South Shields Season 1 Update
League Table Squad Finances Transfers
League - The board and media expected us to finish in the playoff places which seemed quite daunting to start. After a slow start I was concerned id be sacked before i even really got into the save. Thankfully things started to click a bit better from November onwards and we rose up the table. In the playoffs we lost in the first round to Chester which was disappointing as we had beaten just 3 games prior in the league.
Cups - Nothing major here. Lost in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup and in the 3rd round of the FA trophy.
My player of the season has to be Dixon. He is far and away the best player at the club and arguably the best in the league. My assistant suggests he is currently a good league 1 player with room to still grow. I really don't know what we will do when he inevitably leaves.
Youth Intake Curran
There were some good players in the intake and both Cook and Curran got game time to end the season. Cook is going to be my starting striker for next year, while Curran will see time as back up for both full backs. Im hoping that we can get a CB and a CM in the next intake with some promise as we are a little light on numbers and quality there.
I managed to get a couple upgrades throughout the season taking our JR to Adequate and out YR to Average. Hopefully I can get these higher next season.
The aim for next season is to again get into the playoffs as I think we have the quality to do it (Especially as I managed to keep Dixon past the closing of the window). From there who knows maybe we can do something in the playoffs and get promoted but I am still figuring things out tactically so likely could do with a couple years at this level first.