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Notts County February 2016

Hello dear friends, welcome back to a fresh episode of my Notts County Football Manager 2010 story! January 2016 was probably the best month of our season so far, we ended it with a splendid 5-0 win over Arsenal at Meadow Lane. We had to keep our feet on the ground though, a 5-0 win doesn’t give you more than three points. We also had the Champions League on our minds, the first game against Valencia was coming up.

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Hello dear friends, welcome back to a fresh episode of my Notts County Football Manager 2010 story! January 2016 was probably the best month of our season so far, we ended it with a splendid 5-0 win over Arsenal at Meadow Lane. We had to keep our feet on the ground though, a 5-0 win doesn’t give you more than three points. We also had the Champions League on our minds, the first game against Valencia was coming up.

But until then we had a few more Premier League games to win. The first one was away at 17th placed West Ham and it took us more than half an hour to score the first goal, Rafael Sobis was quick on his feet and took advantage of a defensive error. Andrea Romano doubled our lead in the second half with a placed shot to convert an assist from Rafael Sobis. West Ham clawed one back with a fine shot from 25 yards out but we didn’t have any more problems until the final whistle. The big problem came up after the game, Andrea Romano‘s injury was pretty serious, his arm was broken so he will be out between 5 and six weeks. He has been a very important asset to the team so far and I was quite worried about his absence.

We had another away game coming up, we were traveling to meet 11th placed Sunderland. The first half saw us dominating the game but we were unable to break through Sunderland‘s defense. Ashley Young made the difference eventually, a swift run down the left flank and a pinpoint pass gave Jonjo Shelvey the chance to send the ball in with a ferocious shot from inside the box. We had a rather poor second half, Guilherme missed a huge chance and then Sunderland were denied by a few fantastic saves from Igor Akinfeev. It was a scrappy win but it didn’t matter too much, the three points were ours.

The next game was at home against 10th placed Everton, I was expecting a better performance from my players. In fact, we started the game pretty well but the strikers were missing their chances. When that happens Zapata has to step up, he gave us the lead with yet another corner kick header. We were firing shots from all over the place but the ball just wouldn’t get in. Guilherme finally did it three minutes from time, he ended his 10 hour long goal drought with a header. His last goal was in December 2015, I hope that he will get some confidence back and start scoring like he did last season.


Next up, the FA Cup 5th round game with Newcastle. I decided to send in a few backup players and give them a chance to shine. Young midfielder Carlos Abad looked determined to prove himself and he scored his first goal for the club after a fine run through the opposition defense. Newcastle hit the woodwork twice in the second half but Rafael Sobis closed the accounts, he was brought down inside the box and then stepped up to convert the penalty kick. We could have scored one or two more after that but we failed to convert the chances yet again. We’ll get to meet Championship side Stoke City in the quarter final, I guess we should progress to the last four.

The most important game of the month was coming up, the first leg of the Champions League tie with Valencia. Their main threat was David Silva, 30 years old, but Villa was also in the starting eleven despite being 34 years old. He didn’t cause us too many problems during open play but he made the difference when he got the first chance, he finished a corner kick with a superb volley and Valencia took the lead against the run of play. Simon Kjaer got us back on level terms with a powerful corner kick header but then David Villa did it again, he fired in an unbelievable free kick from 30 yards out! We were trying hard but we were unable to get past their well organized defense. The goal came eventually, Guilherme played a soft touch pass for Hinshelwood and the wonderkid placed it right into the top corner. Chris Gadi missed a couple of great chances in the second half, one on one with Valencia‘s keeper. The result isn’t bad but we could have won the game. Sam Hinshelwood picked up a knock and was going to be out for two weeks. Go to the next page to read the rest of the story.

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  1. Laxeyman

    3 апреля, 2010 at 14:15

    Hi Johnny,
    Another great month there. The result away at Valencia is a pretty good one, you’ve got two goals now, all you have to do is score once and they will have to score twice to have a chance of going through. I think you’ll do it. The league will be yours, your just unbeatable in that, hopefully you can go a whole season unbeaten.

  2. Kevin Mayo

    3 апреля, 2010 at 15:44

    Hi Johnny
    Well done.Another fabulous month for you and congrats on winning the Carling Cup. A good result against Valencia to take into the second leg at home.

  3. Sears

    3 апреля, 2010 at 16:08

    Well done.Great victory in the league cup.As long as you score against Valencia,you’ll get through.Meadow Lane seems to be a fortress.

  4. Johnny Karp

    3 апреля, 2010 at 16:24

    @Laxeyman, Kevin and Sears
    Thanks a lot for your comments. Normally we should get past Valencia but anything can happen in this type of games especially as they have great players that can make a difference anytime anywhere. I hope to recover some of the injured lads until then.

  5. sam warren

    3 апреля, 2010 at 17:54

    Hi Johnny, Well done for winning the carling cup. I think you should be able to get a win against Valencia and progress into the next round.

    warren

  6. Lye

    4 апреля, 2010 at 03:38

    Well done mate, congratulations on the Carling cup win. Seems like you got a great chance to go through whole season unbeaten. I hope the injuries doesn’t affect you too much for the upcoming games, i believe you should be able to get past Valencia at home and proceed to the next round. Good luck.

  7. ravenie

    4 апреля, 2010 at 11:13

    Your defence seems so solid and whenever you concede your players respond I’ve been looking at your squad and it is 2x better than mine.

    • Johnny Karp

      4 апреля, 2010 at 12:32

      @Lye
      Thanks mate, the injured players should recover sometime in March so I guess we’ll have to survive without them until then.
      @Ravenie
      I guess you’re right, I have a pretty strong team indeed.

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