NWCM 01/02 clan has finished, be back for CM4

[TheToffeeman]

Oops, of course I meant aboard (it's 3:30 in the morning here)

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Glad to see a good post like the ones been coming in here recently, despite Rad trying to stop these kind of posts i still find some of them enjoyable to read

KUTGW - as they say <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i didnt, what i said is that copying and psting stats is boring and noone can be arsed with reading them, that was a good post

[TheToffeeman]

<<<<<EVERTON FC Season Report>>>>>

It's been very interesting season with its ups and downs (unfortunately more downs ). I expected us to win a promotion but my dreams didn't come true.

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English First Division - Sunday 9th May 2004

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2003/4 Table

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Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts

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1st C Millwall 46 17 6 0 42 15 8 7 8 28 33 88

2nd P Aston Villa 46 18 0 5 50 21 8 6 9 40 34 84

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3rd Pl Grimsby 46 13 6 4 45 27 10 7 6 37 29 82

4th Pl Everton 46 17 3 3 37 14 6 5 12 36 41 77

5th Pl Nottm Forest 46 14 3 6 40 27 9 4 10 39 42 76

6th Pl Bolton 46 13 4 6 42 24 8 8 7 31 33 75

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7th Bradford 46 13 4 6 44 23 9 2 12 27 31 72

8th Wimbledon 46 13 7 3 35 17 6 8 9 28 34 72

9th Q.P.R. 46 14 6 3 41 21 4 8 11 28 34 68

10th Brentford 46 12 4 7 37 26 7 6 10 21 24 67

11th Reading 46 10 5 8 38 33 9 4 10 34 39 66

12th Preston 46 11 7 5 36 27 4 7 12 23 43 59

13th Man City 46 12 7 4 41 31 4 3 16 32 51 58

14th Coventry 46 9 10 4 37 31 5 5 13 23 31 57

15th Crewe 46 12 6 5 38 26 4 3 16 22 47 57

16th Watford 46 8 7 8 32 27 6 7 10 26 37 56

17th Crystal Palace 46 11 5 7 42 35 3 9 11 24 45 56

18th Birmingham 46 10 7 6 33 25 4 6 13 17 38 55

19th Stockport 46 11 5 7 41 39 3 4 16 23 54 51

20th Barnsley 46 12 6 5 46 28 1 5 17 20 43 50

21st Derby 46 7 8 8 27 24 5 6 12 18 33 50

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22nd R Bristol C 46 9 3 11 30 31 5 5 13 24 45 50

23rd R Gillingham 46 10 8 5 37 30 1 8 14 19 44 49

24th R Wycombe 46 5 11 7 26 30 4 5 14 12 32 43

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The pleasing moment of the season is that we conceded less goals at home than any other team . The weakest link of my team was attack, I tryed lots of combinations of strikers and finally found the right pair just before the end of the season - Josemi <> Akinbiyi.

We started this season with a new tactic which didn't work the way I would have liked. We were lack of confidence, lack of goals and had a spell of bad luck in several matches (which is no excuse for my team's performances ). As always we didn't have a decent run in both cups, maybe except for the FA Cup where I lost to Nunos Fulham 0:1 away from home. I forced him to play his best football .

The season went on and we balanced between 6-10 places. Nearer the enf of the season we were 4 points behind the play-off place and I decided to change my tactic. When just 10 games left I finally made a decent tactic that helped me to finish on the 4th place (last session we won 8, lost 1 and made 1 draw).

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2003/4 Fixtures

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Date Opposition Ven Competition Res Attend Scorers

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4.8.03 Fulham H Friendly 1:2 24588 Gravesen

