SaintMotbot's Platinum League Chairman Game.

January Results

Platinum League

Table​

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A massive amount of games this month see things really hotting up! Juventus and PSG are now seperated by just the one point at the top! with Atletico and Chelsea in hot pursuit. It's also tight at the bottom where Bayern start a comeback, trying to claw out of the relegation fight! Barcelona are also in real danger down there.

Gameweek 16​

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Big result for Barelona as Messi inspires a 3-0 win over Inter. Valencia also pick up big points against Liverpool. Leverkusen play an absolute blinder by beating Bayern with débutante Christian Eriksen on the score shseet. PSG drop points on Juventus by only managing a draw with Dortmund, De Bruyne on the scoresheet on his debut as well.

Gameweek 17 ​

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Real Madrid triumph in the classico! Valencia hold Juventus and PSG and Leverkusen play out a draw with Eriksen and De Bruyne both continuing their 100% scoring records for their new clubs. Chelsea ensure that Bayerns misery continues and Man Utd look to be becoming a real force with their win over Atletico.

Gameweek 18​

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Leverkusen pick off Juventus! A wonderful performance with Eriksen scoring again!! Bayern finally pick up some points by thrashing Dortmund and PSG make the most of Juve's loss by seeing off Barcelona to close the gap.

Gameweek 19 ​

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Normal service is reserved for Juventus as they beat Dortmund, PSG keeping up the chase as well by seeing off Man City. Big points for Liverpool as they beat Leverkusen easily while Inter hold Real to a point.

Gameweek 20​

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Barcelona thump Juventus in the upset of the week, allowing PSG to close again with victory over Real Madrid in a cracking match. Leverkusen pick up vital points by beating United and Milan also boost their survival hopes by beating Valencia. Bayern and Man City play out a thrilling draw as both goalkeepers involved in the transfer swap seem to be struggling.

The Leagues Cup​

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Juventus see off Arsenal and PSG beat Chelsea to advance to the quarter finals of the cup. Bayern, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Man City have all booked their tikets as well.

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Game Save - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YPiy4emMIHblQwYWVtUndfQVk/view?usp=sharing
 
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BAYERN MUNICH'S SQUAD OVERHAUL!
Following our abysmal start to the season, Ms. Hopkins has decided to have a shake up of the playing staff to help Mr. Pellegrini achieve our modified goals for the season.

OUTS
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Manuel Neuer -> Manchester ****** (£35m + Joe Hart)
Obviously the move that's caused a rather large stir in world football, but he has been ****** this season so when we received the offer of this amount plus a world class goalkeeper for him it was a no brainer.


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Thiago Alcantara -> Arsenal (£27.5m)
Probably the least notable of the 3 outs, Thiago wasn't getting enough game time due to the U23 players rule meaning that Brozovic was taking his place in the majority of games so we moved him on for a good amount.


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Philipp Lahm -> PSG (£21.5m)
Captain. Leader. Legend. ****.
In all honesty, I'm the most sad about this, but he hasn't been up to the level that this great club needs so he had to go!

INS
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Joe Hart <- Man ****** (P/Ex)
England's Number 1 becomes Bayern's Number 1! A definite upgrade on Neuer!

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Hernanes <- Juventus (£8m)
With the switch to 4-2-3-1 for Pellegrini, we needed a backup CAM. Hernanes is that guy. And tbh, I quite like him as a player IRL.

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Stephan Liechsteiner <- Juventus (£20m)
In my opinion, one of best RB's in the game currently - at the very least one of the most hard-working! He should be able to keep up with the game more than Lahm could, and is probably better at attacking!


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Tin Jedvaj <- Leverkusen (£21.5m)
Continuing our policy of stealing the best players at German clubs, we take the talented Croat away from Leverkusen. Fits the U23 rule, and with the potential to be a top class CB or RB in the future.

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Alessandro Florenzi <- Roma (£39.5m)
Another player who I'm a big fan of IRL - basically a more talented James Milner! Can play RB, RW, CM or CAM - Will let Pellegrini choose where to play him.


