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I just had a player who was reported as complacent during the second-half of a match on the motivation widget. After full-time, I checked assistant manager feedback, and apparently he had actually 'lost confidence'. :confused:

Talk about mixed messages. Was he complacent or lacking in confidence? Surely you can't be both. Why can't my assistant make his mind up?

Perhaps the motivation widget and the team talk feedback aren't even remotely connected. :confused:

Team talks continue to be one of the few things that annoy me about FM10. That and the lack of the old arrows system! :mad:

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UPDATE FOR APRIL & MAY 2018:

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Manager Comments for April & May 2018:

Well, a great start to April with the win over Watford that you have already seen, and also a fine win over Birmingham City. From then on, it all went downhill. Four games without a win saw us struggling to keep up with those in the play-off positions.

We went into our last match with Millwall knowing that we could still get into the play-offs. We needed Middlesbrough to lose at home to Leicester however.

We did our job by beating Millwall but Middlesbrough won their game consigning us to a 7th place finish. We finished outside of the play-offs by 2 points.

Current League Position:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 5th   | Pl    | Rotherham     |       | 46    | 21    | 12    | 13    | 52    | 32    | +20   | 75    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 6th   | Pl    | Middlesbrough |       | 46    | 19    | 16    | 11    | 64    | 40    | +24   | 73    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 7th   |       | St. Albans    |       | 46    | 18    | 17    | 11    | 71    | 61    | +10   | 71    | [/b]
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| 8th   |       | Wolves        |       | 46    | 16    | 20    | 10    | 62    | 52    | +10   | 68    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 9th   |       | Norwich       |       | 46    | 19    | 10    | 17    | 62    | 50    | +12   | 67    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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END OF SEASON 2017/18 LEAGUE TABLE & PLAYER STATS:

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Championship Final Standings:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1st   | C     | West Ham      |       | 46    | 26    | 12    | 8     | 83    | 40    | +43   | 90    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 2nd   | P     | Leeds         |       | 46    | 25    | 11    | 10    | 75    | 45    | +30   | 86    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 3rd   |       | Hull          |       | 46    | 24    | 10    | 12    | 66    | 36    | +30   | 82    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 4th   |       | Nottm Forest  |       | 46    | 22    | 13    | 11    | 74    | 50    | +24   | 79    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 5th   | P     | Rotherham     |       | 46    | 21    | 12    | 13    | 52    | 32    | +20   | 75    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 6th   |       | Middlesbrough |       | 46    | 19    | 16    | 11    | 64    | 40    | +24   | 73    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 7th   |       | St. Albans    |       | 46    | 18    | 17    | 11    | 71    | 61    | +10   | 71    | [/b]
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| 8th   |       | Wolves        |       | 46    | 16    | 20    | 10    | 62    | 52    | +10   | 68    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 9th   |       | Norwich       |       | 46    | 19    | 10    | 17    | 62    | 50    | +12   | 67    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 10th  |       | Watford       |       | 46    | 17    | 16    | 13    | 49    | 47    | +2    | 67    | 
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| 11th  |       | Scunthorpe    |       | 46    | 18    | 12    | 16    | 66    | 68    | -2    | 66    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 12th  |       | Walsall       |       | 46    | 17    | 13    | 16    | 60    | 55    | +5    | 64    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 13th  |       | Sheff Wed     |       | 46    | 18    | 10    | 18    | 54    | 54    | 0     | 64    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 14th  |       | Huddersfield  |       | 46    | 19    | 7     | 20    | 51    | 51    | 0     | 64    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 15th  |       | Birmingham    |       | 46    | 16    | 14    | 16    | 65    | 75    | -10   | 62    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 16th  |       | Colchester    |       | 46    | 16    | 11    | 19    | 49    | 51    | -2    | 59    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 17th  |       | Q.P.R.        |       | 46    | 15    | 13    | 18    | 49    | 59    | -10   | 58    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 18th  |       | Leicester     |       | 46    | 13    | 15    | 18    | 54    | 69    | -15   | 54    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 19th  |       | Portsmouth    |       | 46    | 10    | 20    | 16    | 54    | 66    | -12   | 50    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 20th  |       | Burnley       |       | 46    | 11    | 15    | 20    | 52    | 65    | -13   | 48    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 21st  |       | Derby         |       | 46    | 10    | 14    | 22    | 44    | 65    | -21   | 44    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 22nd  | R     | Coventry      |       | 46    | 11    | 8     | 27    | 48    | 88    | -40   | 41    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 23rd  | R     | Millwall      |       | 46    | 10    | 8     | 28    | 53    | 92    | -39   | 38    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 24th  | R     | Charlton      |       | 46    | 9     | 7     | 30    | 57    | 103   | -46   | 34    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

