MarcxD Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 January 2020 I signed two new players, but I didn't realize Tait had already played for two different clubs this season so I can't even use him until next season! Mostly a good month again, what a start as well! 10 points behind Salford, but 18 ahead of the non-playoff spots, so play-offs look very likely with only 12 regular league games remaining. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 February 2020 + Youth Intake Shocking defeat to Crawley but otherwise good and through to the semi-final of the FA Trophy! Not really much to say about it, the intakes are not going to be of much use for a while. Good to know we can get some double nationalities in though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 March 2020 Good and bad, no FA Trophy final for us then... We have secured a play-off spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 April 2020 Oh. Not sure what happened here! Also not exactly the kind of form I want to take into the play-offs... Dropped down to third as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 May 2020 We were able to get to the play-off final but Billericay was just a little bit too strong. It would've been crazy to get through three play-offs in a row. We did play our first Wembley game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Season Review 2019-2020 No words. Only one player this year but Rowe-Hurst had another fantastic season. This is kind of crazy, but okay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamdfry Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Another reason to hate Billericay and Salford At least next season they're no longer there. Should make the task of promotion a little easier than this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dllu Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 6 hours ago, adamdfry said: Another reason to hate Billericay and Salford At least next season they're no longer there. Should make the task of promotion a little easier than this year. Depends who comes down from League 2. 6 hours ago, MarcxD said: This is kind of crazy, but okay. What is your current capacity? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Excellent progress, unlucky to lose out in the final. Re Brexit: The Brexit you have sees a 17 foreign player limit and no work permits in leagues that have squad registrations, which is just the Premier League*. All the other divisions will use the new work permit criteria so in theory you can have an unlimited number of foreign players here provided they get a work permit. EU players playing at a club as Brexit come in are exempt from needing a work permit until they are transferred or released. Ireland while remaining in the EU have dispensation where their players are treated as non foreign, ie the same as any other UK player. *correct me if I'm wrong and other leagues have registration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 18 hours ago, adamdfry said: Another reason to hate Billericay and Salford At least next season they're no longer there. Should make the task of promotion a little easier than this year. Perhaps... 12 hours ago, dllu said: Depends who comes down from League 2. What is your current capacity? ...but this is a valid point. My capacity is 6K (650 seated), while the planned capacity seems to be 4K. 11 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Excellent progress, unlucky to lose out in the final. Re Brexit: The Brexit you have sees a 17 foreign player limit and no work permits in leagues that have squad registrations, which is just the Premier League*. All the other divisions will use the new work permit criteria so in theory you can have an unlimited number of foreign players here provided they get a work permit. EU players playing at a club as Brexit come in are exempt from needing a work permit until they are transferred or released. Ireland while remaining in the EU have dispensation where their players are treated as non foreign, ie the same as any other UK player. *correct me if I'm wrong and other leagues have registration. Cheers, that clears some stuff up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Pre-Season + August 2020 Still only predicted to finish 22nd... Renewed the team again... not too many loan players this time around. Maybe some later. Pre-season was lacklustre, got soundly defeated by clubs in higher leagues and we couldn't even beat Brentwood who are down in tier 7. We started well in the league though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 September 2020 Another good month, should've beaten Tranmere Rovers though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMexico!! Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Unlucky not to get promoted but maybe a blessing in disguise, chance to strengthen the squad a bit more before a promotion this season hopefully. The brexit situation isn't as bad as it seems like Nobby said. In my London AC save I had to get a work permit for every foreigner player I tried to sign and most were rejected first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 10/08/2018 at 12:40, ToMexico!! said: Unlucky not to get promoted but maybe a blessing in disguise, chance to strengthen the squad a bit more before a promotion this season hopefully. The brexit situation isn't as bad as it seems like Nobby said. In my London AC save I had to get a work permit for every foreigner player I tried to sign and most were rejected first time. Thanks mate, I thought it wasn't too bad really but all those work permit rules got my head spinning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 October 2020 Ups and downs, but over all I'm happy enough with how we did. Disappointing to not even make the first round of the FA cup though. Close race so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 November 2020 Ouch, not what we need right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 December 2020 Much more like it, awesome month really. Still amazingly close among the top three teams in the league... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 January-February 2021 One new signing (on loan) - didn't really need another midfielder but I couldn't let that beard go. Pretty good, overall. Come on! 8 games remaining... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 March 2021 + Youth Intake Not ideal... didn't make it to the final of the FA Trophy again. We are first, but with Grimsby on our heels. As we all know by now, golden generations mean nothing at all. Don't mind mister Bond though, it's just that I don't see myself using too many youth players for now since I hope we grow too quickly for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 April 2021 Needed more... especially against Grimby. That was our chance. As it is, we're going to need them to screw up in their last match if we want to win the title. Otherwise, it's the play-offs again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 May 2021 An 88th minute goal... was it enough? Sure enough! We didn't even need that goal! League football! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarcxD Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Season Review 2020-2021 Very good season in the league. New record for a topscorer for loanee Massey! Not necessarily all of the players whose contracts are ending in 2021 will be leaving, but most will. League Two will be different. So we had a message after last season that we are going to build a new stadium at some point, but in the meantime we are going to expand our current one?! Haven't bothered trying to expand our facilities yet. Perhaps I should get to that soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 Pre-season + August 2021 I got one job offer, rejected it of course. Expected to finish last which is no surprise. We face Salford City again, but not Billericay as they have got promoted to League One already. I have no idea about the jump in quality so we'll see what's possible. Big renovation of the team, with Keith Massey staying one more year on loan as well. We can only have 5 loan players in a match squad though, so each time one will have to sit a game out. A variety of new strikers, defenders and midfielders here. Pre-season was okay, with a loss to Dulwich in the league below but with a win over Port Vale who play in League one and not outclassed by Brentford in the Championship. When the season started for real, we did really