Season 24 Week 7 processing...

Good morning everybody, how are we all today. Welcome to week 7 on a rainy morning from Cornwall.

I'm beginning to start the data entry atm but there is quite a lot of it so I would imagine games will be run on wednesday this week.

Hi Paul, sorry to be a pain but could you take my subs out for Birmingham, totally forgot to do it!

Morning Paul, all good here.

How's the job going, any feedback received yet?  Settled in ok?

All turns received?

Got orders from Charlton, Barcelona, Schalke, Man City, Watford, Birmingham, Chelsea, Inter, Inverness, Plymouth, Fulham and Leicester.

None from Newcastle or Real Madrid.

Just found Real Madrid's orders.

Games will kickoff at 1000 Wednesday ... good luck to everybody .

Morning all.

I do have a bit of a problem this morning that may or may not interfere/interrupt the game schedule. We have solar panels and apparently they are not working properly so an engineer is coming to check them out today. I have no idea when they are coming or how long they will be here or even what is involved, so I'll just have to play it by ear.

Games will still kickoff at 1000 but we may get interrupted, so apologies for that in advance.

Rich@Birmingham wrote:

Hi Paul, sorry to be a pain but could you take my subs out for Birmingham, totally forgot to do it!

done

No probs Paul, we have been thinking about solar panels for our shop.  Probably not a good idea to ask you at the minute if they are a good investment!! I'm sure they are though.

We've had ours for 18 months and they have been nothing but trouble tbh. We did it to do our bit for the planet but I wouldn't do it again. I've found that the people/firms involved in the selling / installation / maintenance are all about how much money they can make off you and it's so damn disruptive. We ended up with crap quality panels a crap installation ( I had to throw one electrician out of my house cos he wanted to run the wiring down the bedroom wall ) and now the firm contracted to do the maint have been trampling all over our house like its a building site, so i'm not really looking forward to another visit. At one point we'd had scaffolding up at the house for over six months ! and now we have it again, just aint worth it to save 200 or 300 pounds a year on your electric bill.

I hope you have better luck than we did.

Another tough game this week, against a team I have yet to beat.  Geoff's resurgent City side are gonna cause me some problems.  They seem to be very well settled there now and with some good players taking to their new system very well. 

In France, another away fixture, to Monaco, who also with a number of good players, play the WBK tactic which I am yet to play against, so that game could be very interesting!!  One thing is for sure, I can't see it being a 0-0!!

The Premier League throws up another week of interesting fixtures :

Plymouth v Chelsea - Gaz faces another tricky away fixture away to Ben, who still has 100% record at home.  Although after a narrow defeat last week at The Valley, Chelsea may be able to cause a few problems for the Plymouth side.

Birmingham v Newcastle - Another tough fixture again for the absent Newcastle manager.  Points needed on the board as soon as possible, although away at St Andrews isn't the best place to go when in need.  Despite a disappointing result at Maine Road last week, Rich's side could well be too strong for a disrupted Newcastle outfit.

Leicester v Fulham - Arguably the biggest game in the Premier League this week, just due to the animosity surrounding it.  Either manager would probably sacrifice a limb to secure all three points and bragging rights.  You would assume that the Champions would be favourites in this fixture, especially if you'd have heard all the posturing this week by the Fulham manager.  Interestingly though, it has all been done in private this time, rather than the last episode in the cup, in which Will was quite public in the fact he was going to beat Rich.  Still confident, but maybe not as much this time around?   Leicester at home are a tough nut to crack and with Nasri fit and firing, Will could be facing more problems than he assumes.  Personally, think it is a tough one to call.

Watford v Liverpool - Despite a strong start, Liverpool might find this one a tough fixture to carry on their good form.  Watford are very strong at home, 100% record, and the endless amount of talent Jamie has there seems to have found a way of playing together in harmony.  A real dark horse for the title this year in my eyes.  Can't see anything other than a home win for the team with the tightest defence.

Spurs v Arsenal - A bit of a rarity this year in the Premier League, a fixture between two reality managers.  Not often the North London derby is described as a relegation 6 pointer, but this one is, looking at the current table.  Can Arsene fit all his superstars into a formation that works?  Will Harry's settled side plunge the once 'title-challenging' Arsenal into deeper trouble?  Certainly a tough one to call, home advantage could be crucial in this one?


Another intriguing week in the top league in England, good luck to all.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

We've had ours for 18 months and they have been nothing but trouble tbh. We did it to do our bit for the planet but I wouldn't do it again. I've found that the people/firms involved in the selling / installation / maintenance are all about how much money they can make off you and it's so damn disruptive. We ended up with crap quality panels a crap installation ( I had to throw one electrician out of my house cos he wanted to run the wiring down the bedroom wall ) and now the firm contracted to do the maint have been trampling all over our house like its a building site, so i'm not really looking forward to another visit. At one point we'd had scaffolding up at the house for over six months ! and now we have it again, just aint worth it to save 200 or 300 pounds a year on your electric bill.

I hope you have better luck than we did.

Jesus, sounds like a nightmare.  They dress it up when selling it to you as you'll save loads of money, good for the environment etc, but by the sounds of it, you get a lot of hassle with them too.

Thanks Paul, will be wary when investigating now! 

okay the games have kicked off and we are underway...

Real Madrid 1 Barcelona 0 Messi shot after just 2 mins gives Madrid the edge in the big Spanish clash of the titans.

Argentinos 0 Boca 1 Fernandez on 3 mins.
Espanol 0 Betis 1 Ganso.

Schalke 1 Leverkusen 0 Piszczek on 4 mins.

Watford 1 Liverpool 0 Negredo on 7 mins.

Argentinos 0 Boca 2 Martinez on 8 mins.
CSKA 1 Zenit 0 Jelavic.

Birmingham 1 Newcastle 0 Welbeck on 11 mins.
Sevilla 0 Atletico 1 Micael.

Lyon 0 Lille 1 Harnik on 16 mins.

Hibs 0 Inverness 1 Georgiadis on 17 mins.

Flamengo 1 Palmeiras 0 Lewandowski on 20 mins.
Charlton 0 Man City 1 Lampard.

Schalke 2 Leverkusen 0 Ronaldo on 22 mins.
Espanol 0 Betis 2 Olinga.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Flamengo 1 Palmeiras 0 Lewandowski on 20 mins.
Charlton 0 Man City 1 Lampard.

Oh balls, not the greatest start.

Lyon 1 Lille 1 Ibrahimovic on 23 mins.
Feyenoord 1 Twente 0 Wolfswinkel.