Eastbourne Borough

[oafcpaddy]

Hello Folks,

First time poster here. I have recently took the reigns at BSP side Eastbourne. With very limited resources, I have had to do a lot of wheeling and dealing.

I am only six games in, won 2, drawn 3, lost 1 and I lie 9th in the BSP, which is ok considering the board want me to battle bravely against relegation.

I line up with a defensive 4-1-2-2-1 formation. I try to frustrate the other sides with solidity and then hit them on the break.

I have a team made up of free transfers and loan signings at present, and had a link with Portsmouth, although the board did allow me to spend a whole 2k on Tony Gray from Droylsden, who scored away at Sailsbury on his debut.

Would people be interested in reading more? And how do I get screen shots up?

 

[IanC]

My home town club, I'll follow it.

 

[oafcpaddy]

Well, if even one person is willing to follow it, I will keep you updated.

Over the summer, I realised that I needed a few additions to the squad, so I scoured the free agent list, loan list and transfer list. There were very few "good" players willing to join Eastbourne. I offered terms to Clyde Wijnhard, who would rather remain without a club than sign for me. I was rejected by a lot of players, who moved to different clubs, such as Jeff Whitley and Tommy Black. In the end, I managed to acquire the services of Joel Ledgister, Orlando Smith and Vinny Mukendi (just released by Southend). I then signed David Howland on a free transfer from Port Vale before spending all of my transfer budget (a whopping £3,000) on Droylsden striker Tony Gray.

I managed to set up a link with Portsmouth and, being a club not blessed with a lot of finance, I used that to my advantage to take Tero Mantyla and Ryan Gazet Du Chattelier on loan from them. Mantyla, in particular, is having an outstanding season. I also entered the loan market again to take Alex Stavrinou (Charlton) and Steve Cook (Brighton) on loan for the campaign. Stavrinou is a tremendous holding midfielder at that level and Cook has been immense at centre back alongside Mantyla.

With my squad building done, I was ready for the start of the season. The opening day saw a hard fought defeat at Wrexham, where I lost to the only goal of the game.

Other Results:

Wrexham 1-0 Eastbourne
Eastbourne 0-0 AFC Wimbledon
Eastbourne 0-0 Rushden
Grays 1-2 Eastbourne
Eastbourne 1-1 Barrow
Sailsbury 0-1 Eastbourne
Eastbourne 1-1 Ebbsfleet
Kidderminster 2-1 Eastbourne
Stevenage 2-2 Eastbourne
Eastbourne 1-1 Chester
Oxford 1-1 Eastbourne
Eastbourne 0-0 Hayes and Yeading
Eastbourne 0-0 Tamworth
Histon 1-2 Eastbourne
Eastbourne 0-0 Kettering.

As you can tell by them results, my side are quite difficult to beat, but don't win many either. I pride myself on a solid defence and believe that, if you keep a clean sheet, one chance is always likely to fall to one of your strikers. If you take that, you've won the game.

Hope your enjoying my story from Priory Lane.........

 

[bcfc]

Nice layout for a 1st, 2nd and 3rd post mate I would follow this

 

[oafcpaddy]

Excellent....Appreciate the feedback cheers

 

[Deejayseesee]

Awesome - good luck with this - second favourite team - Matt Crabb still there?

 

[IanC]

Nice steady start. Placed well above the boards expectations. Look forward to reading more.

 

[oafcpaddy]

Matt Crabb started the season as my first choice AML, but he got a bad injury which made me change to a 4-1-4-1 formation. He is back shortly so I will evaluate then what to do re: formation and personnel changes.

---------- Post added at 03:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:58 AM ----------

Sam Sloma scored the only goal of the game on his debut in Eastbourne's 1-0 victory away at Gateshead, before an unfortunate defeat at home to Mansfield, where Daryl Clare scored the only goal.

I am on the verge of signing Darren Barnard and look set to take Jason Walker on loan from Barrow. Raphaele Nade is also on trial at the club................and I should try to get to sleep.