I.e. Me & Sid have bet RKMF that wigan will go down. If we win, we supply RKMF with avatar pictures for 2 weeks each. If he wins he chooses our avatars for 1 month.

Make up your own bets/time limits etc. have a bit of fun.

For Arsenal, an up and down year
But for Wenger the fans still would cheer
And their faith was rewarded
When their neighbours were thwarted
Fourth and Champions League; have no fear!

Aston Villa would struggle all term
With his young side Paul Lambert stood firm
And with Benteke’s goals
Digging them out of holes
They survived, and may prosper long-term

Caretaker Benitez stood strong
Even when Chelsea’s season went wrong
But his stock would soon rise
With Europe’s second prize
And third place - was he right all along?

In leaving, Moyes should be elated
With the Everton side he’s created
They couldn’t quite muster
The Champions League luster
But their squad’s full of stars underrated
A quiet one on the King’s Road
Fulham seemed to be in silent mode
Berba’s goals and his skill
Gave the fans a big thrill
Overall though, their progress has slowed

The Liverpool fans were left cold
By what Rodgers is trying to mould
And the endless semantics
Over Suarez’s antics
Were far too distracting, all told

For Man City, defence was a must
For Mancini, clearly ‘win or bust’
The fans were insistent
But the team, inconsistent
And United left them in the dust

For their neighbours, a chance to amend
And United were champs at the end
Their new hero Van Persie
Showed defences no mercy
And now Moyes has a crown to defend

A troubling time for the Toon
They escaped from the last-chance saloon
Coloccini may go
Which would be a huge blow
And changes cannot come too soon

This season Norwich stayed low-key
And sometimes that’s the best way to be
They managed to ride
Out a tricky late slide
And Chris Hughton’s always nice to see

QPR had a year to forget
Under Hughes they had reason to sweat
They attempted to parry
Relegation with Harry
A decision they’ve lived to regret

You knew it’d always be tough
FOr Reading the season’s been rough
Although Adkins stayed stoic
And some players heroic
For the top flight they weren’t good enough

The Saints can be pleased with their feat
Survival among the elite
Proving wrong those who scoff
But their form did tail off
But just look at the teams that they’ve beat!

For Stoke City, a season of grind
Didn’t play with supporters in mind
They were only just able
To retreat up the table
But they’ve had to leave Pulis behind

Sunderland will have hoped for much more
In the final third they’ve been so poor
Even Paolo’s knee slide
Couldn’t quite turn the tide
And there’s work to be done here, for sure

Free-flowing and without a care
Swansea’s football is so full of flair
And with Laudrup the master
Success came even faster
And they finally won silverware

Poor old Spurs, so near yet so far
But Arsenal had lifted the bar
In the post-season audits
Bale took all the plaudits
And they have to hang on to this star

The Baggies have had so much fun
Their excitement was second to none
And their big five-all draw
Had you dropping your jaw
Comfortably eighth - job well done.

For the Hammers, success was survival
And a win over Chelsea, their rival
With big Andy up top
They avoided the chop
And 10th place emphasised their arrival

So Wigan, the kings of escapes
They’ve survived some incredible scrapes
But success in the cup
Just couldn’t keep them up
But they go down with no sour grapes

The season now draws to an end
Teams come up, and some others descend
But we love the intrigue
Of the world’s greatest league
So I’ll see you in August, my friend!

Peace out.

Guess right, and it’s your go!

WHO AM I?
Gamba Osaka
Arsenal
Fulham
West Bromwich Albion
Cardiff City
Galatasaray
Eintracht Frankfurt
Rennes
Kawasaki Frontale

Anyone play it? I’m starting up now having not played for a couple of years. Basically you can choose a team and buy players and you’re in a division where you manage the club against other online players throughout a 38 game, and 4 or 5 month season.

So kind of like FM.

Would love to start a Ramble one with a few of us in the same division. Loads of class players play at weird clubs. It’s a lot of fun. You feel a real achievement when you win a game. Matches are twice a week.

Join!

Right, ramblers in the division so far are as follows:

Division 2 Ramblers

lawduck - Ipswich
Nickperson - Southampton
JP_Spurs - Rotherham
Michael Mols lovely wife - Crystal Palace
Guillem Bauza’s Gap Year in Hereford - Carlisle
meki_j - MK Dons
Ben Andrew - Scunthorpe
VLobanovskyi - Charlton

Division 4 Ramblers

shandy - Bradford

How to choose a team

Go on ‘Add Club’ and then ‘Search’. You can either put the Game ID in at the top which is ‘19499’ or Go to the bottom and select ‘English Championship’. Then type in ‘2523’. Click on the link that comes up and you can choose what club you want by clicking on ‘Take Control’ when you choose a club to look at.

