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2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 20 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - AWAY VS MARIBOR Solid win once again in the Europa Conference League. 4 different goalscorers, every single players with 7.1 or higher on player ratings for the game. Next up we face Crystal Palace (H) who are currently 20th in the league. Hopefully, that can be the start of a run of form in the league but with our current form in England I'm not massively confident. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Amadou Onana: 8.5.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 19 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS MIDDLESBROUGH A disappointing result, once again coming away from home vs a team in the bottom 5 in the league. Calvert-Lewin's effort wasn't enough to get more than just the one point in this one unfortunately. Notable poor performances: Angelo: 6.4, Dwight McNeil: 6.4 & Kaio Jorge: 6.4. Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 7.4.

2025/26 SEASON - OCTOBER RESULTS & LEAGUE TABLE SO FAR... We find ourselves in 10th place with a game in hand after a rocky start to the campaign in the Premier League. A win in that game could take us into 7th place - but it looks as though we have Man City in that game so it will be another difficult test for us. 6 games coming up in the month of November - 4 of which are in the Premier League, 2 home & 2 away. The other two games will both be played away from home in the Europe Conference League.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 18 - CARABAO CUP - AWAY VS WEST HAM UNITED Carabao Cup Round 4 up next as we travel to the London Stadium to face West Ham United. Another poor performance from us as we seem to lack any real good run of form this season so far. Notable poor performances: Anel Ahmedhodzic: 6.2, Jack Butland: 6.3, Kaio Jorge: 6.3 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.3. Standout performances: Lucien Agoume: 7.1.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 17 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS LEEDS UNITED A win in the Premier League! 2-0 up until the 70th minute when Gnonto got Leeds back in the game, I bought Santos Borre into the game for DCL and he chipped in with a goal and assist to win us the game! Pedro Neto with a great reaction to a poor first half performance to score a brace in the second half! Notable poor performances: Jarrad Branthwaite: 6.5 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.5. Standout performances: Pedro Neto: 9.0.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 16 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - HOME VS YOUNG BOYS We welcomed Swiss side Young Boys to Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium next and a hat-trick from Dominic Calvert-Lewin paired with a Dwight McNeil goal gave us a 4-0 win. Great performance all around, we could have probably scored more but a 4-0 win and a clean sheet is nothing to complain about. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 9.6.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 15 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS CHELSEA A poor performance in this on unfortunately for us, we were lucky to get a consolation goal at the end of the game as well to be honest. A number of poor individual efforts and not many players playing over a 7.0 rating. Notable poor performances: Jordan Pickford: 6.3, Anel Ahmedhodzic: 6.4, Vitaliy Mykolenko: 6.4 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.4. Standout performances: Vitor Roque: 7.4.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 14 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4 goals in 4 games for Calvert-Lewin. Another win and clean sheet for us at home, with a scare from Fred getting himself sent off late on but we managed to keep hold of all 3 points. Up next - an away fixture against Chelsea who are currently in 4th while we are in 14th place - so that one would be a huge result, up first though, we need the players to come through the international break unscathed. Notable poor performances: Anel Ahmedhodzic: 6.3. Standout performances: Jordan Pickford: 7.6 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 7.4.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 13 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - HOME VS MOLDE 3 goals in 3 games for Calvert-Lewin. A win and a clean sheet for us at home, with two really tough games coming up - hopefully we can build on this for October and get some positive Premier League results now. First up, we welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Filippo Terracciano: 8.6.

