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Preki-USA
04-09-2007, 20:19
FL Parody perhaps? James isn't in first place!
Early days man, normal service will resume.
martin_cranie
04-09-2007, 20:24
It shocked me too. I imagine he'll go on a 16 game winning streak now just to balance it out.
Original?
05-09-2007, 18:08
LSA Originale? vs Wan Seattlewangsa FC
Matchday - 2
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Preview:
This week the Stadio Olimpico plays host to Seattlewangsa, the second game of the season again sees LSA playing with the home advantage, but that's not the only advantage they may have. LSA Originale? are coming into the game on the back of a confident performance and three points, Capello's men are facing an uphill struggle after being penalised by ten points after their involvement in the first day scandal.
Despite the emphatic 3-0 win, Lippi is expected to make some changes to the starting line-up Gialuigi Buffon picked up a knock in training and is doubtful for the weekend. Raffaele Palladino, however, is set to start having impressed in the ten minutes against Real Lerida. Impressive loanee Antonio Cassano is expected to be confined to the bench despite doing relatively well on the right hand side of the attacking trio.
A lot of the focus will perhaps be directed at LSA captain, Alessandro Del Piero, who having already scored one free kick, drew a lot of plaudits. He connected well with Crespo in the opening game and created a lot of the Torineri's best opportunities, however whether he'll be fit to start is questionable. He only just passed a fitness test for the first game, which has seemingly taken it's toll. We shall have to, again, wait to see whether he can be ready in time to once more lead LSA to victory.
Breaking News: Del Piero fails late fitness test and doesn't even make the substitutes bench, in his absence the captain's armband is expected to pass on to Richard Dunne.
Match Report:
Confidence should have been high for LSA after a great opening performance against Real Lerida, however after the late withdrawal of talismanic captain Del Piero, fans were a little anxious. Lippi named several changes from the victorious first day side, with last season's wonderkid Sergio Aguero getting his first start of the season. There were also starts for Massimo Ambrosini and loan signing Cassetti.
Hernan Crespo managed to allay any fears only moments after kick off, Alberto Aquilani picked up the ball in the middle of park, spraying a long ball towards Aguero. The Argentinian brought the ball down out of the air before turning Rocha left and right until he found space to slip in international compatriot Crespo for a simple one on one. The experienced Crespo slipped the ball beneath Abbondanzieri, with all the composure expected from LSA's ace hitman.
The Argentine proved his credentials again only minutes latter, after a sustained spell of pressure Aguero's strike could only be parried away for a corner. Aquilani drifted the ball across to the far post, Crespo having freed himself from any marking drove the ball toward the bottom corner with a vicious header. Abbondanzieri did brilliantly to get a hand to the effort at all, but such was the power of the header that one hand was not enough to keep it out.
The team could perhaps be forgiven for getting carried away, however they were quickly brought back down to earth when Seattlewangsa's Lucarelli lashed a twenty-five yard strike inches over the bar. Had Lucarelli's strike been a little lower the game could have been more even, however it came as a wake up call and LSA started to dominate once more. The game was effectively killed off before half time when Aguero's sterling performance was rounded off with a startling strike from the edge of the area. With the Torineri piling on the pressure the half-time couldn't come fast enough for Capello's men.
The second half was a much quieter affair, with LSA Originale? seemingly taking their foot off the petal somewhat. Marcello Lippi seemed contented to rest some players, apparently convinced the game was won, and who could argue? Crespo made way for Tommaso Rocchi, while Aquilani was replaced by Cassano who pushed up slightly more. The whole pace of the game slowed and there were few chances for either side. Despite a slowing end to the game, Lippi has more than enough reason to be pleased considering the way in which his side put the opposition to the sword and effectively killed off the game early on.
LSA Originale: Curci; Dunne, Dainelli, Cassetti, M.Cech; Ambrosini, Aquilani (Cassano 69), Angulo, Palladino; S.Aguero, Crespo (Rocchi 62)
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Scarface
05-09-2007, 22:13
FL Parody perhaps? James isn't in first place!
That ruined my Birthday.
You will pay severely, Thomas Hunter. :angry:
nath_scfc
06-09-2007, 16:01
AMAZING ARTETA SECURES FOCA'S WIN!
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Goalscorer Bianchi.
Mikel Arteta was on the receiving end of lavish praise following his magnificent man-of-the-match performance. Having seen NY Calcio level through Eduardo da Silva after Rolando Bianchi had given Foca the lead, Spaniard Arteta scored a fantastic strike for the first three points of the season.
Ian Holloway rung in a few changes for the visit to New York, Peter Odemwingie and Guillermo Ochoa came in and Glen Johnson and Christian Abbiati missed out. Royston Drenthe slotted in at left-back and Luciano Zauri swapped flanks allowing Odemwingie to play the left-wing role.
After a steady start, it was Foca who created teh first opening. A piece of good linkup between Odemwingie and Drenthe meant a deep cross to the back post found the Kader Keita who pulled it back for an on-rushing Joey Barton to hammer. However, good pressure was applied by Sol Campbell and Barton's effort was always rising and found its way into the stand.
This seemed to spring both teams into life and it was NY's turn to go onto the offensive. Good play by Stephen Ireland in skipping past Joey Barton. He slipped Quagliarella in, however, the Italian's touch was heavy and Guillermo Ochoa rushed out and smothered the ball.
This was the last significant move of that half. After the break both sides were eager to get the first goal. Rolando Bianchi came close to getting off the mark for the season and his Foca career on the 55th minute. Kader Keita fed the ball into Bianchi's feet, and he rolled centre-half Cribari. Spying an opening, the on-loan Striker saw Andres Palop slightly off his line and went for an audacious lob. The exquisite play by Bianchi wasn't rewarded with teh deserved gaol however, as the ball bounced off the bar and over.
Four minutes later though, Bianchi got his earned goal. Tricky play from Royston Drenthe exhibiting some bewildering skills drew a rash lunge from Bosingwa. Arteta lined-up the ball to deliever from the left wing and whipped it in with pace and curl. Rolando Bianchi rose highest and his glancing flick saw the side netting bulge as the ball nestled in there past the flailing Palop.
NY seemed fired up by this and from the restart Bosingwa sought to make amends, charging down the flank and cutting in, he fed Eduardo the ball. The Croat from Rio used his accelteraton to show Hofland and Mathijsen his studs as he raced onto the beautifully weighted pass. As Ochoa raced out to meet Eduardo, the quick-thinking striker lifted the ball over the sliding 'keeper and the ball bounced into the net to cap a neat move.
The game tightened up here on and both teams looked unlikely to take many risks. The game was crying out for a creative spark or moment of genius to make something special happen and to give the boost the game so desired.
Thirteen minutes from the end, this came to fruition. A ball tossed in from Keita was nodded away seemingly from danger by Campbell as Foca looked for Bianchi to get his second of the game. The cleared ball fell for Mikel Arteta who trapped the ball and opened his body in one fluid touch and, having seen a few sighters go wide and over, arched a thrity-yard effort over the crowded penatly area and left the hapless Palop rooted tot he spot.
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Jubilant goal-scorer Mikel Arteta.
It was an exquisite finish and Arteta, throwing his fists in the air with joy, galloped over to celebrate with his slightly awe-struck coaching staff. Their was a stunned silence about the stadium, apart from a small corner of travelling away fans who were a sea of disorientated yet blissful red and green.
Foca stood firm against the predictable on-slaught from their now sparked-into-life opponents and defended their goal resolutely. A very weak penalty claim from Robert Pires was flatly turned down by the referee who was proved right from later video evidence. The final whistle came and brought the first ever three points for Foca Juniors after just their second game.
A delighted Ian Holloway spoke of his joy at his players performance, "Fantastic, everyone of those lads in there has done their job and done it well. Mikel Arteta deserves special praise because he's just gone, 'Hello, I think I fancy doing something brilliant here' and knocked a cracking ball into the danger zone for the first, which the Roland has got his head onto. Then for Mik's I nearly fell off my chair, it's was a sight to behold."
An understandably chuffed Ian Holloway will have to consider his tactics for the visit to Real Lerida, as Foca face the fellow newboys this weekend. The dangerous attack of Milito and Yakubu could hand a return for Abbiati or a debut for Dutch centre-back Ryan Donk. As expected however, Holloway is keeping his cards close to his chest.
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So where is last week's scorers? It makes a huge difference to the FL in my opinion! ;) :)
martin_cranie
14-09-2007, 19:16
They'll be up today or tomorrow. Apologies for the delay but James has been very busy this week and, although I've been online a fair bit, I've been ill for a while and feel groggy. :(
Keyser Soze
14-09-2007, 19:23
Rich, if you're in need of a hand anytime, drop me a PM and I'll usually be happy to help.
martin_cranie
14-09-2007, 19:29
Thanks Mat, much appreciated.
In fact, I'll be back in two weeks. Do everything for me until then. :tongue: :D
Originally Posted by RVCF.tv
Real Verdadera Vs Norway United
Matchday - 4
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Preview:
Verdadera have started their campaign off with six points out of a possible nine, a tally which a former division 3 club should be very proud of. According to reports, Kenny Dalglish is set to tweak his side, and to change the club's natural 4-4-2 formation. Cristian Brocchi is set to make his league debut for the Menorcan outfit, Brocchi picked up a knock in pre-season which has kept him out for a few weeks, however, looked impressive during training this week.
The opposition are a hardworking side with a strong defense, Taylor and Vidic guarding stopper, Paul Robinson, is a tough wall to break down. Perhaps the motive for Dalglish to play with three attacking players. £9m signing Amauri has struggled settling in at El Kop, but Dalglish publicly gave him the thumbs up for this week. With a strong squad to choose from, and for a promotion challenging side, no disrespect to the opposing team, but this is a must win game for Las Aguilas.
Match Report
Norway United made the trip to Menorca on Friday evening and they may have wished they didn't in the first five minutes as Amauri opened up the scoring in his first touch in Verdadera's white. Torres played the Brazilian in, Amauri had no competition from the opposition's defenders, and he dinked calmly over the keeper's head. The goal was a huge blow for the visitors so early on.
It was fair to say the first half was controlled by Las Aguilas, who were held off only by the opposition defence. The midfield battle was won quite easily by the trio in midfield, Cristian Brocchi, Owen Hargreaves and Juninho Pernambucano. Ryan Babel made the other serious goal chance, when his thundering effort crashed off the bar.
The shock equaliser came in the first ten minutes of the second period, in the only lapse in concentration all game by the Real defense. The goal came from, United's only real threat, Ukranian Andrei Voronin. Voronin slid the ball past Santiago Canizares, whom had no chance of saving a great shot.
Fortunately for the home crowd, Dalglish's men fought back hard, immediately threatening the goal, this time with John Arne Riise who rocketed a shot from distance, a trademark shot from the Norwegian. It was Riise though who assisted Torres' fourth goal of the season, the spaniard gave Verdadera back the lead as he burst past Steven Taylor and then rounded the United stopper and finished into an empty net.
The game looked done and dusted, Norway United failed to apply the pressure needed to grind out a point and remained flat, almost waiting for Verdadera to spit their Venom again. Verdadera took all three points and putting them second in the first four weeks.
Kick Off: 20.00 14/09/07
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They'll be up today or tomorrow. Apologies for the delay but James has been very busy this week and, although I've been online a fair bit, I've been ill for a while and feel groggy. :(
No worries mate, I was only joking ;) :D
Me and Original? were talking about it, and if you want any help at all. We thought that 3 people could do the results for each division. To make it fair...
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Division 1: Wellzy (D2)
Division 2: Original? (D3)
Division 3: - ???
Because we are not doing our own division, means no bias. ;)
Original?
