Next up, another home game, this time Swansea were coming at Meadow Lane. They finished somewhere in the middle of the table last season and I certainly wanted a win out of that game. We produced a poor performance though, I still can’t understand the reasons. The 1-1 draw was the just result, Swansea deserved to walk away with one point.
I was slightly disappointed with that performance and I was sure that we had to do a lot better in the next game, we were playing away at Sheffield Wednesday, one of the main promotion contenders as they were relegated from the Premier League. My player’s didn’t let me down this time, they produced a solid performance and I was pleased to see them play with determination and creativity. The only goal of the game was scored after a nice team move, 17 year old Sam Hinshelwood found himself clean through and he passed the ball into the back of the net!
The next game was away at fellow Championship side Reading in the second round of the Carling Cup. I guess after seeing the result there wouldn’t be much to say about the game. There is something though, two players made the difference. First there was Sabrin Sburlea, he was unstoppable and he could have scored even more than four goals that day, he was on fire! The second essential contribution was brought by the goalkeeper, Ben Amos, he made a few crucial saves in the second half, Reading hoped to get back into the game but he kept the door shut with great courage and talent. He earned the place in the first team with a few good performances and he is keeping Kasper Schmeichel on the bench!
We will face Championship side Derby County in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup but there are quite a few more games to play until then. The last game of August was another difficult one, at home with promotion contenders Bolton. It was a very tough game indeed and Bolton made the most out of their experience, they scored through a free kick header and then pulled back in defense and looked to strike on counter attacks. We fought well though and Romanian striker Denis Alibec finally scored his first goal for the club after a great run from midfield. He was disappointing until that game and I was already thinking about packing his bags and sending him back to Jose Mourinho at Internazionale Milano. The goal gave us a good result and gave him the chance to stay at Meadow Lane and prove his skills. We could even have won the game but we missed too many chances, one too many…
The league table at the end of August was looking quite alright for us, we were in 2nd place, still unbeaten.
We’ll have fun in September too with quite a few tough games, at home with Middlesbrough and with Derby in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup.
That’s how it was, I’m looking forward to reading your views about our debut in Coca-Cola Championship.
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Calum
21 декабря, 2009 at 21:36
Outstandingly good stuff Johnny! You are doing reall well with Notts County and I wish you luck with them as well as Uruguay. Brilliant blog also.
hARRO
21 декабря, 2009 at 22:12
thats a great start to the league m8.
Sonny
21 декабря, 2009 at 22:52
brilliant start johnny
Johnny Karp
21 декабря, 2009 at 23:20
@Sonny, hARRO and Calum
Thanks folks, I didn’t expect such a good start. Now that it’s over I can say it could have been slightly better :)
@Radu
Well, I wasn’t expecting an unbeaten month :) Wobay will probably get sold in real life too, he’s very talented but his attitude isn’t always the best. About Barboianu, it’s a shame that his versatility in real life isn’t reflected very well in his FM 2010 profile, he’s a very good youngster.
Kevin
22 декабря, 2009 at 02:02
Johnny, nice start your debut in the Championship. Already looking like title contenders and an excellent result in the Carling Cup too.
I left a note in your forum so as not to get off topic here. I don’t want to distract from your «career» so when you have time if you could take a look. Many thanks
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 11:11
Thanks Kevin, I tried to answer in the forum.
Martin
22 декабря, 2009 at 13:08
Great Start !
Sburlea’s Doing Really Well
I Know You’ll Be In The Premiership Next Season :)
Kevin
22 декабря, 2009 at 14:34
Looking forward to more updates especially with the Christmas break coming up.Is next Monday a holiday a for you as it is in Canada?
Chris Harris
22 декабря, 2009 at 14:37
I check every day and when something new shows up it never disapoints
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 14:45
@Chris Harris
Thanks mate, I’m doing my best to write good stuff :)
@Kevin
Next Monday won’t be a holiday here I’m afraid, only the 25th of December.
@Martin
I’m very pleased with Sburlea indeed, he had a great start. It will be pretty tough to get promoted, that’s what I felt after the first 5 games…
eddie eddie
22 декабря, 2009 at 15:25
Hi, good month for you there by the way everyone who can my old blog I thought was a bit uslees so here is the new one:
http://ultimatefootballmanagerat.blogspot.com/
Really helpful if you can read and comment on it time time everyone here thanks.
Good luck johnny.
Darren
22 декабря, 2009 at 16:04
Hi There! Came across you whilst looking for kit downloads & I’m glad I did.
It’s been a fantastic read & has inspired me to start further down the leagues.
Good luck with getting Uruguay to the World Cup & the Championship season.
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 18:51
@Darren and Eddie
Thanks for the comment and for the good luck wishes folks. Eddie, why did you change the blog address, can’t understand your decision.
Kevin
22 декабря, 2009 at 19:00
Eddie: Left a comment on your blog. I kinda like the dark look.
Johnny: Echo Darrens comments about being inspired. I’ve now found a team that I actually want to stick thanks to your stories.
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 19:11
I’m very happy that you found my attitude inspiring, you’ll see that sticking to one team has its very nice rewards. That is if you won’t get sacked at some point :P
Kevin
22 декабря, 2009 at 19:21
Well I’m currently in 4th place with Swindon after 12 games though playing like Man City and drawing a lot.
Better get back to my real life work before I actually do get the sack!
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 19:24
Good start Kevin! And you’re right, don’t get too addicted!
Eddie Eddie
22 декабря, 2009 at 19:36
Well what is wrong with it?
I mean all I did was change blogs it is not like I changed the world I found it easier to change blogs for new settings is there really such a problem with that?
Sorry if this is to aggresive but I feel your choice to just reject mine is not very satisfactory towards my options.
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 23:00
Eddie, calm down mate. I just couldn’t understand why you changed the blog address and I still can’t. You can change settings with keeping the old address, can’t you? I was just trying to be helpful since I guess I have some blogging experience but it’s your choice. I don’t have to agree with it though.
P.S.: I will update your link to point to the new address.
Eddie Eddie
22 декабря, 2009 at 23:25
Sorry there I did not mean to be so aggresive but some things just annoy me.
You are right you can change the settings but it was so much easier just to make a new one as I did not know the settings where evrything was so it was easier and quicker to make a new blog.
Sorry for being so aggresive but I get annoyed easily it is not your fault I was just very annoyed look foward to your next post.
Johnny Karp
22 декабря, 2009 at 23:36
OK Eddie, no problem. You can use the contact (about) page if you need any help with setting up the blog, it’s been some time since I quit using Blogger but I can still remember a few things.
nicolas
26 декабря, 2009 at 21:46
http://www.LaCelesteBlog.com/
find there the latest information about URUGUAY and the world cup.
Johnny Karp
27 декабря, 2009 at 13:02
It looks great Nicolas, I love it!