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November:
2nd – Away v Crystal Palace
5th – Home v Birmingham
9th – Home v Nottm Forest
23rd – Away v Hull
30th - Away v Leeds
16th Friendly vs Puerto Rico
20th Friendly vs Portugal
I begin today’s away match defensive, and then I’ll open up later. In the first minute, we score. Gommans found Dongou who lobbed the keeper for a score at the 1:19 mark. Will this be one of those days when an underdog away team come in an trounce someone inexplicably? Nope – 1-0 at the half. I keep defensive, and Dongou gets a yellow in the opening minutes of the next half. I ut in Gorman, Harewood and Tonge for various players. Are we going to escape with a win? Nope, they score in the 83rd minute. We keep it to a tie though, and I will absolutely take that. We had one shot on target all day out of six. They had 18 shots and just four on target.
I have my first meeting. I tell the lads that we have the ability to change their fortunes. I call on Ilunga. He’s calm and wants to buck our ideas up. I talk to the room, and then one player goes after another, and I dial it back and we are done. Everybody’s morale has gone up.
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