14-09-2007, 20:56
Rich, if you're in need of a hand anytime, drop me a PM and I'll usually be happy to help.
Aye, that goes for me as well... I'm generally online everyday so if you need a hand just give me a shout.
Keyser Soze
14-09-2007, 21:14
Thanks Mat, much appreciated.
In fact, I'll be back in two weeks. Do everything for me until then. :tongue: :D
Oh, I didn't mean with the FL.... you said you were feeling ill - I was going to Fedex you a hot cup of chicken soup. :mellow:
Scarface
14-09-2007, 21:32
Matchday 3 Results/Scorers
Division 1
Yossi 1 (A. Johnson 88)
Sully 1 (Lampard 34)
Joel 0
Scarface 2 (Drogba 19) (Cambiasso 41)
Top Gun 2 (Stankovic 55) (Van Nistelrooy 62)
Nedy 2 (Vidal 33) (De La Pena 70)
Del Piero 1 (Martins 20)
Figo 1 (Alex 68)
Hunter 1 (Yaya Toure 47)
HP 1 (Eto'o 65)
Division 2
Phat 0
Preki 1 (Totti pen 78)
Cali 1 (Rooney 61)
Cranie 2 (M. Gomez 9) (Diego 74)
Lorenzo 1 (Shevchenko 53)
Wellzy 2 (Beckham 27) (Agger 41)
Barry 0
Viper 0
The G 2 (Guti 42) (Coloccini og 81)
Rambo 1 (Anelka 39)
Division 3
Rafa 2 (Pazzini 76) (Elano 85)
Rangers 0
Bammers 4 (Raul Tamudo 19, 67) (Tonetto 28) (Cahill 48)
PEM 2 (Gekas 13) (Srna 55)
Original? 3 (Aquilani 30) (Del Piero pen 56) (Ambrosini 80)
Dragonfly 1 (Pauleta 52)
MarkM 1 (Diego Milito 58)
Nathegg 0
Calzone 3 (Capdevilla 3) (Campbell 40) (Eduardo 73)
Wan 2 (Defoe 51) (Zidan 90+2)
WCL Results/Scorers
Rangers 1 (Juanito 6)
Wellzy 3 (Babel 31) (Inzaghi 39) (Torres 56)
Cali 0
Lorenzinho 0
Figo 2 (Sneijder 3) (C.Ronaldo 24)
Joel 0
Original? 1 (Aguero 89)
Hunter 2 (Toni 23) (Van Persie 47)
Rafa 1 (Utaka 88)
Scarface 3 (Ayala 16) (Ibrahimovic 33) (Sorin 61)
Phat 1 (Klose 74)
Bammers 0
Calzone 1 (Pires 69)
Dragonfly 1 (Palacio 54)
Nedy 2 (Trezeguet 18) (Kuranyi 78)
Cranie 1 (Forlan 83)
PEM 1 (Gekas 22)
Top Gun 4 (Van Nistelrooy 8) (Bent 18) (Lucio 43) (Ben Arfa 82)
Viper 0
Yossi 1 (Adriano 34)
The G 2 (Guti 14) (McCarthy 36)
Wan 0
Sully 3 (Maxi Rodriguez 21) (Ronaldo 53) (Lampard 72)
Barry 1 (Suazo 59)
I'll post the scorers for the midweek cup games and do a top scorers list a bit later.
nice James, good work again mate ;)
Bammers05
14-09-2007, 21:51
Good work, Scarface
Scarface
14-09-2007, 22:28
Cup Results/Scorers
Copa Liberados
Figo 1 (Morientes 59)
Nedy 1 (Iniesta 73
MOTM: Andres Iniesta
Joel 0
Hunter 2 (Mexes 9) (Toni 48)
MOTM: Robin van Persie
HP 1 (Kuyt 77)
Sully 1 (Ronaldo 5)
MOTM: Lucho Gonzalez
Yossi 0
Del Piero 2 (Saviola 31) (Kaka 51)
MOTM: Simao Sabrosa
Kagame Cup
Preki 0
Rambo 0
MOTM: Patrick Vieira
Wellzy 2 (Juninho 28) (Torres 37)
The G 2 (Owen 13) (S.Kalou 69)
MOTM: Juninho Pernambucano
Cranie 3 (Berbatov 11) (David Silva 29) (Eboue 54)
Viper 1 (Mutu 16)
MOTM: Dimitar Berbatov
Cali 3 (Arca 2) (Rooney 46, 68)
Phat 5 (Maniche 21) (Steven Taylor 25) (Schneider 33) (Klose 60) (Walcott 85)
MOTM: Bernd Schneider
Peace Cup
Nathegg 3 (Bianchi 6, 40) (Keita 33)
MarkM 0
MOTM: Mikel Arteta
PEM 0
Dragonfly 2 (Nolan 50) (Gudjohnsen 55)
MOTM: Andres D'Alessandro
Wan 1 (Dudu 71)
Rangers 3 (Saha 19) (Makaay 23) (Luccin 66)
MOTM: Shunsuke Nakamura
Original? 2 (Angulo 37) (Del Piero 61)
Calzone 0
MOTM: Alessandro Del Piero
Scarface
18-09-2007, 00:44
Matchday 4 Results/Scorers
Division One
Figo 3 (Ramos 13) (Morientes 66) (Podolski 81)
Top Gun 1 (Van Nistelrooy 53)
MOTM: Wesley Sneijder
Sully 0
Scarface 3 (Ibrahimovic 27) (Vicente 49) (Henry 88)
MOTM: Vicente Rodriguez
Nedy 1 (Messi 20)
Hunter 1 (Huntelaar 39)
MOTM: Nani
Yossi 1 (Jankulovski 78)
Del Piero 2 (Simao 11) (Saviola 29)
MOTM: Tomas Rosicky
HP 1 (Appiah 31)
Joel 0
MOTM: Jamie Carragher
Division Two
Wellzy 2 (Amauri 5) (Torres 73)
Phat 1 (Voronin 55)
MOTM: John Arne Riise
Lorenzinho 3 (Robinho 7) (A.Young 43) (Del Horno 90+1)
Cali 0
MOTM: Robinho
Viper 2 (Liedson 46) (Mutu 84)
The G 2 (Owen 61) (Makoun 66)
MOTM: Samir Nasri
Cranie 3 (Lescott 19) (Arizmendi 76) (Giuly 81)
Barry 1 (Adebayor 37)
MOTM: Ludovic Giuly
Rambo 2 (Bellamy 52) (Anelka 90+2)
Preki 1 (Jo 34)
MOTM: Craig Bellamy
Division Three
Calzone 2 (Barnetta 8) (Miccoli 57)
MarkM 1 (Renato 2)
MOTM: Robert Pires
Nathegg 1 (Bianchi 82)
Original? 1 (Aguero 68)
MOTM: Royston Drenthe
Dragonfly 2 (Senna 21) (Pauleta 54)
Rafa 0
MOTM: Marcos Senna
Wan 1 (Lucarelli 10)
Bammers 1 (Assuncao 89)
MOTM: Raul Garcia
Rangers 1 (Gallardo 80)
PEM 1 (Jenas 24)
MOTM: Leighton Baines
Original?
21-09-2007, 00:29
Foca Juniors vs LSA Originale?
Matchday - 4
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Preview:
The latest reports floating around the Stadio Olimpico are that Azzurri hero Antonio Di Natale is to get his first start of the season for LSA. The pacey frontman managed to score an impressive brace for the national side this week against the Ukraine, keeping Italy's qualification bid on track. A fine header and a sublime second half strike were enough to see Italy finish 2-1 victors, and Di Natale awarded a man of the match award.
Despite being the fourth game, this will be the Torineri first test away from their Turinese fortress as they travel to Foca Juniors. Lippi has so far guided the team to three straight victories, and will be looking to make it a fourth this time on the road. Fresh from victories over promotion rivals mBv Arkestra and a cup win over New York Calcio, LSA go into the game in fine form and brimming with confidence.
Ian Holloway's Foca Juniors on the other hand are currently topping the bottom half of the table in sixth, having won, drawn and lost one of there three league games. Having had mixed fortunes thus far they would likely be happy to take anything from this game, and are therefore expected to set out in a manner designed to stall LSA's impressive attack.
The question is: 'Will it be enough to stop the Torineri?'
Match Report:
LSA Originale? held to a draw as Foca Juniors leave the bus at home an anchor a ferry in front of the goal instead. The game started at a slow pace with each team careful not to make the first mistake. It soon became apparent however that the vast majority of Foca Juniors players had an unconquerable fear, to the uneducated it would seem that the Torineri half was awash with the plague.
The it took until the fifthteenth minute for Foca to make an attack, it was however quickly nullified as the solitary figure of Rolando Bianchi was efficiently dispossessed. LSA Originale? continued to pile on the pressure however the legion of Foca defenders were manning the penalty area. Finally Aguero got in behind Drenthe only for his cross to be cleared by Mathijsen, Aquilani's right foot found the rebound only for his shot to sail over the bar, much to Abbiati's relief.
Holloway was clearly delighted when the referee brought the first half to a close, Foca Juniors having survived the barrage led by Del Piero. The second half began in similar fashion, with Foca attacks few and far between. This time however Lippi's men managed to find their way through the sea of bodies, Sergio Aguero finally picking up a ball on the edge of the area before driving low past Abbiatti's right.
With their keep breached Foca had little option to press on a little and look for an equaliser, however LSA were also attempting to kill of the game. This resulted in by far the most exciting period of the game, as Foca searched for a goal the gaps started to appear allowing Crespo in on goal but Aquilani's through ball was wasted by a poor side foot, easily collected by Abbiati.
it wasn't until late on, when horror struck for the LSA faithful, thier very own Rolando Bianchi got his head to a fantastic cross from Dutchman Royston Drenthe. Dunne, having stumbled, left Bianchi to ghost in for a free header that Buffon has little hope of getting to. With the score at 1-1, Foca resumed their defensive positions yet a loss of concentration allowed Hernan Crespo a glorious opportunity... his head sailed over the bar despite being unmarked and Christian Abbiati lying prone on the floor.
Lippi looked disgusted as LSA Originale? drop their first points of the season.
LSA Originale?: Buffon; Dunne, Kaladze, Cassetti, Pasqual; M.Diarra, Aquilani (Ambrosini 75), Del Piero; S. Aguero, Di Natale (Rocchi 86), Crespo.
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Preki-USA
25-09-2007, 18:31
Streak Ended!
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Midnight Riders lose for first time in 22 league matches
London, England - Manager Steve Nicol and his club experienced something that they had not in 22 matches last weekend. A loss.
The Midnight Riders Football Club had put together an impressive string of 22 matches without suffering a defeat. The streak dated back almost an entire season and a half.
The run was unprecedented in the second division of the Fantasy League but the club from Boston hardly seem bothered.
"I don't think it is anything to get alarmed about," manager Steve Nicol said. "Our goal, as it has been the past three season I've been here, is to gain promotion. Plenty of teams through the years have suffered a defeat and gained promotion. Last year we avoided losing a single match but still missed out on getting promoted."
The loss dropped the Riders to 2-1-1 to start the season, but they are still optimistic for the rest of the season.
"We're only two points out of a promotion spot," midfielder Gareth Barry pointed out. "We just need to go back and prepare and avoid the mistakes that let us down."
MRFC was let down in stoppage time when a ball skipped on the wet pitch past defender Lillian Thuram and found Prohawks striker Nicolas Anelka in front of the net where he easily finished.
"It was a big win for us, you always have to prepare 100% when you face a Steve Nicol team," Prohawks chairman Rambo said. "They are always right there in every match. They're very consistent, we hope to take this match and continue on to bigger things."