First Team Squad Statistics (all competitions)- sorted by average rating:

| Pkd   | Inf   | Name                    | Position     | Apps    | Gls   | Ast   | MoM   | Av Rat| Age   | Nat   | Value | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| GK    | Inj   | Chris Smith             | GK           | 49      | -     | 1     | 1     | 6.89  | 32    | SCO   | £725K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DR    | Wnt   | James Rhodes            | D RL, WB L   | 42      | 1     | 1     | -     | 7.01  | 20    | ENG   | £575K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DL    | Wnt   | Luke Hoyte YP1          | D L          | 40      | -     | 2     | 1     | 6.86  | 24    | ENG   | £85K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DC    | Inj   | Borja Rodríguez Sánchez | D RC         | 44 (1)  | -     | 1     | 1     | 6.86  | 23    | ESP   | £180K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| DC    | Wnt   | Matthew Kilgallon       | D LC         | 11 (7)  | 1     | 1     | -     | 6.94  | 34    | ENG   | £28K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MR    | Rsv   | Wayne Routledge         | AM RL        | 22 (8)  | 6     | 3     | 1     | 7.01  | 33    | ENG   | £50K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| ML    | Wnt   | Jonás                   | AM RL        | 42      | 9     | 8     | 1     | 7.08  | 34    | ARG   | £40K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MC    | Wnt   | William Carvalho        | DM, M C      | 16 (9)  | -     | 4     | -     | 6.95  | 26    | ANG   | £18K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| MC    | Rsv   | Andrés Abdesalam        | M C          | 35 (1)  | 6     | 18    | 7     | 7.35  | 23    | ESP   | £1.4M | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| AMC   | Slt   | Aleksandar Dimitrov     | AM/F C       | 41      | 20    | 6     | 6     | 7.29  | 20    | BUL   | £3.2M | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| ST    | Rsv   | Marc Vega               | AM L, ST     | 6 (10)  | 6     | 1     | 1     | 7.10  | 21    | ESP   | £1.5M | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S1    | Rsv   | Dominic Cervi           | GK           | -       | -     | -     | -     | -     | 31    | USA   | £7K   | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S2    | Rsv   | Mick Hodgson            | D RC         | 0 (5)   | -     | 1     | -     | 6.60  | 25    | IRL   | £28K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S3    | Wnt   | Alaixys Romao           | DM, M C      | 38      | 1     | 2     | -     | 6.80  | 34    | TOG   | £45K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S4    | Wnt   | Nabil Etchegaray        | AM RC        | 1 (14)  | -     | 3     | -     | 6.67  | 22    | FRA   | £800K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S5    | Wnt   | David Waite YP8b        | AM L         | 2 (6)   | -     | -     | -     | 6.80  | 17    | ENG   | £425K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S6    |       | Gylfi Sigurdsson        | AM C         | 3 (4)   | -     | -     | -     | 6.94  | 28    | ISL   | £100K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| S7    | Rsv   | Horacio Palomino        | ST           | 45      | 13    | 12    | 3     | 7.06  | 22    | ARG   | £675K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Rsv   | Jermain Defoe           | ST           | 7 (19)  | 8     | -     | 2     | 6.78  | 35    | ENG   | £60K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Rsv   | Etienne Esajas          | AM L         | 12 (7)  | -     | 1     | -     | 6.75  | 33    | NED   | £2K   | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Inj   | Nana Ofori-Twumasi      | D RLC        | 10 (13) | 1     | 1     | -     | 6.81  | 27    | GHA   | £35K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Wnt   | Joseph Yobo             | D C          | 43      | -     | 1     | -     | 6.79  | 37    | NGA   | £3.5K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Rsv   | Emmanuel Frimpong       | DM, M C      | 17 (2)  | -     | 2     | -     | 6.86  | 26    | GHA   | £24K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Rsv   | Javier                  | D C, DM, M C | 3 (4)   | -     | -     | -     | 6.75  | 22    | ESP   | £10K  | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Rsv   | José Antonio Gómez      | AM L         | 4       | -     | -     | -     | 6.50  | 20    | ESP   | £825K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     | Rsv   | Bradley Ashcroft        | D/WB RL      | 2 (3)   | -     | -     | -     | 6.92  | 19    | ENG   | £450K | 
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| -     |       | Sergio Lodi             | F C          | 0 (8)   | -     | -     | -     | 6.30  | 20    | ITA   | £1M   | 
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Crouchy's Mighty Saints Save - St. Albans City in the Championship (Season Nine at Clarence Park - 2017/18)

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End of Season 2017/18 Screenshots:

League Table - see above post for the full league table. Our 7th place finish was a record high for the club:

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League Positions Graph - as you can see, it was steady progress throughout the season.

FA Cup - Third round and very disappointed we couldn't go further.

League Cup - Same old story. We were well beaten in the second round.

Transfers - I'll do this in code so that I can delete some of the outgoing youth players and loans, and just record the significant transfers.

First of all, the outgoing players.

OUTS:

| Date               | Person                | To                   | Fee                | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Blake, Nick           | Burnley              | £60K               | 
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| 1.7.2017           | Agosta, Yohann        | Swansea              | Free               | 
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| 1.7.2017           | Berry, Wayne          | Hartlepool           | £35K               | 
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| 1.7.2017           | Moutaouakil, Yassin   | Lincoln              | Free               | 
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| 1.7.2017           | Hetherington, Steven  | Brighton             | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Rogers, Craig         | Mansfield            | £55K               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Rouxel, Gilles        | Bury                 | £12K               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Mokhtari, Mohamed     | Litex                | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Hume, Iain            |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 3.7.2017           | Battesti, Ali         | Leyton Orient        | Free               | 
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| 4.7.2017           | Langley, David        | Portsmouth           | £1.5K              | 
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| 19.1.2018          | Sanchez, Aurélien     | Swindon              | £40K               | 
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| 12.5.2018          | Esajas, Etienne       |                      | Free               | 
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| 12.5.2018          | Frimpong, Emmanuel    |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 12.5.2018          | Dean, Mark            |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 12.5.2018          | Javier                |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 15.5.2018          | Alex Cooke YP5        |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 15.5.2018          | Graham Hill YP7       |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 15.5.2018          | Stephen Greenwood YP4 |                      | Free               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 28.5.2018          | Olivier, Christophe   | Melbourne Victory FC | £20K               | 
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|                    | Total                 |                      | £225K              | 
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We managed to raise £225k through sales, which is pretty essential considering our poor financial situation. We said goodbye to a number of old favourites who wouldn't make the grade at Championship level, including Steven Hetherington, Yassin Moutaouakil, Yohann Agosta and Gilles Rouxel. At the end of the season, I had another little clear out in order to rebuild for next season.

