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Bury FC: Pre-Season Report & Squad Analysis…
Hi everyone, welcome to my Pre-Season Report with Bury FC.
Sorry it has been a long time for this post, i have been very ill with a temperature and a headace, a very bad headace were my head was going to exploid. No Joke!
So we made 6 new signings and 10 departed:
I may sign a few more players for the club before the end of the transfer window but we are already above the wage budget.
So lets go through the main players of the squad:
Goalkeeper
16 year old goalkeeper Richie Branagan is the best goalkeeper at this club despite only being 16! He could turn into a pretty good goalkeeper so he could have a long career at the club.
Right — Back
Our first choice right back will be Tom Lees who is on loan from Leeds United, despite buying Ben Hoskin on a free transfer. Lees has better quality at the moment but Hoskin has better potential and will become better. Tom Lees is also versatile and he will able to cover the centre-back position if any problems occur.
TOM LEES:
BEN HOSKIN
CENTRE — BACKS
MARCO TEANI — NEW SIGNING*
MARCO TEANI was signed on a free transfer. His attributes for a defender is really good. I was very impressed with his mental attibutes also. His pace lacks, but i don’t think it really matters in League 2. He’s never played higher than Serie B in his career and he took the oppurtunity to play in England straight away! The main thing that made me sign him was his wage! Only £475! One of my best players on one of the lowest wage, funny init?
The other centre-back position will have to be battled by the two brothers, Sam Sodje, who is a new signing & Efe Sodje, who is also a coach at the club. I’d say the younger brother, Sam, who is younger by 7 years is better but we will see. Sam Sodje joined the club after being released on a free transfer, his wage is quiet high but I needed a defender of his quality to take us to the next step.
Sam Sodge — New Signing*
Efe Sodje
LEFT BACK
JOEL SCARZ
Our Left Back for the club will be Joel Scarz who was already at the club. In pre-season he was the one who got most of the man of the match performances.
Right Midfielder
Manu — New Signing*
Manu is a spanish player who was signed on a free transfer. He has had a year with Real Madrid but never played a game. The best club he had ever played for was Malaga for 6 years.
Central Midfielders
MARCEL MAHOUVE — NEW SIGNING*
The first position of Central midfield will be the defensive midfield position. New signing Marcel Mahouve will fill this position. Despite being 37 years old, he has great ability for a club in League 2 and I couldn’t turn down the oppurtunity to sign him. His wage is very low, only £500.
Lolo — New Signing*
Lolo was also brought to the club. A funny name, I know, but hey ho! The spanish midfielder’s career never got past the third division in Spain unfortunately. He has good technical abilities, I’d regard him as a ‘passer’ the creative midfielder, which my team needed. Unfortunately he has suffered an injury which will keep him out for 5 weeks so I have a little problem to solve!
LEFT MIDFIELDER
ANDY HOWARTH & MICHAEL JONES
These two players that were already at the club will have to battle it out for LM position. To be honest i do not know myself which one of these two are better.
STRIKERS
When i came to the club, I have to say this is the positions where we were the strongest in. The club has 3 very good strikers. Have a look: Unfortunately Andy Bishop, the best striker at the club will be missing for 4 months through injury!
Andy Bishop
Ryan Lowe
Danny Carlton
So thats my main players of my squad done.
Now Pre-Season went quiet well. We even managed to draw with Manchester United, yes it was a weak team which they played but they still played the Legendary Ryan Giggs!
Me and my board also had a confrontation whether they should increase the wage budget. However they did agree with me in the end ;-)
Anyway folks, thats it and I hope you enjoyed this pre-season report.
Take Care, Sayam