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Paul Hemmings wrote:: Young Ollie Wilson put in his first order sheet this week and it is one of the neatest and easiest to read Order sheets I have ever received, so thank you Ollie and well done, and to be honest he is showing some of you other guys up.

Thank you Paul.

Tom@Charlton wrote:: That offer of a loan is still available if he needs it.....

I will send you a message.

Just started the selection for the International team managers...

Games this week :

Man City v Charlton
Leicester v Newcastle
Chelsea v Fulham
Birmingham v Plymouth
Watford v Spurs
Man United v Arsenal

Liverpool v Villa

Luton v Preston

World Cup

Brazil - Schalke England - Plymouth
Germany - Inter France - Brum
Spain - Madrid Portugal - Charlton
Greece - Inverness Poland - Gornik
Norway - Wimbledon Argentina - Napoli
Italy - Watford Belgium - Fulham
Holland - Ajax Serbia - ManCity
USA - Cosmos Uruquay - Blackburn

I think that worked out pretty well with most people getting their first or second choice teams. Should be a really good competition this season. Special thanks to Tom though for choosing "anybody" Smile

Nobody chose Uruquay but a few of you did miss out on teams because you didn't pick an alternative to your first choice, feel free to let me know if you want to be considered for the Uruquay job.

Copa America

Columbia - Brum Bolivia - Celtic
Chile - Plymouth Jamaica - Schalke
Paraquay - Charlton CostaRica - Soton
Mexico - Fulham Peru - Arsenal
Venzuela - Paris

A lot of you missed out here because everybody wanted Columbia or Chile and only a few gave alternatives, not so many good teams here though so understandable really.

World Youth Cup

SpainU21 - Barcelona ScotlandU21 - Rangers
ItalyU21 - Inter RussiaU21 - Juventus
FranceU21 - Plymouth WalesU21 - Palace
EnglandU21 - Charlton EireU21 - Bayern
BrazilU21 - ManCity BelgiumU21 - Inverness
GermanyU21 - Schalke PortugalU21 -
NorthernIrelandU21 - Wimbledon DenmarkU21 -
HollandU21 - Ajax ArgentinaU21 - Napoli

Internationals

Wales - Plymouth Turkey - Stuttgart
Scotland - Rangers Russia - Juventus
Denmark - Etienne Bulgaria - Gladbach
Croatia - Inter Iceland - Wimbledon
Romania - Barcelona Georgia - Dortmund
Czech - Celtic Austria - Soton
NorthernIreland - Wycombe Eire - Palace
Switzerland - Charlton Hungary - Cagliari
Sweden - Banstead Ukraine - Schalke
Iceland - Wimbledon
Finland - Blackburn

I'll make the group stage draws tomorrow I expect.

An extra dealing if poss, Ryan Mason to Brighton season long loan, thanks.

Excellent work Paul, looks like a real tough task keeping everyone happy!!

Delighted with my teams, a couple I know and a couple I can learn something new about. Looking forward to getting into them. Many thanks, once again a great gesture from you.

Hope everyone else is happy with their selections.

Tom@Charlton wrote:: Excellent work Paul, looks like a real tough task keeping everyone happy!!

Delighted with my teams, a couple I know and a couple I can learn something new about. Looking forward to getting into them. Many thanks, once again a great gesture from you.

Hope everyone else is happy with their selections.

Yeah happy to get my second choice.

And so it begins ......

The Premier League

Man City v Charlton
The champions launch their title defence at home to one of the teams who has done most to strengthen over the post season. City are mainly relying on the players who delivered such a glorious treble last season with Dzeko leading the line and Joe Hart between the sticks. We may see more of fringe players this season as Geoff tries to make up for Lampard and Gerrard's weary legs. The visitors on the other hand have had one of the most impressive transfer campaigns of any team. Suarez, Emre Can, Yaya Toure, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Lallana and Mamadou Sakho have come in to add to the talent already in place like Dave Luiz, Henderson, Willian, Coutinho, Walcott and Sturridge. This is a squad to rival any team of galacticos. An interesting first game with the City machine facing a team with more tasty choices than a box of Quality Street. Can Tom get his players to gel before Christmas? Can Geoff weave his magic and breathe life into a midfield with a combined age of 256? A clash of two teams who could be facing off for the Champions League final in 20 weeks time!!

