Season 1 - End of Season Review…. Phew!
So after the manic Winter window we seemed to be able to finally put together a run of form that not only secured our spot in the division again, but also had a little cup run to boost that bank balance (thankfully) so we’re secure going forwards!
As you can see January started off slow as we welcomed the variety of new signings into the club. But once we settled down and found our best 11 we eventually shot up the league. In the final 14 league games we only dropped 4 points, and genuinely never really looked troubled at all.
Benjamin and Austin came in clutch for us, firing in goals pretty much each game, as well as having our new midfield duo of Heaps and Rosiak chipping in with goals too. Yes, we are a team of loanees but they all came in and did a great job.
Let’s not forget about the cup run we had too! Albeit a very generous draw up to that point, it did mean we made it all the way to a 22,000 crowd vs Celtic. We never had a sniff in the game but the bank balance shot up and all of our financial worries seemed to disappear.
So with all that being said, we actually finished 5th!! And up to the final 2 games we looked like we may have even had a shot at the playoffs… although in a way im pretty pleased we didn't. We would have been so far out of our depth if we had been promoted so this is probably best all around.
I think with the way the club looked at the start of the year and the overhaul mid-season i think we can all be extremely happy with how this has all turned out! (Just think if we didn't have that 6 point deduction too…)
The squad who made it all possible…
So we made it through the season with Leo Duru in the starting XI, and that was about it. As you can see by appearances pretty much all of the summer signings took a back seat at christmas as the new players came in. When I look at it, players like Austin and Caprani actually played very big roles and it’s good to know that we can rely on them next season too. Especially if Austin can play both on the wing and as the leading man.

You can see by the average rating that pretty much all of the loans who played 10+ games made an impact and that really is great to see, especially since it saved us a whole lot of money whilst it happened too.
If we’re lucky enough I'm hoping to bring a lot of these loans back in again next season as they have done such a good job, but I have a sneaky feeling that we may not be seeing many of them again. I was most impressed by the fact that pretty much all of these loanees are 18 and under yet they all stuck it out with us to drag us to safety and beyond!
Now just to point out the fact that we really were punching above our weight, check out our salary gap! Spending nearly 9x less than the top paid team in the league. I’d call that good business!
Now let’s not forget about the plan here, and how it may all unravel in the near future. Here’s our ‘squad’ we have going into next year! Just the 3 players…. With Masson probably on his way out the door too so this could be very interesting in the summer!
Overall I'm super happy with the way this season ended and it’s only fuelled the fire even more to push on and get promotion next season. All this relies on a very heavy summer of transfers, so let’s get down to business!