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Bury FC: August: A below average start :-(
Hi everyone, welcome back to my Bury FC story.
Well the title says it all, it’s been a below average start. A dissapointing start, but this is what makes a story exciting, right?
I think these are the possible reasons of this:
— New tactics may not be working, may need to reconsider this.
— Mainly a new first team 11 so they may need time to adapt, but how long?
Anyway forget the negatives, I bought in 3 new signings on loan, lets see who they are:
Robbie Brady
Robbie Brady has come in on loan from Manchester United, just the player I needed, he has pace, good technical abilities. Much better than Michael Jones and Andy Howarth.
Connor Henderson
Connor Henderson arrives from Arsenal on loan, Arsenal pay all of his wages which is the beauty of this transfer. He will play in CM with Marcel Mahouve, being the creative midfielder of the duo.
Rhys Murphy
Same as Connor Henderson, Rhys Murphy also arrives from Arsenal on loan with Arsenal paying all the wages. I was tempted to loan him because of Andy Bishop’s injury, which left me with 2 strikers.
Before we start lets look at the media prediction:
Bury vs Macclesfield
My first game of the season was against Macclesfield, none of my loaness played as I didn’t sign them by then. There media prediction is 22nd so we really had to win. Marcel Mahouve scored a wonder goal, check the highlights below! There is one thing that the old manager did correct for this club, he signed Danny Carlton who seems to be a clinical goalscorer, like Michael Owen was back in the old days :-)
Bury vs Norwich
A few day later we faced League 1 favourites Norwich in the League Cup 1st round. We were shown the wipers and got thrashed. As you can see they were all over us in the stats and we didn’t play well with an average rating of 6.23.
Gillingham vs Bury
Then we faced Gillingham, predicted to finish 3rd in the league. If you think of it that way it was a good point. Tom Lees suffered an injury which would keep him out for a month. It was a conjested game, 6 yellow cards, with 3 each explains the story!
Bury vs Torquey
Our next game was vs Torquey at home. Torquey are predicted to finish 17th and are a weaker team than us. We should have won this game and we were going to untill the 58th minute. We had a 3-1 lead, we were in a comfortable position and then we gave 2 goals away! I was fuming! Robbie Brady made his debut in this game coming off the substitute bench.
Hereford vs Bury
Once again we couldn’t defend a lead. After this game I have had a lot of concerns about my defence. We were very close to losing this match if it wasn’t for an own goal.
Bury vs Rochdale (1st round Johnston Paint Trophy)
Next we faced huge rivals Rochdale, who are in League 1, in the Johnston Paint trophy first round. It was an equal game, which gave me more confidence about my defence. It showed me that my team are starting to adapt and positive performances are to come. In the end the game was decided on penalties which we lost. It was a rea derby, just look at the ammount of yellow cards were given in the game! The fans weren’t happy, but i was satisfied with the performance.
So that ends August, which has contained a below average start. I’m hoping for an improvement in the next month, and i’m fairly confident there weill be as the last game showed. Anyway take care untill next time.
Sayam Khan