[spireitematt]

Happy Christmas you guys, hope you had a good one.

Got FM18 for Christmas and started managing Chesterfield, I've kept the same team we have in real life and not made any big changes and so far got 7pts from first 3 games. Got a partnership going between Dennis/German and O'Grady and it seems to be working. The main formations I am using are 4-4-2 attacking, 4-2-3-1 and 3-5-2.

Now to talk about reality:

January is going to be a very big and important month as we need to strengthen and its a must . We need an experienced goalkeeper which is self explanatory, a Left Back who can also play on the left wing and need possibly 2 Centre Backs. Drew can play at Right Back and also on the Right wing which is good. Also we have to remember that confidence and form go hand in hand, losing 5-1 away at Stevenage 2 days before Christmas must have really be disheartening especially after such a great run of 7 games unbeaten. January is also going to be very tough looking at the forthcoming fixtures as we've got Coventry, Accrington and Luton back to back and they've all been doing great so far at the top end of the table.

I don't think much really separates Forest Green, Morecambe, Barnet, Crewe, Yeovil and ourselves and I think it will be very tight come the end of the season even though I hope we are about mid-table when it comes to April. I'm still confident Jack can turn this around and keep us in L2.

So lets be optimistic and get behind the team and Jack for 2018.

UP THE SPIREITES!!!!!!!!