Re: Dulcius ex asperis
Wow - Bayern Munich are in freefall
2 teams above them now and they have Real Madrid next week. Can anybody catch Barcelona too?
Re: English Championship 5579 -Match Report/Transfer Gossip Thread
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE SHOW - TURN 1
Welcome to the first addition of The Football League Show, as we present coverage from the action of Fercasti's Nasty Pasties Championship, Hammer Times League 1 & Latouche's Douches League 2. There's plenty of big games to look forward to from all of the divisions and it's certainly not a dissapointing night as far as The Football League is concerned. Jeff Stelling presents the show with Nigel Clough as the expert Pundit and Georgie Thompson reading out the fans comments from across The Football League.
The Championship
Stelling: We kick off coverage in The Championship. With Manchester United already creating controversy in the division, and although plenty of people's eyes will be centered at Manchester United this season in this division plenty of teams will be looking to try and make there own impact on what has been a very tight division in previous seasons with plenty to play for.
We start off with the main game of the day, as Peterborough visited Manchester United at a half-full Old Trafford in what was a massive day out for Peterborough.
Manchester United vs Peterborough United
Team Line-Ups
Manchester United Line-Up: Casillas, Arbeloa, Evra, Vidic, Chiellini, Rooney, Cazorla, Diarra, Adebayor, Aguero, Silva (4-4-2)
Peterborough United Line-Up: Foster, Coleman, Safari, Onouha, Ferguson, Jarvis, Estrada, Van Wolfswinkel, Ilicic, Martens (4-2-3-1)
Commentry
5' Sergio AGUERO sets up an attack, but the chance is fluffed and goes wide.
15' GOAL!! - The ball is pulled back from the by line to the unmarked Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL, who finishes cleverly!
Nedum ONUOHA is brought down in the area, the ref consults his linesman, no penalty!!!
18' Nedum ONUOHA has his head in his hands, after he blasts wide infront of an open goal!!!!
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Emmanuel ADEBAYOR gains control at the edge of the box but curls his shot inches wide
55' Emmanuel ADEBAYOR hits a straight volley towards goal but it crashes off the near post
56' GOAL!! - Wayne ROONEY using his pace and power forces his way into the box and lashes home! He's in great form!
77' As the defenders dither with the loose ball in the box Josip ILICIC pops up but blasts wide
78' A delicate chip from Wayne ROONEY crashes back off the bar
87' The ball crashes against the bar and Ben FOSTER has to be at full stretch for the rebound
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Pundits Comments
Stelling: So is this a decent point for Manchester United then?
Clough: I think it's a decent point. It could have been much worse for United against a strong Peterborough side who did play well today.
Stelling: Does this performance tell us much about where United will end up this season?
Clough: It's very early on, and even at the half way stage of the season a lot can change. We'll just have to see how long it can take for them to adapt to this level before really juding there chances of automatic promotion, the play-offs or if worst comes to worse relegation.
Stelling: Now onto some of the other games in the division, as Dagenham face Cardiff and Southend face Burnley in the high scoring games of the day.
Dagenham & Redbridge vs Cardiff City
Commentary
13' GOAL!! - A speculative chip by Carlos VELA is fumbled by the hapless keeper and rolls agonisingly over the line!
23' GOAL!! - The ball is casually rolled into the net by José SOSA, where was the defence?
29' GOAL!! - A corner is headed clear only as far as Joris MATHIJSEN who hits it on the half-volley into the roof of the net!
32' GOAL!! - A miss-hit shot from Gennaro GATTUSO squirms under the keepers body! He's embarrassed to claim that one!
34' GOAL!! - Roger JOHNSON hits it early leaving the keeper stranded!
38' GOAL!! - A fine ball is laid into the path of Miroslav KLOSE who hammers home emphatically!
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50' GOAL!! - Miroslav KLOSE dummies the keeper and slides the ball into the empty net!
68' GOAL!! - An inch perfect cross from the wing is met by the towering Tomás ROSICKY, who nods home!
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Southend United vs Burnley
Commentary
13' GOAL!! - An excellent header by Dieumerci MBOKANI crashes into the back of the net!
22' GOAL!! - How did that go in?!? A terrible fumble by the keeper gifts Michael DAWSON with an easy chance!
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56' GOAL!! - Ashley YOUNG thunders in an overhead kick! Fanastic athleticism!
