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Oct 26, 11 at 11:14pm ^
25 and Still Jobless – 2019-20 Season – Special Edition - A Look at Birmingham City: Defenders (Central)
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Log in to remove this advertisement  25 and Still Jobless December, after Christmas, that was the time that I would actively start trying to find a job after my training in an IT training Centre. Yes, I admit it. My name is James Young and I’m worrying about money, when I’m just about 25. But who can blame me? Currently only getting paid £87 a week for merely training, something that only continues until the end of December, which is why I’m worrying. In fact, ever since starting to do my training back on 3rd July, I have been doing the training with ease, and I’m currently in November, 20th of November to be exact. However, along the way that has been many surprises for me. One of these would be seeing the news that "Arsene Wenger has officially resigned from Arsenal to take charge of the France National Football team". During his 15 years he had ended up winning 3 Premiership crowns, 4 F.A. Cups and finally 4 Community Shields with the North London side, where the Frenchman ended up becoming a legend. The man, who ended up replacing Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, was none other than Louis van Gaal, who had not too long ago been sacked by Bayern Munich for the poor performance in the league last season. Also during the time that I had been training as an IT specialist, my name had for some strange reason been brought up as a potential candidate to become the new Lincoln City manager, replacing Steve Tilson who had not too long ago been sacked, because of the fact that that the Imps were only 20th in the Blue Square Premier, which is shockingly poor for a club that had just been relegated to the 5th tier of football from the Football League. Thankfully however, the man known as Ray Mathias ended up getting the job instead, which I admit, would be too early for me, since it was only the beginning of October, far too early for me to worry about doing. Another thing that surprised me was yet another sacking, though this time. It was the sacking of none other than Sam Allardyce, when the Hammers, West Ham United, were only standing in 7th place in the beginning of November. However, the biggest thing that shocked me about the whole situation was not actually Sam Allardyce being sacked, no, that was surprising in its own right, but it was actually the man who replaced him. It was none other than the Rangers Legend, Walter Smith, who had left the club after leading them to 3 consecutive SPL titles, before announcing that he was officially retiring from Scottish football for good. However, this brings me to my next point, Bath City have just sacked their manager Adie Britton, because of the fact that they were lying down in 23rd of the Blue Square Premier and that all of the parties involved in the situation believed that it was time that Adie was to be released from his duties as Bath Manager. This isn’t the thing that is bugging me. The thing that is bugging me is the fact that I, James Young have been linked as the favourite to become the new Bath City manager, while other men, Carlton Palmer, David Holdsworth and Paul Holland have been mentioned in the mix. My dilemma with this is the fact that it’s at the end of November, but yet, I’ll need to find a job after my training is over just before Christmas. So do I express my desire to become the newest Bath City manager and apply for the job? Or do I just allow this opportunity to slip me by? What should I do? Should I join a club that is only 3 points away from safety? Or should I wait for a better job to come around? What should I do? Edit: Oct 25, 12 11:28am | |
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Oct 27, 11 at 8:34am ^
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Oct 27, 11 at 3:29pm ^
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25 and Still Jobless – Thinking the Over the Idea Like many other jobs, I would need to end up doing some research before deciding on what I would end up doing. After asking my friends and family, most of them saying that I should jump at the chance to take the job, since I have practically finished my IT training course, and already taken all of the exams because of the fact that I was so good at the work that they wanted us to do, not that I’m trying to brag or anything. This meant that there was some research that needed to be done. Bath City have in the past reached the 3rd round of both the F.A. Cup and the F.A. Trophy, proving that they have an excellent record in the cups, but they have never gone on to win the F.A. Trophy before. Their highest ever league position has been 4th in the Blue