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Phil@fulham wrote:

Or FAB. AMBWDYTMSTS2 
Bring Ruben neves from Nantes ?

This worth a try. Or Andy does a FAS system with AL AR BW I think.  And that seems to work well with no DY, DL or DR. It's the one I really like the look of.

Bologna 4 Juventus 5 Adriano on 89 minutes.

Rob@Inter wrote:

Phil@fulham wrote:

Or FAB. AMBWDYTMSTS2 
Bring Ruben neves from Nantes ?

This worth a try. Or Andy does a FAS system with AL AR BW I think.  And that seems to work well with no DY, DL or DR. It's the one I really like the look of.

Havent got the squad for it mate.

Spurs 4 West Brom 1 Defoe on 90 minutes.
Botafogo 5 Santos 0 Joaquin Ardaiz.
Inverness 3 Rangers 2 Jiracek.

And the ref blows for full time on the usual first week of the season goal parade...

Roundup to follow...

Well I didn't expect that - sorry Rob - especially in light of getting hammered in all my friendlies with TicTac.. A Roma win with 14 men was a surprise too!

Tom - Could try TicTac or something like that?

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Well I didn't expect that - sorry Rob - especially in light of getting hammered in all my friendlies with TicTac.. A Roma win with 14 men was a surprise too!

Tom - Could try TicTac or something like that?

Yeah I play it with Nantes, Oscar is the DY and scores loads.  Charlton have too many STs and no CFs unfortunaltey although a false nine would be perfect for that formation.


Congrats to all the winners this week, especially Phil.

Spain

Zaragoza 3 +5 Stacey Kent
Valencia 3 +4 John Simmons
Betis 3 +4 Adrian Smith
Barcelona 3 +3 Matthew Hudson
Sevilla 3 +2 Mark sanderson

Barcelona won the big game this week to put an early dent in the title hopes of Real Madrid thanks mainly to Neymar's two strikes late on, but good wins also for Valencia and Betis gets them off to a flyer. But it's surprise leaders this week in Real Zaragoza who demolished Espanol with a Kozak hatrick who lead the table after one game.

Italy

Sampdoria 3 +3 Tom English
Inter Milan 3 +2 Rob Wilson
Juventus 3 +1 Paul Jones
Fiorentina 3 +1 Dave Mullery
Ancona 3 +1 Jamie Tyler
Roma 3 +1 Ben Wilson

The other big game of the week was in Milan where Inter saw off arch rivals AC with two fine goals from Antoine Griezmann but it is Sampdoria who lead the table after two goals from Rafael Sobis deflated Lazio before they could get going. A hard fought three points for Juventus gets them off to a good start with Roma and Ancona both also coming through tough games to get a good start.

Brazil

What has happened to Santos ?

Botafogo 3 +5 Phil Green
Sao Paulo 3 +3 Les Kernow
Vasco 3 +2 Matt Backley
Gremio 3 +1 Richard Allen
Ponte Preta 3 +1 Peter Greene

Great win for leaders Botafogo with improved performances from both Sao Paulo and Gremio that must give them hope for the new season. The three favorites for the title not featuring in the top of the tabel this week though, with Santos rock bottom last and Flamengo and Fluminense playing out a hard fought draw. More to come looks like...

Premiership

Plymouth 3 +6 Ben Wilson
Man City 3 +2 Geoff Fields
Chelsea 3 +1 Dave Spurr
Wolves 3 +1 Greg Elmassian
Watford 3 +1 Jamie Tyler
Fulham 3 +1 Phil Green

A fine performance by Plymouth sees them lead the first Premiership table of the season, the managers return to full time duties galvanising his side no doubt. Fulham had the uneviable task of visiting Charlton on the first day and came away with all three points in a narrow victory, will the Charlton boss call it a day ? the papers are full of rumors that he might, but lets hope he doesnt, the league would be poorer for his absence. Both City and Watford negotiated difficult opening day fixtures and will no doubt feature again this season. Tougher than ever before I'd say.

Germany

Bayern 3 +5 Matthew Moore
Dresden 3 +3 Rob Wilson
Dortmund 3 +2 John Bellamy
Schalke 3 +1 Andy Le Butt

Bayern lead the table after a blistering opening day performance that saw them demolish a strong Hamburg side, with Dresden starting their topflight adventure on a high and Dortmund taking advantage of Cologne's poor pre-season and the Champions Schalke winning another hard fought three points from a strong Berlin team the top of the Bundesliga has an unusual look to it.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Germany

Bayern 3 +5 Matthew Moore
Dresden 3 +3 Rob Wilson
Dortmund 3 +2 John Bellamy
Schalke 3 +1 Andy Le Butt

Bayern lead the table after a blistering opening day performance that saw them demolish a strong Hamburg side, with Dresden starting their topflight adventure on a high and Dortmund taking advantage of Cologne's poor pre-season and the Champions Schalke winning another hard fought three points from a strong Berlin team the top of the Bundesliga has an unusual look to it.

If we can finish the Bundesliga season now I'll take that.

France

Marseille 3 +6 Pete Durham
Nantes 3 +4 Tom Hurst
Monaco 3 +2 Lionel Gabon

No Etienne and no Paris in top six as both sides suffered opening day defeats, but a great start for Marseille sees them on top, with Nantes also off to a flyer, with Diego Costa almost unstoppable in attack. Monaco complete the top three as three unmanaged sides get the next three positions.

Holland

Ajax 3 +5 Greg Elmassian
Rotterdam 3 +3 Mick Bateman
Feyenoord 3 +2 Ollie Wilson

A tough opener for PSV as they were beaten at Feyenoord to give the top of the table a very familiar look. Looks like it might be another close season in Holland.

Got some catching up to do this week so Transfers now...

Coaching and Finances now...

Printing now, posting it in the morning...then tomorrow I will send out the email turns...

All the printouts are posted and I'll now send out the email turns...

Email turns all sent out.

Thanks Paul.
Another interesting week 

Thanks Paul - very interesting week.

Two questions I did have - :

1: Might be a slight bug here - is that Mahrez came off injured and was replaced by Xhaka who ended up playing LW as apposed to DR (which Mahrez was playing) - is there a reason for this at all as seems slightly strange given the tactic I was playing?

2: Also wondering if Stadium Sponsorship is paid over the season or immediately as didn't receive any cash this turn for the new sponsorship arrangement negotiated.

Thanks

Ben

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Thanks Paul - very interesting week.

One question I did have - and might be a slight bug here - is that Mahrez came off injured and was replaced by Xhaka who ended up playing LW as apposed to DR (which Mahrez was playing) - is there a reason for this at all as seems slightly strange given the tactic I was playing?

Thanks

Ben

Was 5 goals not enough! 

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Thanks Paul - very interesting week.

One question I did have - and might be a slight bug here - is that Mahrez came off injured and was replaced by Xhaka who ended up playing LW as apposed to DR (which Mahrez was playing) - is there a reason for this at all as seems slightly strange given the tactic I was playing?

Thanks

Ben

I had the same thing with Inter.  Dybala came off injured at TM and was replaced by Lo Celso which makes sense but as a LW. Lo Celso has TM as a position and I play FAS with no wingers.

Phil@fulham wrote:

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Thanks Paul - very interesting week.

One question I did have - and might be a slight bug here - is that Mahrez came off injured and was replaced by Xhaka who ended up playing LW as apposed to DR (which Mahrez was playing) - is there a reason for this at all as seems slightly strange given the tactic I was playing?

Thanks

Ben

Was 5 goals not enough! 

Lol, true although thought it might be affecting a few more people than just me?