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We haven't missed him too much so far, thanks to the performances of Risvig and Bola, however I'm still keeping my eye out for another striker to add for depth.

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Anyway, looks like it's going to be one of those seasons where you can win a million games, but a team still sticks on your tail*

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*I'm fully aware that I've guaranteed a winless streak by posting this...

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Our form since posting that stupid picture...

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I'm really at a loss as to why this happens to me pretty much every season. I try to use logical team talks, I sympathise when we're unlucky, tell the players when they've been poor (win or loss), try to avoid complacency when we win a few, get positive responses from team meetings et al. Yet there it is, that 180 degree turnaround where we can't string two passes together or defend the simplest of balls. The most annoying part is, if my tactics are so off, how do we win 11 of our first 13, conceding only three in the process. How can form and performance turn around that much?

Anyway, end rant. Maybe 2014 will bring something better!

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Decent season, it's a bugger losing in the playoffs.

I am hopeless in the playoffs, always have been on any version. Funny thing is I have a very good record in playoff finals, but more often than not I get done in the semis.

Anyway morale hasn't been an issue, as most of the players are retaining good morale (which increased to very good and superb after a recent team meeting), it's just form has disintegrated. We beat Dorchester 2-1 on New Year's Day with a good display and are still second, so hopefully we can get on a winning streak again.

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2013/14 - Swindon Supermarine FC - Blue Square South

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Season Review

We start well. Better than well really, and after 17 games we haven't lost and are playing beautiful football. Then we collapse, and spend a month and a half barely touching the ball. The new year comes, and we go unbeaten in 12, to open up an eight point advantage at the top with eight to play. Then we don't win in four and the gap is one. We scramble together a couple of wins and go into the final day two points ahead of Salisbury, but with an inferior goal difference. So we have to win. We don't, putting in an awful display at Welling and lose the title by a point.

Within five minutes of the start of the playoff semi against Chelmsford we're down to ten men after an off the ball, last man foul, and Koroma has broken his foot. I'm so close to chucking the game in the bin out of frustration at this point. We concede a header from a corner in the 66th and no more. I tell the players they are unlucky - what else can I do?

We then concede after 30 seconds in the second leg, then Wynter limps off injured. By this point I'm so sick of everything I leave the half time address to my assistant, which seems to work as we score straight away. That's the way it stays, we are out in the semis again and I want to cry.

Goal of the Season

[video=youtube;AN6XQV-RBJ0]

A stunning run and finish from Risvig.

Key Men

Nicolai Risvig - 20 goals and 19 assists represents a promising return, however he was anonymous when we really needed him in the final game and the playoffs.

Chris Salt - Our best defender and only 19. Shapes as a key figure going forward.

Curtis Wynter - Shook off his injury woes from last campaign to get back to his ball-winning best.

Sebastian Lletget - Our most damaging midfielder and produced some sensational attacking displays.

Next Season...

I can pretty much just copy and paste "promotion, but will need to work out how to prevent the random form slumps". Have a quite a few key players coming out of contract and wanting big money too so will see where the squad is at in about a month.

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2011/12 - Evo-Stik Southern Premier - 1st (promoted as champions)

2012/12 - Blue Square South - 2nd (lost in play-off semis)

2013/14 - Blue Square South - 2nd (lost in play-off semis)

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2013/14

Charity Shield: Arsenal (Man Utd)

Premiership: Chelsea (Wigan, Bolton, Leeds)

Championship: Bristol City; Middlesbrough, QPR (Crystal Palace, Preston, Rotherham)

League One: Huddersfield; Rochdale, Doncaster (Brentford, Northampton, Oldham, Dag & Red)

League Two: Yeovil; Southend, Morecambe, Burton (Stevenage, Plymouth)

Conference Premier: Wrexham; Stockport (Harrogate, Nuneaton, AFC Telford, Braintree)

Conference North: Southport; Solihull Moors (Gainsborough, Eastwood, Colwyn Bay)