The Midnight Riders look to avenge their loss against table leading Asgård United.
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Wasn't aware of this unbeaten record, Very impressive.
Scarface
26-09-2007, 22:39
Matchday 5 Results/Scorers
Division One
Hunter 3 (Nani 31) (Huntelaar 75) (Park Ji-Sung 77)
Figo 0
Top Gun 1 (Gilberto 52)
Joel 2 (Kanoute 68) (Villa 83)
Nedy 1 (Bojan 86)
Sully 3 (Maxi R 17) (Ronaldo 43) (Seedorf 71)
Scarface 2 (Henry 9) (Vagner Love 51)
Yossi 0
Del Piero 2 (Saviola 18) (Rosicky 87)
HP 1 (Uche 77)
Division Two
The G 1 (Julio Cruz 30)
Lorenzo 2 (Ashley Young 23) (Shevchenko 35)
Phat 1 (Bale 3)
Viper 1 (Nasri 60)
Barry 3 (Bordon 45+1) (Adebayor 62) (Rosina 65)
Rambo 2 (Denilson 12) (Giggs 80)
Cali 1 (Rooney 71)
Wellzy 0
Preki 2 (Totti 33) (Tuncay 47)
Cranie 2 (Forlan 57) (Lescott 64)
Division Three
Bammers 2 (Fabiano 29) (Marcelo 45+2)
Nathegg 0
PEM 3 (Santa Cruz 28) (Jenas 49) (Frei 70)
MarkM 3 (Renato 10) (Bendtner 59) (Garrido 76)
Rangers 1 (Mista 4)
Dragonfly 2 (Matias Fernandez 13) (Pauleta 53)
Rafa 1 (Ogbuke 88)
Wan 1 (Defoe 20)
Original? 3 (Palladino 22) (Almiron 48) (Rocchi 67)
Calzone 0
Original?
30-09-2007, 14:58
LSA Originale? vs New York Calcio
Matchday - 5
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Preview:
LSA Originale? have dropped their first points in the season, next they have to play host to second placed New York Calcio. This will be a big test for Lippi's men, they have to show their character and get past the mistakes of last week. Yet they can't forget, learning from mistakes will be vital and strikers will have to take their chances.
Calcio's Tony Calzone will lead his men to the Olimpico on the back of three wins and only a single point behind their opponents. Lippi is expected to make a number of changes for this game, Raffaele Palladino returns and goal machine Tommaso Rocchi gets his first game of the campaign. Rocchi will lead the line, supported by the enigmatic Aguero and the aforementioned Palladino.
Lippi will hope his experienced backline will return to keeping clean sheets, especially with Gianluigi Buffon between the sticks. The Torineri faithful will, surely, only accept a victory here... but can LSA keep their 100% home record intact?
Match Report:
The game ended in a relatively comfortable 3-0 win as LSA Originale? returned to winning ways back at the Olimpico. NY Calcio fielded a simple 4-4-2 with Rafael Sobis leading the line, however the American outfit lacked any real incision. The game kicked off at a slow pace, both teams playing some rather scrappy football, with only glimpses of the true potential. With a tense atmosphere the first goal was important to settle whichever team managed to find it.
Despite very few chances besides, Palladino managed to break the offside trap getting in behind Kuffour before finishing very comfortably, with a side foot beyond Aouate. As expected the goal gave some life to the game, yet Tony Calzone would have been worried as the Torineri started to get into a rythym. Aquilani and Almiron both going close from distance, and Rocchi spurning a useful chance. NY Calcio looked quite relieved to hear the half time whistle, for some welcome relief.
It last only as long as the break as LSA continued exactly where they left off, Sergio Almiron taking only three and a half minutes to net LSA's second goal with a beautifully delicate free kick from the edge of the area. Lippi refused to allow his men to take their foot off the pedal and they continued to pound against the defence of NY Calcio. The pressure paid further dividends as Tommaso Rocchi capitalised on a defensive area, rifling his drive passed a dispondent keeper.
With Aguero, Palladino and Rocchi looking to impress there were further chances where New York's defence excelled to keep LSA Originale? from finding a fourth. Despite the missed chances late on, Marcello Lippi confirmed he delighted with the team's response to their draw with Foca Juniors and that he wanted a similar performance in the next game.
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Scarface
19-10-2007, 21:13
Matchday 6 Results/Scorers
Division One
Joel 1 (Villa 19)
Sully 1 (Riquelme pen 73)
Yossi 2 (K.Toure 43) (Ashton 57)
Top Gun 2 (Van Nistelrooy 9) (Perea 62)
Scarface 2 (Fabregas 14) (Ibrahimovic 30)
Nedy 0
Hunter 2 (Duff 27) (Baptista 31)
Del Piero 3 (A.Lopez 23) (Nery Castillo 51) (Rosicky 59)
HP 2 (Eto'o 63) (Ronaldinho pen 84)
Figo 1 (Van der Vaart 77)
Division Two
The G 3 (Julio Cruz 21, 25) (M.Petrov 43)
Cali 1 (Benayoun 3)
Barry 1 (Gago 33)
Phat 1 (Kranjcar 8)
Wellzy 1 (Torres 61)
Phat 0
Rambo 0
Lorenzinho 0 Shevchenko sent off 65
Cranie 4 (Gomez 32) (Hleb 47) (Forlan 81) (Muntari 89)
Viper 2 (Pandev 65) (Aissati 86)
Division Three
Dragonfly 1 (Chevanton 87)
Nathegg 1 (Keita 82)
Calzone 1 (Pienaar 16)
PEM 0
Bammers 2 (Cahill 41) (Fabiano pen 68)
Rafa 0
Original? 2 (Di Natale 22) (Pasqual 53)
Rangers 0
MarkM 3 (Palermo 14) (Milovanovic 25) (Diego Milito 72)
Wan 1 (Doyle 83)
WCL Matchday 2 Results/Scorers
Wellzy 1 (Inzaghi 65)
Lorenzo 0
Preki 2 (Luis Garcia 7) (Totti 19)
Rangers 0
Hunter 2 (Tevez 52) (Baptista 72)
Figo 2 (C.Ronaldo 23) (Heitinga 77)
Joel 2 (Villa 32) (Geovanni 71)
Nathegg 0
HP 1 (Alex de Souza 67)
Phat 0
Bammers 2 (Cahill 21) (Tamudo 59)
Rafa 1 (Pazzini 83)
Rambo 2 (Anelka 29) (Bellamy 74)
Dragonfly 0
Cranie 2 (Mario Gomez 42) (Maxwell 90+1)
Calzone 0
Yossi 1 (Ashton 70)
PEM 0
MarkM 2 (Kezman 11) (Milner 61)
Viper 4 (Farfan 7) (Liedson 26, 57) (Van den Borre 88)
Barry 1 (Suazo 56)
Del Piero 3 (Wright-Phillips 37) (Pirlo 62) (Saviola 66)
Wan 0
Sully 2 (Ronaldo 26) (Moutinho 27)
Division Cups Matchday 2 Results/Scorers
Copa Liberados
HP 2 (Xavi 38) (Kuyt 81)
Joel 0
Top Gun 1 (Rossi 74)
Sully 2 (Pernia 27) (Moutinho 85)
Scarface 2 (Ibrahimovic 21) (Deco 56)
Nedy 2 (Messi 39) (Trezeguet 78)
Del Piero 0
Figo 1 (C.Ronaldo 76)
Kagame Cup
Barry 2 (Edu 49) (Cardozo 70)
Viper 1 (Demichelis 35)
Lorenzo 1 (J.V Hesselink 90+1)
Rambo 0
Cranie 1 (Borowski 44)
Wellzy 1 (Juninho 6)
Phat 1 (Walcott 77)
Preki 1 (Ballack pen 31)
Peace Cup
Rangers 0
Original? 2 (Aquilani 66) (Palladino 68)
Bammers 1 (Iaquinta 50)
Wan 0
Dragonfly 2 (Wilhelmsson 36) (Pauleta 63)
Rafa 2 (Modric 4) (Ilsinho 88)
MarkM 1 (Bendtner 29)
PEM 1 (Santa Cruz 46)
WCL Matchday 3 Results/Scorers
Lorenzo 0
Preki 2 (Totti 24) (Gilardino 77)
Rangers 1 (Beasley 42)
Cali 2 (Ze Castro 31) (Rooney 53)
Figo 3 (Morientes 17) (Sneijder 31) (C.Ronaldo 75)
Original? 1 (Aguero 63)
Nathegg 0
Hunter 2 (Van Persie 68, 74)
Scarface 2 (Joaqun 29) (Drogba 81)
Bammers 0
Rafa 1 (Modric pen 87)
HP 3 (Cicinho 5) (Xavi 15) (Eto'o 37)
Cranie 1 (Berbatov 83)
Rambo 1 (Bellamy 71)
Calzone 2 (Pires 77) (Eduardo 81)
Nedy 3 (Trezeguet 41) (Messi 59) (Gallas 62)
Mark 2 (Yakubu pen 8) (Milovanovic 76)
Yossi 4 (Faubert 21) (Van Bommel 23) (Adriano 49) (Ribery pen 63)
Top Gun 3 (Rossi 3) (Flamini 79) (Scholes 90+2)
Viper 1 (Nasri 68
Del Piero 2 (Marcell Jansen 50) (Martins 61)
Sully 0
The G 2 (Baraja 21) (McCarthy 46)
Barry 0
Rangers 1 (Mista 4)
Dragonfly 2 (Matias Fernandez 13) (Pauleta 53)
Originally Posted by El Pais
Aguilas Planning moves for Division 3 Duo?
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Yossi Benayoun and Mikel Arteta, targets?
According to reports from Spain's leading media association, El Pais, their native club, Real Verdadera, are already drawing up plans to bolster their squad in the mid-season window.
News leaked from Aguilas' HQ that the Menorcans could be set to make approaches for third Division duo, Yossi Benayoun and Mikel Arteta. Benayoun who is currently on loan to fellow Division 2 side, Cali FC, is currently owned by MBV Arkestra. Kenny Dalglish 'apparently' is interested in the Israeli attacker, but the story seems unlikely because of the full season trade loan originally agreed between Arkestra and Cali.
Verdadera are lacking a natural left midfielder with only Babel, whom likes to play more as a Wing/Forward. Mikel Arteta, a key figure in the Foca Juniors camp is considered an option for Real and they could well swoop for the Spaniard in the mid-season window.
Out of the two, it is obvious which story is believable. However, we are yet to have concrete confirmation from either party..
Scarface
21-10-2007, 23:34
Matchday 7 Results/Scorers
Division One
Nedy 1 (Iniesta 31)
Joel 2 (Pedersen 71) (Kanoute 77)
Figo 2 (Ramos 9) (Crouch 59)
Yossi 0
Del Piero 0
Scarface 1 (Deco 24)
Top Gun 1 (Scholes 59)
Hunter 3 (Toni 28) (Tevez 52) (Cannavaro 88)
Sully 1 (Lampard 43)
HP 0
Division Two
Cranie 1 (Gomez 27)
The G 1 (Owen 41)
Barry 1 (Edu 65)
Wellzy 1 (Amauri 8)
Preki 1 (D.Pizzaro 6)
Cali 0
Viper 2 (Boka 33) (Mutu 37)
Lorenzo 0
Phat 1 (Voronin 73)
Rambo 2 (Anelka 48) (Kerzhakov 83)
Division Three
Rangers 0
Bammers 2 (Fabiano 61) (Assuncao 82)
PEM 1 (Santa Cruz 66)
Original? 4 (Rocchi 15) (Angulo 39, 62) (Crespo 79)
Nath 3 (Keita 21) (Bianchi 28) (Giles Barnes 87)
Wan 1 (Mohammed Zidan 11)
Rafa 1 (Afonso Alves 55)
Mark 1 (Cacapa 90+1)
Calzone 2 (Quagliarella 73) (Sobis 90+2)
Dragonfly 2 (Gudjohnsen 8) (O'Shea 53)
Bammers05
22-10-2007, 14:21
The Season so Far
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MBV Arkestra 1-1 Dial Square
Dial Square got their first point away to promotion rivals MBV Arkestra. In a tight game, Dial Square showed all their defensive pride and counter-attacking ability, as they were pinned back inside their own half for most of the game. It was only due to the commanding defensive work of Andrea Barzagli and some stunning saves from Marco Amelia that they came out of the game with anything at all. The defence had only been breached once, despite the heavy onslaught with ten minutes remaining, when substitute Aimo Diana's clearance fell at the feet of Gabriel Agbonlahor, who outpaced Emiliano Moretti and Gael Givet, before centering the ball for Vincenzo Iaquinta to tap past Oliver Kahn.