9.8.03 Q.P.R. H First Division 1:1 26242 Murray

17.8.03 Man City A First Division 4:1 34956 Josemi, Murray 2, Foй

19.8.03 Cardiff A League Cup 1st Rnd 1:2 7833 Prior og

23.8.03 Bradford H First Division 0:1 27614

25.8.03 Crewe A First Division 3:0 9410 Clarke, S.Wilson, Josemi

6.9.03 Reading A First Division 1:3 21188 Josemi

10.9.03 Grimsby H First Division 0:2 25450

13.9.03 Bolton A First Division 2:0 10986 Duberry, Josemi

20.9.03 Aston Villa H First Division 1:1 28767 Josemi

24.9.03 Millwall H First Division 2:1 26251 Murray, Morris

26.9.03 Wimbledon A First Division 0:1 11683

11.10.03 Brentford A First Division 2:0 8114 Josemi, Tйbily

14.10.03 Barnsley H First Division 1:0 26618 Josemi pen

18.10.03 Nottm Forest A First Division 2:3 27520 Murray, Radzinski

21.10.03 Stockport H First Division 3:0 26240 Josemi 2, Radzinski

25.10.03 Preston A First Division 1:2 21409 Josemi

29.10.03 Coventry H First Division 2:1 26642 Pistone, Gravesen

1.11.03 Derby H First Division 1:0 27315 Duberry

9.11.03 Wycombe A First Division 2:3 9997 Gravesen, Radzinski

15.11.03 Bristol C H First Division 1:0 26044 Josemi

22.11.03 Gillingham A First Division 0:2 10559

29.11.03 Watford A First Division 1:1 12394 Foй

5.12.03 Crystal Palace H First Division 5:0 26910 Gravesen pen, Stubbs, Duberry, Murray 2

13.12.03 Man City H First Division 3:1 28776 Stubbs, Murray, Josemi

20.12.03 Q.P.R. A First Division 3:3 19122 Murray, Linderoth, Tйbily

27.12.03 Birmingham A First Division 1:1 29070 Murray

30.12.03 Bradford A First Division 0:3 22776

3.1.04 Millwall H FA Cup 3rd Rnd 2:1 25796 Murray, Stubbs

7.1.04 Crewe H First Division 1:0 25972 Vassell

10.1.04 Millwall A First Division 3:4 19468 Foй, Vassell 2

17.1.04 Reading H First Division 4:2 26954 Murray 2, Gravesen, Aljofree

24.1.04 Fulham A FA Cup 4th Rnd 0:1 11431

31.1.04 Grimsby A First Division 0:2 9478

7.2.04 Bolton H First Division 0:0 26389

13.2.04 Coventry A First Division 1:1 23570 Josemi

18.2.04 Wimbledon H First Division 1:0 25360 Foй

21.2.04 Aston Villa A First Division 0:3 36887

6.3.04 Nottm Forest H First Division 1:3 27778 Murray

10.3.04 Stockport A First Division 1:2 10968 Josemi

13.3.04 Brentford H First Division 1:0 25453 Josemi

16.3.04 Barnsley A First Division 1:1 21127 Murray

31.3.04 Preston H First Division 1:0 27739 Josemi

3.4.04 Derby A First Division 2:1 24885 Josemi, Gravesen pen

10.4.04 Wycombe H First Division 2:1 26395 Akinbiyi 2

16.4.04 Bristol C A First Division 1:2 19803 Akinbiyi

19.4.04 Gillingham H First Division 2:0 26592 Watson, Vassell

24.4.04 Watford H First Division 2:0 26884 Murray, Gravesen

1.5.04 Crystal Palace A First Division 5:2 26291 Murray 3, Gravesen, Akinbiyi

9.5.04 Birmingham H First Division 2:0 28775 Akinbiyi 2

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A draw was made and we were handed a difficult opportunity to try to beat Nottingham Forest in the play-off Semi Final. I consulted my fixture list just to found out that we lost to Nottingham Forest in both matches in the regular season. I had many wishes of good luck from my co-members of the clan and with it I put my players on the pitch . I can't say that we should have won the first match but at least a draw would be a fair result. Unfortunately they scored the only goal of the game which gave them a big advantage.

On the way to Nottingham I thought that there is still a chance of us winning this clash. Unfortunately for me, there also were officials on the pitch who made a win for Forest "a piece of cake" . I had a goal dissalowed, then had my player sent-off whick made it almost impossible to win it. I was very proud with the display my team showed. We battled till the final whistle and were unlucky not to share the points with them. The Final Result was 2:3.

Below you can find other statistic from the completed season:

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2003/4 Goals

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Pos Player Club Apps Gls

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1st Bruce Dyer Barnsley 46 25

2nd Lee Hughes Coventry 46 20

3rd Stern John Nottm Forest 35 20

4th Eoin Jess Bradford 38 19

5th Bradley Allen Grimsby 40 18

6th Paulo Wanchope Man City 39 (1) 18

7th Ashley Ward Bradford 41 (1) 18

8th Paul Murray Everton 41 18

9th Shefki Kuqi Stockport 46 18

10th Bosko Balaban Aston Villa 40 18

11th Clinton Morrison Crystal Palace 43 18

12th Josemi Everton 36 (1) 17

13th Marino Keith Reading 46 17

14th Alan Pouton Grimsby 42 17

15th Martin Butler Reading 41 16

16th Andy Johnson Birmingham 39 (1) 15

17th Andy Thomson Q.P.R. 40 15

18th Giovanni Savarese Millwall 32 (4) 15

19th Dougie Freedman Crystal Palace 45 15

20th Chris Thompson Grimsby 35 (2) 14

21st Trevor Benjamin Crewe 43 (1) 14

22nd Tommy Miller Nottm Forest 44 14

23rd Henrik Pedersen Bolton 41 (4) 14

24th Malcolm Christie Derby 46 14

25th Brett Ormerod Brentford 39 14

26th Don Hutchison Reading 46 14

27th David Johnson Nottm Forest 44 13

28th Emmanuel Osei Kuffour Aston Villa 24 (5) 13

29th Ian Armstrong Birmingham 44 (1) 13

30th Neil Harris Millwall 45 13

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2003/4 Assists

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Pos Player Club Apps Asts

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1st Micah Hyde Grimsby 46 17

