Warren — FM 2011 Hartlepool United Aug-Nov Part 2 2014/15

Hi everyone and welcome back to the north of England and to Hartlepool United.  We were able to bring in 13 new players over the course of the summer and it was now time to find out how well I spent the money over this time and where could we finish this season.

August Results

The season would start with 3 league game that we all to be played at Victoria Park and one league cup match against League 1 side Leyton Orient. The good news was that the three league games we had were all against sides that could and should be beaten as two where newly promoted and the other side finished one place below me in the form of Leicester City. The season got off to a flier with 3 league wins out of three and progress in the League Cup 2^nd round. Two goals from debutant Emmanuel Adebayor was enough to see of a weak Leicester City on the opening day. This was then followed up with two wins against Middlesbrough and Leeds respectively. I was thrilled with the start we had made and could wait to hopefully continue this form into September. I must also mention that Oscar Trejo scored his first ever goal for Hartlepool United after 19 games and as CsAtlantis requested here is Trejo’s attributes and I usually play him as a poacher.

September Results

A quiet September saw just three games and just one league point which came with a 0-0 draw against Wigan Athletic. We did manage to progress again in the League Cup after beating fellow Premiership side Blackburn Rovers another goal from Trejo (a goal machine now) started the trend with a 3-1 win. The month ended with a sickening 2-1 loss against Spurs which a game we had taken the lead in and Spurs came back with two second half goal and the winner coming in injury time.

October Results

In what was a very hard month I was only able to pick up 3 points from a possible 12 in the league and we were able knocked out of the League Cup by fellow Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. The month started off with a difficult home game against title challenges Man City and a decent performance the difference between the sides was the finishing which we lacked and meant we went down 4-2 in what was a very enjoyable game. Villa was the next obstacle in October and similar fate was destined when Sean Morrison was sent off within the first 20 minutes of the match. The only win this month came at the hands of Newcastle United which was a shame but it was three points for my Hartlepool side and a much needed win.

November Results

A much improved month in terms of taking chances when we had opportunities to win. The month started off well with 2 wins from 2 games and 2 clean sheets. An indifferent performance against West Ham who boasted a forward line of Yaya Sanogo and Juanmi lead to a 3-1 loss with Joe Cole scoring against one of his former employees. A hard fought win at home against Blackburn saw us climb up the table. This was followed by two very contrasting results, after beating Blackburn we were up against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It wasn’t a very enjoyable game as our defence crumbled and conceded 6 although we were able to score 1 in reply but that was less than a conciliation goal. However when we faced Birmingham City 3 days later we managed to improve our goal difference dramatically as we inflicted the 6 goal pain onto the Blues and ran out 6-0 winners thanks to a hat-trick from MOM Adebayor.

Performance of Part 2

V Birmingham

Like I said before 6 goals were scored in the demolition of Birmingham City. A hat-trick from Emmanuel Adebayor, two goals from strike partner Frazier Campbell and a first league goal from Tiago were the scorers. It was almost a complete performance and it was a great way to forget about the reversed scoreline in the match against Chelsea a few days  before.

Table

After the first 15 games of the season I was really pleased with the progress we had made since the end of last season and we were currently sitting in 8^th position. If I could finish around about this position I will be very proud of the players for a successful and enjoyable season. The next post will be up in a few days time and I cannot wait to start writing.

Thanks for reading

Warren