61' GOAL!! - A right foot curling shot from outside the area by Dieumerci MBOKANI glides just inside the far post! What a sublime finish!
64' GOAL!! - Jermain DEFOE heads powerfully past the keeper!
67' GOAL!! - Surely offside! But the flag stays down and Razak BOUKARI races through and takes full advantage of the dubious decision!
86' GOAL!! - Jordan HENDERSON shoots from an acute angle and the ball is deflected into the goal!
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Pundits Comments
Stelling: Plenty of goals in the division then, with 8 goals at Dagenham and 7 at Southend.
Clough: Yes, certainly entertaining but perhaps a bit of a show that the sides coming up into the divison might not have what it takes defensively. They both did well getting forward, but defensively they just weren't strong and both ended up losing as a result.
Stelling: Out of Dagenham and Southend, who would you say is the most likely to stay up in the division?
Clough: For me it's got to be Southend, they seem to have more quality than Dagenham but i can't see how both of these sides can't survive.
Stelling: Now we're onto some of the lower scoring games, and although the scorelines were lower they weren't any less entertaining.
Hull City vs Shrewsbury Town
Commentary
29' A shot from Giampaolo PAZZINI is cleared off the line and out to safety
38' Darío CONCA is brought down in the area, the ref consults his linesman, no penalty!!!
74' GOAL!! - After a scramble in the box, Wesley SNEIJDER bundles it over the line!
86' GOAL!! - The ball is played square to Darren FLETCHER on the edge of the box who rasps home a screamer!
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Bristol City vs Swansea City
Commentary
1' GOAL!! - Yasuhito ENDO climbs over the defender and heads into the corner of the net!
10' Djibril CISSE has a free header which goes wide of the post
43' GOAL!! - A foraging run and strike by Owen HARGREAVES sends the crowd wild! One for the scrapbook!
57' GOAL!! - A diving header at the back post from Ryan GIGGS!
67' A delicate chip from Stephen IRELAND crashes back off the bar
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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Middlesbrough
Commentary
17' GOAL!! - How did that go in?!? A terrible fumble by the keeper gifts Darren BENT with an easy chance!
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75' A beautiful overhead kick by Alou DIARRA, just goes over the crossbar!
81' GOAL!! - The ball is played square to José Manuel JURADO on the edge of the box who rasps home a screamer!
89' Somehow an easy tap-in from Andrea DOSSENA goes wide
Pundits Comments
Stelling: Nice wins for Hull, Swansea & Brighton to start off there season. Will they be sides to watch out for this season?
Clough: They certainly have the ability to do so, and were sides that finished high up in the table last season but it's very early on yet.
Stelling: Can Hull recover from last season? Wesley Sneijder was on the scoresheet today, and can he finally live up the expectation at Hull?
Clough: It looks like he can, today he was very good and deserved his goal. Ryan Giggs was also very good for Swansea and Darren Bent found the net in his Brighton debut as a new goal threat for them.
Stelling: Now onto the final four games of the Championship, starting with Derby-QPR as they both looked to try and recover with them both on the back of miserable seasons.
Derby County vs Queens Park Rangers
Commentary
5' GOAL!! - The ball comes crashing back off the bar and falls to Dirk KUYT who taps in the easiest of chances!
9' GOAL!! - A spectacular long range shot by Oleksandr ALIYEV flies into the top corner!
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69' GOAL!! - Diego LUGANO volleys it into the back of the net
70' RED CARD - Joe COLE is dimissed for a dangerous two-footed tackle!
Watford vs Hartlepool United
Commentary
8' GOAL!! - Thomas MULLER slots it home after some neat footwork!
27' GOAL!! - Dmitri SYCHEV thumps in a low drive from 20 yards out! Two keepers couldn't have stopped that!
81' SENT OFF - A second yellow card for Demy DE ZEEUW for touching the ball before the opposition could take the free kick
84' GOAL!! - A brilliant long range shot is blocked by the keeper only for Dani PACHECO to finish! What a poachers goal!
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Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Commentary
2' GOAL!! - The flat-footed centre-back is caught out by a piece of pure genius from Andrea PIRLO who shows great composure to finish!
48' GOAL!! - Antonio DI NATALE hits it early leaving the keeper stranded!
