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Much less convincing 2nd half of the season if looking at points-haul. 48 from the first 21 matches, 39 from the second 21. We were running on empty at times there and it was a bit of a struggle but got the job done in the end.
Ended up having to add another player to our bloated squad after our starting left winger, Harry Bunn went down with a long-term injury just after the halfway point. Cieran Dunne coming in on loan from Sunderland. Brought him in quick when not fully scouted but I was in a bit of a panic. Saw the range of his partially revealed pace and acceleration attributes through the masking which looked good and was a bit disappointed when finding out his actual ability. Still, he contributed a bit and I've seen worse performers.
Now the fun really starts, this season was built on a lot of the players the previous coach had brougth in. There were 15 new signings in the summer before I took over and those guys would have been impossible to move on so we went with them plus my own signings. Now all off those, or nearly all of them are out of contract, time to rely completely on my own signings. This is new territory for me as I'd normally do it with the help of Genie Scout, an overhaul without it is going to be a lot harder. Not 100% sure how to go about it. As such, I'm not going get hopes up for consecutive promotions like I would if using a scouting tool, this could be a much more realistic save with slower progress. Still going to try to do the best I can and would welcome rapid progress up through the divisions of course but we'll see.
Much less convincing 2nd half of the season if looking at points-haul. 48 from the first 21 matches, 39 from the second 21. We were running on empty at times there and it was a bit of a struggle but got the job done in the end.
Ended up having to add another player to our bloated squad after our starting left winger, Harry Bunn went down with a long-term injury just after the halfway point. Cieran Dunne coming in on loan from Sunderland. Brought him in quick when not fully scouted but I was in a bit of a panic. Saw the range of his partially revealed pace and acceleration attributes through the masking which looked good and was a bit disappointed when finding out his actual ability. Still, he contributed a bit and I've seen worse performers.
Now the fun really starts, this season was built on a lot of the players the previous coach had brougth in. There were 15 new signings in the summer before I took over and those guys would have been impossible to move on so we went with them plus my own signings. Now all off those, or nearly all of them are out of contract, time to rely completely on my own signings. This is new territory for me as I'd normally do it with the help of Genie Scout, an overhaul without it is going to be a lot harder. Not 100% sure how to go about it. As such, I'm not going get hopes up for consecutive promotions like I would if using a scouting tool, this could be a much more realistic save with slower progress. Still going to try to do the best I can and would welcome rapid progress up through the divisions of course but we'll see.
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