INS:

| Date               | Person               | From               | Fee                | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Joynes, John         | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.7.2017           | Ashcroft, Bradley    | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 4.7.2017           | Owen, Joshua         | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 4.7.2017           | Simpson, Neil        | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 5.7.2017           | Palomino, Horacio    | Arsenal            | Loan               | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 8.7.2017           | Romao, Alaixys       | Free Transfer      | Free               | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 8.7.2017           | Jonás                | Free Transfer      | Free               | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 10.7.2017          | Smith, Chris         | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 13.7.2017          | Yobo, Joseph         | Free Transfer      | Free               | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 16.7.2017          | Clarkson, Nicky      | Reading            | Loan               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 18.7.2017          | Kilgallon, Matthew   | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 18.7.2017          | Dimitrov, Aleksandar | Chelsea            | Loan               | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 20.7.2017          | Routledge, Wayne     | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 22.7.2017          | Defoe, Jermain       | Free Transfer      | Free               | [/b]
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| 4.8.2017           | Lodi, Sergio         | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 5.8.2017           | Olivier, Christophe  | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 16.8.2017          | Sanchez, Aurélien    | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 18.8.2017          | Etchegaray, Nabil    | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 18.8.2017          | Smith, James         | Bristol City       | Loan               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.1.2018           | Gómez, José Antonio  | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 1.1.2018           | Vega, Marc           | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 20.2.2018          | Sigurdsson, Gylfi    | Free Transfer      | Free               | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|                    | Total                |                    | £0                 | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

All new signings were free transfers, so we didn't spend a penny on improving the first team. I have put the really significant signings in bold. Out of the loan players, Horacio Palomino was marvellous again and Aleksandar Dimitrov formed a formidable partnership with him. I took a risk with some older players such as Jonas, Romao, Yobo and Defoe. All of them did a job for me this season and Jonas was the best signing in the whole division in the end of season summary.

Key players:

Jonas - The signing of the season. Played for us on either flank and scored 9 goals, setting up a further 8, which was a great return. Was the signing of the season in the Championship.

Andres Abdesalam - Abdesalam has been absolutely brilliant as our advanced playmaker in the midfield. 18 assists and a further 6 goals speaks for itself. He is going to be key to any success we have in the future.

Aleksandar Dimitrov - The youngster, on loan from Chelsea, was our top scorer with a total of 20 goals, all scored from the 'inside forward' position.

Horacio Palomino - The loanee striker scored less goals in the Championship, notching up 13 goals in the end, but was still a star for us. He also recorded 12 assists and he formed a great partnership with Dimitrov. Their goals pushed us into taking 7th spot in the league.

Team of the Season - Pretty close.

Overall Best XI - Absolute rubbish to be honest. This feature is broken!

Other Club Info:

Fans’ Player of the season: Andres Abdesalem.

Signing of the season: Jonas on a free.

Top goalscorer(s): Aleksandar Dimitrov 18 in the league (20 goals in all competitions).

Most Assists: Abdesalam with a record breaking 17 in the league (18 in all competitions).

Most MoM awards: Abdesalam 7.

Best Average Rating: Andres Abdesalam 7.35 (36 apps).

Average Attendance: 5,932 (around 800 up on last year).

Season Tickets: 1,486 (approx. 500 extra people forking out for the season ticket compared to the previous year).

Club finances: Finances are in a bad shape. We really need a new sponsorship deal as soon as possible. We are currently £250k in debt and that is after we've been paid TV money and surplus parachute money too.

City Legends: Wilfred Minter, Steve Clark, Phil Wood (no new additions).

City Icons: Colin Lippiatt, Lee Clarke, Peter Risley, Kevin Mudd, Richard Evans, Paul Bastock (no new additions).

City Favourites: Steven Hetherington, Crouchaldinho, Andres Abdesalam (added this season!)

Most League Apps for Club - Steve Clark 488 (all time), Luke Hoyte 246 (current).

Most League Goals for Club - Steve Clark 322 (all time), Horacio Palomino 63 (current).

Youth academy products season reports (the youngsters that my assistant recommended):

Luke Hoyte (YP1) - I think Luke has finally met his level. He doesn't quite have the quality and so I'll be looking for a replacement for him in the summer but I'll keep him on as a backup.

Ryan Jones (YP2) - Ryan moved on as he wasn't going to make the grade.

YP3 - I'm afraid I didn't even bother recording who YP3 was. The whole in-take was a complete dud. Not one decent player.

Stephen Greenwood (YP4) - Not good enough in the end so I released him.

Alex Cooke (YP5) - Not good enough so had to release him. Made 21 apps for the first team and scored 1 goal.

John Armstrong (YP6) - Been on loan a great deal. He has improved a little bit. More loan time for him next season.

Graham Hill (YP7) - I doubted that this lad had the ability to make it and so it proved. Released.

Glen Miller (YP8) - Looked promising before I clocked his woeful mental attributes. Will he be able to improve enough? I have major doubts.