51' GOAL!! - A foraging run and strike by Antonio DI NATALE sends the crowd wild! One for the scrapbook!
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Millwall vs Coventry City
Commentary
65' GOAL!! - Great penalty by Leite ADRIANO.
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Pundits Comments
Stelling: So Derby, Wolves, Coventry & Watford also got themselves off to winning starts to the season then.
Clough: Yes, and it certainly shows that this league is going to be entertaining with just the one draw in tonight's fixtures in the Championship.
Stelling: Young Danny Pacheco scored a late goal to give Watford the win, could he once again become the key man at Watford.
Clough: He's had a rough time in the last couple of seasons but he has showed quality previously at this level and i do feel that he is able to be the key man to help Watford to a strong season.
Stelling: Well yes he is a top talent. Now to Georgie who has the comments from the Championship fans who give us there thoughts off todays action.
Fans Comments
Thompson: We've had plenty off comments on tonight's Championship action. I'll start with the Manchester United fans who certainly have a lot to talk about following there relegation and Old Trafford was only half-full today in there season opener at home to Peterborough United.
League Table 1 Derby County, 3 (+3) 2 Cardiff City, 3 (+2) 3 Brighton and Hove Albion, 3 (+2) 4 Hull City, 3 (+2) 5 Burnley, 3 (+1) 6 Swansea City, 3 (+1) 7 Watford, 3 (+1) 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3 (+1) 9 Coventry City, 3 (+1) 10 Manchester United, 1 (+0) 11 Peterborough United, 1 (+0) 12 Southend United, 0 (-1) 13 Bristol City, 0 (-1) 14 Newcastle United, 0 (-1) 15 Hartlepool United, 0 -(1) 16 Millwall, 0 (-1) 17 Dagenham & Redbridge, 0 (-2) 18 Shrewsbury Town, 0 (-2) 19 Middlesbrough, 0 (-2) 20 Queens Park Rangers, 0 (-3)
League 1
Stelling:
We now move onto the action in League 1, with plenty more entertaining games in the league as there was plenty of big games in the division to open the season. Starting off with Shorpe and Sheffield United, in the major game of the division. Shorpe United vs Sheffield United Commentary 1' GOAL!! - Stefano MAURI shoots from an acute angle and the ball is deflected into the goal! 31' Lukas PODOLSKI looks up at the sky in disbelief as he fired his shot over the bar from six yards! 36' GOAL!! - Da Silva EDUARDO converts a fantastic cross with a well placed header! 42' GOAL!! - Alessandro DEL PIERO hits a powerful right foot shot into the onion bag! He'll be proud of that one! 58' An excellent strike is tipped over the bar by Robert GREEN 61' GOAL!! - Seizing on an error in the defence Da Silva EDUARDO rounds the keeper to finish with ease! 81' GOAL!! - A brilliant long range shot is blocked by the keeper only for Alessandro DEL PIERO to finish! What a poachers goal! 87' GOAL!! - Patrick HELMES finishes at the second attempt with a toe-poke! -cezCR_BtHs&feature=fvsr
Norwich City vs Stoke City Commentary 10' GOAL!! - Receiving the ball on the right Alexander BAUMJOHANN skips inside his marker and curls in a shot from 25 yards! 30' GOAL!! - A long ball down the middle is collected by Alexander BAUMJOHANN who drills home a right foot shot! 34' GOAL!! - A mix up in midfield enables Adam JOHNSON to run through and confidently slams a low shot past the advancing keeper! 46' GOAL!! - Daniel STURRIDGE finishes off a slick passing move with a clever finish! 67' GOAL!! - A clever pass takes out the defence and Michael SPILLANE rifles a right foot shot in off the woodwork! 72' GOAL!! - Jon AURTENETXE hits a powerful right foot shot into the onion bag! He'll be proud of that one! 77' GOAL!! - Franco ZUCULINI hits it early leaving the keeper stranded!
