retired_stardyst

...that I should move away from England....so, whilst I continue my 16 year experiment on the finances of CM4 (which, running 24/7, will end in another...8 days or so <g&gt, Franky has sent me packing...all the way to France.

Had to admit, when I first arrived at Cherbourg, I thought that the ole Llama was wrong... the squad at first glance appeared decent, I had some 240k tranfer money... looked easy.

Three pre-season games later, and I'm beginning to wonder, as I look closer at my squad. Two star strikers... one with 16ish finishing and 2 pace... one with 15ish pace and 4-5 finishing.

The alarm light begins to blink. Look at defence closer... and see much the same.

Well... I didn't do too terribly bad in pre-season, I've money for transfers...off to the start of the season...where the bookies pronounce me 300:1 odds and winning!!!

Okay... I forgive ole' Frank... as he obviously knew something there!

Off to a 1-0 win in my first game... the lone strike coming from a defender on a free-kick... one of two shots I had in the game...

It's going to be a LONG season...

retired_stardyst

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Frank's NEVER wrong!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>



Well... in this case, he was right. I'm not doing terribly badly... sitting 5-8th after first two months of the competition. I definitely don't have the "striker" problem... fully half of my goals have come from midfielders/defenders.... of course...all of those were PKs/set-pieces

High scoring game was 4-1 against me... in my 4th match of the season...since then, things have settled down. I can just foresee... another "Cambridge" team for me... 6 seasons in the Nationals before I finally win promotion


Edit: Nice thing... no LLM grounds maintenance problems in this league... I might actually have cash reserve at the end of the season :o

retired_stardyst

Well... a 1-0-3 October really put things into perspective... dropped me all the way back to 13th and started me looking through the local papers for a new job... bugger is my french is 18 years old... and coming back way too slowly

November started off with fireworks, and a potential turn-around... a 6-5 home win in front of nearly 6000 fans! Despite getting a hat-trick AND an assist, my striker finished without the coveted man of the match award...which went to an opposing striker who scored 4 goals.

Oh well...after scoring two only in the month of October...things are looking up. The win put me back in the top half... and those 300:1 odds are looking to have been slightly off...