[retired_bmun2001]

Dont forget to post team reports all members. I will be posting my one for tonights session within the next hour or so

[retired_mobsysltd]

Cardiff Stutter Along

After an initial good start Cardiff have stuttered along to 7th in Division 1 after the last session. Although still very much in the running for a playoff spot Cardiff haven’t really hit the heights they would have liked too due to varying reasons.

Firstly the failure to build a big enough squad caused problems in the middle of the season when injuries occur. Although the premiership teams took many of my prospective purchases  I take full responsibility for not acquiring more signings to bolster the squad. Other reasons though were out of my control, firstly I didn’t get a chance to go on holidays before the end of a session and I was away for the next session, leaving my team in the hands of my asst to choose the side (he had some crazy ideas on who was in the starting XI) and then during the same session the nice Southampton Human Manager :eek: nicked my Assistant Manager and so left me struggling.

So with some off the field problems the team didn’t perform well in a couple of sessions but have managed a good League Cup Run and also are in the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup. Some great results are followed but some poor performances and I just hope we can string a good run together at the end of the season to get us at least into the playoffs. But its our home form that is most worrying, having dominated matches but a lot seem to be ending 0-0. We need to convert these performances into 3 points to challenge this year.

Here are the up-to-date latest results for CCFC. Its been a while since my last post so it’s a long list!

Watford (a)4-0
Huddlesfield (a)2-0LC 3rd Rd
Bradford (h)0-1
Sheff Utd (h)0-0
Derby (a)1-1
Gillingham (a)2-1
Rotherham (h)1-1
Colchester (a)0-0
Norwich (a)2-2
Walsall (h)1-0
Everton (h)2-3League Cup QF
Millwall (h)0-0
Nottm Forest (a)0-1
Stoke (a)1-0
Liverpool (a)2-1FA Cup 3rd Rd
Wimbledon (h)1-3
Preston (a)1-3
Burnley (a)1-1
Crewe (h)0-0
Man City (h)2-0FA Cup 4th Rd
Wigan (a)2-3
WBA (h) 0-0
Ipswich (a)2-3
Bolton (h)1-1FA Cup 5th Rd
Crystal Palace (a)2-2
Coventry (h)1-0
Bolton (a)2-0FA Cup 5th Rd
Sunderland (a)1-0
Sheff Utd (h)1-0FA Cup 6th Rd

There you go, a complete mixed bag. Losing at home to Wimbledon one week then winning at anfield against Premiership giants Liverpool. Im praying for a little consistency. Fingers crossed my next report will contain the words "playoff spot achieved".

[This message was edited by Shagwell on 10 December 2003 at 12:18.]

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Middlesbrough recovery continues

middlesbrough continue to rise from the relegation mire that they were in. the fa cup has provided a welcome distraction with boro marching into the 6th round and holding leeds away to earn a replay at the riverside. all this is leading to a boom in confidence at the club with most players with the exception of porhallson enjoying life under murphy

oskarsson continues to terrorise the opposition defences and it is only a matter of time before on of the big guns come in for him, a rumoured offer of 9m is said to be needed to succure his services although murphy remains adimant that he wants him to stay

[retired_bmun2001]

i sort of fell asleep last night (as ali probably noticed) after session finished so couldnt do a report but i will be doing one big report after tonights session which will also include last sessions report in it . Sesion same time today but i think you all already know that so its cool

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Boro march on in cup

the once depressing season that middlesbrough were having is now showing signs of success as boro are now one game from history

whilst they remain an improving force in the league with a win over charlton and a point at everton (along with 2 1-0 defeats to chelsea and arsenal) they have really blossomed in this seasons fa cup

after brushing aside leeds 2-0 in the 6th round replay at the riverside, boro were drawn away against the might of man utd who have walked away with the premiership this season.