Barnsley vs Huddersfield United Commentary
32' Leandro VICTOR tips it onto the bar 54' GOAL!! - Receiving the ball on the left Salvador CABANAS skips inside his marker and curls in a shot from 25 yards! 57' GOAL!! - Salvador CABANAS turned quickly and fired a low shot into the bottom corner! 62' GOAL!! - An excellent header by Honorato EDERSON crashes into the back of the net! 65' An excellent strike is tipped over the bar by Leandro VICTOR
Bradford City vs Bristol Rovers Commentary 1' Before Michael PEREIRA shot could nestle in the corner of the net it is clattered away at full stretch for a corner! 6' GOAL!! - A poor clearance falls to Milhomem GUILHERME who smacks the ball past the despairing keeper! 31' GOAL!! - A cross from the right is headed home by Artem DZYUBA! 50' GOAL!! - A cross from the left is headed home by López ADRIÁN! 55' A 25 yard shot by Artem DZYUBA smashes against the crossbar 62' GOAL!! - Sanli TUNCAY smashes it with venom into the roof of the net!
Sheffield Wednesday vs Exeter City Commentary
5' Back-peddling clumsily the keeper can only watch as Carvalho AMAURI lob goes over the bar 24' GOAL!! - Eduardo SALVIO finishes at the second attempt with a toe-poke! 56' Arne FRIEDRICH is tripped in the box but the ref waves play on68' GOAL!! - Marat IZMAILOV caresses in a curling shot! What technique! 79' GOAL!! - A brilliant long range shot is blocked by the keeper only for Marko PANTELIC to finish! What a poachers goal!
Pundits Comments
Stelling: The games of note were the high scoring games with Norwich City 2-5 Stoke City and Shorpe United 5-1 Sheffield United, can we expect this sort of entertainment in the division every week. Clough: It is a league where a lot of entertainment has always come from and i think we can definatly expect this sort of entertainment every week. Stelling: News sides to the divison Exeter, Huddersfield and Bradford were all on dispray, were you impressed by there opening day performances? Clough: They all play strong, and didn't let the opposition get the better of them and even though Huddersfield didn't get off to a great start they should all do pretty well this season. Stelling: Now onto the second half of the division, starting with coverage of Wycombe and Charlton.
Wycombe Wanderers vs Charlton Athletic Commentary 21' GOAL!! - Borja VALERO beats two defenders and slots home a great solo effort! 43' GOAL!! - David ALBELDA thunders in an overhead kick! Fanastic athleticism! 73' GOAL!! - The keeper parries a powerful shot but Omar MILANETTO follows up on the rebound!
Milton Keynes Dons vs Bury Commentary 5' GOAL!! - Cardoso TIAGO rises majestically and heads the in-swinging corner into the net! 32' GOAL!! - An excellent header by Phil NEVILLE crashes into the back of the net! 78' GOAL!! - The flat-footed centre-back is caught out by a piece of pure genius from Valentin STOCKER who shows great composure to finish! 89' RED CARD - Vladimir BYSTROV is dimissed for a dangerous two-footed tackle!
Plymouth Argyle vs Ipswich Town Commentary 1' GOAL!! - A poor clearance falls to Nikita BAZHENOV who smacks the ball past the despairing keeper! 56' GOAL!! - Giuseppe COLUCCI using his pace and power forces his way into the box and lashes home! He's in great form!
Nottingham Forest vs Tranmere Rovers Commentary 28' GOAL!! - A corner is headed clear only as far as Johan ELMANDER who hits it on the half-volley into the roof of the net!
Colchester United - Oldham Athletic Commmentary 81' GOAL!! - Using his blistering pace Kevin GROSSKREUTZ leaves the defenders in his wake and chips the keeper with aplomb!
Pundits Comments
Stelling: The action in League 1 today was certaintly entertaining, as even in the games that didn't have many goals involved there was plenty of chances. Notbale in the later games was Oldham's season opener defeat away to Colchester as they got off to a bad start to the season following there play-off final defeat. Clough: Yes, they didn't really turn up today and they'll be dissapointed with a defeat in a game that you'd have backed them to win when they were at there best last season, it might just be a tough season for them aswell. Stelling: Ipswich also picking up a good win away to Plymouth, as they bounced back from there relegation, can they be a threat for the automatic promotion places? Clough: They might well be, they have a strong squad and there definatly strong enough to be competing for the play-offs and higher this season. Stelling: Well there fans will be happy after today's win, and speaking of the fans over to Georgie with the fans comments on todays action for League 1.
Fans Comments
Thompson: There's been lots of comments by fans of League 1 after tonights games as they got a look into what could be ahead for them for the rest of the season. We'll start with the fans of Sheffield United, on the back of there 5-1 defeat away to Shorpe United.
