Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Game 20
End of the season in game 20, congratulations to John Gilson who won the Premier League with Man United; they finished three points clear of West Brom who themselves were a couple of points ahead of Sunderland. Congratulations too go to Stuart Lees, his AC Milan side won Serie A, holding off his other side, Athletic Bilbao to win the league by three points. Milan also won the Champions League, but were denied the FA Cup which went to Bilbao, beating Sparta Prague 5-0 in the final.
Third Party Transfers Are An Issue
It has been said before, but it needs to be re-iterated, all transfers need to be able to stand and fall on their own merit. If you're doing an exchange deal with someone, make sure you put down all the parts of the deal on the same sheet, and make sure they're all with the same team. Whether teams are managed by the same manager or not.
As an example. Suppose Real Madrid want to buy David Silva. They speak to the Man City manager, but cannot agree a deal. He has his eye on Mario Goetze at Bayern Munich instead. He tells the Bayern Munich manager that he would only swap Silva for Goetze. The Real Madrid manager cannot ask the Bayern Munich manager to sell Goetze directly to City, he must instead purchase the player himself, wait four weeks, and then sell him on.
Why? Mainly because the more confusing you make things, the harder it is to keep track of what on earth is going on, and the more difficult it is to sort out when things go wrong. I can't find it on here but somewhere on here is a post I made explaining why exchange deals had to be done at the same time, on the same return sheet. No selling a player one week in exchange for one who would arrive four weeks later. No promises and future clauses. No parts of deals with third parties.
It might mean more to you if you all received the number of emails I do from managers who are upset that so and so has just quit 'but he has promised to sell me player X in two turns' or 'he still owes me player Y from a deal twelve years ago' or whatever. The answer is pretty much always - tough. If a transfer goes wrong and it's between two teams and you put it down on the same return sheet then the chances are I can do something about it. Usually I'll ask you to try again for a week or two - and if it doesn't work out then I can often help out. However, if you're asking for a player who was promised a while back, or one that was swapped last season, or whatever, then there's nothing i can do about it. And even worse - if you're complaining because Ethan promised to sell you Messi in three weeks but this week he sold him to Gerard, but you sold Ronaldo to Ethan last season and you sold Aguero to James and you bought John Terry off Chris and now you're not happy... then I'm afraid there's not a lot I can do for you.
Keep your transfers clear and transparent and if something goes wrong you'll be fine. If someone makes a complaint about you, you'll be able to say - no, it was just Rooney plus £40m for Ronaldo or whatever, and you won't have any problems justifying your transfer.
As an example. Suppose Real Madrid want to buy David Silva. They speak to the Man City manager, but cannot agree a deal. He has his eye on Mario Goetze at Bayern Munich instead. He tells the Bayern Munich manager that he would only swap Silva for Goetze. The Real Madrid manager cannot ask the Bayern Munich manager to sell Goetze directly to City, he must instead purchase the player himself, wait four weeks, and then sell him on.
Why? Mainly because the more confusing you make things, the harder it is to keep track of what on earth is going on, and the more difficult it is to sort out when things go wrong. I can't find it on here but somewhere on here is a post I made explaining why exchange deals had to be done at the same time, on the same return sheet. No selling a player one week in exchange for one who would arrive four weeks later. No promises and future clauses. No parts of deals with third parties.
It might mean more to you if you all received the number of emails I do from managers who are upset that so and so has just quit 'but he has promised to sell me player X in two turns' or 'he still owes me player Y from a deal twelve years ago' or whatever. The answer is pretty much always - tough. If a transfer goes wrong and it's between two teams and you put it down on the same return sheet then the chances are I can do something about it. Usually I'll ask you to try again for a week or two - and if it doesn't work out then I can often help out. However, if you're asking for a player who was promised a while back, or one that was swapped last season, or whatever, then there's nothing i can do about it. And even worse - if you're complaining because Ethan promised to sell you Messi in three weeks but this week he sold him to Gerard, but you sold Ronaldo to Ethan last season and you sold Aguero to James and you bought John Terry off Chris and now you're not happy... then I'm afraid there's not a lot I can do for you.
Keep your transfers clear and transparent and if something goes wrong you'll be fine. If someone makes a complaint about you, you'll be able to say - no, it was just Rooney plus £40m for Ronaldo or whatever, and you won't have any problems justifying your transfer.
