Hello and welcome to the first save on my blog where we will be starting with Harrogate Town. The aim of this save is to get Harrogate as far as we can. This will be a difficult save but we're going to try and do our best. If you have any tips please feel free to leave a comment in the comments section.









Overview





So we begin this save playing in the Vanarama National League after being promoted last season. We're predicted to finish 19th in the table but we're looking at a more mid table finish or aiming for the playoffs. We have a good squad but we do need to improve in areas. Luckily for us we have nearly £8k in wages so we can at least try and get some decent free agents and loans to help us this season.





Our squad looks decent. We have some very good players in this team that will be crucial for us such as Joe Leesley, Jack Muldoon, Callum Howe, Michael Woods, Josh Falkingham and James Belshaw

. Some of these players will need their contract extending for the future.









































Josh Falkingham looks like a very good player with decent passing and tackling and his mental attributes are very good. I think it would be wise to work the squad around him with him dictating the play.













































Staff





I don't like to change too much in terms of staff. I like to look at who we can bring in and then see what changes we can make. I have looked through our staff members and we need to hire some scouts. I looked through a list and I have put contract offers towards

Erwin Vandenbergh and Danny Philpott. I am excited about both these scouts as Danny is a very good scout and Erwin is a scout with a lot of knowledge on different countries, hopefully finding decent players outside of England, which at this level is a very good start. We shall find out in the next chapter if we manage to sign them.













































Tactics





As for our tactics, I'm looking to test my tactic out on our first pre-season game against our under 23's. I'm looking to press the opposition and play very intense football. I don't want our opponents to have any time on the ball. This season we're up against many hard teams which is why I have chosen this style of play.













































We will have to see how we cope with no full backs. I am trying to create a tactic that is different but effective against our opposition. Our wingers will play an important role with attacking and defending for us.





I plan on adding some bigger teams to face in pre-season. This will help us with our tactic, see if any changes are needed and to help with our finances too; which are looking very good at the moment.













































This save will be taking place in monthly chapters. In the next chapter I will be showing you the transfers I make and how pre-season has gone, getting ready for the start of the season against Sutton United.





If you have any questions or have any advice for me please let me know. I hope you have enjoyed reading this first post with Harrogate Town.





Chapter 2:



