SaintMotbot's Platinum League Chairman Game.

Welp. From a decent start to the relegation zone.

Will look to get a release out soon. Goalkeepers is the order of the day.
 
Arsenal
August Update

Platinum League
Man City
3
Arsenal
2
Kevin de Bruyne7Mario Mandzukic4
Sergio Aguero8Olivier Giroud75
Kevin de Bruyne50

Man of the Match - Aaron Ramsey

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New signing Mario Mandzukic enters the record books with not only his first goal for the Gunners but he has also scored the very first goal in the inaugrual Platinum League. Olivier Giroud opens his seasons account after coming off the bench but an equaliser could not be found and the opening game of the season ended in a defeat.

The Cup - 1st Round 1st Leg
Arsenal
3
Jablonec
0
Felipe Anderson8

Felipe Anderson16p

Alexis Sánchez48


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The first round of The Cup saw us up against Bronze League Group B side Jablonec. New signing Felipe Anderson from Lazio started to repay some of the £35.5m transfer fee with a double and Chilean Alexis Sánchez got his first of the season to wrap the tie up in the second half.

Platinum League
Arsenal
1
Atlético
3
Felipe Anderson28Gabriel Barbosa22


Antoine Griezmann27


Daniele Rugani52
Man of the Match - Mesut Ózil

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The fist home league game ended in a disappointing 3-1 defeat. Felipe Anderson gets his third goal in 2 games but it was not enough for anything.

The Cup - 1st Round 2nd Leg
Jablonec1Arsenal3
Ruslan Mingazov42Alexis Sánchez14


Theo Walcott31


Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain37

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A 3-0 win in the first leg meant that this tie was over and done with by the time that Alexis Sánchex scored an away goal after 14 minutes. Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain completed the scoring and the Gunners progressed into the next round.

Platinum League
Real Madrid
2
Arsenal
2
Cristiano Ronaldo44Mario Mandzukic26
Cristiano Ronaldo62Mario Mandzukic60
Man of the Match - Felipe Anderson

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After losing our first two league games this draw was very welcome. Cristiano Ronaldo equalising twice after Mario Mandzukic scored two goals to bring his total to three in three league games.

August player of the month
Mesut Ózil

August top goalscorer
Felipe Anderson (3)
Mario Mandzukic (3)


September Update

Platinum League
Inter
1
Arsenal
2
Mauro Icardi71Alexis Sánchez2


Nicolás Gaitán51
Man of the Match - Mesut Ózil

Our first league win came against Inter after 1 draw and 2 defeats. Alexis getting his 3rd of the season whilst Nicolás Gaitán getting his first since joining from Benfica.
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Platinum League
Arsenal
0
Milan
0
Man of the Match - Alexis Sánchez


The first time that we haven't scored in a game this season. And only the second clean sheet of the season as well.

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The Cup - 2nd Round 1st Leg

Arsenal
3
CSKA Moscow
0
Alexis Sánchez45

Mesut Ózil59

Felipe Anderson78


The second round of The Cup saw us take on Silver League Group B side CSKA Moscow and again we ran out 3-0 winners at home. Sánchez taking his seasons total to 4 with Mesut Ózil getting his first. Felipe then knocked in his fourth of the season.

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Platinum League
Arsenal
3
Valencia
0
Mesut Ózil14

Mario Mandzukic59

Alexis Sánchez68

Man of the Match - Mesut Ózil

Ózil gets his second in two games then Mario Mandzukic scores his first in four games. Sánchez then nets for the second game running.

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The Cup - 2nd Round 2nd Leg
CSKA Moscow
0
Arsenal
2


Aaron Ramsey4


Alexis Sánchez5

With a 3-0 advantage, we wrapped this tie up within 5 minutes as Aaron Ramsey knocked in his first of the season and then Alexis Sánchez scored for the third game in a row to take his total to 6 for the season and become the top goalscorer at the club.

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September player of the month
Mesut Ózil

September top goalscorer
Alexis Sánchez (4)


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Transfers, August & September Update

Atletico mainly focused on youth in the transfer market. Following the 3 draft picks of Mkhitaryan, Rugani & Bellerin were the signings of Butland, Barbosa & Gourcuff. The second chance window saw Iglesias & Simeone sign some promising talent for the future.

Achraf Lazaar - 23 year old Moroccan international capable of playing anywhere on the left flank.

Kenny Tete - the 19 year old signed from Ajax is one for the future and was farmed out to Monaco

Dayot Upamecano - 16 year old centre back signed for his potential



The opening weekend of the inaugural Platinum League saw Atleti welcome Man Utd. An even game possession wise but only Utd's strikers brought their finishing boots, a disappointing 1-0 defeat.

Simeone was already feeling the pressure when Barcelona visited the Vicente Calderon and left with a 3-1 lead in The Cup 1st Round.

A late August run of 3 away games followed the Barca loss and Atletico finally sprung into life. A magnificent 3-1 win away at Arsenal in which new signing Gabriel Barbosa scored his first goal for the club. A 1-1 draw in the 2nd leg of The Cup 1st round saw Atleti crash out early but another great performance followed that in Milan - winning 3-0 in the San Siro.


Player of the Month - August
Juanfran

Top Scorer - August
Luciano Vietto (3)

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September started with an away game in London and Atletico left with a point when they will feel they could, and should, have had all three. Barbosa and Saul gave Madrid a commanding lead only for Eden Hazard and Jack Wilshere save a point for Chelsea.

A 1-1 draw against a well strengthened Valencia team saw Luciano Vietto score his 7th goal in all competitions.

The final game in September saw Atleti welcome back striker Jackson Martinez to the Vicente Calderon. It didn't take the new Leverkusen marksman long to show Madrid fans what they were missing as he gave his new team a 1-0 lead in the 1st minute. The impressive duo of Vietto and Juanfran secured 3 points for Atleti and they finished the month in 3rd position.


Player of the Month - September
Juanfran

Top Scorer - September
Luciano Vietto (2)

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New owner Enrique Iglesias has expressed his delight at the clubs current position in the Platinum League, his team lie in 3rd, despite the media prediction of 10th. A disappointing factor was the early exit in The Cup.
 
August Review - Inter Milan

August Review - Inter Milan
The League

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The first game of the season and new loan signing was on scoresheet. The match was very even, but the quality of Arturo Vidal decided it in Dortmund's favor.


Unexpected result. Again, a very open game with both the team having lots of chances. Neymar's injury meant we only had to deal with an unhappy Suarez and Messi. There is something not right with Barca squad now with rumblings of internal discontent and we took full advantage. New boy Lucas Moura scored too.



Got owned by City. Caught them on a rampaging form and we were nowhere near good enough. The gulf in quality showed. Things went from bad to worse when Imbula was sent off.



The Cup
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A nice victory against Porto, with Imbula scoring the decider. The boy is already proving his worth.

All in all, a good victory over Barcelona keeps us out of relegation zone.
 
September Update - Inter Milan

The League

Inter 1 - 2 Arsenal

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We dominated possession but they created the best chances. Petr Cech was in great form and Handanovic had a shocker. Disappointed with a draw here.



Inter 2 - 2 Real Madrid

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Oh we got lucky to get a point from this game. We conceded 2 quality goals. 1 point from our last 2 home games. It needs improving.

PSG 2 - 1 Inter
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PSG were the better team and it showed. Though a red card to Miranda did not help. We played with ten men for almost the entire game. To keep the scoreline at 2-1 was not bad.



Overall, Mauro Icardi is in good form and has scored in all league games in December. We need to keep it tight at the back though. We are in relegation zone as expected, but the performances have been okay. We are not too worried and are hopeful to get a few results in our favor in coming weeks. Juventus and Bayern are next. 3 points would be a great target. 2-3 points would be a happy October for us.


The Cup
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We beat Trabzonspor 3-0 overall. Danilo Cataldi scored as well. Our new boys have gelled in very quickly and that is encouraging.
 
