keedo666 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Pressure on at Villa Park With January almost over(hey maybe it is-i was drunk at the last session!)- I find myself lying in 18th place in the premiership-and to be honest am at a loss as to why, with my team creating lots of chances and defending pretty well...now i know what your thinking-your strikers must be awful-buy some new strikers-but my 4 most expensive players are my SC-(Defoe,Postiga,Gouillart and Drogba). Also january has not gone as planned with only 2 new signings and one player leaving-so my squad is not as i hoped it would be! However the main problem is the very real threat of relegation- so i have to drag my team out of the quagmire at the foot of the table-which although my squad should be able to do this ,the fact that team morale is at an all time low-is a seriously debilitating factor in my quest for survival. This is of course due to my assistant manager ruining my season during his exteended stint in charge...but enough moaning, thats the way it lies and my team are going to have to dig deep to get us out of trouble. so here are my january transfer dealings In Jermaine Defoe- 2m+cisse-everyone thought this was a bad deal in mIRC and i hope to prove them wrong. Werner Wolf-4m from everton- quality DC(i hope ) Out Cisse-(obviously)-good but old and with him pushing 31-poor fitness and a drop in value led to him being shown the door. Results from previous session Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Villa Absoloute shocker away at wednesday- with me dominating from first to last but doing everything but hitting the back of the net- a late goal by Brunt, really just rubbed salt in the wounds as 3 points that i more than deserved twice over, were lost-ggrrrrrr! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Villa Another away match against bottom of the table Forest and once again my team came to the party dominating the match but only managing a single goal by Bierofka. Unfortunatley a slow start led to me being a goal down in the the opening 3 minutes but my team showed great character and fought back with a stinker by german wide man bierofka(maturing with age like a fine wine ). After the equaliser my team really put the pressure on and forest were well and truly on the rack-but once again despite a plethora of chances the scoreline remained deadlocked at 1-1....at this stage i really considered packing it in-i just wasn't getting any breaks Spurs 3-1 Villa Up next a dificult match against spurs which had added spice as cisse and defoe had changed teams only hours earlier. As it happened pagi' team came out on top but i thought i could have got something from the game with the bar being rattled twice and some fantastic saves from Akinfeev the russian shot stopper! The consolation goal came from Lampard who came off the bench and nodded in a cross from Bierofka. Defoe didn't score on debut but neither did cisse Gillingham 1-3 Villa Away at championship team Gillingham i went with a cautious formation as i knew losing this game could easily get me the shove!However the quality of my team told with me racing into a 2 goal lead, Defoe and nolan bagging the goals! After half time Gillingham got a goal back against the run of play and the next goal in the match became crucial-fortunately a tactical change involving me narrowing my formation led to a fine strike by defoe-3-1 game over ...i thank you...and a much needed win! So with mid season having already passed my aims have surely shifted with my main priority being to get the hell out of the relegation zone-with the UEFA Cup becoming a sideshow. However despite my teams poor luck and woeful finishing i still believe i can save the club from relegation- but i would just like to say to fans that if it does happen i intend to hang around and bring the club back up...either way im in for the long haul! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 ahhhhh the villa banner has eluded me again grrrrr-can a mod please sort it out(again )-cheers for last time Marlow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kndusr19 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Season 8 – The Man in the Fulham mask[\B] Midseason key game highlights: Everton 3–0 Fulham[\B] EPL The trouble you face when you think you are good to compete with the best is that reality hits you hard on the ass. A deserved defeat for Fulham who went too attacking and gave away the ball too much to their opposition. Fulham have only themselves to blame for this defeat considering that all three goals where scored by Gilardino who was marked by at least two Fulham defenders on this occasion. Everton did not win this game, Fulham lost it! Chelsea 0–0 Fulham[\B] EPL After the usual defeats Fulham encounter each season at Stamford bridge. Fulham had the ref of their side as two Chelsea players where sent off. Mo still decided to play defensive at Stamford bridge after remembering he had been defeated by a late winner at Old Trafford by Ricks team after them went to 10 men. Danny was unlucky not to grab with 9 men late on, Fulham held on and even created decent chances which on another day could have given them the winner. Fulham 1-3 Tottenham[\B] EPL After leading Pagi Spurs 1-0, Spurs hit back with 3 deserved of which one was a penalty, while another long range wonder shot. Fulham did not deserve to go down 3-1, a bitterly disappointing local derby defeat that possibly led to some key players losing confidence in Mo’s managerial ability. Fulham 3–2 Everton[\B] League Cup 3rd Round After conceding two early goals to Everton long shooter Kallstrom, Mo rearranged things and ranks this the best comeback during his reign as Fulham manager. With nothing to lose and 2-0 down, Mo increased the tempo, width, backline and gave the team such a half time talk that even the great Martin Luther King would be proud of. ‘Stand up, be counted’ to which they did to give tinkerman Mo his last victory over Everton to make sure that Mr Murphy went out at the first hurdle of defending the league cup. Aston Villa 0-0 Fulham[\B] EPL Another exciting goalless away draw. During the international break in November, the Fulham board met in secrecy to decide the fate of Mo who had always under-pressure for a few seasons for a no. reasons. Even with Fulham winning the FA cup a few seasons ago as well as reaching the final of the Uefa cup last season, a number of key players had lost confidence in their manager, including Kolo Toure. This left the Fulham board no choice but to sack to which Mo retired from football and his epitaph was: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Former manager Mo, widely regarded as one of football’s greatest figureheads, has decided to retire from football…Mo dedicated a long and glorious career to football and the sport will be all the poorer without him. