This one will be longer then ever, so be patiente February, Season 2004/2005
I have to congratulate my boys. Real heroes that put up a mighty battle last month allowed us to secure the 1st place in the Conference South and even got us to the 4th round of the FA Cup.
Steve Friend stepped on my toes again about the monthly wage bill. Argh, why doesn't he enjoy the team's success and leaves me alone.
Last month was almost even with just a little profit:
Income: 38,120
Expenses: 34,814
Profit/Loss: + 3,306
Balance: - 30,799
Wage budget: 13,500 per month
Current Wage: 17,992 per month
Wages continue to drop and are now just a litle over 4k.
Nic McDonnel is put on transfer list (less 352 in wages if i can sell him). With the arrival of young promising goalkeeper
Marc Shackleton,
Paul Borg (resistence is futile), 23 years old crap goalkeeper is transfer listed and a further 220 in wages can be saved.
Flanagan, Burwood and Batt are now valued at 90k each, followed by
Murdoch with 55k,
Skelton and
Brown worth 35k.
Birchall (on loan from
Arsenal) is worth 925k and
Simek (also on loan from
Arsenal) is worth 850k.
For you people that love statistics, be happy, cause i compiled the next screens so you can check our players numbers.
Carshalton players statistics sorted by games played:
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Name | Apps | Gls | Ast | MoM | Pass | Tck | Drb | Av.Rat| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Stuart Searle | 38 | - | 3 | - | 51% | | | 6.84 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Gavin Skelton | 36 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 79% | 2.41 | 0.57 | 7.22 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Peter Wood | 33 | - | 4 | - | 63% | 1.76 | 0.21 | 7.09 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Franklin Simek | 32(1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 71% | 1.18 | 0.03 | 7.42 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | John Hamsher | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 61% | 2.07 | 0.26 | 7.19 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Neil Le Bihan | 30(1) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 82% | 2.06 | 0.31 | 7.03 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | John Burwood | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 74% | 1.05 | 0.03 | 7.47 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Jermaine Brown | 29(1) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 81% | 2.73 | 2.92 | 7.20 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Chris Batt | 27(2) | 16 | 14 | 14 | 78% | 2.23 | 7.02 | 8.41 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Callum Flanagan | 23(3) | 25 | 5 | 4 | 78% | 0.84 | 8.50 | 7.38 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Chris Payne | 15(14)| 1 | 3 | - | 82% | 3.10 | 1.87 | 6.97 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Danny Carroll | 14(7) | 5 | 3 | - | 80% | 3.54 | 2.36 | 6.95 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Lewis Tozer | 14(2) | 1 | - | - | 69% | 1.07 | 0.07 | 6.88 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Tim Murdoch | 13(10)| - | 4 | - | 85% | 2.20 | 0.21 | 7.22 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Matty Warner | 11(6) | 4 | 3 | - | 77% | 2.76 | 2.44 | 5.65 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Kevin Cooper | 10(10)| 12 | 2 | 1 | 84% | 0.54 | 4.20 | 7.15 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Adam Birchall | 6(6)| 7 | 6 | - | 83% | 1.31 | 7.20 | 7.33 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Colin Hartburn | 6 | - | - | - | 71% | 1.50 | - | 7.33 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Aaron Cole-Bolt | 5 | - | - | - | 62% | 1.00 | 0.40 | 7.00 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Phillip Gilder | 2(7)| 2 | - | 1 | 69% | 3.18 | 1.59 | 5.89 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Wayne Cort | 0(4)| - | - | - | 87% | 3.81 | 3.05 | 4.50 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Kevin Lock | 0(1)| - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.00 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Yohance Lewis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Adam Gillespie | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Marc Shackleton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>
The most used tactic in our team is the
4-4-1-1 (could also be called a 4-1-3-1-1) and it looks like this:
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">---------------| |GK| o |F| o |AM | o o o |M| o |DM| o o o o |D| |SW| o |GK---------------</pre>
No arrows. Team instructions are:
Mentality: Normal (50%)
Creative Freedom: Normal (50%)
Passing Style: Mixed (50%)
Tempo: Normal (50%)
Width: Normal (60%)
Closing Down: Own Half (60%)
Defensive Line: Normal (50%)
Tackling: Normal (50%)
Focus Passing: Down both Flanks
Marking: Zonal
Tight Marking: No
Play Offside: No
Counter Attack: Yes
Use Playmaker: No
Use Target Man: Yes
Corners, Free Kicks and Throws all on Mixed.
