Season 24 Week 17 processing ...

Russia is all over bar the shouting really

Spartak 44 +22
Dinamo 34 +9
CSKA 33 +20
Lokomotiv 33 +10

Paul Hemmings wrote:

The Bundesliga is all over as Bayern Munich are crowned Champions this week and are as yet unbeaten all season...

Bayern 49 +33
Schalke 33 +20
Hamburg 33 +19
Berlin 33 +14

quote from Hamburg's manager Zven, who doesn't normally inhabit the forums here, but he did say this, "Not going to vin so I vill try to finish higher than Schalke, that for us will be great victory"

That is impressive from Bayern, only two points dropped all season. Would like to say it is the foundations that I laid   but not sure that's true!!

All without the recently listed Ronnie too!

so there we have the league for another week, and its still very exciting in most of our leagues for at least two people in each league, with a few exceptions of course.

Now for the midweek cup results, but be prepared for a few shock results here I'm afraid.

Lorenzo 1 Boca 2
Argentinos 2 Rosario 3 shock number 1 right here
Newells 2 Union 1
Lanus 0 Gimnasia 3

Boca set up as favorites again

Flamengo 3 Recife 0
Vasco 1 Sao Paulo 2
Internacional 1 Goias 1 pens3-0
Santos 3 Coritiba 0

top three still in it here, should be exciting

Cherry 5 Derry 0
Shamrock 0 Shelbourne 2
Bohemians 2 St Pats 0
Dundlak 3 Waterford 0

Geoff still in with a chance at the only trophy he's never won in the leagues he has played

Leicester 6 Arsenal 2
Fulham 2 Man United 0
Blackpool 0 Man City 5
Chelsea 2 Wolves 1

Rich may be smiling now   

Leicester have a good chance of winning the cup this season, what with Fulham now unmanaged, City's leaky defence and Chelsea usually under the control of their assistant manager.

Bordeaux 1 Etienne 2
Monaco 1 Paris 0
Marseille 1 Toulouse 0
Nantes 0 Lille 4 shock number 2

looks like a non-forumite will be winning the French Cup this season, hopefully not an unmanaged or reality managed side. I think they defo need a few tweaks again.

Inter 4 Fiorentina 1
Milan 0 Napoli 0 Pens2-3
Parma 0 Roma 2
Juventus 2 Lazio 2 pens3-2

gonna be a great set of semis here

Wow, shocker of a result!!  Lille are a good side, but didn't expect a home thrashing!!

Oh well, still the league and Europe to concentrate on...

Stuttgart 1 Leverkusen 1
Bayern 1 Bremen 0
Schalke 1 Hamburg 2 shock number 3
Dortmund 3 Wolfsburg 0

this looks like being a rare barren season for Jamie's Schalke.

Celtic 2 Dunfermline 1
St Johnstone 6 Motherwell 0
Inverness 2 Dundee Utd 0
Rangers 2 Aberdeen 0

Big three all through

Valencia 3 Celta 0
Barcelona 3 Villareal 0
Real Betis 3 Real MAdrid 1 shock number 4
Sevilla 3 Sociedad 1 shock number 5   

what a great result for Betis, seems to be Rich's year for cup glories maybe ? and Sevilla make the semi-finals as well.

Cosmos 3 Dallas 2
Galaxy 2 Washington 1
Chicago 4 Miami 1
Kansas 1 Tampa 1 pens3-1

some consolation for Cosmos maybe, with a place in the semi-finals, after a season of rebuilding.

So that's the roundup for this week, i'm off to do the transfers and run the rest of the processing.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Rumours surround the future of the Boca Juniors boss as his side sit ten points clear

Boca 45 +53
Argentinos 35 +15
River Plate 33 +13
Gimnasia 33 +4

I want England next season.

Solid week all round for Inter and Boca.

Inter were missing Higuain and Vidal but still delivered with a good win and a clean sheet. El Shaarawy and Lars Bender stepping up. The Roma machine keeps going though. Need them to lose a game.

Boca continue to dominate and sit 10 points clear. Libertadores final and cup semi .... could it be the elusive treble in my last season? Plus they won the World Club trophy at the start of the season. Would be an amazing way to hand over a team.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Rich@Leicester wrote:

I'm in a mood now.

sorry mate   it is supposed to be fun    I hope you can pull it round   

Dont be daft Paul. I'm a persistant git, I don't quit as soon as I've won a championship...

Well, I'll take the two cup results, but 6 goals... if we could just get some league goals that would be great. For those of you not counting (if counting is the word you could use), I thknk it's one goal in 5 league games for leicester. Amazed the idiot running them hasnt been sacked!

Just noticed an issue with the "is not happy with his cup bonus" message being reported erroneously for most players. I've fixed it now and it will be okay next week. The message was being written by mistake even if the player concerned was happy. Same for some win bonus messages too.

Well a great week. Still so tight though at the top and it might come down to the Watford vs Charlton games. Paul, just a thought on Fulham, given they have some quality players would be a shame for them to be dismantled so soon after Will has left. A suggestion might be for them to stay protected till the end of the season - that way at least those playing Fulham later won't be at an advantage and you never know but you might find a manager in that time.

Thoughts anyone?

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Well a great week. Still so tight though at the top and it might come down to the Watford vs Charlton games. Paul, just a thought on Fulham, given they have some quality players would be a shame for them to be dismantled so soon after Will has left. A suggestion might be for them to stay protected till the end of the season - that way at least those playing Fulham later won't be at an advantage and you never know but you might find a manager in that time.

Thoughts anyone?

Good suggestion Ben

Great idea Ben. Makes perfect sense.

don't dismantle them I agree

Very honest and a great gesture of sportsmanship as Ben is the only one to face Fulham in the run-in for the title!!