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Mo reflected back on some factors that to his sacking: <UL TYPE=SQUARE> <LI>Too big a squad - a large set of just above average players, who regularly demanded first team football. Mo had not realised during his tenure that he would not be allowed to field more than 11 players. With a large squad, the wage bill was always high. <LI>Too many rotations – With regular tinker man rotations, players had trouble gelling quickly. <LI>Too defensive – Mo always played 5 at the back, unfortunately in fm football attackers are rated better than defenders. (In FM you will never see Greece winning the European championship, FM favours the attacking player) <LI>Mo was really crap – wtf…who has edited this post! With the demise of Mo, Fulham started to hunt for the successor to Mo. While the Fulham board were deciding who to appoint, into the boardroom walked a clean cut shaven fellow who looked exactly like to former Mo without his nostalgic moustache. “I am the light side of the manager Mo, you may call me Mo II†announced the figure while confidently striding into the boardroom and putting down his leather brief onto the oak table were the directors sat. “I know where Mo went wrong in his pursuit of making Fulham a force in the EPL, in this briefcase I have all the answers to your questionsâ€. Mo II opened his briefcase and put aside his playboy magazine and revealed to the board his strategy. The board questioned Mo II why a number of refrences in his strategy referred to Rick’s tactics! Mo II told them that it was coincidental. In all honestly the board were more interested in the playboy magazine then the briefing and duly said that they will give Mo II a chance at Fulham. Fulham 0-1 Portsmouth[\B] EPL One name, Pazzini! Pazzini eluded his marker and scores an early goal. Well done to the flying goat, hope pigs don’t fly and Niall wins the league . Fulham 3-2 Man Utd[\B] EPL While Ricks away, the mice will play. Rick thinks his tactic and squad is good enough to leave his assistant manager in charge of a few games including this exciting encounter. A rememberable 3-2 win in which Etoo scored twiced and Fulham scored three. Birmingham 1-1 Fulham[\B] EPL Brum keeper gets mom with Brum equalising late on after a penalty was awarded to them. A good point for each team, after Ben told the EPL to attack his Brum team down the wing as his fullbacks were out injured. Newcastle 2-3 Fulham[\B] League Cup Semi Final Leg 1 Losing 2-1 with 10 minutes to go. Vonlanthen scores two fine goals to give Fulham a slender edge in this tie. So with half a season gone, Fulham are hanging onto 15h place in the EPL. A poor start to the campaign with the main Fulham keeper Ochoa injured for the majority of the season. The sacking of Mo left the majority of the squad with poor morale and thus Mo failing to achieve his target of staying in the job. On the upside, Mo achieved his target of hampering Everton and Fulham still feature in all cup competitions, so all is not lost...yet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunga99 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Chelsea buy BIG With last season display by Manchester United Chelsea have broken the bank in a bid to win back there premiership crown. The signing of Kaka from Milan and Ibrahimovic from Real Madrid has sent a clear sign to the rest of the league that Chelsea means business this year. Last season wasn’t good enough for the fans or board despite reaching the Champions League final and getting enough points to win the league the year Portsmouth won the title. Players In… Kaka from Milan for 24 million Kaka is a world class player who at 29 years of age is in the prime of his life. This lad can do it all score goals, create goals and win games single handed. It’s just a shame I couldn’t have signed him a few years ago but I over the moon to have finally got him away from Milan Ibrahimovic from Real Madrid for 17 million With Ibrahimovic no longer a first team starter at Real Madrid this was an ideal time to bring him to Stamford Bridge. Over his whole career Ibrahimovic has proven he can score goals for fun and he will make an excellent addition to my team. Zuiverloon from Lazio for 7.5 million Gianni is one for the future with most of the Chelsea backline over 30 years old its time to invest in the future and his lad could fit the bill. Only time will tell West from Juventus for 9 million This was a lot of money for an unproven defender but with Portsmouth also in the hunt for him I had to splash the cash. Again Paul was brought for the future and only time will tell if he lives up to his high price tag. Players Out… Essien to Birmingham for 10 million Essien couldn’t get in the Chelsea first team due to Rosicky, Tuncay, D’Alessandro and Cani all being ahead of him and will the rebuilding job going on at Stamford Bridge the funds was much needed. Postiga to Villa for 10.25 million Postiga has been a good squad player for Chelsea but with Ibrahimovic on his way he was going to fall even further down the pecking order and Villa made us a good offer that we couldn’t turn down Huddlestone to Birmingham for 5 million Tim never broken into the first team and was unhappy about that so when former club Birmingham City made a bid I decided to accept. Mido to Everton for free Mido was a good player but not a great player so he never had much of a chance to play for Chelsea. He was on 60k per week so he offered a free transfer and Everton and Fulham both offered him a contact. R Carvalho to Porto for free I said after his red card inside 2 min’s cost us a point against Arsenal he would be offloaded at the first chance and he signed for his pervious club Porto. Nesta to Chievo for free One of my first signing as Chelsea manager was to bring the Italian legend to Stamford Bridge and he was a class act both on and off the pitch. Nesta is one