DRAWS, DRAWS, DRAWS!
Hello and welcome back!
6 games in and an average start, WSM are currently situated in mid table, the target! Between games I felt as if there was a lack of quality in midfield. Our CM's of Pope and Grubb was doing ok but we needed one more bit of star power.
View attachment 79580Al Bangura was the man. Free transfer with a contract lasting to the end of the season, and the career he has had, I was pleased with the capture. Below you can find his long career history, even featuring for Watford in the Premier League!
View attachment 79579As well as this news, there was also the FA CUP Draw for the second round qualify. I was looking for a home visit which could give the club a little bit more money from the home supporters. However, we were drawn to Cheshunt away. They are a I
sthmian League North Division club and the furthest they have ever got in the FA Cup is the Fourth Qualifying round.
After a scrappy 3-2 win at home, we headed to Cornwall to face Truro.
Results
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We started of brightly at Truro having 8 shots in the first half yet it was still 0-0 at half time. I decided to go attacking in the second half with a much higher tempo and within the first minute of the second half we were leading. Danny Greenslade, who has been class so far this season, scoring a header from a corner. However, with Truro second shot of the whole game, Niall Thompson scored. A draw vs Truro.. slightly disappointing. Havant and Waterlooville, a newly promoted team again looked ok but we were poor. They scraped a 1-0 win at the Woodspring.
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We were then home again on a Tuesday night against Wealdstone FC who were top of the league at the time. With 70 away fans it did look like Wealdstone have got some fans! A 2-2 draw, we were 1-0, they got 2 from Elliot Benyon who I thought nicked the winner in the 77th minute but we got it back. Another draw but a result I was pleased with. Now, going into a game when you are 10-1 to win, I was not expecting much, but wow. 2-0, 2 goals in each half, brilliant! Just wish more then 25 supporters could see Kington goal to secure victory!
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Another draw, another goal from Ash Kington. Oxford took an early lead with a bicycle-kick (yes, I didn't know that was possible in FM) in which we replied with a simple tap in on the 51st minute, poor performance, poor result against a poor side. We move on! FA CUP DAY and what a shocking one it was. Yes we came away with a win but it was embarrassing. When Howe knocked them in front I thought our FA Cup days was already finished... Diallo and Plummer saved us and we head into the Third Qual. Rnd.
View attachment 79572A nice 4.5k won't hurt either!
We had a chance to play either Concord or St Albans, in which we were dying for Concord who sits bottom at the time.. but...
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GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!
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*SIGHS* - yes another draw, 1-1 with Pope scoring his first goal for the club. In all honesty, Dartford should of won the game with the amount of shots they peppered our goal with and when they did score, it wasn't surprising.
Results/Table:
View attachment 79569View attachment 79568We stay 12th, gaining 7 points from the 6 games. We are 4 points of a play off place. Lets keep the season going!
NEWS
We sold our CB Jamie Laird who, was playing RB, to Kettering on a free transfer.
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I have decided that I wanted a challenge for this year, somewhere that is close to me yet going to be difficult to achieve great things with. As I live in Devon, I decided to pick Weston-Super-Mare, a team who has been in the National League South for some time. In the game and in real life they have never really challenged for promotion out of the league yet they still hold an amazing record that they have never been relegated in their history.