2nd Kenny Lunt Nottm Forest 41 17

3rd Richard Langley Q.P.R. 46 13

4th Pдr Karlsson Nottm Forest 42 (1) 12

5th Peter Sand Barnsley 46 12

6th Paul Ifill Millwall 46 12

7th Eoin Jess Bradford 38 12

8th Andy Williams Birmingham 30 (12) 11

9th Jim Paterson Aston Villa 20 11

10th Julian Joachim Coventry 43 11

11th Jobi McAnuff Wimbledon 44 (2) 11

12th Peter Ndlovu Man City 42 10

13th Jason Bent Nottm Forest 45 10

14th Emilio Martнn Hidalgo Barnsley 27 10

15th Nolberto Solano Watford 35 10

16th Steve Hayward Barnsley 42 10

17th Neil McCann Preston 45 10

18th Alan Pouton Grimsby 42 10

19th Stan Lazaridis Stockport 45 10

20th Eyal Berkovic Man City 42 (2) 10

21st Paolo Di Canio Bolton 38 (2) 10

22nd Mark McKeever Man City 41 10

23rd Michael Hughes Wimbledon 40 9

24th Olivier Bernard Q.P.R. 38 (1) 9

25th Jon Harley Millwall 30 9

26th Robbie Savage Grimsby 40 9

27th Steve Stone Bolton 29 (6) 9

28th Jarkko Wiss Stockport 37 9

29th Martijn Reuser Watford 44 9

30th Don Hutchison Reading 46 9

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2003/4 Average Rating

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Pos Player Club Apps Av R

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1st Sergei Shtaniuk Grimsby 39 7.79

2nd Stern John Nottm Forest 35 7.71

3rd Guy Branston Coventry 40 7.70

4th Gifton Noel-Williams Watford 38 7.68

5th Ian Breckin Watford 45 7.67

6th Joe Dolan Millwall 45 7.67

7th Steve Chettle Barnsley 41 7.66

8th Bruce Dyer Barnsley 46 7.65

9th Allan Nielsen Watford 42 7.64

10th Bradley Allen Grimsby 40 7.63

11th David Weir Bolton 44 7.61

12th Craig Harrison Brentford 41 7.61

13th Scott Jones Reading 30 (8) 7.61

14th Danny Hay Man City 33 (2) 7.57

15th Alan Pouton Grimsby 42 7.57

16th Dean Blackwell Wimbledon 43 7.56

17th Robbie Savage Grimsby 40 7.55

18th Ijah Anderson Derby 34 7.53

19th Peter Sand Barnsley 46 7.52

20th Mark Warren Q.P.R. 35 7.51

21st Clinton Morrison Crystal Palace 43 7.51

22nd Robert Molenaar Bradford 45 7.51

23rd Shaun Murphy Bristol C 38 7.50

24th Bosko Balaban Aston Villa 40 7.50

25th Rae Ingram Bradford 38 7.50

26th Neil Harris Millwall 45 7.49

27th Jon Olav Hjelde Nottm Forest 41 7.49

28th Josemi Everton 36 (1) 7.49

29th Micah Hyde Grimsby 46 7.48

30th Heidar Helguson Watford 46 7.48

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2003/4 Man of Match

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Pos Player Club Apps MoM

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1st Andy Johnson Birmingham 39 (1) 7

2nd Sergei Shtaniuk Grimsby 39 7

3rd Stern John Nottm Forest 35 6

4th Shaun Murphy Bristol C 38 6

5th Shefki Kuqi Stockport 46 6

6th David Weir Bolton 44 6

7th Doudou Q.P.R. 45 6

8th Eoin Jess Bradford 38 6

9th Lee Hughes Coventry 46 5

10th Michael Hughes Wimbledon 40 5

11th Josemi Everton 36 (1) 5

12th Allan Nielsen Watford 42 5

13th Guy Branston Coventry 40 5

14th Chris Lucketti Preston 46 5

15th Alan Pouton Grimsby 42 5

16th Chris Riggott Derby 45 5

17th Eyal Berkovic Man City 42 (2) 5

18th David Johnson Nottm Forest 44 4

19th Trevor Benjamin Crewe 43 (1) 4

20th Bruce Dyer Barnsley 46 4

21st Richard Harris Crystal Palace 4 (12) 4

22nd Emilio Martнn Hidalgo Barnsley 27 4

23rd Micah Hyde Grimsby 46 4

24th Paul Murray Everton 41 4

25th Bosko Balaban Aston Villa 40 4

26th Henrik Pedersen Bolton 41 (4) 4

27th Peter Sand Barnsley 46 4

28th Michael Appleton Reading 40 (2) 4

29th Dean Blackwell Wimbledon 43 4

30th Steve Brooker Wimbledon 32 (6) 4

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2003/4 Senior Club Stats

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No Name Apps Gls Con Pens Asts Yel Red MoM Av R

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16 Akinbiyi, Ade 6 (5) 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 7.36

