Season 26 Week 9 processing...

Feyenoord back to their best it would seem under the control of the new boss after they agreed to become Preston's feeder club.

Chelsea 3 Leicester 3 Remy on 82 minutes. Match of the day so far.

Man United 0 Man City 3 Dzeko penalty on 83 minutes.

United still struggling to reorganise quickly, but rumours of a huge World Record busting transfer this week will certainly boost fans and management alike, if it goes through of course, which seems likely.

into the last 5 minutes...

Bury 1 Preston 4 Ings on 86 minutes.
Paris 2 Monaco 0 Valbuena.
Berlin 4 Uerdingen 0 Hanke.

Could this be the end of Monaco's title challenge already ? might have been wiser to go to Paris and get a draw ? but i'm not sure Monaco know how to play for a point...

Gremio 2 Fluminense 0 Soldado on 87 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Bury 1 Preston 4 Ings on 86 minutes.
Paris 2 Monaco 0 Valbuena.
Berlin 4 Uerdingen 0 Hanke.

Could this be the end of Monaco's title challenge already ? might have been wiser to go to Paris and get a draw ? but i'm not sure Monaco know how to play for a point...

They never seem to go anything less than all out attack!!  Decent side as well.

Walsall 0 Brighton 4 Luis Alberto on 88 minutes.

Brighton are vastly improved under Tom's guidance and heading for another good victory.

Blackpool 2 Soton 2 Juanmi on 89 minutes.

Matt's side leaving it late again as the sub looks to have rescued them a point.

and into injury time...

Blackburn 4 Ipswich 0 Torres penalty on 91 minutes.
Wimbledon 2 Wednesday 2 Hallfredsson.
Atletico 0 Sevilla 5 Nolito.

Seems like being a great week for Mark's feeder club.

and that's it, it's all over for another week...

Round up to follow...

Campeonato Brasileiro

Flamengo 25 +39
Santos 22 +38
Gremio 15 +4

The Champions still going strong despite being without Thomas Muller, whilst my own Santos are missing Casemiro for sure, who scored twice this week for Schalke, and Gremio vastly improved over previous seasons could well be a threat.

Two wins, ten goals, none conceded. Very well done lads! Just needed a little kick up the jacket to put last weeks blip behind them...

Andy@Schalke wrote:

Two wins, ten goals, none conceded. Very well done lads! Just needed a little kick up the jacket to put last weeks blip behind them...

*jacksy

Eircom

Cherry 27 +23
Cork City 19 +4
Shelbourne 17 +5
Bohemians 17 +4

Geoff's feeder club excelling since the league was opened out to 12 clubs from the previous 8, and with several youngsters all coming of age at the same time the future looks rosey for Cherry Orchard. Will we see them in the Europa Cup next season ?

Premiership

Man City 20 +18
Watford 20 +11
Charlton 19 +8
Arsenal 16 +8
Plymouth 15 +7
Birmingham 14 +2
Fulham 13 +2
Leicester 13 -9

has it ever been tighter ?

Championship

Liverpool 22 +11
Everton 20 +10
Wolves 17 +2
Villa 16 +8

League One

Oldham 21 +12
Burnley 16 +2
Leeds 14 +4
Soton 13 +4
Derby 13 +2
Palace 13 +0

Palace and Soton need to find a bit of consistency, esp in defence, and with Burnley possibly also getting a new manager next week things are looking very close down here in the race for the big time.

League Two

Banstead 27 +31
Portsmouth 21 +13 unmanaged
Wednesday 20 +11
Wimbledon 17 +6

any two from three to go up along with my own unbeaten Banstead side, now ably led by the brilliant Gareth Barry.

Conference

Wycombe 24 +17
Preston 21 +25

I expect both these sides to get out of the non-league this season, but who will finish top ? Will it be the Ghanain flair of the Londoners or will the firepower of Preston win out ? Wycombe have already beaten Preston on their own soil which effectively put them three points clear, but will they be able to grab what could prove to be a vital point away at Deepdale in week 16, I'm looking forward to that game already.

Spartan

Brighton 23 +16
Wigan 22 +13
Doncaster 13 +1 unmanaged

I fully expect Brighton to gain promotion from what is effectively level 7 of the league ladder but they will have to watch out for Owen Coyle ( reality manager ) and Wigan.

Cavani and Higuain heading for the exit at Inter if they don't start scoring.

Le Championnat

Nantes 25 +18
Paris 23 +20
Monaco 18 +8
Etienne 17 +6

the top four clubs in the top four positions so the Champions Nantes can take nothing for granted here and will need to continue their fine form if they are to hold off the chasing pack again.

Bundesliga

Schalke 22 +15
Bayern 22 +9
Berlin 19 +14
Hamburg 18 +1
Dortmund 16 +6
Gladbach 12 +1

It seems to me that the chasing sides are all capable of beating each other so giving the top two a slight edge in the long run as we again see Schalke and Bayern leading the table.