Norway United 1-0 Dial Square
A loss is never easy to take, but Dial Square can feel proud of their performance against Norway United where the D3 team held their higher division opposition to a 0-0 draw for over an hour. However, in the end the resilient Dial Square were broken down, when a through ball from Maniche found Miroslav Klose, who slotted the ball past Marco Amelia.
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Dial Square 4-2 FC Planet Express
Dial Square got their first win of the seasonin front of a capacity crowd at the Bernabeu. The visitors, FC Planet Express, had been put in front early on by Theofanis Gekas, but a bizarre tactical move employed by FC Planet Express, which saw their left-sided and right-sided players swap sides cost them as Aimo Diana crossed in from the right, after beating Dario Srna, for Raul Tamudo to head home the equaliser. Max Tonetto then gave Dial Square the lead as he hammered home a shot, with his left foot, from outside the area. Tim Cahill made it 3-1 just after half-time when Max Tonetto's through ball found him one on one with Antti Niemi, whom he slotted the ball past. Dario Srna put FC Planet express back into it with a curling shot from the left, but Raul Tamudo made the points safe as he took down Valerien Ismael's long through ball and then hammered it past Niemi.
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Wan Seattlewangsa 1-1 Dial Square
In a game in which the home side dominated, Dial Square were lucky to come away with a draw. Cristiano Lucarelli had headed the home side into an early lead and they should have scored many more, but once again Dial Square defensive capabilities shone through with Valerien Ismael brilliantly filling the boots of the injured Andrea Barzagli. In the eighty-ninth minute, Max Tonetto found himself free on the left-hand side. His cross was headed away by Jaap Stam, but only as far as Marcos Assuncao who hammered in a stunning volley to get Dial Square the points.
Dial Square 2-1 Rafa FC
Carlo Ancelotti stuck with the same team, which had given Norway United a tough match in the last WCL match. The team was working well and with 21 minutes gone, Tim Cahill prodded home after Silvio Proto could only parry Marcos Assuncao's powerful drive. Raul Tamudo doubled the lead just before the hour mark, when he headed home a corner from Assuncao and the game seemed to be over. However on 83 minutes, Giampaulo Pazzini cleverly chipped over Marco Amelia after Joseph Yobo's long ball. Despite this Dial Square held out for the win.
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Dial Square 2-0 Foca Juniors
Dial Square, finally showed the kind of form that the fans were waiting for against highly-rated Foca Juniors, the only team to take points off LSA Originale. Luis Fabiano's stunning solo effort started it off after he held off challenges from Hedwiges Maduro, Luciano Zauri and Joris Mathijsen, before slotting it past Guillermo Ochoa. Foca Juniors fought back, Joey Barton's long range effort hit the bar and Leroy Lita felt he should have had a penalty, after Mario Yepes seemingly hauled him down inside the box. However, Marcelo made the points safe just before half-time as he volleyed home Gabriel Agbonlahor's cross from close range. From then on Dial Square shut up shop, although it could have been three had Vincenzo Iaquinta reached Gilberto's defense splitting pass, but the score stayed 2-0.
Dial Square 1-0 Wan Seattlewangsa
In a close match, Wan Seattlewangsa came close to grabbing a point against Dial Square, as they had done in the league. However, in a close and feisty encounter, Dial Square came away with the three points, after Vincenzo Iaquinta rose above Ricardo Rocha to head in Marcos Assuncao's curling corner. After this, Jermaine Defoe went close to equalising twice for the visitors, but Dial Square held out for the win.
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Dial Square 2-0 Rafa FC
Dial Square stretched their winning run to 4 matches with another win over Rafa FC. Tim Cahill put Dial Square ahead after forty minutes after Frank Baumann's long-range drive was deflected and fell at his feet, just in front of opposition keeper Silvio Proto. Cahill preceded to skilfully go around him and passed the ball into the back of the net. Then Dial Square received a penalty when Ilsinho accidentally tripped Max Tonetto in the box, and Luis Fabiano made no mistake with the penalty, sending Silvio Proto the wrong way.
Racing Club Avenido 2-0 Dial Square
In a match in which no-one expected Dial Square to win, they did quite well to only lose 2-0 despite a possesion statistic of 71% to 29% in favour of Avenido. Marcos Assuncao's long-range free-kick was the closest Dial square came to a chance, before Joaquin skilfully tricked his way past Marcelo and Mario Yepes, before slotting through the legs of Marco Amelia. RCA continued their onslaught and were able to hit the bar four times and both posts, before Didier Drogba expertly volleyed in on 81 minutes, to make the score 2-0.
Valjuan C de F 0-2 Dial Square
Dial Square continued their good form in the league, when they visited Valjuan C de F. A goalless first-half caused Dial Square to make a change, off came Francesco Tavano and on came Vincenzo Iaquinta. It turned out to be an inspired change as Iaquinta held off Khalid Boulahrouz and headed down Gabriel Agbonlahor's high cross for Luis Fabiano to volley in. The points were then secured when Marcos Assuncao smashed home a stunning thirty-yard free-kick past the amazed Oscar Sanchez, who remained rooted to the ground. This win moves Dial Square up into second in the league, but they have tough games against Real Lerida and LSA Originale coming up..
nath_scfc
22-10-2007, 15:58
FOCA FIRE THREE!
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Centre of speculation/Captain fantastic.
Before Foca Juniors struck an overdue win, it was events off-the-field which no doubt struck fear into some of their faithful fans. After a leak in the Spanish media, it seemed Real Verdadera were set to test the resolve of the purse-strings of Foca.
However, the post-match press conference sent a ferocious swipe at any preying eyes looking to steal the diminutive midfielder - both from Ian Holloway and Arteta himself.
The game started brightly with Seattlewangsa taking an eleven minute lead through Egyptian Mohammed Zidan. However, Foca ended up over-running Seattlewangsa in the midfield much to the dismay of the hapless and lonely Dudu.
Keita and Bianchi struck before the half-hour mark. Many more chances flew Foca's way and passed until the 87th minute when Giles Barnes used some neat footwork to glide past the defenders and stroke the ball into the net on just his second start.
Sparks flew in the post-match press conference when Ollie spoke out about the speculation, "We made Mikel captain today and he was delighted about that. There's been a disgusting attempt to unsettle him to get him away from here."
Holloway fumed, "We've had lots of approaches for a few of our players, but all of them are happy here and are enjoying the way we play. Mikel is an integral part of our plan.
"It seems people think we're a little club who will roll over as soon as big club comes sniffing around. No chance. We want these good players to develop into players who are going to get us up the leagues. Give us a season or three, and we'll be beating the team he's been linked with, it'd be little more than a sideways step. Daft."
Arteta then came out to speak, "I love it here. If the manager wants me to stay then I am delighted to stay. I hope to bring promotion for these fans before I even consider a move.
"It was good result today, and we got our second win which we hoped to get sooner than now. Hopefully this is the foundation for us to progress and get the ball rolling and then we can take the momentum into the secondhalf of the season. Where I hope to be scoring a few goals for Foca!" The flamboyant Spaniard winked.
It seems as though Foca have poured ice-cold water on these flames of transfer rumours.
Get it right up ye.
Originally Posted by La Vanguardia
Aguilas Brush Aside Holloway Comments
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Arteta, subject of attention...
Reports arose this weekend linking yet another Spaniard to Menorcan giants, Real Verdadera. However, these reports were quickly quashed by the subject's manager and the subject himself. The subject, yet again, up for discussion is Foca Juniors midfielder, Mikel Arteta.
Foca enjoyed a handsome victory dealt to Seattlewangsa this weekend, but Verdadera head coach Pako Ayesteran claims that the good result was "tainted and overshadowed unnecessarily" by harsh words from Juniors' former Bristol Rovers player and current manager, Ian Holloway.
"We made Mikel captain today and he was delighted about that. There's been a disgusting attempt to unsettle him to get him away from here." Holloway stated in frustration.
"It seems people think we're a little club who will roll over as soon as big club comes sniffing around. No chance. We want these good players to develop into players who are going to get us up the leagues. Give us a season or three, and we'll be beating the team he's been linked with, it'd be little more than a sideways step. Daft." Holloway continued in an aggressive fashion.
In a adverse to Holloway's tone, Ayesteran was quick to defend his team. "It is a rapacious response from Holloway and I think he will look back on his comments and regret them to some extent. Holloway evidently isn't happy with the story conjured by the media, and I emphasize the media as culprits on this occasion. Instead he has taken his fury out on a team, who is completely innocent in this matter."
"We wouldn't be stupid enough to discuss transfer matters to the press, so how can it be our fault? Of course it is possible for the media to pick up information and "rumours" but in this case, it is entirely un-true." Ayesteran continued.
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Scarface
29-10-2007, 20:42
Division Cups Matchday 3 Results/Scorers
Copa Liberados
Preki 2 (Tevez 55) (Toni 77)
Top Gun 0
MOTM: Carlos Tevez
Sully 1 (Lampard 21)
Joel 1 (Mancini 62)
MOTM: Amantino Mancini
Neo 2 (Chimbonda 17) (Messi 90)
Del Piero 2 (Kaka 43) (Saviola 71)
MOTM: Gennaro Gattuso
Scarface 2 (Henry 35) (Ibrahimovic 74)
Yossi 0
MOTM: Cesc Fabregas
Kagame Cup
Wellzy 2 (Inzaghi 13) (Agger 25)
Barry 1 (Adebayor 27)
MOTM: Riccardo Montolivo
The G 2 (Evra 37) (Owen 73)
Cranie 2 (Giuly 56) (Eboue 83)
MOTM: Guti
Phat 1 (Fred 69)
GhOsT 1 (Carew 52)
MOTM: Ashley Young
Midnight Riders 0
Pique 1 (Rooney 49)
MOTM: Wayne Rooney
Peace Cup
Bammers 2 (Fabiano pen 12) (Yepes 65)
Rangers 1 (Beasley 6)
MOTM: Luis Fabiano
Calzone 3 (Barnetta 5) (Eduardo 29) (Ireland 61)
Wan 2 (Lucarelli 47) (Raul Garcia 88)
MOTM: Tranquillo Barnetta
Rafa 1 (Pazzini 87)
PEM 1 (Santa Cruz 60)
MOTM: Juan Sebastian Veron
Nathegg 0
Dragonfly 0
MOTM: Hedwiges Maduro
Scarface
05-11-2007, 21:59
Matchday 8 Results/Scorers
Division 1
Sully 2 (Raul 4) (Larsson 28)
Top Gun 2 (Dyer 10) (A.Berezutskiy og 81)
MOTM: Clarence Seedorf
Scarface 4 (Henry 15) (Sorin 41) (Vicente 64) (Fabregas 88)
Figo 1 (Crouch 72)
MOTM: Joaquin Sanchez
Joel 0
Preki 2 (Toni 44) (Nani 57)
MOTM: Joe Cole
Del Piero 1 (Simao 29)
Neo 1 (Trezeguet 36)
MOTM: Javier Mascherano
HP 2 (Alex pen 21) (Malouda 53)
Yossi 1 (Higuain 48)
MOTM: Florent Malouda
Division 2
Wellzy 1 (Viduka 35)
Cranie 1 (Silva 74)
MOTM: Jussi Jaaskelainen
Rambo 3 (Anelka 47, 52) (Manuel Fernandes 70)
Viperized 2 (Liedson 39) (Demichelis 58)
MOTM: Samir Nasri
The G 0
Phat 0
MOTM: Nemanja Vidic
Ghost 1 (Carew 71)
Midnight Riders 1 (Ze Roberto 90+2)
MOTM: Ashley Young
Pique 1 (Benzema 63)
Barry 2 (Cardozo 31) (Santana 86)
MOTM: Artem Milevskiy
Division 3
Rangers 1 (Makaay pen 83)
Calzone 1 (Ireland 61)
MOTM: Joseba Etxeberria
Original? 3 (Rocchi 18) (Aguero 54) (Del Piero 84)
Rafa 0
MOTM: Antonio Di Natale
MarkM 0
Bammers 2 (Raul Tamudo 5) (Diana 78)
MOTM: Aimo Diana
Wan 1 (Cisse 73)
Dragonfly 4 (Gudjohnsen 17) (Rakitic 25) (Carlos Alberto 60) (Osorio 90+1)
MOTM:Ivan Rakitic
Nath 2 (Koller 35) (Maduro 38)
PEM 0
MOTM: Mikel Arteta
Whats the top scorers etc??
