Season 32 Week 1 processing...

Finances now then printing in the morning then I will send out the email turns...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Finances now then printing in the morning then I will send out the email turns...

Good stuff Paul , was good to be checking in on the scores again while at work

Thanks Paul, tough week for all clubs involved. Hopefully the performance as positive! 
Point Vs City = 1 point better then last season! 
Genk, lost there first game in over a season... wasn't much tinkering so hopefully just a off day at the office. 
Leverkusen, first game back in top flight and beat 4-1, hope the match report shows some encouragement or could be a long season for veteran army. 
Botafogo, 1 point better off then last seasons opening. But will need to pick up and beat teams. 

Couple of new signings in, always like to pick up new talent.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Three teams are chasing Benfica's Nuno Mendes with bids in from Nantes, Real Madrid and Genk for amounts ranging from £30millions to £60millions. We caught up with the Benfica boss after their match today and asked him about the future of Mendes and he had this to say,

"The squad is pretty strong at fullback so we would be willing to allow Mendes to leave but only in a cash plus player exchange deal, he is very young and has huge potential, but we do need a truly World class striker, something we haven't been offered yet".

Bamford at the top of his list I’m hearing…

Message from Benfica

"Thanks to everyone with an interest in Nuno Mendes but he has just agreed a move to Nantes".

Champions Cup draw

Group 1 - Inter, Real, Ajax, Charlton
Group 2 - Milan, Barcelona, Lisbon, Plymouth
Group 3 - Man City, Paris, Schalke, Benfica
Group 4 - Man United, Juventus, Bayern, Watford

this season's Champions Cup was oversubscribed so I gave priority to the clubs that regularly enter this competition and the clubs that finished highest in their leagues.

Europa Cup draw

Liverpool, Stuttgart, PSV, Genk
Spurs, Roma, Atletico, Feyenoord
Celtic, Etienne, Nantes, Valencia
Arsenal, Villa, Monaco, Dortmund

Again massively oversubscribed so priorities came into affect.

Copa Libertadores draw

Estudiantes, Boca, Vasco, Botafogo
Barselona, Sao Paulo, Fluminense, Argentinos
Millonarios, River Plate, Flamengo, Nacional
ElNacional, Santos, Palmeiras, Corinthians

Copa SudAmerica draw

Emelec, Alianza, Defensor, Danubio
Independente, Cristal, Penarol, Strongest
Medellin, Gremio, Porteno, Catolica
Cruzeiro, Velez, Amexica, Colo-Colo ( unmanaged )

Had to add an unmanaged club into this competition.

Confederations Cup draw

Constantine, Sydney, Cosmos, Accra
Tokyo, Melbourne, NewYork, Enugu
Grampus, Tampa, Mamelodi, Chicago
Chiefs, Setif, Wydad, Kansas

European Cup Winners Cup draw

Chelsea, Red Star, Partizan, Berlin
Lazio, Marseille, Gornik, Athens
Everton, Sparta, Atalanta, Hamburg ( unmanaged )
Napoli, Basel, Cologne, Soton

Again I had to add an unmanageed club into the draw to make up the numbers.

European Cup draw

Gladbach, Shaktar, Blackburn, Leverkusen
Brondby, Lille, Coventry, Twente
Westham, Lyon, Vikingur, Wolfsburg
Frankfurt, Leicester, Brighton, Ararat

European Fairs Cup draw

Wimbledon, Rangers, Dresden, Molde
Palace, Jena, Hibs, Ruzomberok
Norwich, Auxerre, Bratislava, Hannover
Birmingham, Aberdeen, Shelbourne, Zenit

Europa Conference Cup draw

Valur, Dragovol, Rapid, Panathinaikos
Derby, Porto, Innsbruck, Olympiakos
Wednesday, Steaua, Lillestrom, Malmo
Tirana, Coleraine, Betis, Anderlecht

European Intertoto Cup draw

Honved, Shamrock, Bordeaux, Consett
Rotterdam, Bohemians, Ferencvaros, Rennais
Linfield, Fenerbahce, Mechelen, Limerick
West Brom, Ujpest, Slovan, Galatasaray

Europa Intercity Cup draw

Reykjavik, Spartak, Viking, Zagreb
Leeds, Dukla, Vienna, Leipzig
Ipswich, Liege, Zalgiris, Kragujevac
Burnley, Gothenburg, Xamax, Cherry

The new competition.

If anybody wants to take the place of Hamburg or ColoColo let me know by next week.

I am about to send out the email turns but before I do a cautionary word...

My workload this week has been humungus, firstly because week one is always a lot of extra work every season, secondly because of family commitments and thirdly because of illness, so I apologise in advance if you find errors in your turns this week, please do check carefully and let me know asap if you find something that looks iffy, thanks. Next turn we should be back to normal service.

Sorry to hear that Paul, hope everyone is ok

No worries P, hope everything is ok mate...

Thanks guys, email turns all sent out.

Thanks Paul, hope everything is ok!

Just to note Paul in my Plymouth game vs Arsenal, seems as though VDB came on as a Sweeper and nobody went off - wanted to flag here to make it fair for the Arsenal manager, who will prob notice it as well!

Also on another note do you, or anyone else, know why a GK would scream at the CB after every goal! Happened in my Independiente game but just seemed very random…

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Just to note Paul in my Plymouth game vs Arsenal, seems as though VDB came on as a Sweeper and nobody went off - wanted to flag here to make it fair for the Arsenal manager, who will prob notice it as well!

Just checked my notes and this is an error in the reporting program, which I was supposed to fix asap but havent had time. Only happens just after a kickoff if a foul occurs with nobody on the opposition in a position close enough to make the foul. Just ignore it for now and I'll get a fix in place before next turn. Thanks.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Just to note Paul in my Plymouth game vs Arsenal, seems as though VDB came on as a Sweeper and nobody went off - wanted to flag here to make it fair for the Arsenal manager, who will prob notice it as well!

Just checked my notes and this is an error in the reporting program, which I was supposed to fix asap but havent had time. Only happens just after a kickoff if a foul occurs with nobody on the opposition in a position close enough to make the foul. Just ignore it for now and I'll get a fix in place before next turn. Thanks.

Thanks Paul! Just wanted to flag it anyway

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Also on another note do you, or anyone else, know why a GK would scream at the CB after every goal! Happened in my Independiente game but just seemed very random…

This usually means the 2 players dont get on with each other.