Game 64
This week saw the quarter finals of the game 64 Super Cup, and a crushing victory for Richard 'Dickie' Coupland's Lazio. Radamel Falcao scored a hat-trick as Dave Burton's Mini Mars were beaten 4-1. They will face Niall Cunningham's Chelsea in the semi finals after Griezmann got the only goal in their 1-0 victory over Craig Rathey's Scarborough. David Burton's Derby face James Teager's Real Madrid in the other semi final after both won their quarter finals 2-1. Derby beat Glen Pine's Bournemouth, Real overcame Rich Coupland's Wolves.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Game 1
Louis Browne's Arsenal side lead the Prem by a point from John Ferrier's Man United, both recording 3-1 victories today. Louis King's Southampton are three points behind the leaders after a 3-0 home win over Derby.
In the Euro League, David Burton's FC Tucson side saw themselves slip to three points behind leaders Paris St Germain thanks to a 1-1 draw away at Louis King's Lazio. Carlos Tevez gave Lazio the lead and it looked like all three points, but Wayne Rooney bagged a vital equaliser just seconds from the end of the game. Tucson move ahead of James Teager's Juventus into second place, after Juve lost 1-0 at Duncan Martin's Dortmund - the German side moving up into fourth place. Louis Browne's PSG lead the way and are now three points clear after those slip ups from both main rivals. No such problems for the French side, Dani Alvez with their goal as John Ferrier's Sporting Lisbon were beaten 1-0.
In the Euro League, David Burton's FC Tucson side saw themselves slip to three points behind leaders Paris St Germain thanks to a 1-1 draw away at Louis King's Lazio. Carlos Tevez gave Lazio the lead and it looked like all three points, but Wayne Rooney bagged a vital equaliser just seconds from the end of the game. Tucson move ahead of James Teager's Juventus into second place, after Juve lost 1-0 at Duncan Martin's Dortmund - the German side moving up into fourth place. Louis Browne's PSG lead the way and are now three points clear after those slip ups from both main rivals. No such problems for the French side, Dani Alvez with their goal as John Ferrier's Sporting Lisbon were beaten 1-0.
Game 86
Reigning champions, Alloa Legends, dropped their first points of the season - Kirk Greenway's side held to a 0-0 draw by Chris Burton's Stirling Albion. That allows Dave Burton's Fledglings to move two points clear after they won 4-2 at Kent FC. Rich Coupland's Arsenal Game 1 moved into third with a 4-1 win at Warbury Warriors.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Game 99
Two way tie at the top of the European league in game 99, Anthony Woods' AC Milan and Kieran Hundal's La Coruna both on 22 points, three clear of Joe Hughes' Roma who were beaten 1-0 by Kieran's side. It took a Robin Van Persie penalty for Milan to take the three points from Anthony Brockway's Barcelona - who remain in the bottom three and possibly, along with Dortmund, in a relegation battle. Just over half the season to go though, so time for both to pull away. Bayern, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid all won and are all four points behind the leaders.
Four points separate the top six in Serie A, not so in the Premier League where Jamie Maycroft's Wolves have a six point lead. This week saw their first loss of the season though, going down 2-0 at Anthony Woods' West Ham. Stve Bennett's Spurs drop from second to third after losing 1-0 at Arsenal, Patrick Lyons' Southampton moving into second place by beating 10 man Blackburn 1-0.
Four points separate the top six in Serie A, not so in the Premier League where Jamie Maycroft's Wolves have a six point lead. This week saw their first loss of the season though, going down 2-0 at Anthony Woods' West Ham. Stve Bennett's Spurs drop from second to third after losing 1-0 at Arsenal, Patrick Lyons' Southampton moving into second place by beating 10 man Blackburn 1-0.
Game 80 Champions League Draw
Welcome to the draw for the game 80 Champions League and Europa League. A brand new season, so we don't have any league winners or cup winners to send through, just two pots - one with all the teams from the British league, one with all the teams from the Euro League. Unmanaged sides are in there too, we're still hoping to pick up a new boss or two before the season kicks off.
Without further do, here we go with the draw:
Champions League Group 1:
First team out, a British team of course, Louis King's Liverpool.
Joining them in group 1 from the European pot will be Monaco
Team three, another British team, Patrick Lyons' Arsenal
Finally in this group, a second European side, James Bartaby's Wolfsberg
So the group comprises
Liverpool
Monaco
Arsenal
Wolfsberg
Champions League Group 2:
Again we start with a team from the British league, this one has no manager - it's Everton
From the European league, out of the pot come Bayern Munich, managed by Chris Quick
Another British league side, Hayden Dando's Chelsea, some compensation for them from missing out on the Super Cup knockout stage no doubt
Finally, a European team, it's Roma
So Champions League Group 2 is:
Everton
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Roma
Europa League Group 1:
Onward with group 1 of the Europa League
First team from the British league, it's Tottenham
Second team, from the European league, Inter Milan
Thirdly, from the British league, we have Newcastle
Finally, from the European league, John Ferrier's Dortmund. A good draw for John so far - he's the only managed side in the group. Hopefully somebody will step up and take on Spurs, Inter or Newcastle and give him a challenge in this group.
