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yeh check in here, i had the same issue. even when set to english, there was language in this bit that was still set to US

yeh i raised a bug report on this during and since beta, but got no response after multiple attempts. my calendar even sets a date to say 'B team joins reserve league' but nothing comes of it

Wednesday, 30th August 2023 Carabao Cup - Second Round Fleetwood Town - Coming into this match with an unbeaten start to the season, with notably draws earned against Everton and Burnley, as well as a massive performance to seal victory at Norwich. 8 Changes to the Cod Army side that faced Burnley 4 days ago, as Norris continues a rotation policy for this competition. Devlin, Vela and Omochere the trio to maintain their spots in the starting 11. Shaun Rooney unavailable following his red card v Burnley. Lincoln City - A mixed start for the opponents who have won 2 of their opening 5 games, and come into this following a draw at Orient which saw Fleetwood loanee Cian Hayes on the scoresheet for The Imps. Also with 8 changes from that draw at the weekend as Horsley implements a similar rotation rule for his squad. Roughan, Sanders and Chapman the three to keep their spots for this match. Cian Hayes the only forced withdrawal, being unable to play against his parent club. Kick Off Lincoln get us underway 6' Ashcroft collects the ball at halfway and takes off down the wing, using Lane as a shield as he pushes into the attacking third and is brought down by Mathurin 25 yards out. Lane's freekick is swung to the back post but O'Hora puts his header into the outside of the post and out for a goal kick. 12' Lincoln earn a throw in deep in the attacking third. Eyoma's long throw is headed clear by Wiredu and falls to Omochere on the edge of the box. The forward takes off dribbling past halfway before a lightning fast Eyoma makes up the ground to cut him down, earning himself a slice of cheese in the process. (Yellow Card) 24' A Lincoln long ball is collected by O'Hora in his own box who carries the ball wide but poor control gives Ellis Chapman the opportunity to make a challenge, intercepting the ball before being foulded clumsily by O'Hora. Sanders Free Kick is headed clear by O'Hora, falling to Walker on the edge of the box, but his pass out wide to Earl is poor and is picked off by O'Conner, taking a touch to get the ball out his feet, firing goalwards and forcing a save from Eastwood. 28' Fleetwood Corner sent in from the left by Lane, which House (MD) easily heads clear. Vela collects the clearance and plays Lane back in with a driving run into the box. His low shot from a tight angle is parried by Wright for another corner. 29' The resulting corner is again sent in by Lane only to be headed back to him by Eyoma, firing a cross straight back into the mixer, Omochere gets ahead of his marker with enough contact to see his header nestle in off the far post. GOAL 1-0!! 39' Some nice play from back to front sees nearly every Lincoln player touch the ball before Mandroiu's cross is cleared by Ashcroft. A couple short passes later and Ashcroft has the ball back at his feet but his laziness see Ben House steal possession out wide and drive towards goal, firing a shot in from a tight angle which Eastwood could only parry out for a Corner. Norris could be heard from the side line, shouting at his side to focus as the Cod Army looked to close out the half with lead in tact. 44' Earl brings the ball forward from Left back and after a couple nice one-twos with Batty, finds himself at the byline to cross. A tight pass into Walker gives the attacker a chance to turn and shoot, but O'Connor does well the block a shot destined for the bottom corner. Half Time The home side with the better of the play and on the balance probably deserve their lead. Fleetwood will get us underway for the second half. 53' Ashcroft's short throw just inside the Lincoln half is picked up by Vela, only is tripped by House, resulting in a freekick. Brown's FK is scrambled clear to the opposite touchline where O'Hara manages to run it down and send a deep cross back in, finding Brown again. His first time centred ball is headed harmlessly over by Lane. 62' Vela earns himself a FK about 30yards out, just left of centre. Opting to take it himself, he can't clear the wall but the ball is deflected towards the far post where Devlin manages to get to it first, heading it comfortably into Wright's arms. 68' Wiredu wins the ball back in midfield before playing a ball back to O'Hora who has acres of space to decide what to do. However, is caught in two minds and lets himself get closed down and tackled by Hopper. O'Hora reacts by cutting down the Lincoln forward, getting his name in the book. 74' Wright's long kick is won well by Bennetts at the second attempt, playing the safe option inside to Sanders who picks out an excellent through ball for Devine, who skips past the challenge of O'Hora and fires Lincoln level. This the best bit of football we've seen today. GOAL 1-1!! 90' - Full Time Tired legs turn the remainder of this game into a bit of a mess and the final whistle goes for Full Time, sending this tie to Penalties. Shoot Out Substitue Callum Morton will strike first for Fleetwood Pen 1 Tom Hopper up first for The Imps Pen 2 Jones steps up next for The Cod Pen 3 Bowden up to get Lincoln going Pen 4 Loanee Chambers lines up to restore Fleetwood 2 goal advantage Pen 5 Bishop steps up and must convert to keep their hopes alive. Pen 6 Lane to seal the shootout Pen 7 Fleetwood progress on penalties 4-1 with Paddy Lane earning Man of Match, but a huge contribution from Jake Eastwood, making 2 big saves in the shootout the telling difference. They'll no doubt be disappointed with their inability to finish chances throughout the 90, but got the job done in the end. ATT: 3218 Full Time Fleetwood will travel to Villa Part in the 3rd Round to, of course, take on Aston Villa.

