retired_tinku

2007/2008 – St. Albans

Signed the few youngsters, released/sold the deadwood, but otherwise the squad was unchanged. Dispite the strong squad we were unable to mount a serious title challenge, so Stevenage easily went back to the conf. national, winning the title by 10 points. Thanks to a good run-in we ended the season in 2nd place for the 3rd time in row. Had a few tempting offers from several clubs, but i decided to stay at least till the end of the play-offs. Third time lucky as they say. Well, we didn’t have any luck at all. We lost the 1st leg of the play-off semi-final against Hendon 2-1 at home, both of their goals came from defensive errors. Went out very attacking minded in the 2nd leg, but could only salvage a draw. After the defeat i started looking for jobs, as it looks like i’m never going to get promoted with st albans.

Cups: beaten in the fa cup 3rd qual rnd by Merthyr Tydfil, and in the fa trophy 2nd round by Marine
Conf. South: 2nd won 22 draw 7 lost 13 for 56 against 35 g.d. +21 pts 73

retired_tinku

i forgot to mention: we received an early christmas present, when struggling L2 club Yeovil appointed our ass. man as their new manager. Despite being on a long term contract, we only recieved 24k compensation

retired_priyaa_00

24K :eek: Thats 2 defenders and a center forward don't complain

retired_tinku

It really doesn't matter how much money i got. I couldn't build a title-winning team, even if had 1m in the bank

retired_stelutaivan

Thats just the beauty of the game

retired_rymar

Nice update - kutgw...

retired_tinku

2008/2009

The season was a total disaster(probably because i wanted to leave). After the 3-1 defeat to Slough, we dropped into the relegation zone, and was given an ultimatum by the board. Two days later on the 13th of january left St Albans and became the new manager of Bristol Rovers. I think it was the right decision to leave, maybe my successor will be able to finish the job at St Albans.

The Pirates were 7th in league two when i took over, the wagebill was 9k/w over budget (33k/w), 3m in the bank and 825k for transfers :eek: . I was shocked at the "quality" of the players, then few games later i found out that the other players in this division were equally crap. Injures to key players meant the end of our play-off hopes, end eventually we finished 12th. With a few decent additions to our unbalanced squad, my aim will be promotion for the next season.

League Two: 12th won 20 draw 8 lost 18 for 60 against 55 g.d. +5 pts 68 (St Albans finished the season 7th :eek: )

retired_nnggii3

your rubbish

KingsbayYHPE

...and you're illiterate.

If you're going to slag a LLaMa at least use the Queen's English.

It's "You're rubbish" apostrophied, you and re.

Your means it belongs to you, unless you're giving him back the trash you borrowed from him.

Doughnut.

retired_tinku

2009/2010

The season went as planned, despite me being a rubbish manager. I was concerned when my two-first choice wingers broke their legs after our 2nd game, but the replacements did suprisingly well. My former spainish u21 keeper didn’t like it when i fined him after he scored 2 own goals in am atch against our promotion rivals, so he was offloaded to Cordoba for 825k. his replacement was a 39 year old former england international (the current manchester city keeper). The usual dip in form around jaunary saw us drop to 7th place, but thanks to a late run we won the league on the last day of the season. Bristol City won L1, so i have to wait for my first derby game. Lost our topscorer to burnley thanks to the stupid minimum release clause, so i need quality attacker to survie in L1. In the off-season the board improved out training facilities, so now we have a youth academy :cool: .

Coloumbia won the world cup, after they beat brazil 2-1, and knocked out italy, and germany before reaching the final.

Cups:fa cup: lost 2-0(A) to sunderland in the 3rd round replay, league cup: 2nd round defeat at home to sheff utd, the ldv vans trophy sucked arse
League Two: 1st won 24 draw 12 lost 10 for 67 against 35 g.d. +32 pts 84