Meldert, Belgium - December 14th 2008 Mid-season table
Well, we clearly have a relegation battle on our hands.
I'm not worried yet though. It's a tight bottom half of the table, and my team is rarely played off the field. We're usually quite competitive, it's just a matter of turning that into points.
Our defense clearly isn't the problem - it's the lack of goals. 12 goals in 15 matches simply doesn't cut it. At least 4 of our 6 draws should have been clear wins.
Matthew Bartholomew, the young Trinidad & Tobego striker, isn't quite performing as I had hoped. He's not terrible - he often weighs on the defense - but 2 goals in 15 matches, with a 38% shots on target ratio, isn't cutting it.
Luckily my other striker, Zachary Zekhnini, a 19yr old Greek kid on loan from my 2nd Div. parent club, is doing better, with 7 goals in 15 matches.
No need to change much yet though. Unless Bartholomew's productivity doesn't improve soon, then I may have to try one of the backup strikers. But I'll give it a handful more matches, I still have confidence in the lad.
The team is entirely built from scratch, so they should start to gel now. I'm expecting the second half of the season to be a little bit better than the first.
It better be, or I'll be out of a job, heh.
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