[retired_trisha myette]

CANAL + UPDATE
Revolution at Anderlecht

There have been massive changes at Anderlecht over the past couple of months. French manager Alexis Manson was pleased with his first season in charge of Brussels club Anderlecht, after his side went to the playoffs final to lose to Blackburn, managed by his brother and rival David Manson. However despite this excellent performance, Manson was growing tired of the limited transfer funds that were available. His solution to the problem was to get rid of some of his best players, thus substantially decreasing the club's wage bill, and increasing his transfer budget. He then brought in an important number of players, some young and relatively inexperienced, and some on the cheap.
Players in:
Isaac Osbourne DMC Free
Zoltan Sebescen D/DMR Free
Steve Harper GK Free
Dario Silva FC £1 million
Goran Gavrancic DC £2.2 million
Muzzy Izzet AMC £500k
Luke Moore AM/FL Loan
Supat Rungratsamee SC Loan
Olivier Bernard D/DML Loan

Players Out:
Mike Zonneveld £4.5 million
Antonio Prats 90k
Elber 26k
Aruna £3.7 million

After all these transactions Manson still has a remaining £8 million to spend, and is looking at two players to sign, Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Julien Rantier, another striker who is extrememly promising.
So far, the season has gone relatively well, and Anderlecht now find themselves 4 points off a direct promotion spot. A crucial win against rivals Mallorca 1-0 (H) came in injury time when Barros Scheletto found himself at the end of a powerful low cross and slotted the ball in in the 91st minute. Manson is delighted with his defence, but has still not solved his problems in attack. Dario Silva has not proven to be the striker the team has been looking for, even though he had a promising first few games. Luke Moore's pace has impressed many pundits but his finishing has been far from clinical. As for Rungratsamee, his performances so far have been excellent considering his young age, and he has scored more than one important goal, however his lack of stamina and physical condition have not enabled him to play a full match yet.

[This message was edited by Marlow on 15 February 2004 at 1:57.]

[retired_zjx510]

You forgot to use your forum header :eek:

[retired_trisha myette]

Oh my God Kozak what an outrage! How can I ever regain your respect? :p

[retired_zjx510]

Pst it n w!!!

[bigmacx]

if you want to give me the link to it, i'll edit it into your report..

[retired_trisha myette]

Cheers Marlow! :thup:

[retired_zjx510]

What should we do without our Marlow? Tnx Marlow.
Only Aruna (the dribble man at the banner) is sold by Sir Alexis Manson.

[retired_trisha myette]

Haha wasn't aware I'd been knighted
Aruna was sold indeed but Julien Rantier was bought for £5 million and he was well worth it.

[retired_zjx510]

And you forget the update

[retired_andrea4175]

Well after a great start to the season, the old trend has resumed for Martin Buchan and his Liverpool squad of missing chances and poor defending.

In the League Cup 2nd Rd against Sampdoria the Reds struggled to a 1-0 win and then things started to go badly.

The home game to Chelsea was drawn to which Buchan before the match was confident of a win and the against leaders Byaern Munich at Byaern, Buchan thought he could get a 0-0 draw but came away with a 3-1 defeat.
(In my defense, My PC had troubles and so the computer was playing them matches)

Blackburn was next in the League and a 0-0 draw cam eto Anfeild even though Liverpool dominated nearly all of the match.

A 2-0 grubbing to rivals Udinese left Buchan screaming and the 3-0 loss to AC Milan at the San Siro didn't help.

Things got better with Nomvete scoring a hat-trick to beat Balckburn 3-1 in the League Cup 3rd Rd and also a home league win against Newcastle thansk to John Arne Risse's 75minute goal but a 2-0 loss to Andy Jones's Marsieele has dented the Reds's confidence.
(Again, PC troubles meant I couldn't play the Marseille match)