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Post by Boony on Nov 1, 2006 9:40:07 GMT
November 2007November was a solid, if quiet, month. We didn't actually lose any of our games, but we didn't play that well or score that many goals in the process. I think Eagle's injury at the end of October didn't help much, and we suffered injuries to both strikers, Moore and Briscoe, during the month. The main news is that we progressed in both cups. In the FA Trophy, we beat Chatham 4-1 away with all the goals coming in the first half hour - a poor Cavanagh clearance let them take the lead, but we hit back with goals from Briscoe, Moore, Robinson and Proctor and sat back for the rest of the game. In the next round (third qualifying round, apparently), we had a home draw against Ware, which we drew 1-1. Reserve striker Glass scored his first of the season from a Briscoe dink over the keeper, but Ware always threatened and equalised on 53. We had lots of chances, but off-form strikers couldn't make them count and we had to go to their place for the replay. Two assists from Moore, one to Briscoe and one to Quarm, showed signs of the strikers starting to link up again at the end of the month. We ran out 2-0 winners, and into the next round. We also visited Conference side Cambridge United, in the FA Cup first round. We scored the early goal through midfielder Dutton, who pounced on a loose clearance from the Cambridge defence. Cambridge looked much the better side, but we managed to hold on, with our goalkeeper White pulling off a couple of great saves. We moved to a five man midfield, and then in the dying minutes I put a sweeper on to protect against anything thrown over the top in a patented 1-4-1-3-1 formation. Progression to the 2nd round, where we'll face another Conference side, high-flying Exeter. Least we forget, there was also the small matter of the league, which seemed to take a back seat this month. Not through intention, just by the sheer weight of cup games we played. We beat Moor Green 2-1 at home - Moore scored from a Briscoe pass, and in the second half Quarm was fouled in the box and scored the penalty himself. We conceded in the 80th minute to make things interesting - Cavanagh again at fault in the right back position, and Moore picked up his injury (after we've used all our subs), but we hold on for the final nine minutes. Then two draws in a row, away at Stalybridge Celtic (Quarm scores from a poor clearance, but Dutton concedes a free kick on the edge of the area in the 88th minute - whoops, goal), and at home to Worcester (0-0, we had the better of the second half, but couldn't find the net.) Other news of note was the first signing of the season. A usefully versatile Matt Somner came in on a freebie. He's primarily a defensive midfielder, but he can also play in the back line. He'll add some useful steel to the midfield, probably pushing Dutton for his starting spot. Other news is that progress in the cups means we're raking the money in. Prize money, gate receipts, and our 2nd round tie against Exeter is going to be on the television! Overall then, as I said at the start, November was a solid month. Our defence are keeping us in most games, which is an encouraging sign, but we just need to find a few more goals. Some days we're on fire and can put 3 or 4 past anyone, but some days we struggle, and I need to find more consistency from somewhere. However, injuries have come and reduced us to second choice strikers and wingers for much of the month, meaning that we're never likely to score the number of goals we could be scoring, so perhaps there's not too much to worry about right now. League Record: P3 W1 D2 L0 F3 A2 Pts 5
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Post by coffers on Nov 1, 2006 9:57:06 GMT
As you said a good solid month. Consistancy is the key at these levels, there are some good players who are woefully inconsistant. You aren't losing and that means you can win by nicking goals here and there, which may be enough to get you in the play-off places or higher at the ned of the season.
KUTGW! :thumb:
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Nov 1, 2006 10:44:51 GMT
A nice lurking position there, Mr Boo. Good stuff... The problem I find with injuries to forwards is that, not only is the guy coming in not as good, obviously, but also most times, he's not match-fit either, so it's a double problem.
The goals will come back as the forwards do, I'm sure.
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Post by Moo on Nov 1, 2006 12:23:50 GMT
What those two said really, nothing to worry about, so long as you aren't conceding too many. If the forwards don't come back when the goals start leaking, then start to worry.
