retired_abubaker

I said it was good not brilliant!!!

retired_calliecan

I think you'll find if you look at the first page after my first report (not the intro) you will see distinctly used the word brilliant :p

retired_abubaker

Aye that was your reports not your end of season updates, they are just good. :p

retired_pdostie

Just to let you know im gonna be late on tonight because Burnley are on TV so will get on as soon as thats finished.

retired_lilylovesyou10

Why? You know they are going to lose.

retired_abubaker

lol a must see game there Gaz eh!!! :p

retired_pjscott64

The Rossoneri Review

With just the second leg of the Italian Cup to play (With Milan leading 4-0 from the first leg) and 3 league games left we are now in the final phase of the season. Milan are in 5th and need to win the remaining league games if they want to compete in the Champions League next season


Milan Vs Lazio – Wednesday 9th May 2007- Italian Cup Final Leg 2

Fortunately Milan had already all but completed the job of winning this trophy in the first leg at the Olimpico Stadium, as Lazio pushed to find a way back in to the game, 2 second half strikes from Lazio Man of the Match Tommasso Rocchi gave the travelling fans brief hope but the first leg lead was too much of a mountain for Lazio to overcome and Milan picked up their only trophy of the season

Final Score : Milan 0 Laziio 2 (Milan win 4-2 on aggregate)
LazioScorers : Rocchi (54, 60)
Attendance : 82919
Man Of The Match: Tommasso Rocchi (Lazio)


Empoli Vs Milan Sunday 13th May 2007

A solid performance from the Rossoneri was enough to overrun a weak Empoli side. Kaka grabbed his first goal of the season after just 2 minutes and Gillardino made it 2-0 just after the quarter hour mark. Ronaldo chipped in the third just before the 90 minutes to seal a comfortable win for Milan :thup:

Final Score : Empoli 0 Milan 3
Milan Scorers : Kaka (2) Gilardino (16) Ronaldo (89)
Attendance : 19740
Man Of The Match: Kakha Kaladze (Milan)


Milan Vs Udinese –Sunday 20th May 2007

The penultimate game of the season and Milan are occupying 4th spot on goal difference, a win is required to ensure Champions League football at the San Siro next season is a realistic target. Pirlo doesn’t hang about and slots home from 6 yards with just 6 minutes on the clock. Gillardino doubles the advantage. Udinese pull one back just before the break and the pressure mounts on Milan! The second half is a much tighter affair until, at the very death of the game a schoolboy error by the Udionese defence gifts Milan with an owngoal and serves to gift wrap the game for the home side

Final Score : Milan 3 Udinese 1
Udinese Scorers : Iaquinta (41)
Milan Scorers : Pirlo (6) Gillardino(13) Zapotocny (OG90)
Attendance : 82928
Man Of The Match: Andrea Pirlo (Milan)


Catania Vs Milan – Sunday 27th May 2007

The final game of the season and a win is required to ensure Champions League football for Milan next season. The Rossoneri started well and Gilardino put them ahead mid way through the half. Andrea Pirlo made it 2-0 just before the break and things were looking good for Milan. Catania struggled to get back in to the game and when they did finally score it was a case of too little too late and Milan coasted to the finish line at 2-1 Champions League football was secured for the next season with Milan finishing 3rd. :thup:

Final Score : Catania 1 Milan 2
Catania Scorers : Caserta (82)
Milan Scorers : Gilardino (23) Pirlo (43)
Attendance : 34920
Man Of The Match: Alberto Gilardino (Milan)


End of Season Summary

After the first season in Charge Paul Rouch can reflect on a satisfactory but not spectacular finish in the league, coming in 3rd after starting the season with an 8 point deduction, reaching the semi finals of the Champions League only to fall before the all conquering and eventual Champions League Winners Barcelona managed by fellow clan manager Steff Browning. The only real bright spot was picking up the Italian Cup, knocking out {b}Gareth Jenkinson[/b] and his Roma along the way

Top Goalscorer for the season was Fat Ron bagging 20 goals, closely followed by Totti and Gilardino with 18 each. Andrea Pirlo chipped in with 13 assist and Dida managed 6 Man of the Match Awards, whilst Nesta was the highest rated player with a disappointing 7.15 over the season, which does suggest a need for improvement in the squad! :eek: Rouch no doubt has his eye on strengthening the team with a view to pushing on to further glory in the 07-08 season