6 Aljofree, Hasney 20 (21) 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 7.00

22 Baxter, Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----

- Clark, Ben - - - - - - - - ----

14 Clarke, Peter 10 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00

33 Cook, Lee 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50

- Darby, Stuart - - - - - - - - ----

5 Duberry, Michael 41 3 0 0 1 6 0 1 7.15

- Dyer, John - - - - - - - - ----

27 Ferrante, Michael 1 (10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.73

4 Foй, Marc-Vivien 29 (8) 4 0 0 4 6 0 1 6.86

17 Ford, Bobby 2 (4) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00

31 Fredrikson, Otto 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.50

21 Fresi, Salvatore 12 (1) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 6.62

28 Grant, John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----

7 Gravesen, Thomas 45 7 0 2 (2) 7 6 0 2 7.33

26 Hibbert, Tony 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50

19 Josemi 37 (1) 17 0 1 (1) 4 0 0 5 7.47

11 Linderoth, Tobias 44 1 0 0 7 10 0 2 6.98

13 Lуpez Vallejo, Javier 40 0 46 0 0 0 0 3 7.22

- McMahon, Mick - - - - - - - - ----

24 Morris, Lee 4 (14) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.83

12 Mulryne, Philip 11 (3) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7.14

8 Murray, Paul 43 19 0 0 8 2 0 5 7.33

25 Pavlin, Miran 14 (16) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6.43

3 Pistone, Alessandro 35 (1) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.06

10 Radzinski, Tomasz 0 (6) 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.33

36 Spong, Richard 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.00

20 Stubbs, Alan 33 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 7.12

1 Sullivan, Neil 7 (1) 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 6.88

18 Tйbily, Olivier 37 (1) 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 7.05

9 Vassell, Darius 16 (4) 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 7.00

2 Watson, Steve 41 (1) 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 7.33

23 Wilson, Scott 3 (5) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6.63

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These are my best 5 players:

1. Paul Murray

2. Josemi

3. Javiel Lopez Vallejo

4. Thomas Gravesen

5. Steve Watson

In the closing days of the season I strengthened my squad signing Fabio Cabbalero (S C) from Dundee and Maxim Kalinichenko (AM C) from Spartak Moscow both on Bosman.

This is the list of players I would like to sell. I'm waiting for your offers mates:

Michael Ferrante (AM C) for J1M

Bobby Ford (M C) for J500K

Salvatore Fresi (SW/D C) for J500K

Lee Morris (F LC) for J1M

Miran Pavlin (M C) for J500K

Tomasz Radzinski (S C) for J1M

Neil Sullivan (GK) for J1M

No need to say how I'm expecting a new season. The tactic seems to work if I can manage to make some big deals in the pre-season than I'm sure for 100% we'll win the league.

P.S. Sorry for a long post, but there is a least one man who'll like it - Jone . Good luck to all!

[Jone]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brendhain Bass:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Radoslaw Kaluzny - 10 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm guessing that as I haven't been reading clan threads too much that he edited himself into the database or are you all in there somewhere?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not sure if you mean this seriously, Brend but Radoslaw Kaluzny is a Polish international who plays for Cottbus in the german league.

[MACKEM]

Welcome to the game Argie,

I see your favourite team is Sunderland. I was just wondering if you live in Sunderland like me?

Anyway speak to you tonight

Steve

[Guest]

Live in Sunderland, hehe, dont be so vulger!

I live in Gateshead, speak more tonight about the Lows and the Lows of SAFC

[HL7]

Welcome aboard Argie.

I'd just like to know why this thread suddenly becomes active when i've been away for a few days?

Tóssers

[TheToffeeman]

Just a coincidence Michael . Or maybe you should think twice before going away

[Guest]

Welcome aboard Argie I look forward to kicking your ass on the way to the Prem title

Oh and Nuno I am surprised you choose Argie as shouldnt we be trying to improve the standard here

See Ya tonight Wizard.

[Guest]

Thanx HL7 and suprisingly whitehart, your speech almost brought a tear to my eye, must have been the laughter at hearing you say that you were going to win the title.

[Guest]

What a bunch of wannabes Going fot the title, huh ? There's only one rival for me and that is Jone. .

Here's my predictions:

Fulham - Wins the league

Middlesbrough - Finishes second.

W.B.A. - Escapes from relegation on last game of the season

Sunderland - Gets the boot and the new manager sells Arca to Fulham

Sheff Wed - Relegated to Division One

Aston Villa - Their manager gets tired of the club and applies for the Sunserland job and gets it

Blackburn - Sacks their manager before Christmas

Everton - Remains where it belongs ivision One

COME ON FULHAM !!!

[HL7]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Aston Villa - Their manager gets tired of the club and applies for the Sunserland job and gets it

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What are you getting at Santos? I've only quit once in 3 years, I think that's pretty good considering what I can be like on a single player

[Guest]

Great session we're having right now, two crashes in two hours, must be argie who brought us this bad luck.

[HL7]

I blame Jonathan "I've got a copy of HL7's shortlist" Backstrom

[Guest]

You save your shortlists in an online game?

[Jone]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nuno Santos:

You save your shortlists in an online game? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you don't understand what he means by this you're a tósser

ps. he means I'm buying the same players as he would want, hence I'm having almost the same shortlist as him

[HL7]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>If you don't understand what he means by this you're a tósser <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

LMFAO

[Guest]

\o/ tosser \o/

[HL7]

Where's that owned smilie when you need it?

