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Woking FC - 21/22 End of season
On the field
A horror show as to be honest i sort of gave up and the players did too. A 14th place finish and it just wasn't what i hoped after least season
Results
On the plus side we still finished above media...
Woking FC - March 2022
On the field
It is like whack-a-mole here in Woking. You find there is a problem away from home, and you try and sort that and your home form goes out of the window. Somehow we lose all 3 home games but pick up 5 points from the...
Woking FC - February 2022
On the field
An almost completely positive month as we start to find some grit and determination to try and claw our way back into the play-offs. 7 points from the 4 league games and now up in 11th position.
Results
However...
Woking FC - January 2022
On the field
Let's get it over with, the FA cup tie at Anfield was on New years day and i was expecting a pumping. We got this though
A very respectable result indeed and even more annoyingly we conceded in the 1st minu...
Woking FC - December 2021
On the field
Treading water as progress is slow and potentially non existent.
Results
Only 6 points from the 5 league games as we struggled for goals. In both the York and Boston games we should have won easily, dominating...
Woking FC - November 2021
On the field
An undefeated month is just what the doctor ordered as we look to get our season back on track and to avoid the mid table mediocrity that is threatening our season
Results
Still in mid-table but on a surer foot...
Woking FC - October 2021
On the field
Late goals aplenty again in another tough and ultimately disappointing month for the boys
Results
In the first few games the late goals went in our favour as we picked up 5 points from 3 games in the league befo...
Woking FC - September 2021
On the field
If you go behind in every game of the month you know you are in trouble. Three late goals meant the month wasn't a complete disaster but it looks like our reality of being a mid table side at best is going t...
Woking FC - 21/22 Pre-season & August
Transfers
It was time to pick the boys up after last season and we needed to find some new talent especially after losing Hessenthaler. We released a lot of players during the off season, all of whom were non s...
jt8604 just completed the season in the year 2021 managing Woking in the Vanarama National League in their FM Career A Cardinal Sin - Woking our way to the top
Woking FC - 20/21 End of Season Review
On the pitch
Quite simply we blew it big time. The win againt Tranmere secured us a play-off spot and from that point onwards the team just gave up as we lost 3 home games on the trot before holding on for a 0-0...
Woking FC - March 2021
Updates coming thick and fast today as we edge ever closer to the end of Season 3.
March
An undefeated month but a month full of draws as we just failed to click all month.
It was a horror show at Gateshead and Greg Luer had...
Woking FC - February 2021
Sorry for the radio silence. Not had a chance to play much over the christmas break meaning i couldn't update
February
Some tough fixtures in February as we had some FA trophy action as well as tough ties against fellow...
Woking FC - January 2021
January Sales
As you can probably guess, Russell Hessenthaler has left Woking, well sort of. The bids came flying in on the 1st January and they just kept going. The initial figure in my head was around £250k and the bids...
Woking FC - December 2020
December
A month of goals and in particular goals from Greg Luer who smashed in 11 goals over the month giving us 4 victories from 6 games including progression in the FA Trophy against Maidenhead.
It was some performance f...
Woking FC - November 2020
November
November has been the toughest month so far and it certainly meant that it took a lot longer to get through it than i would have liked hence the lack of updates for awhile. It started with our obligatory 1st Round exi...
Woking FC - October 2020
October
Another month down and another one with lots of promise for us as we carry on picking up points. Well we picked up a mere 15 points out of 18 as bar a complete fuck up in the first game of the month against lowly Gatesh...
Woking FC - September 2020
A big signing
One of the drama's of pre-season was whether i would be able to keep hold of Hessenthaler who was quite rightly attracting interest from Championship clubs. Some bids came in, i rejected for not being game...
Woking FC - 20/21 Pre-season & August
Transfers
A new league means new expectations and we needed to strengthen the side for what will no doubt be a tougher season than last year. First of all we had a big clear out with 22 players being released....
Thanks Dan! Hopefully Step two will be done nice and quickly
jt8604 just completed the season in the year 2020 managing Woking in the Vanarama National League South in their FM Career A Cardinal Sin - Woking our way to the top
Woking FC - 19/20 End of season
March, April & May
If i told you the month of March saw us get thumped twice, it would probably tell you how my nerves felt during these three months as we tried and tried to throw away the league title. The fact one...
Woking FC - January & February 2020
January & February
The Woking charge is still on people as we perfected the month of January with 5 wins from 5 including a very impressive victory over Vanarama National league leaders Grimsby 3-1 in the FA...
Woking FC - November & December 2019
November & December
Things are motoring along very nicely indeed if i say so myself as the team and more precisely the strikeforce of Hessenthaler and Luer perform week on week
I must admit there was a li...
Woking FC - September & October 2019
September & October
I am going to mix up the post lengths to see what works and instead of one each month, i will try and group a few months together. If you prefer it the other way than do let me know!
