Football Manager 2019 - Harrogate Town Part 3 | Mixed Results |

August

Welcome to Chapter 3 of The Harrogate Save. Last time we went through my signings and pre-season which i'd say, we did pretty well. But we begin looking at our fixtures for the first month in August. Overall, I haven't been too pleased with how we've done but it's most definitely not the worst.










We Started off very well against Sutton United. We had a lot of possession during the match but we probably could have been a bit more clinical with our finishing. The tactic had worked the way I wanted it to with Josh Falkingham leading the passing. I do have a bit of a conundrum though. Falkingham to this point has 95% best pass completion but has already picked up a red card and several yellows. Do I stick with him or do I change?

We had a disappointing loss to Hartlepool which we should have done better. We had many chances to score and win but didn't take them. We then followed up with two very good impressive wins, the most impressive being Barnet, who was top of the table at the time being a very tough force. During these first couple of games there have been only two standout players for me, Joe Leesley and Milan van Ewijk. See the image below to see why...

   











They both have been playing excellent throughout everygame so far. Since the Barnet game we have lost one game and drawn our last two games of the month. Very disappointed in the Solihull draw as we went 2-0 down in the first 20 minutes to clinch it back at the end. We should be winning games like this. 

I was more proud of the Fylde game. They're a much stronger team than us but we went 2-0 up very quickly, just like the Solihull game in reverse. But, just like that game, we let the lead slip and they got back on level terms just after the break.

















We currently sit 11th place in the table after playing 7 games, only 2 points from the playoffs. I think think we could have done slightly better but i'm fairly happy with how we've done so far. I'm looking at next month to be in the playoffs and sitting around 6th/7th place.



Finances
















So the finances haven't got exactly to plan. I have signed quite a few players but I hold hope that a lot of the players I have signed are fairly young so come the end of the season, I get interest for one of them, I may have to think about whether I should sell or not. Either way, i'm not too worried at this stage as there is still plenty more time for things to change.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this chapter. The next part will include Septembers results and news. If you haven't already, go check out -

Chapter 1: https://thejonkyblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/football-manager-2019-harrogate-town.html

Chapter 2: https://thejonkyblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/football-manager-2019-harrogate-town_20.html

Omega Luke Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz69o5GpwaZhNy6LAQolDYA