deez0r Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) End Of Season Results Another very solid season for us. We got a lot of good development within the first team which means we are more than capable of holding our own at this level now with the 3 or 4 first team players coming through from the intake filling in some areas we were struggling in. Playoffs Well that was unexpected. Our away form hasnt been great this season but a very good win away at Bury set us up in the semi finals against Darlington who were first pretty much throughout the entire season until the lost on the last day! We were battered here but managed to somehow stay in the game and take it to penalties where thankfully we won the lottery! In the final we faced 4th placed Kidderminster and were much more comfortable in this game with our counter attacking football which leads us to the National League! League Table We were yo-yo'ing in and out of the playoffs the whole season but towards the end we cemented a spot and the rest was history! FA Cup Another great run here with the victory over Millwall probably the biggest in this teams history! Blackburn comfortably beat us in the next round but that run really helped the finances! FA Trophy A competition we just cant seem to get a run in. A rotated squad in both games but it wasnt to be as we are knocked out early on again! Player Review - Dylan Bull (YP26B) Really developed nicely this season and is juggling 2 different positions now in the deep lying role and the role just behind the 2 strikers. 5 goals and 14 assists is a very solid season! Player Of The Season - Javier Murray (YP25B) The assist machine from last season is this seasons player of the season. This time he added goals to his game as well. He scored 14 times and grabbed 16 assists this season with an average rating of 7.30! Young Player Of The Season - Ryan Morris-Madden (YP27D) With losing Gibbs (YP23A) in the summer he was tasked to replace him in the starting 11 at a very young age. He scored 20 times in 34 (20) appearances and notched up 10 assists! Other News Transfers Out We lost 2 players in the summer transfer window with Gibbs being the big loss. He scored 6 goals in 21 games this season for Phoenix! As we still sign some players on non contracts to save on wages we do open ourselves up to losing some on free transfers but these tend to be those who are not in the first team currently. This year we lost 3 thanks to this! Youth Edited August 1, 2022 by deez0r Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Well done in the playoffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 2 hours ago, deltablue said: Well done in the playoffs. Thanks it was unexpected! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Summer Transfer Window Out It has not been a good summer/autumn for us. We lost 2 starting players in Bull and Morris-Madden as well as some very good potential players in Cotton and Dodd. Our numbers are getting smaller and smaller so I need to be smarter on the types of contract I am handing out currently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Youth Intake Preview We need a striker and some defenders! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Youth Intake 2029 Overview Signed 11 of the 16 this season. We need players in and I have signed them all onto youth contracts instead of non contract to hopefully keep them here longer. Solid personalities always a plus here. 3 players in Thompson. Roe and James will come straight into the first team as well as O'Boyle potentially! The Players YP29A - Roman Broniewicz YP29B - Danny Harding YP29C - Luke O'Boyle YP29D - Tom Thompson YP29E - Dale Roe YP29F - Kemar Plummer YP29G - Rodolphe James YP29H - Olly Flatters YP29I - Nick Montague YP29J - Joe Clegg YP29K - Tom Arthur Nationality Watch Nationality Watch English - 80 Welsh - 7 Polish - 1 Guyanese - 2 Australian - 2 Northern Irish - 5 Portuguese - 2 Tanzanian - 1 Finnish - 1 Irish - 6 Nigerian - 1 Belgian - 1 Jamaican - 1 German - 1 Scottish - 2 Sierra Leone - 1 Estonia - 1 Swedish - 1 Polish - 1 French - 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) End Of Season Results I did a little bit of research into the National League North/South vs National League. The top 6 in the North/South League average CA is roughly the same with only Doncaster skewing the numbers in our league. After doing this I wasnt surprised we did quite well including a 13 game unbeaten run which sent us into the playoffs! Playoffs Well another playoff win! 2 of the games went to extra time. Torquay we were the better team but needed a 92nd minute equaliser before a 120th minute winner! Woking we struggled in and it was more about staying in the game and taking any chances that came our way! The final we again played some good football again and probably should have won it in normal time but had to wait until a 113th minute winner to send us into the football league! League Table Promotion! Brilliant stuff! FA Cup A kind run for us until West Ham who comfortably beat us but was a nice little money spinner for us! FA Trophy Same old story here! Player Review - Kevin McCarthy (YP26D) Really good that he can cover both sides now. Great mental stats for this level. Played 28 times this season grabbing 2 assists. Capped at u19 level for Ireland also! Player Of The Season - Kevin Barton (YP25C) Still our min centre back with very good mentals and solid physicals. Technically needs work but played 43 (2) times this season getting 6 goals and 4 assists! Young Player Of The Season - Javier Murray (YP25B) Again another solid season for us by Murray who got 16 assists and 7 goals this season! Other News This is big in terms of offering longer term contracts! Be interesting to see what happens here! Always a benefit! Youth Edited August 2, 2022 by deez0r Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Summer Transfers Out Parsons and Hayball were lost on frees. Hamilton was no longer required despite being our 4th or 5th choice centre back. Others have higher potential and with his limited potential I decided it was best to move him on. Carlile was the big one. With our current financial state now the board jumped in and accepted a frankly awful offer. We do have a sell on at least so if he reaches his potential could get us some decent £££. