Well, this is a turn up for the books, as shown above, we are in Europe, the previous season finished With us in 6th place, and there was no mention at all of Europa League qualification, no in-game confirmation, but, as you can see, one of the top 5 must have won the FA Cup… Continue reading No Brexit here
Category: Goals
Lemons & Limes
Lemons & Limes, leave a bitter sour taste in your mouth, and that's what the end of season 6 left me with. Firstly, a top 6 finish, Carabao cup semi final and FA Cup last 16 should be, and is, a satisfactory season, however I wanted European qualification, and we didn't achieve it, our last… Continue reading Lemons & Limes
Dennis The Menace
Emmanuel Dennis continues to fire in the goals, 18 goals in the Premier league so far and its only January. Braces in his last 2 games earned him the Player of the month award. Not only is his goalscoring prowess a key part of the team's success this season, but he's also the league's top… Continue reading Dennis The Menace
Climbing to the top of the tree
Phil Foden is one of those young players that caught the eye during the England U18's real world World Cup triumph 2 years ago, every time I've seen him play since he has impressed, if he was at any other club, he would be a regular by now and in the mould of a Sterling… Continue reading Climbing to the top of the tree
Wandering Youth
The match of my most recent session was a last 16 Carabao Cup match at home to Wycombe Wanderers. I made 6 changes for this match and chose to give a few fringe and youth players run-outs, a few of the newly promoted youths have been begging for chances kin the last few weeks, so… Continue reading Wandering Youth
Don’t Look Back In Anger ….
Firstly, as this is the first post since before Christmas, I hope you all had a fun and enjoyable holiday period, and new year. Now on to business, I last left off having encountered a grey period with the game, this period continued for the rest of season 5, with the odd win, and draw… Continue reading Don’t Look Back In Anger ….
(Europe) The Final Countdown
The end of the January transfer window is approaching, we find ourselves in the giddy heights of 4th place, occupying the final Champions League spot, only 6 points separate 2nd to 8th place, it will be a tight run-in, it's the final countdown as Europe would sing. Due to busy times with it being Christmas… Continue reading (Europe) The Final Countdown
Start as you mean to go on
Firstly, apologies for the delayed post, a busy life schedule and time off work meant that I did not get chance to play much at all, thus gathering material for the post and making time to edit it all up had to take a back seat. Life in season 4, back in the Premier League… Continue reading Start as you mean to go on
Season Finale
Only one defeat in our last 12 games would usually be a great record, leaving January we had a 13 point lead at the top of the table, but only 5 wins and 6 draws from our final 12 games meant that second place Watford, who kept winning, had clawed the lead back to just… Continue reading Season Finale
Title Deeds
Just entered February and we currently sit Top of the league, a chasm of a 13 point gap separates us from second placed Villa, the league table scripting has been kind to me, I have drawn a couple of games and lost one, the teams all around me also drew and lost, keeping my hefty… Continue reading Title Deeds