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nuno Santos:

Great session we're having right now, two crashes in two hours, must be argie who brought us this bad luck.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, thats right Nuno. Make the "newbie" feel guilty

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nuno Santos:

W.B.A. Escapes from relegation on last game of the season

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you couldnt be any further from the truth i hope. i dont wanna see my lads down there and if they are i will blame you Lets just hope that Jone can beat you to the tittle

Kev

[Jone]

Yesterday we managed to finish the summer although it too 7 hours . We suffered many crashes and the game kept freezing all the time.

During the summer I really managed to strenghten the squad, it is now IMO good enough for us to get to CL semis. I snapped up French keeper Sebastien Frey on a bargain transfer of £3.7m, I'd been tracking the youngster for over a half a year but he was never interested but my contarct offer was un-rejectable as I more than five-doubled his wages to a whooping £65k/week . After I'd seasled this transfer I was able to let go Cudicini go and he finally left for Sheff Wed for £5m

To strengten my defense I signed Belgian international Joos Valgeren from Celtic. He cost me £12m which is quite a lot but I needed a proper DC . To Mike's disappointment I snapped up Portuguese superstart Cadinha after his transfer bid for him had been cancelled. I payed £12.5m for the youngster but IMO he was worth every penny as I've never seen a more promsing player in my carrér.

I also snapped up Belgian striker Emile Mpenza for £12m after the player had received big interest from Nuno but he did't match my offer. Mike later on told me he had a recurring injury which really píssed me off, why couldn't he tell it to me before I signed him? I'll never sell that chap a player and if possible I'll stop him from buying any I later on snapped up Raul Tamudo on a free which now gives me the following starting line-up :

GK: Sebastien Frey (Currently the best keeper in the game )

DL: Neil Clement (A solid DC/L but I'd really want a new one in this position but he'll do this season)

DR: Darren Purse (A great player in this position as he has attacking abilities whcih are needed in my tactic.

DC: Ifeani Udeze (A great DC, that's all I can say he has all attributes needed )

DC: Joos Valgeren (Almost a copy of Udeze, I'd say I have the best DC pair in the league now )

MC: Joe Cole (One of the best midfielders in the world...)

MC: Juan Roman Riquelme (Another fantastic midfielder...)

MC: Julius Aghahowa (Makes my midfield perfect...)

ST: Emile Mpenza/Cadinha (Great player but currently sent for surgery damn you Mike I might play CAdinha here the whole season and let Mpenza go)

ST: Mihalis Konstantinou (Solid goal-scorer, will surely be my top-scorer I reckon )

ST: Raul Tamudo (Completes my strike force, will have to fight for his place though as I have talent such as Tommy Smith, Wanchope and Sonkoya that await their chance in the first team )

With this team I'm hoping to challenge for titles, I have solid reserves too but my squad lacks debth and promising youngsters although my team has a average age of 23.66 which is too low. I can't see how it is so young though . On the bench I have stars such as Alex Pinardi, Joost Broerse and Tommy Smith so there are options. All i can say now is:

GO MIDDLESBROUGH!!

[Guest]

As i walked into the Blackburn's Chairman's office the first thing he said to me was that when i enter my office i will be greated by 3 of the best players at the team.

So i cooly walked to my office thinking that i would be greated by some real quality players, instead i got the ageing Henning Berg, the un-reliable Andy Cole and a 31-year-old Peruvian called Roberto Palacios.

This was the best Blackburn had to offer me was it?

Nearly all of the reserves were transfer-listed, and with a bank balance reminisant of York City's, i knew from the off, i would have to work wonders to make this team anywhere near a top 10 side.

The chairman kindly asked me just to "Avoid Relegation At All Costs". That seemed fair enough.

6 reserve team players felt the wrath of my need for cash, so out went:

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Ainsworth 1.1m Reading

Lee Clark 2.3m West Ham

Grabbi 1.1m Napoli

Mark Williams 1.1m Crewe

Kev Cooper 1.3m Livingston

Lloyd Doyley 800k Watford

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This gave me a bit extra cash to splash out, over the session i signed:

Claudio Reyna - £3.3m - Sunderland (Claudio is a good professional and he will be good back-up for my midfielders, or he could occupy the Right sided Defensive midfield role)

Erik Mykland - £1.6m - Fulham (Erik once again will only be back-up to the first-team midfield)

Ruben Navarro - 2.8m - Alavés(This seemed a real bargain for a man unhappy at his club)

Jamie Langfield - 5m - Charlton(One of the best 'keepers on the game potentially)

Seth Johnson - 1.5m - Leeds(The boy wanted first team football, and i offered it to him)

The were my main signings, others toi come in were:

Magnus Pehrsson 100k Djugarden Defender

Gudmunder Mete 425k Malmo FF Defender

Martin Eriksson 1.5m IFK Goteburg Midfielder

Tomas Rosenqvist 1m IFK Goteburg Attacking Midfielder

Tomasz Klos 950k Bochum Defender

Andri Sigporsson 1m Molde Forward

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A lot of cash was spent, so to my friendly against Nuno's Fulham.