First day of the month and first match (no rest for us).
1/2 Game 29 away: Newport Co 1 vs 1 Carshalton Attendance: 975
Wheather: Gale 3'C
Referee: Alec Clyde
Hamsher suspended is replaced by
Hartburn.
Chris Batt is not yet fit to play but is back from injury. I bring
Simek and Wood in for this important match, even if they are tired. I need the experience they provide.
Cole-Bolt and Tozer are out.
Payne is also out with an injury so i bring
Murdoch in to replace him.
Team linups: Newport Co. playing a 4-4-2 attack: Freestone, Morgan, Jones, Aherne-Evans and Phillips, Coates, Charles, Moralee and Davies. Wilson-Denis and O'Sullivan.
Carshalton playing a 4-4-1-1 counter: Searle, Wood, Hartburn, Burwood and Simek, Skelton, Murdoch, Carroll and Bihan, Brown and Flanagan.
Game starts and
Newport comes up to the attack.
5" Wood pulls Moralee shirt and gets a yellow card.
10" Wilson-Dennis alone in front of my keeper Searle but puts it up the bar.
11" O'Sullivan recives a pass on the back of my defense line but misses the target with only my keeper to beat.
12" Simek fouls O'Sullivan right in front of goal, just a little outside the area. Shot off target.
14" Flanagan receives the ball in the opponents midfield from Searle's goal kick, holds the ball avoiding the defenders, looks up and singles out Carroll unmarked with a great pass, Carroll runs on goal shots but the keeper saves it.
24" Wilson-Denis passes to O'Sullivan's run, but he shots wide of goal.
26" Charles with a pass to O'Sullivan on the edge of the area, long shot coming in but just over the bar.
27" O'Sullivan alone in the area shots wide of target.
30" Charles on the right side with a long pass to O'Sullivan, he shots but Searle saves it.
40" Brown runs 30 yards with the ball, sends it to the center to Flanagan, but he shots wide of goal.
45" Carroll tackles twice and gets the ball up to Flanagan, he runs with it, dribbles Morgan, then Jones, stops, circles around Jones and Morgan, shot coming in from inside the area and GOAL. Great individual effort from Flanagan.
Half time. 51" O'Sullivan finally hits the back of the net. Burwood with a back pass, Searle picks the ball and tries to dribble O'Sullivan, he tackles Searle, gets the ball and scores from inside the 6 yard box. Huge error from Searle.
54" Cort in for Skelton (5).
70" Bihan and Flanagan tired go out, Warner and Birchall in.
87" Simek gets a yellow for tripping.
Game over
Nice game and a good result for us.
Roger Freestone (8),
Newport goalkeeper, receives the MoM. Great game from
Brown, Carroll and Flanagan.
Peter Wood and
Franklin Simek are both very tired according to my physio. I will give them a 2 weeks rest. They better be ready after that.
In the international scene, the
World Cup qual. group stage, and after 4 games,
England leads Group 6 with 3 victories and one draw,
Wales is second on the same group and
N. Ireland is 5th also in group 6.
Portugal leads in group 3 with 5 games and 5 victories.
Jack Pearce takes the empty manager sit at
Basingstoke.
Kit Symons, wales international announces his retirement at the age of 33.
5/2 Game FA Trophy 4th round away: Tamworth 2 vs 1 Carshalton Attendance: 376
Wheather: Wet 8'C
Referee: Barry Knight
Simek and Wood on vacations, resting i hope, are replaced by
Tozer and Cole-Bolt.
Batt is back from injury and fully fit, replacing
Murdoch.
Tamworth plays in a 5-3-2 formation.
Game starts 21" Tamworth central midfielder sends a screamer from more then 30 yards out to score the first goal of the game. Not good... Tamworth is dominating the Robins!
44" Tozer with a free kick in the midfield line to Flanagan at the edge of the area, he turns around and fires it to the top left corner scoring a nice goal.
Half Time 54" cross coming in to the inside of our area where Tamworth central midfielder shows up unmarked to score the second for our opponents.
