Ex Pro Turned Manager; Just like Lamps, Stevie G, Thierry and Sol

[FM_TNSSO]

January 2021

January 2021


FA Cup
3rd Round - Swansea City (Away)
Won 5-1

View attachment 14663


Absolutely battered 'em! This was one way traffic all game with Swansea barely mustering up any decent chances worthy of a highlight! We banged in 5, but it could easily have been 7 or 8 as we ran riot in their half of the pitch! Shaqiri, Britt and Ayew were sensational as a front 3!


That win over Swansea set up an away day at Everton later in the month.

View attachment 14662


English Premier Division
Matchday 21 - Blackburn Rovers (Home)
Drew 1-1

View attachment 14661


Marcus Tavernier came off the bench to grab a goal to give us a well deserved point! We should have won the game really, but the most important thing is that we didn't lose a game we didn't deserve to lose!


English Premier Division
Matchday 22 - Chelsea (Away)
Lost 3-1

View attachment 14660


Our 7 game unbeaten streak comes to an end at Chelsea. No complaints, they were just better than us on the day!


English Premier Division
Matchday 23 - Aston Villa (Home)
Drew 2-2

View attachment 14658


What a game for the fans...loads of chances, end to end stuff and four goals, although neither set of fans walk away with bragging rights and have to settle for a draw.


FA Cup
4th Round - Everton (Away)
Won 4-2

View attachment 14657


A great away win to progress in the cup! The first half was a mini goalfest, especially with a mad 5 minutes which saw both teams score 3 between them! All we had to do in the 2nd half was tighten up and we did just that as we kept a clean sheet and added a 4th goal to earn ourselves a big win!


English Premier Division
Matchday 24 - Crystal Palace (Away)
Lost 1-0

View attachment 14656


Palace have done well to pull off the signing of Julian Draxler and it was his 8th minute wonder strike that gave them the lead! It turned out to be the winner in what was a pretty poor game from both sides...we were sloppy and looked pretty lacklustre to be honest!


English Premier Division Table

View attachment 14655


Player of the Month
David Brooks

View attachment 14654


Brooksy was again our best player this month, with a couple of stand out performances against Everton and Chelsea, in which he scored in both games.


Other News


Wolfsburg came in with a job offer for me, but it would have meant leaving The Boro just as we seem to be getting our **** together, and for a pay cut as well with only a 1 year deal on offer! So I rejected the job, deciding to see it out here for now!

View attachment 14653


Jordan Ayew will be sorely missed for 2 months after picking up an injury in the game against Aston Villa!

View attachment 14652


We will go away to Reading next month in the 5th round of the FA Cup.

View attachment 14651


Transfer News


Incoming Loan (Potential Perm Deal); I wanted to bolster our attacking options with a player who can score goals, with Jordan Ayew scheduled to spend a couple of months on the sidelines injured. Riyad Mahrez fits that bill perfectly although I want him to prove himself before committing a sizeable fee for him - so we've taken him on loan for the rest of the season (paying £60k of his wages p/w) and agreed an optional future fee of £13.5 million with Man City to make the deal permanent.

View attachment 14650


Manager's Diary


A winless month in the league sees us drop to 13th in the table and it looks like we're playing for mid table obscurity again this year...which would be overachieving on our targets so I can't complain too much! Progress through two rounds of the FA Cup is good work and with a very winnable tie against Reading coming up in the 5th round, we could certainly look to go deep in this year's competition.


​

 

[WeArePalace]

Loving this story so far mate good work, the format is great. Interesting to see that you rejected the job though, do you plan to wait for a bigger team or stay at Boro until the end of the season or so?

 

[FM_TNSSO]

Loving this story so far mate good work, the format is great. Interesting to see that you rejected the job though, do you plan to wait for a bigger team or stay at Boro until the end of the season or so?

Cheers mate....things are going well and we are overachieving at Boro so I'm not in any rush to move on. However I am keeping my eye out for bigger clubs to move on and progress my career (Boro have a 3.5 star reputation rating so any teams of 4 stars or more are of interest).

 

[FM_TNSSO]

February 2021

February 2021


English Premier Division
Matchday 25 - Bournemouth (Home)
Lost 2-1

View attachment 14278


Oh how we are missing Jordan Ayew up front! We had 23 shots and only managed 1 goal and it cost us as Bournemouth mounted a second half comeback to win! A really bad result for us considering they were bottom of the form table coming into the game!


English Premier Division
Matchday 26 - Manchester United (Home)
Lost 4-1

View attachment 14277


At half time, we were 1-0 up and had 6 shots to United's 2, so were looking good! However, the early sending off of Daniel Ayala in the 2nd half was the turning point and Man Utd ran riot and made the extra man count....we simply couldn't live with their impressive attacking lineup with only 10 men.


FA Cup
5th Round - Reading (Away)
Won 5-0

View attachment 14276


A walk in the park against our Championship opponents and a much needed boost to morale! Hopefully we can kick on from this result and pick up some results in the league over the next couple of games.


English Premier Division
Matchday 27 - Everton (Away)
Lost 4-3

View attachment 14275


A wonderful game of football for the fans, but a game where again we are on the wrong end of the result! VAR ****** us today, with two goals being disallowed through the 'modern technology'.


English Premier Division
Matchday 28 - Liverpool (Home)
Won 3-0

View attachment 14274


Where on earth did we pull that from?! In 4 previous meetings with Liverpool, we'd been beaten and came into this game on the back of a 7 game winless run in the league so wasn't confident about breaking that record. However, we really turned it on and not only did we beat Liverpool comfortably, we were good value for the result as well! Mahrez showed his worth with two cracking goals to steal the show!


English Premier Division Table

View attachment 14273


Player of the Month
Xherdan Shaqiri

View attachment 14272


Shaqiri has been excellent this month with 3 goals and an assist to his name. The Swiss international is really starting to come good now!


Other News


Lewis Dunk picked up an injury just before the Man Utd game that will see him out for nearly a month.

View attachment 14271


Chelsea will come to The Riverside next month for the quarter final of the FA Cup.

View attachment 14270


Manager's Diary


That win against Liverpool certainly put a more positive spin on what was otherwise a pretty disappointing month. Most importantly, it brought our winless streak to an end and we now need to capitilize on it and build some momentum off the back of such a great result! Progress in the FA Cup again sees us through to the quarter final and we'll look forward to facing Chelsea next month as we look to make it to Wembley again for the semis. There are some big jobs potentially floating about with the Arsenal, Liverpool, Hoffenheim, Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao manager's all reported as insecure in their roles - I'll keep an eye on these situations as I'm now keen to elevate my career to the next level should the right opportunity arise.


​