Square Premier, though last season. They ended up finishing in 10th position. The town, Bath, is only a few miles away from Bristol, but to me, it’s a couple of hours away from my home, Gillingham. A dream of mine has to become the Gillingham manager at one stage of my life, but I knew that it would be a bit off for now. However, if I apply for Bath, I would be pretty close to getting linked with the Gillingham job, hell. I may even be linked with jobs above Gillingham, above League 2 if I’m lucky enough. However, it didn’t take long for me to decide to take apply for the job, as well as announce my intentions to take the job at Bath, something which would officially make me the youngest ever manager in England, as far as I know, if I got accepted for the job. Well, that is if Bath chairman, Manda Rigby decides to take a gamble with me, someone who has never been in a job before. But my dream is to become one of the most successful managers of all time, that was what I decided to do, when I trained to become a licensed coach nearly 10 years ago now, but hey, sometimes you just have to wait, for the perfect opportunity to present itself to you. Oh yea, and in other news, yesterday Blackburn finally sacked Steve Kean, not that it’s surprising or anything. However, the men linked with the job are the former Chelsea and Newcastle manager, Ruud Gullit, former West Ham, Newcastle and Norwich manager, Glenn Roeder, the former Rangers, Liverpool, Galatasaray, Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle manager Graeme Souness and the favourite of them all, the former Newcastle manager, the Blackburn and Newcastle legend, Alan Shearer. I'm looking forward to seeing who gets that job. Today, I officially announced my desire to become the new Bath City manager, and take over at the Twerton Park stadium. Not only that, but I have also applied for the managerial job at Bath City as well, so I could back up my claims. Let’s see where it goes from there, shall we? Edit: Dec 18, 11 4:58am | |
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| James Young |
Oct 27, 11 at 10:36pm ^
25 and Still Jobless - Not so Jobless Anymore
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 25 and Still Jobless – Not sure Jobless Anymore (Plus first game in charge) The officials of Bath City FC replied to me just after 6 days of applying for the job. The offer on the table was pretty simple really. We would like to offer you a one year contract on £650 a week to take the managerial role at Twerton Park. Transfer Budget: £1,000 Wage Budget: £7,25K Current Wage Bill: £7,38K Yes, I saw the problem straight away with the wage bill, but I knew how to deal with it, get the assistant manager’s report on who is being paid too much for their talent right? Then get rid of him, that’s how’d you do it, isn’t it? Well, that’s what I would have done, if I had an assistant manager. That’s right. I didn’t have an assistant manager. At the moment, I have sent out a contract to a man called Dean Greygoose, who wants a small amount of money per week for the role of assistant manager, something that pleased me. However, the challenge of taking charge of my first game without an assistant manager was something that I loved, challenging myself was something that I enjoyed doing.  My first game in charge of Bath City was away at a team all the way up north, in the form of 8th placed Alfreton. They were a team that could go into the playoffs with a win against us, while we were stuck in the relegation zone and looking troubled. Much to my amazement, the BBC Derby for some reason that completely confused me, declared that we, 23rd placed Bath City, were the favourites for the match. Apparently Alfreton just couldn’t seem to find a win from anyway at the moment, which made me wonder just what was going on. In the first half we looked the better team, we had more of the ball and more of the chances. I knew that if we continued to play this well that we would end up getting the breakthrough. In fact, after telling my squad that "you have been playing well and to keep it up” they looked happier than I had ever seen them, and looked much more confident as well. In the second half, we finally got the breakthrough in just the 4th minutes in, when one of the midfielders, Jamie Cook, fed in one of the strikers, Lee Phillips, deliciously, who didn’t make any mistake with the finish, blasting it home, causing me to pump my arm in the air in joy. Things got better for us and worse for Alfreton when their substitute, Abdou Sall, got himself sent off in the 65th minute for denying a goal scoring opportunity with his foul. I saw this as an invitation to take charge of the match, and instructed the team to do so. In the end, it may have only been a 1-0 victory, but considering that Bath had lost their last game 4-1 against Fleetwood and looked like some the most demoralize men I had ever seen, I was pleased with the win. This was my first victory in management and it had ended in victory, so who wouldn’t be happy with that? Alfreton 0 – 1 Bath Sall sent off (65) | Phillips (49) 4 Shots 10 3 On Target 3 35% Possession 65% 0 Yellow Cards 0 1 Red Cards 0 Note: I'm not sure just how good this is and what I need to improve at the moment, but sooner or later, this should start to get better, at least I hope so. Edit: Dec 18, 11 4:59am | |
