Season 35 Week 11 processing...

Welcome to week 11.

Electric supply will be unreliable on Thursday this week, apparently they need to cut down some trees somewhere nearby that have grown into the overhead cables, so not sure what will happen on that day, so have to play it by ear.

The Reset is underway...

It is what it is, your efforts are very much appreciated by us all Paul

gary@chelsea wrote:

It is what it is, your efforts are very much appreciated by us all Paul

Echo this - 100% spot on!

Let's hope doesn't disrupt things too much.

Data entry has started...

Friendly games have kicked off. Looks like the league games will kickoff on Wednesday, time to be confirmed later...

Schalke
Big lge game in the bundesliga this week! Away at Levekusen.
The team has been prepared, with Rodri at AM to focus on and hinder Joao Felix.
Musiala at DY for a greater attacking threat, instead of Kimmich.
Havertz plays up front with an out of sorts Vini Jnr dropping to the bench.

League games have been cleared for kickoff at 1000 hours Wednesday morning...

WATFORD

Watford finally manage back to back wins in the league in what feels like forever! The side face off against Newcastle next who will no doubt be wounded and looking to bounce back after a 7-1 thrashing from Plymouth.. Can Watford inflict further insult to injury? No doubt, Declan Rice and Enzo will need to be in form to contain Ward-Prowse who has been talismanic since joining Newcastle from Watford.

 
AC MILAN

AC Milan are looking to sign Davide Santo, Domenico Cristico, Alberto Aquallini, Leonardo Bonucci and Thiago Motta… to the staff this week to give the backroom staff a new look. If only the manager could add some of that talent to the backline? Speaking of which, the side have depart with Manuel Locatelli and Maxime Esteve in a swap for Riccardo Calaflori who will no doubt be a great addition to the Milan side. Alongside the veteran of Jorginho comes in for a cut price deal to add some experience to the side.
On the field, the side have been having plenty of chances and causing all sorts of problems for teams. But between the sticks, the managed has decided to drop Gollini for poor performances which has cost the side points and given faith to Verbruggen who is the Dutch number 1 and no doubt will flourish given the chance.
 

LEVERKUSEN

Leverkusen have got a huge games this week, Schalke… Will the side be glad to hear Vini has been dropped? Or that the opponents manager has tinkered? The Leverkusen manager has decided to stick with his game plan. Only change is that Guimares comes back into the fold having recovered from injury. Looking forward to a blockbuster game, these are the games where championships can be decided!
 

BOTAFOGO

A spirited fightback from Santos to give Botafogo a scare in the league and took a inspirational Neymar to keep composure and secure the victory from the penalty spot.
This week opponents doesn’t get any easier! Fluminense who look to be trusting in their youth players to bring back glory to the club. Hopefully the manager can take advantage of the transition. 3 points a must, otherwise Fluminense can cut the gap to 4 points.
 
Good luck to everyone!

Very early start for the manager today (so 3 coffees deep before the games kick-off). Not much time for a preview but as ever tried to keep things unchanged and see what the sides can do! Huge week as ever!

Stadiums are filling up and kickoff approaches...

The ref blows his whistle and the games are underway, good luck to everybody this week...

Juventus 0 Atalanta 1 Balde on 2 minutes.
Molde 1 Brann 0 Mkhitaryan.

Villa 0 Spurs 1 Foyth header on 3 minutes.
Watford 0 Newcastle 1 Edouard header.
Charlton 0 Plymouth 1 Haaland header.
Palace 1 Blackburn 0 Eze.
Leverkusen 1 Schalke 0 Felix.
Wolfsburg 1 Karlsruhe 0 Felipe Anderson.

Palace 1 Blackburn 1 Diangana on 4 minutes.

ACMilan 0 Sampdoria 1 Savio on 5 minutes.

Santos 1 Coritiba 0 Chera on 7 minutes.
ACMilan 1 Sampdoria 1 Abraham header.
Toulouse 1 Etienne 0 Lulinha.

Botafogo 0 Fluminense 1 Moscardo on 8 minutes.
Cherry 1 Waterford 0 Tedic header.
Watford 0 Newcastle 2 Ward-Prowse.
Wednesday 0 Leicester 1 Daka.
Nacional  1 Fenix 0 Varela header.

Molde 1 Brann 1 Jean on 9 minutes.

Birmingham 1 WestBrom 0 Daehli on 10 minutes.
Paris 1 Brestois 0 Lemar.
Celtic 0 Raith 1 Scarpa.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Charlton 0 Plymouth 1 Haaland header.

Another Charlton hammering incoming....incredible drop off from last season.  Have all on to stay up which is incredibly bad.

Genk 1 Anderlecht 0 Lewandowski on 11 minutes.
ManCity 0 ManUnited 1 Balotelli header.
Celtic 1 Raith 1 Necid.

Charlton 0 Plymouth 2 Haaland header on 13 minutes.
Leeds 0 Everton 1 Maupay.
ACMilan 2 Sampdoria 1 Onana.

Botafogo 0 Fluminense 2 Everton Soares on 14 minutes.
Nacional 2 Fenix 0 Guido Rodriguez.

Wednesday 0 Leicester 2 Dewsbury-Hall on 16 minutes.
Lazio 1 Roma 0 Fagioli penalty.

Juventus 1 Atalanta 1 Fekir on 17 minutes.
Miramar 0 Danubio 1 Aguero.