Window opening soon... More news to come :D
Scarface
09-11-2007, 21:14
Division Cups Matchday 4 Results/Scorers
Copa Liberados
Joel 0
Top Gun 1 (Van Nistelrooy 55)
MOTM: Paul Scholes
Preki 1 (Heinze 17)
HP 1 (Eto'o 73)
MOTM: Stephen Appiah
Del Piero 1 (De Rossi 13)
Scarface 2 (Cambiasso 37) (Henry 51)
MOTM: Esteban Cambiasso
Yossi 1 (Anderson 25)
Figo 2 (Robben 21) (C.Ronaldo 61)
MOTM: Sergio Ramos
Kagame Cup
The G 1 (Owen 24)
Barry 0
MOTM: Ricardo Carvalho
Pique 2 (Benayoun 35) (Rooney 48)
Ghost 3 (Dede 2) (Robinho 63) (Nihat 84)
MOTM: Robinho
Rambo 2 (Anelka 31) (Vieira 88)
Phat 2 (Fred 59, 67)
MOTM: Patrick Vieira
Viperized 1 (Liedson 82)
Wellzy 2 (Inzaghi 73) (Juninho 77)
MOTM: Juninho Pernambucano
Peace Cup
Rangers 1 (Silvestre 5)
Calzone 2 (Bosingwa 11) (Pires 75)
MOTM: Robert Pires
Original? 0
Bammers 1 (Cahill 83)
MOTM: Frank Baumann
PEM 3 (Gekas 31) (Lincoln pen 51) (Arango 79)
Nath 4 (Maduro 20) (Lita 59) (Drenthe 71) (Bianchi 87)
MOTM: Lincoln
MarkM 0
Rafa 2 (Basturk 15) (Utaka 46)
MOTM: Luka Modric
Scarface
14-11-2007, 22:43
Matchday 9 Results/Scorers
Division 1
Figo 0
Joel 2 (Oliveira 17) (Villa 37)
MOTM: Amantino Mancini
Scarface 1 (Drogba 65)
HP 1 (Eto'o 74)
MOTM: Jonathan Woodgate
Top Gun 0
Del Piero 1 (Simao 53)
MOTM: Javier Zanetti
Yossi 1 (Adriano 75)
Neo 2 (Trezeguet 41) (Mascherano 61)
MOTM: Ricardo Quaresma
Preki 2 (Toni 52) (Baptista 63)
Sully 1 (Raul 6)
MOTM: Philippe Mexes
Division 2
Pique 2 (Benzema 27) (Rooney 52)
Rambo 3 (Figo pen 15) (Fernandes 41) (Dos Santos 84)
MOTM: Luis Figo
Cali 1 (Jô 12)
The G 1 (Owen 37)
MOTM: Ze Roberto
Phat 1 (Klose 28)
Cranie 0
MOTM: Edmilson
Ghost 2 (Nihat 13) (Caneira 81)
Barry 2 (Zokora og 67) (Pardo 88)
MOTM: Pablo Aimar
Viper 0
Wellzy 2 (Torres 31) (Lucas 85)
MOTM: Jose Sosa
Division 3
Bammers 0
Original? 2 (Ambrosini 52) (Rocchi 70)
MOTM: Alberto Aquilani
Rafa 1 (Pazzini 9)
Calzone 0
MOTM: Elano Blumer
PEM 3 (Veron 8) (Plasil 22) (Frei pen 65)
Wan 1 (Doyle pen 69)
MOTM: Neri Cardozo
Nath 2 (Bianchi 11) (Lita 57)
Rangers 0
MOTM:Royston Drenthe
Dragonfly 1 (Palacio 78)
MarkM 0
MOTM: Eidur Gudjohnsen
Transfer Gossip
New Signings Make Their First Appearance!
News today is that manager Frank Rijkaard has snapped up all three of his first choice free agents. The first to come in was full back Alan Hutton who was dubbed "The New Cafu" after great performances in Europe for both Rangers and Scotland. The second was the Lyon keeper Remy Vercoutre, he has been in the first team all season which made Rijkaard's decision easy, this deal see's the most hated player on the planet, Dida, leave the club. Finally he saw Man Utd squad player Darren Fletcher come in, with the waste of space Kieran Richardson being thrown out with joyous celebrations.
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Alan Hutton celebrating after one of many great performances this season.
Hi Sidwell, Bye Geremi!Seattlewangsa manager Fabio Capello has saluted his new signing, Steve Sidwell.
Capello reserved particular praise for the signing of Sidwell, who completed his move from FC United on 17th November.
"He is a player I like," Capello told WanTV.
"He is a player with the mentality which is very welcome in our dressing room and our philosophy.
"He is wishing for new things for his career, playing for a big club and winning titles is a dream for any young player so yes he is a player I would like to have and I told the board we should try to sign."
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Sidwell pose for his photo shot.
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Sidwell pose during his tackle.
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Sidwell vs. Ronaldo
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I'm not an idiot!
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Sidwell in his training with his new housemates.
Meanwhile, as part of the deal, Geremi is traded for the deal.
FC United also have to pay 1 million for the player services.
Original?
17-11-2007, 13:08
Transfer Window Frenzy
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New Uruguayan signing, Ezequiel Lavezzi
The opening of the transfer window rarely sees a gentle opening day, as this mid-season was no different. Virtually every club had their representatives sifting through the dirt to unearth gems in the form of free agents. LSA Originale? head coach Marcello Lippi previously stated he had a number of targets in mind, it would seem he has got at least some of those. Lippi's men brought in a total of five players with in the first few hours of the window opening.
Torineri fans gave a fond farewell to big names this window with both Alessandro Del Piero and Hernan Crespo departing for pastures new. Del Piero has been exchanged for former Racing Club Combine Harvester star David Albelda, who will remain with the D1 side until the end of the season on loan. Hernan Crespo was accompanied for his trip my Massimo Ambrosini, who struggled to find playing time at LSA, to D3 side MBV Arkestra. LSA Originale? received two players in turn, tricky winger Andres D'Alessandro and Kevin Kuranyi, a striker with a phenomenal scoring record.
The departures didn't stop there, Vedran Corluka and Alexis Sanchez returned from loan seeing Antonio Cassano also heading back. Corluka's return seemingly signalled the end of Grygera's tenure at the club as he was sold to Midnight Runners for £5m. Alexis Sanchez will face stiff competition from LSA stalwarts Di Natale and Palladino, as well as some of the new faces. While many managers were chasing German starlet, Toni Kroos, LSA representatives were thrashing out deals for Uruguayan Luis Suarez and Uruguayan Ezequiel Lavezzi for £4.5m and £3.5m respectively.
Marcello Lippi is still to busy to speak to the press, however the club did release an official statement: "The club would like to announce the signings of Ezequiel Lavezzi, Andres D'Alessandro, Kevin Kuranyi, Luis Suarez and David Albelda. We are sorry to see friends such as Del Piero and Crespo depart and wish them all the best in future endeavours." Giovanni Cobolli Gigli did however have time to give awaiting journalists a few quick comments.
"We've said goodbye to some truly great players and they will be missed, however in the same vein we have brought in some terrific talent. A lot of which is youthful and will serve the club well for long into the future, we're ecstatic with the signings we've made. We're currently in negotiations with Antonio Nocerino and things seem to be going smoothly, it should only be a matter of time now"
"Gelson and I have discussed the matter of his lack of first team football, he asked for a move to a club where he can get more playing time. How can I deny a young lad that? That is exactly what he needs, unfortunately we can't give it to him, so we will be happy to hear any offers for him. We know he will do well and be of benefit to many clubs around us, he's a wonderful person and we wish him all the luck in the world!"
Turning to leave, Gigli was asked if there were any more targets. "Of course there is... we're aiming for me to get to my next meeting on time!" Smiling as he left, the LSA Chairman sped off. His answer gives no really indication as to whether the Torineri boss Marcello Lippi has set out further targets, though if history is anything to go by...
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Capello confirm Freedie deal
Seattlewangsa have confirmed the signing of Freddie Ljungberg from AFC Chelsea.
The 30-year-old has completed his move to Seattlewangsa after agreeing personal terms and passing a medical.
Seattlewangsa have signed Ljungberg in a trade of Lucarelli with 7millions.
Ljungberg becomes Seattlewangsa's second new signing of the summer and he will help bolster Fabio Capello's midfield options.
Ljungberg is relishing the challenge of playing for Seattlewangsa and he revealed the ambition of chairman Wan Kerr played a big part in his decision to move to Seattlewangsa.
"I'm coming here because I want to build a great team," said Ljungberg. "And why I want to join is because of Mr. Wan. He wants to bring them forward to be top of the country.
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Freddie smile during his interview.
Hammers boss Fabio Capello was delighted to land Ljungberg and believes he will prove a valuable addition to his squad.
"We spoke to Freddie over the last week and we tried to sell him the club and what we're about," Capello said.
"He's seen players come in and push us forward.
"He brings a few things, Champions League experience, captain of Sweden, he's versatile.
"There's a hunger there. He wants to come and push Seattlewangsa on and be partly responsible for that.
"He's joining another terrific club and that's the way he's got to see it.
"He understands the passion of the club and the passion of the fans and I'm sure he'll be a big hit here."
Scarface
17-11-2007, 17:18
James Milner, Ben Haim, Carlos Cuellar, Harry Kewell and Mateja Kezman are available for cash or trades.
why are you announcing this James, is this for Mark's team?
Scarface
17-11-2007, 18:38
Mark left a week or two ago. I'm caretaker manager until a new manager is found.
Bammers05
17-11-2007, 18:46
Transfer Gossip
New Signings Make Their First Appearance!
