Walsall Survive First Year in Premiere League

2018 - 2019 Premiere League Campaign

With my full year in the British Premiere League completed, Walsall has managed to easily survived relegation back into the Championship. Walsall finished in 16th seed on 43 points.

Our expectation were to simply survive the drop in our first year and we were able to do this easily.

Manchester United won the title while being carried by Italian Mauro Icardi's 38 league goals

 19 year old American wonderkid, Jesus Noriega was Walsall best player on a 7.29 rating, 17 goals and 8 assist.



Jesus also won a place into the Premiere League team of the year which consist the league best 11.

Other Walsall player who had good season were  CB Matt Preston at 7.12 ratings....Milan Butterfield at 6.99.....Andreas Makris at 6.97, 7 goals and 10 assist.

Winning Streaks Continues - Sky Bet League-1 Update

As the Manager of Walsall F.C, my current league winning streak currently stands at 9 matches, as of December 30th 2016 on FM17.

Jesus Noriega, the 17 year old American WonderKid and adopted son, is not only the team in goals, but also leads the entire Sky Bet League-One in goals. Noriega has bagged 13 goals in 16 league appearance, 8 as a starter and 8 as a substitute.

Walsall F.C now sits second on 43 points, in the League-One standing, only behind Peterborough with 44 point.

SKY BET LEAGUE-ONE GOAL LEADERS

FA CUP SECOND ROUND VICTORY

During my blazing hot run of form managing Walsall F.C, I've also managed to win in the FA CUP second round against Blackpool and will now advance in the third round of the cup against Birmingham 8 days from December 30th 2016.

FA CUP Third Round Upcoming Fixture

WALSALL F.C  PLAYERS RATINGS.

My top rated player is Matt Preston, a 21 year old central back who has recorded a 7.66 rating. Second is of course my wonder-kid, Jesus Noriega at 7.62.

JESUS NORIEGA THE AMERICAN WONDER-KID

Preseason friendlies over, Opening day of season Tomorrow

After a full month of preseason friendlies and getting the team fit, opening day is finally around the corner. My preseason record was 6 wins and 1 draws, so things went very well and the majority of the players are well conditioned with good sharpness for tomorrow's game against  AFC Wimbledon

Preseason performance and record below.

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My best performer for the preseason was Matt Preston, my 21 year old central back who is battling for an starting role on opening night against James O'Connor who is supposed to be my captain and this surely will be a game-time decision for me on who start at right-central back.

Preston finished with a rating of 7.88 while O'Connor finished with a 6.77 ratings.

I could of course decide to pair both of them as my 2 central-backs but the 2 of them are right footed and Kevin Tomer, a left footer CB also had a good preseason at 7.40 ratings...

My 4-3-3 tactic relies for one of the 2 CB to be a "ball-playing" defender who is somewhat comfortable on the ball and O'Connor fits that bill the best out of my 4 central backs, so I will have to decide whether this is enough to start O'Connor.

Battle at Left wing back

Scott Laird, a 28 year old full-back on loan from Scunthorpe is battling 17 year old hot prospect Callum Cockerill-Mollett, for honor to start on opening day of the season. Surprisingly, the 17 year old has had the better training camp and has performed much better posting a rating of 7.09 in compare to Laird's 6.67 ratings.

While well aware of the rating, I'm still leaning on starting Scott Laird, out of respect for him being a veteran while Callum is just starting his career at 17 and will get plenty of chances to start.