Season 31 Week 6 processing...

The reset is finished and data entry has started...

 

everyone can relax now and stop checking the site every five minutes....or was it just me 

gary@chelsea wrote:

 

everyone can relax now and stop checking the site every five minutes....or was it just me 

5 minutes, that's a bit of a long time too wait in between refreshes!  3 minutes here 

Had too double check wasn't a bank holiday and everything ha 

(I see your still refreshing Gary, must be the anticipation of my weekly preview! )


Watford;

Fans are looking forward to a home game this week! with Aston Villa the visiting team this week, with there SLO style of football attacking through there DL/R with a forward line of Lukakau and Abraham. However, they look to have picked up a injury to Son Hueng-Min which the manager not looking forward to his replacement Paulinho being drafted in! A clean bill of health for the Hornets this week, so looking forward to keeping a settled side. Summer signing Maddison seems to be relishing his position in the side being capable of leading the press from the front and being on the end of the moves also! With 9 goals in 10 games so far the season. However, Kane will be looking to picking up a few more goals only boasting a record of 3 in 7 this season, hopefully his individual training session will help him improve his form....

As for Europe! A game vs PSG, Who have plenty of French talent on display. Lemar/Coman/Matuidi/Lenglet.. Having reviewed the new data analysis tool of the Stamina Report, the manager has made some rotations to this weeks Cup game with the likes of Bale/Jones/Rice/Sturridge and Barkley all getting some game time to allow for a more fresh faced league team this week! Some players just didn't have 180mins in the tank and wouldn't want to fall foul. Manager look's to "motivate" his team a little bit more this week after neglecting the individual bonuses, so hopefully the players will be keen to give that little extra...

Genk;

This weeks game is 1st Vs 2nd and not in the order the manager would like 5 games into the season, Hopefully Genk will be Fired Up to take pole position in the league this week. Genk only scored 15 goals so far this season which is underwhelming for a team boasting such an attacking front 4, which probed the manager to look into things and realise, "motivation" wasn't set at the right level with GB,AU,CS,GS bonuses all being adjusted to make the players want to win just that little bit more! However, going too be a tough task as Liege have conceded one goal all season and Genk only conceding 2 so far! 

Europa, Genk have the ambition to win Europe this season so man management will be key to achieving success as beyond the first 11. Genk don't have the depth the manager would want, but plethora of young hungry players wanting to get into the first 11. Which leads to Brian Brobbey getting his first taste of first 11 football vs PSV. Brobbey, Mousa Dembele, Bonucci, Coentrao and Bailey all coming into the cup team to freshen things up. With LNG sat on the bench with intructions to come on should things not go to plan... This is football after all!

Leverkusen;

Big week in the German 2nd Division with Leverkusen Vs Dresden, with a big blow last week in the form of injury to El Sharawary who has been in magnificent form for the Die Werkself! However gives way for Bytiqi to play his way into the managers thoughts who has been ruthless in releasing players over the previous weeks leaving none in his wake as he looks to mould the German club into a well oiled machine with backroom staff coming in thick and fast to get the players up to speed and get the correct diet and sleep plan! Camavinga fresh off his France debut is looking to lead his team mates to glory this season and maybe work his way into the Genk first team! Osimhen, having settled into Squad looks to make a name for himself and give the manager a headache with Lewandowski aging.. 

Europe, Valur the Icelandic team basing some dangerous players who look to cause Christensen and Wollscheid problems! Not much rotation available here due to the project on going with a timeline of 3 seasons to challenge! So the team will be glad to see a few additional RE periods this week to combat the stamina issues with now Coach or Lear Jet available! Something the manager is hoping to address in the coming weeks with player sales the main source of income.


Botafogo;

Having managed to fight there way back into the top half of the league after Early season back to back defeats! The manager is hugely impressed with the players attitude, however no time for sentiment. Lucas Moura returns to the starting lineup after a minor injury last week. Palmeiras are opposition this week visiting the Estádio Nilton Santos to cause problems! with the Experienced  Hernanes looking to guide his team.. Can he stop Mahrez? Who has been Phenomenal since moving to South America scoring 11 in 10 games... Hulk hot on his tail with 7 in 9 games. 

Copa Liba, this weeks opponents are the Argentinian Champions Estudiante! Botafogo academy has started to produce some talented footballers in Yan Couto, Matheus Fernandes and Tete who are all pushing to get into the first 11, so using the CUP to get some game time! Moussa Dembele trying to find some form having played 4 times already this season but only scored once, and sadly Strikers are judged on Goals! Look forward to the display from the players who all come into the game on Sublime form.

Data entry all finished, the friendlies have kicked off, I'm expecting the league games to kickoff at the normal time of 1000 hours Wednesday morning...

