SaintMotbot's Premier League Chairman Game

February update

Premier League

Gameweek 24​

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Manchester United, Liverpool, Aresenal and Tottenham all draw while City beat Chelsea, making it a very good week for Watford and Southampton who both move to within two points of the top of the table. West Ham continue some improved form to see off Swansea, while Bournemouth new boy Slimani grabs a hatrick to help the cherries see off Stoke. Newcastle beat Aston Villa and Crystal Palace grab a good win over West Brom

Gameweek 25​

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Arsenal and Manchester United flex their muscles at the top with thumping wins, while Liverpool drop back after slipping to defeat against Tottenham. Chelsea's torrid time continues after only drawing with Everton while Southampton hold Leicester and Watford draw with Stoke. Newcastle beat Crystal Palace and Man City ensure that Swansea still havn't recorded a win.

Gameweek 26​

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How tight is this season as the top!? United lose out thanks to a spectacular dispaly by Watford but there are wins for everybody else including Arsenal, Liverpool, Southampton, Leicester, Man City and Tottenham. Everton pick up a good win over Swansea and Sunderland claim vital points against Palace. Chelsea's season goes from bad to worse as they lose out to Aston Villa.

Gameweek 27​

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HOLD THE PHONES EVERYBODY! THEY HAVE DONE IT!! SWANSEA HAVE WON A MATCH! meanwhile its all change again as Arsenal go clear at the top with Liverpool failing to beat Watford and Manchester United not in action this week. Leicester pull off a big win over City and Newcastle manage to hold Chelsea. Bournemouth pick up yet another win with Slimani on the scoresheet again and Stoke come good with a Zlatan brace seeing off West Ham.

Table​

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Arsenal lead the way, two points clear of Liverpool in second. Watford are third with Southampton and Manchester United are fourth and fifth, both with a game in hand. Tottenham and City are right onto the heels of the top of the table but there seem to be no signs of life from Chelsea who have dropped right back. Swansea's big win is hardly enough to ease their woes as they are still 10 points clear of safety with West Brom not much better off and Sunderland rounding out the bottom three.

League Cup​

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A massive congratulations to Man Utd who claim the League Cup and the first major trophy of the game! it took extra time, but they eventually beat Chelsea to lift some silverware.

FA Cup​

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Some shocks in the FA Cup as Manchester Utd are knocked out by Everton, Tottenham are knocked out by Norwich and Southampton lose to Wolves. What a chance for the remaining teams.

Champions League​

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After the first legs of the round of 16, Arsenal pull off an amazing win over Barcelona at the Nou Camp which puts them an away goal up, while Chelsea and City get very respectable draws. United have it all to do as they trail Wolfsburg, but do have that away goal.

Europa League​

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An eventful round of 32 see's Liverpool through after beating Brugge, Southampton through after digging deep against Fiorentina, but its the end of the road for Spurs as they lose out to Sporting on away goals.

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In the round of 16, Liverpool will face Athletic Bilbao, while Southampton will play Gladbach.

Manager of the Month​
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Player of the Month​
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Young Player of the Month​
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Game Save - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YPiy4emMIHVjNLbkI5UWRlakU/view?usp=sharing
 
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Chelsea's season going from strength to strength...
 
Islam on fire! Kinda....

An up & down month but we can almost smell safety! :)
 
Well, this is turning out to be very interesting! Only one thing is certain: We're staying up!
 
Manchester City Update

January

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Citizens
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New Year started off with a routine victory at Villa Park. Kevin De Bruyne has been a standout performer for City this season and he scored the first one on this game before Aguero made it 2 for City. New boy Aymeric Laporte and loan signing Strootman made appearances as well. 18 shots, and only 4 on target. The shooting boots have been left home, but we still won this comfortably. Tougher tests lie ahead.



Charlton 0 - 2 Citizens (FA Cup)
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Same scorers again, with both De Bruyne and Aguero picking up from where the left against the Villans. We dominated the game and should have won by more than 2 goals if not for the profligacy of our forwards.