League 2 West Bromwich Albion vs Gillingham Commmentary 16' GOAL!! - Youssouf MULUMBU shoots from an acute angle and the ball is deflected into the goal! 25' GOAL!! - Using his blistering pace Simon COX leaves the defenders in his wake and chips the keeper with aplomb! 28' GOAL!! - After a scramble in the box, Youssouf MULUMBU bundles it over the line! 29' GOAL!! - A long ball over the defence is superbly controlled by Alexander FREI who volleys past the motionless keeper! 31' GOAL!! - A speculative chip by Bradley WRIGHT-PHILLIPS is fumbled by the hapless keeper and rolls agonisingly over the line! 36' GOAL!! - A mix up in midfield enables Simon COX to run through and confidently slams a low shot past the advancing keeper! 44' GOAL!! - A diving header at the back post from Javier MASCHERANO! 55' GOAL!! - An inch perfect cross from the wing is met by the towering Sebastian GIOVINCO, who nods home! 63' GOAL!! - A corner is headed clear only as far as Simon COX who hits it on the half-volley into the roof of the net! 72' GOAL!! - Chris BRUNT heads powerfully past the keeper! 77' GOAL!! - Alexander FREI finishes neatly inside the box 79' GOAL!! - A right foot curling shot from outside the area by Simon COX glides just inside the far post! What a sublime finish! 84' GOAL!! - The ball is played square to Eiður GUDJOHNSEN on the edge of the box who rasps home a screamer! Qy0YuNuPrhw&feature=related
Leyton Orient vs Rochdale Commmentary
4' GOAL!! - Hugo VIANA dummies the keeper and slides the ball into the empty net! 5' Frédéric PIQUIONNE receives the ball on his left and smashes a dipping 25-yarder against the bar 10' GOAL!! - A trademark strike from Pereira ADRIANO! 26' GOAL!! - A spectacular long range shot by Frédéric PIQUIONNE flies into the top corner! 27' GOAL!! - A poor clearance falls to Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS who smacks the ball past the despairing keeper! 40' Hugo VIANA has his head in his hands, after he blasts wide infront of an open goal!!!! 79' RED CARD - Rafael TOLOI is dimissed for a dangerous two-footed tackle! 83' A fingertip save by Tom HEATON denies what would have been a lovely worked goal
Northampton Town vs Barnet Commmentary
6' Diego BUONANOTTE finds himself clear, but hits the post 11' GOAL!! - Poor communication at the back allows Álvaro NEGREDO to score! 26' Blaise MATUIDI chip beats the keeper but it is cleared off the line by the waiting defender 56' GOAL!! - Álvaro NEGREDO turned quickly and fired a low shot into the bottom corner! 83' A 25 yard shot by Blaise MATUIDI smashes against the crossbar
Swindon Town vs Doncaster Rovers Commmentary 13' Kwame WATSON-SIRIBOE is brought down in the area, the ref consults his linesman, no penalty!!! 48' Landon DONOVAN blasts the ball towards the goal, but it hits the crossbar! 50' A wonderful strike from Vitor RIVALDO is pushed away by the keeper 60' GOAL!! - Andy NAJAR finishes at the second attempt with a toe-poke! 84' GOAL!! - With a gaping goal from just yards out Kwame WATSON-SIRIBOE thunders it into the net!
Carlisle United vs Burton Albion Commmentary
4' Lenny PIDGELEY saves tremendously to deny the opposition a goal! 24' A 35-yard scorcher is punched over by Murara NETO 29' GOAL!! - Mario MANDZUKIC volleys it into the back of the net 30' Marcos CAICEDO header goes inches wide 31' GOAL!! - With a gaping goal from just yards out Mehmet TOPUZ thunders it into the net! 54' Somehow an easy tap-in from Muniz LIEDSON goes wide 50' Murara NETO spectacularly palms over a half-volley
Southampton vs Yeovil Town Commmentary
7' Ihor CHAYKOVSKY hits a straight volley towards goal but it crashes off the near post 19' A delicate chip from Franck TABANOU crashes back off the bar 38' GOAL!! - The keeper parries a powerful shot but Ihor CHAYKOVSKY follows up on the rebound! 41' Ihor CHAYKOVSKY dives in at the near post only to be denied by the woodwork 60' GOAL!! - Receiving the ball on the left Emmanuel EBOUE skips inside his marker and curls in a shot from 25 yards! 67' GOAL!! - The ball is played square to Marc WILSON on the edge of the box who rasps home a screamer! 88' GOAL!! - A poor clearance falls to Adrián COLUNGA who smacks the ball past the despairing keeper!
