With the final friendly of pre-season coming up, i decided to tell the squad that i would give them a bonus if they won the league, or any cup competition, 40k is on offer for a league win, and 50k has been offered for any cup competition win.
I decided to take charge of this final friendly, which is against Carlisle and being played at the Recreation Ground, Grays.
Grays struck first, or so i thought, with striker Aaron O'Connor having a goal disallowed, then disaster struck, Carlisle striker Joe Garner struck a goal from just inside the area, and Danny Graham doubling the lead 4 minutes before half time, which effictively won the game for his team. Making 5 Subs at half time, i hoped maybe we could turn it around in the 2nd Period.......
I was dissapointed when it didnt happen, Stephen Hindmarch had made it 3-0 within 73 minutes, then Danny Carlton really killed hopes off, with a 4th goal just before the end of the game
Grays - Carlisle
With only 9 days to go until the opening game of the season against Oxford at the Kassam Stadium, i put in a few loan bids for players to strengthen my squad, with Readings Aaron Brown being one of my targets.