of the greatest defenders to ever grace the football pitch but even his legs can’t go on forever Ballack to Charlton for free Michael was getting on like most of the Chelsea team and could no longer hold down a first team place so left the club on a bosman and signed for Charlton. Nilmar to Juventus for 34.5 million What can you say about this man other than he is a football god out on the pitch. Ever since he first put on the blue shirt of Chelsea he has scored goals for fun and there have been quiet a few wonder goals among them. Unfortunately he kept picking up small injuries last season and only managed 14 league game so when an offer like that came in from Juventus I accept knowing I could use that money to sign two world class players. He will always have a special place in the Chelsea fans hearts for the way he played for us. Community Shield Chelsea 3-0 Manchester United Premiership 1 Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea Premiership 2 Chelsea 3-1 Aston Villa Premiership 3 Liverpool 1-4 Chelsea Premiership 4 Chelsea 4-0 Wolves Champions League Brondby 1-2 Chelsea Premiership 5 West Ham 2-3 Chelsea Champions League Group B Chelsea 2 Ibrahimovic 19 Rosicky Mallorca 1 Gudjohnsen 33 Man of the Match: Rosicky 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-47549 Refereed by Pierluigi Collina Premiership Game 6 Chelsea 0 Guerra 12 Cani 64 Leicester 0 Man of the Match: Rosicky 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-51297 Refereed by Alan Wiley Premiership Game 7 Manchester United 2 Di Tora 64, 70 Chelsea 3 Guarin 18 Kaka 28 Ibrahimovic 32 Man of the Match: Kaka 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-98655 Refereed by James Wood Premiership Game 8 Chelsea 0 Fulham 0 Sent off: Kaka 38 minutes D’Alessandro 41 Chelsea Man of the Match: Ochoa 8/10 Fulham Attendance-51297 Refereed by Dave Reid Champions League Group B Porto 0 Chelsea 7 Robinho 3 Tuncay 13, 25 & 83 D’Alessandro 29 Carvalho og 44 Carretto pen 89 Man of the Match: Tuncay 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-49134 Refereed by John Graham Premiership Game 9 Arsenal 2 Sissoko 3, 10 Chelsea 3 Sivok 36 Robinho 45 Berbatov 83 Sent Off: Sivok 89 mins Chelsea Man of the Match: Kaka 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-59984 Refereed by James Wood League Cup 3rd Rd Arsenal 2 Pedersen 14 Evra 90 Chelsea 2 Berbatov 11 D’Alessandro 47 Arsenal won 4-2 pens Sent Off: SWP 108 mins Arsenal Man of the Match: Berbatov 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-59976 Refereed by Michael Jackson Premiership Game 10 Chelsea 2 Berbatov 14 Robinho 55 Birmingham 1 Esposito 83 Man of the Match: Berbatov 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-54002 Refereed by James Wood Champions League Group B Chelsea 3 Robinho 8, 49 Cani 25 Porto 0 Man of the Match: Robinho 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-51918 Refereed by Gianluca Paparesta Premiership Game 11 Everton 0 Chelsea 1 Kaka 1 Man of the Match: Guarin 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-46586 Refereed by Simon Francis Premiership Game 12 Portsmouth 3 Pazzini 32 Vaart 49, 75 Chelsea 4 Ibrahimovic 50 Carretto 56 Berbatov 62 Rosicky 82 Man of the Match: Berbatov 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-39626 Refereed by Uriah Rennie Champions League Group B Chelsea 4 Sivok 9 Cani 18 Ibrahimovic 39, 87 Brondby 0 Man of the Match: Ibrahimovic 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-48775 Refereed by Michael Weiner Premiership Game 12 Newcastle 1 Tonge 89 Chelsea 1 Carretto pen 68 Man of the Match: Cani 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-52076 Refereed by Mark Halsey Premiership Game 13 Chelsea 4 Cani 41 Robinho 76 Sivok 87 Tuncay 88 W.B.A 0 Man of the Match: Robinho 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-52077 Refereed by David Reid Premiership Game 14 Chelsea 2 Rosicky 24 Fernandez 55 Nottm Forest 0 Man of the Match: Fernandez 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-53319 Refereed by Mark Clattenburg Champions League Group B Mallorca 0 Chelsea 2 Tuncay 15 Berbatov 81 Man of the Match: Berbatov 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-23110 Refereed by Pierluigi Collina Champions League Group B 1st.Chelsea Played 6 Won 5 Drew 0 Lost 1 Points 15 2nd.Porto Played 6 Won 2 Drew 1 Lost 3 Points 7 3rd.Brondby Played 6 Won 2 Drew 1 Lost 3 Points 7 4th.Mallorca Played 6 Won 2 Drew 0 Lost 4 Points 6 Premiership Game 15 Sheff Wed 0 Chelsea 5 Robinho 2, 16 Fernandez 12 Rosicky 40 Cani 81 Man of the Match: Rosicky 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-39773 Refereed by Uriah Rennie Premiership Game 16 Chelsea 2 Kaka 4 Carretto 75 Bolton 0 Man of the Match: Rosicky 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-48183 Refereed by Mike Riley Premiership Game 17 Charlton 0 Chelsea 3 D’Alessandro 4 Cani 22 Berbatov 56 Man of the Match: Cani 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-29856 Refereed by Andrew May League After a poor start to the season losing the opening game to Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea have been on fine form beating the likes of Manchester United, Everton, Arsenal, Portsmouth and Liverpool. Our only draws in the league came at the hands of Fulham and Newcastle in which we was unlucky. Newcastle only had a couple of efforts on goal and there goal keeper made a few vital saves and in the Fulham game we played the whole second half with only 9 men on the field as we had to players sent off. So with the fall of Manchester United this season only a really bad patch can stop us winning the league. Carling Cup Chelsea is already out of this competition after being drawn away against Arsenal in the 3rd Rd. We lead for a lot of this game but Arsenal got an equalizing goal in the 90th minute then went on to win on penalties. So in the cup I have had no luck in so far I will have to wait another season to try and win it. FA Cup Chelsea are still looking good for the FA cup after already beating WBA in the 3rd rd and being given a league 1 side in the 4th. We are looking to add the FA cup again to our Trophy cabinet. Champions League Again Chelsea has all guns blazing in Europe topping the group with our only defeat coming at the hands of Brondby. With Manchester United and Tottenham still in the competition anyone could win it, but with the fine