Citizens 1 - 3 Newcastle
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Laporte got sent off in 13th minute for a stupid tackle. We still managed to score first through Aguero. The red card though did make a difference and Newcastle went on to score 3 in the second half. Ayoze Perez troubling the defence throughout the game.


Arsenal 3 - 0 Citizens

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Not impressive. Kompany got injured. Again. Thankfully it was not serious. Joe Hart had a rare bad day in goal. And Mesut Ozil was in great form. This was a great chance to close down on the leaders, but we blew it. Making it to the top 4 is a priority now. 2 losses in a row is not going to help that either.


February

Citizens 2 - 1 Nottm. Forest (FA Cup)

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Walk in the park. Bernardo Silva debuted. Bernardo Silva scored. Bernardo Silva was judged the player of the match. Some way to make an entry to England. Onto 5th round of FA Cup now where Sunderland await us.



Citizens 1 - 0 Chelsea

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Kevin De Bruyne scores against his former club. He is a certainty now for the Fans' Player of the Season award. And we are still in February. The win also ensures that we keep Chelsea at an arm's length below us.


Swansea 1 - 2 Citizens

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The Swans have not won a single game this season and it remained so after this game. They did take the lead through Leon Britton but David Silva and Fernandinho ensured that we get the 3 points that our performance deserved.

Citizens 3 - 0 Norwich

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Sergio Aguero ran riot. 2 goals from the magician saw us easily disposing Norwich off. It also helped that John Ruddy possibly put in his worst performance of the season for Norwich.

Citizens 3 - 0 Sunderland (FA Cup)

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On we march in FA Cup. Bernardo Silva scored second in 2 FA Cup games. With our forwards having a quiet day, it was our defenders that stepped up with goals from Kompany and Kolarov sealing the win for us.

PSG 1 - 1 Citizens (Champion's League)

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We did dominate the possession, but could not make it count. An away goal however, is a great advantage heading into the return leg at home.

Leicester 1 - 0 Citizens

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An almost perfect February marred by this loss. Marc Albrighton scored early and then Leicester just parked the tank. We threw everything at them, but could not find the net. To make matters worse, Otamendi got himself sent off in sheer frustration.




Expectations in March:
We have 3 league games coming up in March, Home to Stoke and Away at our neighbours and then West Brom. At least 7 is needed to keep up with the teams at the top of the table. If things go right, we might end up moving above the noisy neighbors by beating them.

There also 2 other games in FA Cup and Champion's league. We host PSG in UCL. With an away goal advantage, this should be winnable. European cup was the main reason Pep was hired, so this is an important game. Away to Watford will ensure we are still in with a shout to win the FA Cup.
 
March Update

Premier League
(The gameweeks are getting very confusing now as the games are being spaced out due to European commitments and such, so I will do the best I can)

Gameweek 28​

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Arsenal beat Chelsea in the London derby to stay top of the league with Liverpool in hot pursuit following their win at Southampton. United can only manage a draw with West Ham while Watford lose out to a stubborn West Brom side. Spurs beat Crystal Palace but Man City are shocked by Stoke while Norwich and Bournemouth claim valuable wins.

Gameweek 29​

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A few teams playing twice this week to make up for postponed fixtures. The biggest standout result is Swansea managing just their 2nd win of the season as they beat Arsenal! Bournemouth beat Spurs, West Ham hold Liverpool and beat West Brom, while West Brom also lose their other game of the week to Southampton. Leicester pick up four points from their two games while Watford are back to winning ways by beating Sunderland. Also worth noting is Man Utd's triumph over City in the derby.

