Hello everyone and welcome back to a much delayed update from my Cambridge United story. In fact I hadn’t loaded up the game for over a week then when I did I played on through until the end of October. However rather than bore you with three months worth of action this post will be just about August. The other two months will be tomorrow.
Our first fixture of the season saw us travel to Cardiff who took the lead following a dreadful mistake by Scott Wootten as he got caught in possession of the ball just on the 18 yard line. He made up for it with a powerful header on the hour from a Josh Dawkin corner that was soon followed by a goal from substitute Borja Baston. Jacob Walcott added a third to complete the victory three minutes from time.
The next game saw a comfortable 2-0 win in the League Cup at Dagenham with a debut goal for AMC Julien Gorius and another for Baston who again came on as sub.
Our home opener featured the visit of West Brom who had just been relegated form the Premier League and were looking for a quick trip back there as they laid siege to our goal for 69 minutes. Then entered Borja Baston whose first touch of the ball was a cheeky little lob over the West Brom keeper and it was 1-0. That totally demoralized the visitors and we went on to take all three points.
It was back to Wales for our next game this time against Swansea in a match that was played at a prolific pace, full of close calls but sadly lacked on quality I front of the net. I was happy with an away point but felt we could have done much better.
It was time for our League Cup Second Round game in which we had been draw away to Everton. I didn’t really fancy our chances and so I sent out a somewhat reserve eleven saving our better players for league action. The supporting cast put on a good show though Everton were really never under any great pressure and I thought we did well to hold the Premier League side to a single goal.
The last game of the month and it was back to the Abbey Stadium where a capacity crowd of 8,600 saw Scott Wootten head us into the lead from a corner after 14 minutes. It took a magical piece of footwork from Davide Petrucci to add a second 10 minutes from time though Huddersfield never really caused us any serious problems. Shane Williams picked up a knock and will be out for the next four weeks.
League Table
So we got off to a much better start than I anticipated though of course it’s very early days so I don’t want to get too excited.
Transfers
I came across this young Argentine defender who can play both sides of the field and to my surprise I was able to get him on loan for the season. Orellana looks quite talented in my humble opinion.
Y2G
I had a couple of players in mind to show you but only manage to secure the signature of one of them at that came at a price as well. Tomi Martikainen joins us from Finnish club FC Lahti at a cost of £130,000 but in the long run I think he will be well worth it and my scouts believe he has tremendous potential.
That completes this update so thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all had a good day.
Stromson
22 июня, 2011 at 13:02
Excellent start Kevin, you’ve really positioned yourself well for the coming season. I think you were wise to wash the game against Everton (you have a great many league games to play after all), and I could see it really helping your form down the road. Keep up the great work, you really seem to be hitting your stride with this story!
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 13:16
Hi Stromson
Thanks for agreeing on the Everton decision. Taking a week off has really helped in terms of the story.
Sibo
22 июня, 2011 at 15:51
Good work, you have not had a bad month and I am sure you will be doing well come the end of the season, so, how is my mate Darko doing? ;-)
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 18:37
Hi Sibo
Darko is not doing too well so far. Not sure why?
Laxeyman
22 июня, 2011 at 16:04
Great start Kevin, that bodes well for the season, and hopefully you can carry it on and make it another successful campaign. Good young players brought in too, will you try to sign the loanee permanently? Because he looks pretty good! Looking forward to tommorows update :)
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 18:38
Hi Laxeyman
Hopefully I can continue this promising start and yes I will try and sign Orellana permanently.
vaibhavc
22 июня, 2011 at 16:16
Hey Kevin
Great start to the league campaign, I am looking forward to seeing your place tomorrow. You can only just hope that you maintain your form.
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 18:40
Hi vaibhavc
Yes we did start nicely but we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see how things progressed.
Johnny Karp
22 июня, 2011 at 16:26
A very good start in the league and two very good youngsters joining the club, that’s an almost perfect month of August! Looking forward to the next update.
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 18:40
Hi Johnny
Happy to hear you like my to youngsters :)
Darren Smith
22 июня, 2011 at 19:25
Not to get ahead of myself Kevin, but that was promotion winning form this month. Brilliant start to the season and Cambridge are excellent hands. I really like the loan signing and your new midfielder for the Y2G system looks talented. I think the future is bright and the EPL should start researching your squad and tactics now as it won’t be long before your giving em’ a run for their money. Great work.
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 22:53
Hi Darren
Yes, it was a pretty good start and thanks for the compliment on my players and tactics!
Ana Garcia
22 июня, 2011 at 21:45
Good start Kevin,
Orellana looks very good for the league your in, any chance of buying him? Am not sure how much transfer money you have.
As always, good luck!! :)
Kevin
22 июня, 2011 at 22:54
Hi Ana
I’ll make a bid at the end of the season. He’s doing pretty good so far. All out of money I’m afraid :)
Lye
23 июня, 2011 at 02:10
Hi Kevin,
Great start to life in the Championship. By beating West Brom, a team that was relegated tells how good your team is. Would like to see another strong performance next month. Good luck.
Kevin
23 июня, 2011 at 09:14
Thanks Lye
I was suprised and happy by that West Brom result for sure
CsAtlantis
23 июня, 2011 at 08:17
Good start there Kevin, 3rd place is good considering the quality of teams you are playing, can’t be too far away from what it feels like to play in the Premier League, how is your stadium? Is it big enough for your eventual promotion (sooner or later you will get promoted)? :D
Kevin
23 июня, 2011 at 09:15
Hi CsAtlantis
The stadium is still at 8,600 all seater though there no money at the moment to upgrade