form that Chelsea have in the Champions League we must be among the favorites. More to follow soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 Just in case it looks like we have died, well we sort of have, for a month. I'm off to sign my life away and get married so if I make it safely through the next few weeks, the game should be back for its conclusion around early September. It just remains to wifh the lads a good August and hopefully you'll all remain loyal and still be available when I get back.... Slainte, Niall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Or they'll go the way of the dodo like me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McNuggetâ„¢ Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Hello guys hope you get back going great when Niall gets back but, i hope you know that airdsey is posting in the clan applications thread that he has a clan calle dthe EPL Challenge..........................................hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdsey Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Our clan is called epl daytime challenge and also thursday night epl challenge mate,not epl challenge ,ok? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurs1979 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by airdsey: Our clan is called epl daytime challenge and also thursday night epl challenge mate,not epl challenge ,ok? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I think it's only fair Airdsey that you be a gentleman here & step down from involving "epl challenge" in your clan name. There are hundreds of potential names & I think Niall deserves not to have people make mistakes between similar named clans when he's put so much effort into making EPL Challenge 1 of the best clans around. Just my opinion of course but I feel it may be shared with a great deal of regulars in FMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Hello ladies. I am tanned and looking gorgeous - unlike that ugly sod Goat. I'm also ready to take Everton back to the title. EPL to return, shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Pagi Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Let's get it on !!!! like Donkey Kong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STFC will rule again Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Let the Brum revolution begin , bring it on!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsherDSSc Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Brum will be terrible as usual under your command Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunga99 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I'm back looking more tanned and looking gorgeous than Niall Any idea when we are starting up again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STFC will rule again Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Ouch, I'm hurt by that!!!, What'd I do to deserve that Rick??? . We were waiting for you to get off your jolly abroad Danny, get your arse in gear and let's get EPL back up and running . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunga99 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Results Premiership Game 18 Chelsea 7 Robinho pen 14, 49 Ibrahimovic 62 Fernandez 64, 70 Rosicky 66 Tuncay 74 Tottenham 1 Mosquera 83 Man of the Match: Kaka 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-54925 Refereed by Mark Clattenburg What a result against a really good Tottenham team who just didn’t turn up for this game. With Kaka pulling all the springs from midfield we pulled Tottenham apart and we are currently looking unbeatable in the league. 7-1 Win Premiership Game 19 Aston Villa 1 Lampard 73 Chelsea 3 Kaka 28 D’Alessandro 45 Fernandez 61 Man of the Match: D’Alessandro 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-58518 Refereed by Mark Barrett Yet again poor Mark left the clan shortly after this match in which Chelsea was to good for Villa. Ex-player Lampard give Mark some hope in the 73rd minute but yet again Chelsea proved to strong for Aston Villa. 3-1 Win Premiership Game 20 Chelsea 3 Cani 2, 24 Kaka 10 Liverpool 0 Man of the Match: Van Borre 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-54926 Refereed by Kevin French Chelsea had already beaten Liverpool within the first half scoring 3 goals in the first 24 minutes. Cani got a double in between Kaka solo goal running from the midfield area beating 3 defenders before slotting the ball home. 3-0 Win FA Cup 3rd Rd Chelsea 3 Guarin 56, 77 Cani 68 W.B.A 0 Man of the Match: Bridge 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-49606 Refereed by Barry Knight This result saw Chelsea safety into the next round of the FA cup after a comfortable win at home against West Brom. Guarin again proving what a bargain he is holding the midfield together and scoring two goals in the process. 3-0 Win Italian striker Fabio Pellegrini agreed to join Chelsea from FC Bayern Munchen today on a three-year contract. Pellegrini discussed a return to Portsmouths, before agreeing to join his former club's Premier League rival.Italian Forward has completed his move to Chelsea after days of negotiations. The 26-year-old has passed a medical and agreed personal terms to make him Chelsea 3rd major signing of the summer after Kaka and Ibrahimovic. King told the club's official website: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I know everybody is very excited, he is a big player and the one we wanted, He's one of the most technically gifted players of the 6 or 7 years. He has played for two of Europe's biggest clubs in Betis and FC Bayern Munchen and he wants to play for Chelsea. He had an awful time at Portsmouth but he didn’t suit there style of play, I know I can get the best out of him unlike Andy Nilsen. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Premiership Game 21 Wolves 1 Pander og 84 Chelsea 0 Man of the Match: D’Alessandro 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-28645 Refereed by Mark Halsey I don’t want to start sounding like Andy but how on earth did I lose this game. Chelsea was all over my bogey team Wolves but we could find a way past there keeper and when we did (twice) the ref Mark Halsey rule it offside. Then without a shoot on target all game Pander put the ball into his own net. 1-0 Defeat Premiership Game 22 Chelsea 3 Fernandez 36, 47 Kaka 45 Portsmouth 4 Avalos 2 Qskitz 34 Pazzini 51, 54 Man of the Match: Mascherano 9/10 Portsmouth Attendance-52170 Refereed by Uriah Rennie This was another great game against Andy as the current top two teams in the league battle it out on the pitch. All I can say was my Pc froze on the second half and the last 18 minutes was played without me at the helm. Knowing what a tactical wizard I am I know I would have won the game by making a few changes on the pitch and beat the scum . 