Steady....Steady... [2017]

I'm writing this and the next post after a bit of a break. I'd reached the end of the season, stopped to write up and then had to stop even longer because of work. But now it's FM time again.

So, 20 games in and a fairly reasonable 9th. 26 points from 20 games isn't anything special but for relegation battlers we'll take that at this stage. At any stage of this season really.

The form has really picked up for us. A lot of draws but it kept the points ticking over. We managed to keep pace with the teams around us.

We've had help in the form of a new recruit - Russian Podberezkin.

Promising and he has slotted pretty much straight into the team. He's kept the favourite Lundesvall out since arriving. Defensively he's not as solid but we seem to be passing it about a little bit better.

We've also got another new recruit with promising from the youth intake. Pretty good again for this level. I continue to be impressed by youth players we've brought in.

One youth player from a previous intake that has to make the step up now is keeper Moller.

Because Bergh who has the appearance record for the team...

...is retiring.

He was going to hold on till the end of the season but I stepped in to make him the new assistant manager. He's a bit of a fan fave after all. It was slightly risky changing keepers but with a third of the season to go hopefully, if Moller doesn't work, we can hold on.