Season 28 Week 16 processing...

France

Nantes 46 +58
Marseille 37 +37
Monaco 34+28
Paris 34 +24

Fighting for second place now...

Germany

Schalke 43 +44
Bayern 39 +33
Gladbach 31 +27
Cologne 28 +8

Rare defeat for Schalke only their first of the season but should this give Bayern renewed hope ? Schalke still have to play both Gladbach and Cologne...

Italy

Juventus 35 +26
AC Milan 34 +20
Fiorentina 32 +13
Inter Milan 31 +9
Ancona 30 +19
Napoli 30 +14

Still anybodys really as all these sides are capable of beating each other...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

France

Nantes 46 +58
Marseille 37 +37
Monaco 34+28
Paris 34 +24

Fighting for second place now...

I'm not moaning about this one am I? Lol

Scotland

Celtic 35 +25
St Johnstone 35 +20
Inverness 29 +11
Rangers 25 +18
Aberdeen 25 +10

Slovakia

Slovan 43 +39
Ruzomberok 40 +36
Bystrica 22 -1

Week twenty sees Ruzomberok travel to Slovan for the title decider...

Spain

Valencia 43 +36
Real Madrid 39 +36
Real Betis 37 +35
Bilbao 32 +12 unmanaged
Barcelona 30 +25

Valencia look like they are going to register an historic title win with just one tough game at home to Barcelona on the schedule and four home games to come, its looking good for them...

MLS

Harrisburg 43 +33
Chicago 39 +28
Cosmos 35 +23
Kansas 34 +26

Transfers next...

Being away and not getting a turn in didn’t help this week but still in the mix. In my own hands but must beat City... roll on next turn

Coaching and Finances now...

So who is the new Barca manager??

Tom@Charlton wrote:

So who is the new Barca manager??

I'm sure he'll be on soon to introduce himself...

Printing now, email turns sent out tomorrow...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

So who is the new Barca manager??

I'm sure he'll be on soon to introduce himself...

Very mysterious..........

a bit of Champions Cup history over the last ten years you may find interesting...

Season 
27 Schalke ( Andy ) beat Barcelona ( Matt Hudson's last game in charge )
26 Inter ( Rob ) beat Plymouth ( Ben )
25 Man City ( Geoff ) beat Barcelona ( Matt Hudson )
24 Barcelona ( Matt Hudson ) beat Man City ( Geoff )
23 Arsenal ( Phil Green ) beat Inter Milan ( Rob )
22 Schalke ( Jamie Gardner ) beat Plymouth ( Ben )
21 Newcastle ( Mark ) beat Schalke ( Jamie Gardner )
20 AC Milan ( Colin Combes ) beat Schalke ( Jamie Gardner )
19 Barcelona ( Matt Hudson ) beat Real Madrid ( Iain Oliver )
18 AC Milan ( Gary ward ) beat Liverpool ( Andy Irwin )

Email turns all sent out...

Thanks for another very enjoyable week guys, long may it continue.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

So who is the new Barca manager??

I'm sure he'll be on soon to introduce himself...

Rob@Barcelona....So is it welcome back or just welcome!

Hi chaps, busy weekend ahead. Tune in from 10am on Sunday morning (for some reason they wouldn’t let me join the elite start at 9). Will be on more next week. Looking for a LH, CB and GK and have Morata  available in return.

My little experiment with Banstead has finally come to an end because they are now over £7millions in debt, which is way beyond their overdraft limit, and the club have no saleable assets and have been put into Administration. The wage and staff bill has been drastically reduced with the contracts of the veteran players all coming to an end and the excess staff trimmed. 

It's been greatly interesting to me to take them up the 'ladder' but ultimately not very successful. The main downside has always been the 500 seater ground which I never had the money to expand and which vastly reduces the club's income. But it has been great fun.

So Banstead Athletic take a 30 point penalty and have to cease trading at the end of the season. The new company, also called Banstead Athletic will move back to the Conference next season. The remainder of fixtures for this season will be completed with the adjusted squad and I shall stay in charge.

This is all based on what happened to Glasgow Rangers in real life.

You raise a very good point there Paul! 

Is finances something you will be looking into in the near future because I find myself in a similar situation at the likes of Genk and Botafogo. Small stadiums and I usually end up having to sell players regularly to remain just level. Maybe TV money revenue needs to be increased in certain leagues or maybe even a new revenue added ? 

I'm sure you've got a plan! Ha

The new Championship table looks like this...

Arsenal 43 +27
Stoke 30 +24 unmanaged
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Spurs 30 +9
Palace 28 +8
Blackburn 22 -4
West Brom 22 -9
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Oldham 15 -15
Newcastle 15 -18
Westham 14 -21
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Forest 12 -16
Leicester 9 -22 protected
Banstead 7 +37