Let's not fool ourselves, it should not be a surprise for a Chelsea team to be starting off the season so well. The squad was strong already, it only took Yeezy a few finishing touches to deepen it.

With his extensive knowledge of soccer (he is an American after all, forgive him for using that word), he knew exactly who to buy. Internal staff reportedly quoted him looking through the scouts database shouting out "I want this *****, this ***** and that *****". And he got them.

When asked about Chelsea's chances to lift the league trophy this season, he said he "gotta have it".


Transfers

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Unfortunately missed out on a couple of key targets at the start of the transfer window, but Yeezy is happy with what he got in the end. Quality players!

Some fantastic results for Yeezy so far this season. Great performance all round. The attacking outlay and the hunger for goals is extremely pleasing, Yeezy likes when his folks really go for it!
This was supplemented by a great set of victories against Everton in The Cup.

The only slight downside was a draw against Liverpool, but as Kanye says: "What doesn't kill you, makes you Stronger!"


 
Gonna steal the Arsenal style of updates as I like it, sorry grianaig

Bayern Munich August + September Review

August
Platinum League Matchday 1
Chelsea
3
Bayern
1
Oscar26Lewandowski75
Hazard37
Cuadrado76

A disappointing start, as we play poorly in defeat to the Blues. Neuer has a shocker of a game. Good debut for Ricardo, bad debut for Marek (What sort of a name is Marek anyway?! I blame his ridiculous hairstyle for his bad performance).

The Cup - First Round, First Leg
Villarreal
1
Bayern
2
Léo28Brozovic18
Robben26

We just about do enough to get a first leg victory at El Madrigal - performances need to improve if we want a succesful season though. Good debut by Brozovic.

Platinum League Matchday 2
Bayern
1
Leverkusen
2
Hamsik27Isco57
Martinez64

Really?! We can beat them in the Bundesliga but not here?! Neuer had a poor game again! Hamsik scored though, must be thanks to that haircut! Lewandowski was poor as well, and has yet to properly get going this season.

The Cup - First Round, Second Leg
Bayern
2 (4)
Villarreal
2 (3)
Coman6Trigueiros7
Moutinho49Adrian88

Our terrible season continues as we barely get past Villarreal in the cup.

Platinum League Matchday 3
Dortmund
2
Bayern
3
Reus21Lewandowski4
Reus52Lewandowski6
Hamsik34

Our first league win comes in Der Klassiker, as Lewandowski finally hits form to see off Dortmund. Hamsik playing well to justify his big money move.

August Top Scorer: Robert Lewandowski (3)

September

Platinum League Matchday 4
Man City
2
Bayern
2
Sterling4Robben17
Sterling48Lewandowski51

Another goal for Lewandowski, but we can only gain a point from a tough trip to the Etihad.

Platinum League Matchday 5
Bayern
2
Barcelona
1
Hamsik12Rakitic
10
Müller42Suarez76
Suarez
77

We pile further misery on Barca as they shoot themselves in the foot with 2 reds. Another goal for the impressive Hamsik, and a first of the season for Müller.

The Cup - Second Round, First Leg

Bayern
2
Genoa
1
Robben15Costa6
Müller16

A shaky come from behind win sees us take a slender advantage to Genoa.

Platinum League Matchday 6
Bayern
1
Real Madrid
1
Coman75Hernandez36

A hard fought draw against the non-Catalan's. Hala Catalonia! Also, Coman's first league goal. I would also at this point like to complain to the TV match chooser people. How was us against Leverkusen on TV, but us against Barcelona (The 2 biggest clubs in world football) not on TV?!

The Cup - Second Round, Second Leg
Genoa
1 (2)
Bayern
2 (4)
Pavoletti48Lewandowski7
Lewandowski75

Lewa at the double again to ensure our (relatively) safe passage through.

