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French Cup highlights...

Lyon 1 Lens 4
Paris 5 Sochaux 0
Etienne 1 Metz 0
Nantes 2 Chatearoux 0

Paul Hemmings wrote:

FA Cup highlights...

Man City 4 Sheff Weds 0
Fulham 3 Burnley 1
Charlton 5 MK Dons 1
Stoke 1 Wolves 2
Birmingham 1 Blackburn 1 aet pens 3-2
Bolton 2 Plymouth 1
Chelsea 4 Luton 1
Westham 4 Newcastle 1
Leicester 3 Wimbledon 2

Not surprised with that considering the side i put out, happy to be through, no more than that.

Massive win at the Emirates, against a much changed Arsenal.  Really deliberated how to line up against their packed midfield, and also was unsure whether their new signings would be playing.  Very happy with a win.
As Paul says, the goals continue to flow at Nantes and dropped points from a few other teams in and around the top of the table suggest that this was a good week for me in France.

Nervous about the cup scores as it was a much changed team, albeit against a lower league MK Dons.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

FA Cup highlights...

Man City 4 Sheff Weds 0
Fulham 3 Burnley 1
Charlton 5 MK Dons 1
Stoke 1 Wolves 2
Birmingham 1 Blackburn 1 aet pens 3-2
Bolton 2 Plymouth 1
Chelsea 4 Luton 1
Westham 4 Newcastle 1
Leicester 3 Wimbledon 2

Need not have worried!!  Seems a few players are trying to impress and pressure the first team!!

What has happened to Watford in the cup?

Spanish Cup highlights from their second round...

Barcelona 12 ( twelve ) Castellon 0
Valencia 4 Getafe 0
Sevilla 2 Gijon 0
Real Madrid 6 Oviedo 0
Real Betis 4 Hercules 0

a world record equalling score for Matt's Barcelona in the cup this week.

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

FA Cup highlights...

Man City 4 Sheff Weds 0
Fulham 3 Burnley 1
Charlton 5 MK Dons 1
Stoke 1 Wolves 2
Birmingham 1 Blackburn 1 aet pens 3-2
Bolton 2 Plymouth 1
Chelsea 4 Luton 1
Westham 4 Newcastle 1
Leicester 3 Wimbledon 2

Need not have worried!!  Seems a few players are trying to impress and pressure the first team!!

What has happened to Watford in the cup?

Watford were beaten 7-5 at Blackpool in round one.

okay a quick round up before I run all the transfers, coaching and finances...

Argentina

Gimnasia 2 Rosario 0
Argentinos 2 Lorenzo 1
Velez 1 Boca 5

Boca 23 +16
Argentinos 20 +9
Gimnasia 17 +7

Brazil

Santos 4 Gremio 0
Flamengo 1 Sao Paulo 2
Vasco 3 Fluminense 2

Sao Paulo 22 +14
Flamengo 19 +18
Santos 19 +17
Vasco 18 +5

Eircom

St Pats 1 Cherry 1

Shamrock 17 +2
Bohemians 15 +4
Cork 15 +3
UCD 15 +3
Shelbourne 13 +1
Cherry 12 +1

Premiership

Fulham 0 Plymouth 2
Birmingham 2 Chelsea 0
Leicester 3 Newcastle 2
Arsenal 1 Charlton 2
Watford 1 Man City 1
Tottenham 1 Liverpool 0

Plymouth 22 +11
Charlton 20 +9
Watford 20 +8
Birmingham 15 +3
Man City 14 +4
Fulham 13 +3
Chelsea 12 -3
Tottenham 11 +0
Liverpool 11 -1
Leicester 10 -4
Arsenal 3 -14
Newcastle 3 -16

a bit of a gap opening up now...

Well great win the Premier League, think thats the first victory against Fulham ever for me. Put a real bare bones team out with no first team players in the cup so not surprised there at all and has to prioritise. 

Wheels falling off in France, some serious attention needed there I feel!