My Starting Line-up was the best i could produce except the injured Eriksson.

GK: Jamie Langfield

DC: Johanssen

DC: Olof Mellberg

DMC: Lucas Neill

DMC: Jamie Panayi

DMC: Claudio Reyna

MC: Erik Mykland

MC: Seth Johnson

AMC: Roberto Palacios

FC: Ruben Navarro

FC: Matt Jansen

We lost the game 1-0 to a Mendonca goal, Nuno's goalkeeper got Man of the Match, and i deserved at least a draw, my team now looks capable of a shock or two in the league, maybe even a top 8 finish, if i can sell some of the Old Fella's and buy some youth, the team will start producing the goods.

Cheers

Stewy

[Guest]

Damn, i cocked that up, i am sure one of the helpful mod's or helpers will help a young newbie and tidy it up, wouldnt they?

[Guest]

This season i am hoping for much of the same and a top 4 finish although i am not sure that will be avialable to me

Players In

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<LI>Roy Carroll - Man Utd - £4m + £2m after apps

<LI>Jermain Wright - Ipswich - Free transfer

<LI>Jason Mcateer - Frankfurt - £1.5m

<LI>Emerson Thome - Sunderland - Free

<LI>Djalminha - No Club - Free

<LI>Marcel Desailly - Chelsea - Free

If am to fuffil what i said to the board which was keep improving i think i have done that already. The main target through the summer had to be a keeper Newcastle were asking to much for Breeze so i quick look through the interested keepers and i came along Roy Carroll. I am hoping with a quality keeper now in place that we will be a much better team. I have not finished my spending spree and i am not sure of my matchday team so i can put that down although it might go something like this to start with

GK-Carroll (think i have told you enough about him)

DC-Kamouna (scores goals and is solid at the back)

DC-Desailly(no need to say anything there )

DMC-Petrov (Excellent all year round and a bargain at £3m )

DMC-McInnes(my highest average rating player last season with over 8)

DMC-Prutton(Outstanding young talent will just get better and better )

MC-Della Bonna(Nice cheap player who scores goals and plays very well)

MC-Williams(NWCM player of the year he is just a allround star for me

MC-Djalminha(Tricky Brazilian not sure if he will play yet though)

FC-Forlán (Top scorer last season looking for much more of the same)

FC-Alonso (Need a new partner for Forlán but he will do for now )

The squad is much better than last year and i hope for more success

Cheers

Kev

[HL7]

Right, before I type my update I need to clear one thing up....I thought everyone knew Mpenza had this injury as I'd sent him away for surgery when I was West Ham manager

Anyway, this was a tricky session for Villa as very few of the players interested in me matched my ambitions, meaning that i'd either have to sign mid-table players or not sign anyone.

Of the decent players I could get, here's who I signed throughout the pre-season:

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Teemu Tainio Auxerre £10m

Jun-Ichi Inamoto Fulham £5m

Marvin Andrews Livingston £5.75m

Paul Robinson Watford £3m

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My 4 signings were of the highest quality, although I missed out on Mido (Ajax), Ahn (Bordeaux), Bonaventure Kalou (Feyenoord), Cadinha (Leeds), Massimo Amborsini (Fulham), Nicolas Medina (Sunderland).

If I could've got at least two of those players then I would be alittle more confident of the sides chances next season. However, after playing Man Utd in a freindly, my fears subsided a little.

Here was the team we put out:

GK: Eleftheropolous

DL: Frampton

DR: Gavillan (sp)

DC: Andrews

DC: Robinson

DMC:Inamoto

ML: Paterson

MR: Rommedahl

AMC:Tainio

FC: Balaban

FC: Parker

This is my full strength side, and despite going 2-0 down inside 2 minutes to an incredible Utd side, who have players like Zidane on their bench , we fought back to make the game 2-2 with 7 minutes to go, courtesy of a Dennis Rommedahl double, but unfortunately, Ruud Van Nistelrooy managed to take it past my left winger, my left back, the goalkeeper and tap it in

Full Time 3-2 to Man Utd

Andrews and Inamoto both had 9's on their debut, with Inamoto getting man of the match, but Eleftheropolous got a 4, Paterosn a 5 and Frampton a 5

GO ASTON VILLA

[Guest]

As i saw you dont have anybody from Greece so i can handle your jokes and i can participate to your clan if you dont quit when you will loose from the Greek.

AGE 31

LOCATION ATHENS-GREECE

TEAM L.F.C OR WHATEVER REMAINS

I CAN PLAY EVERY DAY AFTER 2100 YOURS TIME I THINK 1900

[HL7]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PANOS K. Vogiatzis:

As i saw you dont have anybody from Greece so i can handle your jokes and i can participate to your clan if you dont quit when you will loose from the Greek.