4-3 Defeat FA Cup 4th Rd Chesterfield 0 Boateng 6 Robinho 40, 47, 55, 64 Berbatov 81 Chelsea 0 Man of the Match: Robinho 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-8873 Refereed by Stewart Howarth After a couple of defeats and morale already getting low I was lucky enough to play a lower league team in the league. Even with it being a lower league team I put out a half decent team with Robinho stealing the show with 4 great goals. Just the result I needed after two straight defeats. 6-0 win Premiership Game 23 Southampton 0 Chelsea 4 Berbatov 6, 26 Rosicky 38 Tuncay 78 Man of the Match: Berbatov 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-32211 Refereed by Mark Halsey Again over the years Southampton have proven to be a bogey team of mine so I was more than happy to get a win at the dell. Berbatov, Rosicky and Tuncay were in fine form scoring the goal that gave us a comfortable victory. 4-0 win Premiership Game 24 Chelsea 4 D’Alessandro 36 Berbatov 52 Robinho 54, 84 West Ham 1 Babel 16 Man of the Match: Tuncay 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-54913 Refereed by Uriah Rennie After falling behind to an early goal Chelsea recovered well to eventually win by 3 goals. D’Alessandro was again behind most of the good work in the Chelsea team scoring the first goal and setting up Robinho and Berbatov also. 4-1 win Premiership Game 25 Leicester 1 Richardson 90 Chelsea 5 Robinho 9 Ibrahimovic 33 Fernandez pen 51, 54 Cani 77 Man of the Match: Vanden Borre 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-32473 Refereed by Michael Stevens I rested some of the first team as Manchester United was the next team to play. Mainly in defence as Terry, Bridge and Gallas legs aren’t what they used to be. It was another fine performance from Chelsea scoring 5 goals and hitting form at the right time to face Rick Boults Manchester United. 4-1 win Premiership Game 26 Chelsea 4 Kaka 3 D’Alessandro 53 Pellegrini 65 Tuncay 75 Manchester United 0 Man of the Match: D’Alessandro 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-54932 Refereed by Barry Knight The EPL legend as Rick likes to call himself these days wasn’t able to attend this match but after the game at Old Trafford I don’t think it would have much of a difference. With Kaka scoring an early goal it was all Chelsea in the first half but we couldn’t add to that until the second half. D’Alessandro, Pellegrini and Tuncay then added to that to give us a win which knocks Manchester United out of the title race. Only Everton or Portsmouth can catch us now. 4-0 win FA Cup 5th Rd Leeds 0 Chelsea 2 Robinho 56 Pellegrini 80 Man of the Match: Pellegrini 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-40146 Refereed by Ian White New boy Pellegrini is finely settling into the team and finding the back of the net. Pellegrini goal and man of the match award was well deserved in this FA cup tie which sees us into the next Rd. 2-0 win Champions League 1st Knockout Rd 1st Leg Chelsea 7 Ibrahimovic 3, 30, 70, 89 D’Alessandro 13, 41 Fernandez 85 Trabzonspor 0 Man of the Match: Ibrahimovic 10/10 Chelsea Attendance-46733 Refereed by Domenico Messiaa I was lucky with the Champions league draw getting the weakest team left in the competition (as Portsmouth didn’t make Europe this year). This was the Ibrahimovic show scoring 4 goals and completely taking the Tranbzonspor defence apart with a super performance. 7-0 win Champions League 1st Knockout Rd 2nd Leg Tranbzonspor 0 Chelsea 0 Man of the Match: Boateng 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-18070 Refereed by John Rowbotham With Chelsea already safely into the next round I put out the second team for this match and it showed with a dire performance from my team. The only plus point from this game was the display of Boateng who at least showed the others how to take there chance of 1st team action. 0-0 Draw FA Cup 6th Rd Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 2 Robinho 9 Bonera 11 Man of the Match: Kaka 9/10 Chelsea Attendance-39568 Refereed by Stewart Howarth There nothing better than beating Andy in his own backyard. Chelsea used a new formation for this FA cup tie and Portsmouth didn’t have an answer for it. Two goals in two minutes knocked the stuffing out of Portsmouth and after that is was all Chelsea apart from a few long range efforts from Portsmouth. Another season past and Andy is still looking for a day out for his fans in a final . Better luck next season mate . 2-0 win Premiership Game 26 Chelsea 4 Ibrahimovic 20 Kaka 32 Berbatov 35 Tuncay 52 Arsenal 0 Man of the Match: Kaka 8/10 Chelsea Attendance-54938 Refereed by Mark Clattenburg This is not the Arsenal of old but still have some good players who can pull of a shock result or two against the teams above them. I will not write too much about this game because some twat named Daniel Caruso somehow got his hands on our games password and retired the Manchester United Rick Boult (who was not playing at the time) so we many he to replay this game thanks to him as I'm not to sure when the last save was. League After a poor start to the season losing the opening game to Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea have been on fine form beating the likes of Manchester United (twice), Everton, Arsenal, Portsmouth and Liverpool. Our only defeats so far came at the hands of Wolves (which until the day I don’t know how I lost this game) and Portsmouth in which my pc froze. Our only draws in the league came at the hands of Fulham and Newcastle in which we was unlucky. Newcastle only had a couple of efforts on goal and there goal keeper made a few vital saves and in the Fulham game we played the whole second half with only 9 men on the field as we had to players sent off. So with Manchester United already ruled out of this season title race it only leaves Everton and Portsmouth who could catch Chelsea and win the title. Carling Cup Chelsea is already