Hello my friends, welcome back to the Notts County Football Manager 2010 story! As you know this is my last season at Meadow Lane and the first month went pretty well, we managed to bring another two pieces of silverware back home. This will be a rather quick update of the next three months, I’ll go back to the detailed monthly updates starting with December 2016. Let’s see what happened.
We started off September with a couple of unlucky draws, 2-2 with Manchester United in the Premier League and a 0-0 away draw at PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League. Then we got back on track with an easy League Cup win over Championship side Crystal Palace and a dominant 6-0 demolition of Stoke City with Sergio Aguero bagging in a nice double.
The last game of the month was at home with AC Milan in the Champions League, we needed a win to boost our qualification chances. We didn’t play particularly well though, Milan were launching lethal counter attacks and they took the lead as a result. We got back level from a corner kick just after the break but I had the feeling that we didn’t deserve to win it. We had a much better possession than our opponents but we failed to create pressure on their defense. Even more, we exposed ourselves to their quick counter attacks and I guess we can be satisfied with the draw on that day.
Sergio Aguero started to convert more chances in October, he banged in a total of 6 goals in 6 games, he was beginning to show more and more of his skills. The worst moment of the month was undoubtedly the goalless draw at Ipswich, they parked the bus and although we managed to create quite a few chances we were unable to hit the back of the net. In fact, most of our opponents start the games with very defensive set ups making it very difficult for us to score.
The most spectacular game of the month was the Carling Cup match with Liverpool. No less than seven goals were scored in the first 45 minutes due to poor defending from both sides. The second half was completely different, less football and more and more fouls and cards but I was happy to go through to the next round. Go to the next page to read the rest of the story.
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Kevin Mayo
25 апреля, 2010 at 19:53
Hi Johnny
Well you really did motor on through those Fall months and I’m glad to see that you are still challenging for all the honors as usual. Sorry to see my favorite player injured again though. Good luck Down Under and bring the trophy home!
Laxeyman
25 апреля, 2010 at 20:16
Hi Johnny, that’s a decent start you’ve made there. Hopefully you can turn some of those draws into wins, I’m confident you’ll do that. Good luck for the FIFA Club World Cup, another trophy could be coming you’re way!
ravenie
25 апреля, 2010 at 20:58
Good start Johnny. I have high expectations for this season :P
Johnny Karp
25 апреля, 2010 at 22:33
@Kevin, Laxeyman and Ravenie
Thanks a lot for your support, I hope to bring in all the possible trophies this season but it looks like it won’t be easy.
Martin
25 апреля, 2010 at 22:52
Good Results And Some Good Performances.
The League Definetely Looks More Interesting This Season
I Love It When My Strikers Combine Well, I Usually Play Dzeko And Forlan/Aguero And It’s Always Nice To See Them Passing Well To Each Other, Showing That They Have A Good Understanding.
Dzeko Got About 24 Goals And 25 Assists In His 1st Season For Us (At. Madrid)
Johnny Karp
26 апреля, 2010 at 00:03
Thanks Martin. Actually Dzeko — Aguero is a similar duo to my Romano — Aguero, Romano and Dzeko are quite alike although I think Dzeko is a bit taller. And you have a great backup player in Forlan, he’s a treasure to have at the club.
Lye
26 апреля, 2010 at 04:04
Hi mate, you should be able to bring back another trophy club world cup. The table is pretty tight with you still unbeaten. It will make your last season even memorable as you need to fight all the way. But i bet you should prevail in the end. Good luck.
Johnny Karp
26 апреля, 2010 at 08:28
Thanks Lye. I’m quite happy that Chelsea and Manchester United are providing good opposition but I’m quite confident that we’ll beat them eventually.
warren
26 апреля, 2010 at 12:10
Hi Johnny,
Like Lye I think that its nice that you will be pushed to winning the league this season and it will make for a better read then you winning the league by March. Good luck in the Club World Cup I think that you will be too strong for the teams that are entered.
warren
Johnny Karp
26 апреля, 2010 at 12:25
Thanks Warren. I agree about the Club World Cup, only the final could be a difficult game.
Mícheál
26 апреля, 2010 at 18:47
Hi Jonny
Not such a good run of results there. But By no means bad. Aguero seems to have to have settled in fairely well. Good luck with your next few games.
Could you reccomend a team for me 2 start with on FM. Im not that good so only league 1 or championship. Or the equivlent to that in another country. Decent Budget. Thank :)
Ana Garcia
26 апреля, 2010 at 19:29
Aguero is doing well and so is your team!
I think the league will be tough, but am confident you can win it!
Good luck!
Johnny Karp
26 апреля, 2010 at 20:19
@Micheal
Thanks for the comment. You might try our rivals, Nottingham Forest. Or maybe Leeds.
@Ana
Thanks for the confidence and for the good luck wish.
Micheal
27 апреля, 2010 at 18:42
Thanks for the help