Leicester v Newcastle
We have 2 promoted teams facing off in this match. Mark has followed the first rule of Championship Football and found a structure and players that work and stuck to it. A defence centred around one of the world's best defenders in Jerome Boateng, ably supported by Vertonghen and Seamus Coleman and shielded by Matic lets the attacking talents of Barkley and Lukaku do the damage. It's not for no reason that Mark finished 4 points clear of Cup finalists Arsenal and 9 clear of 3rd placed Leicester. Leicester have it al to do to stay in the top flight. They have some spots of quality through the team but is it enough to stay up with the big boys? A lot will depend on Demba Ba ..... worried Foxes fans?

Chelsea v Fulham
The west London derby ..... Mourinho's Blues up against Phil's Michael Jackson inspired Cottagers. Chelsea have lost the guile of Oscar but have brought in the power of Falcao, the silky skills of Di Maria and the defensive skills of Felipe Luis. It could be a tough season and again a lot will depend on a key forward so Falcao will need to step up to the mark. Phil has strengthened cleverly with Schweinsteiger, Tevez and Silva being the hub around which his team will rotate. Losing both full backs may have raised a few eyebrows but Fabio and Kyle Walker should be good replacements. It certainly looks like a much happier season for Fulham this time out .... top 3 is not beyond them (or 6 other teams to be fair).

Birmingham v Plymouth
Do the huge games ever stop coming? Rich's team of Fergie exiles host last seasons runner up. Daley Blind, Rojo, Medel and Jovetic have swollen the talented ranks at Brum and face their old team alongside such stalwarts as Fellaini, Nani and van Persie in what appears a very exciting Birmingham side. Plymouth, as with many of the top Premier League teams, have added exceptional quality to an already formidable squad. Ramires, Benteke, Welbeck and star addition Ramsey could possible have made Ben's team the best in the game and the one to beat, however the loss of Ozil and Di Maria may mean a struggle for creativity.

Watford v Spurs
London's giants (The Hornets) face off against the paupers from White Hart Lane. One of the most interesting questions in all of Championship Football has to be can Jamie win the League with arguably the best squad ever put together (Tom, Iain and Ben are also up there)? Bale, Alexis, Diego Costa, Kompany, Pogba, Rooney, Kane, Depay, Eriksen, Lloris, Stones and more. Is this their season? Spurs ..... will go down.

Man U v Arsenal
I expect United to struggle and alongside Spurs I felt LVG's team got weaker as last season progressed. This will be a real acid test with last seasons losing Cup finalists coming to visit. Ozil, Schneiderlin and Nasri will add a bit more quality and nobody will enjoy the trip to the Emirates this season. Arsenal to get Alan off to a flyer now he's back in the big time.

Excellent read thanks rob

Kickoff at 10 this morning ( wednesday )...

Nervous.

Surely you could've let Ollie have the day off today Rob?

and we're off...

Tom@Charlton wrote:: Surely you could've let Ollie have the day off today Rob?

He did float the idea this morning but his mother heard him. She's the responsible parent.

Soton 1 Coventry 0 Arteta freekick on 2 mins
Grimsby 0 Wednesday 1 Carrick freekick
Celtic 1 Dundee Utd 0 Necid

good start there for 2 sides that struggled last season.

Genk 1 Beveren 0 Echevarria on 3 minutes

Genk's first goal under new boss Phil.

Watford 1 Spurs 0 Sanchez freekick.

doesn't look good for the away side does it ?

St Johnstone 1 Celtic 0 Ronaldinho freekick on 4 minutes

It's official Ronnie has just overtaken Maradona as the all-time top freekick scorer in CF history, very fitting in his last competitive season.

Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Nasri on 5 minutes.
Liverpool 1 Villa 0 Aquilani freekick.

quite a few early freekicks, might need to adjust early game aggression.

Wolves 1 Sunderland 0 Agustien on 6 minutes.
Barcelona 1 Valencia 0 Cazorla freekick.

Wolves boss quoted as saying "This is the season for us, we must get serious about promotion this year"

Cannes 0 Paris 1 Briand on 9 minutes.

Paris boss "I'm going to unleash Briand on the French league, let's see what he can do" Smile

made me smile anyways.

Corinthians 0 Flamengo 1 Muller on 10 minutes.

Great start for the Champions, Muller is way too good for this league, I can see him tearing defences apart if he doesn't move back to Barca.

Orient 0 Wycombe 1 Routledge header on 11 minutes.
Berlin 1 Hamburg 0 Tardelli freekick.

Etienne 1 Monaco 0 Barnetta freekick on 12 minutes.
Wisla 1 Widzew 0 Zahorski.

Inter 0 Roma 1 Ibrahimovic penalty on 13 minutes.

What a start for Ben.

Barcelona 1 Valencia 1 Renteria freekick.

Could be an interesting season for Spain's third best side who are still improving.

Le Havre 0 Nantes 1 Chamberlain freekick on 17 minutes.

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