64" its Murdoch in for Bihan (tired)
74" i have to replace Batt, my best player because he is very tired (51%). I bring Warner in. Maybe some fresh legs make the difference.
90" Tozer gets a yellow card for sliding hard.
Game Over
Darn, we were not up to the task. Defence looked very weak. Midfield was not covering as it should, and we failed the chances we had. 12 shots, 5 on target and 7 off, 1 goal, against 6 shots, 3 on and 3 off and 2 goals. We also failed the crutial passes with only 69%. We are out of the
FA Trophy.
Colin Calderwood is sacked at
Northampton.
Paul Simpson is sacked at
Carlisle United.
Barnsley board hires
Peter Reid.
Paul Fairclough leaves
Barnet to take the manager sit at
Hull City.
9/2 Game 30 away: Redbridge 2 vs 7 Carshalton Attendance: 517
Wheather: Dry 3'C
Referee: Kevin Pike
Now that we are out of the Cup, its time to concentrate all efforts on the league and the promotion, that i now think its our main objective.
Morale is low after our defeat with
Tamworth. For this game i maintain my confidence in the same eleven.
Redbridge plays in a 4-4-2 formation.
Game starts and we go on the offensive
11" Batt picks the ball in the middle goes forward, pass to Flanagan, with the back turned to goal turns around the defender and unleashes a strike to the top right corner from the edge of the area, scoring a nice goal. Our pride is hurt and Redbridge is going to suffer...
25" ops.. Great save by Searle but Redbridge scored on the rebound.
28" and we answer back. Corner from Bihan on the right side, header from Brown and goal. 1-2
34" counter attack from Redbridge and they score again. My defense without Simek looks prety shaky.
Half time, Brown picks a minor injury and i replace him with Payne.
47" Redbridge defender fouls Carroll in the six yard box, its a penalty. Hamsher steps up and scores.
56" Bihan takes a direct free kick, ball hits the wall, keeper touches it, but... its in! 2-4 to the Robins.
66" cross from Batt on the left, header from Flanagan inside the box for another goal. Sweet revenge.
70" long range effort from Payne to score a fantastic goal. Its now 6!
74" Murdoch and Gilder come in to replace Bihan and Batt. Standing ovation to Batt.
87" class act from Gilder, dribbles two opponents, put the ball in the area where Murdoch shots to score a great team goal. Both substitutes telling me i can count on them.
Game over
Great performance from my team and a nice boost in morale around here.
Chris Batt (10) gets one more MoM.
Flanagan (9) and Carroll (9) had a great night.
Steve Friend our "dear" Chairman of the Board could not hide his delight over this great victory.
Sam Allardyce takes the sit at
West Ham.
12/2 Game 31 home: Carshalton 3 vs 0 Hayes Attendance: 1289
Wheather: Dry 6'C
Referee: Kevin Pike
We are back on our home ground for a nice and cold afternoon match against 19th place
Hayes. Our team is in high spirits (almost all players with superb morale) after last mach overwhelming victory.
Flanagan will sit on the bench this game to get some rest and
Birchall will play in his place. The rest remains the same.
Hayes presents itself with a 4-4-2 atacking formation.
Game starts 1" Batt passes to the unmarked Birchall, he unleashes a shot at goal, keeper sabes but Bihan is there to score on the rebound. Our players are red hot!! Great start. Keep this up boys!
13" Birchall receives the ball, turns around and sends it towards Batt on the right side. Batt runs with the ball, gets clear of the last defender shots to the top left and scores the second.
44" throw in for Hayes. Batt heads the ball to Carroll, pass to the center to Birchall, he runs a little and fires a rocket at goal from 25 yards out and scores. Great goal.
Half time. With 3-0 i decided to rest Batt (my star player) and Bihan and bring in Gilder and Murdoch.
Half time
Second half is prety boring with some chances for my team, but we are playing slowly to try to rest the players for the coming matchs.
Game over.
Danny Carroll (9) picks the MoM.
Birchall, Batt and Searle also play very well.
Bognor Regis hires
Danny Graham as manager.
Richard Money takes charge at
Coventry City.
Steve Castle is now
Northampton new manager.
MK Dons appoint
Milton Keynes as manager.
Martin Keown announces his retirement.
Darren Anderton will retire at the end of the season.