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Baldé Keita <- Lazio (£18.5m)
An absolute steal! The picture says it all really, he can become incredible - and I have saves on FM which can back that up! Him, Coman and Rodriguez mean we have the left flank sorted for the next 10 years or so!


Now, let's march back up that table to where we belong!
EDIT: Ok, maybe not straight away :P​
 
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Calleri has already scored 3 goals in 5 matches! That's brilliant! If only we could have won against Leverkusen, we could have been in the Top 5! Well 8 points from relegation and 10 points from Top shows how tight the league is and every match counts! A detailed up date will be up soon :)
 
Aah.. We are the Aston Villa of this league... Relegation not very far away for Inter.
 
JANUARY UPDATE:


03/01/2016

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A hard fought victory over my old club as new signing Caleri makes impact on the first day and grabs a brace. The pair of Depay and Caleri troubled the experienced backline of Milan but it was probably the injury to Pirlo which switched the match in our favor. Ibrahimovic was his magnificent self but our attacking 4 of Willian, Mata, Caleri and Depay were all brilliant! A good start to the month!

10/01/2016

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Another match and another hard fought win in the Platinum League. I haven’t heard this in a while but MANCHESTER UNITED have a comeback win. When I saw the Barbosa goal I wasn’t very hopeful as we haven’t won many matches coming back under Van Gaal but he fired the players up as Depay and Young got the goals for us. Young hasn’t been first choice but he has been very good off the bench and it is pleasing to see the fighting spirit, in him and in the entire team! GGMU!

17/01/2016

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A rear guard effort this time around as a defense leads by Mertesacker holds on to a clean sheet while Caleri grabs the decisive goal. It was good to see a United defense battling out with the strikers with hunger and passion. Per has amazing positional sense and he displayed it in the match, he even played few beautiful balls forwards as he justifies his switch to Manchester.

24/01/2016

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A cagey affair was settled by midfielders as Cuadrado and Blind strike to share the spoils between the former Premier League Rivals. Chelsea has been flying this season while United have slowly established themselves. Blind who was moved to midfield following the signing Mertesacker showed good vision and intent to go forward and was rewarded with a goal. A decent point at the Bridge but I want more from the Boys. We aren’t far from the top and we can still give the top boys some jitters.

28/01/2016

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Poor finishing and some questionable selections let us down today as we end a largely positive month on a sour note. Isco and Martinez score against us again and they have been truly wonderful for them. Some smart pickings by the chairman Lewie who must be very proud of his team performing so well. That said, leaving Caleri out was baffling and while Rooney did score the goal, he also slowed down our team moves. I will be asking Van Gaal some questions, he is doing well but he must not tinker much. Don’t fix things which are broken!

MONTH OVERVIEW:

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10 out of a possible 15 is a good outcome in a Super League but at Manchester we always expect more. We slacked off at the end of the month and need to keep concentration up. The next month will be tricky with Barcelona, Dortmund, Inter and the Manchester Derby. February has always been our best month and I hope It proves to be true this time around as well!

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

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Jonathan Caleri – 2(2) Matches – 4 Goals!

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Inter Transfers and January Updates

Transfers

Steven Gerrard

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Inter went ahead and snapped up Steven Gerrard from LA Galaxy to boost their midfield. It is hoped that he can inspire this Inter squad to move out of relegation.

Inter also bolstered the goalkeeping area by signing Miguel Moya from Valencia. Andrea Barzagli arrived from Juventus to provide cover at the back.




January Results

Barcelona 3 - 0 Inter

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Hattrick by Messi. We could not do anything.


Inter 1 - 4 Dortmund
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Loss at home. Bad defending from us and Dortmund took home all the points. Mancini needs to turn this around soon or else he might be out of job.


Inter 1 - 1 Man City

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A point finally. Lucas Moura scores to give a valuable point to Inter. But we need some wins on the board as other strugglers are pulling away from us slowly.