bump still ongoing issue. as is B Team Manager not organising friendlies, despite being set to create them weekly

host will need a stable and reasonable connection, most notably the upload speed. it is most likely a network issue as the hosts game settings are transferred to all the players for the save. i'd suggest you and your friends compare internet speeds and whoever as the best upload be the host.

Preseason A mixed bunch of friendly results as we looked to rework our setup slightly for a new campaign that will no doubt see us under a fair bit of pressure. Additionally, we have a couple spots where i'm not yet decided on the role i want to use or which personnel i see as the best fit. I have found during preseason that the initial changes are affect how our striker gets involved in matches so that will need some ongoing work. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Squad A few injury setbacks through preseason that will affect our start to the season, hopefully the impact is minimal. Omochere suffered broken ribs v Doncaster and will miss 6 weeks. Chambers pulled ankle ligaments in training after the Doncaster match and will return to training just prior to round 1. Kaide Gordon fractured his wrist early in August and will miss the first 3 weeks of the season, at least. With attackers Omochere and Gordon both out, it makes our depth very poor so we've offered a contracted to the unattached Jevani Brown. Everton 1-1 Fleetwood Town Any away points will be a bonus this season, especially ones that are written off as a loss beforehand. Statistics tell the story but we made the most of one of our few ventures forward, earning a corner which Willis was more than happy to head home. The only frustration, i guess, that we conceded a pen straight after taking the lead. Scorer: Willis '26 ATT: 38,201 Fleetwood Town p0-0 Luton Town As we had noted through pre-season, we were not getting the striker into the game like he was last year and that really is all that was missing as Morton found himself increasingly isolated. Dominant throughout but unable to find a breakthrough, off this one went to pens and Eastwood was the hero, making 3 saves, earning us progression and MoM for himself. Scorers: nil ATT: 2,653 Fleetwood Town 0-0 Millwall Basically cut and paste the last match. While we did create some higher quality chances, they were still from midfield. So the work continues. Another clean sheet and still unbeaten, i guess.. Scorers: nil ATT: 5,137 Norwich 0-1 Fleetwood Town Oh boy, what a performance we've put in here. Another away game to write off going into, but when a long throw was cleared into Vela's pass he was always going to have a crack and his deflected shot was enough to give us our first 3pts in the Championship. Both CBs and Eastwood again having excellent games, Devlin claiming MoM this time. Scorer: Vela '24 ATT: 26,104 Fleetwood Town 1-1 Burnley This performance probably even more impressive that Norwich. Devlin giving us the lead from a corner and before Weghorst powered in a header of his own 15min later, unfortunately an extreme brain fade seeing Shaun Rooney given his marching orders for a challenge on Tom Lawrence, right on Half Time. Half time atleast gave us the chance to shuffle things round and we basically ran strikerless for the second half, opting for a very structured defence and happy to give up any creativity. We didn't register an attempt after the 50th minute, but i wouldn't call the efforts they had for most the half as chances, either. Scorer: Devlin '20 ATT: 5,137 Following this match, Jevani Brown completed his move to the club, giving us some much needed depth in the attacking third, at a fairly low cost. --------------------------------------- Just Carabao Cup Rnd2 remains in August, but i'll let Chris go through his August first. Cup game is a pretty good tie!

epic!

amazing as always! thanks for working on it for this edition, i'm looking forward to getting stuck in

So here is a spreadsheet tool i'd been working on over the last couple weeks. Main use allowing for easy comparison of players and roles by simply clicking the checkbox, which will highlight the key and preferred attributes for that role. as you can see, among our squad we've got a pretty solid group of players without too many weak links. very happy with the balance of squad we've put together, while working under limited resources.

