BenArsenal

Goodbye to my biggest rival 10-3

Aye, thank you for the trust in giving me the armband, Sir.

Oof, the return of the Rejects!

Oh wow, bollox. I missed the whole thing. Again. Congratulations to all winners, truly well-deserved. And great job once more Mark. Thanks for doing this.

Saturday works better for me though

Votes sent and claimed Sir. Indeed, lots of good stuff to select from. Pretty hard decisions there.

Hey guys, Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I've been attempting to play FM24, but the game often crashes once I get to the first game in pre-season. Is FM24 particularly demanding on computers? I am using a 2020 MacBook Air with 8GB memory. I have no issues with FM23.

Ooh, exciting! I do love a lower league game.

Kinda random, but I posted a comment on an article on The Guardian, which talked about the author's knowledge of geography through football https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/11/football-map-europe-quiz-uefa I do have quite a geeky thing I do, in that when I send a player out on loan in game, I actually check out where that club is located in Google Maps, and imagine said player moving to his new 'home'. Some of the places are really quite interesting to explore, like perhaps a Welsh seaside town, or a small French village

Have voted, my good Sir

Votes sent and claimed, Sir.

Happy New Year everyone

Merry Christmas all

Aww...that's nice

Woohoo! Champions!

Likewise for you mate. I'm always open to listen. You know where to find me.

Yeah I get what you mean, but I guess we'll just have to make do. Apparently FM25 will be a complete overhaul so let's hope they all get sorted by then. I'm particularly excited by the inclusion of the Japanese leagues though. At long last.

Has anyone tried FM24 yet? Any thoughts?

Who's Salento and Brianza?

Oh wow. Can't believe this is how it ends... Did you say goodbye to the players?

Aww...that's a great shame indeed. Football clubs folding are sadly quite common in Asia though. Many of them are run like regular businesses, and they wind up when it is no longer financially viable to continue operations.

Data analyst in the cupboard? Man, you guys need some serious new funding...

Top!

Anyway, my thoughts on the draw... Group A Bayern vs Man U the obvious heavyweight clash here, but Galatasaray is always a tricky trip, and they will nick a few points here and there from the top 2 1) Bayern 2) Man U 3) Galatasaray 4) Copenhagen Group B I'm cautiously optimistic for Arsenal really. Not the toughest of draws, but there's still potential for a couple of slip ups, especially with Sevilla and PSV 1) Arsenal 2) Sevilla 3) PSV Eindhoven 4) Lens Group C Napoli are no pushovers, but them and Real Madrid will probably take control of this group easily. Braga and Union Berlin will fight a close scrap for third 1) Real Madrid 2) Napoli 3) Braga 4) Union Berlin Group D Inter are probably the favourites here, but the rest are kinda evenly matched. Benfica should probably nick second on account of experience, but it could be close 1) Inter Milan 2) Benfica 3) Real Sociedad 4) Salzburg Group E Feels like a Europa League group this. Atletico Madrid probably the strongest here, but you get the sense that anyone can beat anyone in this group. Hard to predict 1) Atletico Madrid 2) Lazio 3) Feyenoord 4) Celtic Group F My oh my. The Toon Army will have some cracking European trips this season, but bleedin' heck, what a group! Best enjoy it while you can. Insanity 1) PSG 2) Dortmund 3) Milan 4) Newcastle Group G Man City probably got the easiest Pot 2 team in Leipzig, and the other two probably won't amount to much either. Easy walkover for the title holders 1) Man City 2) RB Leipzig 3) Crvena Zvezda 4) Young Boys Group H Hmm. Don't think Barcelona will face too much of a challenge here. Porto and Shakhtar to battle for second place. Antwerp will be valiant but unsuccessful 1) Barcelona 2) Porto 3) Shakhtar Donetsk 4) Antwerp

Oof, what a group for Newcastle on their return to the Champions League eh?