Hey everyone!
Welcome back to the south of Sweden where it was make or break time for the Malmö lot. Last episode was a bit of a dire one in all fairness and honestly I was hoping for more. There was a little hope though after a frankly disastrous start where we couldn’t find a win in 7 games, but with a good bulk of new signings and a shed load of determination, I was desperate to see us move up the table in the closing games of the month so let’s see how the blues faired..
Premier League
First game of the month was against Västerås, a team that were sitting in and around mid table. Could we kick off with a win?
Ohh yes we could! Magic. We tore the opposition apart and I was so relived as we grabbed all three points. There was a slight disaster though.. OK, a pretty big disaster as the three points came at a huge cost to our squad:
Oh snap! Both of my star players out for the best part of 3 months. Viktor Eriksson, my starlet of the academy came off with only 8 minutes on the clock while the goalkeeper Gonzalez ruptured his achilles the day after the game in training. I’m having next to no luck at the moment which is a pain in the arse! I have backups (..well you saw the substitute goalkeeper who is more than a little questionable) which will serve the squad well over the coming games and I only hope this doesn’t set us back too much. Let’s see how we faired over the rest of the season:
I’m glad to say that it didn’t hold us back as veteran and summer signing Fredrik Andersson was banging them in at one end, scoring 7 goals in his 14 games for the club as his form kept out my wonderkid Viktor Ericksson from re-entering the frame, and stand-in goalkeeper Mikael Carlsson made sure that the opposition weren’t at the other.
Overall it turned out to be a half decent season for us, in which we really only suffered one heavy defeat..
..And one personal defeat at the hands of the ever defiant Varbergs BOIS!
I’d have loved to say that this game was close, but the scoreline really flattered us. One shot, one goal.. Looks like we need a bit more of an improvement before we face my old club again.
Where did all this leave us though?
I’ll tell you where.. Ohhh so close to a European spot! I never would have believed it if you would have said it 15 games ago but we actually did really really well in the closing half getting some brilliant results, especially against GAIS who we managed to batter 4-0 on the night! A little bit of work with the club and its staff, with a raid of the transfer market and hopefully we will be challenging for one next season. Especially if we didn’t have that god awful start to the campaign..
Swedish Cup
There are still Swedish Cup matters though, and if you can remember we had a Quarter Final tie against Norrkoping:
..And we crashed out after an extra time goal. Didn’t really help that we went down to 10 men either, but I guess it can’t all be roses. We should have really won though (in my opinion) so I’ll be up for the new campaign next year where I hope that we can progress a little further in the competition!
I guess that’s it from me and Malmö, next update ill bring you the transfer embargo from the south of Sweden and give you a half season update. With any luck, it will be much better than the last one ;)
Anyway thanks for reading, comments are always welcome so stick ’em in the box.
Johnny Karp
23 августа, 2011 at 20:21
That was a very good season overall and you were really unlucky not to clinch that European spot. The team is growing in quality and I believe you will push for the title soon, maybe not next season but soon enough :)
Laxeyman
23 августа, 2011 at 20:25
After the bad start, you really finished well Excessive, and overall that was a good, solid season for you. You’re building solid foundations at Malmo, and a few more signings will push you into the European places, and eventually, the title :)
Darren Smith
23 августа, 2011 at 20:41
Excellent season IMO. You revived Malmo from relegation to a European challenge. Great stuff and who knows what may have happened without those injuries. I just hope you can make further improvements next season.
Nicholas Phipps
23 августа, 2011 at 21:00
Well, your team are steadily improving and a place in Europe has got to be the aim for next season :).
vaibhavc
23 августа, 2011 at 22:12
Hey Excessive
Your team is improving, hopefully next year you can get into Europe. You finished well though, after having a pretty bad run early on.
Sibo
24 августа, 2011 at 05:07
Well done mate, shame to miss out on Europe but you have done well to improve Malmo in the way you have! :D
P.S. Bet you have been waiting ages to use that as a post title! :P
Kevin
24 августа, 2011 at 10:22
Hi Excessive
Things are really starting to improve for you and terribly unlucky not to qualify for Europe which should all change next season I feel
Dan
24 августа, 2011 at 12:50
When I read the title I thought you meant ‘blue’ as in sad! Glad to see I was wrong! Good finish to the season and you were so close to Europe. Next year I’m sure you’ll take that next step though :)
Sears
25 августа, 2011 at 01:07
Great season mate,with a few new players you can defo challenge for a European spot next campaign … G’luck ;)
Jon Crosby
25 августа, 2011 at 13:03
Might of been that you didn’t get into Europe, you’ll have more of a chance with the current squad getting a high place in the league.
Shame about the cup looked like a team you should be beating.
Ana Garcia
25 августа, 2011 at 21:08
Things are starting to fall into place, and with a few new additions you could be pushing for Europe.
Shame about the cup aswell, but roll on next season!
Good luck!! :)
CsAtlantis
26 августа, 2011 at 04:07
Getting close to that European spot, just still can’t beat your old team yet, might have to give it some more time, better luck next time in the cup!
Good luck for next season, less damaged tendons and torn muscles should help……
cak
26 августа, 2011 at 17:25
hey excessive
despite struggling at the beginning of the season of have managed to turn it around and was unlucky on missing out on a european place, hopefully with finshing below the european slot you can attract better players that are required to make europe next season. look forward to you next update