COCA COLA LEAGUE 2. End of my first season here.
It's quite incredible, I've managed to win against L1 teams 4-0, getting to the final of the Johnstone's Paint, but I never had that winning run that secured playoffs.
I curently stand eight points off playoffs, with twelve games to play, 36 points, that's a lot of points.
This will be the team that will decide our fate this season:
I'm putting the team so you can check, had most of them on a free.
GK- Trevor Carson 23 Very good keeper, 14 in reflex, one on ones, positioning and defence organisation. A must buy.
LB- Ben Mee 22 16 in tacles, around 12-13 in all key attributes, wanted by many teams
CB- Oastler 21 15 tacles, 14 marking, bit slow.
CB- Brayford 24 15 marking, complete buddy can play right too.
RB- Johnson 23 Very versatile player, very good key attributes 15 in tackling and activity
DM- Boateng 36 will play destroyer role, fundamental in my scheme, crazy mental attributes
LM- Mc Dermott 22 quite weak I'd say, but had a good season so far.
RM- Whitaker 31 not the best in the world, but does the job
MC- Marwood 21 very versatile, can win a game by himself and can fail the obvious
ST- Mitchley 22 quite a poor season for this striker but he is the best I can put
ST- Baheng 22 My incredible striker, pretty much evrything depends on him. Incredible stats.
My defense line will be pushing as high as possible, my destroyer will be left a little bit more freedom.
Quick tempo, wide, through the flanks. No stopping now, there's nothing to loose.
AFC Telford 2-2 Bury
A draw in the 84th minute made us loose two points, Mitchley scored two, Carson saved more than one one on one.
AFC Telford 2-0 Rochdale
Against an iron defence we wasted all our possession and chances, until Mitchley scored at the 74th minute and in the end of the game Rochdale commited a penalty. three golden points.
Stevenage 1-2 AFC Telford
Playing against the 24th the result doesn't show the immense superiority they had on the pitch, nontheless deadly Ngo Baheng scored our two goals that keep alive the beacon of hope.
AFC Telford 3-1 Tranmere
We decided the game in ten minutes, but noticed that my replacement DM, who I had told to make through passes mixed which is not the TTF way transformed himself in an authentic playmaker, great game and I'm keepign the tactic, we could have won this game 6-1.
AFC Telford 3-0 chester
Another team fighting for survival, remember the new tweak, the through ball of the DM? he originated the two first goals, I think because that way I have widened his passing opportunities, and instead of a secure ball to keep possession he tries more things, a little loss in possession but two goals and one direct assist. I have also removed the back arrow.
Port Vale 4-2 AFC Telford
terrible defeat, against a challenger for the playoffs as well, a great part of it was my high defensive line who didn't play the offside trap very well, as you can see.
With six games to go, we stand only three from playoffs!!! Everything is possible, but now the maybe most important game in AFC Telford short history: the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.We've got the opportunity to win the first trophy of this great club! (this time I won't play the offside trap).
Swansea is sitting third in L1, nobody gives a chance to my team, the ususal stuff.
Their players quality is definetly above ours but the coache's decision to tackle very hard my players and a authoritarian referee shows two yellow cards in the first ten minutes, and Marwood scores his penalty, we're winning 1-0. In a game kind of weird, Swansea seems to seek to counter, while our domination is clear, a very solid Carson catches the few corners we conceide, while we keep on pushing and finally score ina corner before the 30th minute, low AFC Telford is winning 2-0! By Halftime Swansea has pushed a little bit more, but nothing worryign at the moment.
My palyers give in to pressure and a much more attacking Swansea, they start failign easy passes and we need Carson a couple of times. But Sawnsea's domination fionally pays off, as they score int he 79th minute, now we've got ten minutes to hold to everything we can. Alas, Oastler commits a penalty in the 81st minute, putting the 2-2 in the scorer!
Swansea is on a rampage, and they score their third int he 84th minute.
AFC Telford 2-3 Swansea (TJP)
I must say that I can be proud of the players, who obliged swansea to give everything in order to win, if we play all the games at this level we would be a good L1 side.
Lincoln 6-2 AFC Telford
This is against a team fighting for survival, Baheng had the good idea of agressing a defender and leave us with ten all the game...
AFC Telford 2-0 Accrington
Despite Accrington domination all the game, we banged the two occasions we had.
Colchester 4-2 AFC Telford
We could ahve loose by 7-2 this one, morale is fubar.
AFC Telford 1-1 Shrewsbury
Kettering 1-0 AFC Telford
This game decided mathematically that we were off the playoffs.
Season Overlook:
A great run in TJP, but we couldn't make it to the end, but at least it show that we have enough quality to fight toe to toe L1 sides. My harmony and morale has been a compelte disaster, the result of signing without thinking and
this ahs affected the team a lot. We have scored only three goals les than leaders Hereford, and the signing of a striker coming in summer makes that aspect taken in charge. On the other side we've conceided two more than 22nds
Tranmere, so any signings will be defenders or DMs that are ebtter than the ones in place. Not a bad season, because we just were promoted and because we made it to the TJP final but a frustrating one, with lots of leads given away,lots of games that we should have won and we didn't. I ain't too glad about it. Half of my team is goign to leave, and I'll sign only palyers I think they can make it in L1.
My assistant lost the last game and we finished 13th, nine points from playoffs.
Marwood scored the goal of the year.