Conference South: Salisbury; Havant & Waterlooville (Tonbridge, Basingstoke, Dorchester)

Ryman Isthmian Premier: Grays; Hitchin (St Neots, Arseley, Folkestone, Horsham)

Evo-Stik Northern Premier: Altrincham; Kendal (Frickley, Mickleover, Vauxhall, North Ferriby)

Evo-Stik Southern Premier: Bognor Regis; Worcester (Fleet, Chesham, Tiverton, Walton Casuals)

Ryman Isthmian Division One North: Waltham Abbey; Aveley (Great Wakering, Potters Bar)

Ryman Isthmian Division One South: Tooting & Mitcham; Hastings Utd (Croydon Ath, Crawley Down)

Evo-Stik Division One North: Witton; Farsley (Salford, Prescot)

Evo-Stik Division One South: Carlton; North Greenford (Market Drayford, Lincoln Utd)

Evo-Stik Division One Central: Aylesbury Utd; Evesham (Burnham, Daventry)

Evo-Stik Division One South/West: Mangotsfield; Ware (Wimborne, AFC Hayes)

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FA Cup: Chelsea (Fulham)

League Cup: Man City (Liverpool)

Johnstone's Paint: Huddersfield (Wycombe)

FA Trophy: Wrexham (Stockport)

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Champions League: FC Porto (Man Utd)

Europa League: Lyon (Atletico Madrid)

Super Cup: Tottenham (Barcelona)

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2014/15 Season Preview - Swindon Supermarine - Blue Square South

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Media Prediction: 17th

Ttitle Odds: 80/1

(the reputation model really needs a drastic overhaul)

This HAS to be the season. Pre-season has gone well results-wise, however it has also been littered with injuries, and we will be without Griffin, skipper Ashman, winger Jahidi and new signing Luke Conlan for the season opener, in addition to Koroma's broken foot. From a squad point of view, we've managed to retain most first teamers, although Lletget's departure due to wage demands will leave a creative hole in the middle of the park. We face newly promoted teams in the first two fixtures so a chance to get off to a good start.

One to watch is left-back Gareth Wilkinson. A product of the club's youth system, he impressed in the first team towards the end of last season and will be given every chance to make the position his own.

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Stephen Patchett - Came through the youth intake just gone, not really very good, gets a game due to injuries...

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Not a bad finish on debut. He also set up our first and won a penalty for a pretty handy afternoon's work. Everyone loves a youth player scoring!

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I am not even halfway through December, and after every game the team plays (even those with a week in between), at least 6-7 members of the squad are jaded. They have more rest days than training days at the moment.

Why oh why does Steam not give you the option of rolling back patches? 12.1.1 may be more "realistic" but it is far less enjoyable for me.

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We've dropped from second to tenth with yet another appalling and out of the blue run of form, and Risvig has requested a transfer due to a fine over a 5.0 rating.

Anyone got any tips (that don't involve a team meeting) before I seriously consider resigning from my post?

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After a very up and down season (well, two games to go)...

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We're probably under a little bit less pressure this time around, as we are miles off the top two and as such, aren't going into the play-offs as the 'best of the rest', so to speak. We also have the FA Trophy final against BSP side Ebbsfleet, which if I remember correctly falls right between the two play-off semi legs. Obviously I'll play a weak team in the final league game, but the result of the first semi leg may dictate how seriously I can take our first trip to Wembley.

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How are you doing in the Play-offs!?

I'm surprised anyone is still following this thread given I keep using it as a platform to whinge about the game! (strangely therapeutic, mind you)

Will it be a breakthrough play-off triumph or yet another heartbreak? All will be revealed in about 12 hours.

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2014/15 - Swindon Supermarine FC - Blue Square South

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Season Review

We win our first five, then go winless in the next five. Form picks up again, and after 15 games we sit atop, and I'm confident. This is the best squad we've had and we're thoroughly outplaying our opponents. Then we are atrocious for much of the next 15 games, and we're out of the playoff spots. We claw our way back and finish the season in 4th.