Right, so lots of off-season work to do as we prepare for a Championship campaign. FM23 full release will also fall somewhere during the offseason too which is ideal for ironing out any potential adjustments required with tactics/ME. Start with things of note that went on before the season roll over: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Promotions and Relegations: League 2 Promotion: Crewe, Crawley, Orient & Northampton(PL) League 1 Promotion: Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers, Peterborough(PL) League 1 Relegation: Exeter, Port Vale, MK Dons, Accrington Championship Promotion: Hull, Middlesbrough, WBA(PL) Championship Relegation: Bristol City, Blackpool, Reading Premier League Relegation: Forest, Leeds, Everton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For a club that has great aspirations in developing more academy products, this is a great decision by the Chairman. It will go well with the introduction of our new Head of Youth Development, after the previous one left me rather disappointed following the huge backflip in intake quality that was previewed. Here he is, you may have heard of him. Our Commercial activity and the like is all quite positive, however it is a long way off where it needs to be for us to become self sustainable. Of course all of these categories should improve with being in the Championship, and hopefully we can make more of our League and FA Cup runs this year, which is kind of vital. And this is also very well time from Mr Pilley, which temporarily gets us back in the black. There will of course be extra income shortly with solidarity payments from the EFL and broadcast rights for the new season. This will however not go far as our expenditure is definitely going up! End of Season Awards Well we've had a very succesful season and the Awards absolutely back that up. And there was success for one of the loan lads with Brendan Wiredu earning an FA Trophy Winners medal with Deadpool and the other guy's mob. Pre-Season 2023/24 As you would expect, promotion also comes with a reputation boost, will be needed to try lure some required new faces to the club and hopefully not have to blow our budget in the process. And there is one part of that much needed revenue confirmed. As we look to add some quality depth at very low cost we've asked for a Senior Affiliate again, the board agreeing this time. With our geographic it was likely and hopefully to be a couple of large clubs close by that wear red. And we wasted no time, identifying a couple lads that would add decent depth to the squad with zero wage contribution. Staff Changes In addition to our new HOYD, Patrick Kluivert, we've made a few other changes, some forced and some by choice. Annoyingly, we were forced to lose a few due to a reduction in max wage we could offer, to less than they were currently earning. Assistant Manager: Steven Whittaker replaced by Sean Butler B Team Manager: Stephen Crainey (Celtic) replaced with former Crewe player/coach, Chris Porter. Coaches: Patrick Pichardo has been hired to fill a new role. Scouts: Jamie Pilley & Joe Riley were both released being replaced by Colchester duo Lorenzo Dempster & Jack Thorpe My focus with all staff additions is for them all to follow the same preferred formation where possible. Whether this has any influence on the players they recommend etc, its perhaps a side experiment. Development Squads With our promotion and need to compete at a higher level, we also need to develop a higher level. So, decision was made to cut quite a few of the u21s here when i joined. The majority of these being 20-21yrs already, so realistically if they're not looking close to being a first team fringe player, they're not worth keeping around. One addition so far for the academy is Hugh Cadogan who we pinched from Boston United for £1k. First Team Darnell Johnson was organised months ago, one the fans were unhappy about leaving. Lynch and Nsiala were important outs to reduce the wage bill. And some good loan outs that (with exception of Hayes) offload their wage for a season and give them the first team football they need at the moment. Couldnt charge our mates at Lincoln for Hayes and if chips in then everyones happy. Ins Tyrell Ashcroft - Jumped in early at a cost of £275k from Spurs to beat the increasingly large list of big clubs waiting for his contract to end. We were short a second RB and only had Muller in on loan last season. With Shaun Rooney at 27, Ashcroft provides the perfect long term solution. Warren O'Hora - The biggest purchase of our window at £450k. O'Hora fills a vital gap at CB with Johnson and Nsiala both leaving. O'Hora was keen for the move of course, following MK Dons relegation. Luke Southwood - One of two keepers we've brought in, as we've seen all our first team and u21 keepers leave for various reasons. Luke joining us from Reading following a very strong loan spell with Cheltenham. Woody Brother 1/2 Jake Eastwood - Two of two keepers we've brought in. Jake joins us from Sheffield Utd, but spent all of last season on loan with Ross County. Woody Brother 2/2 Tyler Walker - Former Imp Walker joins us from Coventry on a free. With both Muskwe and Mendes Gomes leaving us following their loan spells, an inverted winger was a key spot to fill. Callum Jones - The return of the CM from Hull who we've secured permanently on a free. Lewis Warrington - Warrington also returns although on loan again from Everton. They had initially planned to use him this season, but changed their tune and im delighted to get him back. Luke Chambers - Versatile LB in from Liverpool. No wage contribution of course the bonus. Kaide Gordon - Another Liverpool lad with no wage contribution for us. A versatile forward who will provide a good rotation option in our front 3. Tactical System A few minor adjustments to the system that got us here, to ensure we don't over commit against what will be much tougher opposition this season. LCM has switched from an AP to a DLP, looking to give us a bit more directness in the counter. Additionally, TI adjustments to add more structure and stability to our play, matching the thought process mentioned above. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Away to Everton first up, good to get a tough one out the way early but lets be honest, there'll be plenty of tough games this season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for reading as always, that's enough of an update for this arvo. Next will be the preseason friendlies as we gear up for round one.

