Hi everyone, I hope everyone has enjoyed there start to the new year.
Before i start, just to let you know that I have linked the players so you can check their attributes at any time in the Bury team sheet which i have also added to my posting format. It should give you an idea of who is the main players of this team also. Hope you like it! :-)
Anyway lets continue the story, our undefeated run came to a bad end, lets see how it became a ‘bad’ ending instead of a normal ending.
In our first match of the month we played mid-table Port Vale.
BURY TEAM: Richie Branagan; Tom Lees, Sam Sodge, Marco Teani, Joe Skarz; Ryan Lowe, Marcel Mahouve, Connor Henderson, Robbie Brady; Danny Carlton, Rhys Murphy
With Port-Vale being a mid-table team, I was expecting to beat them, but no way did I think I would lose 3-0, which ended our undefeated run. This enabled Morcambe, in 2nd position at the time, gain 3 points on us.
Next we played second in the table Morcambe who could go top of the table, level on points with us if they beat us. Nobody scored untill the second half, where we took the lead and went on to score another 5. One again, no-way i expected that. A perfect response to the defeat at Port Vale.
BURY TEAM: Richie Branagan; Tom Lees, Sam Sodge, Marco Teani, Joe Skarz; Manu, Marcel Mahouve, Connor Henderson, Robbie Brady; Andy Bishop, Rhys Murphy
Next we played Crewe in another League game. A Rhys Murphy double won us the game in a tight 2-1 win, where Crewe missed a penalty.
BURY TEAM: Richie Branagan; Tom Lees, Sam Sodge, Marco Teani, Joe Skarz; Ryan Lowe, Marcel Mahouve, Ali Fuseini, Michael Jones; Danny Carlton, Rhys Murphy
Four days later, we played Cheltenham. Rhys Murphy, on loan from Arsenal, got on the scoresheet again. He is proving to be an excellent buy for us. Andy Bishop also converted a Manu cross to give us a comfortable 2-0 half time lead. Manu also got a red card in the 49th minute which made the task of keeping on to our lead a little bit harder for us.
BURY TEAM: Richie Branagan; Ben Hoskin, Sam Sodge, Marco Teani, Joe Skarz; Manu, Marcel Mahouve, Connor Henderson, Robbie Brady; Andy Bishop, Rhys Murphy
After this game we had to play 2 games between only one days of rest! Our fitness levels would really be tested. First we had to play bottom of the table Macclesfield. I decided to weaken the time slightly which came back to haunt me in a 1-0 loss! AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE TEAM! Our team didn’t turn up and it was a boring game in all honesty.
BURY TEAM: Richie Branagan; Tom Lees, Sam Sodge, Marco Teani, Efe Sodge; Ryan Lowe, Lolo, Connor Henderson; Danny Carlton, Rhys Murphy
Our second match of the busy Christmas period was against Gillingham. We lined up in a 4-3-3 (W) formation for the first time in the season due to lack of right wingers and fitness problems. We only had Andy Bishop as our only proper fit striker. The first goal came as Andy Bishop converted a cross from Ryan Lowe. We were biting our nails untill Robbie Brady scored in the last seconds of the game to seal the 3 points which got us back to winning ways.
BURY TEAM: Richie Branagan; Tom Lees, Sam Sodge, Marco Teani, Joe Skarz; Marcel Mahouve, Ali Fuseini, Connor Henderson; Robbie Brady, Andy Bishop, Ryan Lowe
After 4 wins in 6 games the table looked like this. We were still top by 3 points and Morcambe, who were very close to us at the start of the month, slipped down into 4th place.
So half way through the season, player tables looked like this; Danny Carlton leads the way as usual but for some reason he is suffering from very poor morale. Maybe because of my harsh team talks at the end of the two defeats in this month.
Anyway, thats it, hope you enjoyed the post, take care, Sayam.
Sears
9 января, 2011 at 21:59
Your unbeaten run was going to end sometime, but at least you still have a 8 point lead over the 4th place team. Hopefully you can win the title, I’m sure you can. Good luck!
Sayam Khan
10 января, 2011 at 17:32
Thanks for the comment sears, I’m hoping I win the title.
Lye
10 января, 2011 at 01:19
Hi Sayam,
Hopefully the pressure ease a bit on the players and they can start focusing on the title now. Things are looking good. I believe you can win the title if you keep on playing well. Good luck.
Sayam Khan
10 января, 2011 at 17:32
Thanks Lye :-)
Johnny Karp
10 января, 2011 at 07:42
Good job Sayam, it’s all about endurance in the lower leagues and your team has proved that it has what it takes to go all the way. Good luck!
Sayam Khan
10 января, 2011 at 17:33
Thanks Johnny, we just have to carry on performing for the next five months and fingers crossed we get promoted.
Kevin
10 января, 2011 at 08:59
Hi Sayam
Great win over Morecambe — a close chalenger, and having lost only two games all season you should be a solid contender for the title. Great job.
Sayam Khan
10 января, 2011 at 17:34
Thanks for the comment Kevin. I was very suprised that Morcambe didn’t turn up at all for the game.
James
10 января, 2011 at 09:31
Well done Sayam, Rhys Murphy is looking a very good signing. I just have one question, how do you get Fitness to words instead of percentages?
Sayam Khan
10 января, 2011 at 17:43
Hi James, Firstly thanks for your comment. Rhys Murphy is looking like a really good signing but he is only on loan for another 5 months unfortunately.
To answer your question, i didn’t completely understand it but if you mean the fitness in words on the average rating screenshot, then this is what you have to do:
First you go on your squad page. In the top right corner, just above your squad, you will see a button named ‘views’ Click on that, then click, ‘customize current view’. After that a screen will pop up and you will have loads of options on the right hand side. Scroll down untill you see fitness, and click on add. WALA! It’s done. You can add other options also and organise how you want to see them. Make sure you click ‘ok’ after you done it.
Hope I helped! :-)
hils
10 января, 2011 at 15:34
Hi Sayam,good month there!!!!!!!!! Good signing in Rhys Murphy!!!!!! Good luck!!!!!!!
Sayam Khan
10 января, 2011 at 17:44
Hi Hils, Firstly thanks for your comment. Rhys Murphy is looking like a really good signing but he is only on loan for another 5 months unfortunately.
Darren Smith
10 января, 2011 at 19:33
Well done on a great month Sayam. Carlton and Murphy look very dangerous upfront and I’m confident you’ll win the league this season. Great post btw, I really like the way you structure it and write…keep up the good work buddy.
Sayam Khan
11 января, 2011 at 22:10
Thanks for the comment Darren :-)
warren
11 января, 2011 at 14:52
Unlucky about losing the unbeaten run but your still top of the league and with the sqaud that you have you should be able to secure promotion at least by the end of the season.
good luck
Sayam Khan
11 января, 2011 at 22:11
Thanks for the comment Warren :-)
Ana Garcia
11 января, 2011 at 20:18
It was bound to happen sooner or later! Sometimes its a good thing as you focus so much on it!
Still a lead is a lead and you are well placed going into the second half of the season, I have my fingers crossed that you can get promotion!
:)
Sayam Khan
11 января, 2011 at 22:11
Thanks for the comment Ana :-)