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Youth Intake Preview Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Youth Intake 2030 Overview Well hello! Our first intake as a professional club and it shows. We have 3 players who will come straight into the first team in Moore, Stringfellow and Wilton with both Berberi and Cairns are not far off either! Nice to see 2 new nationalities in Gibraltarian and Albanian! The Players Just going to show those who are coming up into the first team now. I will do squad reviews moving down the line for those who may join the first team after a season or 2 of development! I like the look of Moore as a winger. Good pace and acceleration and has good technique and touch with dribbling and crossing not far off double figures also! Will come straight into our first team squad and get game time! The most complete player we have had come through so far. Will come in as a starting striker for us. Not sure how long we will be able to keep him but will try and tie him down to a long term contract as soon as possible! Another solid striker option here and will become our 4th choice striker! Will be brought up to the first team next season to be our backup DM! Another solid winger here who isnt far off coming up to the first team as a backup! Nationality Watch English - 89 Welsh - 9 Irish - 7 Northern Irish - 6 Scottish - 2 Portuguese - 2 Guyanese - 2 Australian - 2 Polish - 1 Tanzanian - 1 Finnish - 1 Nigerian - 1 Belgian - 1 Jamaican - 1 German - 1 Sierra Leone - 1 Estonian - 1 Swedish - 1 Polish - 1 French - 1 Gibraltarian - 1 Albanian - 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 U18's Nice to see this! We are definitely starting to progress and more players coming through are getting game time at these levels to develop instead of coming in and straight into the first team squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) End Of Season Results Our team really developed this season now that we are professional. We do play attacking football which can backfire at times but is definitely entertaining. We are now covered in most areas in terms of no real weaknesses which shows as we finished 6th and got into the playoffs. Playoffs The story of the playoffs was red cards. The first leg against Gillingham was a classic and it was very tight until a last minute winner by us. The 2nd leg saw Gillingham have 2 men sent off early in the 2nd half which enabled us to dominate and batter them 5-0. In the final Accrington were down to 10 men after 8mins. This turned the game completely and enabled us to go up. League Table An amazing first season at this level! FA Cup We managed to get to the 3rd round but Reading wee too good for us. Carabao Cup Utilised the reserves here and they did well to get through the first round on penalties before losing the next round in the same manner. EFL Trophy Handy for giving some of the backup players some minutes here to aid development. Kept all games tight! Player Review - Alimamy Sesay He is capped 6 times by Sierra Leone now and developing really well and is first choice centre back now. 7 goals and 3 assists in 44 appearances! Player Of The Season - Barnabas Victor We struggled to keep him in the summer but once his unhappiness went away we were able to lock him down to a new deal. He scored 24 goals and got 18 assists in 49 games! Starting to be used in the AMC role now as well now that we have more options up top! Young Player Of The Season - Luke O'Boyle An amazing breakout season by him as he scored 17 goals in 27 games! Other News We needed this but in terms of our finances the projections do not look good after this loan! Youth Edited August 5, 2022 by deez0r Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Summer Transfers Out 3 loans out but the big one is losing Stringfellow in a deal I couldnt even protest. A really poor amount with next to no add ons! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deez0r Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Transfer Clause Gibbs is off to Melbourne Victory for 900k which gets us some money to help with our ever depleting finances! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Youth Intake 2031 Overview The Players YP31A - Manu Abelleira YP31B - Marvin Trautner YP31C - Warren Rush YP31D - Nick Jewell YP31E - Andrew Clarke YP31F - Shane Brothers YP31G - Andrew Matthews YP31H - Diogo Pereira YP31I - Callum Clark YP31J - Ben Tanner YP31K - Stuart Sandford YP31L - Kenny Ingrey YP31M - Ross Brunt YP31N - Quincy Moore YP31O - Kenny Chaffey Nationalities English - 101 Welsh - 10 Irish - 7 Northern Irish - 6 Scottish - 2 Portuguese - 2 Guyanese - 2 Australian - 2 German - 1 Polish - 1 Tanzanian - 1 Finnish - 1 Nigerian - 1 Belgian - 1 Jamaican - 1 Spanish - 1 Sierra Leone - 1 Estonian - 1 Swedish - 1 Polish - 1 French - 1 Gibraltarian - 1 Albanian - 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) End Of Season Results It was a struggle as expected but we played well in patches which ultimately led to our survival! League Table We wanted to be better than 4 teams this season and anything else was a bonus. We finished 18th and had survival guaranteed with a game to spare! FA Cup Another 3rd round appearance here which ended up with a 4-1 defeat away to Leicester! Carabao Cup A good win in the first round but the backup players were comfortably beaten by Southampton! EFL Trophy Again utilised for our backup players and we were heading through until Southend scored in the 94th minute to knock us out at the group stage! Player Review - Gary Moore (YP30A) Now fully capped with Gibraltar he has become one of our starting wingers. 