what followed in the semi was unbelievable as boro took the game to utd from the off. with each team intent on attack goals flowed regularly ( especially as in normal time both defenses didnt have a clue what they were doing) and early in the second half boro were 4-2 up when they swiched to all out defense. not a good move as utd took over and grabbed a debated last minute equaliser which saw murphy sent to the stands for debating it too vigorously

abandoning the defnse boro returned to attack in style and pearson scored the winner in the 103 minute (although utd did have an excellant chance inside the last 30s of extra time, which only a magnificent save by schwarzer kept out)
5-4 and boro through to the final, but full credit to man utd for a great game


the 2nd semi produced another surprise, with cardiff knocking out arsenal
resulting in the tv companies dreaded final boro v cardiff

[retired_bmun2001]

Some Clan information (all members please read)

Because christmas is slowly approaching the clan sessions will have a clan gaming break after Sunday 21st December session (instead of tuesday session that week due to work) until the first session in January. I know some of you members may want to play on those dates around christmas but i know a fair few members are going away for their christmas so therefore will not be able to attend so it will not be that fair on those members if we was to continue playing during those dates.

Also member nick will not be here for sunday session as he is going away for christmas then. However he will be back in january ready to play again.

Another thing is dont forget to post team reports on this thread all members. I know i always say this but its only to remind each member to post them

[retired_bmun2001]

Plymouth Argyle Update

Plymouth still on outstanding form that could see them get promoted to division one for next season

Plymouth before these 2 sessions were currently in 5th place in the second division and looking to secure either an auto promotion place or a playoff place.

Here is a round-up of all the games that plymouth played during these 2 sessions

Plymouth 5-1 Luton
Scorers: weatherson (3), Barbosa, Keith

First game of tuesday session and what a first game it turned out to be. Plymouth were on fire from the word go and went out real strong in all areas of their game. The game was already wrapped up by half time and the scoreline could of been a lot worse. Luton scored a lucky consolation goal early in the 2nd half but apart from that Luton were very bad at the back defensively and didnt attempt many shots on plymouths goal.

Wycombe 4-4 Plymouth
Scorers: Weatherson (2), Van Vossen, Keith

This game was a well played game by relegation battlers wycombe and they put up a very hard fight against plymouth and proved that they still have a chance of staying up. After wycombe were 2-0 up with near enough half of the game already played it looked as it wycombe were going to pull out a suprise victory. Luckily they didnt and plymouth came back and made it 2-2. Not long after plymouth went 3-2 up (what a comeback this game was proving to be) but yet again wycombe came back and the final result of the game was 4-4. Great game it was and it proved that no matter how much plymouth were losing by they could always come back.

Plymouth 2-0 Tranmere Rovers
Scorers: Weatherson (2)

This game was one of the first clean sheeted games they pulled off in quite a while. With Larriou in amazing form there was no way past him for tranmere. Unfournately all tranmere's best efforts were wide of the plymouth goal. Plymouth yet again proved to be the more stronger team and got another well deserved 3 points.

Brentford 1-3 Plymouth
Scorers: Thorpe, Keith

This game was a very hard game for plymouth and even though the final score was 3-1 to plymouth Brentford didnt half make it hard for them. Plymouth started the game off strong by getting a very early goal on 2 minutes. Thorpe scoring the great goal which marked his first goal for the club. With weatherson injured plymouth always knew this game was gonna be very hard but 2 very late goals by keith settled the nerves of Plymouth argyle boss Lee Owens and got them a very hard earnt win.

Plymouth 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Scorers: Weatherson, keith

With weatherson back from his injury plymouth were again on superb form. Weatherson marked his return by getting the first goal for plymouth. Later on in the match it then turned into 2-0 and it was all over for sheffield wednesday.

Peterborough 1-4 Plymouth
Scorers: Keith, weatherson (2), beresford

An early goal from peterbrough to take them 1-0 up in this game looked as if it was gonna be another hard game for plymouth. But once that goal went in plymouth stepped up a gear and scored some sensational goals to give plymouth another win. Plymouth manager Lee Owens thought peterborough were gonna be a real hard game and maybe salvige a point as it was only 1-1 at half time but that was the only goal that they were to score.

