[retired_k.bretz]

Originally posted by ChampHolic:
The waiting list has around 20 at least on and you do it by sticking your details in our application on our clan website http://www.fmelc.pfl-net.com which i see you have already signed upto

I am so glad I joined when I did!

You are a star Lee..

My reports will be posted on wednesday after sesh. Peace

[retired_adgjn]

boro recovery, is it all down to parnaby?

after a to be honest garbage start to the season (mr thompson losing 4 league games out of 5 again costing him his job this time) boro appear to be on fire right now.

a run of 7 consecutive league wins has seen boro climb up to challenge for 3rd place after sitting in a lowly 12th for a short while. is it a coincidence that this run of form has coincided with boro lad panaby returning to the centre of defence, or is it the fact the carignano and cavenaghi both returned to full fitness recently? who knows either way boro are a threat again.

comfortably through the champions league group stage (even had the comfort of playing reserve/youth team for last 2 games) and only a couple of points off 3rd, this could still be a good season at the riverside.

there is no chance of the title, as arsenal who boro had comprehensively outplayed in the charity shield are in a 2 horse race with chelsea, both teams are 14 points or so clear of third.

targets for 2nd half of the season at boro, semi finals of champions league or better, long run in fa cup (already out of league cup two tasty semis though, razors hammers v jimmys spurs and chelsea v arsenal in the other) and to clinch that top 4 place

congrats to stevey who is having another great season and has to be seen as a huge threat for the final champions league places along with spurs, liverpool and possibly man utd

[retired_bmun2001]

Everton finally show what they are capable of

After the poor start to the season which left us sitting in 14th it was time me to modify a few tactics and give a few new players a few games.

It paid off and now we are currently sitting in 7th place just outside the playoff's with more than half the games in the season to go.

With every player doing there bit now and my side playing some quality team football I can see a bright future for my everton side but with a hard run in tonight we will just have to see if it continues.

Beginning of the week and after ending with a 2-0 win against notts forest with my new formation i was hoping i could continue that and get a few wins under my belt.

Monday session started off with a game against promotion chasing hull. A very quite game it was but one chance was all we needed to take us into the lead.

The goal didnt come until the 75th minute and cahill was the scorer. After that a couple of minor injuries to my players made it a little worrying for me as my side had to play the remainder of the time with 2 injured players on the pitch as i had used up all my subs.

With man city struggling after so many human managers had took charge of them this was the perfect opportunity to face them. Although we had to face them at their home ground this didnt effect our chances of winning the game.

With cahill scoring 1 minute into the game he gave us the perfect dream start. 22 minutes passed and they got an equaliser. Half time then came and after a few changes my side were ready for the 2nd half.

The game looked as if it was going for a 1-1 draw but the 80th minute was when it all changed as man city went down to 10 men.

Straight after that cahill scored another 2 to complete his hat trick and give us a 3-1 away win.

Gradually moving up the league we was as we went into next game against QPR on a high. We beat them 3-0 with osman, cahill and beattie scoring but Rossi was named man of match after his brilliant assists helped us to that victory.

A stormer of a game next which i could of even predicted the scoreline even if i tried.

A great start as Rossi put us 1 up on 4 minutes. Rossi then got a 2nd on 15 minutes. Then on the stroke of half time paul freier grabbed a 3rd to put us into a very comfortable pposition for the 2nd half. 49 minutes and walsall got what merely could be discribed as a consolation goal.

61 minutes approached and rossi grabbed a 3rd goal giving him his first hat trick since i signed him for the club. After taking beattie off it was time for youngster neil knight to come on for the remainding 30 minutes of the game and it wasnt too long before he got on the scoresheet himself to make it 5-1.

I thought it was over but cahill just had to score one to give me my biggest victory in a long time and it was away . 6-1 to us against walsall and surely that must of dented their hopes of even staying in the championship this season.