19/2 Game 32 home: Carshalton 4 vs 0 Bishop's Stortford Attendance: 1403
Wheather: Dry 4'C
Referee: Phil Sharp
Seven days rest for our team works wonders and we are back to full streng, with all players above 95% condition. Nice croud at the
War Memorial grounds. Flanagan gets back on the team after resting last game on the bench. Birchall played very well, but Flanagan is better in my opinion.
Simek and Wood are in the last days of vacations and will be back next game. I hope they have enjoyed themselves and are ready to put in some hard work.
Bishop's tactic is a defensive 5-3-2 that turns itself into a 3-5-2 in the attack.
Game starts 8" Skelton gets a yellow card for words.
41" Flanagan goes down the left flank and centers to the area, but the defence sends the ball back to Flanagan, he runs a little to the middle, fires a long range shot on goal and scores the first. That is hes 30th goal of the season, and what a season he has been having!
Half time. Murdoch comes in for Bihan (5).
55" sees my team exchanging the ball in midfield like pros. Carroll to Murdoch in the center, ball to Batt on the left, again to the middle to Murdoch, runs to the right, turns around and passes to the left to Batt, Batt looks up, finds Flanagan and passes it upfield to him. Flanagan collects the ball on the edge of the area and fires it to the top right corner of goal, scoring his second of the game. Its now 2-0.
72" Payne comes in for Skelton. Murdoch drops back to DMC and Payne goes to the middle.
81" Payne on defensive work picks a loose ball and dispatches it to midfiled where Batt picks it up. Batt runs with the ball towards the right side and passes into the middle on the back of the defenders where Flanagan picks it up, runs in on goal, enters the area and shots from the penalty mark to make hes hat-trick. Great vision form Batt, another good finish from Flanagan. Those two play havoc with our opponents defenses!!
86" Throw in from Cole-Bolt on the left, to the line where Batt picks it up, crosses to the six yard box where Flanagan heads it across the goal to score once more.
87" Flanagan with a minor injury is replaced by Birchall. Standing ovation for Flanagan and he deserves it fully. Even i come to the line to clap my hands and pat him in the back.
Game over. Flanagan (10) picks the MoM, but both
Batt (10) and Carroll (9) were also great this day.
Skelton reaches yellow card limit and is out of our next game.
Flanagan picks a bruised rib and is out for 3 days.
Steve Friend declares himself "extremely please with the result". Maybe he forgot about the wage bill...
Notts Co sack
Gary Mills,
Reading sack
Steve Coppell and
Welling sack
Paul Parker.
John Ward takes charge of
Reading.
22/2 Game 33 away: Eatbourne 1 vs 1 Carshalton Attendance: 496
Wheather: Dry 9'C
Referee: Phil Sharp
Eastbourne is last of the
Conference South with only 12 points and already relegated. Because of this i decide to bring in some fresh blood and test new solutions.
Searle (GK), Brown (MC), Carroll (MC), Flanagan (SC) and Skelton (DMC suspended) go out.
Shackleton, Lewis, Cort, Cooper and Murdoch come in to replace them.
Eastbourne presents us with a standard 4-4-2.
Game start 20" Cooper gets a yellow card for diving
23" Tozer holds Eastbourne striker inside the area and takes a red card! Penalty. Eastbourne Scores. I keep 3 at the back in a 3-4-1-1 tactic puting the other defenders with arrows to the center.
Half time. I bring Brown in to replace Lewis (5) and Carroll to replace Murdoch (5). We can still turn this around.
61" Brown with a corner on the right. He plays the ball outside the area to Bihan, long shot coming in, lucky deflection and goal. The game is level now.
70" I get Cooper (6) out and bring Birchall in. Meanwhile Cort on the left flank picks a minor injury but is still able to play.
Game over.
Not a good result.
Chris Batt picks the MoM.
Burwood played alot being the lone central defender. At least now i have all my best players at 100%, and maybe they can hold their own till the end. Meanwhile
Newport (2nd place) lost and even drawing we gain one more point advantage over them. Its now 5 points to 2nd, 10 to 3rd, 15 to 4th, 18 to 6th and 23 to 7th. Promotion is within our grasp...
I appeal against
Tozer red card and issue a warning to Tozer.
Wayne Cort picks twisted ankle and gets 2 weeks payed vacations.