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Post by Boony on Nov 1, 2006 14:12:33 GMT
December 2007I think December was the longest month on record. Ever. We played nine games in total, and the results were inconsistent. Four of these games were cup games, and I'll get them out of the way first. We played Conference high-flyers Exeter in front of the cameras, and took them to a replay where they only beat us by one goal. 1-1 at home, where the goals were scored by centreback Dolan (own goal) and new recruit Somner (header from a Quarm free kick). The draw took place just after the game, and the winners of the replay were to play Luton, in Luton. What an incentive. To lose... The replay saw the home side score in the third minute - we threw everyone we could at the favourites, including sacrificing left back Gray for attacking midfielder Hutchison, but all to no avail, and we were out of the FA Cup in the nick of time. I really didn't fancy going to Luton, especially as an ex-Bedford manager... In the other cup (FA Trophy), we faced Welling in the first round proper. A disappointing 1-1 draw at home (Quarm set piece, Somner header, goal; Welling equalised just before half time) meant another bloody replay - a game we really didn't need as league fixtures were piling up (yes, we're playing in a league here, somewhere). I was even more upset when Welling took an early lead in the replay, but that just spurred us on. Briscoe scored a fine hattrick to make it 3-1 just after the hour mark, and then we saw the most extraordinary final ten minutes. Taylor scored with a direct freekick, Glass scored a fifth from a Dutton pass, and Somner put the icing on the cake after a fine move involving Quarm and Glass. 6-1! We go on to play Grays in the second round sometime in January. So, we've had a moderatly successful set of cup runs so far, and have netted about £100k on the back of these - big money for a club with a £6k transfer budget (still untouched) and a £5k wage budget (we're only using about half of it). If I'm lucky, I'll be able to offer some nice wages and get some of these guys onto fulltime contracts before too long. Anyway, let me talk about the league. Our cup runs may well have distracted us, as December saw our league campaign stutter mightily. It started off ok in a home game against Histon - the game of the set piece. Moore headed in a Quarm corner, Somner scored from another Quarm corner, and in the second half left back Gray scored direct from a free kick. We definitely have a reputation as a set piece specialist team here in the Conference South. We then visited Worksop, and were dealt a 2-0 defeat. Irish centreback Dolan was sent off early on, and things didn't go so well from there. We conceded a goal to a near post cross from the right - the left back was nowhere to be seen, so DC Wall went to snuff out the cross, which he failed to do, and that left a gaping hole at our near post. 1-0 Worksop. Things take a turn for the Bedford in me, as we chase the game late on and concede a second, from a chap named James Earl. Earl is someone I've been looking at for a while, I knew he was interested in joining, and Carlisle had transfer listed him at £1k - well within our budget. However, now he was on loan at Worksop, he was not interested in signing for us at all, which miffed me a little. We should have got in there earlier, I reckon. Still, his contract is up at the end of the season - I'll try and get him then. Three cup games come and go (Exeter replay and the two Welling games) before our next league game, at Alfreton. Our reserve winger Taylor comes into his own in this game, setting up the first (a cross for Briscoe helpfully turned in by the marker) and scoring the second (on the back of a long ball from fellow winger Ryan Eagle, on as a sub in his first appearance since injury all those weeks ago). The way our season is going, though, it won't be long before he's injur.... oh. Our for a couple of months, it seems. Shame, he'd been averaging 7.4, and had blinding pace down either wing. Christmas came and went, and in the Boxing Day fixture, we visited top side Workington. A long ball behind our defence meant we went 1-0 down, and neither team could go on from there. I'm not too upset about losing 1-0 at the league leaders, but I was miffed when we went to Hinkley a few days later and lost 4-2. They scored early after our keeper White parried a shot straight at their incoming striker. The third was a penalty, but then we pulled one back with a penalty of our own, scored by Hutchison. Half time, 1-3. We concede a 30 yard strike to put the game beyond us, even though we hit the post, then the bar, then Hutchison scores with 4 minutes to go after a fine cross from striker Glass, who is seriously pushing Moore for a spot in the starting eleven. I told you it was a busy month. We've started playing inconsistently throughout the whole team now, not just at the back, and we need to turn this around quickly if we're to challenge for the playoffs. League Record: P5 W2 D0 L3 F7 A7 Pts 6
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Post by Moo on Nov 1, 2006 14:33:16 GMT
What the hell are you complaining about? 2nd best defence? OK, so your attack is a little weak at the moment, but you're in a nice little lurking position there with a game in hand against one of the bottom six teams. Only half way through the season and in 9th?
Whingey poof. :thumb:
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Post by coffers on Nov 1, 2006 14:45:11 GMT
Hmm? A Winter Wobble, mine usually starts in January. I blame it on the weather.
Still nice progression and money making in the FA Trophy.
KUTGW! :thumb:
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Post by Boony on Nov 1, 2006 14:52:45 GMT
2nd best defence who conceded four against 14th place Hinckley? I can just see things freefalling here, with me not knowing what to do about it. Time for the Mooski Plummet, in other words. I hope Coffers is right and it's just a wobble. It'd be nice to get our full strength team back, to be honest.
