FMSaddler96
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Season 1 Review
So it's been a very up and down start to my career. After taking months to find a job after completing my 2 year's of coaching education I found myself in a league 2 relegation battle with a club going bust. A poor squad and an awful board left me with no hope and getting sacked before the seasons end.
I was then hired by conference north side Guiseley to see out their season and failed to get a win from my 4 games whilst also been told that half of the squad could be leaving including my best defender and striker who both refused new contracts. Another financial disaster will make it hard to move the club forward but I have to improve on my first year to get anywhere with this career.
So let's take a look at the season...
Northampton: 28/11/2017-24/03/2018
A very poor situation for the club had seen their previous 3 years of building towards being a top 6 club shot down because of finances. The previous manager before me built a very weak squad and overpaid poor players leaving the club worse off than what it was before.
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It was a poor run from myself but the board refused to give me time and before the end of the season I was shipped out without even a talk of the next season. I know 4 wins from 21 isn't good enough but I was hoping they would overlook results because of the situation I was dropped into and the quality of the squad.
I left when the club were bottom and 10 points from safety but it didn't get any better for them as the next manager failed to get any points to shut out the season and they finished 8 points behind 23rd.
There were definitely some positives. I managed to prove that the type of style I am going for can work and players agreed with this as I managed to get players who wanted to leave to sign long term contracts. Despite having the players backing though I had to play the opposite style to what I wanted in order to try and grind out draws and wins as the back 4 wasn't good enough to take the pressure of an attacking style of football.
Guiseley: 06/04/2018-...
With just a two week gap in between jobs I was moved into the Guiseley job quickly where the board wanted me to see out the season and build towards next season. I was supported by the board but they have another financial situation which won't help me be successful.
With half of the players wanting to leave in the summer to move onto bigger things I had 4 games to convince players that staying would be a good move and all but two players agreed to stay who I offered contracts to. With the base of the squad in place I just had to work on tactics and finding a way to be successful in the league next season.
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With just 4 games and a mid-table position already secured it was hard to motivate players to play up to games and a tough fixture list wouldn't help the results to look pretty. The 4 games definitely showed promise though as we played some very good football in the games.
Next season will definitely be a challenge but with the right additions there is no reason I cannot have success and meet all expectations. The back 4 will definitely need some work and the midfield needs some extra depth but the squad should have the basis there to move forward.
Overall
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So with my first season of management over my stats weren't looking great. Just 4 wins from 25 games doesn't read pretty but Guiseley are one of many who understood the situation at Northampton was never going to be successful.
The goals for column worries me most as I failed to get goals at both clubs consistently but I managed to get 4 goals in 4 games for Guiseley, only problem is that 3 of them came from 20 goal scorer Reid who will be departing in the summer. With faces to replace my key areas of work will be turning the pretty football into results and scoring more goals whilst getting a more stubborn back 4 in place.
So it's been a very up and down start to my career. After taking months to find a job after completing my 2 year's of coaching education I found myself in a league 2 relegation battle with a club going bust. A poor squad and an awful board left me with no hope and getting sacked before the seasons end.
I was then hired by conference north side Guiseley to see out their season and failed to get a win from my 4 games whilst also been told that half of the squad could be leaving including my best defender and striker who both refused new contracts. Another financial disaster will make it hard to move the club forward but I have to improve on my first year to get anywhere with this career.
So let's take a look at the season...
Northampton: 28/11/2017-24/03/2018
A very poor situation for the club had seen their previous 3 years of building towards being a top 6 club shot down because of finances. The previous manager before me built a very weak squad and overpaid poor players leaving the club worse off than what it was before.
View attachment 151179
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It was a poor run from myself but the board refused to give me time and before the end of the season I was shipped out without even a talk of the next season. I know 4 wins from 21 isn't good enough but I was hoping they would overlook results because of the situation I was dropped into and the quality of the squad.
I left when the club were bottom and 10 points from safety but it didn't get any better for them as the next manager failed to get any points to shut out the season and they finished 8 points behind 23rd.
There were definitely some positives. I managed to prove that the type of style I am going for can work and players agreed with this as I managed to get players who wanted to leave to sign long term contracts. Despite having the players backing though I had to play the opposite style to what I wanted in order to try and grind out draws and wins as the back 4 wasn't good enough to take the pressure of an attacking style of football.
Guiseley: 06/04/2018-...
With just a two week gap in between jobs I was moved into the Guiseley job quickly where the board wanted me to see out the season and build towards next season. I was supported by the board but they have another financial situation which won't help me be successful.
With half of the players wanting to leave in the summer to move onto bigger things I had 4 games to convince players that staying would be a good move and all but two players agreed to stay who I offered contracts to. With the base of the squad in place I just had to work on tactics and finding a way to be successful in the league next season.
View attachment 151176
With just 4 games and a mid-table position already secured it was hard to motivate players to play up to games and a tough fixture list wouldn't help the results to look pretty. The 4 games definitely showed promise though as we played some very good football in the games.
Next season will definitely be a challenge but with the right additions there is no reason I cannot have success and meet all expectations. The back 4 will definitely need some work and the midfield needs some extra depth but the squad should have the basis there to move forward.
Overall
View attachment 151175
So with my first season of management over my stats weren't looking great. Just 4 wins from 25 games doesn't read pretty but Guiseley are one of many who understood the situation at Northampton was never going to be successful.
The goals for column worries me most as I failed to get goals at both clubs consistently but I managed to get 4 goals in 4 games for Guiseley, only problem is that 3 of them came from 20 goal scorer Reid who will be departing in the summer. With faces to replace my key areas of work will be turning the pretty football into results and scoring more goals whilst getting a more stubborn back 4 in place.