out of this competition after being drawn away against Arsenal in the 3rd Rd. We lead for a lot of this game but Arsenal got an equalizing goal in the 90th minute then went on to win on penalties. So in the cup I have had no luck in so far I will have to wait another season to try and win it . FA Cup Chelsea are still looking good for the FA cup after already beating WBA in the 3rd rd, Chesterfield in the 4th, Leeds in the 5th and Portsmouth in the 6th. I have great hope for the FA cup this season. Champions League Again we won our group with games to spare and comfortably beat Tranbzonspor in the 1st knockout rd. With teams such as current Champions league winners Manchester United and the ever improving Tottenham still in this competition it will be hard to win. Until nesxt time that all for now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 Will you all post on the EPL Forum as to when you wish to pick up the game again? Regards Niall PS: welcome back Danny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunga99 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Cheers mate. Have the holiday blues big time Hope the wedding went alright Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 How things stand in season 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 The muppetts Danny King - Chelseki As you can see King's financial advantage is paying dividends. The rich boy has clearly bought the title again and there ain't much the rest can do. Except...wait for it...King's lads are so old that it must go belly up soon, if we can get enough games in for FM06...managing Chelsea is easy, we all know that, even Jose Mourinho Andy Nilsen - Pompey Unbelievably Nilsen is in second place. Why? No European football. No Cup football...Pompey are perennial underachievers and nobody knows how they are in second place at the minute, Must be Andy's legendary luck once again. Niall - Me - 3rd - Everton Great performance by the main man of EPL. Despite having no money at all, leaking cash left, right and centre, having to revamp the squad all the time - Murphy's boys remain the best side in the EPL...In a false position of 3rd atm...should be first..but FA Cup glory awaits the Toffess...What a side!! 4th Rick Boult - self styled EPL Legend is failing to live up to the goods. defending champions but Rick proves once again that u cannot retain the title, even if your squad is probably the best in the game. Utd are W**k and that meams Boult is betraying the name of er, Malcolm Glazer..how we laugh at that!! 5th - Senor Pagio - Spurs Pagi is Pagi...he'll never win the league..ever..even with Spurs, but 5th is solid but unspectacular...he's rubbish and everyone knows it, apart from that dick in charge of Spurs...forget his name. 12th - Ben - Brum Talks a good game...but is rubbish!! Have a laugh at his pic on the epl forums...speaks volumes from Brums incompetence 15th Mo II II II - Fulham Never a better day than when Mo got sacked...too bloody right 15th and crap, crap, crap..when fulham win a game everybody moans cos they are soooo boring with 5 at the back...yawn ziz ziz ziz, but MO II is under pressure and we love it!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunga99 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BelfastNiall: Niall - Me - 3rd - Everton Great performance by the main man of EPL. Despite having no money at all, leaking cash left, right and centre, having to revamp the squad all the time - Murphy's boys remain the best side in the EPL...In a false position of 3rd atm...should be first..but FA Cup glory awaits the Toffess...What a side!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Modest as always I see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 FRANCE 1-0 REPUBLIC IRELAND oh yes niall oh yes...you'll never hear the end of it - as for your 3-0 ireland prediction well...... HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted September 8, 2005 Author Share Posted September 8, 2005 The Swiss will sort France out, then we'll beat the Swiss to win the group. You used up all your luck last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 hahahahahahaha..still drunk i see "swiss will sort France out"-you joker ..still waiting for that photo of your wife Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 You'll not be jerkin off to my missus any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STFC will rule again Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Only our clan thread could have a post about jerking off in it lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsherDSSc Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Legends In Magaluf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 got c*ckrot yet Rick? Only asking as we need to know if we need to recruit another person for FM06 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BelfastNiall: You'll not be jerkin off to my missus any time soon. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> We'll see about that.. ...where theres a will theres a way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedo666 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 As an afterthougt theres a bottle of france's finest for the first person who commits adultery with Niall' missus- you can hold me to that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antbanach II Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 FMELC!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampHolic Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 shocking stuff ant shouldnt post in other peoples clan threads sorry about this guys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsherDSSc Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Lee - Can you restrain your members from this shocking outburts on our thread please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 Hello Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunga99 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 As we are not doing any more reports in this forum. Lets me just say what a comeback from the great Spurs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmYouEffSee Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I guess it's time to start the 06 Forum eh Niall? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 All in good time, still a month and patch news to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat261 Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Portsmouth will once again reign supreme with our king LAURENT ROBERT!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Pagi Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 YIDOS YIDOS YIDOS!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmYouEffSee Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 What a pile of ******** Come On Ye Villa 2006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STFC will rule again Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Make way for the mighty Wigan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsherDSSc Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 We never win at home and we never win away We lost last week and we lost today We don't give a fcuk 'Cos we're all pi$sed up MCFC OK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Pagi Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 man u playing crap, arsenal playin crap, newcastle playin crap, spurs playin **** but still winning come on the Spurs woooooooooooooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Right me laddios, please see a few suggested rule amendments for FM06 and leave some comments. Also, if anyone wishes to design the EPL Challenge FM06 banner, be my guest...Alternatively we could keep the FM05 one and just change the FM2005 logo. Having read some of your reports though, there's definitely enough creative talent in EPL for someone else to have a go at it. As we have stopped FM05, I'll write a biased game summary this afternoon of how the game went. To all of you who were there for many great nights, well done on another excellent game and another rockin EPL thread for 2005...Ha'wey the EPL gents.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat261 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 dont forget to add that i am the record holder of finishing in the top 4 most times . and thats with portsmouth when i had competition from other human controled clubs such as chelsea, united, spurs, billa, brum, newcastle, everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelfastNiall Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 EPL Challenge FM2005 round-up. I'm pleased to say that it was another excellent game for the clan following on from the hugely successful CM03/04 game. Danny King - Birmingham/Chelsea In terms of silverware Danny had a tremendous FM05 as he has taken home the most trophies in the game even if that includes a few of the much derided Euro/Asia Cup. Danny started off at Brum and was a consistently good side. In Danny's first season of 2005/06 Brum came in 8th, following that up with a disappointing 12th before romping into the Champions League in 2007/08 with an impressive 3rd place finish. Danny was denied silverware at Birmingham after a Carling Cup Final against my Everton side saw a late Mathieu Flamini goal deny Danny the trophy. Indeed Danny was unlucky in that he lost quite a few Carling Cup Finals at both Birmingham and Chelsea. The turning point for Danny arrived when he took the Chelsea job and success soon followed with a title and champions league double completed in 2009/10. Danny would have delivered a second title to Chelsea had the game not ended before season 8 was completed. In other years I would declare Danny as the overall winner of the game but not this time for two reasons. Firstly Danny was sacked at Birmingham and secondly, Danny did receive the P45 at Birmingham and as the object of the game is primarily not to be sacked (we are lenient when it comes to returning to previous clubs) this is a negative point on the old King CV. However, when at Chelsea Danny did deliver the goods and many a manager might have failed under their greater expectations so for that, much credit is due. Danny has been a great addition to EPL Challenge and will surely be amongst the top players again as he begins FM06 at West Ham United. Andy Nilsen - Portsmouth Before the game started, FMO's online player of the year for 2004 was in good form. Pompey of course would be dominating Europe in 3 seasons. However, it didn't work out that way for the self titled "master of transfers." After Andy, along with myself, narrowly avoided relegation in 2004/05 the anticipated kick on for Portsmouth just didn't happen immediately. A multitude of goalkeepers were signed and immediately kicked out of the revolving door that was Fratton Park as Pompey were a defensive shambles. As Murphy completed a league title win, the pressure intensified on Nilsen to respond as many began to doubt (including Andy himself) that Portsmouth would ever challenge the top guns. After finishing 15th then 13th, season 2006/07 saw Andy reach the Champions League with a fourth place finish shrouded in controversy after a 2-0 win against a much weakened Man Utd at Fratton. As Pompey looked poised to become a huge side, the following season saw the pressure of European football see Andy slide back to 10th while Everton lifted the league title. Thus it was in 2008/09 that we saw the best of Nilsen. Pompey flew out of the traps and having no European Football and Ko'ed early from the domestic cups, Andy dominated the EPL from Aug-Feb with an awesome side built on attacking principles. Fair play to the man. Despite a late slump Nilsen managed an intense injury crisis to steer Pompey to the league title which is an excellent achievement. Only the one trophy for the Goat then in the game overall, but towards the end again Pompey were looking good as Andy rebuilt. One blot on the copy book is Andy's continual dumbing down of the Champions League when opponents are involved, when he himself failed to get past the Quarter Finals. As he has asked me to point out, Andy had a good record in qualifying for the Champions League but rarely did any damage on the continent!! For me Andy deserves to be mentioned alongside Danny in FM05 for two reasons. Firstly, Andy was one of only two players who were never sacked in the entire game. Secondly, Danny's move to Chelsea and Rick's move to Manchester United changed the game entirely and Andy may have delivered more trophies to a team where financial pressures meant he had to constantly sell in order to challenge. A solid year again from Andy, who will either be at Blackburn or Pompey once again for FM06. Niall Murphy - Everton Always hard to