A few extra bits to share. Grabbing some data of note form the stats and hub, showing off our strong areas. and for player terms highlighted just a few key lads is probably a good move or we'll be here all night Handed the following budgets for the Championship, both seem quite reasonable although i can't get carried away given our poor financial position. It does seem we'll have to increase our expectation of player wage average though, the players we've looked to sign so far have wanted some pretty big wages, and I wouldn't have even classed them as first team regulars. Loans will be a key part again and finding ones with low contribution even more important. Decided to cash in on the Jay Matete sell on clause. I see the chance to bring down our debt now as more important than a possible decent fee later.

April - May A potentially massive month for us with opportunities to claim two titles as well as an apparent golden generation just around the corner for the academy. Squad Our match prep for the EFL Trophy final is strong and we have a near full contingent to pick from with niggles or suspensions following the Lincoln draw. Devlin remains the only out from the first team. These are the final matches for a handful of lads to impress, with contracts about to end. Daniel Batty the most noteworthy to be expiring and he is one we'll try sew up asap. Additionally Harrison Holgate, Jay Lynch, Ben Thompson and Drew Baker also in the final months of contracts. Holgate is likely to be offered a new deal as his development and potential look good, a loan move for consistent game time the way forward for him next season. Fleetwood Town 0-1 Derby County This was a result that was inevitable when we missed our first pen this season, a case of controlling possession and play but continually choosing the wrong final ball or shot. I'm extremely hopeful these defensive 6-7 systems are being used less by AI managers in the Championship (if/when we get there), because its bloody tiresome, especially when perceived as underdogs. (Also hopeful the full release adjusts the tactical decisions of AI) Anyway rant over, back to the mess. We deserved a win, didnt get one and we take our £400k from gates and prize money and move on. Scorers: nil ATT: 74,928 (5,067 from Fleetwood) same same Youth Intake 2022/23 Brace yourself for the excitement of a Golden Generation, our local and International academy setup in full swing as we welcome the next gen of players to develop into future stars (or cash) Right, into the business end we go. I think i calculated correctly and one more win will be enough to secure promotion. Cambridge Utd 1-1 Fleetwood Town An absolutely horrendous performance that should have still seen us sneak away with the win. But this match was all about Shaun Rooney for us, with a belter to give us the lead when the RB found himself on quite the adventure. However, we'd be leaving in frustration as Rooney needlessly collected his second yellow in the final minute of injury time, which gave Wharton the chance to step and send the resulting free kick in off the crossbar. That result meaning we'll have to wait another week to secure promotion, with the visit of 3rd place Bristol Rovers up next. Far from ideal when form is on the dip. Scorer: Rooney '24 ATT: 6,559 Fleetwood Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers Having a hard time seeing this season out, we started well and to be fair we created some good chances but two monsters from 30yards in 3mins saw Bristol smash and grab the points, helping their own fight for Automatic Promotion considerably. A very stop start affair as Joey Barton's Rovers look to disrupt our play in the only way he knows how, lots of fouls. Scorer: Morton '21 ATT: 5,137 Accrington 0-1 Fleetwood Town Finally, a win this month and enough to get us the big C we were chasing. Omochere couldn't miss following a determined run and cross from Man of Match, Mendes Gomes. Huge relief for us all as we finally seal the deal. Scorer: Omochere '55 ATT: 4,117 Forest Green 1-2 Fleetwood Town Another frustrating game trying to break down a side happy to camp in their own box. It took 2 goals of extreme quality for us to get the deserved result here. I let you pick your favourite between Panny Lane's volley and Josh Vela's lob. Scorers: Lane '39, Vela '51 Fleetwood 0-0 MK