2025/26 SEASON - SEPTEMBER RESULTS & LEAGUE TABLE SO FAR... After Septembers results, we find ourselves dropping from 15th (end of August) to 16th after 6 games have been played. We're hoping Calvert-Lewin can keep up the form since returning from an injury. Next up we take on Molde in our first game of the 36 team Europa Conference League structure. We have 6 games in October, 4 home games, 2 Europe Conference games, 3 Premier League games & 1 Carabao Cup game. Unfortunately for us though, two of the Premier League games are against Spurs & Chelsea which may end in tears.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 12 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS SOUTHAMPTON Another away Premier League game, another draw that we should have got the win from. Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring our only goal early in the first half but again, he can't get through 90 minutes just yet and other members of the squad just aren't stepping up to help the team with goals or assists. 6 games played, one win, 3 draws and 2 losses. Notable poor performances: Angelo: 6.2, Dwight McNeil: 6.4 & Kaio Jorge: 6.4. Standout performances: Vitaliy Mykolenko: 7.7.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 11 - CARABAO CUP - AWAY VS SOUTHAMPTON We took on Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium next and despite it being a cagey affair, we did make a lot of changes to the lineup again. To come away with the win and to see DCL getting on the scoresheet again will hopefully be a huge positive for us. The quicker we can get DCL back playing 90 minutes every week and bagging goals the better, as you can clearly see from a few recent results we need more up top. Notable poor performances: Kaio Jorge: 6.4. Standout performances: Dwight McNeil: 8.1.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 10 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS LIVERPOOL We honestly should have won this game. We had all of the chances and had the better xG but our guys couldn't finish. Angelo gave us a bit of hope not long after the half time break but we couldn't build on it unfortunately. Always a difficult test playing Liverpool though so narrowly losing here while difficult to take, isn't the worst result. Notable poor performances: Abakar Sylla: 6.2, Jordan Pickford: 6.3, Jarrad Branthwaite: 6.3, Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.4. Standout performances: Angelo: 7.7.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 9 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS BOURNEMOUTH Frustrating not to come away from this one with a win. We had 17 shots with 7 on target with an xG of 1.18 and Bournemouth had only 5 shots, with one on target with an xG of 0.79. We still have our game in hand though and a win will catapult us into the top half. We really need to find some form soon in the Premier League though. Notable poor performances: Vitaliy Mykolenko: 6.3. Standout performances: Jordan Pickford: 7.3, James Ward-Prowse: 7.3 & Fred: 7.4.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 8 - CARABAO CUP - AWAY VS BIRMINGHAM We got drawn against Birmingham in the second round of the Carabao Cup. We looked comfortable for the majority of the match but gave away a late goal and missed a late penalty which made things look a lot closer than they maybe should have been. Another win though and good performances from the majority of the team. Ryan Gravenberch started his first game for us here and took MOTM with an 8.5 rating, a goal, an assist and he was the one who won the late penalty for us as well. Notable poor performances: Rafael Santos Borre: 6.3. Standout performances: Ryan Gravenberch: 8.5.

2025/26 SEASON - AUGUST RESULTS & LEAGUE TABLE SO FAR... After a gruelling August schedule we find ourselves down in 15th in the league table, however, if we win our game in hand we could go straight up into the european places. 9 games played, 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, things could be a lot worse. We move to less congested schedule for September, but these games will be a huge test, 3 away fixtures and a home game against Liverpool.

TRANSFER IN - RYAN GRAVENBERCH I saw that Leeds United has a loan bid accepted for Gravenberch on deadline day and so this one was too good to turn down. We don't have a mandatory OR optional fee in place but I will be keeping an eye on how he performs and develops to consider a permanent move in the summer.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 7 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS ASTON VILLA A very narrow victory in this one and a huge helping hand with Douglas Luiz getting himself sent off early doors. We'll take it though! Our first win of the season, not the start we wanted in the Premier League but we have to understand that competing in an extra competition will always take it's toll. Our start to the Premier League could have been a lot worse as well, 4 points from 3 games is better than less than that let's say! Notable poor performances: Rafael Santos Borre: 6.3. Standout performances: Nathan Patterson: 8.0.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 6 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - AWAY VS VORSKLA We ended up bettering our home performance with our first string team here when we played away from home with what is currently our second string team - 7-0 win, 10-0 on aggregate - and we move! Quality from everyone involved. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Rafael Santos Borre: 9.8, Kaio Jorge: 9.6, Dwight McNeil: 9.4 & Fred 9.0.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 5 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS NEWCASTLE UNITED Our poor form in the Premier League continues. Newcastle forwards Nicolas Jackson & Alexander Isak ran absolute riot against us and the player ratings show that big time! We may be doing well in europe against poor opposition but we need to make some positive changes for the Premier League as things stand, the only positive I can really take from only 1 point over 2 games so far is that they have both been away fixtures, but I still would have expected more against Norwich at the very least. Notable poor performances: Vitaliy Mykolenko: 6.0, Jordan Pickford: 6.2, Abakar Sylla: 6.2, Josip Sutalo: 6.3, Amadou Onana: 6.3 & Angelo: 6.3. Standout performances: N/A

