Brits Abroad – Part 5: Progress

Lovely to see you all this morning. Let’s enjoy today’s entirely new post.

Welcome back. Who thought we’d get as far as part 5? Not me, and not Brian Deane. I thought we’d be mid table by now but we’re actually better than that, I think I overestimated much of the Portuguese league. Anyway, we sit 4th and still in Europe, so let’s get on with it.

Back in the action then after the International break and we labour to a 1-0 win.

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Merthyr Part-X Outlet. Part 7: I need a new Wigg | @Emsonite

May the fourth be with you, always. 

Let’s take stock of where we are. 

  • Won Division 2 at a canter in the end after sabotaging our rivals. 
  • £7m in the bank. 
  • I’m owed a Sheff Utd player for £1.1m after not exchanging anyone. Sheridan left on a big club release clause without my knowledge.
  • Good news – There’s wanted signs on a few of our players.
  • Bad news – Apart from Newsome, all clubs interested are from the lower leagues.
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The Goald Testament Book 2: Genesis – Part 2 | GaryGoals

A little pause for reflection. Please don’t get me wrong – Gary Goals doesn’t listen to the High Performance podcast, and considers Jake Humphrey a complete twerp – but sometimes a little look in the mirror pays dividends.

We’re playing All Out Attack – a cartoon of a formation – and we’ve played 8, won 8 in the league. We’ve only lost to Rangers this season, and even then their keeper got Man of the Match. If we can keep the boys on track, we’re pioneering a new way to play football. If you asked the people of Montrose to name three great football managers, they wouldn’t say Ferguson, Dalglish, Ancelotti…. they’d say Michels, Wenger, Guardiola….. Goals.

We’ve lost our starting centre midfielder and our top scorer from Season One to the big-club release clause, but neither was in the true top tier of our key players, so it’s time to lift the lads and carry on the only way we know – all guns blazing.

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