Real Madrid 1 - 1 Inter

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Another point won at Bernebau. It was an even game surprisingly and a draw was a fair result. If we do not get a point in the next game then it sure time for Mancini to go. Wins are just not coming by.


Arsenal 3 - 1 Inter

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Another loss. Icardi scored again but defence needs to step up. We just cannot keep clean sheets right now.
 
February Results

Platinum League

Table

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What a season this is turning in to! PSG are the new leaders, while somehow out of nowhere Chelsea have snuck into the title race! four way race? What do you guys think? Barcelona have clawed themselves well out of the relegation battle but Bayern are still in the mix, with City dragged into danger as well. Inter look all but gone.

Gameweek 21​

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Barcelona and Bayern are th ebig winners this week, both gaining vital wins to help their relegation battles. Leverkusen continue enhancing their reputation as a form side with a win over Milan, while both Juventus and PSG stutter with draws against Real Madrid and Arsenal respectively. A promising start for Laurent Blanc as Real Madrid manager. Also want to give a massive shout out to Atletico who have been wonderful this season and pick up another hugely impressive win!

Gameweek 22​

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More wins for Barcelona and Bayern as they finally seem to have turned a corner! Juventus and PSG both back to winning ways and yet another huge win for Atletico as they beat Leverkusen to cement their place in the title fight! Chelsea progressing well with victory over Milan who seem to be really struggling now and Dortmund lose out to United and sack their manager!

Gameweek 23​

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We have new league leaders! PSG comfortably see of Bayern while Inter hold Juventus to a draw. Atletico pick up a point against Barcelona while Milan grab a huge win to boost their survival hopes. Diego Costa self combusts and gets himself sent off as 9 man Chelsea draw with Arsenal and Leverkusen comfortably see of Valencia who look to be in real relegation trouble.

Gameweek 24​

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Once again both PSG and Juventus draw, both Liverpool and Bayern doing really well to get their points. Real Madrid win the Madrid derby with a great performance against Atletico and Barcelona are beginning to shoot up the table with a 4-0 win over Valencia.

The Cup​

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Massive shock as Schalke knock out Bayern. PSG Comfortably brush Marseille aside, Juventus are made to sweat by Liverpool but progress easily enough, and Man City do fantastically to knock out Real Madrid!

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Its the clash of the heavyweights! the tie that everybody wants to see! PSG Vs Juventus in the cup semi-final.

Game Save - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YPiy4emMIHcld4dzgzNERrRnM/view?usp=sharing
 
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I suppose we'll take going out the cup as long as we keep up the decent form in the league.
 
Arsenal
Jantary Update

Platinum League
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[TD]Atlético
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[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gabriel Barbosa[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Luciano Vietto[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gabriel Barbosa[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Antoine Griezmann[/TD]
[TD]84[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Mesut Ózil

OK can we stop playing games in the first week of the month. November saw a 2-0 defeat, December gave us a 3-0 defeat and now January has turned up a 4-0 hiding. Get your money to the bookies for Februarys 5-0 spanking from PSG.
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Platinum League
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[TD]Arsenal
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[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Man City
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[TD]1
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Felipe Anderson[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Raheem Stirling[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Mesut Ózil

Felipe Anderson's seventh of the season gave us a quick lead only for Man City to equalise through Raheem Stirling.
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Platinum League
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[TR]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Real Madrid
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nicolás Gaitán[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD]Cristiano Ronaldo[/TD]
[TD]41[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Cristiano Ronaldo[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Cristiano Ronaldo
[/TD]
[TD]58
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Thiago

This match was all about that Portugese poster boy. Two goals and two yellow cards but we couldn't do enough against 10 men with Nicolás Gaitán consolation goal our only highlight.​

Platinum League
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[TR]
[TD]Milan
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]2
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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zlatan Ibrahimovic[/TD]
[TD]41[/TD]
[TD]Alexis Sánchez[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Aaron Ramsey[/TD]
[TD]80[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Aaron Ramsey

