2nd SEASON REVIEW:
What i expected.
League: 16th place finish.
Spanish Cup: Knocked out by Gimnastic in 3rd round.
My first season in Liga Adelente has finished as i thought it would, with my cultural heroes languishing above the relegation zone, finishing 16th. An early cup exit meant i could concentrate on survival which helped my ageing squad. As the season progressed i realised that my transfer policy of sigining ageing big names wasnt going to work as these guys were fairly inneffective at this level. I looked to the future and signed up a number of prospects for next season. This bucked up the ideas of my older players who feared for their place in the team, better performances followed and a few good results ensured survival with games to spare. but the lemon still didnt manage a goal all season from 19 games.......
As discussed with zebedee above i adopted a different tactic to help my push for survival. it worked and i managed some good results during the run in, particularly pleasing was a 2-1 win over ex parent club sporting.
This season has been a transitional one for Leonesa, with no major signings secured or particular highlghts to report. Pernia finished joint second top scorer with jorge vargas on 7 which says it all really, they are my left back and centre back. Rocamora my AMC finished top scorer on 8 goals. not a season of attacking prowess, in fact i released viduka an diego tristan before the season had even finished, mendes was gone on july 1st and i only kept the lemon as he is close to my heart now, despite having all the attacking talent of a goat with 3 legs. Pernia finshed 3rd top assist maker in the league which was a double edged sword for me, as he was now on the radar of some bigger clubs like sevilla. i was once again proud of my rearguard action, matej rapnik and jorge vargas were fantastic as the defensive rocks that allowed my team to try and push forward, although as soon as the ball reached, mendes,/lemon/tristan/viduka the attack usually ended abruptly lol. marcio was fantastic in goal although he was sometimes prone to 'do a david james' and rush out for no apparent reason.
I kept up my love affair from afar with saviola but he has opted for premiership football, with bolton............. oh javier when will we be united so i can make you the cultural legend you deserve to be?????
So without causing any major ripples on the world of football, cultural leonesa looked forward to the next season in liga adelante!!!!
screenies below.