Walsall vs Torquay United Commmentary
26' Rui PATRICIO tips it onto the bar 27' GOAL!! - A trademark strike from Marco RUBEN! 41' A free header by Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG grazes the top of the bar 52' GOAL!! - A mix up in midfield enables Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG to run through and confidently slams a low shot past the advancing keeper! 61' GOAL!! - A speculative chip by Éder LUIS is fumbled by the hapless keeper and rolls agonisingly over the line! 82' OWN GOAL: Federico FAZIO tries to clear the cross but slices it into his own goal!!
Notts County vs Brentford Commmentary
8' A 35-yard scorcher is punched over by Brad FRIEDEL 21' Gilles YAPI nearly gives the crowd something to cheer about as his drive whistles past the post 43' GOAL!! - A clever pass takes out the defence and José Manuel CATALA rifles a right foot shot in off the woodwork! 69' Julien RODRIGUEZ sets up an attack, but the chance is fluffed and goes wide.
Stockport United vs Crewe Alexandra Commmentary
3' A last ditch saving tackle by Vitorino HILTON sees it out for a corner 19' GOAL!! - Using his blistering pace Paolo GUERRERO leaves the defenders in his wake and chips the keeper with aplomb! 81' GOAL!! - David SUAZO hits it early leaving the keeper stranded! 88' Paolo GUERRERO drags his shot wide
Leeds United vs Hereford United Commmentary
16' RED CARD - Cheikh M'BENGUE is dimissed for a dangerous two-footed tackle! 42' A poor finish by Anthony MODESTE 89' A delicate chip from Szabolcs HUSZTI crashes back off the bar
Pundits Comments
Stelling: Lets start by reviewing your team Nigel, as Gillingham were beaten by 11 goals to 2 by recentley relegated West Brom. Can you share your thoughts on the game? Clough: I wasn't particularly pleased with the performance, but at least we got forward and scored two goals. I'm hoping Wright-Phillips and Gudjohnsen can keep on knocking in the goal and we could be serious contender for automatic promotion. Stelling: If things don't go well for you this season, do you think long-term you have the side to earn promotion? Clough: Definatly, we've potentially got some of the best Masters League players of all time and i'm hoping that in the summer we'll be competing in the competiton, and if things go well we could earn a financial boost to bring in some more of Premiership quality of the last decade. Stelling: Moving on and you've seen some good teams pick up three points today, who do you think can earn automatic promotion or challenge for the play-offs this season. Clough: Aside from Gillingham i think that West Brom, Burton and Northampton are all looking very strong. They've got strong squads and they seem to beable to win games even when they don't play well so i'm going to back those three to do well this season. Stelling: Simon Cox scored four goals today, whilst Negredo scored a brace. Who do you think are the leading contenders for the golden boot this season. Clough: I think Cox will be up there, although he wont score four goals every game and my money would be on Negredo who seems to beable to score week in week out and what a signing he's turned out to be for Northampton. Stelling: Now on to possibly the Gillingham fans with Georgie Thompson who has the fans comments on todays action for League 2.
Fans Comments
Thompson: Well Gillingham fans have got in touch today and have spoken about how they rate there chances this season and what they thought of tonights performances.
Re: The Great British League - discussion thread
Devasteing defeat , I dominated the possession 57% to 43% but lose so bloody cruelly on penaltys . My boys have done me very proud. We have been a credit to division 4 in the cups.
Im very unhappy
Re: English Championship 106 - Discussion Thread
Brilliant! Only found out on Tuesday that he'd signed with Cannes and he's on the DB already!
Bit pricey for a 38 year old 86, but couldn't pass up the chance to have him at Southend
Only minimal competition too, guess everyone was too busy with Delgado and Mangane to notice
Re: English Championship 106 - Discussion Thread
Brilliant! Only found out on Tuesday that he'd signed with Cannes and he's on the DB already!