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Post by Sonic on Nov 1, 2006 22:35:13 GMT
Winter wobble? Ah, that could have been what pissed me off. That was in Janruary too, in which I had 5 or 6 straight bloody draws :moop:
That's a much prettier table than last seasons, and once you get your players back from injury, it'll start looking much better.
:thumb:
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Post by Narcizo on Nov 3, 2006 9:08:58 GMT
Hmmpff! This isn't about Crystal Palace. What's the point of that then.
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Post by Boony on Nov 3, 2006 9:13:42 GMT
There's more than one Eagle, Narkle. Bedford > Crystal Palace, anyway. Everyone knows that.
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Post by Moo on Nov 3, 2006 9:33:21 GMT
It's true, I read it in a book. Or possibly the post above this one, I forget.
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Post by Boony on Nov 6, 2006 10:29:27 GMT
January 2008Nine games in December, eight games in January - the mid-winter part of the season is rather congested, it has to be said. The harsh winter took the gloss off our early season performances, as we trudged though the beginnings of 2008 with just the one win, a nice 3-1 over Redditch at home. Briscoe and Taylor link up nicely for a couple, while a Moore cross for Briscoe was turned into his own net by a hapless Redditch defender. Redditch scored their goal in the first half, immediately after our second, but I think we looked pretty comfortable in this game. The same could not be said for the games either side. Scarborough came to play at the International Stadium in the first game of 2008, and despite relentless Gateshead attacking, we could not get the ball into the back of the net. We had 12 shots, one of which was on target, while Scarborough had just three wayward shots to show for their efforts. Striker Matt Glass, pushed into the starting lineup for this game, was injured in the first half and is out for 2 months. After the Scarborough game, it was contract time. 9 of our players signed up on full-time professional contracts, which was fantastic news. A couple more refused full-time status, but quickly signed up to extended part-time deals. The crux of our first team squad are now with the club until at least June 2009. Some of the extraneous chaff will be lost this summer, but I'm hopeful to sign up some quality players during the summer break. Ever hopeful... Gainsborough came to play at the International Stadium in the second game of 2008. We managed to score in this one, but not before gifting Gainsborough the lead in the 3rd minute. We were sh*te for the rest of the first half, but halftime saw Dutton coming off for Briscoe, with big Don Hutchison dropping back into the hole. Louis Briscoe passed to Luke Moore for the equaliser, and I decided, since we were at home, that we should push for the win. A poor decision, as Gainsborough score the winner with the very last kick of the game. Then came the victory at home to Redditch, which was followed by the FA Trophy 2nd round match against Conference National side Grays - trophy winners two years in a row before Oxford came and grabbed it last year. We took the lead with a stunning 25-yard strike from midfielder Andy Proctor, who is getting used to scoring from this kind of range. However, the home club stole an equaliser in the 63rd minute, and we were happy to hold onto the draw to take us to another cup replay. Our fourth of the season. In the replay, Grays took the early lead, and held on for the rest of the game, despite us having enough chances to be called unlucky in the post-game media reports. We were out of both cups, but we'd been beated by Conference National sides in both competitions, having given them a good run for their money, so I wasn't too disheartened. Especially after counting the gate receipts, prize money and television appearance money. We should now be able to concentrate on the league, but of course these things never happen. The loss in the FA Trophy seemed to take the wind out of our sales, as we plod through the rest of January not scoring a goal. We started brightly against Hucknall, but the game quickly descended into a chanceless affair with neither side looking like scoring. 0-0 it was. Stafford hosted our stagnant team, score first, see our midfield rock Somner sent off, and score a second while we push for an equaliser. Finally, Blyth come to town, and a f*cking defensive dimwitted error from supposed decent player Clare let Blyth in to score early on. Our appalling form in front of goal continues, as we have several decent chances but hardly make their keeper work at all. 1-0 to Blyth. The end of January brings news that Ben Smith steps down as chairman, to be replaced by ex-director Danny Williams. There is to be no extra money for the moment, but I still have a job. Williams thanked me for my patience throughout this seemingly stressful period. Perhaps this was why the team had been underperforming? Who knows... League Record: P6 W1 D2 L3 F4 A6 Pts 5
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Post by Moo on Nov 6, 2006 10:48:33 GMT
Mid table mediocrity this season then. Although I am jealous of the cup runs, admittedly.
