Johno's Career

March 2018



Meh, awful month which saw us go out in two competitions.

We didn't take our chances against Wolfsburg. They scored from tap in and they got the winning goal which came from Živković's long range shot on 33rd minutes which saw us go out on away goals. Disappointed to see us go out even we has 2 goals lead

We bounced back with a 2-0 win over West Brom. We found it diffcult to break them down even they went down to 10 man on 39th minutes with Olsson getting sent off for two footed tackle which West Brom players said it was harsh apparently We found the break through with an own goal from their keeper, Tim Connolly(regen), parried Aurtenetxe's cross into his own net. Honda put the game to bed on 72nd minutes, scoring free kick from 25 yards out.

Jesus fucking christ. Horrible result against Spurs We conceded 5 goals from corner (adding Vida and Aurtenetxe own goal ffs) and a dip shot from Kane. Team was fucking wank. Glad to see us out tbh.

Again, we bounced back with a smashing win over Watford With Neves, running the show. Scored a penalty in added time in half time after Clemente was tripped up which Neves converted to give us the lead. Clemente got us our 2nd goal on 73rd minutes after Neves's shot was parried by their keeper which Clemente tapped in.

Disappointed not to beat Leicester We came back twice to level. But hey ho.


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Will be tough now to keep Arsenal and Man City under pressure after draw against Leicester.

Brilliant to see our U's18 won the cup



Finished top goal scorer and top average rating chart with 8.87

April 2018



Started the month with a 2-0 win over Stoke. Thomsen got us in front with a strike from 20 yards out. Brought on Sigurðsson at half time as Noble was on yellow card so I swap position with Honda and Sigurðsson which Honda moved to MC and Sigurðsson to AMC. And scored his first goal since coming back from injury with a free kick \o/ We definitely have missed him even Honda did perform well in his absence.

Another win on the bounce with 2-1 win against Norwich. Clemente got us in front on 32nd minutes with an header from Fischer's cross. Norwich's Vargas equalised on half time with a strike from 16 meters. We got a penalty on 58th minutes after Clemente was fouled in the box which Neves smashed it to give us the win.

Disappointing performance against Chelsea which they scored on 13th and 15th minutes Their first goal came from Sami Khedira smashing in from outside the box after poor heading clearance from Tah. Second goal was from mistake from Neves which let Willian score their second.

We bounced back from Chelsea loss with a tough match which saw us come away with a 1-0 win against Newcastle. Our defence was in good form as Newcastle kept attacking at us especially they got Ayoze and Lavezzi up front. Thomsen got us the winning goal on 83rd minutes as he smashed his shot into top corner.

Another away game on the trot. Spurs came behind to beat us 4-1 Big difference was facing world class keeper, Lloris and a shit keeper, Leali. Lloris was in good form against us.

We took the lead on 10th minutes through Clemente striking inside the box. Spurs's Dembélé scored a dip to level the score for Spurs. We went behind, 9 minutes later after somehow Leali decided to tip Sergio Canales's cross into own net ffs. 2 minutes later Yura Movsisyan getting their 3rd goal.

Went ballistic at the team at half time and seems to fired them up but we was shite in second half. Dembélé got his second goal with a tap in after Lennon's sliced Lamela's cross to his direction to score. Lennon ended up having rating of 4.4 at full time. Told him he was pathetic and then says he's confused. WHAT.

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Can't see us in the race for 4th now.

May 2018 / End of season review



So close but I'm glad it went down to last game of the season for 4th.

We kicked off with a superb 1-0 win over Man Utd. Fischer got us the only goal as he took advantage of Phil Jones's mistake to smash it in to give us the win. As we beat them, we handed Chelsea the title with a game to spare.

It went down to the last game of the season for 4th. Arsenal was at home to Hull and Liverpool home to Wigan and Man City was at home to Norwich. Realistic I need them to lose

Fantastic performance from the team against Everton. Especially Honda ran the show with 3 assists and MOTM.

Fischer put us in front after running onto Honda's pass to score. Tah doubled our lead on 16th minutes with a close range header from Honda's corner kick. Brought on KJH at half time which saw him getting our third goal which Honda set him up to smash it into top corner. Everton pulled one back on 86th minutes with Barkley scoring a free kick from 20 yards.

After full time, I went to see other teams result which confirmed us finished 6th. Arsenal thrashed Hull, 5-0. Liverpool also thrashed Wigan, 6-0. And Man City won 3-1, thanks to Augero's hat trick.

I feel our draw against Swansea at home and Leicester away has cost us in the end

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Southampton got relegated on last day of the season, they needed to beat Chelsea, away to stay up but they lost 2-0. I'm sad cos I actually applied for Southampton job when they sacked their manager, but went for Paul Lambert in the end..


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Good to see they accepted my request to send me on coaching course

Quite a big money for finishing 6th, will be handy

Just came across this news and wow Sampdoria won back to back Serie A title

Massive budget for next season. I don't think we'll be spending awfully alot of it.

Good to see the club upgrading training facilities.



Happy to see we are still in category one youth rating






Brilliant to see our sponsorship gone right up

I'm really surprised to see Mark Noble is second on the list But no surprise to see Honda topping the list.

I decided to apply for Lille job after they sacked Ronny Deila. I'm at the point where I want a new challenge after spending 4 seasons with West Ham and I fancy managing in France right now. They finished 6th in Ligue 1. But if I do get the job, I will save my West Ham career in different save incase I want to go back to them in the future.

Declined.

Finally won Manager of The Month award

Fuck you Lille. Going to stay at West Ham for now.

After restarting FM as they disappeared , Lille still went for Makelele There have been few twist. Siniša Mihajlović just left Sampdoria to take over Arsenal after they sacked Billic.



So I put my name in the hat for the job. Surprisely they offered me a job interview.



I felt the interview went well, as we both agreed we should focus on bringing youngsters through to first team XI which is a big point.