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The rouchie Rossoneri Review


Transfer Activityy


So a new season is upon us and Milan look to strengthen the squad that finished a disappointing 3rd last season (despite and 8 point penalty, it was still disappointing) The manager wasted no time in bringing in some fresh faces starting with the highly rated Columbian youngster Sherman Cardenas for just £600,000, to challenge for the right attaching wing position. Attacking midfielder Yildray Basturk was snapped up on a free from Berlin, as was central defender Christopher Metzelder. French wonderkid, Issiar Dia was drafted in for a very reasonable £2,400,000, and Rouch was drawn to observe that in years to come some may view this as one of his most astute signings! Espanyol keeper Carlos Idriss Kameni was signed for £7,000,000 to succeed Did between the sticks. Chelsea were foolish enough to part with Shaun Wright-Phillips for a paltry £5,750,000. A young defender who has been earmarked as a future Nesta replacement was signed for a remarkably cheap £375,000, and Dennis Boskallo can barely wait to train under his hero! The only piece of business carried out without the managers approval was the signing of Lyon’s Sidney Govou for a top heavy £7,000,000. It is fair to say that Rouch remains to be convinced on his merits.

On the other side of the transfer coin, Paolo Maldin, Cafu, Marco Borriello, Fernandino Vitofrancesco & Giusseppe Ticli were all released on free transfers while Valerio Fiori was signed by Taranto on a Bosman

Preseason Friendlies

A reasonable set of results mostly on the road for the Rossoneri!

[b](a) Lugano 1-0 win
(a) Celtic 0-0 Draw
(n) Benfica (Friendly Cup) 3-0 win
(n) Man Utd (Friendly Cup Final) 2-2 (Man U Win On Pens)
(a) Lecco 6-0 win
(h) Juventus 4-1 win

A satisfactory preseason and some really useful looking signings and no points deductions this season, all of these factors contribute to give Rouch no excuses for failure this time round! Keep your eyes peeled for the next instalment of the rouchie rossoneri review to see how Milan fare in the new season :thup:

retired_abubaker

The Manchester Mail - We're wiping the slate clean and raring to go!!!!!

That was the battle cry this morning from Man Utd manager Andrew Hepburn as he prepares his side for the new season. Last season was unforgettable for Utd with only an FA Cup to show for their efforts and their manager suffered badly to illness and conspiracy theories but he is back and lets hope will remain in charge for the season, illness free. Hepburn was putting everything into his sides preparations and was completely hands on during pre season. He even had time to go and buy a couple of players who had been brought in to help strengthen the lightweight Utd squad.

Hepburn has managed to bring in Pedro Leon for £7.75 million from Murica. Hepburn has had rave reviews about this lad, who can operate on the right and in the middle of midfield. He is only 20 years old so with lots of youth on his side Leon can be developed into a star, or thats the thinking behind the move. He was in great form last season with Murica and Hepburn is hoping he can go up another level and compete with the best Europe has to offer.

Hepburn has also managed to secure the signature of John Fleck from Rangers for a fee of £750,000. He is only 15 years old but has been touted as the next big thing to come out of Scotland and Hepburn was impressed and had him watched a lot last season and decided to make his move. Fleck can play up front or as a left winger and is one for the future.

The joined up with their new team mates as pre season got well and truely under way. Here is how they got on in their pre season friendlies..............

Newport CO. v Man Utd - (A) Sun 8th July 2007
Final Score - Newport Co. 0 v 6 Man Utd

Connah's Quay v Man Utd - (A) Fri 13th July 2007
Final Score - Connah's Quay 0 v 12 Man Utd

Bury v Man Utd - (A) Tues 17th July 2007
Final Score - Bury 1 v 5 Man Utd

Ajax v Man Utd - (A) Wed 25th July 2007
Final Score - Ajax 1 v 3 Man Utd

Milan v Man Utd - (N) Thurs 26th July 2007
Final Score - Milan 2 v 2 Man Utd

FC Groningen v Man Utd - (A) Sat 28th July 2007
Final Score - FC Groningen 0 v 3 Man Utd


So a superb pre season for Utd and they can look forward to the new season as they seem to be in great goal scoring form and lets hope they can take this into their season as Hepburn's looks to prove the critics wrong and help Utd win more trophies this season.