End of mondays session approached and next game was against Nick's high flying sheffield united side. A very action packed game and in the first half we came under a little more pressure than i would of hoped for and went 1 down. We had a fair few chances after that goal but just couldnt score. So the half time whistle was blown.

2nd half was much better as we outplayed nicks side left, right and centre and got our reward in 64 minutes when paul freier had a shot on goal which was too powerful for sheff utd's keeper to hold onto. So the final score was 1-1 and that had stopped our 5 game winning streak.

So after mondays session we was sitting in 8th place still on good form and hoping to move up the table even more. Tuesday session also went well and moved us upto 7th. Report on that and tonights session to come soon..............

[retired_bmun2001]

Is Rossi's assists winning Evertons games?

Im sure thats the question on all the medias lips and i can assure everyone that we can win without them as the team as whole is playing quality football day in day out as apposed to how we were playing for the first 10 or so games of the season.

Things are looking very nicely for Everton and if my team keeps putting pressure on all the other sides above them im hoping some will fall to some losses.

A small tuesday session to report on now which started with a 1-0 win against mikes former club wigan. Not many chances in this game but the ones we did get we made good use off and got the all important goal which gave us a good start to the session and 3 points.

Bogey side next wolves who i never like facing and i was right to be wary of them as we got beat 3-1. Beattie scoring the only goal but it wasnt enough to give us our first defeat in around 5 games.

Strugglers blackpool next and as we didnt want a repeat scoreline of last game we reversed it and beat them 3-1 with beattie grabbing 2 of the goals and rossi grabbing the 3rd.

Back on track now after the defeat and we had another good win this time beat swindon 3-0 Osman starting off the party scoring off a freekick in the first 8 minutes. Cahill adding to that on 13 minutes then Beattie scoring a penalty on 43rd minute was their any need for a 2nd half? Not at all as nothing else happened .

So only 4 games played in this session mainly due to international games but all in all not a bad session again.

Things carried on very good in wednesdays session and after all the weeks sessions we are sitting in 6th place 4 points clear of 7th lets just hope that we can continue winning and hopefully sneak into 2nd.

Well you will have to see what happens next week. Wednesdays session report to come.............

[retired_adgjn]

boro march on

well a superb week in the clan ended for boro as it had begun, winning.

at the start of the week boro's league record was played 10 won 4 drawn 1 lost 5 (bloody assistant now sacked), at the end of wednesdays session boro had moved on to a league record of played 24 won 16 drawn 3 lost 5, so an amazing 38 points were gathered out of a possible 42.

boro now sit comfortably in 3rd place although both chelsea and arsenal are 10 points+ ahead both still unbeaten this season.

wednesdays session was definately the highlight of the week, as a spell of 7 matches included all the top 6 in the league. a little nervous going into the games i was sure boro would lose a few and drop back into the pack challenging for the european places, here is what happened

spurs away won 2-0 lots of chances for jimmys boys but boro are a top quality counterattcking outfit and 2 late goals sealed the deserved win

birmingham away won either 2-1 or 3-1, steveys brum are the most improved team in the clan over the last 2 seasons and it is no surpise that they are now challenging for the champions league place. unfortunately for stevey yakubu had a game to forget, firstly giving away the freekick that led to boro's first goal and then getting sent off just as brum were starting to take control.

arsenal home fa cup, now arsenal have only lost once this season ( to boro in the charity shield) that was well and truly changed this game as boro complete with 17 year old left winger (following bierofkas injury and the sale of downing earlier in the season) went on the rampage winning 6-0

man utd home dominated the game to run out convincing 2-0 winners

chelsea away 2-2, good solid performance in a match that could have went either way

liverpool home after pre match taunts from the liverpool boss, boro taunted the scum on the pitch winning 3-1


now with 14 games in the league left to go, the mighty milan in the champions league and west ham in the fa cup, boro can look forward to the end of season with some anticipation.


