Season 31 Week 16 processing...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Fluminense 3 Corinthians 3 Dodo on 88 minutes.
Cork City 2 Cherry 2 Noble.

Nooooooooooooooooo

Lose so many leads at home it’s scary. Granted the midweek game may have affected them this week but these dropped points will really cost us in the run-in

I knew that was coming!

Liege 2 Anderlecht 4 Aasheim on 90 minutes.
Bruges 2 Mechelen 3 Yesil header.
Westham 2 Palace 1 Drinkwater freekick.
Armee 0 Gagnoa 5 Novaes.

and the ref brings this week's games to a close...

Short break then the roundup...

Dave@Villa wrote:

Come on Villa. One last push!!!

Sod off 

Three wins out of four.....not bad 


But then I forgot two defeats in Euro games 

Need a coffee.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

and the ref brings this week's games to a close...

Phew..........
Them last few minutes get tense i almost have to stop refreshing every 5 seconds... Almost 

Argentina

Independente 43 +34
Argentinos 42 +33
River Plate 37 +23
Estudiantes 30 +6 Champions
Boca 27 +6

Very close at the top with all the top three capable...

Belgium

Genk 48 +49
Mechelen 40 +30
Anderlecht 39 +42
Liege 39 +35
Bruges 25 -1

Genk still not dropped any points as they continue to strive for a perfect season...

Brazil

Vasco 36 +22
Santos 34 +13
Fluminense 33 +21
Botafogo 32 +21 Champions
Flamengo 29 +15

Another close title race, one loss and it might be curtains...

Ecuador

ElNacional 43 +30
Emelec 40 +39
Barselona 38 +27 Champions
Fuerza 38 +27
LDU Cuenca 24 -6 unmanaged

Four feeder clubs fighting it out and again it looks very close...

Eire

Derry 40 +30
Shamrock 36 +15
Cherry 34 +29 Champions
Cork City 30 +19
Limerick 28 +9

Three home defeats for the Champions has really hurt their chances thus far...

Premiership

Watford 38 +25 Champions
Arsenal 31 +6
Chelsea 30 +10
Charlton 30 +9
Plymouth 24 +7

A crucial three points for Watford this week at second placed Arsenal following the home sides big game in Europe and Chelsea continuing to improve. Watford boss taking advantage of the seven point gap to do some minor rebuilding work on his squad...

Championship

Birmingham 39 +17
Spurs 28 +6
Wednesday 27 +1
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Wolves 26 +9
Burnley 24 +2
Newcastle 24 +2
Leicester 24 +1

Impressive Birmingham almost up with just 18 points to play for now and with Wolves and Leicester improving its gonna be mighty close for that second and third spot come season's end...

League One

Norwich 38 +15
Soton 36 +19
Bournemouth 32 +15
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Ipswich 27 +8
Brighton 26 +4

The tension mounts as leaders Norwich suffer a bit of a recent wobble but Welbeck seems to have settled in well with the away game at Soton in a couple of weeks looking crucial, the leaders certainly missing their mercurial winger Thorgen Hazard...

League Two

Wigan 39 +17
Bristol City 38 +22
Sunderland 32 +16
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Hartlepool 28 +10
Swansea 26 +9

Wigan and Sunderland are in blistering form and rising up the table quickly although Sunderland's defeat in Bristol this week was a bit of a setback, hard to see past these three really...

France

Nantes 45 +41 Champions
Monaco 39 +14
Marseille 38 +23
Paris 30 +12
Bordeaux 27 +5

Having only been beaten once in the league all season the Champions are on course for a repeat of last season, although the chasing pack did strengthen during the summer they all need to push on again if Nantes are to be seriously challenged...

Germany

Schalke 42 +35
Bayern 30 +10 Champions
Gladbach 27 +4
Stuttgart 26 +3
Frankfurt 23 +2

Amazingly this title race could all be over next week...

Holland

Ajax 42 +43
Rotterdam 41 +30
Twente 39 +31
PSV 38 +36
Alkmaar 34 +22 unmanaged
Feyenoord 34 +17

Certainly seems like Twente have worked their way into the top five with only three defeats all season, but Ajax are back on top, ominously...

Iceland

Akranes 46 +51
Reykjavik 38 +29
Vikingur 37 +27 Champions
Valur 37 +26
StJarnan 27 +6 unmanaged

Undefeated Akranes making the most of their ties to Barcelona...

Italy

Juventus 38 +29
Inter Milan 37 +18
AC Milan 36 +21
Lazio 30 +13 Champions
Cagliari 30 +11
Roma 30 +10

Juventus go top as Inter recorded their fourth straight draw to complete a spectacular fall from grace as they unashamedly make the Champions Cup their top priority...

Scotland

Motherwell 34 +13
Celtic 32 +17
Hibs 30 +8
Aberdeen 30 +3 Champions
Rangers 26 +4

Two defeats in the last four games have hurt Hibs but I fully expect the two games coming up between Motherwell and Celtic will decide this season's title race...

Slovakia

Ruzomberok 43 +62 
Slovan  37 +29
Bratislava 36 +18
Kosice 33 +19
Zilina 32 +15

Tricky away fixture at Slovan next week for the leaders Ruzomberok will be crucial as the best side in Slovakia continue to steamroller clubs having scored 63 and conceded only 3...

Spain

Barcelona 41 +23 Champions
Atletico 38 +31
Real 34 +29
Betis 33 +25
Valencia 26 +8

A great win in the Madrid derby this week for Atletico probably ends Real Madrid's title hopes, unless Barcelona's ongoing restructure upsets their apple cart...