Season 23 Week 9 processing

What a week for east bridgford Utd lol

Lincoln 0 Banstead 1

Banstead 25 +14
Hyde 16 +7
Hartlepool 15 +5
Truro 15 -1
Chesterfield 15 -7

Etienne 3 Marseille 0
Auxerre 2 Bordeaux 4
Toulouse 4 Lille 6 ( six )
Lyon 1 Paris 2
Lens 1 Cannes 3
Monaco 0 Nantes 0

Lille 19 +9
Nantes 19 +8
Lyon 18 +9
Etienne 18 +8
Paris 17 +5
Monaco 15 +4

I know france is not the most exciting league in the world for cultural reasons but the league is very close this year and even though usual challengers Monaco are slipping away Paris have regained their form and Lille are on fire atm, should be an interesting race.

Leverkusen 2 Dusseldorf 0
Dortmund 2 Schalke 7 ( seven )
Bremen 0 Berlin 2
Cologne 0 Bayern 1
Stuttgart 0 Gladbach 0
Frankfurt 0 Hamburg 2

Schalke 25 +24
Bayern 24 +18
Berlin 24 +17
Stuttgart 15 +4
Hamburg 12 -5

Hamburg are rebuilding under their new boss whilst the big three continue to slog it out at the top so this league too is going to be very exciting to watch.

Think the French title will go right to the wire, any one from 5 teams could win it.
The most open league?

Groningen 0 PSV 1
Heerenveen 2 Alkmaar 0
Roda 6 ( six ) Breda 3
Rotterdam 2 Ajax 2
Feyenoord 1 Sittard 0
Vitesse 3 Twente 0

Feyenoord 24 +17
Ajax 22 +17
Vitesse 17 +7
Sittard 16 +6
Heerenveen 16 +6
PSV 16 +5

Parma 0 Juventus 1
Lazio 4 Sampdoria 0
Atalanta 2 Cagliari 3
Ancona 1 Napoli 1
Inter 1 Roma 0
Milan 2 Fiorentina 0

Inter 23 +16
Napoli 20 +15
Juventus 19 +8
Milan 17 +11
Roma 14 +6
Ancona 14 +3

CSKA 2 Anzhi 1
Torpedo 0 Spartak 0
Lokomotiv 2 Volgograd 0
Dinamo 2 Rostov 0

CSKA 21 +20
Lokomotiv 18 +10
Dinamo 18 +8
Spartak 17 +8

Dundee 0 Celtic 1
Inverness 1 Hearts 0
Aberdeen 1 St Johnstone 1
Motherwell 0 Rangers 1
Raith 0 Dundee Utd 3
Hibs 1 Queens Park 1

Rangers 25 +24
Inverness 17 +4
Motherwell 15 +4
Celtic 15 +3
Hibs 13 +2
Aberdeen 13 -2

Real Betis 2 Real Madrid 2
Valencia 0 Barcelona 0
Espanol 2 Deportivo 0
Villareal 2 Sociedad 2
Sevilla 2 Celta 3
Bilbao 4 Atletico 1

Betis 25 +12
Real 23 +16
Barcelona 20 +15
Celta 15 +5
Valencia 13 +2

It was also the Second Round of the FA Cup this week...

Rich@Leicester wrote:

What a week for east bridgford Utd lol

It was indeed.

Was funny, were both sat round the same laptop and everytime Paul said

'And there been a late goal' one or both of us shat it lol.

Liverpool 1 Blackpool 0
Leicester 2 Sheff Utd 0
Ipswich 1 Man City 3
Chelsea 1 Forest 0

Watford 4 Burnley 0
Newcastle 1 Norwich 0
Leeds 1 Boro 0
Wolves 2 Villa 3

Fulham 2 Blackburn 0
Chalrton 1 Preston 0
Westham 4 Brighton 0
Hull 2 Notts Co 0

Everton 2 Oldham 0
Man United 2 Bouremouth 0
Arsenal 5 Derby 0
Plymouth 5 Shrewsbury 1

I'm going to process all the transfers now, always takes awhile...

Oops looks like I missed a late PSG goal in France - compounds the misery this turn - oh well lets see if any of my transfers went through - see if they can cheer me up!

Wayne Rooney and Carl Jenkinson have moved to Arsenal in exchange for Sergio Aguero and £5millions in cash. This is a huge for both sides as they try to solve their recent goal famines.

And now that Rooney has departed how will Plymouth cope ? will they employ Aguero to get the goals or create them ? will they have the same dilemma as Aguero's previous managers ? is he best left to score em or create em ?

Nikica Jelavic has moved to CSKA Moscow from Leicester for £15millions which is a move that leaves the Championship contenders decidedly light in attack with only Steven Fletcher and the young but highly promising Wilfried Zaha to slot into his place.

It will be interesting to hear what boss Rich has planned for the future. Will he play Zaha ? will he switch formation ? or will he finally give the highly talented Fletcher a much deserved extended run in somebody's team ? We shall see I guess.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Nikica Jelavic has moved to CSKA Moscow from Leicester for £15millions which is a move that leaves the Championship contenders decidedly light in attack with only Steven Fletcher and the young but highly promising Wilfried Zaha to slot into his place.

It will be interesting to hear what boss Rich has planned for the future. Will he play Zaha ? will he switch formation ? or will he finally give the highly talented Fletcher a much deserved extended run in somebody's team ? We shall see I guess.

Wow, didn't see that one coming!

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Wayne Rooney and Carl Jenkinson have moved to Arsenal in exchange for Sergio Aguero and £5millions in cash. This is a huge for both sides as they try to solve their recent goal famines.

And now that Rooney has departed how will Plymouth cope ? will they employ Aguero to get the goals or create them ? will they have the same dilemma as Aguero's previous managers ? is he best left to score em or create em ?

The former Paul, Aguero is moving up top and in comes Jack Wilshire as key creator! Might be a shift in formation depending on whether my DY's have the skills to play wider...

Young up and coming Matija Nastasic has disappeared into the hoards of players waiting on a first team place at Real Madrid whilst £25millions and young Suso has moved the other way to Charlton.

Real Madrid have signed a host of new young talent this week by raiding the Nantes youth academy and as a result Betinho, Adryan, Ademilson and the hugely talented Lucas Moura will be joining Real in exchange for Coutinho who has joined Nantes.

It will be interesting to see how Iain manages all this new talent which now gives him 70 players at his club, which includes the likes of Alves, Hazard, Moutinho, Sanchez and Benzema who cant even get in the first eleven and who feel they should be there.

and a big signing for Watford's feeder club as Ancona capture the highly rated Lewis Holtby from Schalke in exchange for Marcel Schmelzer.

Ancona are another team who are struggling slightly atm under the weight of having 70 players at the club although it is not quite so critical at a feeder club.

Leonardo Bonucci has refused to move back to Inter Milan from Boca Juniors. But the younger Alessandro Florenzi was excited to be joining Inter Milan from Boca.

grabbing some lunch bbiab.

It's all cracking off deal wise.

I feel a bit left out

I'll give you £1 for Milner, just to make you keep you happy.