5 goals and 12 assists this season! Player Of The Season - Tom Thompson (YP29D) We struggled to keep him in the January transfer window and had to protest a transfer on deadline day. 16 goals and 5 assists this season. I will be be upping his asking price in the hope of scaring away suitors! Young Player Of The Season - Luke O'Boyle (YP29C) A very impressive season this year. Played rotationally up top scoring 15 goals and 4 assists in only 25 (2) appearances! Youth Edited August 9, 2022 by deez0r Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Summer Transfer Well I knew it was coming and was able to protest the transfer to allow me to renegotiate to increase it to 1.6m with a big sell on percentage. This sale allowed me to quickly go in and update the below! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 Youth Intake Preview Lets hope some of those wingers can also play up top! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 Another One Bites The Dust Well another main striker gone after we lost Stringfellow and Thompson. It is decent money but not the greatest sell on percentage but has helped our struggling balance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Youth Intake 2032 Overview A good intake. No one immediately ready for first team football apart from potentially Bednarz and possibly Lankester who I am planning to retrain as a striker! The Players YP32A - Tom Biggs YP32B - Charles Lankester YP32C - Marius Bednarz YP32D - Declan Hamilton YP32E - Callum Gibson YP32F - Russell Banks YP32G - Lloyd Giddings YP32H - Steven Wells YP32I - Jim Baxter YP32J - Zac Bone-Dalby YP32K - Bryn Hoskins Nationalities English - 109 Welsh - 11 Irish - 8 Northern Irish - 6 Scottish - 2 Portuguese - 2 Guyanese - 2 Australian - 2 Polish - 2 German - 1 Tanzanian - 1 Finnish - 1 Nigerian - 1 Belgian - 1 Jamaican - 1 Spanish - 1 Sierra Leone - 1 Estonian - 1 Swedish - 1 Polish - 1 French - 1 Gibraltarian - 1 Albanian - 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Dream Cup Run We are into the semi final of the FA Cup. We have had a very kind run thus far only playing one Premier League team in Wolves who we somehow nicked a replay off before beating their 8 men (yes 8 MEN!) a ridiculous 9-4 at home which set up the above tie against Championship Bournemouth who we have just beaten! Hopefully a money spinner for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 FA Cup Semi Final It was a valiant effort and we were only 2-1 down before the red card. After then they really took control! An amazing run by us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Improvements The FA Cup run has enabled us to improve both the youth and training facilities. Hoping this will really start to help us in the long run with players coming in with better CA in the youth intakes and quicker development of the players in terms of CA when they are at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) End Of Season Results A much better season here and with us finishing the season in style and very nearly getting automatic promotion. Play Offs Into the playoffs we went. We thumped Charlton at their place 6-0 which enabled me to rest our first 11 and save them from tired legs. It worked in the end as we beat Salford 1-0 with defender Roe popping up back post to send us to the Championship. League Table A great season from us! FA Cup What a run this was. A mental 9-4 win against 8 man Premier League side Wolves before we eventually fell to Liverpool in the semi finals! Carabao Cup A tough 2nd round draw meant we exited the competition early! EFL Trophy We made it our of the groups with our backups players before falling to Plymouth in the 2nd round! Player Review - Zac Wilton (YP30C) A very good season from him as he scored 15 goals and got 7 assists in just 21 (13) appearances! Player Of The Season - Barnabas Victor (YP25C) Our main man again in terms of goalscoring. 37 goals this season and finishing 3rd in the golden boot. A ridiculous 21 assists to go along with that! Young Player Of The Season - Dale Roe (YP29E) Our young player of the season and for one big reason alone. He scored the goal that is sending us to the Championship! Outside of that though he had a fantastic season averaging 7.07 whilst grabbing 6 goals and 2 assists! Other News We have relocated to our new stadium. Just over 13k capacity with room for it to grow to 26k! Youth Edited August 15, 2022 by deez0r Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Youth Intake Preview This looks promising! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Ability Breakdown First Team Goalkeeper: Average CA: 87 Average PA: 121 Right Back: Average CA: 90 Average PA: 109 Left Back: Average CA: 92 Average PA: 133 Centre Back: Average CA: 89 Average PA: 109 Def. Mid: Average CA: 90 Average PA: 95 Wingers: Average CA: 98 Average PA: 122 Att. Mid: Average CA: 78 Average PA: 117 Striker: Average CA: 91 Average PA: 121 Looking at the above lets break that down into a little league table: Current Ability 1st: Wingers 2nd: Left Back 3rd: Strikers 4th=: Right Back 4th=: Def. Mid 6th: Centre Back 7th: Goalkeeper 8th: Att. Mid Potential Ability 1st: Left Back 2nd: Wingers 3rd=: Striker 3rd=: Goalkeeper 5th: Att. Mid 6th=: Right Back 6th=: Centre Back 8th: Def. Mid Looking at the above I believe what we need from most important to least important in terms of our next intakes is the follow: Att. Mid Centre Back Def. Mid Right Back Strikers Goalkeepers Wingers Left Back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deez0r Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Improvements Nice to see these both get improved! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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