Bit pricey for a 38 year old 86, but couldn't pass up the chance to have him at Southend
Only minimal competition too, guess everyone was too busy with Delgado and Mangane to notice
Re: The Great British League - Match Report & News Thread
Great British League: Division 4 Crime Count, season 1 (half-way)
Sadly the table that features the most British players is the hackers table with 11 spots occupied by the Brits.
Top of the crowd though is striker Mattia Destro of Dumbarton - given that he plays up front we can only guess that ill discipline and a tendancy to indulge in simulation are the prime causes....
Re: The Great British League - Match Report & News Thread
Great British League: Division 4 Crime Count, season 1 (half-way)
Sadly the table that features the most British players is the hackers table with 11 spots occupied by the Brits.
Top of the crowd though is striker Mattia Destro of Dumbarton - given that he plays up front we can only guess that ill discipline and a tendancy to indulge in simulation are the prime causes....
Re: The Great British League - Match Report & News Thread
Great British League: Division 4, season 1 (half-way)
Fleetwood Town are currently 8 points clear at the top of Division 4 and the fans will be calling for the manager's head if the club does not now kick on and secure automatic promotion.
Of the chasing pack it's all quite close but Barrow will be hoping that their miserly defence will keep up the good work and give them the edge in the run-in, while the cynics will think that over-achieving Prestatyn's bubble must surely burst soon.
Of the mid-table teams Tamworth are in a shocking run of form and will hope to correct that before they slide down the table any further, while Stenhousemuir are going in the other direction as they are second only to Fleetwood in current form and are the only Division 4 team who are unbeaten in their last six league games.
In the Division 4 basement there appears to be a mini-league of three who will battle it out for the wooden spoon; Montrose, Annan, and The New Saints are in danger of being cut adrift although Montrose could point to their superior goal difference, especially in comparison to that of The New Saints who have shipped on average at least 4 goals every match, with their manager resolutely sticking to his 3-3-4 philosophy.
Re: English Championship 5579 - Discussion Thread
Happy days again at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest confirm their survival in Division 3!
From rock bottom when I took over then I'm pleased to end the relegation fears with 3 games to spare.
Next stage will be to shift a few of the golden oldies and get us up the other end of the table next season.
Re: English Championship 106 - Discussion Thread
Ahh well! Im looking forward to these changes' date=' unless they don't go my way :@
Ignore me, ive been sitting in work gormless for the last 6 hours :-) not long to go...
This is a thread dedicated to my team Newport County in The Great British League
Here I will keep a record of all my players at the club, their statistics and all other news regarding them. Most of the players are unlikely to be sold, as in this world you cannot buy players over the rating of 80.
I would ask no one to comment in this thread, but you are more than welcome to regularly check the updates.
Team:
#1 Sebastian Mielitz
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#3 Georgios Machlelis
#4 Calum Davenport
#6 Raphael Holzhauser
#11 Loick Pires
#12 Luke Joyce
#13 Ryan Macbeth
#15 Tristan Plummer
#20 Nikolas Tsattalios
#23 Alex Konstantinou
#24 Taygun Kuru
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Re: The Great British League - Match Report & News Thread
THE OCHILVIEW VIEW
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CUP KICK-OFF DELAYED???
It looks as if the kick-off of tonights big Cup match between the mighty Stenhousemuir warriors and sassenach big-shots Manchester City may be delayed, as apparently the Manchester City coach driver is struggling to find Stenhousemuir on the map!
The Ochilview View can report that the team bus had to make a detour off the A74 where it stopped at Dinwoodie Lodge Hotel for directions.
Hamish Balfour, a guest at the hotel, stated, "Ah wiz pure shoacked when yon big beastie o' a bus poolt in and Tevez and Dzeko and Silva and Toure and aw them got oot.
Ah was haein a gab wi wee Gareth Barry, an he wiz sayin the coach driver wiz aw confused as he husnae had tae drive ootside of Englun afore, and disnae know his way roon Scoatlin.
Ah says tae him does he no have a Sat Nav and that ah'd come wi them fur tae gie directions but he just laughed and said he didnae think the Manager wid like that as it'd be pure embarrassin fur the club - an ah says whit and huvvin tae stoap fur directions isnae...?!"
"Ello? Ello? Where a eez theese place that you call a da Stenmuir House?"
Re: Squad Sizes
I think a previous fella has the solution sold.
Make wage demands much more common pricing people out of holding huge squads.