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 4 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - HOME VS VORSKLA Fourth qualifying round this time up, and another dominant display against Ukrainian outfit Vorskla. Nice ratings all around, plenty of chances created, nothing silly happened - exactly how we want these fixtures to be going. Vitor Roque stepping in as DCL's replacement due to injury as well and managing to score is a plus for us. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: James Ward-Prowse: 7.7, Pedro Neto: 7.7, Vitor Roque: 7.7, Josip Sutalo: 7.9 & Angelo: 7.9.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 3 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS NORWICH CITY With the first of our Premier League games coming in the form of Norwich City (A) I was hoping to keep up the good start in Europe and get 3 points on the board immediately, that wasn't to be though. Conceding a relatively early goal - and a poor one at that, leaving a man completely unmarked to smash at goal leaving Pickford quite exposed isn't how I want my teams to work - but here we are! Shortly after half time, Dominic Calvert-Lewin got injured and I've been told that he will be out for 3 weeks following this result, which is a major blow for us. We didn't really impress in this game at all, and a draw was probably a fair result all things considered. Notable poor performances: Josip Sutalo: 6.5. Standout performances: Pedro Neto: 7.3, Nathan Patterson: 7.4 & James Ward-Prowse: 7.5.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 2 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - NEUTRAL VS DINAMO MINSK Our second game of the season was the second leg vs Dinamo Minsk in the Europa Conference League Qualifying rounds. Another dominant performance, we switched a lot of the guys around here to get some in that were just coming back from injury, I wanted to include the likes of Ward-Prowse & DCL to keep their momentum and form going - Angelo had a really good game, netting his first two goals of the campaign too and again, a dominant team performance which is pleasing to see. Next round we have now drawn Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava and the first leg of that draw will be played mid-week after our season opener vs Norwich (A). Notable poor performances: Demarai Gray: 6.3. Standout performances: Amadou Onana: 8.6, Angelo: 8.7, Pedro Neto: 8.7 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 8.7.

2025/26 SEASON - GAME DAY 1 - EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - NEUTRAL VS DINAMO MINSK First game of the new season comes in the qualifying rounds of the Europa Conference League despite the upset when we thought we had missed out once again on a european place through our league finish, one of our fellow league teams must have won the respective european competition they took part in to give us a bit of luck! First up, Dinamo Minsk, and boy did we perform! I don't think I need to say too much here, I subbed Ward-Prowse off when he got his hat-trick and did the same with Calvert-Lewin to give people some much needed game time. Absolute dominance throughout the game, and a red card just before half time cemented this even more. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: James Ward-Prowse: 10.0 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 10.0.

PRE-SEASON RESULTS - SEASON 2025/26 We have life in europe! We went on a pre-season tour of South Africa and dominated our pre-season fixtures, even beating Fenerbahce with our second stringers 4-2 in the only game we conceded in (so far). Next we begin our season with a Europa Conference League Third Qualifying Round fixture against Dinamo Minsk. The last friendly vs Alanyaspor will be to give unfit lads or those that need match time - exactly that. Hopefully, we do the business in the first leg against Dinamo Minsk so I can give others some game time in the second match up.