Football Season Guide

Sirius are benefiting from calm atmosphere in the squad, which is mainly because all the players and staff are trusting the decisions coach Kim Bergstrand makes, he has been in charge since 2012. After an easy mid-table existence in 2017 the players are hoping for another trouble-free campaign and not many major changes in personnel occurred during the winter months. Blue and Blacks lost two of their starting midfielders, but the gaffer added four new names just in this area of the pitch. Also the experienced regulars Haglund (31) and Gustafsson (30) decided to stay for another season and they will be the two main protectors of the back four, but also the main source of forward passes. Sirius don’t like to use fast pace a lot, most of their forward players are heavily build robust centre forwards that need time to set into positon inside the box, but that said the gaffer has some very crafty wingers in his ranks and the likes of Sirelius, Holmquist-Vecchia, Lundholm and newcomer Georges are all capable of beating players for pace in the wide areas and also all three of them have very satisfying stats in terms of their crossing accuracy. The one worry that some fans have is that apart from the 34-year-old starter on goal Josh Wicks Sirius don’t have another decent goalkeeper. Youngster Nyberg was brought in as a cover option, but he is yet to make his senior debut and the health of the goalie will be probably the most closely monitored thing in the team in 2018. The fact that the manager is a legend at the club, nine of the expected eleven starters this season will be aged 26 and over, there were no major transfer turbulences between campaigns and the tactics and playing style are clear should see Sirius earning steady point flow right from the early weeks of the new season.