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1-0 to the Chateauroux! What a 3 months it has been! Since my last update we have had a decent cup run and recorded our longest ever run of consecutive victories (7). November wasn't the greatest month, we competed in games but concede sloppy goals at key times. Lille, Nancy and Montpellier...

It's Always Sunny in Chateauroux It had been a few years since our form had looked this solid, I had forgotten what the impact on the team was like when a few wins were strung together. Our home game against Marseille had made it 3 wins in our opening 5 matches and travelling to Stade De Reims...

The best laid plans... I was entering the final year of my contract at LB Chateauroux and my fifth year in total a the football club. The board were keen to tie me down to a new deal but after 2 years battling relegation I was considering a new challenge. It had been 3 years since our Europa...

LB Chateureuax will play 4-4 F**king 2! (Mike Bassett 2003) 8 games without a win, various formations and players used so what do we do to turn this around? Back to basics, 2 up top, 2 sitting midfielders with the whole team told to get it wide fast then get it in the mixer. It wasn't a...

Same sh*t different day! Inconsistent - a word I have heard or read over and over again for the past 4 months. The fans still didn't grumble as they knew what we had achieved to even be in this league but the press every now and again smelt blood. They were always too quick to put us down or...

Summers go so fast Three weeks and a holiday in Southern Italy later I was back at my desk. Recruitment was our biggest tool and our only way of improving from the season just gone. The previous summer had seen 18 players brought to the club permanently or on loan and 21 players leave for...

A Close Call.... Staying up was always the target this season, I thought it might be a step too far but the boys had worked very hard and delivered my instructions to a tee, even when they were the wrong instructions. With one game to go we needed to better Montpellier or FC Angers result to...

Fighting for every point It is a lot tougher than I ever imagined it would be, Being punished for the slightest mistake then not capitalising on the ones our opponents make. We have been fighting week in week out for every single point and although our results weren't the best we were slowly...

It got worse before it got better An early exit from the Coupe De La Ligue was then followed by three more defeats. Our record showed 9 defeats in 13 games and only two wins recorded. The way we were shipping goals something had to be done so we had spent the last few weeks training hard on a...

1 Step Forward 2 Steps Back.... No wins in the opening four games but I'd seen signs that this team had potential. Diomande, the striker i had signed to replace Tounkara wasn't firing yet but his hold up play was promising. We had 6 games to play before the end of October and by that time I...

What had I done? Ruthless. That's what they called me in the paper but I had to do what I believed was right for the football club. The 19 players had long since left the club and with the new TV deal and prize money from the last campaign we had assembled a new look team. I made the...

The Run in... Automatic promotion to the top flight of French football wasn't something we had really thought possible this season, With 8 games to go it was still a big ask. Chasing down AS Nancy was the task, Marseille had all but wrapped up the title but that was always going to happen when...

Special K Cards on the table time, 8 games without a win, a squad looking tired and in need of fresh faces. We had cover at the back but looking at our threat going forward I didn't think we were getting the ball into the right places for Tounkara to do his stuff. I looked and looked and...

The Chase The Chairman had arranged for the players to meet the 'New' manager, they were all sat waiting in the dressing room to see who would be their new gaffer. As the door opened and I walked in it was a mixture of surprise and joy on the players faces. Lots of cheering and even a few tears...

Turn that Plane around! Halfway over the English channel I put down my iPad and looked out of the window. Social media was a mouthpiece for anyone and everyone. Out of the 150 posts, blogs and tweets I had read there had been very few which had been in support of me arriving at Villa Park. The...