Rolling.... Rolling... Rolling on a River
Another Unbeaten Month
Well... Yet another unbeaten month for us and we are flying at the moment!
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First up for us was a home match against Chorley who were in 7th place and in good form. To be honest we started at 150mph and 3 nil up in no time at all with goals from Morgan-Smith, Ryan Barnett and Adekunle! At half time I rather foolishly Showered the lads with praise and to be honest it nearly back fired as the 2nd half they were ****** awful, in fact I would say that it was the worst 45 mins since I took over with Alex Newby getting 2 goals in quick succession. I told the lads that I expected more at the end of the game.
Next up was an away game with Curzon Ashton who again were chasing the Playoffs, I went into this with a cautious game plan as I didn't want to be caught. We scored first with a goal from Henry Cowans (GOD) then it all went a bit flat and we were under the cosh for a long while. 2nd half I played with a positive mentality and it work when Shane Sutton score on the 70th minute followed by Wealth Da Silva on the 90th.
The big game was upon us with 1st vs 2nd... We were at home against top of the table York, I had attended their previous game to have a look at them myself and watched them destroy Chester 3-1. So... Off we went, pretty soon we raced into a 1-0 lead with Darryl Knights scoring a screamer from 30 yards!!! now what happened next really annoyed me! We had a corner, it went high into the box and our captain scored a thumping header!!! 2-0!!!! nope, it was disallowed wait for it... for offside? anyway 2nd half and we were all over them. we were minutes away from going top when disaster struck with an own goal from Dominic Smith! 1-1 however I was proud of the lads and to be honest for a part time side against a big spending full time side, I couldn't of asked for much more.
Our final game of the month was against 18th placed Hereford who were struggling a wee bit in the division, So I decided to give a couple of the lads who hadn't played much a game in Ellis Deeney and Gary Jones (grandfather time) We started very strongly and after 17 mins my left winger Adekunle scored a well placed finish in the bottom corner. we absolutely battered them and this was the easiest 1-0 I had with us having 72 percent of the possession and to be honest I was a little annoyed that we only won by 1! Never mind the unbeaten run continued!!!
This guy has been simply fantastic this season, He scores goals and assists and is everywhere... He has been my signing of the season so far! Love the bloke! My main focus now is to get him signed up for next season as he is only on a 1 year deal!
(Little side note - I managed to trigger an extension for Henry 'GOD' Cowans with him staying on £200 a week )
The big thing for me this month was the fact we have now opened a 14 point gap between us and 8th place and for me that is huuuuuge considering how early in the season this is AND the fact we had played most of the big boys in our division already... However I am not about to let things get to my head as I know that a loss is only around the corner... Surely???
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The Squad have been brilliant this month and I really can't ask much more from them at all. A couple of little hiccups with some of the squad wanting to play first team football... I spoke to Shane Sutton ( The Captain ) and asked him to speak to them and see if he could calm them, He did this and it settled down.
ANOTHER SIDE NOTE!!!!
Adam Dawson, the lad who I released as he was too impatient to wait for his chance in the team... He has just left Chester in real life due to being too Impatient! Seems I was right haha
Finances are going from strength to strength and I am so ****** chuffed about it. my main aim if i'm honest is to go full time next season, so I'm thinking if we can keep making money and hit the 1 million mark before the end of the season... We should be in a great position to do this!
Wage budget is frustrating me so much at the moment as you would think with the money coming in that the board would back me a little bit more... But such is life!
The board seem to be happy with me other than the embarrassing FA Cup exit... The fact the managerial support is so high is what I am chuffed about.
This month we face 3 of the teams in the mid-bottom half of the table so with that said, I would be chuffed with 9 points from 9 however... I have a horrible feeling we have a slip up on the horizon. However lets see what happens!
Thanks for stopping to have a read!
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