The midweek cup games have kicked off, good luck to everybody this week...

Champions Cup - Match Day Three results

Plymouth 3 Ajax 3
Inter Milan 2 Real Madrid 0

Charlton 0 Celtic 1
Schalke 1 Barcelona 0

Watford 3 Paris 0
AC Milan 2 Benfica 1

Man City 2 Man United 0
Bayern 2 Juventus 2

Europa Cup

Genk 3 PSV 0
Spurs 1 Basel 1

Atletico 2 Feyenoord 0
Liverpool 1 Brondby 0

Nantes 4 Motherwell 0
Arsenal 3 Etienne 1

Gladbach 1 Dortmund 1
Valencia 2 Monaco 2

Copa Libertadores

Sao Paulo 1 Millonarios 1
Nacional 3 Medellin 0

Botafogo 2 Estudiantes 2
Vasco 2 Boca 0

Fluminense 3 Barselona 0
Flamengo 2 Argentinos 1

Santos 3 Talleres 1
Palmeiras 1 River Plate 3

European Cup Winners Cup

Chelsea 2 Red Star 0
Shaktar 1 Partizan 2

Twente 1 Marseille 1
Berlin 1 Gornik 0

Everton 1 Roma 1
Cologne 3 Sparta 0

Soton 1 Napoli 0
Hamburg 1 Stuttgart 1

European Cup

Leverkusen 5 Valur 0
Zagreb 3 Zenit 0

Ararat 3 Blackburn 3
Leipzig 1 Slovan 0

Bratislava 0 Coventry 3
Jena 0 Zalgiris 0

Dresden 1 Westham 2
Auxerre 1 Linfield 0

Fairs Cup

Newcastle 2 Lillestrom 0
Cagliari 3 Dusseldorf 0

Reykjavik 1 Birmingham 1
Parma 1 Honved 0

Aberdeen 0 Leicester 4
Atalanta 0 Ujpest 0

Rangers 0 Norwich 2
Fiorentina 3 Kosice 0

Europa Conference Cup

Lazio 5 Steaua 0
Galatasaray 2 Dragovol 1

Derby 0 Anderlecht 1
Stockholm 3 Olympiakos 0

Wednesday 1 Porto 0
Mechelen 1 Malmo 1

Fenerbahce 0 Real Betis 2
Vienna 1 Coleraine 3

Intertoto Cup

Sevilla 3 Pyunik 0
Dukla 0 Bordeaux 1

Akranes 4 Copenhagen 0
Panathinaikos 1 Xamax 3

Tirana 2 Wimbledon 2
Ruzomberok 3 Spartak 0

Ferencvaros 1 West Brom 2
Kragujevac 0 Rotterdam 1

Copa Sudamerica

Emelec 2 ElNacional 0
Cristal 2 Penarol 1

Independente 4 Strongest 0
Porteno 0 Gremio 3

Amexica 1 Catolica 0
Velez 3 Corinthians 2

Alianza 0 Colo-Colo 1
Defensor 2 Cruzeiro 5

League games will kickoff at 1000 hours...

A great round of results in the Cup games for my teams, a little disappointing to not make the home advantage count for Botafogo. A learning curve for some of the players, but otherwise delighted with the results;

By my calculations 3 teams Lead there groups, Botafogo only 2nd on Goal difference, will look to make that back up in the remaining 3 games!

Good luck to all in their league games!

The players are out and the ref looks ready to begin proceedings, good luck to everybody this week...

The ref blows and we're off...

Plymouth 0 Chelsea 1 Grealish on 4 minutes.
Man United 1 Westham 0 Taarabt.
Real Madrid 1 Gijon 0 Lautaro Martinez header.
Miramar 0 Nacional 1 Immobile.

Charlton 1 Everton 0 Sancho on 5 minutes.
Schalke 1 Leipzig 0 Hakimi.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Plymouth 0 Chelsea 1 Grealish on 4 minutes.
Man United 1 Westham 0 Taarabt.
Real Madrid 1 Gijon 0 Lautaro Martinez header.
Miramar 0 Nacional 1 Immobile.

Not a good start! Early doors though

Sao Joao 0 Santos 1 Jo on 6 minutes.
Auxerre 0 Nantes 1 Mbappe.
Sevilla 0 Valencia 1 Pavon.
Sociedad 0 Barcelona 1 Fabian Ruiz.

Atletico 1 Zaragoza 0 Isco on 7 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Charlton 1 Everton 0 Sancho on 5 minutes.
Schalke 1 Leipzig 0 Hakimi.

Sancho making himself undroppable at the minute, clearly missed in the midweek game.