Recent content by MikeyC89

I seem to concede a clear cut chance every attack where my opposition crosses the ball - why?! its infuriating, tried to man mark wingers, close them down, hit them hard, show onto weaker foot, nothing seems to change this, then the striker(s) can be left/closed down/marked tightly etc and they...

Finding us now bottom of the table, on the back of 4 straight defeats I decide to ask the lads into the changing room on to try ensure their heads dont completely drop. I state that they have the talent toget out of this rut. To be fair they seem to believe in what i said. But they didnt show...

Its taken a few days, but I've finally swallowed my pride and listened to Henry. I spoke to the lads and suggested a few changed to how we play explaining we arent being clinical enough. They seemingly took on board what i had to say. Cant complain. So then we played Leamington. and they did...

Name - Ruben Mustapha nationality - Ivory Coast position - CM stats- long shots, technique, flair, composure

September has not been the best of months. We haven't had a victory in our first three games and in all honesty we havent deserved one. Tweeking the tactics slightly see a much improved performance against Worcester which could have seen us nick a win but it was not to be. My strikers aren't...

I wake up in a haze on Sunday the 1st of September. I have 3 missed calls from Justin and i cant say I'm gutted to have missed the chance to talk to him. I scroll through my contacts before getting to his number I press dial and await him picking up. "Ahhhh Mr. Moon" Justin starts "Decent...

Reflecting on the first competitive month in charge. August '13 2 wins, 3 losses. I am over the Moon (get it?) with the start. Considering the struggle im having with the chairman and the power stuggle Henry has enforced upon me with himself (petty pr*ck). Some superb performances but i have...

We manage to get a good 5 day break before our game against Telford. This was my make or break match. Was it the fact the lads didnt have a rest between matches or are the tactics duff. Was it ever in any doubt? of course i was right and Henry had got it wrong, again. Wait until i see him! I...

Another game and again everyone is nakered. They tried really hard again, unfortunate to have a penalty given against just as we were thinking about the half time oranges, the refs in this league seem to award penalties for sneezes. Some are horrendously soft. I brush over it in the post...

2nd home game of the season andour second defeat. I dont feel we should have suffered so heavily. Everything they hit on target went in, where as my lads just couldn't find the target and when he did... well he scored the hardest chance that he shouldn't have taken, men in the boxfor us and he...

No celebrations tonight, i let down the bumper opening crowd of the season, but looking at it, throwing this game has saved me a bit of brass as paying for a round with 45 others would be a pricey one. We went 1 down within 30 seconds chasing the game is always risky, our midfield let us down...

Cheers, appreciate it, glad its staying interesting. Let me know if gets stale

So i get up Sunday, my heads pounding and Im in the papers, apparently I'm 'satisfied with surprise victory' I don't remember this, i had THAT good a night. I manage to check my phone i have an couple texts and a voicemail from Henry and an e-mail from our admin team. I open the e-mail, 15...

Well.... first game in charge... didnt go quite to plan. Mainly because we won! Defying belief, the lads up'd their games and one outstanding performance from young winger Ben Owen. He bagged a freekick early on and whistled one in from 30 yards in the second half that was awarded as an O.G...

The final two friendlies go by without much to be happy about, 2 losses. Henry has lost his touch. "Sorry Uri, we just werent at the races..." his line for 'We were sh*t' The week of our first league game arrives. Bricking it is not the term. Low stress he said. This couldnt be more...