AGE 31

LOCATION ATHENS-GREECE

TEAM L.F.C OR WHATEVER REMAINS

I CAN PLAY EVERY DAY AFTER 2100 YOURS TIME I THINK 1900<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm sorry but we're not looking for any new members at the moment, but if you add your details to the Applications thread we have (you'll need to use the search option) then you'll be considered when a place becomes available

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HL7:

I'm sorry but we're not looking for any new members at the moment, but if you add your details to the Applications thread we have (you'll need to use the search option) then you'll be considered when a place becomes available <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nice speach Mike

[Guest]

I would be interested in joining. Name is Matt, 26, from Herts, would like to be spurs. Normally for 2-3 hours mon - thurs evenings and for periods during the weekend.

cheers

[HL7]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Teddy:

I would be interested in joining. Name is Matt, 26, from Herts, would like to be spurs. Normally for 2-3 hours mon - thurs evenings and for periods during the weekend.

cheers<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HL7:

I'm sorry but we're not looking for any new members at the moment, but if you add your details to the Applications thread we have (you'll need to use the search option) then you'll be considered when a place becomes available <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

oh, and cheers kev, i've been practicing

[Guest]

FULHAM SUMMER UPDATE ( or read and learn how you make up a successful team )

Sounds strange to me that no one mentioned how boring this session was, actually I spent most of the time browsing the web while you guys were trying to improve your squads to take the title from me. I left earlier because I have a job and 2am was enough for me as I had to have a good night sleep since I knew that today would be a hard working day for me. Anyway, moving a month in the game after six hours of playing isn't that great, is it ?

So, like I stated above I'm not too much into buying lots of players, I believe that keeping my squad narrow and stable is the best option, lots of players could damage all the good work we made last season, so this are the deals I made in this session :

<LI> Signed Hélder Postiga (S C)from Middlesbrough in a player swap deal for Billy Berntsson (D R). This young swedish dude has the future at his feet but I couldn't see him having first team football in the next few years, as long as Mike Duff is staying with us. I have also other options for his position, so seeing that Jone was interested in the dude we had a deal. Postiga will be a good back up for my striking force, hopefully.

<LI> Sold Eryk Mykland (M C) to argie's Blackburn. This Norwegian international was an important member of our team last season but not indispensable by any means. Plus he's now 32 years old so having £ 1.6 M for him is a nice deal, in my point of view. And along with Mike and Jone, argie can claim now that he has a last season's champion in his squad.

<LI> Last week's session Mike offered me a £ 5 M bid for Ambrosini and the same amount for Jun-Ichi Inamoto (DM RC). At that time I decided that this session I would sell him one of the two, firstly because I'm collecting money in order to get a substantial amount of money and move towards a very secure finantial status and secondly because it's cool for me to see his Villa squad improved because I really like that scottish geeza and I want him to finally have some success in this game, since he's one of the members who has stayed with us since the very beginning and that didn't succeed. The other one is Alex but that is a lost case.

<LI> Signed Michael Stewart (DM C) from Manchester United in exchange for Taribo West. Strangely, none of my clan fellas seem to know that young promise. He's not kicking Kaluzny or Kerr out of the team or something but I know what he's capable of and I have to add that West is no better than one of my Bosman signings (Alpay) so off he goes. Taribo is some kind of nomad, this is 4th season and he played so far for Middlesbrough, West Ham, Fulham and now Man Utd.

<LI> After selling central players like West, Inamoto and Mykland, I needed to get a versatile player so I bought Jari Illola (D/DM C) from Tirol on a £ 2.5 M deal plus the same fee after appearances. Despite his Finnish nationality he'll be an important player for the forthcoming season.

<LI> Finally, I sold Jamie Redknapp (M C) to Bolton for a fee of £ 1 M. Yet another nice deal considering his age (31) and considering that for two seasons he was never more than a good back up.

Since my clan mates gave out their first elevens for the start of the season, this is how my team will look like :

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Saha Mendonça

Zetterberg

Kaluzny Kerr Ambrosini

Crainey Said Alpay Duff

Chiotis

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To finish my squad, I'm in talks with a star central defender. If everythink goes as I expect, this signing will make the clan lads turn green for envy.

Like I posted above, shame I had to go to bed before the end of the session, I'd love to watch my boys defeat argie's bunch of no hopers in that friendly match.

My board is expecting me to challenge the title, that meaning they reckon I'm doing a good job. Two years ago, Al Fayed was happy in avoiding relegation but now the man wants it all.

That's it for now.

[Guest]

Seems like I need some UBB code lessons . Where's Graeme Kelly when we need him?

Please can a mod or helper sort that team out for me ? Cheers.

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nuno Santos:

_

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Saha Mendonça

Zetterberg

Kaluzny Kerr Ambrosini

Crainey Said Alpay Duff

Chiotis

</pre>

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Going for a new formation too Nuno?

[Guest]

At least that is an original one.

[Guest]

Might concede a few though, considering the keeper is left sided sweeper

All i will have to do is play 3 right-backs against you

[Guest]

That tactic is ok on a sloping pitch.

[Rosco Van Nistelrooy]

Your game looks kwality lads, ive been watching now for a while. The clan will kick your asses in CM4 tho...KUTGW

[Guest]

Cheers Rosco.

