The last game of the month was at home with 15th placed Barnsley, I wanted to end the month with another win. The performance was not good enough though, we should have created a lot more pressure on Barnsley‘s defense but we failed to do that. We simply missed way too many passes in midfield and we didn’t place any good crosses in the whole 90 minutes! I was quite disappointed.
There’s an interesting thing that I noticed, we played worse at home than we did away. We have 4 wins, 4 draws and one defeat at home while the away record shows seven wins and two draws! I can’t explain this but the pitch might be a reason, our Meadow Lane pitch is terrible and that might have an effect on our game since it is based on quick short passes. The pressure could be another reason but still, the pitch looks like a swamp!
Anyway, despite the not so good results we were top of the table again after 18 games!
We’ll be quite busy in December, 6 league games and the FA Cup 3rd round. The second game of the month will be quite important, away at 2nd placed Derby County.
That’s about it, thanks for reading. Now I’m eager to see my lads performing in December, stay tuned to find out how it goes!
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Sonny
28 декабря, 2009 at 23:47
johnny good results but if you think the pitch is that bad why not make a request to the board apart from that well done
Martin
28 декабря, 2009 at 23:49
If I Remember Rightly You Didnt Exactly Dominate When You Played Huddersfield In League 1 And Now It Looks Like You’ve Just Beaten Them Pretty Easily Away From Home
In My Opinion This Shows How You Are Such A Good Player Of The Game :)
Martin
28 декабря, 2009 at 23:52
Oh And Well Done On Getting Up To 1st Place :P
Johnny Karp
29 декабря, 2009 at 00:07
@Martin
Thanks mate, I guess I improved my squad much more than Huddersfield did, I also didn’t check if they sold some of the players they had last year.
@Sonny
I made a request to relay the pitch at the beginning of the season but they turned it down. I will make a new one just to see what happens.
Kevin
29 декабря, 2009 at 00:28
Top of the table and with a pitch that looks like a mud bath! Not bad at all. I’m sure you will end up getting promoted and good luck in December with seven games to play.
I just finished a game against Huddersfield and managed to tie 3-3 but was 2-0 up. They were tough.
Johnny Karp
29 декабря, 2009 at 11:23
@Radu
They can get annoyed but the situation is outrageous, they have money but the pitch looks… I guess «mud bath» is the perfect description :)
@Kevin
Thanks for the comment mate, Huddersfield are a tough nut to crack indeed.
ShrewsBuddy
30 декабря, 2009 at 15:35
High there, I came to this site a week ago, and a read your story with awe. Great job. I have been playing the CM/FM series since 1993 (i think this was the year of the first Championship manager, where you could only play england, and where you could use a tactic with all central players to win everything :-). I’ve played the game ever since. The footballmanager series i didn’t play that often the last years, because i find them to much work to achieve something. I still bought every version of them, but after 1 or 2 seasons i stopped playing. This one i must say is spot on again. The role implementation is just what i needed to quickly have an impact during the game.
For you Johny: great career sofar, and i think you will sure get promoted this year. I’m playing now with Shrewsbury, and i’m half way the first season. I’m 3rd, and had some nice cup results as wel, so i love it. I will be following your storry, so keep going :-)
Johnny Karp
30 декабря, 2009 at 16:30
@ShrewsBuddy
I definitely agree, FM 2010 is a great game and a nice step forward. Thanks for the comment, I wish you all the best in your Shrewsbury career!
eddie eddie
14 января, 2010 at 22:04
Good results for you there.