Next up we had to meet Crewe again, but this time in League Two. Zoko scored an early goal again, his 10th of the season, and we were in control. Unfortunately he picked up two yellow cards somehow and we finished the game with 10 men on the pitch but the win was in our hands right from the beginning.
The last game of the month was also the toughest, we had to face 3rd placed Shrewsbury at home. We played pretty well in the first half but were unlucky, we hit the woodwork twice! We finally scored in the second half, right winger Marius Sava curled in a nice cross and Sabrin Sburlea headed it in. But luck wasn’t on our side that day, Shrewsbury sent their only shot on goal right in the last minute and it went in! We should have won this one but luck plays an important part in football games sometimes…
We were still unbeaten though and Bury were 3 points behind us!
The player that I would like to single out is centre back Shelton Martis, he played very well so far and I don’t regret paying 500K for him in July. He is almost always in control in our penalty area, nobody gets to touch the ball before him, especially in the air!
He is quite experienced for League Two, he even played a few games in the Premier League for West Brom and also had a full season in the Scottish Premier League.
We’ll have two cup games in November and the good (or bad maybe) news is that we’ll get to meet Leeds again, the only team that defeated us this season.
At the end of the month I had a nice surprise from the club’s chairman, he injected around 10 million euro into the club’s bank accounts and the board decided to give me 2.1 million euro for transfers! What can I say, keep it up mister chairman, it might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship! :)
I will have around two months to scout players until the transfer window will be open, I’m thinking about bringing some talented youngsters and maybe another centre back, one that could match Martis‘ ability.
That’s about it, if you have any suggestions about the transfers that I should make please feel free to share them :)
Lye
17 ноября, 2009 at 15:20
Another unbeaten month for your team, hope my prediction regarding unbeaten for whole season can be true. Think you should be winning the title quite easily.
JohnnyKarp
17 ноября, 2009 at 15:57
Thanks Lye. I forgot to say that we’ll have the away game at Bury in November, that game should give us a better idea of our strength compared to the other contenders.
eddie eddie
17 ноября, 2009 at 18:31
Well done with reslts your defense seems to be improving good luck in next matches.
JohnnyKarp
17 ноября, 2009 at 18:32
Thanks Eddie. I think that with another good centre back we’ll have no problems in the second part of the season.