Back to League One, we had a very difficult game coming up, away at 2nd placed Blackpool. It was a tough game indeed but we dominated it. Unfortunately we were not very convincing upfront and we failed to convert our chances.
The last game of the month was another tough one, away at 9th placed Charlton. Strikers Tomas Pekhart and Nikita Andreev did their job well, both of them scored with nice close range headers. Our problems were in defense again, Charlton surprised us with some quick counter attacks and converted two of them thanks to Zavon Hines‘ speed and accuracy.
A bit too many draws this month but the good thing was that we managed to keep the unbeaten record. Things were looking pretty tight in the league table but we were still in 1st place.
Our best player so far this season was undoubtedly Czech striker Tomas Pekhart, he scored 8 goals in 8 games, quite efficient!
As you can see the competition in League One is quite fierce, we’ll have to fight to the death in each and every game to get the points that we need in order to get promoted. October will start with a tough game at home with 3rd placed Coventry and we’ll also have a difficult Carling Cup game with Championship side Cardiff…
I’m sure there will be plenty of emotions in October, stay tuned to live them with me!
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eddie eddie
3 декабря, 2009 at 22:19
Well done another good month for you.
JohnnyKarp
4 декабря, 2009 at 00:10
Thanks Eddie, it could have been better though…
Lye
4 декабря, 2009 at 02:21
Well Johnny, every now and then there will be some hiccups along the way. But i think your team is doing fine considering the opposition that you face. Do you use the touchline shouts often? I think i seldom use this in some aspect, probably i only watch the match in extended view. So dont really see the need for that.
JohnnyKarp
4 декабря, 2009 at 10:30
I don’t use the touchline shouts often, I guess I used those only 5 times throughout the first season (and two times things went wrong after using them). I also watch the games only in extended view.
paine
4 декабря, 2009 at 17:24
You won an interesting game vs. Ipswich, I noticed you had a low passing ratio (50 %), but a good crossing percentage (25%), very incisive from the flanks!
JohnnyKarp
4 декабря, 2009 at 18:54
Thanks Paine, the passing didn’t go too well indeed, I tried a quick passing game with a high tempo, that might be the reason. As you noticed, we were able to surprise them on the flanks, I tried to focus the passing down both flanks to take advantage of the pace that our wingers possess.
Mariano
7 июня, 2010 at 17:02
i finished my rochdale september 10-11 league 1 season game,in 13th place……..i only wish to have a more generous chairman,pekhart and szalai still free but want more than i can offer……….
i can recommend for this stage french full back miguel comminges,got him free from cardiff: 7.15 so far….