transfers out
wiese 4.5m to a german club
padoin 4m to an italian club both had been recent signings but were not happy with life on the bench. get shot i say the youth team has better attitude after all
also several others left to free up space for the reserves to get a chance

future transfers in, with jimmy being away, the vultures were circulating around spurs, several of his squad were out of contract in the summer and some of europes giants were chasing the skillfull players in the squad.

after waiting for other teams to bid for them, i decided to take the plunge and have arranged deals for both naldo and andersson to join on bosmans in the summer ( only bid after none human team made offers for them)

also 2 huge names will be joining boro in the summer, ewerton ans vonlanthanon both top strikers both bosman signings.

after the transfer window closes, several more players may be available for the end of the season, including bojinov, albrechtsen(or riggot or both) and possibly bertelsen, whilst boro will continue to scour the world for the best youth players.

[retired_adgjn]

outside of boro, just wanted to say well done to aida for turning wba around and almost making premiership safety a certainty.

to lee something must be up, you still have a chance of going up, i reckon your mum has taken over for you

stevey after selling the yak (18m good business) just hope you arent short of quality upfront (you can loan bojinov for 3 months if you want) and that it doesnt cost you the champions league place. you will need this after the signings you have lined up as you outbid boro on about 5 different players and have a lot of players arriving on big wages. great season so far for you mind

razor still outside bottom 3 hope the assistant doesnt ruin it for you whilst your on hols, have fun

meanwhile saeed, mike, and nick are all still in with a chance of making the play offs or better in the championship, whilst fred is just in with a chance of keeping his job

[retired_adgjn]

almost forgot tony and colchester, think its time to find another club mate, even after your good run colchester are still underperforming and you have done a good job with them

[retired_bmun2001]

Originally posted by commuter:
to lee something must be up, you still have a chance of going up, i reckon your mum has taken over for you

You found me out anyway whats with all the nice comments going soft in your old age?

On a side note just to let everyone know all sessions next week will go ahead usual times

Also can the following people please get in touch with stevey on msn to submit their profiles to him thanks.

Nick
Tony
and Fred

The rest i think stevey has if you need the information for the profiles just let stevey know and he will send it to you. Have a good weekend all, remember reports and speak to you all monday session

I will be posting the latest league tables very soon along with wednesdays report which i have yet to do.

Another thing can all members please check our clan website forum as their is a fairly important post in the forums thanks.

[retired_bigmamma]

Okay I've finally found time to file my reports for the past 2 weeks so bear with me as this is going to be a long post, me even span a few posts.

Session: 23rd may 2005

Players released: 1
Dean Gerken GK

Players Out Of Contract: 1
Matt Lawrence D RC (Left on a Non-Promotion Release Clause)

Players Signed: 2
James Scowcroft F RLC Free
Lee Turner D/DM L Free

Staff Sacked: 1
Geraint Williams Assistant Manager

New Staff: 1
Ian Ferguson Assistant Manager

Results

L1 Stoke 1 - 1 Colchester
Stoke Scorer: Ade Akinbiyi (76)
Colchester Scorer: Njazi Kuqi (90)

L1 Colchester 2 - 0 Huddersfield
Colchester Scorer: Njazi Kuqi (3 & 7)

L1 Bradford City 1 - 2 Colchester
Bradford Scorer: Martin Johnston (68)
Colchester Scorer: Njazi Kuqi (14 & 71)

Session: 25th May 2005
(Note: Due to ISP Problems I could only play 3 matches in this session)

Results

L1 Colchester 1 - 2 Tranmere
Colchester Scorer: Kem Izzet (49)
Tranmere Scorer: Simon Haworth (17 & 29)

LDV (L1) Colchester 0 - 1 Cheltenham (L2)
Cheltenham Scorer: Darren Crocker (27)

L1 Luton 1 - 0 Colchester
Luton Scorer: Steve Howard (90)
Colchester Injury: Gary Osbourne (64)

Session: 30th May 2005

Transfers In: 1
Richard Lidstone SW/D C Free

Results

L1 Colchester 2 - 4 Brentford
Colchester Scorers: Kjartan Henry Finnbogason (39) & Thomas Butler (41)
Brentford Scorers: Isaiah Rankin (13 & 59), Eddie Hutchinson (46) & Deon Burton (65)

