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#77251 Random Jukebox's SAF - PLEASE DELETE!!!
Charlie M
Reading your story makes me feel like I'm doing a better job with them than I actually am! Ha.
Still tight I see, only a point in it with 7 games left. Possibility of it going down to the wire! Good luck.
#77250 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
Cheers dude. Yeah February wasn't good to us
Thanks for reading
#291500 Fergie Mk. II
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.
#77202 Please delete
Charlie M
#77200 Random Jukebox's SAF - PLEASE DELETE!!!
Charlie M
#77186 Rick's Career
Charlie M
#77175 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
I know mate
#291499 Fergie Mk. II
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.
#77025 Fergie Mk. II
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
#77023 Random Jukebox's SAF - PLEASE DELETE!!!
Charlie M
#77017 Please delete
Charlie M
#77005 Random Jukebox's SAF - PLEASE DELETE!!!
Charlie M
Hopefully you keep up the good form and push for top spot come the turn of the year!
#77004 Please delete
Charlie M
#77003 Rick's Career
Charlie M
Surely you must be a shoe-in for promotion this year!
Good luck.
#77002 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
Thanks mate. Wasn't expecting wonders if they did buy the club over, but was at least hoping a new board would be more open to my suggestion of hiring more staff and trying to talk them into buying me a player! Ha.
Thanks a lot for reading though, really appreciate it.
#291498 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
How annoying. At least the embargo has been lifted I suppose. So it's time to set about trying to beef up the squad.
#291497 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
#76945 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
Cheers matey! Yeah we have turned it on lately. I'm glad cause when I see everyone elses saves Airdrie are doing so poorly, so a mid-table finish would suit me fine!
Thanks again for following dude.
#291496 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
The build up to the new year and all I wanted was to pick up more points than we did in November...
Brilliant! Best month we have had so far. Everything just clicked. Delighted to progress further in the Scottish up by beating Brechin 4-2 away from home. That's puts us one win away from a place in the last 8! Then back-to-back wins over Livingston and Raith followed as our upturn in fortune continued. Had a slight wobble against Dumbarton, but in fairness we had a load of games that month and a few injuries, so we went into that game missing a few first-team regulars and with a few players not much more than 80% fit, not to mention their winner was questionably offside! Picked ourselves back up well though and scored another 6 points against both Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline.
We lost Jamie Longworth to injury for a few weeks during the Livingston game but luckily Ryan Donnelly stood up and was counted, firing 6 goals during December. Was good to see Yohan Mathis open his scoring account with a double against Dunfermline too.
Fantastic! That rather excellent month has blasted us into the top 3 of the league and left us only 3 points short of Hamilton (2nd) but Partick Thistle look to be running away with it this season. This is way better than I expected at the mid-way point of the season. I'd happily take a 5th place finish if I was offered it right now. I have a slight concern that our great form continues and we get promoted!? I'll still resign though, got to keep in line with Ferguson wherever possible.
Another questionable decision, another rant from me. This time earning me a fine. I'm aiming for a touchline ban to see if I can score some Fergie-points by winning a game while serving a touchline ban.
Ryan Donnelly awarded for his tremendous form this month. I'd say I have arguably the best strike force in the league when both him and Longworth are fit.
Gareth Evans' P.I.C at the back taking over top defender duties, picking up the Player of the Month award for December. He might only have been awarded it as Evans has been injured for the past few games though!
Finally, I collect my first Fergie-points. Not much but it's a start. I don't think there was any doubt that I'd be awarded Manager of the Month after the run of games we just had.
Now we need to loo at continuing this form into the New Year. I'm still waiting on this Takeover Saga to end so that I can begin to recruit again. Hopefully it's done soon.
#291495 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
Need this to be sorted ASAP! While there is an embargo in-place my player search doesn't show any players who aren't already at the club. So frustrating. And with the transfer window looming I want to try and beef up the squad and move some guys on.
#291494 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
Looks like the takeover is gathering some real pace now. Not looking like we are going to be given much of a cash injection though! I'd be happy with some support from the new board right enough.
#291493 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
The aim for November was to at least get a little bit more consistent with our league form...
Not exactly what I had in mind. Still, managed to navigate our way into the 4th Round of the Scottish Cup with a 4-2 away win at Brora. Also got two good wins from our matches against Hamilton at home and Morton away. But poor performances against Falkirk and Patrick Thistle (AGAIN!) cost us. As you can see, Jamie Longworth is still single-handedly blowing teams out of the water with an impressive 8 goals in 5 matches during the month. What a bargain this guy is proving to be and pretty much winning us games on his own. Won't be long before bigger sides are sniffing about him if form like this continues.