Back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over the Italians. Sánchez adds to his goal tally taking it to 11 and man of the match Aaron Ramsey hits the winner after Milan equalise.​

Platinum League
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[TD]Arsenal
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[TD]3
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[TD]Inter
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[TD]1
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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Danny Welbeck[/TD]
[TD]55[/TD]
[TD]Mauro Icardi[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Danny Welbeck[/TD]
[TD]64[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Danny Welbeck[/TD]
[TD]79[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Kieran Gibbs

After the Italians take a 1-0 half-time lead, the second half became the Danny Welbeck show as he hit a hat-trick in his first start for the Gunners this season.
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January player of the month
Alexis Sánchez

January top goalscorer
Danny Welbeck (3)

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I am so sorry guys that I keep breaking my promises about updates. Just this week has been busy wi my working and it's my Grandma's 70th this weekend so loads of family over. I absolutely, 100% promise an update by the end of the weekend! even if it kills me :D

On a different note though, I am loving this chairman game. So unpredictable!
 
January & February update

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Atletico 4-0 Arsenal
A five game month in January gave Atletico the chance to keep the pressure on Juventus and PSG at the top. It started well as they welcomed Arsenal, who themselves were looking to make a late charge to the top. It was a fairly one sided game in which Atletico hammered the gunners 4-0 - goals coming from Gabriel Barbosa (2), Vietto and Griezmann.

Man Utd 2-1 Atletico
An away trip to Old Trafford followed and a game against a resurgent Man Utd team. Once languishing in the bottom 4, the red devils managed a win despite falling behind to a Barbosa strike. The young striker is showing signs of his potential now and even though this game ended in defeat, Simeone and Iglesias are still pleased with progress.

Atletico 3-1 Milan
Atleti welcomed the Rossoneri to Madrid in Gameweek 18 and there was to be no hangover from the Utd defeat. An early lead was established through young midfielder Kranevitter and it stayed 1-0 up to half time. Milan equalised through new signing Ramires before Barbosa scored his 4th goal in 3 games and Henrikh Mkhitaryan made the game safe with 15 minutes left.

Valencia 0-2 Atletico
Atletico made the short trip to Valencia looking to build on the Milan result. With the game heading to the interval goalless Yoann Gourcuff scored and swung the game in Madrid's favour. Luciano Vietto scored again just after the hour and from there Valencia rarely threatened.

Atletico 2-1 Chelsea
January finished with a top of the table clash against Chelsea. Madrid dominated the first half and rightly lead 2-0 at the break thanks to goals from the in-form strike duo of Barbosa and Vietto - each getting a goal apiece. Chelsea rallied in the 2nd half and got what was to be just a consolation through Oscar.

Top Scorer - January
Gabriel Barbosa - 5


The transfer window concluded with Atletico again buying players for the future. Two strikers were brought in in the shape of:

16 year old Christian Fajardo who will spend the next couple of seasons playing for the reserves.
Arkadiusz Milik signed from Ajax for £6m will provide competition for Barbosa and Vietto


Atletico 3-0 Dortmund
February began with a comprehensive win over Dortmund. The Madrid fans welcomed back former player Juanfran with open arms - some are still disappointed with his sale in the January window. It matter little by full time as two goals from Barbosa and a first goal for Milik won the game.

Leverkusen 0-1 Atletico
An early goal settled this tense game as Atletico all but guaranteed their participation in the Platinum League for another season and kept up the pressure on the other 3 teams vying for the title. Luciano Vietto scored his 12th league goal of the season. Another clean sheet for Jan Oblak in what has been a magnificent season for the big keeper.

Barcelona 1-1 Atletico
Nerves were jangling in this one as Neymar gave Barca the lead and they looked to try and increase that. No more goals were scored in the first half and forgotten man Angel Correa equalised 5 minutes into the second half. All in all a good point for Atletico as they went into the Madrid derby seeking revenge.

Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico
Another derby defeat left Simeone seething. His team just didn't get going and resident poster boy Cristiano Ronaldo got his teams second, rubbing salt in Atletico's wounds.

