Hey guys, welcome back to my Queens Park story. I havn’t posted in a while because I’ve hardly played FM in the past week or so. However after missing school today due to illness, I powered through the next two months of my Queens Park career. As you know following our perfect September month we moved to the top of the table, a position I was optimistic of holding onto. There won’t be to much writing in this post, instead I’ll add more visual content like showing all my fixture highlights and pictures of our stats etc. Let’s see how we faired during October and November.
Oct + Nov results:
You may notice we played in some exciting games and scored quite a number of goals. However I did change my tactic following the defeat to Annan. Our new contributor Dave supplied the link to the tactic he uses and bearing in mind I’m a huge fan of central formations, this was nothing to consider. My new tactic:
Queens Park 2 East Stirlingshire 0
Our first game of October was against East Stirlingshire. They warn’t having a great season, they were around the bottom of the table thus I expected a win. Said scored after just a minute and Rezgane wrapped up all three points with a minute left to go.
Queens Park 3 Clyde 2
What happens when the best attacking team and the best defensive team play? Goals galore. Both teams played well, but we edged it and deserved to win. McWalter, Pinault and Rezgane scored our goals.
Clyde 0 Queens Park 1
We played Clyde again in the Scottish Cup 2nd round. A single goal from Said won us this game and we progressed to the 3rd round just as the board expected to do so.
Queens Park 1 Annan 2
We suffered our first defeat in a while to Annan as they overwhelmed us 2-1 at home. We just never got going in this game and deserved to lose.
Arbroath 2 Queens Park 2
I changed to my new central tactic for the first time before this fixture. Things didn’t get off to a good start when we went 1-0 behind after just two minutes. However our attacking treat paid off as we raced into a 2-1 but Arbroath recovered well and the game finished 2-2. Rezgane and Said scored our goals.
Berwick 0 Queens Park 4
Berwick regained 1st place after our draw to Arbroath. I stayed loyal to my new tactic and it worked wonders as we hammered our title rivals 4-0 away. This sent out a strong message to the other title contenders and I was elated with my teams performance. We created loads of chances thus the scoreline could have been larger.
Queens Park 7 Stranraer 0
Our biggest win of the season as we put 7 goals past a poorly organized Stranraer.
Montrose 1 Queens Park 3
We faced Montrose in a tricky away tie and won 3-1. Murphy scored an incredible free kick!
Scottish Cup 3rd round — East Stirlinshire 1 Queens Park 1
A late goal from McBeth saw us clinch a replay which we defiantly deserved. 17 shots on goal and 4 clear cut chances? How we didn’t win I don’t know…
League table:
We are no 5 points clear at the top, but more importantly were 11 points clear of 5th spot which is fantastic. We’ve scored amazing 42 goals in just 14 games and conceded 16. I want to push on and win more games to extend our lead at the top.
Players stats:
These are just the stats of those who have actually played this season. They are more players who havn’t and will be leaving. I’ve signed some more players but they can’t be registered until January. Most are from France as I sent my scout there to sniff the place out. Rezgane has been immense this season, so has Said. This striker is by far my best attacking treat and is essential to my team. David Lee has been superb as well. My mid fielders have been hot an cold, tbh I expect more of them. Hopefully the new tactic can bring out the best in them!
That’s it for today’s post folks, thanks for reading.
Sears
Wazz
1 февраля, 2011 at 14:23
Well done Sears! And you’re using the very successful Frank’s tactic but I prefer using my own tactic though. 5 points clear and the team’s looking good too.
Good luck Sears! and get well soon. :D
Sears
1 февраля, 2011 at 14:33
I like using my own tactics as well but I’m great at creating them :-( Were looking good so far so hopefully we can push on and win more games. Thanks!
Matt
1 февраля, 2011 at 16:11
Hi sears, you should easily win the league from where you are now, Good luck!
Also, what are your thoughts on Carroll? As a geordie I am gutted he has gone, you have signed one hell of a player!