Now move your arse and edit that crap code that I made in my last update.

[TheToffeeman]

<<<<<EVERTON FC Pre-Season Report>>>>>

It was the best ever pre-season for my team. I don't know what to start with. Ok, I'll try to sort it out.

We moved to a new stadium (finally) - Kings Dock, Liverpool. Its capacity is 55000 with undersoil heating. A group of fans were dissapointed with the move, because the Goodison Park was a part of the Everton history. But majority of course were more than happy, because it's a new chance for Everton to become a top club once again. I must admit that Kings Dock is one of the best stadiums in the world.

Several days later I learnt the news that our training facilities had been improved. Now it's a top class facilities with the youth academy. A very bright future lies ahead for Everton.

Now I'm turning your attention to transfer news, there were some impressive signings.

Transfers in

The first player to arrive at Kings Dock was a very hot scottish prospect Craig Connoly from Livingstone for £200K plus another £300K depending on appearances. I'm very happy to secure his options because of his potential and versatility - he can play everywhere in defence

I've been tracking this player for some time and I moved right away to sign him when he was released by his former club (Arsenal) - David Noble (AM C). He's young and my scouts says he would be an excellent signing.

The next player to be signed by Everton was former Jone's (Middlesbrough) left-sided attacking midfielder Ray Little. I don't know when Jone exactly released him, but when I sent my scout to find some young players he was recommended as a good signing.

Having looked at my attack I decided to strengthen it. I looked through the list of possible additions to our squad and finally decided to sign Fabian Caballero from Dundee on a free transfer. He'll certainly add some depth to my attck

Matthew Jones (DM C) from Leicester for £750K came as a perfect cover for Tobias Linderoth. I'm verry happy with this signing considering it a bargain. Still young with a great potential to become a star at Everton

This pre-season will remain in my memory as a summer of signings of hot prospects. Another one is Martin Graham (M C) from Livingstone for £250K. I'm expecting him to become a first regular in 2-3 years time.

It was a long protracted talks with Steve (Mackem) to secure the options of this player. Firstly we agreed a deal with Lee Morris plus £500K going to Sunderland in a part exchange. But when the day of his signing arrived I found out that I have no cash at all, so I had to delay this deal for a week. And so several times. Finally I got some money from TV but this time I had to improve my bid, so I offered Lee Morris + Tomasz Radzinski + £1M which was thankfully accepted by Steve. This player was Paul Evans (M C).

The last but not the least player to be presented to the fans was a prodigal son - Francis Jeffers - from Arsenal for £5M. Some lads from our clan expressed their doubts that I signed injury prone striker. My fingers crossed and I hope he will rarely succumb to an injury.

Transfers out

Ben Clark to Southend for £300K. This young central defender have no chance to become a first regular.

Lee Morris and Tomasz Radzinski (both strikers) to Sunderland as a part exchange. The same reason as of Ben Clark.

Neil Sullivan to Oldham for £725K. He lost the competition to wear shirt №1 to Lopez Vallejo

I invited Middlesbrough for a friendly at our new stadium. Thankfully Jone was up to it. I thought it would be the best opportunity to find out what we are made of, what are our chances of winning promotion. I won't tell you in details about the match, I just mention that it was even (which was already enough for my self-affirmation), but we managed to win it. The Final Result was 2:1 to Everton which left Jone in disgrace .

In conclusion these are my XI: (hope it'll work)

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Josemi Jeffers

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Murray

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| Linderoth Gravesen |

| |

Pistone Watson

---Tebily Duberry Stubbs---

That's that for today. I'm looking forward to meeting you on thursday mates!

[TheToffeeman]

Sorry for some mistakes in UBB codes

[HL7]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nuno Santos:

+ Last week's session Mike offered me a £ 5 M bid for Ambrosini and the same amount for _Jun-Ichi Inamoto_ (DM RC). At that time I decided that this session I would sell him one of the two, firstly because I'm collecting money in order to get a substantial amount of money and move towards a very secure finantial status and secondly because it's cool for me to see his Villa squad improved because I really like that scottish geeza and I want him to finally have some success in this game, since he's one of the members who has stayed with us since the very beginning and that didn't succeed. The other one is Alex but that is a lost case.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you like me that much then give me Saha

[TheToffeeman]

O ha nd I forgot to mention my goalkeeper. There you go - Javier Lopez Vallejo.

[TheToffeeman]

Oh and I forgot to mention my goalkeeper. There you go - Javier Lopez Vallejo.

[TheToffeeman]

Sorry, it's not my day

[HL7]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TheToffeeman:

Sorry, it's not my day <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's all those late nights

[TheToffeeman]

Probably Mike. But I swear I won't make a habit of it .

[Rosco Van Nistelrooy]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nuno Santos:

Cheers Rosco.

Now move your arse and edit that crap code that I made in my last update. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Haha I liked your attacking Tactic with 4 up the left wing! Quality

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Haha I liked your attacking Tactic with 4 up the left wing! Quality <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

sounds like one of yours ross

[ChefRobGaming]

Could I please Join your Clan!!!!!!!

Thanks in Advance