Looking good in the champ in your first season. On mine Nimely was released as well, however i suppose i am stubborn and stick with Elford-Alliyu when i suppose i shouldn't do! just finished the season on mine, but got a lot of updating to do!! keep it up!
A slightly disappointing month for us as we only recorded two wins out of eight games. However, we did play some quite hard teams who are right up there with the promotion candidates and the media and other personnel expect us to achieve nothing this season. We’re still in the play-offs but only just as there are three teams just below us on 45 points so a bad result for us could see us drop out easily. Next month we only have four games, which could turn into five if we beat Gateshead in the FA Cup Third Round, so there will be plenty of rest for the players ahead of a tough few months.
A quiet month for us considering the transfer window is open. There has been no incoming or outgoing transfers for us which shows that the squad want to stay here and that they have improved that much that I don’t need to bring anyone in. We progressed in both rounds in the FA Cup and now have a tough away tie at Liverpool to look forward to and it will also bring in a lot of money for the club if it is a full house. Performance wise this month we have done well with a draws against top of the table, at the time, Wigan and Sheffield Wednesday and a win against Barnsley at home. We’re not 8th in the table but one win and results elsewhere could see us get back in the play-offs so February will be an exciting month.
Another dull month club news wise but there was some action on the pitch even though it was only four games. We are unbeaten in the league this month but it was still a month without a win which is disappointing. We only conceded five goals and four of them was in one game against a Premier League side. The Wolves game felt like a loss after conceding a 94th minute goal to equalise but that’s football and we have to get on with it. We’ve got some an important month coming up and could make or break our season.
Another month unbeaten, it’s looking good for us at the moment. I think it’s something like twelve games unbeaten which is great considering our stature. We’re 6th in the league which is just inside the play-offs but it is unbelievably close. From Brighton in 2nd to Ipswich in 9th it’s five points so a couple of bad games could see us plunge into mid table, maybe it is the best for us but I would prefer to get in the play-offs to allow us to get some extra revenue. There is limited club news again but we’ve made progress in future signings with Max Clayton and Abdul Razak now interested in coming to the club.
What an unbelievable end to a great season. We started the month well with a win against Watford but had to wait another two weeks before our next win against Coventry where Elford-Alliyu scored a late winner. Two days later we travelled to Blackburn and it was too much for the squad as we faced injuries and suspensions so youngster Luis Kennedy was brought in at centre back and got a goal in a 4-2 defeat. Our last game of the month was against West Brom, a club much bigger than ours. Our heads were down after the defeat against Blackburn and there was about 6 or 7 teams who could get into the play-offs so I had to give them a good team talk to inspire them. We went 1-0 up inside three minutes and managed to get a second one just before 70 minutes. At this stage I thought we were safe and dry but I was wrong as Jay Bothroyd got them back into the game with a quick fire double to put us out of the play-offs. With results not looking like they were going to change we entered the last five minutes out of the play-offs and something needed changing, so I brought on Alex Nimely in the hope that fresh legs would change it. One minute later and I was right as Nimely sprinted down the byline, cut in and floated a cross in for Stefan Kutschke who powered a header into the top corner. He scored right in front of the sold out away end and it erupted, as did the bench. I performed a Jose Mourinho style celebration down the touchline towards the away end I was that ecstatic. We held on for the last five minutes and our play-off campaign was confirmed. We will play Burnley over two legs and it will be an extremely difficult task stopping top goalscorer Charlie Austin who has scored 40 league goals this year.
Lets hope you can continue the unbeaten run into the play-offs
wow amazing work
It was a slightly disappointing end to a brilliant season as we missed out on getting to Wembley by a penalty after Piscu gave it away for a foul on Charlie Austin. However, there has been plenty of positives from the season as we have finished high up in the league and not 24th like many media outlets predicted. We have also made a lot of profit from this season and this will hopefully allow us to invest in better facilities for us. We have also met the board’s aims for the season in staying up and doing well in one cup competition but fell just short of mine as we didn’t reach the Quarter Final of the FA Cup or the Third Round of the Capital One Cup. Next season will be interesting to see what budget we will have and who will be interested in joining us.
good season, and a brilliant platform you can build on... i should think you will be able to get better players in as you have stayed in the championship!! i found that i managed to get quite a few decent players in my 3rd season. Good luck and hope you can do one better next year (going to update my own tonight as i have fallen well behind!!)