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#189211 Itchygon
itchycoo
Don't think I have seen this before. The thing is he has been training i the ML position for over a year, and he is still not even got an orange dot for that position. And it's not like I'm training him to be a goalkeeper or something - he's a DL/WBL and training him as a defensive winger...
#189191 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
itchycoo
#189184 Itchygon
itchycoo
May wasn't a good month, but compared to last year when we lost five games in a row. This is ok. But the big blow was ofcourse the news item in my previous post. Now both my starting strikers, stars one would say, are out for several months.
Yes, how did we fare without the leathal duo?
Not bad. Not bad at all! The team played extreamly well, solid defending (only one conceded in the league) and scoring quite a lot. Buhari Jafar and Connally Collins are doing a great job up front, and I have recalled Terry Envoh (another young striker with bags of potential) from loan. In the cup game I let a lot of reserves and youngsters start and Kazeem Yakeen, my back up goal keeper, made his debut - terrible in the match, but made it up by saving two penaltys.
Other news:
and then, rather uneventful:
No real changes, only I signed a new contract with the new owners.
#189176 Itchygon
itchycoo
NOOOOOOOO!
#188967 Itchygon
itchycoo
That's how it's done!
I really need Shola to keep his form, because:
He missed the first four matches when he was away with the Nigeria U-20 squad, so he has only played 3 games this season (4 goals, 8.17 AR).
#188939 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
itchycoo
#188475 [FM14]Johno's career
itchycoo
#188474 Susie FC - The start of something great!
itchycoo
That is the captains duty! Well done. As the other captain was suspended for being sent off in the match before!
#188376 Itchygon
itchycoo
That's right, they're from steam.
#188254 Itchygon
itchycoo
Thank you. Shola is like cowbell, you allways need more. And there will be more. A LOT more.
#188251 Itchygon
itchycoo
It is. Probably more than my entire squad's worth.
#188224 Itchygon
itchycoo
The friendly games belonged to one and only one player - Shola Ameobi.
I let assistant manager Ikpeba arrange our friendlies. However he believed that one friendly was enough. I didn't agree so I arraged a few, all against rather poor teams. But it's good to see us keeping a clean sheet through all matches. And as you can see Shola the Great scored 6 goals in four games (he didn't play in the last one). Let's see if he can keep that up in the competitive matches.
I did some transfers, not as good as I had hoped. It took me until deadline day to find a left midfielder, and the one I got was actually a good scout (unfortunatly not that good of a player), so he was appointed as Player / scout. I also signed a 34 year old central defender who looks quite alright.
That's about that.
#188195 Itchygon
itchycoo
When Toulouse offerd 650 K it was not for me to turn down. It's by far the highest bid in the clubs history and we should be proud of producent talents like that. Valued at 550 Euro that bid is about 1000 times his value... He will stay here for a year and when he turns 18 he will head up to France. Good luck to him
But he looks happy enough. Unfortunatly he will retire at the end of the season, despite having a two year deal.
#188172 Itchygon
itchycoo
I had hopes for a top three spot, meaning continental football, but due to a poor start and the six losses in a row in May we had to settle for a decent 6:th place. On the positive side we picked up form and played really good from mid June till the end of the season in October. Hopefully we can build on that for the next year. The 3-5-2 is working quite well, we score a lot of goals, but some times we a a bit vunerable to counter attacks - but who aren't? We have a lot of young players who made their debuts in professional fotboll this season and I'm sure they can all build on that experience and take another step forward. Iheanacho has recently signed a new three year contract, meaning we could get good money for him once the European scouts come sniffing.
So, what's needed in the squad? Well, our midfield need strenghening. As we play five men there, and they get tired and injured all the time we really need a lot of them. Currently we only have one left winger, though I am re-training wingback Yampe to be a defensive winger, we could use some extra option there. One more centerback is also on the list. I have a lot of strikers, and with the arrival of Shola Ameobi will should have more than enough.
This year's youth intake were pretty good, with these players as stand outs:
Yet another promising striker, I will probably send him out for loan if I can.
Will be retrained to a box to box midfielder, so he have to work on the physical attributes. I will give him a couple of starts in the first team this year.
#188167 Itchygon
itchycoo
We finished the season well, beting champions and treble winners Heartland 3-0 and turned around a 3-0 to a 3-3 draw in the last match with Iheanacho equalizing in the 95:th minute.
Finishing sixth seems decent, considering our horrible form in the spring. But I'll write more in the season review in the next post.
The stand out player this season is in the end Kelechi Iheanacho who scored 21 goals in all competitions. Not bad at all for the now 18 year old league debutante. The summer signings Sunday and Ovoke were also highlights in the squad. And a special mention to Iheanacho's striker partner Conally Collins from last year's youth intake who scored 12 goals, and he just turned seventeen.
And to end in a positive note:
I really think he can do a great job surrounded by our young strikers.
#188164 Itchygon
itchycoo
Yea, form is good. It's always nice when you make changes to the tactics - and it works!
Not sure how I should deal with the other part of the comment.... But thanks anyway.
#187962 Itchygon
itchycoo
In another world:
After the horrendous results in May, I decided to alter the tactics slightly, and I came up with a straight 3-5-2 formation. And after an unlucky 1-0 loss against Niger Tornadoes, we only lost one game in during the summer months.
I made two simning during this window as I felt we needed more options in midfield. They are not exceptional, but they have played very well. I often need to sub both the box to box midfielders as they work alot and get tired quickly. They also seem very injury prone.
Starting man on the left. 3 goals and 4 assists in 8 games.
Playing as the more attacking midfielder. 3 goals 2 assists in 4 games.
#187776 There and back to see how far it is
itchycoo
#187768 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
itchycoo
#187767 Itchygon
itchycoo
That was one possibilty, I guess, but...
#187751 Itchygon
itchycoo
Awful, indeed.
And thanks, Johno, the summer has been great. Maybe I could have wished for a little more FM...
#187676 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
itchycoo
#187548 Itchygon
itchycoo
Well he did score eventually. But that's about the only positive I can find here.
A few posts back I wrote about a defender named Ebibor:
When the game against Dolphins came, I had a slight shortage on central defenders and I though "Well let's give the poor sod a second chance".
Marvelous management.
Now I have some serious thinking to do. The only thing I do know is that Ebibor will never feature again. I think I have to play Lucky Omero some more, hopefully his name can prove to be a lucky omen. He's a right winger, a position I don't use. But well, it can't be worse.
#187547 Itchygon
itchycoo
Alright. Back to work. Back to Nigeria. I didn't remember much of what I had be doing here, so I just figured "hey we're on a good run, let's keep going". And that looked like a pretty good idea:
Not bad. I am, however, a bit worried that Kelechi Iheanacho, my 17 year old super striker, hasn't scored for a long time. I think he might be on some 8 or 9 game goalless streak. But I will give him my full back up, and more: My really crappy assistant manager Uche has left the club to manage som team I don't remember, and I promoted Viktor Ikpeba (aka the old Iheanacho). Maybe he can get the lad firering.
#186227 Susie FC - The start of something great!
itchycoo
#185606 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
itchycoo
#185259 One Massive European Tour
itchycoo
#185067 One Massive European Tour
itchycoo
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you're in the fourth tier mate...
#185043 One Massive European Tour
itchycoo
#183364 Succession Game
itchycoo