KUTGW! :thumb:
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Post by Boony on Nov 6, 2006 10:53:21 GMT
February 2008After the fun and games of December and January, February was quite a quiet month. Just four league games to play, and the first was at home to Nuneaton. We chose this moment to unveil our new 4-1-2-2-1 formation. The back four stayed much the same, with Gray in at left back, Clare at right back (having finally replaced an awful Cavanagh), and a centreback pairing of Wall and Dolan. These guys were all solid, as our Goals Against column shows, we have the joint fourth best defence in the league. Keeper Jason White complete doesn't ever have much to do, and looks pretty solid doing it. Slightly sloppy distribution amongst the back five probably caters for around half of the goals we ship, which is frustrating in some ways, but at least it shows that we're good at keeping opposition attacks under control. We just give them charitable gifts to make up for it. The midfield is now anchored by Somner at DMC, who is my only acquisition at this club so far. He's a solid player, who pops up to score goals from getting on the end of set pieces every now and then. In front of him are the old pairing of Dutton and Proctor. Dutton is perhaps more of a holding player, while Proctor shows great touches of class and a cracking long shot - not shown in his attributes but he's hit several thunderbolts this season, and scored some important goals in the process. Out wide, we have Eagle on the left, and Taylor on the right. Both have had their moments, Eagle earlier in the season before his injury, and Taylor later on. Taylor shows great pace, and also hits some nice freekicks. They are backed up by Quarm, who can only play on the right, but when he does, Taylor can shift over to the left if required. Up front, I've decided to go with Briscoe over Moore in the starting slot. This is my one misgiving about changing to a new formation, as I thought the two strikers had a pretty decent partnership going. However, the 4-4-2 just wasn't scoring enough goals, so I thought it was time for a change, bringing the wingers more into attacking roles. The one guy I haven't found a consistent place for in the team is Don Hutchison. He oozes class, but is very slow around the pitch, and doesn't take hold of matches as perhaps a man of his experience and technique should. I've tried him in midfield, in the hole, and up front, and he hasn't really shone in any role. He's always on the bench, and we bring him on when we're chasing games. His best chance of starting, however, would be a drop in form, or an injury, to one of Dutton or Proctor in centre midfield. So, anyway, we host Nuneaton, who score first, but our new look formation manage to pull one back, and we're happy with a 1-1 draw against a team up in the playoff spots. Then another playoff team, Vauxhall, host us and lose. Yep, we win another game, an early lead picked up through a Proctor 25 yard strike. We hold on to this win with some fairly idiosyncratic tactics. Centrehalf Wall was booked, and then lucky to still be on the pitch, after a couple of juicy tackles, so I brought him off to be replaced by rightback Cavanagh, with Clare moving into the centre. Cavanagh looks shaky everytime he walks onto the pitch, so I also brought Somner over to the right wingback role, with Eagle moving back to a more orthodox left midfield role. The change worked in some respects, as we don't concede a goal, and take the 1-0 victory with us - our first in four games. Relegation candidates Whitby come to town, and get soundly humped 4-0. We started well, with three goals in the first half hour, to make a mockery of our previous efforts in front of goal. Dutton, Briscoe and Wall are the guys who get the ball in the back of the net - Wall with his first for the club. Briscoe scored his second on the hour, and in truth this was quite a simple victory, at home against a struggling team. Our final game of the month was at Southport, the second place club, and they blow us away with, um, three goals in the first half hour. To be honest, their keeper played an absolute blinder, and we were very unlucky to score just the one goal (Daryl Taylor, latching onto a lovely pass from Clare) before Southport put it beyond all doubt with a fourth. Losing at second place clubs isn't the end of the world, but we definitely don't look like playoff candidates this season. Hopefully a top half finish will be achieveable, and will be a good base from which to push on next year. League Record: P4 W2 D1 L1 F7 A5 Pts 7
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Post by coffers on Nov 6, 2006 11:00:54 GMT
Nice month February, you are just getting ready to throw the winter cobwebs off. A little push and you could make the playoffs, but top half would be a fine achievement anyway.
KUTGW! :thumb:
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Post by Moo on Nov 6, 2006 11:18:09 GMT
Aye, a great month there. I think that making up 10 points from 11 games is going to be a little too much I think, but there's no harm in going for it, especially if you have a month like that last one.
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Post by Boony on Nov 6, 2006 11:22:02 GMT
10 points from 11 games is the gap I was chasing last year, pretty much. But that was to avoid relegation... This year, we've already got 44 points, so I think that's a scenario we won't be going through this year. I'd love a push for the playoffs, but realistically, I think aiming for 6th or 7th would be a nice place to finish. Top half for sure. Anything lower than 10th, and I wouldn't be happy. Neither would the fans, or the board, I don't think.