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Oct 28, 11 at 7:05am ^
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quote James Young I actually quite like the format. I am enjoying this keep it up!  ------------------- quote Shave ya Head | |
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Oct 28, 11 at 7:42am ^
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Oct 28, 11 at 7:46am ^
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Oct 28, 11 at 9:35am ^
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25 and Still Jobless – November’s Final Update  Ironically enough, the day after my first match in charge, the Bath board had announced that they had improved their scouting system, much to my amusement. Apparently the previous manager Adie Britton, had asked for the scouting system to be improved as a reward for not only getting Bath promoted, but getting them to finish 10th last season as well, but he was no longer here, so I personally couldn’t care less. I also met the media for the first time, yes, after my first match in charge, and also after I had been complimented by the Alfreton manager Nicky Law, who believed that I would keep Bath up in the Blue Square Premier, avoiding relegation altogether. I must have made a good impression during our match. During my first ever press conference, I declared that I would be bringing attacking football to the club. In another piece of news that brought happiness to my cold-blooded heart, I ended up finally signing Dean Greygoose as my assistant manager, who will be helping me with the team line-up. I also got rid of one of my players, Danny Webb, because of the fact he kept on picking fights with the club Captain, Jim Rollo, something which I made sure that I wasn’t going to put up with. It didn’t hurt that he was on £400 per week either, so I finally got rid of the problem with the wage budget. Go me. Our next game was against relegation rivals Southport, a game which I knew that we had to win for our confidence’s sake, as well as the points. In the first half we had firm control, which was finally realized when Mark Preece scored a header, which hit the inside of the bar before going in, to give us a lead, thanks to an Alex Russell corner. This was soon improved, when a lovely cross from Paul Stonehouse was met in the volley by Lee Phillips, though it was a rebound, I still claim that it was a wonderful finish. Things did get a bit annoying when Tony Gray scored just before half time after pouncing on a rebound off the post, which could have been cleared, much to my disappointment. However, it was not into a first goal of the season from the captain Gethin Jones off of yet another Alex Russell corner that made it certain that we would win. A great result in my eyes, as that made it two wins out of two. This result also made sure that we finally got out of the drop-zone for the first time since I took charge. Blue Square Premier - 30/11/11 Bath 3 – 1 Southport Preece (26), Phillips (42), Jones (68)| Gray (44) 16 Shots 8 8 On Target 4 52% Possession 48% 0 Yellow Cards 0 0 Red Cards 0 Another plus to my start is the fact that I’ve yet to see one of my players even receive a single card, let alone see a red one come out, no yellows either. This is a record that I’m proud of so far after two games, and hope that it will stay this way for some time. Note: Should I show the table for the next post or not? Edit: Dec 18, 11 5:01am | |
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Oct 28, 11 at 12:50pm ^
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quote James YoungI say after every month. So looking at the fixture date. Yes include it next post. ------------------- quote Shave ya Head | |
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Oct 28, 11 at 2:20pm ^