David Waite YP8b - Not even the recommended player from last season's batch. All of the basics are there and I think he could end up being decent!

100 club (players that have made 100 league apps for the club under my management): 

Name                	Position  	Era             Apps	Goals	Honours	
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Luke Hoyte (YP1)	DL		2010-Present	246	3	Blue Square South (2012)
								Blue Square Premier (2014)
								Coca-Cola League Two (2015)

Laurence Gaughan	DRC		2009-2015	152	3	Blue Square South (2012)
								Blue Square Premier (2014)
								Coca-Cola League Two (2015)

Sol Shields		MC		2009-2014	152	10	Blue Square South (2012)


Steven Hetherington	AMLC		2013-2017	146	21	Blue Square Premier (2014)
								Coca-Cola League Two (2015)

Ryan Carolan		DLC       	2009-2013	137	3    	Blue Square South (2012)

Horacio Palomino	ST		2015-2018	127	63	

Craig Calver 		ST 		2009-2015	122	45	Blue Square South (2012)
								Blue Square Premier (2014)
								Coca-Cola League Two (2015)

Mick Hodgson 		DC		2014-Present	122	7	Coca-Cola League Two (2015)

JJ O'Donnell		AMRLC		2009-2014	111	10	Blue Square South (2012)

Ben Martin 		DC		2010-2014	109	4	Blue Square South (2012)

Peter Smith		DL		2009-2013	105 	4	Blue Square South (2012)

Paul Hakim 		FC		2009-2013	102	27	Blue Square South (2012)

James Quilter		DRC/DM/MC	2009-2013	102	1	Blue Square South (2012)

James Fisher		DR/MC		2009-2013	100	2	Blue Square South (2012)

Alfie Potter		AMR		2012-2015	100	17	Blue Square Premier (2014)
								Coca-Cola League Two (2015)

Other News:

- The Big Boys:

o Man City retain the league title for a fourth successive season. Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are all way off the pace but complete the top four. Reading, Ipswich and Sheffield United are relegated.

o Everton win the FA Cup on penalties against Liverpool. Blackburn win the League Cup.

o Manchester United win the Champions League title defeating Real Madrid in the final. The Europa is won by Aston Villa.

- Local Interests:

o Bishop's Stortford finished 2nd in the BSS but lost in the play-offs final. Boreham Wood finished in mid-table.

o Luton managed to finish in the play-offs in their first season in League One. They lost in the play-off semis.

o Stevenage got some stability after two successful relegations by finishing in a mid-table position in the Blue Square North!

o Just for a change, Watford finished in yet another mid-table position in the Championship.

- Ex-Saints:

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See next post for final details.......

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My Manager Awards:

- 2016/17 Coca-Cola League One Manager of the Year Third Place.

- 2016/17 Coca-Cola League One Manager of the Month for April.

- 2016/17 Coca-Cola League One Manager of the Month for February.

- 2014/15 Coca-Cola League Two Manager of the Year.

- 2013/14 Blue Square Premier Manager of the Year.

- 2013/14 Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month for April.

- 2013/14 Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month for March.

- 2013/14 Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month for December.

- 2012/13 Blue Square Premier Manager of the Year Third Place.

- 2012/13 Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month for December.

- 2011/12 Blue Square South Manager of the Season.

- 2010/11 Blue Square Manager of the Month for September.

- 2010/11 Blue Square South Manager of the Season Third Place.

- 2009/10 Blue Square South Manager of the Season Runner-up.

Career Overview:

My managerial record at the Saints (2009 - Present [3275 days]):: 

P 	W 	D 	L 	F	A	Win % 		Competitions Won
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467	241	130	96	743	456	51.6%		Coca-Cola League Two (2015)
							Blue Square Premier (2014)
							Blue Square South (2012)

Cups:

| Season 	| FA Cup	| League Cup	|  FL Trophy	| FA Trophy		
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------  
| 09/10 (BSS) 	| 3rd Rnd    	| N/A		|  N/A		| 3rd Qual Rnd 
| 10/11 (BSS) 	| 1st Rnd    	| N/A   	|  N/A		| 1st Rnd
| 11/12 (BSS) 	| 2nd Rnd    	| N/A 		|  N/A		| 1st Rnd
| 12/13 (BSP) 	| 2nd Rnd    	| N/A 		|  N/A		| 3rd Rnd
| 13/14 (BSP)	| 3rd Rnd    	| N/A		|  N/A		| 1st Rnd
| 14/15 (L2) 	| 3rd Rnd    	| 1st Rnd 	|  1st Rnd	| N/A
| 15/16 (L1) 	| 1st Rnd    	| 2nd Rnd 	|  S Semi	| N/A
| 16/17 (L1) 	| 3rd Rnd    	| 2nd Rnd 	|  1st Rnd	| N/A
| 17/18 (Ch) 	| 3rd Rnd    	| 2nd Rnd 	|  N/A  	| N/A

League:

Season      	Team      		League      	Position   	Achievements & Notes
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2009/10      	St. Albans City   	BSS	    	4th      	FA Cup 3rd Rnd
2010/11		St. Albans City   	BSS	    	2nd      	Play-off finalists
2011/12		St. Albans City   	BSS	    	[b]1st		[/b][b]BSS Champions[/b], Manager of the Season
2012/13		St. Albans City   	BSP	    	5th      	
2013/14		St. Albans City		BSP		[b]1st		[/b][b]BSP Champions[/b], Manager of the Season
2014/15		St. Albans City		CCL2		[b]1st		[/b][b]League Two Champions[/b], Manager of the Season
2015/16		St. Albans City		CCL1		3rd		Play-off finalists
2016/17		St. Albans City		CCL1		2nd		Automatic Promotion
2017/18		St. Albans City		CCCh		7th

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Take a look at what we have to compete with in terms of sponsorship:

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In other news, Jermain Defoe has set his retirement date

Here is his biography:

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Next Season: The defence was poor this season and it was only our attacking play which kept us so high up the table. So sorting out the back four is the priority for the summer, plus general improvement in all areas if possible.

