Hello friends and welcome back to what now is a temporary FM Story as FM 2012 will be coming out a lot sooner than expected and I’ve already ordered a copy and planning a new story. In the meantime let’s see how far I can get with Southampton.
October 2010:
We began the month in fine style with a dominant 3-1 win over Rochdale with all our goals coming in the opening 45 minutes and then followed that with a tough game away to Yeovil in the JPT where we were eliminated from the competition on penalty kicks.We bounced back with confident away performance at Colchester where Guly do Prado put in a classic performance and managed to get on the score sheet himself in a comfortable 3-0 victory.
We conceded an early goal at home to Bristol Rovers and lacked the fight to hit back and to my surprise we lost this game. Like England we seem to do better away from home and this was shown yet again as brushed aside Plymouth with three first half goals with MR Danny N’Guessen tormenting the Plymouth defence and setting up two goals for Adam Lallana. Next up was the visit of Orient to St Marys and the home jinx struck again after 5 minutes with poor marking allowing the early goal. We equalized after the break though Richard Lambert but then conceded almost immediately from a free kick. We then added salt to the ever opening wound by giving away a penalty to suffer yet another home defeat.
Results:
November 2010:
Walsall were our first opponents of this new month and for the third home game in a row we went behind inside five minutes and that lead was extended to two some 17 minutes later. Despite 56% possession and an 80% pass completion stat it was Walsall who added a third early in the second half and we could only come up with a consolation goal through Barbadian striker Jonathan Forte. The next game was away to Bournemouth in an FA Cup first round clash. Of course as usual the opening goal was in our net but the penalty spot provided a way back into the game just before the hour mark which was converted by do Prado and a Bournemouth own goal secured the victory in the 82nd minute.
We followed our FA Cup win with a trip to 24th place Tranmere and a chance for a much needed morale boosting win and that’s exactly what we got. A stunning strike by Kevin Das Nevis in the 10th minute gave us an early lead and Guly do Prado converted from the spot on the stroke of half time for a comfortable 2-0 win. With back to back wins under our belts we travelled to Sheffield Wednesday with only one fit striker in Rickie Lambert. It was left up to ML Adam Lallana to put us ahead with a fierce shot into the roof of the net after 27 minutes. Despite our domination that was the only goal we could muster but was enough to take away all three points.
Our final game of November was at home to Rochdale (who we had beaten in early October) in the second round of the FA Cup with skipper Dean Hammond opening the scoring early on with a long range effort. An inspirational pass by striker Lambert found Lallana running into the box for the second and Lambert got on the score sheet himself just before half time. An early second half goal by Puncheon allowed me to take off my only fit striker with youngster Tony Garrod making his debut and he went on to score goal number six late in the game. It was a fabulous performance that gives us a home tie in the third round to Championship side Burnley.
Full Results:
A couple of miserable looking defeats right in the middle but overall not too shabby. Room for improvement though!
Table: Top Ten
We’ve moved into a play-off spot but it still lokks like some serious muscle is needed to over come a rampant Swindon Town.
Looking Ahead:
We have a couple of busy winter months with an opening game against promotion chasers MK Dons and yet another meeting with Bournemouth and we will finally take on Swindon.
A pretty brief update for sure but thanks for reading all the same.
Have a good weekend!
Kevin: "Which team should I be managing in FM 2012?"
- Plymouth (24%, 61 Votes)
- Weston S Mare (22%, 55 Votes)
- Ipswich Town (16%, 41 Votes)
- Truro City (12%, 29 Votes)
- Toronto FC (10%, 24 Votes)
- Bournemouth (8%, 21 Votes)
- Bristol City (8%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 250
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vaibhavc
17 сентября, 2011 at 06:34
Hey Kevin
Those two months were not too bad, but if you could just improve your home form, it would be much better for you. Continue your away form and you could leap up the charts.
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:35
Hi vaibhavc
My home form has been a bit «iffy» so I’m assessing things to change that.
George Dobson
17 сентября, 2011 at 08:30
well done Kevin great to see you in the play offs your home form was improving towards the end of the post as well :D
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:36
Hey George
Yes we are moving in the right direction now!
Martin - F.M.J.S
17 сентября, 2011 at 10:57
Hey Kevin
Thats a good couple of months for you, win the game in hand and your up to 5th and only 3 points from 2nd. Its a long way off the end of the season but still your in the right position.
Are you going to to do a Vote for your new team in 2012?
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:38
Thanks Martin,\
We are showing some good signs of improvment but still much workl to be done.
Actually, I hadn’t thought about a Vote as I have a preferred candidate in mind..maybe I will though!
Johnny Karp
17 сентября, 2011 at 11:16
Good results Kevin and I think that there will be some improvements in the future in terms of form. Too bad FM 12 is coming so soon, I bet you would have won the Champions League by Christmas :)
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:42
I’m not sure about the Champions League but I think I have the makings of a good story that would see Southampton challenge the best! Maybe I’ll restart in FM 2012?
Laxeyman
17 сентября, 2011 at 11:35
Pretty decent Kevin, a few defeats but you’re in a good position to really push for automatic promotion in the second half of the season, if you can draw a few more games instead of losing them. Good luck!
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:43
Yeaah, i have to do something about those silly losses at home which I’m working on :)
Sears
17 сентября, 2011 at 11:43
Nice work Kevin, your still in contention for a automatic spot which is wonderful. KIU mate.
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:43
Hi Sears!!
Thanks a lot mate. Nice win for Ireland today in the RWC!
Darren Smith
17 сентября, 2011 at 12:41
Some decent results Kevin and surprisingly enough it seems to be your home form against daft opposition holding you back. Once that is corrected Southampton could be aiming for the top two.
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:45
I’m working on tweaking the formation for the home games as we have lost against teams we shouldn’t have.
Excessive
17 сентября, 2011 at 12:59
Holding your own well in the division mate, especially with that hammering of Rochdale!
Automatic promotion is still on the cards, its only early in the season so dont get too disheartened by the losses. Still a long way to go!
Good luck :)
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:46
You’re right! Plenty of the season remains and hopefully we can improve to knock Swindon off top spot!
Lye Kuek Hin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:21
Hi Kevin,
The results are not bad and you have reached the play-off place. You can build on the position and aim for the promotion. You should have time to play 1-2 seasons more before FM12 is here. Good luck.
Kevin
17 сентября, 2011 at 14:47
Hello Lye
I think I might be able to get one more season in after this one and hopefully we are challenging for the Premier League :)