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Post by Boony on Nov 7, 2006 9:20:37 GMT
March 2008What was that I was saying about us not being playoff candidates this season? I am forced to eat my own words during a marvellous March. What follows is a blow-by-blow account of my most successful month as an FM2007 manager... If you're looking to fight back from a 4-1 thrashing in your previous game, you can ask for little more than entertaining a relegation candidate for the next match. Droylsden came to the International Stadium, and our wingers show their scoring prowess. Hutchison, on for an injured Dutton, swings in a freekick for Taylor to head home, and then Wall pumps a long ball towards Hutchison, but finds Eagle instead who bangs the ball into the net. Wingers scoring goals is exactly what I was looking for in the tactical switch last month. Unfortunately, Dutton will be out for about 3 weeks, but this means that Don Hutchison can get an extended run in midfield. 4th placed Harrogate are our next visitors, and we get off to a horrible start, conceding in the second minute. We fight back, with a nice Hutchison pass finding Briscoe, who scores. I slowly urge the troops to nudge further and further forward to push for the winner, especially after Harrogate go down to ten men, and we succeed in creating about a million chances, but we can't put any away. I take a quick glance at the league table, and our remaining fixtures, and I note with glee that eight of our nine games left to play are against teams below us in the league table. We are currently sitting in 7th place. We visit Hyde for our 34th match of the league campaign, and come away with a disappointing 0-0 draw after having most of the chances. We're still struggling ever so slightly in front of goal. Languishing Moor Green is our next visit, and we score first with striker Luke Moore latching crashes in a cross from Taylor. Before halftime, however, Yemi Odubade (on loan from Oxford) latches onto a poor back-header from defender Wall, and pulls the scores level. Late on in the game, we push on for a winner. This involves such tactical jiggery-pokery as taking off Gray at left back, going three at the back, moving Somner into midfield, Hutchison into the hole, and bringing on Briscoe, a second striker in a crazy 3-2-3-2 formation. Briscoe it is who heads in a Taylor cross for the winner, in the 90th minute, so it's another tactical switch as Moore comes off for fullback Cavanangh and we revert to 4-1-4-1. And we hold on the for the remainder of the game. Such excitement, and what could be a crucial three points as we've now picked up 8 in our last four games. Stalybridge Celtic arrive at the International Stadium to find a squad of pumped up Gateshead players, and indeed it is us who take an early lead as Taylor is fouled in the box and Quarm converts the penalty. The score stays 1-0 for ever, and we start to close things up with about 10 minutes left when big Don Hutchison scores a free kick in the 84th. Our keeper White was man of the match, but I'm not quite sure why, as he only had to deal with one shot on target. Another look at the league table, and we're 9th, but a mere 4 points from the playoff spots. It's all pretty tight up here. We visit Worcester for the penultimate game of the month, and Quarm opens the scoring again from a fine 40 yard pass from anchorman Somner. This after just 45 seconds. 75 minutes later, and Quarm turns into provider as he passes to substitute striker Briscoe who passes into the net. We pull back players to hold onto a comfortable two goal lead, and it's yet another three points for the boys. Another look at the league table, and we're up to 7th, but still 4 points from the playoff spots. We still have quite an easy run in against teams near the bottom, but the last game of the season is against 4th placed Workington. Who, it must be said, look catchable - just 5 points in front of us. Eagle is back from injury, but is forced to sit on the bench, as both Taylor and Quarm are playing magnificently on the wings at the moment, and I'm very loath to break up this winning side. The final game in March comes, as we entertain Worksop at home. It looks to be a fairly even game, and it takes until the 90th minute for the deadlock to be broken. We've already moved to our patented 3-2-3-2 ultra-attacking-at-the-end-of-the-game formation, and it's Briscoe who's fouled on the edge of the area. Who steps up to take the freekick? Yep, big Don Hutchison, bang, 1-0. We pull back to the 4-1-4-1 and hold on for the win. Hutch has had a fine month taking over the reins from Dutton in midfield, and finally looks to be bringing his best form at the time we need it most. Dutton comes back from injury but, like Eagle, finds himself on the bench to start with. I take a look around some of the screens, and it seems that the board are currently disappointed with our league performance, which I think is a little harsh. However, the game as a whole sees me as a talented manager with a regional reputation. League Record: P7 W5 D2 L0 F10 A2 Pts 15
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Post by coffers on Nov 7, 2006 9:26:21 GMT
The board are fooknuts! With four games left, I think it's in your hands, I reckon harrogate and/or Workington will drop points. You can do it, just go out and win all teh 4 remaining games. FXD. KUTGW! :thumb:
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Post by Moo on Nov 7, 2006 13:25:54 GMT
Well, hats off to you, sir! I thought that the gap was too much to make up, but I'm delighted to have been proven wrong. An excellent month and form alone should take you into the top 5.