Dons Yep, 4 strikes of the post and a red. Moving right along. Scorers: nil ATT: 5,035 Bolton 4-1 Fleetwood Town The lads were definitely thinking about their holidays going into this one, 3 mistakes of the highest quality gifting the Trotters first half goals. Water bottles thrown at full time were surprisingly accepted. Scorer: Morton '27 ATT: 19,785 Fleetwood Town 4-0 Ipswich Town Determined not to be the target of more water bottles, the lads showed up for the home fans to close out the season with ease. 3 First half goals allowed us to cruise to the final whistle and put to bed a hugely succesful season for the Cod Army. Morton's brace took his final league tally to 35. Scorers: Omochere '21, Morton '26,56, Warrington '35 ATT: 5,137 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Review An amazing effort from us to maintain consistency throughout the season with a fairly limited squad, breaking the 100pt mark. We were no doubt fortunate for our small number of injuries but we took full advantage of that and some individual performances that were out of this world! Big shout to Bristol Rovers who have gone back-to-back under Joey Barton. Barnsley wasted a strong start to the season that saw them 1st for 9 consecutive rounds and 2nd until late Jan before slowly falling away. Final day defeat seeing them miss playoffs all together. Finally, and probably most unexpected is Cheltenham Town, bookies favourite to finish last with odds of 300-1, they've managed to hang onto a playoff spot and were in and around the top 7 since match week 10. At the other end, Burton escaped the drop on the final day, sending Exeter down along with Port Vale, MK Dons and Accrington. Coming up from League 2 Down from the Championship Us and Bristol Rovers both replacing our fierce rivals to be the top dogs of our towns! No derby matches unfortunately but i'm sure both sets of fans will enjoy the status for now. Heading to the big time Some names you'd expect to see up there, one you wouldn't, at least. While the PL still has 3 games remaining, Everton have already secured their relegation with a paltry 21pts. ----------------------------------------------------------- Signing of the Season Jordan Willis - No surprises that it goes to Jordan, not that he had much competition. Joining us in december on a free and registered to play in Jan, he finished up with 24apps, barely putting a foot wrong aside from his dismissal late in the season. The board of course happy due to the excellent value for money. Fans' Player of the Season Well, not hard to guess this one. He'd be my player of the season too, Callum Morton has been absolutely epic. 35 league goals and golden boot, 40 goals in all comps. He took home a few awards... Young Player of the Season Top Goal Scorer - 40 Most Man of Match - 13 Highest Average Rating 7.3 Goal of the Season Promise Omochere - Waiting until the last game of the season to claim this one, but we were treated to some very nice goals this season. However, Omochere's determination here opened up room for this curled piece of genius. Most Assists Josh Vela - 11 Manager Awards We collected 3 Manager of Month awards, all before the turn of the year. The leagues award should be hotly contested with Bristol and Cheltenham bosses surely up there. Finances and Merchandise It sadly does not read well and getting into the Championship i'm hoping will will improve our fortunes dramatically. The numbers earned this year are all positive but the expenditure far out weighed it, finishing the season 1.4m in the red. Along side a revamp of the squad at hopefully reasonable costs, we'll look forward to improved attendances, more TV revenue and improved sponsorship opportunitites. Not the mention another go at a cup run which, with any luck, can change the fortunes of any club. To round off the review for now. Nothing was coming close to the completely bonkers EFL Trophy match v ManU u21s, 8 goals, 2 reds and a veteran Tom Huddlestone pulling a shirt on for the cause. Also nice to see that the match to remember is of the PVP variety. ---------------------------------------------- You have reached the end of this post. Thanks for following along, and we hope you enjoyed season 1. Further season review will come when playoff winners are finalised and as we start to prepare our squads for a new campaign.

