Kai2390

Start of the season first 2 months of football

Middlesborough section:

Transfer Round up:



Not too much money to spend as middlesborough but they have a good talented squad. My LB's back from injuries after the first two months so basey can say goobye lol.

Matches:

August

12th
Middlesborough 2-0 Fulham
Arca 41, Aliadiere 90
MoM: Arca(Boro AM)
Opinon: Shame not to have won by more after running the match against Fulham.

15th
Middlesborough 1-3 Wigan
Mido 58, King 17,33,63
MoM: King(Wigan ST)
Opinon: Two corners and two goals at the front post from King took the game out of us they totalled us on possession we couldnt retain it at all.

18th
Aston Villa 3-1 Middlesborough
Agbonlahor 4,89 Boateng 79 , Aliadiere 68
MoM: Agbonlahor(Aston Villa ST)
Opinon: Passing and Possession was all ours but finshing and defence was theirs.

25th
Manchester City 3-1 Middlesborough
Benjani 19,90 Bojinov 76, Aliadiere 64
MoM: Benjani(Man City ST)
Opinon:Outplayed should of been more goals in their favour 3 3-1 defeats in a row is unacceptable.

28th
Carling cup 2nd round
Middlesborough 2-0 Norwich
Tuncay 95, Mido 110
MoM: David Marshall(Norwich GK)
Opinon: Despite needing extra time we played good football and should of seen off the game sooner but credit to their GK who kept us at bay until extra time.

September

1st
Middlesborough 0-2 West Ham
Noble 2, Ashton 69
MoM: Dean Ashton(West Ham ST)
Opinon: The first battle of the brothers saw Danny Summers and his West Ham team pull through even all over the pitch but West Ham got off way too many shots compare to middlesborough.
I use a tactic i use with villarreal in 2020 for this game it's one ive been employing with West Ham but i used for both teams. I use Home verison for Middlesborough and away Version for West Ham.




16th
Portsmouth 3-0 Middlesborough
Diop 45, Muntari 47, Krancjar 53, Arca sent off 85
MoM: Muntari(Portsmouth CM)
Opinon: Tried using a tactic off the net even game but shooting acc from the team is awful we need a win sooner or later id rather sooner.

23rd
Middlesborough 3-1 Blackburn
Alves 51, Mido 60, Aliadiere 90, Rigters 83
MoM: Afonso Alves(Middlesborough AMR)(played him AMR and with arrow to run into box to support Mido up front)
Opinon: Done well finally another victory in the league hopefully this result can boot morale and performances.

26th
Carling cup 3rd round
Crystal Palace 0-3 Middlesborough
Cattermole 4,6 Alves 11
MoM: Cattermole(Boro CM)
Opinon: What a start to the game 2 well take long shots for Cattermole took the fight out of palace maybe could of attacked a bit more but 3 up after 11mins we sat back and let palace have a go at us.

30th
Everton 4-2 Middlesborough
Yakubu 9,15,90 Areteta 33, Mido 3, Alidadiere 90
MoM Yakubu(Everton ST)
Opinon: Set pieces killed us Two corners and Yakubu put 2 in and also Areteta scores a freekick we had the better of the game but yet again our shooting is the problem

League Postion: 16th (Ill show the league table after i list West Ham's results)

First 2 Months Overall Opinon:
Not too good in the league letting in too many set pieces and not putting away our chances hopefully with our first choice GK back from injury and our first choice LB's we should be able to push on and get more points.
League cup has been good so far Only Championship oppents so far but we outplayed them both now looking forward to a home 4th round tie against my Home town team Cardiff.
My Player of the first 2Months for us has got to be Aliadiere our top goalscorer he baged most of them last on coming off the bench to score now starting more often should help us in our scoring quest.

Injury List:
Robert Huth(DC) 1 day until recovery been out at the start of the season.
Pogatetz(DL) week to 2 weeks till recovery another player been out from start of the season.


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West Ham section:

Transfer round up:



Happy with the transfers good Aquino and Aaron to good players for the future.

Matches:

August

11th
Reading 1-2 West Ham
Hunt 73, Bellamy 19, Camara 58
MoM: Craig Bellamy(West Ham ST)
Opinon: Good opening win maybe could of hit the target more but Dean Ashton went off with a slight knock early on but should be fine.

15th
Chelsea 2-1 West Ham
Drogba 26,29 Ashton 18
MoM: Drogba(Chelsea ST)
Opinon: Lead against Chelsea against stamford bridge is very encouraging but in the end their ST had the finishing that Ashton should of use with him only getting 2/7 shots on target.


18th
West Ham 2-2 Manchester United
Bellamy 11, Vidic OG 67, Nani 30 , Rooney 33
MoM: Robert Green(West Ham GK)
Opinon: Very even open game could of tipped either way in the end.

25th
West Ham 2-0 Newcastle
Ashton 4,10
MoM: Dean Ashton(West Ham ST)
Opinon: Hit them early didnt give them a chance to think 5/11 shots on target for Ashton he run the game against them maybe could of slotted more home for a far more comfortable victory

29th
Carling cup 2nd round
Northampton 1-0 West Ham
Holt 18
MoM: Andy Holt(Northampton LWB)
Opinon: Probly the worst defeat iv ever experience playing football manager Ashton shooting was awful today. Their goal came after Green saved a pen saved the rebound and their LB tapped in the rebound. We outplayed them but the ball just wouldnt cross the line for us.

September

1st
Middlesborough 0-2 West Ham
Noble 2, Ashton 69
MoM: Dean Ashton(West Ham ST)
Opinon: Should of been far more goals from west hame 8/19 shots on target but 2-0 victory is still good.

15th
West Ham 2-0 Sunderland
Ashton 34, Ferdinand 55
MoM: Anton Ferdinand(West Ham CB)
Opinon: Could of been far more goals 5/15 shots on target is dissappointing.

22nd
Liverpool 2-0 West Ham
Mascherano 27, Voronin 46
MoM: Vornin(Liverpool ST)
Opinon: Wasn't a bad game they had more shots but we only amanaged 0/5 shots on target 2-0 against liverpool at anfield is very respectable.

29th
West Ham 1-0 Tottenham
Camara 25
MoM: Henri Camara(West Ham ST)
Opinon: Even game but we need to sort out our shooting for sure but 1-0 over predicted 5 place finish tottenham is a great result.

League Postion: 5th

League table at the end of September:



First 2 months overal opinon:

Brillant first two months for West Ham but that shock defeat in the carling cup wont be forgot by the fans, the board and myself. Only dropping points in the league to 3 of the top 4, Losing the Chelsea and Liverpool and drawing with Manchester United. Hopefully we can improve our shooting and bag a few more goals to move up the table but 5th at the moment is great.
My player of the first 2 months: Has to be Dean Ashton got 5 goals for us so far may have scored a few more goals with better shooting but he's been there when we need him to score expect in the carling cup >.<;.

Injury List:
Craig Bellamy(ST) a slight knock back in 3 to 5 days
Faubert(Down the right side) for 3 months was already injured at start of season.

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Well so far not too bad West Ham doing great in the league, Middlesborough not so bad in the Carling cup but poor in the league hopefully a few wins can turn that around.