L1 Bury 1 - 0 Colchester
Bury Scorer: Lee Barnard (90)

L1 Colchester 0 - 1 Brighton
Brighton Scorer: Alexis Nicholas (57)
Colchester Injury: Joe Keith (54)

L1 Plymouth 2 - 1 Colchester
Plymouth Scorers: Darren Potter (23) & Daryl Fordyce (35)
Colchester Scorer: James Scowcroft (68)

(Note: Due to being in the mood for any more loses that session I decided to leave early so results for the rest of that session are not available)

Session: 31st May 2005

Players Released: 2
Danny Irving D L
Lee Bailey AM/F LC

Transfer Listed: 1
Liam Coleman S C Asking Price 14K

Loans In: 3
Anthony Knight D C Birmingham Duration: End of Season
Lee Taylor S C Birmingham Duration: End of Season
Neil Knight S C Everton Duration: End of Season

Results

FAC (L1) Colchester 2 - 0 Bury (L1)
Colchester Scorers: Njazi Kuqi (42) & Karl Duguid (49)

L1 Colchester 0 - 0 Oxford

L1 Stockport 2 - 2 Colchester
Stockport Scorer: Ian Barker (75 & 84)
Colchester Scorers: Kjartan Henry Finnbogason (2) & Thomas Butler (32)

L1 Colchester 0 - 1 Chesterfield
Chesterfield Scorer: Mark De Bolla (82)

FAC (L1) Colchester 2 - 0 Carlisle (L2)
Colchester Scorer: Njazi Kuqi (4 & 21)

Session: 1st June 2005

Players Released: 1
Liam Coleman S C

Transfers In: 2
Guy Owen AM RC Free
Marcus Bean DM C Q.P.R 30K

Transfers Out: 4
Kem Izzet M C Kocaelispor 18K
Ben Bowditch D/DM C Bury 10K
Pat Baldwin D C Hartlepool 10K
Stephen Bates D/F RC Rushden 1K

Results

L1 Northampton 1 - 2 Colchester
Northampton Scorer: Garry Flitcroft (31)
Colchester Scorers: Gavin Williams (37) & Lee Taylor (90)

L1 Colchester 3 - 1 Bristol City
Colchester Scorers: Neil Knight (46 & 70) & Njazi Kuqi (62)
Bristol city Scorer: Neil Alexander Own Goal (36)

L1 Torquay 0 - 2 Colchester
Colchester Scorers: Neil Knight (24) & Elvan Taser (90)
Colchester Red Card: Mark Beattie (38)

L1 Colchester 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic
Colchester Scorer: Joe Keith (Pen 90)
Oldham Athletic Scorer: Kevin Betsy (24)

L1 Colchester 2 - 2 Port Vale
Colchester Scorers: Neil Knight (13) & Joe Keith (34)
Port Vale Scorers: Dave Barber (7) & Nathan Lowndes (82)
Colchester Injuries: Mark Beattie (67) & Kem Izzet (89)

FAC (EC) Swindon 3 - 1 Colchester (L1)
Swindon Scorers: Rory Fallon (48 & 62) & Jeff Whitley (83)
Colchester Scorer: Neil Knight (45)

L1 Colchester 1 - 1 Stoke
Colchester Scorer: Thomas Butler (4)
Stoke Scorer: Chris Swift (13)

L1 Bournemouth 2 - 1 Colchester
Bournemouth Scorers: James Hayter (9) & Chris Oakes (73)
Colchester Scorer: Neil Knight (54)

Position at end of sessions: 19th

Manager Comments
Okay this is probably not going to be the best season for me and Colchester but I am going to try and restore some pride and keep Colchester in League One. As for it being time for me to look for another Club all I can say is perish that thought. I will stick at it at Colchester until either teh board sack me or I am offered a job at a better club.