Thanks Viney, appreciate it mate. ----------------------------------------------------------- Yeh, as Chris says i'll share a few thoughts. As mentioned in the post regarding the first of our matchups, im not a fan of how the ME behaves when it comes to PVP matches. It just seems to produce far different levels of chaos as to what you'd normally see. However, in saying all that (again), this one didn't feel like a complete dumpster fire! Form generally means nothing when it comes to a PVP match, much like a derby i guess, so the home advantage and our terrific league form didn't mean much to me. As Chris mentioned, a quite even contest, good chances at both ends and two similar styles of play that produced the deserved outcome in the end. A deserved Man of Match performance from Morton with his goal and assist, Shaun Rooney also having a terrific game at RB. Earl was poor at LB, struggling to take control of his side of the pitch and putting in some pretty ordinary crosses. Midfield was adequate, a reasonably solid ball retention rate, but certainly not their finest. ---------------------------------------------------------- All prep now going towards our EFL Trophy Final date at Wembley, vs Derby County. Until then, thanks as always

Hi Michael have uploaded the PKM to the SI Cloud, match is Fleetwood v Bristol Rovers. the 2 above gifs ive posted are from this match. One is 28th min, right before a goal. Thanks

Now we're pretty much up to speed with the game date we are both hopeful that updates will be easier and quicker from April onwards. Additionally, means we'll be able to show more data related info as it will be relevant. But for now March is short and sweet for us as we had a fairly uneventful month off the pitch. March Squad We're having a pretty fortunate run on the injury front lately (touch wood). Josh Vela returning off the bench in the win over Morecambe, while Daniel Batty has returned to training and might be fit to join the trip to Cheltenham. Danny Andrew is also due back mid March which gives us a near full contingent. Only Michael Devlin left on the treatment table, but he'll not be back until preseason. Cheltenham 0-0 Fleetwood Town Tough away day to 4th place Cheltenham and despite it being among the most boring matches you'll see this season, i'm more than happy to take the point. Morton was pushed to the bench as his form has hit a bit of a dip. Although no one in the attacking end of the pitch stood out, so looks like we're just a little stagnant of late. Keeper Jakub Stolarczyk earned MoM for his clean sheet in this one. Scorers: nil ATT: 6,736 Fleetwood Town 2-1 Exeter City Well we made what should have been a fairly straight forward home win, against relegation battlers, look quite difficult. A strong first half and deserved goals gave us a deserved lead at Half Time, however atrocious finishing setup a nervy final 10 minutes of play. But 3pts is what we wanted and we'll carry on. Scorers: Omochere '23, Johnson '31 ATT: 4,389 Fleetwood Town 1-0 Port Vale In another frustrating game that saw us unable to find the net despite better shooting than last week, it required a very fortunate bit of play for Morton to rediscover his scoring touch and snatch us the win in injury time. Scorers: Morton '90+2 ATT: 5,003 morton v port vale.mp4 An absolute belter!! Derby 0-3 Fleetwood Town In a preview to the EFL Trophy final in a couple weeks time, Morton hammered home a statement that he had returned, scoring a hatrick plucked from the top shelf! Not a foot was put wrong from anyone on the pitch today as everyone did their job to the highest quality. This is absolutely the kind of performance we need in the final when we face off again. Scorers: Morton '17,'53,'60 ATT: 20,195 ----------------------------------------------------- With the final game of the month being the 2nd H2H showdown, we'll provide a separate post for that on shortly. We'll be without Darnell Johnson and Admiral Muskwe for the match as both will be on International Duty with Jamaica and Zimbabwe respectively. There was also a first senior call up for 17yr old Academy product, Liam Jessup. Earning a spot in Gibraltar's main squad as they take on Czech Republic. Our youth intake will be due sometime in April which is always a moment of great anticipation...until you see it. And of course, the first of April, our trip to Wembley to take on Derby in Papa Jo's Pizza Cup.