COYS!

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PRE-SEASON 2018/19 TRANSFERS:

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First of all, I was unable to tempt Horacio Palomino back to the club after Arsenal released him at the end of his contract. He decided to join Betis instead of the mighty Saints, which was a big disappointment. Aleksandar Dimitrov did return on loan from Chelsea.

In terms of signings, I feel we are being held back by our lower reputation. It has been a bit of an anti-climax to be honest.

I actually let quite a few players go over the summer and managed to raise £1m in transfer fees received. This is pretty much essential, as the club is in big trouble financially, so I need to sell players at the end of each season to raise some much needed funds.

Coming in, there aren't really too many headlines. Marc Albrighton and Kevin Doyle were fairly solid signings bringing experience into the side. They basically replaced the departing Wayne Routledge and the retiring Jermain Defoe respectively.

We managed to get in a solid left-back from Blackburn called Joe Hall. I'm quite pleased with that signing but not too happy that we didn't manage to further strengthen at the back. Rodney Hansen came in from Arsenal on loan and he's not too bad but not a great improvement on the options that we already had to be quite honest.

So all in all, it's only a tiny improvement this summer. Will it be enough to push us into a play-off spot?

I've decided to stick with my 4-4-1-1 formation from the last few seasons. This is going to be the most likely first XI:

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Chris Smith continues in goal. At the back, Joe Hall and Rodney Hansen come in to add a bit more solidity in defence.

In the midfield, new signing Rodney Strasser will come in to be the ball winner alongside Andres Abdesalem. New signing Marc Albrighton will come in to play wide right.

Finally, up front Dimitrov is back and will play off Marc Vega, who is going to be our replacement for Palomino.

So it's basically five new players coming into the starting XI. On a totally random note, we now have two Rodneys and two Marcs. Does this bode well for the future? Does it make any difference at all? Personally, I think footballers are always better when they have cool names (like Roberto Baggio and so on) and, quite frankly, Marc and Rodney aren't exactly setting my imagination alight. Marc and Rodney don't exactly fill me with confidence. Let's hope I'm wrong! ;)

So not too many changes but enough to improve the quality slightly. The biggest difference is probably the squad depth actually. Hopefully the players will blend well and quickly. I feel happy enough but I guess I was expecting bigger things this summer. Arsene Wenger always says that if you do good business in the summer then you'll be happy come May. I feel we have hopefully improved slightly. It's all about consolidation this year and so hopefully what we have done this summer will stand us in good stead for the season to come.

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This is one for Saxonaitor. A quite extraordinary league game from August away to Norwich City.

Norwich City 3 - 5 St. Albans City

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I was about as annoyed as you can get at getting the lead and then throwing it away for the first two goals. Then conceding a third to make it 3-2 had me screaming at the dots in considerable agony and frustration.

And yet, we astonishingly came back to win the game 5-3. Extraordinary!

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UPDATE FOR AUGUST 2018:

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Manager Comments for August 2018:

An incredible start to the season from day one. Three magnificent wins, at home to Scunthorpe and Huddersfield, and away to Norwich. This early form has got us started in the best possible way and we sit at the top of the Championship table at the end of August! Of course, it means little at this stage of the season, but it's nice all the same.

We also made progress in the League Cup. I have, however, been playing my reserve/youth players in this particular competition. We have little chance of winning it and I've decided it is best used as a chance to look at one or two players and to speed up gelling by getting fringe players to have some minutes under their belts early on in the season. So far, so good, nonetheless.

Current League Position:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
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[b]| 1st   |       | St. Albans    |       | 4     | 3     | 1     | 0     | 11    | 4     | +7    | 10    | [/b]
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| 2nd   |       | Ipswich       |       | 4     | 3     | 1     | 0     | 10    | 5     | +5    | 10    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 3rd   |       | Hull          |       | 4     | 3     | 1     | 0     | 5     | 2     | +3    | 10    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 4th   |       | Sheff Utd     |       | 4     | 3     | 0     | 1     | 8     | 3     | +5    | 9     | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 5th   |       | Plymouth      |       | 4     | 3     | 0     | 1     | 7     | 2     | +5    | 9     | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 6th   |       | Middlesbrough |       | 4     | 2     | 1     | 1     | 3     | 2     | +1    | 7     | 
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I'm not going to get carried away. We're still a long way from where I want us to be in terms of quality. I think we're punching above our weight early on.

It's almost one of those saves that I now don't want to play. The start has been so good that I am afraid of playing on and it going all wrong, as it typically does when FM decides to give you hope and then rips your heart out shortly afterwards! :D

Does anyone else get that feeling sometimes?

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at the moment its vice versa for me. Below were my first 3 games in the premier league and well i thought here we go its going to be one of these seasons but weve picked up some form and currently near mid table. ahead of Chelsea even but wether we stay there who knows? Maybe fm will rip my heart out shortly and send me back to the championship.