well. All league games were won... and remarkably it was a pretty close game against Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup. They didn't play their strongest team, of course, but still good to see. In first... would be very surprised if that's going to last. But whatever's going to happen, loving this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 September 2021 Couldn't quite keep it up, but still a good amount of points. Still in first, but it's incredibly close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 October 2021 After a strong start we are having our first streak of bad form this season... But there was this, at least. A lot can happen in a single month... dropped eight places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 November 2021 Tough, tough month. Long winless streak ended with the last game against Leyton Orient, who are last in the league.... We did manage to go through in the EFL Trophy. Eleventh and mid-table still isn't that bad though, and if we can get some form back we might still challenge for the play-off spots. Have been linked with a variety of clubs, Coventry was one who actually approached me as well. No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 December 2021 Much better, although we are still inconsistent - and very much dependent on our strikers having a good day. Tenth halfway, good enough... Two more job offers, including a Dutch one since I loaded those leagues as well. Interesting to see that already. Also Newport offered me the job the day before we played them in the league... poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 January 2022 Four new signings to bolster the defence as I think that is probably our weakest part of the team. We did okay this month... Only 3 points separate us from the play-offs... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 February 2022 Any month where we don't lose is a decent one really. The game against Stevenage is pretty huge since we won thanks to two different youth players scoring, first time that happened. Now two points behind the play-offs.... Possible second take-over of this save already, the finances are definitely terrible at the moment. In previous years there were some board cash injections but those haven't really happened this season so we're in the red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 March 2022 Another good month with some great wins In the play-offs!! But on equal points. Poor youth intake as is to be expected... Another Dutch job offer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 April 2022 Incredible month... winning 4-0 against Fleetwood who have won the league... nevermind the 8-4 that followed. The only slightly disappointing thing is to end with a loss. We finished in sixth at the end, play-offs it is... Takeover was finished as well - not really ideal with another loan... but we'll manage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 May 2022 Wow. Wow!! I was fearing the worst when I saw we had to play Crewe Alexandra since they beat us two times in the league and convincingly at that. But we absolutely bossed them at home and made it to our second play-off final on Wembley (after two years ago when we lost to Billericay). This time we had to face Blackpool, and we were amazing. Two straight promotions, wow, I did not see that one coming. I really did not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 Season Review 2021-2022 Incredible season, much better than expected. Now to see if we can stay up in League One. There was inconsistency but some players did very well - prehaps the most remarkable when you look at the ratings is Matt Tootle who joined the club in january... Very few of these players are still at the club... GK Patterson is one of the few. I used a lot of players and even some youth players... though very sporadically. Laycock and Massey will stay for another year on loan, the others will not. Not very surprising but I did win manager of the year. There was news about the promised stadium... absolute madness. 5K capacity? Almost 7M? ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Top work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Rikulec said: Top work. Thanks man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Pre-Season + August 2022 Predicted to finish last, again, of course. Billericay is here, and apparently looking to get promoted already. Blackburn and Sunderland, those are some clubs on another level... Speaking of Blackburn... biggest club so far that offered me a job. A couple of loan players including one from our new parent club, and some free signings elsewhere... A bit of a rough pre-season although we didn't do that bad - a very good start in the actual league though including a huge win over Sunderland! In sixth but I'm not going to get ahead of myself already... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 September 2022 Crazy month - our first two losses including one against Billericay.... I really want to crush them at some point. After a tough game against Bristol, though, we had the best win so far in this save. WTF. 7-1 against Blackburn Rovers... Two upgrades, finally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 October 2022 Another strong month really, except for the Portsmouth game. In fourth... above Billericay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 November 2022 A little bit less of a strong month, fitness playing a role I think. Lots of games now. Dropped a few spots.... it's a very close league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 December 2022 Not the most convincing of wins but we did get a lot of points and cup wins. Exciting to be around the play-off positions still. Two more job offers, remarkable to get the ADO job opportunity, a pretty big club in the Eredivisie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 January 2023 A harsh start to the month but wow we did amazingly well after that. Including a 3-0 win over Billericay! We have a huge 8 point lead on the non-play off spots... I am starting to believe we can make the play-offs again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 February 2023 Ouch, not really the time to get a huge dip in form... Still in fourth, remarkably, and even closer than earlier to the automatic promotion spots as Billericay has done awful. More upgrades and we should finally be getting a youth level. Two job offers - possibly the first one from a Championship side in Barnsley but also one from Rochdale who play in League Two.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamdfry Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Nice to see Adams among the goals! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, adamdfry said: Nice to see Adams among the goals! Definitely! I had barely given him any playing time in the first half of the season since the other strikers were performing so strongly but with the minutes he's getting now he's doing very well for himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 March 2023 + Youth Intake Ups and downs... beating first place Portsmouth but losing to Coventry who are in the relegation spots... Still in the play-off spots with a buffer of six points with six games to go... Decent intake with regards to the ratings but not sure about any of the players. Two more job offers including another Dutch one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 April 2023 Ridiculous... Biggest win yet, 9-1!! We even got pretty close to the top two, who both did pretty poorly in the end but Billericay did enough to win the title... we are in the play-offs, MK Dons will be our opponent in the first match up. Incredible stuff in our first season in League One -- in the end it was 117 goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 May 2023 It wasn't to be this time around... To make the championship already would've been crazy, to be fair. We'll play them again next year though as they lost the final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dllu Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Gotta hate the Dons. And to think you beat Oxford 7-1 in April... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianJMcGrath Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Do you think exploiting the 3 striker formation loophole has helped you climb the leagues supernaturally quickly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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