[retired_zjx510]

Your team offcourse beat mine with 1-0 with playing on the counter again with my keeper on very poor morale.

[retired_nevkay]

Galatasaray won in cup match aginst PREM leaders Celta. 1-0 Mjr. 110'. sorry have to say it ..... :p

[retired_zjx510]

Good to see that at least the humans have a chance against his 4-3-3 system. :cool:

[retired_mauro1]

Can I join your cool league

[retired_mauro1]

I mean when you start a new season I would like to be Man u

[retired_confal2]

mark 19901, it doesn't work that way (there's a draw for teams at the beginning of the game, and none of the top teams are in the draw), and in any case this is not the appropriate place to apply (the available players listing is). If you're just taking the pïss, then you're obviously far too cool for this clan, and need to find one more suited to your tastes. Or, alternatively, to grow up



Rovers off to a decent start.

With pundits giving Blackburn odds of 40/1 for the title, and considering them to be none-too-plausible outsiders, the team has had an encouraging start to the season in the EuroPrem. Rovers' away form, in particular, has been excellent, with wins against rivals AC Milan (1-0) and surprise leaders Celta Vigo (3-2). And despite some disappointing home performances (0-0 against Anderlecht, 1-1 against Parma), Blackburn are still undefeated in the league and making an early claim to a top-three spot.

Cup results have been less impressive, and the Super Cup defeat against Atletico Madrid was particularly galling (0-1). Blackburn's other defeat so far this season came in the game against Marseille at the Vélodrome, in the 3rd round of the League Cup. An early goal by Robinho ended up being the only occasion upon which either net was made to tremble.

The Champions' League campaign has been very satisfactory so far, with three wins in three games for Dave Spliff's side, albeit against lesser opposition -Dnipro of the Ukraine (3-0), Viktoria Zizkov of Bulgaria (2-0) and NK Publikum of Slovenia (5-0).

With several talented youngsters pushing for a place in the first team squad, many of the ageing stalwarts have endeavoured to prove their worth to the team, and there is an atmosphere of competition at Ewood Park which must undoubtedly please the manager. If Rovers can maintain the consistency they have displayed so far, and with an effective rotation of players, this could be the club's best season ever, both on the domestic and European fronts.

[retired_zjx510]

With FM2005 coming up in a month :thup: we wont do more than finishing this season.
This means we aren't looking for CM03/04 members anymore cause there is no time to build on a team.

PS. try posting at the Available players listing. Maybe best to contact some people from that thread as its probably best to play a short term game now with FM2005 just infront our doors.

[retired_zjx510]

End of season will mean end of CM03/04.
Lets look forward to an exciting end (expect for my ***** Milan).
15-20 games left :cool:

[retired_confal2]

Not too exciting for me, I'd guess. I blame my cousin for getting married and making me miss three sessions in a row...I mean, couldn't she wait til FM 2005 came out?

Ten points off the lead, probably more by now :thdn:

Btw, sorry I was only able to join for ten minutes last night, but the computer was 'urgently' needed by someone else -and that's my laptop for Christ's sake...

Anyway, won't make Thursday's as I'll be in Brussels, might make Sunday's if I can convince my mate it's life-or-death, and if you play Monday night it's unlikely I'll have arrived in Edinburgh in time...

Still, the good news is, after that I'll be back to broadband :cool:

[retired_blong06]

Ajax Update:

After a poor start to the season Ajax dropped into a relegation position. However, after two months together, Albrechtsen and Ujfalusi repaid the managers confidence. Next problem was the lack of goals. Despite scoring over 25 goals each in the Championship last season, Sonck and Gilardino looked lazy and inept at this level. Pavle looked to a Rangers reserve -sorry cant remember his name- and a 16 year old youth player from Tottenham. Both have proven amazing so far. Wood is the real star at the moment with 10 goals from 12 games together with numerous assists. Also playing well is Garcia Suarez, signed on a free from Barca.
During the last two months Ajax have gone from relegation to 6th place and have been the form team of the league. Despite rival manager Kozaks prediction of survivers, Ajax look far more capable than that. Little seperates Ajax from 5th spot, and others are suffering with form,injuries and goalkeeper problems- or even all of them at once. However with such a small squad, Pavle admits that his teams form will suffer eventually.
On the negative side is the performance in the cups. First was the league cup semi-final against runaway Premiership leaders Marseille. The first leg finished 1-0 to Mallorca at the Velodrome to register Marseilles first home defeat all season. However in the second leg Marseille hammered 2-0. This disapointed hopes of an all human final as Kukys Gala triumped over their higher division opponents Newcastle. Again Mallorca faced Marseille, this time looking to secure a place in the 1/4 final of the FA Cup. Again Mallorca went to the Velodrome and gained a great 0-0. However in the Amsterdam Arena Ajax lost 1-0.