Hello friends from around the globe and welcome back to another update of my Football Manager Story. Well as the title suggests, despite having an encouraging pre season the first month back in The Championship things didn’t quite go according to plan. Lets’ take a look..
The Championship:
We got off to a great start with our return to The Championhip with striker Gianna Bruno scoring twice in the first half an hour and central defender Bandiera heading in a powerful third before half time leaving Swansea reeling in front of their home fans. They eventually pulled one back but we got that all important win in the opening game. Our home opener was nothing short of disasterous as we were overpowered by a boisterous Huddersfield Town leaving us the bitter taste of defeat at The Abbey Stadium. We didn’t fair much better in our next game slumping to a 3-0 defeat at St James’ Park where Xisco stole the show for the home side with a nifty brace. The last game of the month saw us come from behind thanks to an inspirational final twenty minutes by young ML Jeff Webster who set up Sean Power with a late equalizer.
Standings:
Not exactly what I had in mind at the start of August.
League Cup:
First round action matched us up against Wycombe at home who we easily dispatched thanks to fine goals from three of our new signings. The reward was a tricky but manageable game away to Brighton in the following round. The home side gave our defence a torrid time and we succumbed to their pressure in the second half thanks to poor marking allowing Brighton to get the only goal of the game and causing a cup upset.
Transfer News:
We made one unplanned signing in South African striker Bradley Ralani which as you will se below was to fill a vacant spot in our front line which occured in the final hours of the transfer window.
Players Out:
Gianna Bruno was the shock last minute transfer going to Recreativo as he no longer considered Cambridge a big enough club for his talents. Gianna was indeed going to be a key part of any succesful season we may have. Darn!!!!
Also on their way was midfielders Ducasse and Valrie as I found myself overcrowded in that department and they couldn’t all possibly play to maintain match fitness. We just made over 1.2 million profit from the sale of these players…not bad!
Other News:
Left winger Jeff Webster won the thoroughly deserved young player award for August and was by far the clubs best player as well.
That concludes this months report with future ones being in two month segments. Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this.
Excessive
14 августа, 2011 at 10:07
It was always going to be tough and get a result at Newcastle, but I’m sure that it is just squad morale that is playing it’s part in the first month. I think once you get a foothold and get a couple of wins, there is no doubt that your Cambridge lot can rise up the table..
Good luck pal!
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:43
Hi Excessive
Yeo, you are right, that darn morale thingy has come back to haunt me again!
Darren Smith
14 августа, 2011 at 11:50
Well that was a tough start mate, but remember your players won’t be used to winning after last year and it may take time to revive the winning ways. I reckon your form will pick up very soon and when it does things will look much better.
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:44
Hi Darren
Good point you have made. never crossed my mind about a spill over effect from lasr season.
Laxeyman
14 августа, 2011 at 11:56
Tough start Kevin, but all you need is a couple of wins next month and the players morale will be up and you could easily go on a run. It’s a long season so anything is still possible. Good luck!
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:48
Hi Laxeyman
Definitely need some check marks in the win column for sure :)
Michael Grantham
14 августа, 2011 at 12:02
Hi Kevin,
Firstly sorry for not commenting for a while, ive been away but I’m all caught up now! I think you’ve had some pretty tough fixtures there to start life back in the championship, so you shouldn’t be too dissapointed. I think when your sqaud settle back down they will quickly find their feet again and you will be pushing to get back into the top division!
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:50
Welcome back Michael!
Getting Newcstle away so early on hasn’t helped much in trying to rejuvenate the side. I hope we can find some form soon.
Lye
14 августа, 2011 at 12:51
Hi Kevin,
Not a good start but your team clearly has the potential. You can’t be staying at that position for long. Slowly you will start climbing up the table. Don’t lose the confidence, keep on fighting mate. Good luck.
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:51
Thanks Lye,
Early days so I’m not too unsettled just yet :)
vaibhavc
14 августа, 2011 at 16:51
Hey Kevin
I am sure its just morale and confidence. After the first month it will be easier and hopefully things will turn around. Good luck!
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:52
Hi vaibhave
Absolutely right. It is the morale…again!
paul
14 августа, 2011 at 18:44
resign and wait for another team like arsenal to come along haha nah only joking like everyone saying give it time ur soon be back up there just a bad patch!!
Kevin
14 августа, 2011 at 18:53
LOL!
Thanks, Paul…i’m waiting on a good patch :)
Dan
14 августа, 2011 at 21:08
Hi Kevin,
You’ve had a bumpy start but it was kind of expected since the amount of upheaval in the summer months with transfers and stuff. I think as the season progresses you’ll start to see improvements as your team begins to turn on the style and push for automatic promotion at least.
Good luck!
CsAtlantis
15 августа, 2011 at 03:45
Relegated clubs don’t always bounce back immediately, takes some time to regain confidence after a season like the previous one, results should pick up soon, good luck Kevin
Nicholas Phipps
15 августа, 2011 at 09:07
Well, thats not a great start but I’m sure that things will get better. Your team are just feeling the after-effects of the Premier League and will hopefully soon start to play better!
Johnny Karp
15 августа, 2011 at 13:58
No worries for now, the season is so long that the first four matches won’t make a big difference. I think that a couple of consecutive wins will put the team back on track.
Sayam Khan
15 августа, 2011 at 20:01
Dont worry kevin, its early days yet, the loss of guanni may have an impact, but im sure you will take cambridge back to where they belong ;-) good luck