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#78976 Rick's Career
jambowambo
#78975 The SAF Challenge
jambowambo
Thanks mate. Yeah, Cowdenbeath have a lot of good, young players like Lewis Milne, Dean Brett etc.
#291537 The SAF Challenge
jambowambo
That last game against Livingston was a real disappointment not to win, having hit the woodwork four times and had eight corners to Livingston's two.
Here's how the table looks after September:
#78954 Succession Game
jambowambo
#291536 The SAF Challenge
jambowambo
Armstrong has been looked at by bigger clubs such as Falkirk in recent times, however Armstrong seems happy to stay at Central Park.
#291535 The SAF Challenge
jambowambo
Mixed feelings about August, far too many goals conceded which was mainly down to poor goalkeeping - a problem I desperately need to resolve. Thomas Flynn played the first three against Peterhead, Queen's Park and Raith and loanee Dan Twardzik stepped in for the next three against Dumbarton, Morton and Livingston where his performance was woeful. Might be time to give third goalkeeper Arnaud Gastal a chance!
Three draws out of three leaves us pretty mid-table. It's still very early but I'd like to get more wins under my belt soon.
#291534 The SAF Challenge
jambowambo
I managed to sign Dean Horribine from Hibernian on loan for the season, which is a good deal as Hibs will be covering his wages. He is our best centre midfielder and should be good for us this season.
It looked like it was going to be a disastrous start to my managerial career when I went 2-0 down to Peterhead in the Challenge Cup within 13 minutes. A Scott Linton wondergoal took it to 2-1 at half time where the players were of course given the hair-dryer treatment! The second half started as bad as the first did - conceding within two minutes. This scoreline stuck until the end, and we were out of the Challenge Cup in the 1st round to Peterhead.
Next up we had Queen's Park in the League Cup 1st round, in front of 255 at Hampden Park for some reason! I was hoping for better in this competition than the Challenge Cup. Again, things didn't start well and we were 1-0 down after 4 minutes. John Armstrong got us back level after 7 minutes with a header from a corner. We then fell behind again to a Michael Keenan goal, some sloppy defending and sloppy goalkeeping at fault for this. Sean Burns again showed up our poor goalkeeping, slotting past Thomas Flynn with ease. 3-1 down after 19 minutes was not a promising start. In the second half we improved and this led to a goal in the 60th minute, Greg Stewart managing to finish a good team move. Lewis Coult then managed to tuck away a 3rd after a good run and pass by Marc McKenzie after 64 minutes. The game was level after 90 minutes after this turnaround and went to extra time. With 9 minutes remaining, some great passing between O'Brien and Ramsay set up Greg Stewart for his second goal of the game which put us through to the second round - a lucky escape.
After these, I looked more onto the loan markets for players who could be good to back up my first team squad, signing Robert Thomson from Dundee United on a loan - his wages again covered by his parent club.
In the League Cup 2nd Round draw, we were drawn away to Livingston.
#291533 The SAF Challenge
jambowambo
I started with Cowdenbeath, purely for the reason that their nickname is the quite brilliant "The Blue Brazil".
My starting squad looks like this:
Needs strengthening in some areas to try and achieve the board's ambition of avoiding relegation. We should be okay, been looking desperately for a good goalkeeper but couldn't find one!
I've only been able to finalise one signing for the end of the pre-season friendlies - seventeen year old Ewan Saunderson who is a big one for the future of Cowdenbeath.
Friendlies:
Overall I was quite disappointed with the friendlies, especially losing to Forfar and drawing with Rob Roy - both games we really should have won. I don't have much depth in my squad so tiredness could become an issue and finances are a problem which means I can't sign many back-up players. Hoping for a good season to build my reputation and then maybe move on to another club at the end of the season.
Career Stats
Cowdenbeath: July 2012 - December 2018
Southampton: December 2018 - Present
2012/13: First Division - 7th
2013/14: First Division - 1st PROMOTED
2014/15: SPL - 10th
2015/16: SPL - 2nd
2016/17: SPL - 2nd
2017/18: SPL - 1st - WINNERS
2018/19: Premier League - 9th
2019/20: Premier League - 6th
2020/21: Premier League - 4th
2021/22: Premier League - 3rd - FA Cup Winners
Awards won:
Manager of the month - December 12, September 13, October 13, March 14, August 15, November 15, April 16, December 16, November 17, March 18, October 18, January 19, February 21, January 22
Manager of the year - 2013/14, 2015/16, 2017/18
Total points: 470