News today is that manager Frank Rijkaard has snapped up all three of his first choice free agents. The first to come in was full back Alan Hutton who was dubbed "The New Cafu" after great performances in Europe for both Rangers and Scotland. The second was the Lyon keeper Remy Vercoutre, he has been in the first team all season which made Rijkaard's decision easy, this deal see's the most hated player on the planet, Dida, leave the club. Finally he saw Man Utd squad player Darren Fletcher come in, with the waste of space Kieran Richardson being thrown out with joyous celebrations.
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Alan Hutton celebrating after one of many great performances this season.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
BTW, Aimo Diana, Mineiro and Helton are all available for trades. I'm looking for a left-midfielder, a goalkeeper and a right-back specifically, but all offers are welcome
Introducing club's banner!
The new club's banner has been approved by Seattlewangsa FC's Wan.
Here's a preview of it.
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Dragonfly
17-11-2007, 21:57
AVAILABLE PLAYERS
Kevin Nolan
John O'Shea
Ivan Rakitic (loan only)
Pauleta
Bammers05
18-11-2007, 12:08
End of the Road for Fabiano, while Emerson joins
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Emerson is unveiled in front of the press and enthusiastic chairman, Ramon Calderon
Dial Square were one of the many clubs to get going quickly in the mid-season transfer window, having taken part in several transactions in the first two days. The most high profile transfer so far involved Emerson Ferreira da Rosa + 2m arriving from Prohawks FC in exchange for Luis Fabiano. Meanwhile Dial Square were also able to get two strikers in. The prolific Mateja Kezman came in from Real Lerida, in exchange for out-of-favour Gilberto da Silva Melo + 3m. The other striker was Lisandro Lopez of Porto who came in as a trade for unhappy Francesco Tavano + 1m. Dial Square rounded off
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Losandro Lopez, Dial Square's new signing
their spending by signing central-defender Aleksei Berezutskiy, recently released by Destined Toulouse FC, in exchange for Cristiano Zanetti, who's poor performance had seen him become 3rd choice defensive midfielder.
Dial Square Rumour Corner
According to the News of the World, Brazilian keeper Helton could be leaving the club, unhappy with his small amount of appearances so far this season. Defensive midfielder, Mineiro could, also, be on the way out, according to the same publication, as he is unhappy with being demoted to third choice Defensive Midfielder following the arrival of fellow Brazilian, Emerson. The Sun predicts that Aimo Diana could be leaving after rumous of a rift between him and the manager. Lisandro Lopez is said to be considering his future just days after joining, after the arrival of Mateja Kezman made him fourth choice striker, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Independent is saying that Dial Square could struggle to keep Willy Sagnol and Vincenzo Iaquinta after approaches from unnamed high profile clubs. However Carlo Ancelotti is adamant that they are not for sale.
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Any right midfielders available? I'm willing to pay cash.
Bammers05
18-11-2007, 15:53
Any right midfielders available? I'm willing to pay cash.
Check your PMs
Ali Karimi available!
2m only!
Scarface
18-11-2007, 17:51
The following players are available:
Javier Garrido (cash)
Alan Smith (cash/trade)
Nicklas Bendtner (trade for a good striker)
Bammers05
18-11-2007, 17:54
The following players are available:
Javier Garrido (cash)
Alan Smith (cash/trade)
Nicklas Bendter (trade for a good striker)
Check your PMs
Leighton baines is up for sale. Only great offers. looking for a decent replacement/cash
Capdevila is available for talk. Lets hear them.
Keyser Soze
18-11-2007, 20:39
Transfer list:
Abdoulaye Meite - decent cash offer/good trade
One of my strikers (Owen, Mccarthy, Lucarelli, Cruz, S.Kalou) - trade for player of same calibre
Belletti - trade/good cash or Angel Lopez on loan
Dragonfly
18-11-2007, 22:56
AVAILABLE PLAYERS
Kevin Nolan
John O'Shea
Ivan Rakitic (loan only)
Pauleta
Matthieu Delpierre (loan only)
Kahn
Transfer / Loan List
A.Teymourian (Bolton midfielder) - 2.5m
V.Behrami (Lazio fullback/winger) - 1m FSL Loan
Benjani seals Seattlewangsa move
Seattlewangsa have presented club new signing Benjani Mwaruwari to the media, with the capture of the former Portsmouth player looking forward to aiding the club's battle to avoid the drop.
The Zimbabwean has arrived in a swap deal with Ali Karimi which is worth about 3.5 million.
"I am very happy to join Seattlewangsa," he said. "I have been a fan of FL football.
"I had a chance to join other team, but I prefer to come here as I speak English a little better than French.
"I am here to score goals, not as a benchwarmer."
Preki-USA
19-11-2007, 15:59
Midnight Riders FC Transfer List
-Julio Baptista - looking for a striker or attacking midfielder.
-Damien Duff - for a striker or attacking midfielder.
-Diego Lugano - cash
-David Rozenhal - best offer
Real Verdadera Transfer List
-Ivan Helguera - Cash
-Santiago Canizares - Best offer
-Rene Adler - Loan
Anyone else, just enquire about, as i always say. I will listen to all offers.
I am in search for a left back and centre backs, PM me if you have any which may interest me ;)
Bammers05
19-11-2007, 19:00
The Season So Far Part 2
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Dial Square 2-1 Valjuan C de F
After their league win away to the same club, Dial Square were in good spirits and it looked as if they would stroll awy with an easy victory following a first five minute in which Luis Fabiano missed two sitters. Dial Square started commiting a lot of men forward and because of this they were caught out by Valjuan C de F after a corner. Marchena had headered away the lofted corner from Max Tonetto, to the feet of Shunsuke Nakamura, whose stunning long ball was run onto by the swift-footed Damarcus Beasley who slotted it over the diving Marco Amelia from just inside the box. However Dial Square were able to get back into the game and after a fantastic passing move between Luis Fabiano and Tim Cahill, the former was brought down in the box for a penalty. After missing two good chances earlier in the game, Luis Fabiano took his chance from the spot, slotting home a penalty to equalise. From then on Dial Square put on a show of relentless pressure on the overwhelmed Valjuan. However it took until the 65th minute for them to equalise when Tonetto's outswinging corner was met with a stunning overhead kick by centre-back Mario Yepes. He later remarked that it was the greatest goal of his career.
Real Lerida 0-2 Dial Square
Dial Square's brilliant league run continued when they came up against a determined Real Lerida. Dial Square were quick off the mark though when Aimo Diana's tantalising cross was flicked on by Vincenzo Iaquinta for Raul Tamudo to volley home after just five minutes. With both Dial Square wingers, Diana and Max Tonetto in brilliant form it looked as if Lerida were in for a tough day. However the dogged keeping of Bogdan Shust meant Dial Square were kept at bay until the 78th minute when Diana's skilful lob from outside the box Shust off his line and looped into the back of the net to round of a brilliant performance by Diana and Dial Square.
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LSA Originale 0-1 Dial Square
In a tense and controversial game Dial Square came away with an important result. After being pelted with shots from just about everywhere for 80 minutes, Dial Square amazingly were still on level terms. It could be argued that perhaps they didn't deserve to be after Sergio Aguero's claims for a penalty were incorrectly waved away by the referee just after half-time. In one of Dial Square's few forays into the opposition half, Marcos Assuncao went down rather a bit too easily and won himself a free-kick. With half of the LSA team arguing with the referee, Assuncao got up and quickly took the free-kick onto which Tim Cahill ran on and rounded Gianluigi Buffon before slotting home. While the rest of the LSA team decided they would argue with the referee as well, Cahill and his team-mates descended into the celebrating away-section. Despite having ten shots at their goal in the last ten minutes, Dial Square held out for an historic win. Afterwards Carlo Ancelotti said, "Sometimes decisions go your way, sometimes they don't. That's football."
Dial Square 0-2 LSA Originale
After their midweek heroics, Dial Square weren't able to stop LSA at home. Despite a dodgy first-half performance, the scores were still level until Alberto Aquilani's wonderful cross found the unmarked Massimo Ambrosini who's spectacular volley found the net from just outside the box. Later on in the game, Aquilani was at it again, tricking his way past Marcos Assuncao and Aimo Diana before placing a perfect ball between Valerien Ismael and Andrea Brazagli for Tommaso Rocchi to go past Marco Amelia and slot home to confirm a brilliant victory for LSA Originale and a disappointing loss for Dial Square.
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Preki-USA
19-11-2007, 19:33
Toni Kroos, available free half season loan.
Bammers05
19-11-2007, 19:44
Dial Square Transfer List
Kew Jaliens - Trade
Valerien Ismael - Trade or Cash
Mineiro - Trade
Alan Smith - Trade
I need a right-back, right midfielder, or a striker
Preki-USA
19-11-2007, 19:48
Midnight Riders FC Transfer List
-Julio Baptista - looking for a striker or attacking midfielder.
-Damien Duff - for a striker or attacking midfielder.
-David Rozenhal - best offer
-Michael Carrick - A solid destroyer-type defensive midfielder (equal value)
-Claude Makalele - A center midfielder or defensive midfielder (equal value)
-Toni Kroos - Bayern wonderkid free HSL.
Available players:
Kevin Mirallas - free HSL
Angel Di Maria - free HSL
Roman Pavlyuchenko - free HSL
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink - trade or cash
Ludovic Butelle - trade or cash
Seeing as there are no right midfielders available, I may use Anelka to negotiate. There are no guarantees that i'll accept the offers but they'll be considered.
New Signings Focus Using Fisheye Lens
9. Steve Sidwell
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Full name: Steven James Sidwell
D.O.B: 14 December 1982 (age 24)
P.O.B: Wandsworth, England
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position: Central Midfielder
Club: Chelsea
Number: 9
Football Career
Arsenal
Sidwell was part of the Arsenal youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2000 and 2001. He had successful loan spells with Brentford and Brighton, but couldn't break into the Arsenal first team.
Reading
Sidwell moved to Reading for an undisclosed fee on a four-and-a-half year deal in January 2003. In 2004, Four Four Two Magazine voted him the best player outside the Premier League.
A vital part of Reading's Championship-winning 2005–06 squad, in April 2006 Sidwell was named in the Championship Team of the Year by the Professional Footballers' Association, keeping the place he had been given the previous year.
In the summer of 2006, Sidwell rejected a contract extension, and it was rumoured that he might be sold to Everton, Charlton Athletic or Manchester City, as his contract was due to run out at the end of the 2006–07 season. Reading decided to keep Sidwell for their inaugural season in the Premier League, and risk losing him without a transfer fee when his contract ran out.
Over the course of the 2006–07 season, he was linked with a number of high profile clubs. After the last game of the 2006–07 season, Reading manager Steve Coppell confirmed that Sidwell had left the club and knew who he had signed for, but refused to say.
Chelsea
Sidwell joined Chelsea on 1 July 2007 following the expiry of his contract with Reading, and was given squad number 9 for the 2007–08 season. In his first interview after joining Chelsea, Sidwell stated that he had not come to Chelsea to 'make up the numbers', and that he believed training and playing alongside top players like Michael Essien and Frank Lampard would only help him improve.
He made his debut for Chelsea in a 2-1 win over Mexican side Club América in a friendly match in Stanford, California, during Chelsea's summer 2007 tour of the United States. His Premiership debut for Chelsea came on 12 August 2007 in a 3-2 victory against Birmingham City when he replaced Florent Malouda in 83rd minute, and he scored his first goal for the club on 26 September 2007, in a 4-0 win away to Hull City in the third round of the Football League Cup.
Youngster looking to ply his trade elsewhere!
With interest from many high profile clubs, the highly rated Karim Benzema is looking to move to a bigger club. The young Mancunian, wants to live life differently and play a higher level of football.