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UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 2018:

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Manager Comments for September 2018:

Our amazing start continued well into September.

We kicked off the month with an amazing 4-0 win over Middlesbrough and followed it up with a 4-1 win away to Sheffield Wednesday. We were on fire!

The 2-0 win over Walsall was a solid but muted affair. We got the job done though without ever really looking especially convincing. A solid point away to Reading followed.

We ended the month with two losses to bring us back down to earth. The loss in the League Cup was always on the cards really, particularly as I decided to field a reserve side. We actually played really well against our Premier League opponents but they were more ruthless in front of goal than we were, which is why they won the game.

The loss against Derby was awful. It was really a game we should have won. Nothing quite went right though. There were some poor performances and I made some poor decisions, I feel. We should have at least got a draw.

It brings us back down to earth and reminds us that we are still a work in progress.

Current League Position:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
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| 1st   |       | Ipswich       |       | 10    | 7     | 1     | 2     | 15    | 7     | +8    | 22    | 
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| 2nd   |       | Sheff Utd     |       | 10    | 7     | 0     | 3     | 26    | 10    | +16   | 21    | 
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| 3rd   |       | Hull          |       | 9     | 6     | 3     | 0     | 10    | 2     | +8    | 21    | 
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[b]| 4th   |       | St. Albans    |       | 9     | 6     | 2     | 1     | 24    | 9     | +15   | 20    | [/b]
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| 5th   |       | Birmingham    |       | 10    | 5     | 3     | 2     | 17    | 14    | +3    | 18    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 6th   |       | Middlesbrough |       | 9     | 5     | 2     | 2     | 7     | 6     | +1    | 17    | 
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I think he will keep that up for the season has some great stats especially for Championship should be looking at close to a goal a game striker. Great start Crouchy, might get to see you in the EPL not sure I have seen you there on FM before lol.

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I think he will keep that up for the season has some great stats especially for Championship should be looking at close to a goal a game striker. Great start Crouchy, might get to see you in the EPL not sure I have seen you there on FM before lol.

Forum curse has struck AB. He's gone a few games without scoring and played poorly. Seems to be suffering from complacency. :mad:

As for seeing me in the top flight, you probably haven't! I'm a Non-League/lower leagues man. By the time I get to the top, a new version of FM is usually out. :D

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UPDATE FOR JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2010:

Havant & Waterlooville 2 – 0 SAINTS (Blue Square South)

I’m calling this an FA Cup hangover.

We were just awful here against the mid-table side. We went behind to a penalty in the first-half and then scored an own goal through Peter Smith to seal the deal for Havant & Waterlooville.

It was just a day to forget for us. Confidence isn’t so good now and we really need to get the side settled and pick up where we left off in the league.

City scorers: None.

City MoM: Ryan Carolan.

Attendance at Westleigh Park: 416.

SAINTS 2 – 1 Dorchester Town (Blue Square South)

We made this as difficult as possible for ourselves.

All seemed to be going well when we took the lead through Paul Hakim on 24 minutes. However, Gary Cohen managed to get himself sent off before the half was up.

In the second-half we managed to concede a penalty early on and the Magpies levelled the score.

Dorchester looked like they were going to keep us out even as we switched to an attacking 4-3-2 formation. Paul Hakim had other ideas though and he finished off a lovely team move as we headed towards the last 10 minutes of the game. We held on for a most important win.

City scorers: Paul Hakim x 2.

City MoM: Paul Hakim.

Attendance at Clarence Park: 329.

Newport County 2 – 1 SAINTS (Blue Square South)

The Exiles are one of the favourites for the title and so it was always going to be a tough game here.

The disappointing thing is that we were probably worth a draw here. We bossed possession, equalled them on chances and I think we would have been good value for a point.

They scored quick two goals after half-an-hour. Here comes the disappointing part. They were both very soft goals and our ‘keeper should have done better.

I’ve noticed that Paul Bastock has been in decline over the last few months, especially in physical terms and particularly his agility. He is 39 years old. Unfortunately, he always declines quickly on Football Manager, whereas in real life old Bazza probably has quite a few seasons left in him!

Anyway, the goals we conceded confirmed to me that I should be looking for a new ‘keeper. I wanted to get Bazza through a whole season but we haven’t quite managed that. Still, he will have played the majority of games.

Back to the match, and Jason Norville pulled one back for us from the penalty spot just before half-time. Unfortunately, in the second-half, we never looked like pulling level, although we had a few chances.

Disappointing but we really need to move on. I’m looking for a little bit of a run to come along now as our form is all over the place.

City scorers: Jason Norville (pen).

City MoM: Sol Shields.

Attendance at the Newport Stadium: 827.

SAINTS 2 – 1 Bath City (Blue Square South)

It’s the derby of the Roman cities. Verulamium versus Aquae Sulis!

It was a really tight game here against Bath City. We just about edged it but Bath will be disappointed that they didn’t take at least a point.

Paul Hakim gave us an early lead and Chris Sullivan doubled it late in the second-half. Bath pulled one back in the last minute of the game but it was no more than a consolation.

A good win and perhaps a turning point now. I feel that a good run of form is just around the corner.

City scorers: Paul Hakim & Chris Sullivan.

City MoM: Paul Hakim.

Attendance at Clarence Park: 325.

SAINTS LOSE PAUL HAKIM TO INJURY. HAKS WILL BE OUT FOR UP TO 8 WEEKS WITH STRAINED KNEE LIGAMENTS.

