my opponents are battering my goal and luckily only scoring a few.
I try to tweak my tactics for different teams, which worked last season, although it was hard as there's only so much you can do differently from match to match considering you dont REALLY know anything about your opponent other than their league position and form, you do not know the way they play... And now nothing I do seems to work at all! My best players are receiving terrible match ratings and the game is beginning to become less fun. I know I won't win every game and I shall certainly keep playing, but I've been getting very frustrated watching my team of League 2 all-stars draw or lose 7 times in a row to struggling teams who haven't won a game! Especially when were not even creating chances really...
Team talks dont make a difference, no one reacts to anything I say and even when they do, there is no improvement in the 2nd half.
Pleaseeee can anyone give me any ideas about what could be going wrong? Maybe suggest some tactics that I can try using?
Many thanks in advance,
Chris