Darren Smith
1 февраля, 2011 at 18:36
I second the Carroll comment…Im Newcastle crazy!! Seeing Carroll holding the Liverpool shirt with his name was like walking in on your girlfriend in bed with another man. Gutted.
Sears
1 февраля, 2011 at 16:21
Thanks Matt. After our great start I’m hoping to win the title as well :-)
Regrading Carrol, I think he was heavily over priced but I guess a good player now costs over £20 million. He’s a great player and should offer something different going forward. Hey, don’t forget Newcastle have £35 million extra to spend this summer :-) You must well be pissed off though because will the likes of Best and Ameobi get tho goals Newcastle need? Their decent players but not half as good as Carrol. Btw, what’s with these stories about Carrol saying he was forced out and Pardew saying he wasn’t?
Matt
1 февраля, 2011 at 16:25
Well basically Carroll is saying the club told him to hand in a transfer request because they wanted the money, but Pardew is saying that Carroll walked because he wanted a bigger contract before the summer. And I think Ameobi will grab us a few goals and I think we will steer clear of relegation, but we definitely need a better striker because Leon Best is terrible!
Sears
1 февраля, 2011 at 16:31
I see. So who’s telling the truth?
I think Newcastle will defiantly stay up and if Ameobi can score a few goals they may even finish mid table. Hopefully they’ll hang on until the summer and spend the £35 million wisely on some good talent!
Johnny Karp
1 февраля, 2011 at 18:20
Great job Sears, the team is quite spectacular to watch and winning is such style is always pleasing. I don’t think any of the other teams can stop you from getting the title.
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 17:50
Thanks Johnny. It’s all thanks to my new tactic I downloaded. I’m a newbie to FM so don’t fully understand every aspect of the game yet :-( Hopefully we can prevail in the league, would be nice to become a semi or professional club!
Darren Smith
1 февраля, 2011 at 18:39
Hey Sears, you’re looking unstoppable at the moment and I wouldn’t bet against you for the title. That new tactic is very you and should see some glitzy Football. Well done mate and congrats on a great season so far. Can’t wait to see if you turn pro or not!
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 17:54
Thanks! I’m hoping to win the title now.. Funny how my expectations changed so quickly!! I can’t believe it… Just as I write this Shamrock Rovers have offered a contract to my best player :-( I really wanna turn pro now!! The new tactic suits me, although I want to create my own tactic but I’ve only really started to understand FM since last January or something when I came across Johnny’s site :-p Cheers
Birdy
1 февраля, 2011 at 19:07
Hey Sears. Your team is playing really well and should be easily topping the table by the end of the season if they can keep it up. Great work and good luck really want to see your club turn pro
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 17:56
Thanks Birdy. I’m hoping for this great run to continue so we can extend our lead at the top :-)
Lye
1 февраля, 2011 at 23:16
Hi Sears,
Looking at the top. I think you will definitely walk off with the title. There are not much teams that can challenge you on top. Good luck.
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 17:57
I hope your right Lye :-) Thanks
Davewig1980
2 февраля, 2011 at 01:07
Hi Sears, looks like the tactic is working a treat for you too! Like the other comments on here, I would like to set up my own tactic but have been useless at that but really pleased to have found this one!
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 17:59
Yup it is Dave :-) I’m not great at creating tactics either but it’s an aspect I’m going to try improve :-)
kevin
2 февраля, 2011 at 13:39
Hi Sears
Great job mate. Top of the table and an amazing 7-0 win over Stranraer.
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 18:00
Thanks Kevin. The 7-0 win was superb!
Laxeyman
2 февраля, 2011 at 17:01
Great couple of months Sears, 5 points clear and I reckon you’ll go on and stretch that lead at the top. Good luck!
Sears
2 февраля, 2011 at 18:00
Thanks Laxeyman. My target now is to extend our lead which will be tough.