With a big month approaching in the shape of March, Atletico face games against Man City and Inter.

Top Scorer - February
Gabriel Barbosa - 2
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Inter Press Release

Inter Press Release


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Inter have today announced that they have parted company with Mancini. Recent results were not up to the scratch. Having failed to get the best out of the current squad, and being 6 points behind FC Bayern, the board have decided that parting ways is the best way for the club to move forward.




Inter have moved swiftly to appoint Antonio Conte as the new Manager. Regarded as one of the top coaches in Europe, the fact that he has taken on the challenge at Inter, in their current predicament, is already being viewed by fans as a significant turning point in their fortune.
 
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Milan Update


We brought in only one player during this window, unfortunately I am a busy man and have been unable to find time to scout out new talent and bring them to the club.

Although we did manage to improve the midfield with the signing of:

Ramires
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Age: 28
Position: CM/DM
Transfer: £15 million

At £15 million and the fact I have been too busy to try and bring someone else in, I felt this was a great opportunity to strengthen the midfield.

Okay, so January was an extremely poor month for us in terms of results!! We managed just 1 win in 4 games to put us just above the relegation zone..not acceptable.

February has seen results improve slightly with 2 wins from 4 games to see us rise to around middle table, keeping us away from the dreaded drop zone!

Positives:
- Ibrahimovic staying injury free
- Ibrahimovic is joint top goal scorer with 14 league goals.
- Ramires scored his first goal for us
- I am among the top of the assist chart

Negatives:
- our position
-lack of players brought into the club


Talking point...
Is the fact that I am too busy to bring people into the club going to cost me in terms of relegation..we see each club running around like headless chickens grabbing all of the best young talent as quick as possible whereas I just about submit 1 request in time before the window closes. I have a feeling I will pay for this! Only time will tell!!

COME ON MILAN!!!
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Talking point...
Is the fact that I am too busy to bring people into the club going to cost me in terms of relegation..we see each club running around like headless chickens grabbing all of the best young talent as quick as possible whereas I just about submit 1 request in time before the window closes. I have a feeling I will pay for this! Only time will tell!!
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I only made 1 signing in Jan who came in straight away, and Sule is the only Summer signing who is a 'wonderkid' as such who is starting. Juve are the ones who went crazy on that. :P
 
Arsenal
February Update

Platinum League
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[TD]Arsensl
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]PSG
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mesut Ózil
[/TD]
[TD]31
[/TD]
[TD]Edinson Cavani
[/TD]
[TD]9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mesut Ózil
[/TD]
[TD]63
[/TD]
[TD]Domenico Berardi
[/TD]
[TD]19
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Nicolás Gaitán

Well at least we broke the start of the month hoodoo by getting a draw. Mesut taking his total to 7 with this brace. But with the amount of possession we had we really should have taken all three points.
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Platinum League
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[TR]
[TD]Valencia
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[TD]0
[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Gerard Piqué

A poor match and the resuly probably sums it up perfectly.

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Platinum League
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[TR]
[TD]Chelsea
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eden Hazard
[/TD]
[TD]7
[/TD]
[TD]Felipe Anderson
[/TD]
[TD]26
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]69
[/TD]
[TD]Thiago
[/TD]
[TD]65
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Diego Costa
[/TD]
[TD]72
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mario
[/TD]
[TD]90
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - John Stones

Another game that we really should have won after madman Costa picked up his second yellow card. Felipe Anderson's 8th of the season and Thiago's first goal for us since his transfer last month just wasn't enough against, eventually, 9 man Chelsea.

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Platinum League
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[TR]
[TD]Leverkusen
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Isco
[/TD]
[TD]24
[/TD]
[TD]Alexis Sánchez
[/TD]
[TD]41
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Alexis Sánchez

The month ends with our 4th draw in a row. Alexis Sánchez getting the equaliser to take our leading goalscorer up to 12 goals this season.
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February player of the month
Mesut Ózil

February top goalscorer
Mesut Ózil (2)





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