discuss yourself without sounding biased. Overall I felt I had a good FM05 despite not having the constant success I had with Spurs on 03/04. Everton were a tough team to manage, in the first few seasons as the club had no money, no real stars to sell and the bug in the game practically guaranteed administration in the first season. After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2004/05 (which was probably one of the most enjoyable finales to a season I've had) Everton began to improve as I found a 4-4-2 at home and a 4-5-1 away that was tough to beat. 2006/07 saw the Carling Cup arrive at Goodison and the following season saw us pip a world class Manchester United to the league title. The following season Everton marched to the Champions League semis and were very unlucky not to reach the final. However, a poor league campaign went alongside that as I lost faith in my tactic and that ensured a few poorish years as Everton began to look a spent force. Towards the end though we began to re-establish ourselves, a second Carling Cup arrived and in season 8 nothing could split myself and Pompey, but unfortunately we were dealing with a Man U and Chelsea well managed by Boult and King. So overall, I had most of the same issues as discussed with Andy, Everton remained one of the hardest sides to beat and Murphy completed the game as one of the two unsacked managers in FM05, so overall, a good performance from myself if not the best campaign I've ever had...For FM06, I've got Birmingham City, which is a shame cos I liked managing the Toffees for some unknown reason. Rick Boult - Blackburn/Spurs/Manchester United Rick completes the set of four top achievers in FM05. After suffering relegation with Blackburn and a managerial sacking, Rick recovered brilliantly to lead Blackburn back into the EPL and establish them as a side of repute. Ewood turned from a gift 3 points to one of those grounds where you treaded carefully when you had to visit. My main memory of Rick's time at the Rovers was how well organised they were and being very difficult to break down. Rick then grabbed the opportunity to move to Spurs after Sam Bouchard was dismissed for the second time from WHL. I don't remember much about Mr Boult's time at WHL so I'm assuming that he did very little. Certainly he didn't have the same impact in North London as Pagi did later on. After being offered Manchester United job Boult came into his own. Building a fantastic side, Rick soon won the Carling Cup with the Manc Reds. It was in 2010/11 though that Rick's Man Utd totally bossed the game with players such as E'too and Ronaldinho just totally dominating the EPL and Europe. The domestic treble was completed as Rick emulated Alex Ferguson's achievement in 1999. As the game drew to a close, Rick's Man U were following in the footsteps of all other title winners in that defending the trophy wasn't on the cards. So for Rick, the EPL doubters of his ability were silenced in his time at Man Utd...He had a solid time at Blackburn and Spurs and will be looking to get off to a good start at his new club Manchester City. A short word about the rest of the lads who all had fine moments. David Pagi came good at Spurs towards the end after terrible times down at Bolton and Sunderland. With Spurs, Pagi proved he could build a team and landed a UEFA Cup, FA Cup and European Super Cup. Ben Jackson came into the game late on and took Birmingham to a trophy which as Ben likes to remind Danny, King had failed to do when he won the UEFA Cup in 2010/11. Ben quickly proved himself as a good coach and had the game continued would have been lording it over Anfield at Liverpool, such was his impact on the EPL. Ben has decided to take on Wigan in the next game. Sam Bouchard left early but had done good jobs at both Spurs and Aston Villa. Sam was unlucky not to take home a trophy in FM05 and will be looking to correct that as he rejoins the ever present and ever old Doug Ellis back at Villa in FM06. Mo Ilyas did a good job at Fulham, winning an FA Cup before joining the ranks of the unemployed much later. Renowned for dull football, Mo was nevertheless an excellent opponent at a club that was very restrictive in terms of finance. Must also mention Mark D'Ardenne and Dave Williams who will be hoping for more luck in FM06 than they had in FM05. They have Fulham and Charlton in FM06. A few others quicky...Richard Liggins at Middlesbrough set an early pace but departed after winning a title for Man U. Jay Da Costa was good value for a laugh in his shambles of a reign at Newcastle...Chris Morris impressed us all at WBA but never landed that elusive trophy. Overall, it's pleasing to be able to say that unlike CM03/04 where two players totally dominated the EPL trophy cabinet, in FM05 most players had that important piece of silverware to their name. Overall FM05 was a very even game with it being impossible to declare an overall winner of the game. I'm sure some may have something to say about that though!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ligs Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Probably the most unbiased Murphy report ever! Congratulations. I would like to add that during my 3 and a bit season I won 6 trophies. Hopefully, if given the chance, I can add more in FM2006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 yeah i enjoyed that report niall as usual, congrats on what obviously has been a fun game for all. oh btw admin bug my fanny, i've landed toffees out the hat both for o3/04 and fm05 and never gone into the red yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat261 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by dogs: yeah i enjoyed that report niall as usual, congrats on what obviously has been a fun game for all. oh btw admin bug my fanny, i've landed toffees out the hat both for o3/04 and fm05 and never gone into the red yet </div></BLOCKQUOTE> you see niall i told you if you didnt spend ALL that mioney you would of been ok. BAD MANAGEMENT as usual from mr Murphy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
I got divorced over this g Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BelfastNiall: EPL Challenge FM2005 round-up. Jay Da Costa was good value for a laugh in his shambles of a reign at Newcastle... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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