Europa League Group 1 is:
Tottenham
Inter Milan
Newcastle
Dortmund
Europa League Group 2:
The final group to be drawn, starting with a British league side, and it's Southampton
Next a team from the European leagues, and it's James Teager's Valencia
The final British league side to be drawn is Markie's Manchester City
Finally, the last team out of the Euro pot, it's AC Milan
Europa League Group 2:
Southampton
Valencia
Manchester City
AC Milan
That concludes the game 80 European draws for today.
Without further do, here we go with the draw:
Champions League Group 1:
First team out, a British team of course, Louis King's Liverpool.
Joining them in group 1 from the European pot will be Monaco
Team three, another British team, Patrick Lyons' Arsenal
Finally in this group, a second European side, James Bartaby's Wolfsberg
So the group comprises
Liverpool
Monaco
Arsenal
Wolfsberg
Champions League Group 2:
Again we start with a team from the British league, this one has no manager - it's Everton
From the European league, out of the pot come Bayern Munich, managed by Chris Quick
Another British league side, Hayden Dando's Chelsea, some compensation for them from missing out on the Super Cup knockout stage no doubt
Finally, a European team, it's Roma
So Champions League Group 2 is:
Everton
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Roma
Europa League Group 1:
Onward with group 1 of the Europa League
First team from the British league, it's Tottenham
Second team, from the European league, Inter Milan
Thirdly, from the British league, we have Newcastle
Finally, from the European league, John Ferrier's Dortmund. A good draw for John so far - he's the only managed side in the group. Hopefully somebody will step up and take on Spurs, Inter or Newcastle and give him a challenge in this group.
Europa League Group 1 is:
Tottenham
Inter Milan
Newcastle
Dortmund
Europa League Group 2:
The final group to be drawn, starting with a British league side, and it's Southampton
Next a team from the European leagues, and it's James Teager's Valencia
The final British league side to be drawn is Markie's Manchester City
Finally, the last team out of the Euro pot, it's AC Milan
Europa League Group 2:
Southampton
Valencia
Manchester City
AC Milan
That concludes the game 80 European draws for today.
Game 80
New game... it all starts with the Super Cup - and a few managed teams crashing out at the first hurdle. Group 2 was dubbed the 'Group Of Death' before it all started, with Dortmund, Juventus, Chelsea and Wolfsburg all looking for a place in the knockout stages. John Ferrier's Dortmund sailed through, winning all five of their group games, whilst Jamie Maycroft's Juventus will join them in the second round after winning their other four matches. Hayden Dando's Chelsea and James Bartaby's Wolfsburg are the unlucky teams that miss out.
Game 13
Michael Sinclair ended the season as champions - his Man United side finishing just one point ahead of Ben Alexis' Chelsea. The top two battled it out throughout a gruelling game 13 season, with United going into their last match knowing a victory at home to Southend would be enough. Goals from Gomez and Thorpe (2) saw United win the league with 49 points, one more than Chelsea's 48. Ben was also runner up in the Euro league, his Barcelona finishing six points behind a dominant Real Madrid, though Ben did get revenge in the Champions League final - beating his Spanish rivals 2-1.
Game 64
Coach Pine and James Teager still lead the way - three games gone, three games won for them in their respective leagues. Bournemouth beat David Burton's Derby 2-0, goals from Wilson and Ritchie, and are three points clear of Celtic, Man City and Wolves. John Ferrier's Celtic side won 3-0 at Phil Dean's Villa, Jamie Maycroft's Manchester City won 1-0 at home to Ethan's Arsenal and Rich Coupland's Wolves side beat Duncan Martin's Rangers 2-0 thanks to a brace from Correa, both coming in the second half after Podolski had been dismissed for the Glasgow side in the first.
The top two are now three clear in division 1, Craig Rathey's Scarborough recording a thumping 6-0 victory away at Hibernian, but Kirk Greenway's West Ham keeping up with them thanks to a probably more impressive 2-0 home victory over Sam Roberts' Doncaster, Balde bagging both. Doncaster, along with Scarborough, were probably pre-season promotion favourites, and these are only their first dropped points, but all indications are that it's going to be a five team shoot out for the two automatic promotion spots. Level with Doncaster now are Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday, who won 2-0 at home to Wigan, and James West's Newcastle - 4-2 victors at West Brom.