United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson says that Karim is good player. 'Karim is one of those few players who doesn't need to work hard to earn his place in the team.'(actual team) 'I shall be doing my best to keep him at the club. He's always been like a son to me. If I fail to convince my boy to stay, I shall be listening to offers but I shall only let him go at the right price and at the right club. I would be happy to see him become one of the very best in his position, whether it is going to be in a United shirt or not'
nath_scfc
20-11-2007, 16:21
Preki, did you get my PM?
Alexandre Pato
Senderos
Johnson
Rincon
Carlos Vela
Available, preferably swaps, no straight cash offers please.
BREAKING NEWS
Dalglish Resigns As Verdadera Boss!
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Dalglish Holds Division 3 Silverware, end of an era.
The breaking news of this evening is the abrupt resignation of Real Verdadera's manager, Kenny Dalglish.
At 6 o' clock this evening the scot announced in a press conference that he was to step down as Real Verdadera's head coach claiming that he had took the Spaniards as far as he could. Dalglish stated in his press conference the reasoning behind his decision stating that now 'his family needs to come first and that he has taken the Spanish club as far as he can'.
The Real Verdadera board of directors are said to be working as fast as possible to find a new manager and according to reports near the club's headquarters, contact has already been made with several candidates.
Unibet however, have made spaniard Juande Ramos the favourite to take charge, closely followed by Guus Hiddink, Martin Jol, Sven Goran Ericsson, Jose Mourinho and Spanish National coach Luis Aragones also in the running.
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Unibet Odds
Juande Ramos 9/11
Guus Hiddink 3/1
Martin Jol 5/2
Luis Aragones 4/1
Sven Goran Ericsson 10/1
Jose Mourinho 20/1
FL, Here I Come!
Seattlewangsa FC have completed the signing of Spanish defender Javi Garrido.
Wanpedia.com broke the news of Seattlewangsa's interest in Manchester City's Garrido on Sunday and they have moved quickly to tie up his signature.
The 22-year-old penned a four-year deal after passing a medical at the club's Estadio do Maracana training complex.
Garrido, who came through the youth ranks at Sociedad and the former Manchester City full back, becomes Fabio Capello's fifth signing of the mid-season transfer window.
"I've decided to come abroad from Premier League to the Fantasy League because I think the challenges here is big."
"Plus, I want too help Capello to get a good league position if we wouldn't get promoted"
Former Werder Bremen full back, Pierre Wome has been swapped due to the transfer of Javi Garrido.
jenas is for sale if anyone wants him. cash deal only
Aragones Takes Helm!
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Aragones Relishing Title Scrap!
Luis Aragones has tonight been appointed the new manager of Real Verdadera, following the un-predicted resignation of scotsman Kenny Dalglish.
For the past 24 hours many phone calls have been made by the Spanish club who were in search of a new head coach after the surprising news last night. According to reports, Aragones was keen on the job and Verdadera were swift to tie the Spaniard down. Ecstatic with their new manager, a club representative stated that the board were "delighted" to have found such an experienced manager in such a short space of time.
Aragones is set to be paraded around El Kop with new signings Rafael Van Der Vaart and Peter Crouch within the next few days.
looking for a Central defenders and Midfielders. any available PM me or catch me on MSN.
Original?
22-11-2007, 21:13
Balancing the books...
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Neapolitan hardman, Anotnio Nocerino signs for LSA
LSA Originale? are keeping with tradition, refusing to let the opportunities afforded them in the transfer window pass them by. Since signings the five players previously reported, Marcello Lippi has hardly reeled himself in signing German international Per Mertesacker from FC Cali. Budding Italian international Antonio Nocerino has also been brought in on a free transfer likely replacing the aging Massimo Ambrosini.
Per Mertesacker's arrival has seen two -now former- LSA defenders depart Turin, with Marek Cech heading in the opposite direction and Richard Dunne making a big money move to Division 3 strugglers Planet Express. Through some deft dealings, LSA Originale? have succeeded in raising a fair amount of capital while simultaneously improving the squad. The club's transfer budget is now thought to be around the £20m mark, a healthy state for any club.
This has been funded by the aforementioned sale of Dunne, yet Zdenek Grygera also felt it time to leave the club with Midnight Riders paying £5m for his services. Corluka's return should provide ample cover for the loss of Grygera, however Marek Cech's departure has left a void on the left side of defence unless Pasqual is expected to play the entirey of the season!
Rumours suggest that Lippi has a number of potential replacements shortlisted, however some reports indicate a number of offers have been met with rejections. It is thought that the impressive young Cristian Molinaro is in pole position with scouts tracking his progress, however at the opposite end of the spectrum Italy legend Paolo Maldini has been linked with the club.
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Sir Alex Ferguson: "I followed the road to park, as usual, to think of the current negotiations. I heard the winds, of change. Karim was there, he came and we talked. He had a sudden change of heart. He understood what he meant to the club, the fans and I. As he told me of his decision to remain at the club, he loved and where he IS loved, it was the magic of this moment."
Sir Alex said, that a few of the new signings are unhappy at the club, they feel to much attention is being given to others and are now looking to move. The gaffer did his best to convince them to stay and try to make them understand that at the club, things have to be done his way, but in vain. As he once said, "It is my way or the highway."
The latter also made us part of what he has in mind concerning his new tactics. He said that he might revert to the old ways.
What he means by this, we do not know but from what we have understood, there will be lots of changes during this transfer window.
Originally Posted by El Pais
Transfer Round Up
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The Great Acquisition - Rafa the new big gun at Verdadera!
It has already been a busy window for Real Verdadera, not only with players moving in and out. Only last week, Kenny Dalglish sensationally quit the Spaniards, shortly after, Spanish manager, Luis Aragones penned a deal with Real Verdadera. With a strong Spanish core to the squad, it seems, Aragones is the perfect candidate to take the reigns of Las Aguilas.
As always, Verdadera have been one of the most active teams and changing managers is not an excuse to stop the tradition. Five players have departed the club, including: Mark Viduka; Owen Hargreaves; Vagner Love; John Arne Riise; David Beckham and a surprise quick route out of Real Verdadera for Klaas Jan Huntelaar, whom made way for two of Aguilas' big name signings.
Of course, the main talking point is the recruitment of one of the world's finest midfielders, Rafael Van Der Vaart. The dutchman has been a key player in a couple of FL sides already, and he believes "Real Verdadera will be his greatest challenge." Van Der Vaart joined Real along with Liverpool's former big man, Peter Crouch. It is believed that Huntelaar + £10m funded the double deal.
Pepe Reina was also brought in from Midnight Riders, a long term target for the club. Another spaniard, Marcos Senna was signed along with Israeli trickster, Yossi Benayoun. John Arne Riise, who has been off form this season, made way for the two. Real have also added German young keeper, Rene Adler to the side and also, Martin Caceres, a Uruguayan left back who has been monitored by European giants such as Juventus and Real Madrid.
The final word from El Kop is that Aragones is very pleased with his inherited squad, but believes if an opportunity arises, be sure he will take it..
Highway Penguin
26-11-2007, 23:54
Paolo Maldini, Alou Diarra, Abou Diaby, and Alberto Zapater deals to be finalized in the next few days.
Any offers, even if I have heard them, need to be sent as soon as possible.
I'm looking for wingers and a young center back.
If anyone has a Good Quality Left back or Centre back to offer me, could you please PM me or catch me on msn. ;)
Cheers,
Luis Aragones :P
I want a centre back or right back. I can offer straight cash, or if the player is good enough, someone like Johnson, Higuain or Ashton.
Preki-USA
02-12-2007, 06:16
Transfer List
-Owen Hargreaves - Available for a LB
-Michael Carrick - LB
-Joe Cole - LB
-Nani - LB
-Claude Makelele - LB
-Toni Kroos - Bayern Munich, super kid, 17 year old who plays regularly for the German powerhouse, HSL Free Loan
Preki-USA
04-12-2007, 19:14
Revised Transfer List - 12-04-07
Available for Loan:
Toni Kroos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Kroos) - Future of Bayern Munich, a great attacker. Available for FSL.
Available for Sale:
Damien Duff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Duff)- $7 mil - looking for left back, center back, right midfield.
Julio Baptista (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Baptista) -
$12 mil - looking for left back, center back, right midfield, striker.
Owen Hargreaves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hargreaves) or Michael Carrick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Carrick) - Available for good player of similar value.
Joe Cole or Nani - Available for good player of similar value
nath_scfc
05-12-2007, 22:23
Foca Juniors available players:
-Ryan Donk - Loan.
... Dutch defender who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar. His playing style is often compared to Jaap Stam's style and it is said Donk can possibly become better than Stam ever was.
-Sebstien Pocognoli - Loan.
...Belgian left back-cum-winger who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar. Pocognoli began his career with Standard Liège, but left at the age of fifteen to join KRC Genk. In April 2004, he made his first-team debut aged just sixteen, and broke into the first-team in 2006 due to the injuries faced in Genk that season. He is known for his attacks from the wing, in the style of a left wing back, and also has a powerful shot.
-Giles Barnes - Loan.
... English footballer. He signed for Derby County in August 2005 as a trainee and became a regular first-team choice in midfield. He is still being pursued by West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley for a possible January transfer with a fee of £5 million reportedly agreed for the 19 year old, reports also suggest he will sign for the club on January 1st 2008.
-Joey Barton - Cash or good CB.
... English footballer. He plays for English England League club Newcastle United, as a midfielder. Barton was raised in a rough area and as a child saw football as a form of escapism. He began his football career in 2002 with Manchester City after working his way through their youth system. His appearances in the senior side gradually increased in regularity over a period of five years - he made more than 150 appearances for the club in total. Impressive form at club level earned him his first cap for the England national team in February 2007, despite his criticism of some of the team's players.
Please be quick with your responses. :)
Crouch Promises Goals
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Crouch Celebrates Liverpool Goal!
Peter Crouch believes he has what it takes to be Real Verdadera's prolific scorer, after the departure of Fernando Torres, who has since returned to Racing Club Avenido after his successful loan spell with Real Verdadera.
Crouch joined Las Aguilas last month after being included in a deal which also brought Rafael Van Der Vaart to Verdadera. "I believe I will score goals, everywhere I have went I have scored goals, but I am always having to prove myself. Obviously filling the boots of a striker like Fernando is always difficult, but I see it as a challenge and I feel that I can be the regular goal scorer here."
Luis Aragones also has every confidence in his new 6"7 target man, "Peter is a good player and is very good with his feet. He knows where the goal is, and people doubting him is silly. He has proved he is good enough for the top level and I am ecstatic that he is on our side and not the oppositions. He is a handful and I know that defenders hate playing against him."
Crouch will want to repay his new manager's faith by grabbing as many goals as possible when the season resumes after the Christmas break.
Football club Planet Express unveil McLeish as boss
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Alex McLeish
Alex McLeish is Planet Express' 2 manager in 1 year
Former Scotland manager Alex McLeish admitted the lure of the Fantasy league was too strong to turn down after he was named Planet Express' new boss.
The 48-year-old succeeds sam allardyce at St Andrew's on a three-and-a-half year contract, and said: "I absolutely loved my time as coach of the national team.
"But it rekindled my passion of being able to work with players every day.
"I have always harboured a desire to manage in the fantasy league and I am really excited about the challenge."
Andy Watson and Roy Aitken, McLeish's assistant coaches with Scotland, are also joining him at Planet Express.
And the former Rangers and Birmingham ciry boss insists he has the full backing of the club's board, despite uncertainty surrounding a proposed takeover by Carson Yeung.
McLeish said: "The terms of my contract are private, but I have been satisfied in my chats with the people here that we can move forward.
We'll see if we can make some introductions in the current transfer window"
Planet Express' are 9th in the Fantasy league table.