Gameweek 30/31​

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The fixture list has proved rather confusing in terms of gameweeks, as all of these games were played on consecutive days. Arsenal are going well after picking up wins over Leicester and Norwich, while Klopp is working wonders at Southampton who beat Sunderland and Tottenham. Watford continue their good form by holding Tottenham and beating Bournemouth while Everton beat Liverpool in the merseyside derby. Stoke seem to be on a bit of a roll, picking up wins over Newcastle and Aston Villa while United also card a win against struggling Aston Villa

Table​

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Arsenal lead the table by four points, and I am staggered to say that it is Southampton who sit in second with a game in hand! Watford lead the chase with United in fourth but with two games in hand they could be right on to Arsenal. Liverpool have dropped off somewhat in fifth and below that there is an almighty scrap for European places between Tottenham, City, Chelsea and Leicester. At the other end, Swansea are off the foot of the table! replaced by West Brom.

FA Cup​

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We are going to have a shock winner this year in the FA Cup as Watford knock out Man City. Premier League struggler's West Brom and Swansea are both into the semi's while Newcastle and Everton will need a replay.

Champions League​

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Arsenal shock Barcelona to reach the Quarter Finals along with Man City who see off PSG. United are dumped out by Wolfsburg and Chelsea lose out on away goals to Bayern

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Arsenal are not going to have it easy as they face Bayern in the next round, while Man City have a great shout at the semi's with an easier draw against Valencia.

Europa League​

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Both Southampton and Liverpool are safely through to the quarter finals, having beaten Gladback and Athletic Bilbao

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Both sides successfully managed to dodge Juventus in the quarters but both will face tough French opposition.
Manager of the Month​
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Player of the Month​
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Young Player of the Month​
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game save - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YPiy4emMIHNVk5Y1I2cHdLZTA/view?usp=sharing
 
**** you Watford! So close to an undefeated month! Looking good for a solid mid table finish though.
 
Where have you gone, Tevez?! Would have been a great month but for losing to rock bottom West Brom... At home!!!
 
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Where have you gone, Tevez?! Would have been a great month but for losing to rock bottom West Brom... At home!!!
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He is thinking why he declined for Stoke, I think he wants to britannia stadium
 
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Harry Kane has started scoring :D

Michael Jordan says he is as relieved as any Tottenham to see striker Harry Kane finding the net regularly in the past 2 months!

"What can I say, I was a little worried...I gambled and decided not to bring in another top striker as backup to Kane or to give him a rest...I was convinced he would eventually start scoring! Afterall, last season he didn't start scoring until end of November so I knew he has it in him. 4 goals in 4 games in February was a fantastic return showing he is indeed a world class player, he just needs to find that consistency.

Results have continued to be up and down, after the great month of February I hoped we could go on a run until the end of the season but it hasn't quite happened with our last 2 few games resulting in loses, Bournemouth and Southampton!

We are still not completely out of contention for top 4, we need to push on and try to win the last of our remaining games to stand a chance of Champion's League football next season.

Big shout out to Lloris, still holding the most clean sheets in the league!

COME ON YOU SPURS!
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avoiding relegation is becoming very difficult, but maybe we can win the FA Cup?? Come on Swansea!
 
West Ham update

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David Cameron has been busy in the House of Commons in recent weeks, including being labelled 'Dodgy Dave' so hasn't been seen at any Hammers games.

He has, however, through intermediaries stated that he is happy with the job Stefano Pioli is doing. The team had been bereft of confidence before his arrival and there are still one or two instances of this but Pioli has got the team on a 4 game unbeaten run in the league and he's said he will look to not only achieve but surpass the points target set by owner Cameron.

League


Newcastle 1-0 West Ham
Not the greatest of starts for the new manager as Moussa Sissoko ruined his managerial debut. A much improved performance defensively though.

West Ham 2-0 Arsenal
A superb home debut for the manager as he guides West Ham to a dominant victory over London rivals Arsenal. Goals coming from Enner Valencia and Winston Reid. The manner of victory was aided by Paul Pogba's red card.

