Disappointing Win

Part 26 | Yanbian FC | 延边足球俱乐部 | 연변축구 | FM23 Hardcore Mode | Football Manager 2023

Disappointing Win

Yeah, we beat Yantai Yintai. Everybody knew we were going to win. We won 4-0, which meant another clean sheet for Wu Ping. But I’m still not happy.

Two of our goals came from penalties by Kwon Hyeok-Kyu, who was on his way to winning Man of the Match. The other two goals were a little tap-in by Kim Kuk-Jin after 11 minutes and an easy shot by Pietro Rovaglia in the 25th minute.

We didn’t score at all after the 43rd minute. We basically cruised our way to the finish line.

That’s what I’m worried about. We can’t expect to win against better competition when we don’t have it in us to dominate the easy ones.

Maybe it was because of the snow - I don’t know. I do know that Yantai had a player sent off in the 55th minute, but that didn’t seem to help our goal scoring at all. We can’t expect to continue to have success if this is our approach.

I know we are undefeated and that we set new records with each goal we score. However, I can’t help but think that a shakeup is in order.

Playing Time Concerns

Over half of the squad is upset with me about their playing time.

Nobody will listen to reason. We have two matches every week. The tactic we use is somewhat intense. We simply can’t put the same 11 men out there every single match and expect to do well.

Some players are receiving regular starter playing time, as we agreed to, and are expected regular starter playing time — and yet are still upset with me. It makes no sense.

My feeling is that we have a number of unprofessional players on our squad who are coasting because they happen to be better than our woeful opposition. Again, this is convincing me that a change is in order before we make it to higher levels.

Maybe Chairman Guo was right to be skeptical all along.

Liaoning FC

We’re up against Liaoning FC next.

They’re having a good season and are in 4th place in the league. We should be able to crush them, though.

The trip to Shenyang should be enjoyable. We’ll see if it’s snowing there.