nice choice of club, will follow. quite enjoy a Scandi adventure! good luck.

excellent pickup of form, looking far less daunting a task as it did early on. great work. intake leaves a bit to the imagination eh. that's frustrating, even as a reader!

nice opening, good luck. in awe of the longevity of José Fonte

Thanks mate, much appreicated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- February Well, with the table now finally available (thanks for your patience), you can see just how extreme our form and performances have been. Watching the style of football we're playing is incredibly enjoyable and adjustments throughout matches actually paying off, most notably trying to displace the heavily defensive systems going about. Some top drawer team goals, some beautifully effective direct balls behind the lines and some gritty set piece nods. They all count and we're enjoying the high! We've been awarded 3 Manager of the Month awards too, in August, November and December. Pipping our kiwi counterpart on two of the occasions. On the player front, also 3 awards for the lads. Everton loanee, Lewis Warrington taking out August, Captain Josh Vale in October and super Callum Morton, November. Squad Darnell Johnson decided he's had enough of Coral Island and Pleasure Beach, requesting a move away from the club. The Centre Back has been a mainstay due to his great fitness and lack of injuries but our good form isn't enough to keep him unfortunately. A move in July to relegation threatened La Liga side Ponferradina. We found ourselves a little stretched for depth during the latter weeks of February, as you'll see in the opening match of the month we lose Danny Andrews. Josh Vela and Daniel Batty also had multiple week stints on the sidelines forcing us to promote academy product Ben Thompson to the first team as bench cover. Finances Well, the increase in debt has continued much faster than i expected. We're quickly falling towards £1m in the red. It highlights just how little money there is in this league without a strong supporter base. We don't have a big stadium, but even then we're only filling about 80% of it anyway. Going up was never on my mind first season, but i'm starting to feel like it could actually be very handy to increase our available income next seaseon. Gate receipts will still be on the low side, but we're likely filling the stadium, plus more tv, sponsors and transfer values etc. Works in theory. Fleetwood Town 3-0 Burton Albion Another showcase from Morton and another top quality 3 points at home. The importance and influence of him is next level, the only player in the side to hit double figure. Only sour note was losing Danny Andrews for 4-6 weeks with knee ligament damage. Scorers: Morton '21,'81, Mendes Gomes '29 ATT: 4,441 Charlton Athletic 0-1 Fleetwood Town One of those games that could have gone either way, end to end, very even and we did just enough to bag the 3pts late on. Extremely pleasing performance and result. Scorers: Jones '77 ATT: 12,487 Fleetwood Town 2-1 Peterborough Huge result against one of the favourites for promotion and another contest that Morton dragged us through, including his 30th of the season in all comps. Josh Earl's dismissal the only negative as we'll have to travel to Plymouth with no recongised LB. Scorers: Morton '12,'79 ATT: 4,536 Morton 30goals.mp4 Plymouth 0-0 Fleetwood Town Yep, that's one of the more forgettable matches we'll have this season. However a huge night for Ben Thompson who made his debut, playing the opening 70mins. Scorers: nil ATT: 11,937 Semi-Final Fleetwood Town 2-0 Tottenham u21s What an opportunity to get to Wembley. One we grabbed with both hands as we rightfully controlled this from start to finish against, lets face it, kids. A quick second half double and we booked our tickets where we will take on Derby County, after they successfully Rammed the Imps. Scorers: Omochere '57, Earl '60 ATT: 1,438 Fleetwood Town 3-0 Morecambe Finishing off a brilliant month on a high, coasting past relegation threatened Morecambe. Omochere making the most of a rested Morton can a couple second half strikes sending the fans home happy. A bumper crowd too as it turns out, maybe we'll fill this place soon. Scorers: Omochere '11, Jones '66(P), Mendes Gomes '70 ATT: 5,137 ----------------------------------------------- Following that hugely successful February, we've built a tidy gap for ourselves. As Chris mentioned earlier, I get more excitement and pride out of clean sheets than i do from scoring plenty. Strange considering i've played 30yrs of football as a striker. The other contenders for promotion include a couple shocks, Cheltenham who were predicted to be relegated and Bristol, possibly going after back to back promotions. As Chris eluded to with his concerns, the form has suddenly disappeared, coincided with the injury to Oakley-Boothe. But, despite the drop in form, remains in touch of the playoffs with plenty of points still on offer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for following along. March is next which includes the game 2 of the human vs human battle.