TRANSFER UPDATE:

As we came to the end of January, I managed to do a bit of business in the transfer market to strengthen the team.

First of all, I released striker Lamine Sagna, who had made 7 appearances for the club this season, scoring 1 goal in the FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round. The striker was on big wages and wasn’t playing, so he had to go. This freed up some funds for new signings.

I brought in a couple of young centre-backs on the cheap to start off with. You won’t hear much about Laurence Gaughan and Simon Dunn to begin with as they are signings for the future. They wanted next to nothing in wages so this was a good deal.

Next up, I brought in Nathan Silver, a young goalkeeper from Oxford United. He is intended to be Bastock’s understudy. Again, he is one for the future and wanted very little in terms of wages.

Finally, the next signing will either be a big flop or a masterstroke. I moved to bring back former St. Albans City legend Lee Clarke back to Clarence Park. Lee was with Welling but transfer listed and I couldn’t resist bringing him back. The former Saints captain has a few fitness problems caused by injuries over the years and has perhaps been in decline over the last few years. Make no mistake, this is a big gamble. I am intending to retrain him for a midfield position as I can see Clarke directing the play and being very effective in the midfield. We will have to wait and see if this is a good signing but hopefully it will lift everyone at the club. He comes on a fairly big wage but I’ve only signed him until the end of the season, so we’ll see how it goes and perhaps part again in the summer without anything really lost. In other words, he has until the end of the season to prove himself, and I either gain a quality player, or I release him with my lesson learnt.

SAINTS 1 – 0 Weston-super-Mare (Blue Square South)

Don’t ask me how but Weston-super-Mare are top of the league. The relegation candidates are the surprise package of the season in a big way. So this result is actually pretty impressive.

Losing Paul Hakim to injury in our last game was obviously very disappointing but I brought in Craig Calver to deputise for him. Calver has been a disappointment since signing so I really wanted him to turn it around and show improvement today. Also starting was new goalkeeper Nathan Silver.

We got an early lead through Craig Calver who scored with a fine finish and I felt a great deal of relief that he had finally got off the mark at the club.

Nathan Silver, the new ‘keeper, had been doing quite well up until the half-hour mark where he managed to divert a cross into his own net. It never makes a good impression to score an own goal on your debut. This made it 1-1.

A draw was looking the most likely result until Jason Norville picked up the ball on the edge of the final third, played a quick one-two with Gary Cohen, and then went on to score with a terrific low finish past the goalkeeper. This goal came in the 87th minute and Weston-super-Mare had no time to recover. We had won a most important three points and this also meant back-to-back wins in the league for the first time since November. Terrific stuff!

City scorers: Craig Calver & Jason Norville.

City MoM: Jason Norville.

Attendance at Clarence Park: 330.

Was this meant to say 2-1? :p Going well so far crouchaldinho! Hope to catch up with your story before too long :p

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Ah! after a couple of days of not getting any work done, and almost losing my job cos of it, I've caught up! Excellent progress mate! Hope I can emulate you with my current career with fantasy side Wheelers :p It's never easy with low reputation is it? I don't care what anyone says. It's not a money thing football... it's still a mental game, a game for real men! (and any Footbal Womanagers out there too it's also for real women :o)

KUTGW Crouchy my boy :D

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This is one for Saxonaitor. A quite extraordinary league game from August away to Norwich City.

Norwich City 3 - 5 St. Albans City

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Overview, Match Stats & Player Ratings

I was about as annoyed as you can get at getting the lead and then throwing it away for the first two goals. Then conceding a third to make it 3-2 had me screaming at the dots in considerable agony and frustration.

And yet, we astonishingly came back to win the game 5-3. Extraordinary!

I demand a rematch! :mad:

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UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 2018:

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Manager Comments for October 2018:

We've hit a patchy bit of form. The team still hasn't gelled particularly well so performances are a bit up and down but I think we're still overachieving for the most part.

We kicked off with a 1-0 win at home to Colchester that should have maybe been a bit more comfortable. No complaints about the three points though and I'm glad we managed to see the game out. A shock loss to Burnley at home followed. I say shock because our home form is usually very strong and we just didn't turn up and compete, which is really disappointing.

A 1-1 draw away to Plymouth was a bit 'smash and grab' and we were lucky to return to Hertfordshire with a point. Then there was yet another game settled by a single goal, this time in favour of Birmingham at St. Andrews. We were poor and they deserved it, to be quite honest. It just goes to show how close this league is when so many games are really tight and settled by just the one goal.

A morale boosting 2-0 win over Forest ended the month. A slightly disappointing one but this team is still a work in progress and I think it will take a few more months for us to settle properly.

Current League Position:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
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| 1st   |       | Sheff Utd     |       | 14    | 10    | 1     | 3     | 35    | 13    | +22   | 31    | 
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| 2nd   |       | Hull          |       | 14    | 8     | 6     | 0     | 22    | 9     | +13   | 30    | 
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[b]| 3rd   |       | St. Albans    |       | 14    | 8     | 3     | 3     | 28    | 12    | +16   | 27    | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 4th   |       | Middlesbrough |       | 14    | 8     | 3     | 3     | 19    | 11    | +8    | 27    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 5th   |       | Ipswich       |       | 14    | 8     | 2     | 4     | 22    | 15    | +7    | 26    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 6th   |       | Reading       |       | 14    | 6     | 7     | 1     | 24    | 13    | +11   | 25    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Forget Horacio Palomino.