Curvature

So with the new manager in place a few new faces where brought in to bolster the squad to challenge the mighty Barcelona for the title this season.

Transfer News

Sebastien Pocognoli signed for new affil Rennes on loan for the season.
Fernando Llorente was next to sign from Ath Bilbao for 13.25m
Asier Del Horno joins from Valencia to take over from the aging Roberto Carlos for 7m
Mauro Esposito comes in from affil Cagliari after they went down to serie b he wanted to move to a bigger club bargain at 4m
Morten Gamst Pedersen left the premiership for la liga for 7.5m
Jose Mari was sold shortly after signing for the club from Villarreal to Betis for 1.7m
Raul left his favourite club and went off to Roma for 5m
Franck Ribery probably the best signing so far for Real comes in from Marsielle for 17m
Diogo joins newly promoted Juventus for 3.8m
Guti will spend the season on loan at Betis after not impressing in pre season training
Javi Garcia joins affil Cagliari on loan for the season to bolster there poor squad
Mauro Esposito has been sent on loan for the season to affil Rennes to improve his fitness and poor finishing

Other News

Robinho was named fans player of the year and Iker Casillas finished 3rd in the European GK Of The Year Awards.

Pre Season Games

Vfb Stuttgart 1-0 Loss
Freamunde 5-0 win
VVV 2-0 win
Feyenoord 1-1 Draw

Champions League 3rd Round Qualifier 1st Leg

Real Madrid 5 Saturn 0
Attendance 55050
With the new man in charge thinks look good so far a very convincing win against the russians in this one, David Beckham who is leaving very shortly to go off to America opened the scoring after only 5mins, Then Ribery made it 2-0 on his debut after only 34mins, Robinho made it 2-0 after the restart on 47mins then young dutch superstar Huntelaar sealed the win with 2 fantastic goals on 67 and 79mins.
MOM Del Horno 9


Spanish Supercopa 1st Leg

Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 3
Attendance 75314
Esteban Browning would bring his Barcelona side to the Bernabeu for this one and the fans where treated to a superb display, Vanden Borre was shown red after only 2mins of play and Deco would score from the spot seconds after to make it 1-0, Fernando Torres made it 2-0 and Real looked down and out of it Huntelaar then got Real going with a cracking goal on 39mins then Barcelona would score again through Eto'o on 45mins to give them a 3-1 lead at half time, right from the kick off Cicinho scored to make it 3-2 and Real hadnt given up hope of stealing a 3rd but it never came and it ended 3-2 to Barcelona.
MOM Ronaldinho 9


Spanish Supercopa 2nd Leg

Barcelona 0 Real Madrid 1
Attendance 97972
Only one goal in this and it came from a unlikely goalscorer in Cicinho in the first minute of play and it ended 1-0 to Real but Barcelona would take the trophy on the away goal rule (lucky buggers).
MOM Cicinho 8

Champions League 3rd Round Qualifier @nd Leg

Saturn 2 Real Madrid 0
Attendance 7632
With the tie pretty much over Real rested alot of the big players for this one due to the long trek to Russia, and Saturn almost caused a scare Barijho made it 1-0 to Saturn on 66mins and Kalashnikov made it 2-0 with 80mins gone and thats how it stayed and Real move onto the Groups of the Champions League.
MOM Kalashnikov 7

Champions League Group D
Real Madrid
Basel
Gladbach
Fc Porto

so with the groups selected Real Madrid seem happy with the teams in there group FC Porto will be a tough game but the rest I think should be not so bad.

La Liga Season Starts

Real Madrid 3 Gimnastic 0
Attendance 68037
Huntelaar got Real off to a flying start scoring after only 7mins he then added a 2nd on 19mins before Robinho made it 3-0 on 42mins and 3points secured
MOM Huntelaar 9

Perry would then be away for a few matches due to commitments elsewhere

CL Real Madrid 2 Fc Porto 1
Liga Celta 0 Real 1
Liga Real Madrid 5 Levante 1
Liga Real Sociedad 1 Real Madrid 0
CL Gladbach 0 Real Madrid 4
Liga Real Madrid 5 Espanyol 0
CL Basel 1 Real Madrid 1


More to come from the Bernabeu so stay tuned