Sep...
Woking FC - 19/20 Pre-season and August 2019
Transfer Window
It has taken awhile to get over the disappointment of the Play-off loss but the board were happy to keep me on for another try. To aid me, i was given a healthy transfer budget of £42k...
jt8604 just completed the season in the year 2019 managing Woking in the Vanarama National League South in their FM Career A Cardinal Sin - Woking our way to the top
Woking FC - 18/19 End of season
The Season run in
Quite simply we ran out of steam and some of the games got crazy. A 4-4 draw against Torquay started the month where it looked like we had scored a late winner only to concede an even later equaliser. T...
Woking FC - March 2019
March 2019
March mayhem has happened as things got real tough for us. The month started with our FA Trophy Quarter final clash with Leyton Orient. Both teams had agreed that the match will go to extra time if the scores are level...
Woking FC - February 2019
February 2019
The Woking steam train is still rolling with the team going the whole month without conceding and picking up 8 points from the 4 league games. On top of that, we also progressed in the FA Trophy 3rd round beating...
Woking FC - January 2019
January 2019
New year... new Woking? Well in a way yes. The first half of the season saw us playing well and winning games through tough sturdy play with many games finishing 1-0 or 2-1. Defensively the team were the best in th...
Woking FC - December 2018
December 2018
The end of 2018 is upon us already as we moved through the festive season and progressed past the half way point in the season. The FA Trophy also kicked into life and was the jumping off point for the month. In...
Correct. The board were willing to listen to offers when i took over so it wasn't a surprise that we got a takeover so soon
Woking FC - November 2018
November 2018
A much quieter month in the end with just 4 games and a much needed two week break at the end of the month to rest these part timers. Although all 4 games were tough with the three league games all against teams...
Woking FC - October 2018
October 2018
Month 3 and the FA Cup start to kick into gear as we start the month with the 3rd Qualifying round fixture against Brentwood. A game i was expecting to win relatively easily but in the end a 93rd minute goal from N...
Woking FC - September 2018
September 2018
Onto Month 2 where we have fixtures against Billiericay and Torquay, two of our potential rivals for promotion, as well as our first foray into the FA Cup. Could we keep up our form?
Well yes and no. We mana...
Woking FC - August 2018August 2018Just like in real life, we got ourselves off to a decent start in the league to stamp our claim as a promotion hopeful
It all started with a 1-0 victory over East Thurrock where their defender was unlucky turning the...
Woking FC - 18/19 Pre-season
Tactics
With a revamped tactics module in this years game i was keen to look at how we can set up in the lower leagues where the ability is just not there to play the likes of Gegenpress and Tika taka football. Therefore we...
Woking FC - a takeover
So my first game on FM19 will be with the team that were just down the road when i grew up. I am a Gooner at heart but Woking is still the first team i saw live in their relative heydays on the mid 90's. The aim here is to tak...
Lommel United 17/18 Mid Season Report
Cofidis Cup
We made it to the 6th Round and the furthest i have achieved in my 3rd season in Belgium and we were paired with Jupiler Bro and Belgian giant Standard Liege. It was my first experience of playing a top...
jt8604 just completed the season in the year 2018 managing Lommel United in the Derde Klasse B in their FM Career Journey to the Top
FCV Dender 17/18 Season Preview
After last year's battle i was gearing up for another slog with Dender with minimal budget at my disposal and that was the plan until....
Lommel United 17/18 Takeover Report
Background
So here i am at my 3rd clu...
jt8604 just completed the season in the year 2017 managing FCV Dender in the Derde Klasse B in their FM Career Journey to the Top
FCV Dender 16/17 Season Review
Transfer Window
There was only one new face as i added Luxembourg International Guy Blaise to the team to provide more cover across the midfield
Derde Klasse
An absolute slog but ultimately not a bad season at Dender...
jt8604 just completed the season in the year 2016 managing Rupel Boom in the Derde Klasse B in their FM Career Journey to the Top
FCV Dender 16/17 Halfway Point
Transfer Window
With a half depleted squad it was a case of a busy window to rebuild the team. No less than 4 players joined from Rupel Boom. Koen Gommers, Jeroen Mertens, Yannick Put and Jeff Vogels all came in to boost...
So i know you have all been waiting with baited breath as to where my save would take me. So this is the story....
After being fired from Rupel Boom, it was a case of scouting for the next job. The league restructure in Belgium certainly caused a lot of...
Rupel Boom 15/16 End of Season Report
On the Pitch
There was no further activity in the winter window and it was just a case of trying to keep the season going along and trying to avoid slipping into the relegation places. In the first half of the seaso...
Rupel Boom 15/16 Takeover & Mid Season Report
Save Premise
For the first time in years i finally got to a point where i just couldn't get into any save at all. No team was keeping my attention for long enough and i had feared FM16 was going to b...