France

Nantes 6 Nice 0
Cannes 1 Paris 2
Lyon 1 Etienne 2
Auxerre 0 Lille 3

Nantes 24 +31
Lille 19 +20
Etienne 19 +9
Lyon 17 +12
Paris 17 +6

Bundesliga

Hamburg 4 Stuttgart 0
Gladbach 1 Dortmund 0
Berlin 1 Bochum 0
Bayern 1 Schalke 0

Bayern 27 +13
Berlin 19 +11
Hamburg 17 +11
Gladbach 17 +8
Schalke 17 +7
Dortmund 15 +7

an 8 point lead for Bayern might be too much already ?

Holland

Groningen 1 PSV 2
Rotterdam 2 Ajax 3
Feyenoord 1 Sittard 2
Vitesse 2 Twente 1

Ajax 27 +16
Feyenoord 22 +18
PSV 19 +7
Vitesse 17 +6

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

FA Cup highlights...

Man City 4 Sheff Weds 0
Fulham 3 Burnley 1
Charlton 5 MK Dons 1
Stoke 1 Wolves 2
Birmingham 1 Blackburn 1 aet pens 3-2
Bolton 2 Plymouth 1
Chelsea 4 Luton 1
Westham 4 Newcastle 1
Leicester 3 Wimbledon 2

Need not have worried!!  Seems a few players are trying to impress and pressure the first team!!

What has happened to Watford in the cup?

Watford were beaten 7-5 at Blackpool in round one.

I played Aiden McGeady in goal! Put the wrong squad number in- I tried to play Alex McCarthy! Big error!

Seria A

Napoli 3 Cagliari 5
Lazio 0 Inter 2
Parma 2 Atalanta 1
Juve 2 Sampdoria 0
AC Milan 2 Ancona 0
Roma 2 Empoli 0

Roma 23 +18
Inter 18 +20
Juventus 17 +4
Parma 16 +5
Milan 16 +5
Ancona 13 -4

Russia

Torpedo 1 Spartak 3
Dinamo 1 Rostov 0
CSKA 3 Anzhi 1
Samara 2 Alania 0

Spartak 25 +12
Dinamo 20 +7
CSKA 17 +7
Samara 17 +5

Scotland

Inverness 1 Dundee Utd 1
Rangers 1 St Johnstone 1
Celtic 3 Motherwell 0
Aberdeen 2 Hibs 1

Inverness 23 +13
Rangers 18 +8
Celtic 15 +4
Aberdeen 14+2

La Liga

Betis 1 Real 3
Valencia 1 Barcelona 0
Sevilla 1 Celta 1
Bilbao 1 Atletico 0

Real Madrid 24 +17
Barcelona 20 +18
Valencia 20 +11
Bilbao 17 +3

Chuffed to return to winning ways. Although it looks on paper given Newcastle's start to the season, like the game you'd expect to pick up something in... with no Carrick and the side struggling to get into oppositions halves let alone within sight of goal, I'm delighted to have scored three and picked up as many points. 
Shocker at home to Plymouth for Will's Fulham, can't believe given my awful run since winning at the Emirates in Week 2, that Leicester are now just three points behind Fulham, yet still in the drop zone. Think it's going to be tight as you like this season. 
Expected defeat for Betis at home to Real, it's real 2nd season stuff for Betis this year, just hasnt come together yet, despite the side looking a lot stronger on paper in my eyes. Need to get everyone settled, happy with competition for places in midfield and at TM, just need to add perhaps another quality CB and with Milito on the way down, I need to find a CF and fast.

So, another very interesting week.

I will give one hint to the people that keep asking me that same question...

the Next Game Bonus ( NG on your special actions ) is there for a reason and you need to use it.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

So, another very interesting week.

I will give one hint to the people that keep asking me that same question...

the Next Game Bonus ( NG on your special actions ) is there for a reason and you need to use it.

Ssssshhhhh Paul.....

I'm off to do the transfers now, then the training, morale and the finances...

Wow what a great week, think I deserve a pint and a pub lunch for that. See you in a few hours  

Paul Hemmings wrote:

So, another very interesting week.

I will give one hint to the people that keep asking me that same question...

the Next Game Bonus ( NG on your special actions ) is there for a reason and you need to use it.

News to me - I presume this is used in conjunction with a squad number....?