For people currently at Uni, for people who are currently applying or who are off there next year, here’s the place for you to learn what they don’t teach you in A-Levels. Whether it be genuine advice for places to go out in the town of your respective Uni, unwritten laws of living together, how to make your budget stretch & in general bant. Then here’s the place to be…

GO.

Arsenal v Udinese
BATE Borisov v SK Sturm Graz,
FC Copenhagen v Plzen,
FC Twente v Benfica,
Lyon v Rubin Kazan,
Bayern Munich v FC Zurich,
Dinamo Zagreb v Malmo,
Maccabi Haifa v Genk,
Odense BK v Villarreal,
Wisla Krakow v Apoel Nicosia,

I’m more than a bit nervous about the Arsenal tie, I think Ruben Kazan may well surprise Lyon, B.Munich & Villareal should coast thru, Benfica should have too much for Twente. some of the others a flat out guess work.

My LA Galaxy won the Supporters Shield which is awarded to the team with the best record, which would be a league title equivalent in England. I’m also a Spurs fan and have been for decades and I wouldn’t change anything about how champions are decided in the Premiership but personally I like the format of the MLS, I think it works for us.

With that obligatory statement out of the way I’ll say there’s some tasty ties early, I’m looking at Dallas led by Brek Shea and Henry’s Red bulls to kick off the play-in-round. First round starts on the 26th and the winners will determine the next round, the lowest seeded winner will play the Galaxy and the highest will play Kansas City. The Galaxy and Seattle have been the two best teams this season and possibly the favorites to win it all, though LA’s form lately worries me. It’s hard to tell how we’ll perform because we’ve been messing with the lineup lately to rest players.

October 26, 2011
FC Dallas v New York Red Bulls

October 27, 2011
Colorado Rapids v Columbus Crew

2011 MLS Playoffs Bracket

“The World’s Best FREE Online Soccer Manager Game”
It’s a game you can play for as little as 5 mins a week if you want, and you will only be competing with Ramblers which makes it extra fun.

How to Join

1) Just go to www.soccermanager.com and sign up for free.
2) Go to Add Club on home page
3) Select the Club Search tab
4) Under Game World ID Number Search type: 136159
5) Choose your club
6) Your invitation will be sent to me and make sure you tell me on this forum
7) I’ll accept you and you’ll be ready for fun and fierce competition between Ramblers.

Clubs

Free clubs are in Bold

Division 1

1 Olympiacos
2 Athletic Club Bilbao - szymm
3 Feyenoord
4 Ajax - Nickperson
5 FC Basel - TokioHotel
6 Dynamo Kiev
7 Bordeaux - lawduck
8 Anderlecht
9 Besiktas
10 PSV - MAOLALAIDH
11 Lazio - shandy
12 Napoli - Cesar Muniz Fernandez’s Hair Wax
13 Sporting de Braga
14 Sporting CP - Soup
15 Spartak Moskva - eefhizz
16 Celtic - Alternative Alf Garnett
17 Galatasaray SK
18 Fenerbahçe SK - Batcat

Division 2

1 Tottenham - THE BOSS
2 Liverpool - Mr Miyagi
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach - Knife in the Toaster
4 Barcelona - Swedish House Furniture
5 VfB Stuttgart
6 Real Madrid - Dikiyama
7 Atlético Madrid - JordGall91
8 Panathinaikos
9 Marseille - Liam-H
10 Lyon - kieran1997_
11 Juventus - Benali’s Moustache
12 Roma - Vincelot
13 Internazionale - AViD
14 FC København
15 Werder Bremen
16 Shakhtar Donetsk - Weymuffterra
17 Benfica - bigmalcs87
18 Zenit Saint Petersburg

Division 3

1 Chelsea - JOHN SMITH
2 Manchester City - Marc271
3 Manchester United - Jimouthargyle
4 Arsenal - DIEGO CORNER
5 Sevilla - The Suarez Five Star Frog Splash
6 Bayer Leverkusen - Sid Lowe’s Caveat
7 Valencia
8 Málaga CF - John Bull
9 Borussia Dortmund - Warper
10 Bayern München - King Ledley
11 Schalke .04 - Michael Mols lovely wife
12 Lille - STEVO
13 AC Milan - Billy Bob
14 Udinese - Marcus Speller’s Love Child
15 Montpellier - Dave_Monk
16 PSG - Roy Keane’s Mental Face
17 FC Porto - Lizzie
18 CSKA Moskva - ALMonkey

And more generally speaking does anyone know of a website you can get hold of other matches from. Is there repositories of games we can get hold of. How does Jonathan Wilson and Rob Smyth watch the 1973 European 2nd round or the 1992 league cup Semi?