Season 28 Week 9 processing...

Soton 1 Wolves 2 Rondon on 88 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Lazio 1 Napoli 3 Khedira.

Too little, too late 

Stoke 5 Newcastle 1 Pelle on 89 minutes.
Stuttgart 3 Berlin 1 Trasch header.
Sevilla 2 Compestela 0 Pardo.

Fulham 3 Watford 2 De Bruyne on 90 minutes.
Paris 4 Lille 4 Biabiany.
Juventus 4 Parma 2 Balotelli.
Dresden 2 Jena 1 Mlapa.
Inter 2 Roma 2 Dybala.

and the ref brings proceedings to a close for another week...cup results and league roundup to follow shortly...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Fulham 3 Watford 2 De Bruyne on 90 minutes.
Paris 4 Lille 4 Biabiany.
Juventus 4 Parma 2 Balotelli.
Dresden 2 Jena 1 Mlapa.
Inter 2 Roma 2 Dybala.

A more positive scoreline bit still no points. 

Hopefully after this week' trial run the next few to follow will be more successful!

Disappointing week but had a hard few away games in the past few weeks - season far from over but need to start picking some points up again... Have a feeling going to be a very topsy/turvey season for all...

Domestic Cup second round results

Sao Joao 0 Santos 4
Fluminense 3 Ponte 0
Botafogo 5 Bragantino 1

Stoke 4 Wednesday 1
Wycombe 2 Everton 0
Portsmouth 2 Chelsea 4
Wimbledon 0 Wolves 3
Man City 5 Ipswich 0
Banstead 3 Soton 3 pens 3-2
Charlton 4 Sheff Utd 2
Fulham 6 Blackpool 0
Watford 5 Luton 2
Carlisle 0 Villa 2
Arsenal 3 Walsall 1
Spurs 0 Derby 3
Hartlepool 0 Man United 3
Forest 1 Palace 4
Blackburn 2 Liverpool 3
Leicester 0 Stithians 0 pens 4-3

Well done, again, Paul.

Cagliari 5 Cremonese 1
Ancona 3 Genoa 0
Sampdoria 4 Lecce 0
Lazio 2 Atalanta 0
Milan 2 Empoli 0
Inter 5 Pescara 0
Roma 3 Cesena 0
Brescia 1 Parma 3
Napoli 4 Torino 2
Juventus 5 Vicenza 0
Fiorentina 3 Foggia 0

Rangers 3 Dundee 0
Partick 0 Inverness 4
St Johnstone 2 Alloa 0
Celtic 2 Hearts 0
Kilmarnock 0 Aberdeen 4

Brasil

Santos 22 +19
Fluminense 22 +11
Cruzeiro 18 +6
Corinthians 17 +1

Seems like it is a two horse race already between the top two sides over the last few seasons.

England

Man City 19 +3
Fulham 17 +10
Plymouth 16 +10
Villa 16 +1
Charlton 15 +6
Liverpool 14 +5

Too close to call with everybody capable of beating everybody else, almost.

France

Nantes 27 +36 nine wins on the trot for the Champions as they continue to dominate.
Marseille 25 +25 doing better than normal, but is it enough ?
Monaco 21 +23

Germany

Schalke 25 +23 unbeaten in nine and on course for another title ?
Bayern 21 +18
Gladbach 18 +15
Berlin 16 +5

Holland

Ajax 27 +33
Feyenoord 22 +23
Rotterdam 21 +17
PSV 21 +17

Just a matter of who will come second now.

Italy

Juventus 22 +20
Inter Milan 22 +12
AC Milan 19 +11
Fiorentina 19 +8
Ancona 16 +6

Still pretty tight at the top with the top three all still involved with outsiders Fiorentina.

Scotland

St Johnstone 18 +9
Inverness 16 +7
Celtic 16 +5
Rangers 15 +12

Very close.

Spain

Valencia 25 +21 and unbeaten so far.
Real Madrid 21 +13
Real Betis 19 +18
Bilbao 19 +5 unmanaged
Barcelona 18 +18

Can Valencia maintain their narrow lead and capitalise on the recent upheavals in Spanish football ?

Transfers now...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Spain

Valencia 25 +21 and unbeaten so far.
Real Madrid 21 +13
Real Betis 19 +18
Bilbao 19 +5 unmanaged
Barcelona 18 +18

Can Valencia maintain their narrow lead and capitalise on the recent upheavals in Spanish football ?

We're coming for you ...... even with 10 men.

One big deal has been confirmed, Thomas Muller to Schalke in exchange for Busquets, Isak and £40millions, however some didn't go through due to some differences on the order sheets between the selling and buying clubs. The Martin Caceres deal couldn't be completed between Real Madrid and preston because Real had him down as going to Villa and there was nothing on the Villa orders, so he wont be moving this week, maybe next week if the deal can be sorted. Also a big swap deal involving Real Madrid and Genk didn't go through that had different amounts and different players involved.

Signing of the season for Schalke ?

Coaching and Finances now...

Totally my mistake on Caceres.  I have made a mistake filling my sheet in.  He should have gone to Preston.  No idea what went wrong between Phil and I though.  Any chance you could put through a late one and send Caceres to Preston please Paul.  It'd make my home life easier. Plus Ollie has a big entrance exam today for school next year so big pressure day for him.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

One big deal has been confirmed, Thomas Muller to Schalke in exchange for Busquets, Isak and £40millions, however some didn't go through due to some differences on the order sheets between the selling and buying clubs. The Martin Caceres deal couldn't be completed between Real Madrid and preston because Real had him down as going to Villa and there was nothing on the Villa orders, so he wont be moving this week, maybe next week if the deal can be sorted. Also a big swap deal involving Real Madrid and Genk didn't go through that had different amounts and different players involved.

Signing of the season for Schalke ?

Oooo, excited about this one!
Although, I'm in a quandary about his playing position. Down as DY, but really he plays RWSTCFTMDY (ish) - wouldn't want to mess him about too much!

Paul Hemmings wrote:

and the ref brings proceedings to a close for another week...cup results and league roundup to follow shortly...

Paul, any chance (next season), of the German cup starting at this point in the season?