Ricey Posted 27 March 2005 Share Posted 27 March 2005 Here we go again then another Football Mananger Diary, this time I've decided to go more lower league and opt for Luton Town. Club Details: Stadium - Kenilworth Road Stadium capacity - 9,975 Finances - £158,192 Transfer budget - £30,000 Salary budget - £23,000 Salary total - £23,500 Board Expectations - Respectable league position Fan expectations - Respectable league position Squad - Link Preview: It's certainly going to be a challenge getting Luton into the top half looking at the current squad and with the finances we have. We have a few good players like Rowan Vine on loan rom Portsmouth, Kevin Foley a young right back and Ahmed Brkovic a Croation midfielder but there isn't enough quality. I will have to work very hard in the transfer market to bring in free signings and loan deals. It's going to be really interesting to see how I do, looking forward to it. First two months Fixtures: 12/07 - Mansfield - A - Friendly 17/07 - Welling - A - Friendly 20/07 - Barrow - A - Friendly 23/07 - Yeovil - A - Friendly 29/07 - Southampton - H - Friendly 7/08 - Oldham - H - League One 11/08 - Swindon - A - League One 14/08 - Barnsley - A - League One 21/08 - Torquay - H - League One 25/08 - Unknown - Carling Cup 1st round 28/08 - Blackpool - A - League One 30/08 - Bournemouth - H - League One Enjoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuliasz Posted 27 March 2005 Share Posted 27 March 2005 A lot has to be expected of you considering Luton's achievements this season with that very low-quality squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 27 March 2005 Author Share Posted 27 March 2005 A lot has to be expected of you considering Luton's achievements this season with that very low-quality squad 84035[/snapback] I'm no Mike Newell okay! <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarby Posted 28 March 2005 Share Posted 28 March 2005 Try and get Henderson on loan from Villa. A right good young keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 28 March 2005 Author Share Posted 28 March 2005 12th July 2004 - Friendly Mansfield Town 0-3 Luton Town 13th July 2004 - Hired John Cockerill as my assistant manager 16th July 2004 - Signed Steve Claridge from Wycombe for £2,000. I just couldn't resist signing Sooper Steve, I still think he could bag a few goals. 17th July 2004 - Friendly Welling 1-0 Luton Town 17th July 2004 - Hired Milan legend George Weah as a coach He is a very good coach aswell. 20th July 2004 - Friendly Barrow 1-3 Luton Town 23rd July 2004 - Friendly Yeovil Town 2-0 Luton Town 27th July 2004 - Brought Garry Brady from Dundee for £5,000. He looks a solid midfielder and good for the price, I'm finding it hard to find good enough players that are interested and who I can afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarby Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 looks like you have got quite a player in Brady!! are you going to try and get any city players on loan - Dawson or Stearman maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 29 March 2005 Author Share Posted 29 March 2005 looks like you have got quite a player in Brady!!are you going to try and get any city players on loan - Dawson or Stearman maybe 84447[/snapback] Tried to get Heath and McCarthy but Levein weren't having any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Try getting Andrew Martin from a non-league team. He's a striker and I think he'll do well given the chance. Also there's a striker in the lower leagues called D'Sane who might do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 29 March 2005 Author Share Posted 29 March 2005 Try getting Andrew Martin from a non-league team. He's a striker and I think he'll do well given the chance.Also there's a striker in the lower leagues called D'Sane who might do well. 84498[/snapback] Cheers Hoof, I'll take a gander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Brady seems a quality find! what size db do you play with?...you should check out Dwigght Pezzarossi before its too late...he's on a free and I managed to get him with Sheff Wed in pre-season, so it's not impossible Easily Premier League class player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 29 March 2005 Author Share Posted 29 March 2005 Brady seems a quality find! what size db do you play with?...you should check out Dwigght Pezzarossi before its too late...he's on a free and I managed to get him with Sheff Wed in pre-season, so it's not impossible Easily Premier League class player 84544[/snapback] I have it on huge database. Tried to sign Pazzarosi because he looked quality but he wasn't interested in Luton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Brady seems a quality find! what size db do you play with?...you should check out Dwigght Pezzarossi before its too late...he's on a free and I managed to get him with Sheff Wed in pre-season, so it's not impossible Easily Premier League class player 84544[/snapback] I have it on huge database. Tried to sign Pazzarosi because he looked quality but he wasn't interested in Luton 84552[/snapback] Too bad... although you would probably have cruised through the league with him up front makes for a bigger challenge without him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasinoGee Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Should have been Port Vale, people only voted for Luton because they're high profile and know nowt about the teams that aren't in the news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 29 March 2005 Author Share Posted 29 March 2005 29th July 2004 - Friendly Luton Town 1-0 Southampton 28th July 2004 - Charles N'Zogbia joins on loan for the season from Newcastle, he doesn't have amazing stats but his pace should be a threat. 2nd August 2004 - Tommy Black joins on loan for 3 months from Palace, very pleased with this deal because he is a high profile player with some good stats. 