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Villa 5 Stoke 0 Mane on 86 minutes, maybe a winning formula for Villa fans ?

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Villa 5 Stoke 0 Mane on 86 minutes, maybe a winning formula for Villa fans ?

It's getting closer ...... I think.

Preston have had Haidara sentoff in the dying seconds...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Preston have had Haidara sentoff in the dying seconds...

Dirty Preston. Dirty, dirty Preston.

and it's all over for another week as the final whistle blows...

round up to follow after a short break...

Very very frustrated with Inter's attack. This week's transfers will show that I think.

Did we win ? I think we did.

Top notch win in the league for schalke, very pleased! And an unexpected ecc away win v watford - bonus...

Campeonato Brasileiro Seria A

Flamengo 28 +44
Santos 25 +39
Gremio 18 +6

Eircom Premier

Cherry 30 +24
Cork City 22 +5
Shelbourne 18 +5

Premiership

Man City 23 +19
Charlton 22 +11
Watford 20 +10
Plymouth 18 +9
Fulham 16 +5 20-15
Arsenal 16 +5 17-12
Leicester 16 -7
Birmingham 14 0

So City go back to the top thanks to their narrow win over Watford and Charlton continue their good form to move into second.

Championship

Liverpool 25 +15
Everton 20 +9
Wolves 20 +5
Villa 19 +13
Blackburn 15 +6
Westham 15 -1

with only Everton and Westham under the control of reality managers it is going to be tough to escape from this division this season.

Fantastic week for both Plymouth and Roma - to beat Juventus is a triumph and a real bonus. Great for Plymouth to get back to winning ways - still in the hunt but need a few more weeks like this - 4 points from 2 away games has been a real positive!

League One

Oldham 24 +15
Burnley 19 +4
Palace 16 +1
Leeds 15 +4
Soton 14 +4
Coventry 14 +2
Derby 13
QPR 13
Reading 13

anything can happen in such a tight league but Palace and Soton need to improve and with Burnley under consideration by a new manager who has some experience of the game things are getting tougher.

league Two

Banstead 30 +33
Wednesday 23 +14
Portsmouth 21 +11
Wimbledon 20 +9

I fully expect the three managed sides to go up this season although Tranmere could upset things if their new manager decides to stay on.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Championship

Liverpool 25 +15
Everton 20 +9
Wolves 20 +5
Villa 19 +13
Blackburn 15 +6
Westham 15 -1

with only Everton and Westham under the control of reality managers it is going to be tough to escape from this division this season.

Given Villa had 1 point and minus 4 goal difference after 3 games I'm not unhappy with the table.

Conference

Wycombe 27 +18
Preston 24 +26
Luton 19 +8 unmanaged.

Spartan

Wigan 25 +16 reality manager Owen Coyle.
Brighton 23 +15
Peterboro 15 +3 unmanaged.

Le Championnat

Nantes 28 +20
Paris 26 +23
Monaco 21 +9
Etienne 20 +8

looks unlikely that one of the chasing clubs will unseat the Champions this season as they continue to nick points off each other.

Bundesliga

Schalke 25 +16
Berlin 22 +16
Bayern 22 +8
Dortmund 19 +7
Hamburg 18 +0

Daylight at the top after a vital win for Schalke despite Bayern trying to park the bus and Stuttgart out of the bottom three for the first time in a long long time.

Eredivisie

Feyenoord 25 +17
PSV 25 +14
Twente 22 +13
Ajax 20 +11
Sittard 20 +9

The Wycombe boss David Agyarko takes over at PSV and renews his battle for league honors with Feyenoord and Preston boss Ollie Preston. Wycombe become PSVs feeder club.

Serie A

Inter 22 +11
Juventus 22 +10
Napoli 20 +14
Cagliari 18 +9
Ancona 17 +16
AC Milan 16 +7
Roma 16 +0
Fiorentina 16 -2
Parma 10 -9

its the tightest its been for a long time here in Italy with Inter seemingly in the midst of a few changes and improvements all round from the challenging sides. Bad result for Juve this week though as they could have gone top.

Tippaligaen

Viking 30 +24
Rosenborg 24 +17
Start 19 +3

A good win this week for Wimbledon's feeder gives them a six point lead over reality managed second placed Rosenborg.

Estraklassa

Gornik 28 +21
Wisla 18 +9

another dismal draw for Wisla ends their title race already ?

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Serie A

Inter 22 +11
Juventus 22 +10
Napoli 20 +14
Cagliari 18 +9
Ancona 17 +16
AC Milan 16 +7
Roma 16 +0
Fiorentina 16 -2
Parma 10 -9

its the tightest its been for a long time here in Italy with Inter seemingly in the midst of a few changes and improvements all round from the challenging sides. Bad result for Juve this week though as they could have gone top.

The biggest issue I'm having (I think) is disruption. Trying to compete in cups (especially having he group of death in the CL) and league means having to prioritise almost every week. Not sure when I last played what I consider my best team in the league. And if I look at Watford who I consider a particularly good team they struggled in Europe but are doing well in the league. An easier European group really has a huge knock on bonus effect on being able to field a stronger league side. Decisions, decisions .....