But McLeish is confident he can turn their fortunes around, saying: "It is a manager's job to get the best out of his squad and that is why I'm here.
"I'm sure we can do that and, we'll also see if we can make some introductions in the current transfer window."
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Dragonfly
07-12-2007, 20:56
Wilhelmsson and Kevin Nolan are available for trade for a centre-back or defensive midfielder.
I'm looking for a midfielder (DM, CM, SMF, AM, WF anything) or a striker. Will pay lots of cash, or swap Johnson or Ashton, maybe other players if it is an excellent offer.
Players below are for sale:
Steve Sidwell (Chelsea)
Original Price: 2mil
Retail Price: 1mil
Dudu Cearense (CSKA Moscow)
Original Price: 5.5mil
Retail Price: 3mil
Edgar Davids (Ajax)
Original Price: 500k
Retail Price: 250k
nath_scfc
08-12-2007, 10:40
Looking for a quality CB. Experience preferred although not neccesary.
Original?
08-12-2007, 23:58
Italian U21 snapped up by Torineri...
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Acquafresca celebrates big time contract...
Italian striking starlet, Robert Acquafresca has been confirmed as the latest signing for Turinese club LSA Originale? The striker has put in some truly impressive performances for Italy at U21 level, and is widely considered a promising centre-forward to move up to the next level. There was some reported interest from other clubs, but the first firm offer came from LSA, which was quickly accepted by the youngster who is thought to want to stay in Italy.
Marcello Lippi commented, albeit briefly; "I'm truly glad we managed to secure Robert, he's a fantastic talent and from speaking with him I truly believe he has what it takes to make it at the highest level. He's an honest young lad who truly wants to learn, couple that with his pace, power, goal scoring ability and the staff and experienced players we have here... you have a recipe for success. Thank you."
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Originally Posted by El Pais
Real Secure Mellberg Move...
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Olof Mellberg signs 2 year contract
Swedish centre back, Olof Mellberg, has secured a surprise transfer to second flight side, Real Verdadera. It is likely that Mellberg has been brought in to provide cover for the shortage of centre backs at El Kop. There is no doubt that Mellberg is as solid as they come and Verdadera head coach, Luis Aragones, knew that there was no better man for the job.
"Olof is a very solid defender, he is very reliable and has a lot of experience. We believe these capabilities along with his good attitude and work hard ethic, he is a terrific signing."
Aragones also hinted at a possible further two additions to his squad, with rumours stating Juninho was unhappy with the signing of Rafael Van Der Vaart, could the Brazilian make way to fund new faces? .
AVAILABLE PLAYERS
CHEAP PRICES
simic-cash money
lincoln- cash money
kone - cash money
arango - trade for a player with lots of creativity
Available
Carlos Vela
Carlos Rincon
John O'Shea
Phil Senderos
Preferable swaps.
Anyone want to loan any of my players for half-season just PM me.
Preki-USA
12-12-2007, 18:44
Available:
Julio Baptista
Claude Makalele
Toni Kroos
Looking for a Right Midfielder.
Preki-USA
14-12-2007, 19:09
I am willing to trade Joe Cole for a top notch center midfielder.
Or I would be willing to part with Cannavaro,Hargreaves, Makelele, or Obi Mikel for a central midfielder who is more attack minded. Pleas PM offers.
Also listening to offers of either players or cash for Baptista (12 m), Park (6 m), Kroos (HSL/FSL), David Rozehnal (5 mil), Niko Zigic (5 m).
Keyser Soze
14-12-2007, 19:13
Reo-Coker (1m HSL loan)
Meite (3m cash)
Gio Van Bronckhorst (3m cash)
Also, one of my right-backs need to be gone by the end of the window - I'm not sure who yet; either Angel Lopez or Belletti. Hmm...
Bammers05
14-12-2007, 19:19
Dial Square Transfer list:
Valerien Ismael - 2.5m
Aleksei Berezutskiy - 2.5m
Kew Jaliens - 2m
Ernesto Chevanton - 4.5m
Loan List:
Ernesto Chevanton
Tom De Mul
Original?
14-12-2007, 19:40
Andres D'Alessandro - Available, I require a good right midfielder or central midfielder. I will also listen to other tempting offers, PM me.
Jermain Defoe available. PM or msn me.
Kevin Mirallas, Angel Di Maria and Roman Pavlyuchenko are all available for free HSL.
Shevchenko is available. I need a world class centre-back, attacking midfielder or striker.
Seattlewangsa land Laursen from Villa
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During his Milan time
Seattlewangsa FC have begun their plans for the 2nd half of the season by agreeing a deal to sign Danish international defender Martin Laursen from Aston VIlla.
Seattlewangsa have agreed a 500k swap deal including Pierre Wome with Villa for the giant central defender with Laursen set to pen a 2-year deal subject to a medical.
Laursen has been looking for a move away from Villa for some time after falling well down the pecking order at the English club.
A number of clubs had expressed an interest in the Dane, but Seattlewangsa have won the chase for his signature.
Seattlewangsa boss Fabio Capello has been keen on strengthening his defence after the retirement of Jaap Stam from professional football.
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Preki-USA
20-12-2007, 03:04
Fabio Cannavaro or Philip Mexes MAY be available in a straight swap for a left back or center midfielder...please, for the love of god, no "so and so plus cash" offers, they piss me off.
Toni Kroos is also available on loan.
Claude Makelele is available for a left back.
Niko Zigic is available for a left back.
Park Ji-Sung is available for a left back.
Jerome Boateng is available for loan.
Willing to do a package deal with all these guys for a left back.
Fabio Cannavaro or Philip Mexes MAY be available in a straight swap for a left back or center midfielder...please, for the love of god, no "so and so plus cash" offers, they piss me off.
Toni Kroos is also available on loan.
Claude Makelele is available for a left back.
Niko Zigic is available for a left back.
Park Ji-Sung is available for a left back.
Jerome Boateng is available for loan.
Willing to do a package deal with all these guys for a left back.
so what do you need? a Right winger?
I'm looking for a centre-back and a left back, willing to pay serious money.
I could do with a right back, left or centre back, and a striker. I have £35m or so, and I am willing to spend most/all of it.
Bammers05
22-12-2007, 17:14
I am willing to listen to any offers for Diego Lugano, cash or trade.
Abbiati join Seattlewangsa
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"Good one" describing his transfer to Maracana
Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has joined Seattlewangsa FC for 500k including Roberto Abbondanzieri.
Abbiati spent last season on loan at Torino, and previously enjoyed a spell at Juventus after losing his number one status at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
The 29-year-old featured regularly for Torino and had outlined his hope to join the club on a permanent deal.
However, he will now spend the rest of his career in Maracana after Milan agreed to sell him to Seattlewangsa.
Argentinian Leo Franco is currently Seattlewangsa's number one goalkeeper which means Abbiati needs to compete with Franco.
Abbondanzieri was included in the swap because he's deemed as surplus requirements.
I need a left back for loan.
PM me if any left back is available for loan.
Preki-USA
24-12-2007, 03:32
Ze Roberto joins Club
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Ze Roberto steps into the pivot for MRFC
Foxboro, Ma - Midnight Riders FC boss Steve Nicol announced the acquisition of Brazilian veteran midfielder Ze Roberto. The deal saw Abou Diaby and Fabio Cannavaro go to DP United. MRFC also picked up Belgian stalwart Daniel Van Buyten in the swap.
"We think Ze Roberto is the perfect addition to our midfield," Nicol said. "He is one of the best at receiving the ball from the defence and turning it into offense."
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Reports close to the organization have also hinted to a few of the players on the trading block.
Target forward Nikola Zigic appears to be on the way out of the club before playing a match after the acquisition of several other attacking players. The asking price is reportedly €6 million.
Legendary midfielder Claude Makelele's future with the club is also supposedly on the rocks. With Anderson, Ze Roberto, Yaya Toure and Owen Hargreaves all ahead of him on the pecking order it appears Claude Makelele would need to go elsewhere to satisfy his desire to play first team football. A source close to the situation says that at the moment Nicol will not take less than €10 million for the destroyer but he is open to dealing for a left back.
Young starlet Toni Kroos who the Riders have been looking to loan out for some time will supposedly remain at the club if a deal can not be made. The source said that either Piotr Trochowski or Kevin Kuranyi could be released instead. Kroos is still being offered for a half season loan.
Park Ji-Sung, the Korean superstar, has long been rumored out of favor at MRFC. The emergence of Nani as a reputable force has made him expendable. Park, like Makelele, will not be sold for less than €10 million. Nicol, however, would apparently like to deal Park in a package with Makelele for a left back.
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Riera makes Seattlewangsa move
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During his time with City
Seattlewangsa have completed the signing of Albert Riera from Espanyol.
The 25-year-old arrives at Maracana and has signed a four-year deal at the Spanish outfit.
The former Real Mallorca & Bordeaux ace has been linked with a move to Seattlewangsa FC all summer and they have finally clinched his signature.
Riera is the sixth new signing of the season at Seattlewangsa FC after the arrivals of Ljungberg, Benjani, Garrido, Laursen and Abbiati.
Meanwhile, Seattlewangsa FC have swapped Kevin Doyle as the part of the deal.
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Hyyp Hyyp Hooray!
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During his time with The Reds
Seattlewangsa have completed the signing of Sami Hyypia from Liverpool.
The 34-year-old arrives at Maracana and has signed a year deal at the Finnish outfit.
Hyypia is the sixth new signing of the season at Seattlewangsa FC after the arrivals of Ljungberg, Benjani, Garrido, Laursen, Riera and Abbiati.
As a result of the deal, Seattlewangsa FC have swapped former Tottenham center half Ricardo Rocha for him.
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During his time with Spurs with Jol in charge
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Adriano, Dean Ashton, Andy Johnson.
One must go, on a free HSL. Take your pick.
Preki-USA
28-12-2007, 01:10
Joe Cole or Nani for an equal value left back. lets see some good offers.
Rosenberg happy with move
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During his press conference
Swedish international Markus Rosenberg insists he is delighted about securing a move from Bremen to Seattlewangsa FC.
The 24-year-old, who has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Seattlewangsa,admit has struggled to get first-team action at Werder this season and was desperate for a move.
The striker believes he could be the ideal partner for African star Benjani.
He told Sky Sports: "I am pleased with the deal. It was difficult in Werder since the presence of Boubacar Sanogo and Hugo Almeida with the returning Ivan Klasnic.
"I don't know if I will play, but I am in good shape.
Meanwhile, Djibril Cisse was swapped as the part of the deal.
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Highway Penguin
28-12-2007, 06:37
Ricardo Gardner
Nadir Belhadj
Tacchinardi
Jan Kromkamp
Robert Huth
Juanito
All up for sale or loan.
Cheap.
Preki-USA
28-12-2007, 18:06
Joe Cole or Nani for an equal value left back. lets see some good offers.
C'mon gents, still no offers?
Bammers05
28-12-2007, 18:31
How about Tim De Cler? :ninja:
I'm looking for left back for loan.
Don Sweey
31-12-2007, 11:16
Fernandes available for HSL.
Fernandes available for HSL.
man city DMF?
Montenegro teenager Stevan Jovetic available for cut-price of 2m. RRP: 3.5m
Preki-USA
31-12-2007, 22:28
Nani or Joe Cole for a left back
Nikola Zigic - 1 million
Claude Makelele - 3 million
Piotr Trochowski - 2 million
Park Ji-Sung - 2 million
Crouch available for Striker of similar value/standard.
Pennant + Cash available for centre back or winger (Right).
nath_scfc
01-01-2008, 17:42
Still looking for a centre-back, anyone looking to offload one please get in-touch as soon a