Pre-Season and August

Here are all my pre-season results and goalscorers:

As you can see, my so-called star player Edin Dzeko only scored 2 goals starting most games, while Grafite, a 30-year-old Brazilian striker scored 6 mainly as a substitute! This confused me slightly over who to use, as I normally use just one striker in my trusted 4-2-3-1 formation. I did some tinkering and now use a 4-4-2 diamond with Dzeko and Grafite up front. Here are my first four competitive results as Wolfsburg manager, taking us up to September 1st in our story:
German Cup: Lotte 0-3 Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: Hoffenheim 2-0 Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: Wolfsburg 1-0 Gladbach

Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin 3-3 Wolfsburg

So, not a bad start to the season, but definite room for improvement in the coming months. At the end of August 2009, the Bundesliga table and player stats are as follows:

See you at the end of September folks!