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2018/2019 Review

An UNBELIEVABLE First Season in charge of Watford. We finished the season in 3rd Place after some fantastic performances. Typical that the game after my previous post, the unbeaten streak came to an end with a 2-0 loss to Bournemouth but the boys bounced back and carried on the momentum to finish the season way higher than I had anticipated. Not only did we finish in 3rd Place, we also won the FA Cup in true FM Style, knocking out Man City 3-0 in the Semi Final, in a game in which they dominated and we only had 3 shots on target followed by a demolition of Man Utd in the final that finished 2-1 with us hitting the woodwork 3 times as well! I couldn't be happier with this years achievements and I'm looking forward to the next season already. I also picked up Manager of the Year too. The signings of Pineda & Tierney are already done ready for pre-season, and with a budget of just under £50 Million, I'm looking to strengthen my defence although I need to get my wage budget decreased significantly first so I'm expecting to sell a lot of deadwood during the window.

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Honestly cannot believe how well this season is going, I have never experienced anything like this on FM prior to now. This may be the first game where everything is just falling into place nicely. In the January Transfer Window I had just over £30 Million in the kitty, however there wasnt much availability on positions I wanted to strengthen however I did manage to pick up Origi, who was transfer listed, for £5.5 Million, Raya for £14 Million and Tonali for £10 Million. Really happy that I managed to pick these guys up however Tonali is struggling to get into the team due to the form of Hughes, Doucoure and Chalobah.

As you can see, the form has been absolutely phenomenal. I have only lost 1 game in my first 20 alongside a few draws too. I'm not sure how much longer this form can continue, I for one have never had a run like this on FM before. I'm hoping to at least get into Europe this season, however the form of the Top 6 has been just as good as mine so finding it very difficult to break into it at the minute. I would still be more than happy with 7th Place.

I've just had my first crop of Youth Players come through and there's 2 that I'm happy with that could potentially break into the first team in the next couple of years, alongside Cassidy, Dahlberg and Wilmot.

Hoping for a strong finish to the season, I'm just praying that when the unbeaten streak comes to an end, the players can bounce back as soon as possible. I'm still in the FA Cup so fingers crossed I can get as far as possible with Man City & Man Utd the only big teams still left standing. I'll leave it there for now and I will update you guys when it comes to the end of the season.

 

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Made it to January and I cannot believe the run of form I've been on! Really impressed with my Watford squad and the general quality along with some really promising youth prospects. Only 9 games into my reign so far but I've already tackled the top 4 and come away with some fantastic results! I'm aiming for Top 6 this season judging on performances so far.

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I've never really posted in these Forums before but really fancied taking up this Challenge so gonna give it a go on FM19.

WATFORD!!!

Wish me luck people can't wait to get started!