Plymouth 5-0 Bristol
Scorers: Weatherson (2), Barbosa, Todd own goal, Keith

Start of tonights session (being wednesday) and still being in 5th plymouth needed to get that auto promotion spot and what a start again. Plymouth dominated all of this match and expected a much harder game from 7th placed bristol city at the time but bristol did very little to show plymouth what they are made of. Instead plymouth done it and what a display they put on. After the match manager Lee Owens was stunned and thought his players played exceptional.

Swindon 2-3 Plymouth
Scorers: Keith, weatherson (2, 1 pen)

After going 1-0 up early on in plymouth found themselves in a comfortable position and there was no threat from swindon until Larriou after all the outstanding performances he has given in the past few games put the ball into his own net to make it 1-1. Plymouth then took the lead again on the 71st minute and things were looking up until swindon yet again equalised. It was all looking as if the final score was gonna be 2-2 until keith was brought down in the penalty area on the 90th minute. Weatherson scored the penalty and made sure plymouth stayed right up the top of the league and still in contention for the top 2 spots. Manager Lee Owens after the match said in a press review that even he couldnt of expected the outcome to be what it was.

Plymouth 3-0 Bournemouth
Scorers: Keith (3)

Although weatherson stopped scoring for once in this game the other striker still managed to net a hat trick. Marino keith played outstanding in this fully deserved win and with much delight loved the attention of the press due to scoring his goals that helped Plymouth.

Plymouth are currently 4th in the league after going on an amazing 12 game unbeaten streak (7 wins in a row) and weatherson is the division 2 top goal scoring along with marino keith 2nd top scorer. The next few games are going to be the crucial ones of the season to see if plymouth have what it takes to be automatically promoted to division one for next season. If not they are sure to get playoffs this season which could turn out to be very hard as 3 human managers may be playing in them. If weatherson's and keith's amazing form continues and the remaining games are won in the league for Plymouth then who knows what the outcome will be at the end of the season. Stay tuned here to find out how plymouth get on come the end of the season.

[retired_bmun2001]

just to let everyone know next weeks sessions are on monday, wednesday as usual and sunday again but t+t will start at 6.30 instead of 6.15 on sunday due to me being at work until 6pm

[retired_bmun2001]

dont forget session is at 6.15 t+t and 7pm normal times 2nite (being sunday). be there and i already been notified of a few that cannot make the session. Also dont forget to post team reports when you all can after the clan sessions

[retired_bmun2001]

Plymouth just miss out on promotion to Division One

After finishing the first season in the clan and just missing out on getting promoted due to losing 3-0 to Ali's QPR in the final Plymouth Argyle will be looking to strengthen their squad in every single way to be able to get promotion in the season ahead. So far Plymouth Argyle manager Lee Owens has made no messing and has signed numerous new players to fit in with Plymouth's new team plan for the new season. The players that have been brought to plymouth are listed below.

Pawel Abbot 45k

Looks a promosing young talented striker who will used mainly as a sub to rotate with the key strikers

Marc Walton Free

A very stunning 18 year old striker who looks quality and was found at no club. Will be one of the main strikers this season and one to certainly watch out for

Michael Appleton Free

A good experienced defender who will play a big part in keeping plymouth's defence together this season

Keith Gillespie Free

Another experienced player this time a midfielder. Will hopefully produce the goods on the pitch.

Callum Davidson Free

Another leicester player brought on a free expected to work well with his old team mate gillespie.

Lenny Pidgeley Free

Good young keeper that will be a sub for most of the season but will develop into a worldclass keeper in a few seasons.

Alexandros Tziolis Free

Very nice young defensive midfielder who could turn in a real decent player in years to come for Plymouth

Moritz Volz Free

The ex arsenal player will do very nicely at home park and stop those big teams from scoring too many.

Mark Lynch Free

Very good player for Plymouth but will be on the subs bench for most of the new season.

Martin Brittain Free

A nice young midfielder who should do well this upcoming season.

After all these signings were made by Lee Owens the one thing on all the supporters minds was are all the players going to live up to expectations. You will all just have to wait and see how they all do as the season progresses.

Can all other managers please make sure they post at least one team report a week if they are at the sessions for the results they are doing a report for