Fergie Mk. II
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Charlie M
Cheers mate, really appreciate that!
I'm pretty pleased with the way that things are going so far. My aim is mid table, if we achieve that then I'll be delighted. Especially when I won't be sticking around past the first season.
Appreciate you reading and commenting though mate
Charlie M
Went into the New Year optimistic after a solid month in December...
Back to the inconsistency for us! Frustrating as we had been doing so well. Came closed to getting a point at home to Falkirk but absolutely collapsed away from home at Hamilton. Was brilliant to pick up points against Partick Thistle at last! And a point away at Morton wasn't a bad result at all.
Well that dip in form has seen us drop back down the league to 6th again. Disappointing but the table is pretty tight in the middle with us only 4 points from 3rd and 7 points from 9th.
Martin Grehan
Signed for nothing from Alloa, Martin brings with him experience at all levels of Scottish football. He was mostly just brought in to provide cover for the existing strikers in case of injuries and lack of fitness. Though he still has some ability and can do a job for us.
Ryan McStay
Loaned Ryan in from Ayr as midfield cover. Perfect stats for the Advanced Playmaker position and could chip in with a fair few assists for us in the second half of the season. Not sure if he will get that much playing time but he will be a good option as a back up or rotation option.
Marc Corcoran
Another free transfer, this time coming from Stenhousemuir and again with bags of experience at all levels in Scotland, including 3 seasons in the SPL with St. Mirren and Hamilton. Even though he's 32 he still has loads of talent and is automatically the best winger we have in the squad already.
No other notable news items for us this month. The takeover bid collapsed and has left me stuck with Jim Ballantyne for the remainder of my time with the club.
Hoping that the team can rediscover our December form and start pushing up the table again.
Shedender
Charlie M
I know mate
Charlie M
A pretty poor January mean that we had lost a lot of ground in the aim to finish mid-table, going into February we were looking for an improvement...
Rubbish! The only results that weren't poor were the draws against SPL side Dundee in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup, even though in the second leg we were 2-0 up at half time! We fell short in the second half and the game finished 2-2 again prompting extra time where we lost it. The Livingston result was abysmal but I will put that down to the fact that I was serving a touchline ban (didn't manage to win and pick up my points!). With Dumbarton sitting bottom of the table I felt that we could turn the results around and we looked good, ending the first half a goal to the good. Yet another poor second half cost us and we let them in and they equalized. The game against Dunfermline was always to be a tough one as they are pushing Partick Thistle all the way for promotion.
Ryan Donelly's form seems to have fallen away but thankfully Jamie Longworth has come back from injury with form intact and bagged another 5 goals this month.
Luckily we didn't slip down the table much after that month. Got away with that! Still not too far away from a safe mid-table position which is still the aim. We need to sort this form out first though!
Made a wild attempt to get a touchline ban to see if my team could still win the game without me, didn't work though! All it served to do was piss the board off and cost me points in the Livingston game. Might be time to cool off a bit!
OK so there's no point in dwelling on this month. It hasn't cost us our league position that much so we need to move on and try to get better. I'm going to hold another team meeting to try and boost morale again before our next match.
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Charlie M
Cheers dude. Yeah February wasn't good to us
Thanks for reading
Charlie M
Hopeful of an improvement in form, we went into March...
Awesome! 9 points out of a possible 9. Couldn't have asked for more! 3 clean sheets as well just topped it off for me. Great performances from Ryan Donnelly and Cameron McDonald from the back were imperative as we picked up the form goin into the final rounds of games. Particularly delighted about the wins against Falkirk and Hamilton as those are two sides who are in the top 4 of the league. Now we need to keep this up.
OK so an upturn on fortune didn't blast us up the league table. But it did leave us about 2 wins away from being clear of relegation so that's something. Also we are 3 points away from 2nd and only 8 away from 1st. As a whole this league has been pretty tight!
Our dip in form meant that I went elsewhere in the search for a new backroom team to try and help turn our fortunes around. And it seems to have worked, I've no doubt these guys helped us out:
Joseph Acquah
This guy's team-talks will have no doubt helped us in the latter 2 games of the month. Great Motivating and Man Management attributes for this level. A real bargain.
Rob Paris
After conceding the amount of goals as we had been I felt it was time to freshen up the defensive coaching and former Anguillan international defender Rob Paris certainly helped us with that!
Trevor Benjamin
The English-born Jamaican ex-International forward Trevor Benjamin .completed my trio of backroom deals. During a 17-year playing career Trevor represented an astonishing 28-teams including Crystal Palace, Coventry City and Leicester City. Definitely the right man to teach my strikers how to finish!
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Jim Ballantyne offered me a contract, which I politely declined. As much as I have enjoyed the ups and downs with Airdrie, I'm sticking to the challenge as closely as possible and leaving at the end of the season.
A well-deserved award for the lad as he has been solid at the back and has also managed to chip in with 2 goals in 3 games. Second time he's been awarded for his performances this season as well. Good on him.