In the meantime, we turn into cup specialists, knocking out an assortment of BSP sides and even Northampton of League Two, as we make the second round proper of the FA Cup and the final of the FA Trophy.

We face Woking in the first leg, who had beaten us at home only two weeks prior. It ends 0-0, and we go into the FA Trophy final against BSP side Ebbsfleet. We lose 0-1 in a game where the difference in class was evident, as was their fitness levels as they finished 7th and had no other commitments. To the second leg away from home, and a goal in each half has us in the final in an unexpected result. Welling are our opponents, who finished a clear second.

By this point we are playing our 60th game of the season, and half the squad is jaded. We go down a goal early and don't have the energy to fightback, and it ends up 0-3.

Goal of the Season

At the girlfriend's house and her internet connection is shocking, so will skip it this season.

Key Men

Nicolai Risvig - 28 goals and nine assists represents a pretty handy season. A bit of a hiccup mid-season as he cracked the sads over a fine for poor performance, but his last two months were huge. Also scooped the league Player of the Season award.

Omar Koroma - Not as dominant which was to be expected after such serious leg and foot injuries, but still bagged 20 goals.

Curtis Wynter - Our best defender and most consistent player, averaging nearly six and a half tackles per game in the league.

Next Season...

Meh, how about not inexplicably losing form?

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2011/12 - Evo-Stik Southern Premier - 1st (promoted as champions)

2012/12 - Blue Square South - 2nd (lost in play-off semis)

2013/14 - Blue Square South - 2nd (lost in play-off semis)

2014/15 - Blue Square South - 4th (play-off and FA Trophy finalists)

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2014/15

Charity Shield: Man City (Chelsea)

Premiership: Chelsea (Norwich, Bristol City, Sunderland)

Championship: Bolton; Reading, Derby (Millwall, Rochdale, Charlton)

League One: Sheff Utd; Crystal Palace, Colchester (Bristol Rovers, Southend, Morecambe, Yeovil)

League Two: Stockport; Brentford, Dag & Red, Tranmere (Bury, Crewe)

Conference Premier: Luton Town; Fleetwood (Solihull Moors, Darlington, Salisbury, Southport)

Conference North: Chester; AFC Telford (Hyde, Hinkley, Altrincham)

Conference South: Dover; Welling (Frome, Bishop's Stortford, Bognor Regis)

Ryman Isthmian Premier: Wealdstone; St Albans (Loewstoft, Waltham Abbey, Tonbridge, Cray)

Evo-Stik Northern Premier: Altrincham; Kendal (Hednesford, Belper Town, AFC Fylde, Buxton)

Evo-Stik Southern Premier: Eastleigh; Basingstoke (King's Lynn, Barwell, Leamington, North Greenford)

Ryman Isthmian Division One North: Heybridge; Ilford (AFC Sudbury, Faversham)

Ryman Isthmian Division One South: Dulwich Hamlet; Maidstone (Whyteleafe, Eastbourne Town)

Evo-Stik Division One North: Burscough; Skelmersdale (Durham, Goole)

Evo-Stik Division One South: Vauxhall; Leek (Atherstone, Rainworth MW)

Evo-Stik Division One Central: Dunstable; Cambridge City (Chalfont St Peter, Romulus)

Evo-Stik Division One South/West: Cirencester; Bishop's Cleeve (Gosport, Poole Town)

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FA Cup: Chelsea (Fulham)

League Cup: Chelsea (Man City)

Johnstone's Paint: Crystal Palace (Chesterfield)

FA Trophy: Ebbsfleet (Swindon Supermarine)

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Champions League: Man City (Bayern Munich)

Europa League: Paris St-Germain (Bayer Leverkusen)

Super Cup: Lyon (FC Porto)

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