3rd August 2004 - Signed Mark Williams rom MK Dons for £1,000. A very good deal or a solid centre back. 7th August 2004 - League One Luton Town 1-1 Oldham Athletic A very even game that deserbed to end in a draw. We put together some very neat attacking moves during the game and the signs were promising. Oldham took the lead with a deflected Guy Branston free-kick but in the 37th minute a great move saw Steve Howard head in at the far post. 7th August 2004 - Sold Chris Coyne to Newcastle Jets for £130k. 11th August 2004 - League One Swindon Town 1-0 Luton Town Played very well but lacked any threat upfront. Rory Fallen scored Swindons only goal and to make things worse Tommy Black was sent off just before half time. 14th August 2004 - League One Barnsley 1-0 Luton Town An almost carbon copy of the Swindon game! We played well but created little in terms of good chances and we once again had a player sent off, this time Paul Hughes in the 84th minute and this lead to Barnsley goal in the 88th minute. 21st August 2004 - League One Luton Town 0-1 Torquay United We have a serious discipline and scoring problem : Yet again we lose 1-0 and yet again we have a player sent off, this time Mark Williams. Things need to change or we will be playing League Two football next season. I'm finding it tough to bring in players aty the moment even with the money from the Coyne deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuliasz Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Come on Ricey, get it sorted man! Keep the faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarby Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 lets hope you can change things around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Try and get Maheta Molango on loan from Brighton. Guaranteed goals in the lower leagues. Although you should be fine with Rowan Vine He's a goal machine whenever i've had him in my teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muz Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Try and get Maheta Molango on loan from Brighton. Guaranteed goals in the lower leagues.Although you should be fine with Rowan Vine He's a goal machine whenever i've had him in my teams. 84863[/snapback] Ive just signed him for MK Dons on your advice Mr Chainsaw. Lets hope the guarenteed goals come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Tough start there, Ricey.... don't get disheartened though. I often start the season in terrible fashion and improve along the season. You should probably just fiddle with your tactics until you find what suits your squad best. Remember... teams down there don't have much creativity or flair, so it pays most of the time to use defensive minded tactics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarby Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 Tough start there, Ricey.... don't get disheartened though. I often start the season in terrible fashion and improve along the season. You should probably just fiddle with your tactics until you find what suits your squad best. Remember... teams down there don't have much creativity or flair, so it pays most of the time to use defensive minded tactics 84870[/snapback] thats i just started with hinckey and lost the first game of the season 5-1 now top of the league and in the FA cup 1st round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted 29 March 2005 Share Posted 29 March 2005 I've been Luton on many occasions and never fail to qualify for the play offs in my first season, so I will give you a few hints. Firstly you have some great youngsters who you may or may not be using. Keith Keane is a great defensive midfielder and one that after a year I managed to sell on to Beits for 200k. Which you may have already gathered is a lot of money for Town. Lee Mansell and Sean Ridgeway should also be onthe fringes of the first team at least. The only players of any worth in the transfer market are Coyne, Nicholls and Howard. You will naturally want to kee hold of all of these but you could get 100k each for all of them. I would suggest selling one of either Hoeward or Nicholls as they are replacable, it will be difficult to come across a defender as solid as Coyne. Signings. Rohan Ricketts and Aaron Lennon will both be the best players in the division if you are able to convince them to come on loan as I have in the past. They are both great as they are versitile players and score goals from midfield. Our own Tommy Wright is usually available for loan in the first season and can score at league one level at a 1 goal in 2 basis. You need to get some experience in your squad to play with all of those young players, here are a list of players I have had who have performed well... Andy Mellville Sean Goater (a goal a game) Paul Shaw Eion Jess Gary Croft Lastly the key to managing smaller clubs is selling the players you do not need. You can't afford to have players not playing and taking a slary and what is more you can a small but not insignificent transfer fee for many of them. I would definately suggests selling the likes of Holmes, Showumni, Perrett, Nielson. You may get around 80k for all of them and you can build a team with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 30 March 2005 Share Posted 30 March 2005 If you need goals theres only one man for it, duanne darby, he big bold and powers through the opostition defences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 30 March 2005 Author Share Posted 30 March 2005 Cheers for the advice TrickyTrev, I'll bear all that in mind and have a look at those players There may be a little update later on but after that I won't be updating for a week as I'm with my girlfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzell Posted 30 March 2005 Share Posted 30 March 2005 Cheers for the advice TrickyTrev, I'll bear all that in mind and have a look at those players There may be a little update later on but after that I won't be updating for a week as I'm with my girlfriend. 84969[/snapback] Choosing your g/f over FOOTBALL MANAGER Ricey. Thats a first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 30 March 2005 Author Share Posted 30 March 2005 Cheers for the advice TrickyTrev, I'll bear all that in mind and have a look at those players There may be a little update later on but after that I won't be updating for a week as I'm with my girlfriend. 84969[/snapback] Choosing your g/f over FOOTBALL MANAGER Ricey. Thats a first 84982[/snapback] That's how much I love her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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