September Top Scorer: Robert Lewandowski (3)​
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Transfer Summary and September/October Update


Liverpool FC welcomed Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Diego Godin and Juan Bernat in the draft, and Owner John Oliver also added 7 players during the transfer window. Mamadou Sakho was sacrificed to Real Madrid in exchange for 5m pounds and Casemiro, who adds strength to an area of the pitch where the Reds were vulnerable. Oliver described the defensive midfield position as critical to the success of the team. “The defensive midfielder of the team is like the **** of the body. It's nobody's favourite part, but you need that thing working properly or everything goes to sh*t real quick.”

Ludwig Augustinsson was added as the team was short of quality in the left back position, with only Juan Bernat available as a first team option. Jairo Riedewald was added as a left-footed centre back to replace the outgoing Sakho. Goncalo Guedes was added to strengthen the wide areas, though Markovic remains on loan. Lewis Cook and Ivaylo Chochev further strengthen the central midfield position, and Nelson Semedo provides competition for Clyne at right back.

Riedewald, Cook and Guedes have subsequently been loaned out by manager Jürgen Klopp, who also signed Bruno Gomes and Carlos Martinez, with the former also leaving on a temporary basis.




Unfortunately, the team hasn’t got off to the start that Oliver would have liked. With a solitary win and 3 draws in 6 matches so far, the Reds sit just outside the relegation zone, but only on goal difference. They have, however, secured progression to the third round of the Cup. Star player Phillipe Coutinho has been out injured and hasn’t made an appearance yet, so his return in two or three weeks time is keenly anticipated.

The most recent result, where they became the first team to lose to expected title contenders Barcelona, cut short what appeared to be an improvement in form. Mr Oliver says that “At this point, we aren’t just flirting with relegation, we’re rounding third base and asking if relegation has any condoms.”

Hopefully things can improve quickly for the mighty Reds!




The schedule doesn’t get any easier, with tough fixtures against Man Sh*tty and Real Madrid to come in October. P$G are first off the bat in November too. Jürgen Klopp has a real challenge on his hands!

 
October Results

Platinum League

Table​

View attachment 169139
Juventus storm away at the front of the pack with Atletico and PSG snapping at their heels, Barcelona and United pick up some points but still find themselves firmly in the relegation dogfight. Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are doing a fine job in representing England while Milan are also looking good. Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that Barcelona, Bayern, United, Dortmund and Man City would all be in the bottom half of the table!

Gameweek 7​

View attachment 169143
Barcelona start to gain some momentum and haul themselves off the bottom of the table with a good win over United who take their place in last place. A lethal Juventus side hammer Real Madrid to continue their red hot form and Liverpool pick up some vital points with a wonderful win over Man City.

Gameweek 8​

View attachment 169140
Can anybody stop Juventus? They thrash Inter by 4 goals while Atletico bring Barcelona firmly back down to earth with a bump. Valencia pick up some much needed points with a win over Leverkusen, Liverpool continue their fine form by beating Real Madrid and PSG edge past Bayern with two late goals. Man Utd pick up a massive win also in the Manchester derby!
The Cup​

The fixtures have been drawn for the 3rd round of the cup, with the matches scheduled to be played on the 4th of November.

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game save - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YPiy4emMIHMS00dkc5YTB2MGs/view?usp=sharing
 
On fire! That win at Real Madrid was immense :D
 
Arsenal
October Update

Platinum League
PSG
1
Arsenal
1
Marco Verratti
78
Aaron Ramsey
36
Man of the Match - John Stones

Welshman Aaron Ramsey continues on from last game by scoring his second goal of the season for the Gunners. Petr Cech conceding his first goal in 5 games.
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Platinum League
Arsenal
1
Chelsea
0
Olivier Giroud
76


Man of the Match - David Luiz

Giroud scoring the only goal of the game to give Arsenal the honours in the London derby with David Luiz showing what Chelsea are missing with a great performance against his old team.​

October player of the month
John Stones

October top goalscorer
Aaron Ramsey (1)
Olivier Giroud (1)


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Btw, in terms of finances. I'm not sure the financial model of the league is sound enough to secure team's finances. There are several teams that had decent balances in August that now are deep in the red. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
 
Well, at least we're out of the relegation zone.

How the **** are Barcelona struggling so badly?
 
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