James Teager's Real Madrid top Serie A, goals from Icardi and Zaza as they beat James Bartaby's PSV 2-0 at the Bernabeu. Gerard O'Brien's Bayern Munich drop from second to sixth in the table as they can only draw 2-2 at home to Joe Spencer's Atletico - that's Joe's first point of the season. Glen Pine's Basle beat Richard Ladd's PSG 2-1 to take second spot, one of four clubs who are three points behind the leaders. Rich Coupland's Lazio are also there - Falcao with a hat-trick, including two penalties, as his side beat James West's AC Milan. Bazz Wetton's Antwerp had a late Negredo goal to thank as they came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Benfica whilst Dave Burton's Mini Mars also left it late, Meyer with their winner fifteen minutes from time at home to Mark Wheat's Juve.
Three sides still have 100% records in Serie B, Patrick Lyons' NY Red Bull top on goal difference after a 2-0 home win against Inter Milan. Hayden Dando's Roma also there after beating Shaktar Donetsk 3-2 along with Duncan Martin's Palermo, after a 1-0 win against Parma. Jamie Maycroft's Dnipro are just two points back from those three after a 4-1 home win over Fiorentina.
The top two are now three clear in division 1, Craig Rathey's Scarborough recording a thumping 6-0 victory away at Hibernian, but Kirk Greenway's West Ham keeping up with them thanks to a probably more impressive 2-0 home victory over Sam Roberts' Doncaster, Balde bagging both. Doncaster, along with Scarborough, were probably pre-season promotion favourites, and these are only their first dropped points, but all indications are that it's going to be a five team shoot out for the two automatic promotion spots. Level with Doncaster now are Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday, who won 2-0 at home to Wigan, and James West's Newcastle - 4-2 victors at West Brom.
James Teager's Real Madrid top Serie A, goals from Icardi and Zaza as they beat James Bartaby's PSV 2-0 at the Bernabeu. Gerard O'Brien's Bayern Munich drop from second to sixth in the table as they can only draw 2-2 at home to Joe Spencer's Atletico - that's Joe's first point of the season. Glen Pine's Basle beat Richard Ladd's PSG 2-1 to take second spot, one of four clubs who are three points behind the leaders. Rich Coupland's Lazio are also there - Falcao with a hat-trick, including two penalties, as his side beat James West's AC Milan. Bazz Wetton's Antwerp had a late Negredo goal to thank as they came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Benfica whilst Dave Burton's Mini Mars also left it late, Meyer with their winner fifteen minutes from time at home to Mark Wheat's Juve.
Three sides still have 100% records in Serie B, Patrick Lyons' NY Red Bull top on goal difference after a 2-0 home win against Inter Milan. Hayden Dando's Roma also there after beating Shaktar Donetsk 3-2 along with Duncan Martin's Palermo, after a 1-0 win against Parma. Jamie Maycroft's Dnipro are just two points back from those three after a 4-1 home win over Fiorentina.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Game 86 - Three Games In
Three games in to the new season, and there are changes afoot in game 86. Previously a game where no transfers happened - we've allowed teams to control their own bank balances and use them to buy and sell players! We'll see how this affects things in the next few weeks.
League wise it's as you were at the end of last season - with Kirk Greenway's Alloa Legends leading from David Burton's Fledglings. Both have 100% records, Alloa battering Jamie's Stoke Prior 4-0 this week, Fledglings beating Accrington 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Eric Cantona. The title could once again come down to the matches between the top two.
League wise it's as you were at the end of last season - with Kirk Greenway's Alloa Legends leading from David Burton's Fledglings. Both have 100% records, Alloa battering Jamie's Stoke Prior 4-0 this week, Fledglings beating Accrington 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Eric Cantona. The title could once again come down to the matches between the top two.
Reports
Lots of requests that we start running more live turns - the exciting way we run the final week of the season by reporting games "as theyhappen" online in the evening.
These are great fun, but take some time and are quite difficult to organise, Nonetheless I will try to run them for the major games with the most managers - games like 64 and 99.
In the meantime I'll do my best to report here in the blog on a far more regular basis on results as the season passes.
These are great fun, but take some time and are quite difficult to organise, Nonetheless I will try to run them for the major games with the most managers - games like 64 and 99.
In the meantime I'll do my best to report here in the blog on a far more regular basis on results as the season passes.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Game 80 - New Game
Starting this Friday (27th March) we've got a brand new game. Numbered game 80, there are still some very good sides available. Turns will be every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, Email if you want one.
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