Football Manager Stories

The thing is, I have already acquired a former Town defender whose name will be released along with my other signings so far.  Who might it be?

9th July 2022

Signed 21 year old Alex Gilbert on 1st July with a 3 year contract.  He is an AML but also an accomplished Striker.  His bio flatters to deceive, having started his career with a 2 year stint at WBA but made no appearances for the club, he was then signed by Brentford on a 3 year contract but again was not picked for the 1st team.  However he had very good stats, evenly balanced across the board, and I admit to taking a bit of a chance on this one.

My next signing was a utility player, 21 year old Kyle Munro, signed from East Kilbride for the sum of 9K.  He is a Natural at LB, LWB, LM and an accomplished AML.

We played our first pre season friendly at Blundell Park against Kings Lynn and beat them by 5-1.  Goals from Holohan (3), JMD and Wearne..  Holohan's hattrick was scored in the first 11 minutes of the match.

New signing - 28 year old Striker Chris Long, signed on a free from Crewe.  Not a prolific scorer but 45 from 248 appearances is ok by me for a back-up striker.  He is also accomplished at AML and AMR.

Signed CB Ro-Shaun Williams, who is 24 years old, from Doncaster Rovers for the sum of 3.3k.  I hope to see him holding down a regular starting place in the First Team Squad.

Another who could make himself a spot in the First Team Squad is 24 year old Morgan Feeney, who joined the Mariners on a 3 year contract from Carlisle for the princely sum of 140k!  Another CB who should make the First Team Squad.

Our next pre-season game was on 12th July 2022 home to Salford!!  We were victorious with the only goal scored in the 80th minute by new striker Chris Long.

Next game was away at Kidderminster, and we came home with a comfortable 2-0 win, both goals scored by Chris Long.  Wearne was injured in this match and will be unavailable for around 9 days.

18th July 2022.

We entertained Liverpool U21's in a friendly fixture and lost 2-3.  Waterfall and Gilbert were Town's scorers.

The latest signing was the 29 year old, former Town Defender, Elliot Hewitt, who joined on a 2 year contract from Mansfield.

That's all for now folks.

29th July 2022

A late goal denied us a win in our latest friendly against Morecambe.  We drew 1-1 with Long, again being our goal scorer.

2nd August 2022

Beaten 2-1 at home by Cambridge United, Waterfall heading in from a perfect corner by JMD.

5th August 2022

Our last pre season friendly saw us get a late equalizer away at Forest Green, again an excellent corner from JMD was met by the head of Maher to save the game for us.  

Overall not a bad pre season, but some questions still need to be answered.  Long will be our starting striker, though he is going to need a partner as I have decided to change formation to a 4-4-2, not being happy with the current formation.

I need another proper CB as well as another RB, as I cocked up signing Hewitt, he is not good enough for League 1.  So scouting will continue as I also want to bring in some youngsters (15-18 years old}, to see if I can find the proverbial 'wonderkid'.

Onwards and upwards!

Not sure if you're still going but 1st season is tricky.. finished 7th but 2x 0-0 draws and lost on pens in playoffs. Signed a FB/wb dasilva from somewhere plays either side and Marcus Madison for set pieces. Just started 2nd season won 9 drew 2 so far. Signed Smith from hull, Harry smith, Timmy Abraham, lad called Thompson (16 pace can't finish but 7 goals so far) 3 or 4 others I'll name when I'm back on pc including a bpm of some quality. Chadwick from hull is good so far as left side IF.

Yes I am still playing, but have started a new save.  After getting sacked in the last save, ( I went on holiday with the starting squad for 22/23 season), I decided to get rid of all of our released players, and the others I had brought in and basically start from 1July 23, adding all our new signings using the in-game editor, as I can't be arsed to wait until October to play with our new squad.

I have included Harvey Cartwright in the squad as several people are sure he is coming, even if the announcement is a bit slow.  Currently all the new signings are in the team with the retained players.  Many of our youngsters have been taken on loan by various lower league clubs, including Essel, Boyd, Tomlinson, Braithwaite and a few more I can't bring to mind atm.

So, I intend to try and keep this fairly regularly updated.  FYI, the in-game editor will not be used for anything else except to add any new, IRL signings to the squad.  I play most of my matches in 3D set to comprehensive setting to watch the game.  I find it more realistic that way.

I have already played a few pre-season games, which I will post about pretty soon.

Our first pre-season game was home to Kidderminster Harriers on 9th July, which we won 4-2.  Rose (2), Wilson and Amos were the scorers. I am playing a 4-2-3-1 system, with the fullbacks role as WB, the 2 in the centre of the park are a DM and a DLP.  The 3 consists of 2 Wingers and an AM with the lone forward with a role of DLF.

Our next game was away to Dartford on 15th July which we won 4-0.  Wilson, Khan, Rose and Efete were the scorers, and we had 3 players booked.  Abo Eisa came close to being our MoM with a rating of 8.8 after coming off the bench to provide 2 assists and 1 Clear Cut Chance.  Khan was MoM with a rating of 8.9.

Our third friendly provided as bit more of a test as we entertained Mansfield Town at home.  It took us till the 67th minute to open the scoring, Holohan being the scorer, and Donovan Wilson rounded it up with a 95th minute goal.

Our next game is away to Bromley on 29th July.  I'll be back!

Quoted from 123614

Our next game is away to Bromley on 29th July.  I'll be back!

Nice updates Bear. Been busy with other stuff as of late so not really playing the game. Just reading how your getting on is making me want to continue where I left off with Grimsby 3 months back albeit still in pre season 😉🙂.

Quoted from Rick12

Nice updates Bear. Been busy with other stuff as of late so not really playing the game. Just reading how your getting on is making me want to continue where I left off with Grimsby 3 months back albeit still in pre season 😉🙂.

Thanks mate, I m devoting more time to playing FM now, so I thought I would carry on with this little thread.  

So a small update on staff.  First of all, JS and AP are no longer at the club!!  There was a takeover, which I could do nothing about so we have new owners.  They have increased my transfer budget to about 700k and also increased my wage budget.  Other non player news is that  Giles Coke and Shaun Pearson have left the club, replacements have been sought after, and found, and are now under contract.  Joe Hutchinson and Graham Rodger are still at BP as are Chris Doig, Neil Woods, Greg Howard and Steve Croudson.  All the Analysts have been let go and replaced with better and last of all, Paul Hurst has been replaced by me.  

Currently we have one medical casualty, Charles Vernam who has a thigh strain, which the medical staff say could keep him out for 9 days - 3 weeks.

Interestingly, Joe Hutchinson has just mentioned a GK, Richard O'Donnell from Rochdale, who several people on TheFishy have said we are interested in signing him.  He comments that he is 'not good enough' and should only be signed as a last resort!  However his stats are pretty much average for League 2 and Hutchinson goes on to say that he is a 'Consistent Performer'.  Not quite sure what to do with this one, will have to think on it.