And the unhappy factor really isn't that unhappy at the moment it needs to be turned up in real life players would be demanding a transfer years before SM kicks in with a transfer demand.
Onc ethe unhappy is turned up if a player demands a transfer the chairman should take control of the sale set a minimum value (being the computer valuation) and sell to the highest bidder who ever it is.
turn it up turn it up.
Re: Squad Sizes
Personally, I've got a load of good players I rarely use...but so do four or five other managers in my league who are my main 'rivals'. I recognise this is going to ultimately damage the long-term future of my setup because other teams will just give up as they can't get hold of any of the best players. But if I sell my excess baggage then all that will happen is that my rivals will snap them up and so neither I, nor the setup, benefits. At best, the setup stays the same while I lose out.
Slap a cap on (say 60 - 30 first team / 30 youth team) and that wealth gets spread. It forces me to plan and choose who stays and who goes. It gives everyone plenty of opportunity still to scout and bring in young players / risers - but the need to free up squad space would then force you to KEEP scouting and monitoring the players you've already got, as well as those you might want to bring in in future. Currently, I can get them in, see them rise and then afford to leave them alone while I wait and see if they ever go up again. No skill in that. Make me make a judgement.
I want a competitive setup. But the game is geared towards hogging at the moment. And the bigger clubs have the resources to hog more than the smaller ones do. I'd definitely favour a cap - and the lower the better (without getting silly - 50 should be the absolute lowest, 60 seems fair).
Re: Quitters Hall
Vince McMahon - 1 Game with FF Jaro - W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. - W.A.S.T.E.R.
Done on purpose to enter the hall?
You be the judge...
John Rossiter - 2 games with Northampton - Veneratio League - 2 games/0 points = LOOOOOOSER
Patrick Slater - 24 minutes with Ebsfleet - The Trenches - Never darken my door again
Not Hamish Woodward - 13 games with Northampton - Veneratio League - Thanks for your commitment
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Re: AI auto-filling teams help please!
I took an African side, Amazulu, in a custom setup a few months ago and they had less than 21 players, all the players brought in were rated 80 (including Bradley Wright-Phillips and Stern John) so it varies a bit what you'll be given, although it probably depends on what rating the few players in your team are, so if they're all rated 75 you probably won't get a load of 60s coming to join you! Maybe...
Re: The BIG vote: Reserve Team tab?
totally agree re: style over substance and the 2d thing. Would add nothing. Just trying to copy PC sim games like Football Manager
in terms of the dev work - it would be a tiny code change to rename Youth team to Reserve and allow over 21s in
the youth team squad, as it is, serves absolutely no purpose of any value.
come on, SM... fewer bells and whistles and better real options please
Re: English Championship 106 - Transfer/Gossip thread
Northern Alliance exposed
Part IIII
Lower Ranks II
Stuart Lauder
Name : Stewart Lauder
AKA: The Vampire
Birthplace: Found by dustmen at front of bomb damaged Gorbals tenement block
Age: indeterminable but said to be at least 300 years old
Club: Southend United
N/B/A role : Blood sucking member of N/B/A Enforcement
Hobbies and interests: Avoiding daylight
Notes : Little known member of N/B/A never seen in daylight hours and mainly deployed by Fitzpatrick as EC106 Night watchman
Simon Pluto
Name : Simon Pluto
AKA: Pluto
Birthplace: Vulcan
Age: 250 earth years
Club: Sheffield Wednesday
N/B/A role : member of N/B/A Enforcement
Hobbies and interests: Christmas cracker joke writing
Notes : Despite guiding Sheffield Wednesday to the 2cnd division Pluto is largely written off as cannon fodder by the N/B/A/ after a disastrous attempt at humour at a N/B/A Christmas party- reports suggest Fitzpatrick was enraged by the following Pluto quip
Q. Do you know why Germans build such high-quality products?
A. So they won't have to go around being nice while they fix them.
Paul Holt
Name : Paul Holt
AKA: Holt
Birthplace: Newcastle
Age: 30
Club: Crystal Palace
N/B/A role : Unknown
Hobbies and interests: Watching Eastenders
Notes : One time member of N/B/A high council since dropped by Fitzpatrick after being crushed in a humiliating defeat after a bitter 3 season long war against Izod – Generally considered as mentally retarded the bumbling Holt eeks out an embarrassing existence on the periphery of the N/B/A.
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