Yes! I'll take that. Couldn't have given it to anyone else after the month that we have just had in all honesty. Still, it's good to be recognized and awarded another 5 'Fergie Points'!
We seem to be on a bit of a roll here now and I definitely want this consistency to stay going into the final 5 games of the season. It's make or break time, the higher we finish, the more likely I will be to be able to get appointed to a lower-placed-higher-reputation side in Division One. Wish us luck!
Charlie M
Snore. This again. I await a week or two of uncertainty and a collapsed takeover bid. Again.
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Charlie M
A brilliant month in February with form that we wanted to take into April...
A solid month here. 5 points out of 9 is a good return for us. Pretty disappointed with the draw at Morton though as we were 2-0 up at half time only to fold in the second half. The Livingston result was a better one as we went in at Half Time a goal down but came back into the game and were unlucky not to be given a penalty, so we almost won that one. The Raith game wrapped up the month well with the boy Evans getting among the goals from a corner.
Form-wise Jamie Longworth continues to impress and has been touted as a possible winner of the Division One Player of the Year. Not bad for a guy I signed for free eh?
That's us up to 5th in the league now. Slowly but surely edging our way up there which is pleasing. With only 2 games left of the season we only need 1 win to guarantee 5th which would be a perfect mid-table finish for us. Last two games are away at Livingston and hosting Dumbarton as we draw the season to a close.
Nothing else happening on the news front. Was a pretty quick month in that regard. I'm eager to finish off the season as strongly ass possible and then look elsewhere to see where my next destination will be.
Charlie M
Shocked
Charlie M
At last! No more of these tedious news items. If I was planning on staying next season I'd be slightly disappointed that there is now a loan taken out which means more monthly outgoings, although it's not much I suppose.
Now time to finish the season and see where we end up. Watch this space...
SR67
Charlie M
Cheers mate, although I won't be around to work with the new Chairman!
Thanks dude. Got 2 games left to wrap up and then it's time for pastures new I think!
Charlie M
Went into the last 2 matches of the season on the back of some real good form...
Excellent way to round off the season. Solid win against Livingston with Marc Corcoran breaking his duck. The Dumbarton game was more of a struggle as we were 1-0 down at half time. But an angry Fergie-esque team talk at halftime got a great reaction out of the boys and we went on to win 4-2. Perfect end to the season.
Overly eager me resigned immediately after the league matches were finished in case you are wondering why Airdrie isn't showing up in blue in this screenshot. But a fantastic end run of games and a solid upper mid-table finish for us was a pretty special end to the season. And better than I thought we would do! It's been a long season and by no means easy but the ups and downs were good and I can leave knowing that I've done a good job.
Because I resigned so soon I missed out on the seasonal awards but we didn't get awarded any of them which is a little bit of a shame.
So it's time to look at where else I can go from here. Ferguson spent 1 season at East Stirling and then 4 seasons at St. Mirren before moving to Aberdeen. So my next destination will be where I will be staying for 4 seasons.
At this point in time, The Hamilton and St. Johnstone (newly relegated) jobs are looking likely to open up in the coming weeks. So I'll be applying for them both.
Charlie M
Immediately applied. Hamilton would be a good move for me. In true Fergie-style they are below my first team in the league but having a bigger reputation.
Charlie M
So the St. Johnstone job has become free now also. So I threw my name into the hat anyway, although Hamilton would be my preference. I suppose it just depends on who offers me the job first (if any!).
Charlie M
So Hamilton approached and I accepted. My preferred option to be fair as it's a team who finished below us in Division One and Hamilton are a good side to build up, well at least for 4 years anyway.
Can't wait to get started on rebuilding this team!
Charlie M
Here begins the second chapter of the Alex Ferguson career. Hamilton are a good, solid side. Finished 5th last season and have a pretty decent squad already. I'll be here for 4 seasons before I move onto my 3rd and final Scottish club. Unless I get sacked before then!
As I say, decent squad as it is at the moment and a fair bit of young talent that I hope we can develop and most likely sell on at some point. There is a few loanee's who are in the squad who's deals are about to end but I reckon I'll be bringing in a fair few new players and staff over the coming pre-season.
Charlie M
Not a lot more sponsorship money for the coming season and he initial budgets look pretty low. So it looks like I'll be relying mostly on loan deals and freebies for the coming campaign. I might get slightly higher budgets when I deliver my season expectations.
Shedender
Charlie M
Cheers mate. Pretty eager to get started with them! First season promotion is our aim!!
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Charlie M
Cheers mate! I wanted to stick with the Fergie guideline as much as possible and Hamilton were perfect!
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Charlie M
Thanks mate!
Thanks mate. I hope so too. Promotion on my first attemot would be awesome and give me a good chance to build a bigger reputation quicker.
Funny you should mention that about Airdrie being relegated... (I'll explain that comment later)
Thanks for reading and commenting though and I'm glad your enjoying.