Woohoo! Pushed up to 6th in the league now.Slow but steady progress. It's all still pretty tight between 8th and 4th in the table so if we can keep getting points then my aim of a mid-table finish won't be far off!
Some minor disruption at the club. Jim Ballantyne is wanting to sell and, to be honest, I'll be glad to see the back of hiw because so far he's refused to back me properly. That includes even refusing my request for a parent team. Ridiculous! Hopefully the new board come in and have a different outlook and are more supportive of my ideas.
Lost it again in a post-match press conference. Denied a penalty at 1-1 which could have been a game changer. Looks like I was wrong to criticize though, oh well.
And rightfully so. The boy has been on fire lately and I dread to think where we would be in the league if we had been without him, especially last month!
A wee awards double will do us nicely. The teams average ratings have been good, it just seems to be defensive lapses at important times during games that are costing us points. I'm confident that the worst form is over for us and we can push on and be a little more solid going forward.
#291492 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
Was hopeful of a solid month in October...
Instead I got a frustrating one. 3 league games, 2 defeats. Most annoying thing about it was the loss to Dumbarton as they were below us in the league at the time of the game. So, on paper we should have been favorites for that. Then I squeezed in a friendly to try and boost morale which seemed to have done the trick when we turned over Cowdenbeath 3-0 away from home. This left me slightly confident going into the Dunfermline game as they were also below us in the league. But a spectacular first half crumble saw us 3-0 down and left me pretty angry with the lack of consistency that we have shown.
One plus is that the form of Jamie Longworth and Ryan Donnelly doesn't seem to be weakening, and if it wasn't for those two we would be in a worse state than we are now!
Still 7th. But the gap between us and the relegation spots is closing. We need some consistency and we need it FAST. or we are gonna' find ourselves worrying about relegation early on! On the plus side, one win can see us go 5th, so it's still pretty close.
OK so I saw an opportunity to roast a refereeing decision and grasped it with both hands. The game was at 1-1 when we conceded the penalty so I was rightfully annoyed. Although it would appear that it was the correct decision.
Another opportunity to display some Fergie-esque behaviours. This time when Flavio Páxaio started moaning about not getting many games. despite him playing crap when I have given him a chance. So he will be on his way out in January.
Pretty peeved to lose the Dumbarton match, especially when we are in for a tough month in November. Gonna' need to dig deep if we want to stay above relegation when December comes around.
#291491 Fergie Mk. II
Charlie M
We went into September on the back of some decent form in all competitions barring the League Cup of course...
Bit of a hit-and-miss month for us. Started off really well wining a tough away fixture at Hamilton. But followed that up with 3 losses on the bounce to Morton and the other two against Partick Thistle. I held a team meeting in an attempt to raise morale and fire the guys up for the upcoming matches against Raith and Livingston, two sides who were sitting comfortably at the top end of the table and it done the trick! Fantastic 3-1 away win at Raith and we absolutely BOSSED Livingston and should have won the match, but I'll take the point as they are a stronger team. Helped in no small part by some terrific performances from Ryan Donnelly and Jamie Longworth bagging 2 and 6 goals respectively throughout the month.
Not so bad. OK we may have only moved up one place, but I'm focussing on the fact that we moved 5 points clear of the relegation places, a gap that I want to keep extending!
Only other information worth reporting is the award young Ryan Donnelly has received for his cracking performances this month. This boy has BAGS of talent and I'd be very surprised if I am able to hold onto him until the end of the season. I hope he doesn't get unsettled and force me to go all 'Alex Ferguson' on his a$$.
All in all not the worst month I feel. Some promising results and the team are beginning to gel well. I'm cautiously optimistic that October will see an improvement in the league results and league position but we will just have to wait and see.
#76694 Please delete
Charlie M
The most difficult part of this challenge is winning the Europa League with a non-OF team I think. That will take some doing!
#76650 Breaking The Bela Guttmann Curse
Charlie M
#76614 Rick's Career
Charlie M
#76613 Random Jukebox's SAF - PLEASE DELETE!!!
Charlie M
#76612 Please delete
Charlie M
Shame about the finances though, will be tough to keep them up on a budget!
#76530 Random Jukebox's SAF - PLEASE DELETE!!!
Charlie M