The benefits of these programs are that you have a single system that is centrally located that is capable of managing your entire time attendance records. After a September which brought us six wins from six, I’m hoping we can carry our momentum into October. The one major caveat that is casting a shadow over our season so far, is the lack of goals we’re scoring after two months of football Dwight Yorke is my top scorer with just four goals.
Our results have been decent, but there have been too many one-nils and scoreless draws for me to feel really confident about our prospects.Īnd with just £10 million of my transfer budget remaining, we’re unlikely to be able to sign a striker of the calibre necessary to make a real difference, so we press on.įirst up this month is a trip to Villa Park to take on John Gregory’s Aston Villa. The Villains may be utter trash in 2016, but back in ‘99 they were a very solid side, and even sat at the top of the Premier League table half-way through the 1998-99 season, only to fall away to sixth-place in the end. Villa line up in a 3-5-2 formation with their strikers instructed to pull wide - a tactic that seems to be incredibly popular in this game. Juan Pablo Sorin, a £9 million summer signing, has been excellent in the left-wing-back role for Villa, averaging a rating of 7.83. In respect of the threat the opposition pose, I go with a 4-3-3 to match their numbers in the middle of the park, with out-and-out wingers tasked with pegging back the Villa wing-backs. We start brightly and Yorke rattles the post after some great work by Ludovic Giuly. But with 17 minutes on the clock, Roy Keane gets himself sent off for a second yellow card. Sorin, Dion Dublin and Paul Merson all force saves from Massimo Taibi as the half draws to a close. If we can make it to half-time, we can re-group and formulate a plan. But three minutes before the break Ugo Ehiogu heads Villa into the lead.Īt half-time I bring on David Beckham and Michael Silvestre for Phil Neville and Denis Irwin, and I push Giuly up behind Yorke. But nine minutes into the second period another English defender scores to double the home side’s lead, this time it’s Gareth Southgate. With 20 minutes to play, I roll the dice and bring on Andy Cole, but the game peters out without incident. Keane will be banned for two matches, and Giuly has picked up an injury that’ll keep him out for a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, Real Madrid have forked out £15 million for a legendary Argentinian defender. Next up, we’ve got Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. In contrast to Villa, Spurs are nowhere near as good as their real-life 2016 counterparts, so this is a good opportunity for us to bounce back from defeat. Let’s get on with it.Ī dull half hour is followed quickly by a goal from Keane (his suspension doesn’t kick in until the next match). Then three minutes later, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes it 2-0.
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