The Clarence Park faithful have a new hero now:

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Great start to the season!

This guy is basically a tortured genius with a really soft centre.

He has been underperforming in a big way ever since I posted this screenshot. Picking up 5.5 ratings and not scoring for 6 matches. Then, all of a sudden, at the beginning of November, this happens:

Championship: St. Albans City 7 - 0 Ipswich

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I was expecting this to be a really tight and close fought game as well.

Five goals from Yegorov and a rating of 10! He was just unstoppable!

The big problem seems to be how to keep him on that form. He reacts really badly to pressure and seems to be a confidence player. As well as getting nervous all of the time, he also gets complacent really easily.

I don't use in-game editors and that kind of thing but, if I did, I wouldn't be surprised to see that this guy has some really off the wall hidden stats. :D

I'm going to have some fun managing him, that's for sure. ;) Really hard to hit the sweet spot in terms of motivation and team talks with him!

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Next up gents, I need some reassurance that I'm not the only huge FM nerd on this part of the forums. I really hope that someone else will find this just a little bit cool, and not just a little bit sad. :D

Basically, yesterday, I spent way too much of my Sunday afternoon creating a facegen/regen version of myself for my managerial photograph. And I feel quite proud of the final result. :o

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I got this free software which analysed one of my real photographs and turned me into a facegen person. Then I just had to make a few minor changes, add some hair and hey presto!

Obviously, you guys have absolutely no idea what I look like in the first place, so you'll just have to take my word for it that this regen face looks weirdly and spookily like me.

The only way in which we really differ, is that my regen doppelgänger has a bit more hair than I do. I'm more follicly challenged than he is and a bit thinner on top. Other than that, it is an extremely striking likeness, right down to the stubble. :D

If anyone wants to know roughly how I did this then let me know and I will happily talk you through it. It's reasonably easy really. If I can do it, it must be easy to be honest!

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This guy is basically a tortured genius with a really soft centre.

He has been underperforming in a big way ever since I posted this screenshot. Picking up 5.5 ratings and not scoring for 6 matches. Then, all of a sudden, at the beginning of November, this happens:

Championship: St. Albans City 7 - 0 Ipswich

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I love you with all of my heart. <3

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I was expecting this to be a really tight and close fought game as well.

Five goals from Yegorov and a rating of 10! He was just unstoppable!

The big problem seems to be how to keep him on that form. He reacts really badly to pressure and seems to be a confidence player. As well as getting nervous all of the time, he also gets complacent really easily.

I don't use in-game editors and that kind of thing but, if I did, I wouldn't be surprised to see that this guy has some really off the wall hidden stats. :D

I'm going to have some fun managing him, that's for sure. ;) Really hard to hit the sweet spot in terms of motivation and team talks with him!

I love you with all of my heart. <3

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UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER 2018:

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Manager Comments for November 2018:

I think it was always going to go downhill after starting the month with a 7-0 win. :D

A decent draw at Hartlepool was all right but then we lost narrowly to Watford away and Sheffield United at home. We sort of lost our way before thumping Wolves 3-0 but then drawing 1-1 at home to QPR to end the month with the feeling of a slight anticlimax.

We're running hot and cold at the moment. It's impossible to tell which team will turn up most weeks. At lot of it has to do with our erratic striker Yegorov who is on fire one minute and then needs to be taken off at half-time due to a 5.5 rating the next match. :mad: He is a bit infuriating really.

Current League Position:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
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| 4th   |       | Hull          |       | 20    | 10    | 6     | 4     | 30    | 17    | +13   | 36    | 
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| 5th   |       | Birmingham    |       | 20    | 10    | 6     | 4     | 31    | 24    | +7    | 36    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
[b]| 6th   |       | St. Albans    |       | 20    | 10    | 5     | 5     | 43    | 19    | +24   | 35    | [/b]
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| 7th   |       | Reading       |       | 20    | 9     | 8     | 3     | 35    | 20    | +15   | 35    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 8th   |       | Walsall       |       | 20    | 8     | 7     | 5     | 23    | 20    | +3    | 31    | 
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UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 2018:

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Manager Comments for December 2018:

December and the beginning of January is always the toughest time. Cruel months in which your squad is sure to be fully tested as you cope with the never ending list of fixtures.

After an awful start at Hull to begin with, we got a bit of form together and went for three wins in a row. A loss against Portsmouth was a bit of a downer but a 4-0 win at home to Huddersfield on Boxing Day was the highlight of the Christmas period. We ended the month with a disappointing result at Norwich but all in all I think we've done quite well out of this run of games.

Current League Position:

| Pos   | Inf   | Team          |       | Pld   | Won   | Drn   | Lst   | For   | Ag    | G.D.  | Pts   | 
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| 1st   |       | Middlesbrough |       | 27    | 18    | 5     | 4     | 43    | 24    | +19   | 59    | 
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| 2nd   |       | Hull          |       | 27    | 15    | 6     | 6     | 45    | 23    | +22   | 51    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 3rd   |       | Sheff Utd     |       | 27    | 14    | 6     | 7     | 52    | 29    | +23   | 48    | 
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[b]| 4th   |       | St. Albans    |       | 27    | 14    | 5     | 8     | 53    | 26    | +27   | 47    | [/b]
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 5th   |       | Wolves        |       | 27    | 13    | 8     | 6     | 45    | 26    | +19   | 47    | 
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| 6th   |       | Birmingham    |       | 27    | 12    | 8     | 7     | 37    | 33    | +4    | 44    | 
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