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25 and Still Jobless – December Results  After my 26th Birthday, which was on the 4th of December, I was hoping to make it 3 wins out of 3 against Braintree, a side who are currently fighting for a place in the playoffs. In the first half, we had more of the possession, I admit that, hell, we actually had more of the possession for the entire game, again. But in the first half, we had more of the shots, but we just weren’t putting them away, and in the end that cost us, dearly. Braintree, who had been on the back foot for most of the first half, suddenly got a goal thanks to Harry Rubbins, who scored an effort from outside of the semi circle outside of our area, the shot found its way into the bottom corner of the next. Things didn’t improve for us, in fact, thanks to their goal in the first half, Braintree’s confidence had gone up and was attacking more and soon, Sean Marks, who was making his 125th career league appearance, made it 2-0, after chesting down a cross from the man of the match, Ryan Peters. To be fair, Braintree had been doing better this season than us by miles, but still, it hurt to lose my first game in charge of Bath City, especially at home at Twerton Park. Blue Square Premier – 7/12/11 Bath 0 – 2 Braintree | Rubbins (38), Marks (66) 8 Shots 9 2 On Target 5 54% Possession 46% 0 Yellow Cards 0 0 Red Cards 0 MoM – Ryan Peters (Braintree)  Not too long ago, we had been part of the F.A. Trophy Draw, something to which I looked forward to, I must admit. Our opponents were none other than Havant & Waterlooville, the side that not too long ago, famously went 2-0 up at Anfield, only to lose later on in the 4th round of the F. A. Cup. We needed to get a good start, which we got after taking possession almost straight away and much to my delight, we took the lead on a snowy day when Alex Russell, played in a ball for Jamie Cook to slot him comfortably. It was soon 2-0 when Alex Russell was provided a goal thanks to a Scott Murray corner. We went two 2-0 up at the break. Scott Murray then got in on the act, when Jamie Cook, sliced the defence in half thanks to his pass, providing an easy finish for Scott Murray to make the score 3-0 to us. There was a goal back in the end, when Mark Nwokeji ended up getting through the defence, only to somehow get the ball past our goalkeeper, something I think should have been saved. But regardless, we progressed to the next round, and I couldn’t have been happier. F.A Trophy – 10/12/11 Bath 3 – 1 Havant & W Cook (13), Russell (32), Murray (61) | Nwokeji (87) 13 Shots 7 6 On Target 3 52% Possession 48% 1 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Card 0 MoM – Alex Russell (Bath)  Our next opponents Mansfield were massively considered the favourites for this match, so I told the team to not go for their usual controlling game, but to go for the Countering game, because we really needed to defend here if we wanted just to get anything out of this game at all. This was made even more pressurising when your opponents are for the 4th season running trying to fight for promotion because they couldn’t do it in the previous years. But despite the fact that Mansfield had most of the chances, the first half was actually goalless, which pleased me, though it might have had something to do with how good we were at keeping possession. However, unfortunately enough, Mansfield did take the lead in the second half, thanks to a Matt Green goal, thanks to a through ball from Shaun Jeffers that took most of my defenders out of the game, something which I knew was coming. However, the goal did have a suspicion of offside involved, though I didn’t want to comment on it after the match. We didn’t go down without a fight however, hitting the woodwork at least twice, while Mansfield hit the woodwork once. But despite turning the match into a downright battle, we still lost 1-0, making it 2 defeats in a row in the league. Blue Square Premier – 13/12/11 Mansfield 1 – 0 Bath Green (61) | 12 Shots 7 6 On Target 3 42% Possession 58% 2 Yellow Cards 0 0 Red Cards 0 MoM – Tom Naylor (Mansfield)  Our next opponents were to be the recently relegated Stockport County, the only side in recent years to finish bottom of two divisions in a row with successive relegations. Not exactly an honour I would want wrapped around my neck, like a collar. However with Stockport being in 5th and Bath having slipped back into the relegations zones, now in 22nd, things were not looking like it was going to be a pleasant game for Bath, as they desperately wanted to avoid a 3rd straight league defeat, this time at the hands of Stockport, who were considered one of the main contenders for promotion. We started off being the better team, which surprised me. We had the bar twice in the first 10 minutes and had seen a shot cleared off of the line once, before we hit the bar again before we took the lead thanks to Scott Murray, after we had been taking barrages of attacks from Stockport County. After the break, Lee Phillips made it 2-0 after Jamie Cook had hit the bar beforehand. However, Stockport didn’t go down without a fight and Michael Paton made sure that it would be a nervy finish when he pulled a goal back. Thankfully for me and the fans it wasn’t enough to stop 22nd place Bath from