Chelsea 2-0 West Ham
A disappointing defeat here as Chelsea rolled the Hammers over without really breaking sweat. Falcao and Matic scoring in each half to see off Pioli's side

West Ham 2-1 Swansea
Two home games, two victories for Stefano Pioli - this on really helping them stay out of the bottom 3. January signing Luciano Vietto getting off the mark in the 7th minute. Dimitri Payet scored a second half penalty to make it 2-0 before Gomis scored a consolation goal for the Swans.

Norwich 2-2 West Ham
A big problem for the Hammers has been scoring goals but they have now managed 4 in two games. They did look to be having the usual away day struggles as two Simone Zaza strikes sandwiched a Vietto goal in the first half. Cometh the hour, cometh the man though as Payet equalised for West Ham and it remained that way until the final whistle.

West Ham 0-3 Leicester
A capitulation here, bad defending for the full 90 minutes led to Stefano Pioli publicly criticising his players. Two goals in the first half from Mahrez and Wilshere made this game safe for the Foxes and Jamie Vardy completed the scoring in the 66th minute. Ugly scenes towards the end of the game as Vardy received his marching orders for striking Winston Reid. Chat ****, get banged indeed.

Stoke 2-0 West Ham
The criticism from Pioli following the Leicester defeat didn't have the desired effect here as his team again lost, this time with some added disciplinary problems. Zlatan Ibrahimovic putting the Hammers to the sword with a brace. Winston Reid and Dimitri Payet both sent off for West Ham.

West Ham 1-1 Man Utd
Stefano Pioli was eager to arrest the slide from the previous two games and had had his players into training every day since the Stoke game. The game started badly for his team with Memphis Depay opening the scoring in the 6th minute. Pedro Obiang restored parity in the 19th minute for West Ham as they pushed hard for a 2nd. All in all, a draw was probably a fair result and Pioli was pleased with his teams efforts in his post match press conference.

Liverpool 1-1 West Ham
A tricky looking tie to Anfield was next on the agenda for West Ham. Liverpool are pushing for European places so Pioli knew his team would have to work hard to get anything here. Oscar opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 10th minute (early goals being conceded is a big concern for the manager) and it remained that way till half time. The forgotten man Diafra Sakho scored his first league goal in what seemed like forever in the 54th minute to salvage another point for the Hammers.

West Ham 3-0 West Brom
The unbeaten run stretched to 3 league games courtesy of a 3-0 drubbing of struggling West Brom. Goals coming from Obiang, Emenike and Antonio - although there could easily have been more.

Sunderland 1-1 West Ham
The Hammers will see this as 2 points dropped rather than a point gained. Sunderland were sitting in 18th before play and West Ham had a chance to open a larger gap on them as we enter the run in. Breel Embolo scored his first league goal just before half time to give his team the lead at the break. Patrick van Aanholt scored against the run of play 10 minutes into the second half before Winston Reid's disciplinary issues reared their head again. Thankfully for him Sunderland couldn't capitalise and Jack Rodwell also saw red later on.

West Ham now sit 15th, 6 points ahead of Sunderland in 18th with 7 games to go, owner David Cameron and manager Stefano Pioli are both confident of beating the drop but know there is a lot of hard work still to be done.

The records in the league between Stefano Pioli and Slaven Bilic makes good reading for the current manager (just), however, scoring goals is still a big problem:

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[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]P[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]L[/TD]
[TD]F[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]Pts[/TD]
[TD]Win %[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Slaven Bilic[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]25%[/TD]
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[TD]Stefano Pioli[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]27%[/TD]
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League Cup

Chelsea (4) 3-0 (2) West Ham
Despite winning the first leg 2-1, West Ham were overpowered at Stamford Bridge and the decent League Cup run ended in the Semi Final.

FA Cup

West Ham 0-1 Nottingham Forest
A poor performance saw West Ham exit the FA Cup in the 3rd Round. The only plus point from this is they can now fully concentrate on the league and their quest for survival.


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