KUTGW! :thumb:
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Post by Boony on Nov 7, 2006 14:29:15 GMT
April 2008So, there are four games left, and we could probably do with winning them all. Firstly, Alfreton come to town. They take the lead, too, after just 11 minutes, and that's all the goalscoring action of the first half. I have a right go at the lads, questioning their passion to win this game. They respond manfully, Quarm knocking in a pass from Taylor just 26 seconds into the second half. We push everyone forward - we need wins at this stage, draws may not be good enough. 3-2-3-2, Briscoe comes on for Gray, and scores immediately! A fine pass from Clare puts him through, and we're in the lead! I pull off Moore for Cavanagh, playing 4-1-4-1, and we hold on. 2-1 winners, and we're up to 5th. Yep, in the playoff spots... Game 40, away at strugglers Redditch. Quarm passes to Taylor, header, 1-0. Thank you very much - we start pulling people back on the hour, but a 75th minute corner from The Hutch finds Somner's head and we're 2-0 up. White kept us in this game with a couple of cracking saves, but Taylor wins the MotM award. We're still 5th in the league, just one point ahead of Harrogate and Hucknall in 6th and 7th. We have an identical goal difference with Harrogate, but we're just 3 points behind Workington in 4th, and we have the superior goal difference there. Two games left, then, and we could still do with winning them both, although I reckon just a win against Workington will see us get into the playoffs above them. First, though, it's time for some mind games. I tell Redditch boss that their boss Paul Holland can keep them up. Their next opponents? Workington. Anyway, match day 41 rolls on, and we travel to Histon in what turns out to be a cracking game. Briscoe opened the scoring for us after Taylor had hustled their rightback off the ball and crossed into the centre. 1-0. Then a long ball from Proctor found Briscoe and he scored a second on the stroke of half time. 2-0 and we should be cruising. I tell the lads not to get careless, but what happens? Histon score on the break to make it interesting, and I reckon it's time to pull back to 4-1-4-1. However, Histon score on the break again, to level the match. Our wingers move further forward, Hutch plays in the hole, and in the 81st minute, Proctor and Hutchison share a one-two before Proctor strikes a trademark 25 yard scorcher into the net! His first for a while, and what an important goal that could be. We pull back to 4-1-4-1 again, and hold on for a crucial three points. Harrogate pay Southport, while Hucknall play Alfreton. We, of course, are playing Workington. Basically, we need to win to guarantee a playoff spot. And, if we do win, we'll probably end up 4th. So Workington visit the International Stadium. Briscoe opens things up, forcing their keeper into a mistake outside his area, and slots the ball into an empty net. 1-0. The Hutch steps up with a monster free kick. 2-0, and it's still only the 24th minute. Half time comes and goes, I tell the lads not to let the performance drop. The Hutch drops a ball over their left back for Quarm, bang! 3-0, 54 minutes gone. Game over. I pull off the front 3, bringing on Eagle, Robinson and Moore up top, and we cruise to the win. Playoffs, baby! League Record: P4 W4 D0 L0 F10 A3 Pts 12
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Post by coffers on Nov 7, 2006 14:37:45 GMT
brilliant stuff, I take it you meet Workington in the Play-offs then?
KUTTSW! :thumb: (tactic switching)
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Post by Boony on Nov 7, 2006 14:48:13 GMT
Nah, we've got Nuneaton in the semi finals, with Workington playing Southport. I' glad we came 4th not 5th, as Southport look pretty useful up there in the table. If we get through to the final, that'll be a tough match. But, you know, one match at a time.
The tactic switching thing really seems to work. We nearly always score when I shove the extra players up there, it's almost like magic. It helps that I have the flexible players to be able to do it without too many substitutions, I guess. Getting Somner in early in the season made a huge difference - he's the only DMC I've got.
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Post by Moo on Nov 7, 2006 14:48:50 GMT
2nd vs 5th and 3rd vs 4th, so it'll be Nuneaton, Coffers.
Excellent stuff, boony. Well done! :thumb: Now go do one better than I did and win the bloody thing!
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