onto season 3 and same thing being notified of entry to competitions, but both the comp and fixtures are empty.

fantastic stuff!! the training detail is brilliant, certainly not an area that you see highlighted often and your use of it/reasoning to do so is top drawer!

this is great! those goal tallies are simply outrageous though, but as Dereka says, entertainment factor is high! couple decent looking prospects in that intake, good to see

January Squad & Transfers: With the window now open we can count stock and fill some gaps for the short and long term. Additionally, to clear out a couple others that I don't see as a long term option for us, further bringing down the wage bill and allowing us to add better quality. Cian Hayes, Ged Garner and Brendan Wiredu all went out on loan with 100% wages paid (totalling £3,100 pw) and a couple small loan fees to go along with it. We jumped at an opportunity to sign a CD/DM in December, so he has now joined the club. Conor Masterson - cost us £120k from QPR, but with future in mind he'll be one that can compete at a higher level and will likely give us a profit down the line. Jordan Willis can now be registered, which is a huge boost for us. Hayden Muller has also joined us, on loan from Millwall until seasons end. Providing cover for the injured Rooney, as well as the defence generally. A very low outlay of £120pw. That will see us through to seasons end, we're still very light on, but for the odd occasion that i need to fill the bench i will dip into the u21s where a couple of lads with reasonable ability lie. Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Fleetwood Town Hard fought away win to kick off the new year. A debut for Masterson and Man of Match performance from Willis on his league debut for the club. Goals from Warrington and substitute Muskwe enough to get us by another stubborn back 7 for the hosts. We're seeing these formations alot in League One, in fact i did a count of current managers and of the 20 i counted (2 humans and 2 vacancies), 14 of them preferred a back 5 + DM formation. So coming to terms with this and adjusting our approach to break them down has been a rewarding challenge. Scorers: Warrington '55, Muskwe '72 ATT: 5,600 Fleetwood Town 3-1 Portsmouth Excellent home win against an inconsistent and unpredictable Pompey. Good ball use and well structured midfield gave us the edge, pretty much putting the game to bed by half time. Paddy Lanes opener the pick of the goals with this belting volley. Callum Morton Man of Match with his goal and assist contribution. His 20th league goal of the season. Scorers: Lane '15, Vela '28, Morton '34 / Morrell '71 ATT: 4,640 Fleetwood Town 2-0 Oxford A Callum Morton brace capped off another fantastic win, but it was the other end of the pitch that made it possible. A top shelf performance from the defence and keeper making this one possible. Connor Masterson earning MoM here. Scorers: Morton '33,'69(P) ATT: 4,678 Chelsea u21s 1-2 Fleetwood Town The only cup we have left to play for and we're going after it. Another strong defensive display and man of match performance from Jordan Willis, ensured we held onto our slender lead and earned a spot in the Semi Final. Morton again on the score sheet in what continues to be an incredible season for him. Scorers: Morton '8, Warrington '16 / Mothersille '28 ATT: 4,976 Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Fleetwood Town Well our amazing form had to end at some point and we were well covered by another 'back 7' who frustrated us and never gave us a second of comfort on the ball. Despite our possession, we were unable to do anything meaningful with it, resulting in low percentage balls that would ultimately end up in an attack for the hosts. The only upside was the return of Shaun Rooney from injury. Scorers: Rowe '60, Ihienkwe '70 ATT: 17,457 Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Fleetwood Town An important bounce back for us, but it was far from plain sailing. A goal for the hosts and 5 yellows for us at Half Time did not fill me with confidence, but our 3 subs by the hour changed the game. A Danny Andrew penalty bringing us level before Muskwe unleashed an outrageous strike to take the points. Scorers: Andrew '74(P), Muskwe '82 / Wing '18 ATT: 3,476 Fleetwood Town Academy The next group of players into Poolfoot Farm has been previewed and by all accounts it's an intake to get excited about, but in reality lets not get ahead of ourselves. Kits: Realised I hadn't shared our fantastic kits, so here you are. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That is January done. You'll have to wait for Chris' Jan update for the table. Thanks for reading