Clueless Kaarto manages Hednesford Town F.C.

2015/16 (Season 2)​

MANAGER STATS
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The board is too cheap to let me study, so I will remain useless until they splash the cash.

TRANSFERS
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James Hurst moved to a League 2 side while I judged Semple, Campion and Westwood to not been good enough for the squad anymore. Loan central defender Danny Fitzsimmons has made his move permanent. We also signed right back Matthew Challoner who should improve our stocks in Hurst's absence. Overall, we've kept faith in the first team we already had to get us promoted this season.

TRANSFERS IN

Danny Barrow (AML)
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We were struggling with creating goals in attack, and I think this partly comes down to our lack of quality on the wings. I was stoked to find a pacy, skillful winger on loan to help Hednesford produce in the final third.

Godfrey Poku (DM)
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With the new formation that I want to play, I needed to purchase a defensive midfielder. Unfortunately, all DM's on the market were under 170cm for some reason. I still hope Poku can do a job in the midfield despite being quite small.

Mirza Sedjic (ST)
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A loan signing designed to backup Matthew Fletcher. I think he should be able to contribute some useful goals for the side due to his pace, strength and finishing.

Jordan Keane (DC)
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We had a central defender leave, so I signed another. Looks like a decent player for this level, nothing more, nothing less.
 
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TACTICS

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We've changed the tactic to what is apparently a 4-1-4-1 DM Wide, ditching the 4-2-3-1. I simply like having a DM in midfield to control the game.

FRIENDLIES

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I think it's quite clear that I remembered to schedule myself a pre-season this time around. Mirza Sedjic was a surprise package, burying goal after goal so he may even challenge Fletcher while he is in this form. I don't think you can read too much into the results against weak opposition, but hopefully after so much football the squad is raring to get into the season.
 
2015/16 LEAGUE RESULTS #1

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We've clearly hit the ground running, going unbeaten in these 12 fixtures. Sedjic was on form early, even winning us two games in a row with early goals. However, I then gave Fletcher a chance and he scored 5 goal in 6 appearances in a purple patch for him. It's a good selection dilemma to have.
 
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2015/16 LEAGUE RESULTS #2

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And the unbeaten run continues. I've just been able to sit back, watch our defence lock the opposition out, and enjoy the goals from Fletcher, Sedjic and Barrow.
 
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2015/16 LEAGUE RESULTS #3

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Then FM realised just how well I was doing and decided to put a stop to that. Louie Theophanous is a striker I brought in momentarily, desperately looking for someone to score goals. He did score one, but we still couldn't win a fixture. The common pattern I experience is that I'll dominate the early season, then taper off and have to cling to first place. This is very much the situation here, hopefully our form can lift and we can start accumulating points again. It probably has something to do with team's adjusting to my tactic, but I have no alternative idea's, especially considering my small specialised squad. Still, a 28 game unbeaten run to start the season is nothing to complain about.
 
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4 times 0-0 in a row! I don't think I've ever managed that, but at least you know defense is not a problem... ;)
 
2015/16 LEAGUE RESULTS #4

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Results are still up and down as we attempt to cling on to 1st place. Luckily we created quite the buffer early, but unless we can win some more games it might be close at the end. Amari Morgan-Smith is another striker I signed for the short term to try and score more goals. For some reason my strikers always score on their debut, so I'm just using that to my advantage by signing a new one every week.
 
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2015/16 LEAGUE RESULTS #5

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The more we stumbled the closer our main challenger Tamworth got. Going into the tie against Leamington we were only 3 points clear on the top of the table, but season 1 signing's Fletcher and Shulton pulled us over the line. Being 6 points clear with superior goal difference we went into our last match already promoted, and it showed. After possibly the least convincing half season ever seen we have managed to cling on to top spot and achieve promotion.
 
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2015/16 CONFERENCE NORTH LEAGUE TABLE

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Well, we made it hard on ourselves as it was ultimately our first 28 games that secured our promotion. We managed 60 points in those 28 games, but only 19 points in the back 14. Our attack is still very much sub-par, despite my signings, but the defence made up for it, conceding 13 less goals than anyone else. At least we are finally moving up a division into the Conference.
 
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2015/16 SQUAD REVIEW

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Shulton was able to stay on the pitch this season, and was our best player, although his stats are skewed by penalty duties. Archie Love performed well again, with our first team centre back partnership both averaging more than 7. Both Barrow and Sedjic made some useful contributions in attack while they were here on loan. Sedjic (age 17) actually scored the same as Fletcher from less starts. Striker Fletcher was okay with 13 goals, while keeper Ben Smith had another solid season. Everyone is on the chopping block as I improve the squad for the next division.
 
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2016/17 (Season 3)​

MANAGER STATS
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My training attributes are a little better and I'm fantastic at managing finances.

TRANSFERS
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We've had a complete overhaul of the squad. Anyone that didn't excel at Conference North level has been told to ****** off, and we've replaced them with some higher quality players. Our attack is the main area the needs improving, but there was no one on the market that suited our needs. I extended Danny Barrow's loan deal, which doesn't appear here. Anyone signed as backup doesn't get a screenshot.

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Marcos Painter (DL)
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These are the type of signings that strengthen the side. I was stoked to find Painter and bring him in on affordable wages. The catch? 3 Natural fitness. 3. I only noticed this when I played him in a fixture, and then when I wanted him to play again in the next fixture he had about 3% fitness. He'll need rotation, but when he does play he'll be great.

Donald Love (DR)
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I also managed to sign Archie Love's brother to the side. I am concerned with him only standing 167cm, but he was too good to pass up, especially on such low wages. We've vastly improved both full backs, which should see us continue our stellar defensive records from the first two seasons.

Wes York (AMR)
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I always utilise one or two loan signings every season, and York is one of those. Wes looks decent all round.

Kyle Hempshall (DC)
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Another loan signing. Good heading, marking and tackling.

Billy Bodin (AML)
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A decent winger with a bit of pace. He'll be a backup player, but considering he's backup for both wings I assume he'll play quite a bit.
 
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TACTICS

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Another tactic that I'm going to trial. I've still got the tactics from both previous seasons that are still in use. They are all variations of the same thing anyway.

FRIENDLIES

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Backup striker Louie Theophanous has been on a massive hot streak with 5 goals in our last 3 games, pushing to take over Matthew Fletcher as our lone striker.
 
2016/17 LEAGUE RESULTS #1

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The results look good but we've been pretty lucky. For a start, Shulton scored 5 penalties in our first 5 games. We scraped through a few 1-0 victories, but overall we've looked okay with the step up to a new level. We've had an even spread of goals, other than Shulton with his penalty assisted tally of 7. Fletcher has 3, while York, Barrow and Poku have all slotted 2.
 
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2016/17 LEAGUE RESULTS #2

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A more realistic set of results as our luck dried out a little. Our home at Keys Park is still a fortress, but we've struggled on the road, losing 3 times.
 
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2016/17 LEAGUE RESULTS #3

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We still haven't lost at home all season, but we just can't steal points away. We were even on the end of an 8-2 drubbing from Torquay, simply because the defence couldn't be stuffed. Overall, it's all going okay at this stage.
 
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Still looking like a good first season up mate. Where abouts on the table are you?
 
Yeti01 said:
Still looking like a good first season up mate. Where abouts on the table are you?
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We are bouncing around 2nd-5th. Going to take an impressive run to challenge for automatic promotion but we should have a chance (a 0% one) through the playoff's.
 
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