The Manager's Journal is a blog written by Michael Turner telling you all about his Football Manager journey. Football Manager 2011 is the 5th game in the series that he has written about, the first being a blog written about CM99/00. Now, almost 10 years on from the first post, and still keen to write, the site will also contain posts about real-life football, just in case you have been focusing on FM too much.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Season Update

The Wolves season begun in style this year, within the first ten matches, we produced some great wins, however were sent crashing back to earth on two occasions, with some horrid losses. Once again, complacency, and finishing being the problem.

After 10 matches (Cup and League), the Championship Table sits:



The Wolves results:



The season started with a great away from home win against Charlton, promotion favourites. An even match match was ended in fashion by Chris Iwelumo on the 84th, with a great finish following a Jarvis cross.



An expected 3-1 win over Wycombe followed, goals scored by Edwards, Iwelumo, and Keogh. Straight after, the team produced a shocking performance, to lose 2-1 to Norwich, who to their credit played a great match, and were deserving.

The next match was against apparent league favourites (League table doesn't reflect their performance) Birmingham at St Andrews. The Wolves squad turned around a dangerous Birmingham cross to counter and score, through Ebanks-Blake, before Keogh scored a tap in.



A horrid performance away at Walsall left the Wolves fans astounded, getting knocked out of the League Cup prematurely. Finishing was again the problem, and it seems complacency against lower ranked sides is a predominant trait in the players.



A 3-2 win against Plymouth, 2-0 over Southampton, and a 1-1 draw against Coventry followed, showing off the team's attacking prowess, however a 3-0 loss (a shocking performance) away to Crystal Palace, left the team licking their wounds, and they needed to bounce back, in order to be able to stand up to the challenge Derby would produce the next match.



The Wolves played an average match by their standards, to narrowly defeat Derby 2-1, but to their credit, Derby played a great defensive match, despite conceding early. This was reflected by Derby defender Martin Alberchtsen receiving Man of the match.



After 10 matches, the squad is currently this:



No major losses to the squad as of such, however one addition, that being goalkeeper Adam Federici, who was signed on the last day of the transfer window, after Chelsea 3rd goalkeeper Hilario turned down a first-team opportunity. Many other transfers fell through at the last minute, including Dentiniho, a striker from Brazil, who didn't qualify for a work-permit.

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2 comments:

  1. Liam RooneyAugust 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    Well done mate looking good, although its a shame Reading are storming away already and are 8 points clear. Keep it up.

    One thing though, and this is just my opinion because I cant really tell how good players are with those bar things instead of numbers 1-20, so is there any chance you could switch the view to attributes on players when you take a screenshot? This would just make it easier to understand and get a view of how good/bad a player is. If its too much hassle then just leave it, just a suggestion/request.

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  2. turnerAugust 9, 2009 at 8:07 AM

    thanks for the comment, I used the graphical attribute mainly cause it looked bettr and it was easier for me to compare, but sure, i see where your leaning to and in future i will use numbers.

    thanks for the suggestion

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