beating 5th place Stockport. Random fact, we actually hit the woodwork 5 times in this match. Blue Square Premier – 21/12/11 Stockport 1 – 2 Bath Paton (71) | Murray (39), Phillips (54) 10 Shots 13 6 On Target 6 49% Possession 51% 0 Yellow Cards 0 0 Red Cards 0 MoM – Scott Murray (Bath)  I decided to try and sign a goalkeeping coach known as Trevor Porter, only for the backroom staff to block off my attempts, feeling that we already had enough staff at the club, much to my annoyance. I ended up going back to my parent’s for the day to celebrate Christmas with them. I had however, never felt so good or cheerful at Christmas before, maybe it was due to the great result we had against Stockport or something, I don’t know. However, I needed to leave early because of the fact we had a game on Boxing Day, I was excused because of my job. As well as the fact I had a game against Kettering Town the next day, up north. The game against Kettering was said to be a really tight one, with a draw on the cards, something that suited me just fine, especially the team had drawn the game before I became Bath’s manager. However, it was Kettering who had taken the lead at first thanks to Moses Ashikodi who had been played in by Dan Gray, much to my annoyance, hell. They even hit the woodwork as well. However, Mark Preece headed it in from an Alex Russell corner to make it 1-1 just before halftime. In the second half, Jamie Cook had hit the post, twice from easy efforts, only to score his first league for the club goal in the 89th minute, much to my joy, as it proved to be the winner. The second win in a row took us out of the relegation zone once more. Blue Square Premier – 26/12/11 Kettering 1 – 2 Bath Ashikodi (12) | Preece (45), Cook (89) 10 Shots 15 3 On Target 3 46% Possession 54% 1 Yellow Card 1 0 Red Cards 0 MoM – Mark Preece (Bath)  Before the next game, we were able to get a Parent club in the form of Watford, so this would prove to be something that should hopefully benefit to us in the long term. The next game was an important one. A game that I felt would be for sure our 3rd victory in a row. It was against Forest Green Rovers, our rivals. This was the last game of the month, and I remember clearly saying to my family over the phone that I was expecting to see my 3rd straight win for the first time as Bath City manager. Even the media were predicting that we would win this match, so to say that I was confident was an understatement. I was cocky. This cockiness cost me the match, big time. I made an amateur mistake of getting too confident in the result coming our way, normally, I just never know what to expect, or expect to lose, but this time I expected a win, and I ended up witnessing my side being dominated, for most of the second half of the match. They hit the woodwork, we hit the woodwork. It was a goalless first half, a boring one too I must admit so I really didn’t see it coming. They hit the woodwork twice and scored thanks to Reece Styche, I felt shocked. I was losing to a rival club. Then we were dominated throughout the rest of the match, we had chances yes, but we deserved to lose the match and I will be the first to admit that we should have lost by more than 1 goal. There was also the fact that the match had been played on a Friday, the only one in fact, but thankfully we didn’t fall into the bottom 4 again, for now at least anyway. Blue Square Premier – 30/12/11 Bath 0 – 1 Forest Green | Styche (52) 9 Shots 17 3 On Target 6 49% Possession 51% 0 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0 MoM – Jared Hodgkiss (c) (Forest Green) Bath City Pos | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | Gls | Con | G.D. | Pts| 20th | 26 || 6 ||| 6 ||| 14 || 19 || 35 || -16 || 24| 2 points above 21st team Lincoln having played a game more and 3 points behind Forest Green having played the same amount of games. Note: Can't bring up a table, and just feel too lazy to do so myself. Hope you liked the update though. Only hoping that I didn't put in too much. [size=1]This message was edited on 2011-12-18T07:30:57-08:00. | |
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Oct 28, 11 at 3:17pm ^
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Oct 30, 11 at 3:59am ^
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cmon forest green!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oct 30, 11 at 10:51am ^
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quote AlcatrazLol, I see you're a fan of Forest Green | |
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Oct 30, 11 at 5:29pm ^
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quote James Youngnah i play for their youth team, but im not in fm12  | |
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Nov 01, 11 at 4:02pm ^
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