Just as things were looking good

Just as things were looking good this season I had a few bad games. As you can see from the graph below I was keeping AC Zoah up in the top 7 of the league, and for a while I was in the top 5. Well just as the year was ending I lost two games in a row, one against Eastwood and one against Corby. Overall the season has been very good so far, and aside from this final stretch, I have to say we look like promotion contenders. I'm a bit scared about how I would do in the next tier but, I probably just need to get some new players if that actually happens.

Part of the reason for this good run so far are a few players including our new Billy McKay who has been great, scoring 14 goals so far and making 4 assists in total, as well as a lot of great collaborations to other goals. We also have a new goalie who has been incredible too, his name is Callum Barratt, and after 21 appearances his average rating is 6.78.

let's see what I have to work with...

GK	Quality (0-100%)	Age	Aq. Fee (K)	Season Wage (K)
Danny Simon	44.6	19	0	4.5
Tom Harrison	40.8	21	0	8.1
J Wood	40.6	17	4	2.16
DC	Fast DC (0-100%)	Tall DC (0-100%)	Age	Aq. Fee (K)
Patrick Ada	49.2	49.6	19.0	6
Creeper J	46.9	45.2	18.0	8
C McAughtrie	48.2	47.7	31.0	6
Sam Griffiths	50.4	46.3	19.0	40
Rob Pyle	49.5	45.3	18.0	28
Rob Terrace	41.2	38.4	17.0	8
FB	FB-d (0-100%)	FB-a (0-100%)	Age	Aq. Fee (K)
Alex Forde	38.5	35.4	21.0	0
J Lomax	47.8	43.4	18.0	70
Jon Patrick	45.8	40.4	21.0	8
D Young	43.7	36.8	18.0	12
A Francis	35.7	36.3	27.0	0
A Bentley	41.2	34.7	16.0	4.5
MC	MC-d (0-100%)	MC-a (0-100%)	Age	Aq. Fee (K)
Adam Johnson	42.4	42.0	19.0	22
D Wrack	46.8	47.3	36.0	1
R Davidson	43.4	42.8	22.0	8
P Bolland	53.6	45.9	32.0	3.5
Brett Solkhon	52.1	44.0	29.0	3.5
J Robinson	47.1	43.8	20.0	75
Simon Lewis	31.9	29.6	17.0	4.5
MR/ML	Winger (0-100%)	MC-a (0-100%)	Age	Aq. Fee (K)
Matthew Hull	37.9	36.7	18.0	0
F Kasiama	40.8	40.7	21.0	9
Levi Reid	40.3	39.7	28.0	10
Markus Person	43.3	35.6	19.0	9
Simon Colbeck	41.4	36.2	16.0	7
AMC	AMCC (0-100%)	R & L (0-100%)	Age	Aq. Fee (K)
A Wright	40.3	40.3	18.0	14
T Clarke	37.6	36.8	20.0	1.5
FC	FC fast (0-100%)	Target Man	Age	Aq. Fee (K)
Ben Mills	37.9	40.5	23.0	9
R Heywood	36.9	37.7	19.0	4
N Wellecomme	40.2	44.8	28.0	14
G Bowerman	44.8	43.6	20.0	60
H Curr	36.9	33.6	18.0	24
B Pollock	32.9	30.8	15.0	6
Danny Green	37.3	41.3	18.0	0

2012/2013 LLM - Perhaps this will be our year

A new season begins and I have spoken to the board regarding our expectations, I really would like to aim for a top 5 finish and maybe even a promotion this season. So the board has agreed to increase the salary cap to 31,581 and 1,300 for youth players which should allow us some new players in our squad. I really would like to revamp our squad this year and get them ready for a possible promotion. The team is still struggling financially but I really think increasing our performance as well as the reputation of players coming in will help us in that front as well.

-> apparently according to Sky Bet our odds this season are 40-1, and they say we are contenders for relegation (we'll show them), and Southport and Gainsborough are the favorites for promotion this season.

I was also made aware that our team is now one of the older teams in the league, as well as slowest, however we have an edge when it comes to strength as well as passing ability. In terms of our new youth players, ones to keep an eye on are Terry Naismith (CM), left midfielder Simon Colbeck and Striker Ben Pollock.

Best of season 2

Here are the best players of season two, my personal favorites were Kasiama (ML), Wellecomme (ST), Lomax (DR) and Patrick (DL). Dennis Young and Bowerman also had important roles, but just were not as consistent over the course of the year.

Season 2 concluded - 10th Place

So I'm done season 2 and unfortunately I don't feel that Zoah FC actually made enough progress this season. Somehow the board is happy with the outcome but I definitely had higher hopes. Finishing in 10th place is worst than last season and as the figure below indicates we were actually performing well in the first half of the season. For a while there it looked like we could have been in the top 5.

I wish I could explain why there was such a drop in performance but I'm determined to do better next season. But as an effort to improve the team I have signed three new players for next season, I do believe I need to have better quality players in order to jump up in quality. I figured my main areas where improvement is necessary are the center midfield and my center back. I would appreciate on people's opinions on these signings.







Just for kicks, here are the season summaries from Blue Square as well as higher tiers.

New signing, Griffiths

Griffiths is our new addition to the team, I decided to play him on his very first opportunity and he did not disappoint. He not only kept the opposition out of our side but also scored a goal and had another great chance from a set piece. What a great free signing, apparently he was let go from the Wolves, lucky for us.

I've also been looking at 2 other players Patrick Ada from Cameroon and Shane Huke from Australia, they seem like solid signings but I'm thinking I may not be able to get them, we'll see.

Beginning of 2012 = slump

Things have started to go a bit downhill in 2012, I'm not exactly sure why, We're playing a bit less games and I haven't really changed anything major in the team. I supposed we've had a few big injuries but I really don't understand how a few players being injured for a while could all of a sudden make the rest of the team drop in performance. So I've started to look at the game analysis and noticed that my CDs and my goalie have horrendous passing percentages, I'm now wondering if that's just part of the life of a lower league defender or if I should be changing my tactics a bit to make it so they don't try direct passes every time. I'm starting to tinker with that.

New hot prospect from Sveeeden

So I just bought myself a new hot prospect, Markus Person who's a score 44.6 winger using my formula. Not too bad for an 18 year old.

A great run so far in season 2

Things are definitely going well this season for AC Zoah, we're currently 8th in our league but our performance is good enough to get us in the top 4 I believe. Here are our games so far.



Our last game was particularly excited as we made it into the 2nd round of the FA Cup.



Finances are still a bit of an issue but this win got us around 30k and we also had an infusion of cash last month as well.