Charlton Athletic hires
Wolves manager
Dave Jones.
Wolves are now looking for a new manager. The
FA tells me i didn't have any grouds for the appeal. Has anyone ever won any appeal??
26/2 Game 34 away: Havant & W 2 vs 6 Carshalton Attendance: 1009
Wheather: Dry 9'C
Referee: Andy Martin
My team gets back to full force, with the following linup:
4-4-1-1: Searle, Hamsher, Wood, Simek and Burwood, Skelton, Brown, Bihan and Carroll, Batt and Flanagan.
Havant play an attacking 4-4-2.
Game start 16 seconds into the game and Flanagan scores! What a fast goal. Magical stuff from Flanagan. We got the game underway, Batt brought the ball forward, left to Carroll, he played upfield towards Flanagan, he showed the defender a clean set of heels, goes into the area, shots and scores!
12" Shot comes in from 30 yards by an Havant midfielder and goes to the back of the net. Outstanding goal. 1-1
17" goal kick from Searle, Skelton picks the ball and plays it right to Batt, he dribbles past one, and sends the ball upward to Flanagan, he runs, enters the area and unleashes a mighty blow towards goal, secoring his second of the game.
29" Havant on the counter attack, striker running free towards goal, Searle comes out of the 6 yard box to make a great save.
39" Batt plays a one-two with Carroll, goes on the left side, centers the ball to where Flanagan climbs above the defender and scores hes hat-trick.
42" ball in the middle with Skelton, pass to Bihan, first timer upwards to Flanagan, he takes two stepes and fires it up to score another goal.
Half time. This is the Flanagan's Show! I bring Murdoch in for Bihan (a little tired).
50" Batt picks the ball in our midfield, plays it up to Flanagan, he spots Carroll making a run on the left side and sends the ball his way, Carroll picks it up, enters the area shots, keeper saves but Batt is there to score on the rebound. Great counter attack goal.
56" Brown picks the ball and spends 2 minutes running around with it back and forward, right and left, and finnaly makes a nice long pass to Batt, that hits it first time towards goal scoring a nice one from 20 yards out. Its now 6-1 to us, time to bring in some subs.
57" Its Batt and Brown out, Gilder and Payne in.
67" Havant get one back. 2-6
70" and Havant supporters are leaving the stadium.
Game over Chris Batt (10) picks another MoM (collectors edition).
Flanagan (10) and Brown (9) played very well also.
Newport loses again, and promotion is getting closer...
Meanwhile
Arsenal wins the
League Cup final on penalties (6-5) after a 1-1 draw with
Liverpool.
St. Albans hire
Gary Crosby as manager.
Barnet hire
Justin Edinburgh as manager.
Another month ends and sees us at the top of the table 8 points clear of second place and with only 8 games left to play. The boys have been underfull and deserve to be congratulated.
Next month we will have only 3 games to play, so we will take our time to get some rest to face the last month of competition with 5 games.
The
English Conference South league table now looks like this:
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Carshalton | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 34 | +47 | 77 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Newport Co | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 69 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Hornchurch | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 67 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | Cambridge | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 60 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | St Albans | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 56 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | Havant & W | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 53 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | Lewes | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 52 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | Thurrock | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 52 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | Dorchester | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 51 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | Margate | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 49 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 11th | Welling | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 47 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 12th | Maidenhead | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 45 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 13th | Weymouth | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 44 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 14th | Basingstoke| 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 59 | -9 | 44 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 15th | Grays | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 43 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 16th | Bishop's S | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 49 | -7 | 42 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 17th | Weston-SM | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 64 | -22 | 38 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 18th | sutton Utd | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 60 | -13 | 37 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 19th | Hayes | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 53 | 87 | -34 | 32 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 20th | Bognor Reg | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 31 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 21th | Redbridge | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 71 | -29 | 30 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 22th | Eastbourne | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 65 | -35 | 14 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>
Eastbourne is relegated for sure. Our promotion hangs by 9 points. We are having a great season, but in finacial terms we are back into deep red and next month will be worst with only 3 games.
Friend is going to hang me!!
Next month i will bring you all the other league tables. If you want any more stats from my team, just ask for it.
Until next month, be well and enjoy life and FM 2005!
Cheers,
Carlos Santos, Carshalton Manager
Its a kind of rivals there i bet!
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