Hi everyone, todays post will conclude my second season incharge of Bury FC. I last left you at the end of February where we had a big lead in top spot, lets see if we got promoted and won the title in the end….
MARCH
We got off to an excellent start to the month with scoring four goals in our opening two games! All scorers were different! After these games I was very confident of getting promoted. We then went on to win against Brighton with youngster Ryan Mason scoring. The game against Charlton was pretty boring, and it ended in a draw. The Leyton Orient game was excellent and it made me happy also as Neil Morris, our 18 year old youngster scored 2 goals! Petrucci was the other scorer. Promotion was also confirmed in this month.
APRIL & MAY
The month got off to a bad start as we lost against huge rivals Rochdale. The fans wern’t happy! We then won our next game against Colchester. We needed three more points to confirm Bury FC winning league 1. However a point was enough against Plymouth as Milwall slipped up. The next game against Walsall would be my 100th game in charge of Bury and we won in some style! We didn’t have a great end to the season, however I can use a small excuse of using promising youngsters in these games ;-)
Final League Table
Well we were one point away from reaching 100! Notice we only conceded 35 goals all season! Which is one of the biggest reason to the sucess this season! We also recieved 25k for our final position.
Final Player Averages
Now I’d like to single out a few players that deserve some praise in order:
1 — Ali Fuseini — Ghanian was bought in League 2 mainly as a back-up but he is now a key player of my team. Infact, the best player. He has the free role in my team and his 14 assists were an excellent contribution for the team.
2 — Kevin Long — This guys is good enough for PL standards. Just look at his attributes below. Kevin did lots of improvement this past year in training and I doubt I will be able to loan him again as he has just signed a long term contract with Burnley :-( He and Sam Sodje were an excellent partnership in defence this season.
3 — Sam Sodge — bought in League 2, he was a beast in defence last season. I’m pretty confident he will be good enough for the Championship. My coaches also think that.
4 — Davide Petrucci — Had a frustated start to the season with injuries, rubbish performances but turned up at the right time when Wellington Silva had left. I have also realised he is better at playing in CF role instead of CM/AM.
So thats the end of my long post, I hope you enjoyed our sucess.
PS: Congratulations to all Arsenal fans (inc myself :-) ) for the great win on Wednesday!
Take care, Sayam!
Johnny Karp
19 февраля, 2011 at 19:24
Great job Sayam, 99 points is a stunning total! The team surely is strong enough to survive in the Championship but I think that you could have a memorable next season with a few new quality players.
Smithy
19 февраля, 2011 at 23:50
congratulations mate fantastic, good luck in the championship like to see you in the prem,
AND YES ARSENAL 2-1 BARCELONA BRING ON THE NOU CAMP, WERE GONNA WIN
ARSENAL TILL I DIE <3
hils
20 февраля, 2011 at 07:17
Hi Sayam,good month there!!!!!!!!!!!! 99 points is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin
20 февраля, 2011 at 08:55
Well done Sayam.You won but quite a nice margain in the end wich must be satisfying. I think you will do well next season also. It sounds like you have some good youth players in the ranks which is promising too!
Laxeyman
20 февраля, 2011 at 11:32
Great season Sayam, dominated League 1 and just 35 goals conceded is magnificent. Ali Fuseini was brilliant, he will surely be good in the Championship and I reckon you can finish quite high up with a few good signings.
Lye
20 февраля, 2011 at 14:21
Hi Sayam,
There is no doubt you will win the league and promoted to Championship. Great job. You have a pretty strong squad. No problem for Championship. Look forward to your pre-season report.
Darren Smith
20 февраля, 2011 at 15:10
Well done Sayam, your squad were far too good for League One and I think your going to the Championship with a great set of players. Hopefully you can bring in some even better players and challenge from the off. Well done mate!!
Sears
20 февраля, 2011 at 22:36
Congratulations on promotion, that was a tremendous season. Your defense is water tight and your forwards scored enough to ensure that you achieve another promotion. Well done!
Sayam Khan
21 февраля, 2011 at 12:49
@ Johnny,
I suppose we could but the Championship teams are much stronger than League 1. We will need quality signings.
@ Smithy,
Thanks! I think we’ll draw Barcelona 1-1 at Nou Camp.
@ Hils,
Thanks!!!!! :-)
@ Kevin,
Thanks, we do have some good youngsters. Neil Morris and Ryan Mason the ones that stand out.
@ Laxeyman,
Thanks mate, Ali Fuseini was brilliant, I’m just hoping he continues his great form into the championship.
@ Lye
Thanks for the confidence Lye :-)
@ Darren,
Thanks Darren, even though we were too good for League 1, we are still favourites to go down by the media, so it will be hard to bring in top class signings.
@ Sears
Thanks Sears, Unfortuantely, Kevin Long will be leaving that defence, and Sam Sodge is now 33 :-(