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The Hero Championship

Atalanta Falcons - Sodhat FC Murder On Zidane's Floor - Zinedine FC ElphickForJustice - Cherries Spanish Bank FC - GSC Moleicester City - Fernando
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Afro Mahmood is Azzy Mahmood biggest rival ever, Azzy Mahmood is sad that he is 4 stones heavier and older then afro Mahmood.

I know why azzy really is a moody mahmood.

Why Viva?

Is it 2 U21's for the cup?

How many do I need in me squad

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:

I know why azzy really is a moody mahmood.

Why Viva?

LOok at my post before this one. There is more to why azzy Mahmood is like this but I won't share it out yet but most of it is to do with his younger cooler rival afro mahmood. Nobody knows that afro Mahmood is called Mahmood.he changed his name so people wouldn't know he is from the same clan as aZy Mahmood. True story

Olly wrote:Is it 2 U21's for the cup?

How many do I need in me squad

How many times do you need to ask? Have a look at the rules Ollysaurus

Olly wrote:Is it 2 U21's for the cup?

How many do I need in me squad

There is no set number in your squad, but you need 3 on the pitch at all times, so you may need to factor in injuries

VivaPaulScholes wrote:

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:

I know why azzy really is a moody mahmood.

Why Viva?

LOok at my post before this one. There is more to why azzy Mahmood is like this but I won't share it out yet but most of it is to do with his younger cooler rival afro mahmood. Nobody knows that afro Mahmood is called Mahmood.he changed his name so people wouldn't know he is from the same clan as aZy Mahmood. True story

Azzy is younger than me

VivaPaulScholes wrote:

Olly wrote:Is it 2 U21's for the cup?

How many do I need in me squad

How many times do you need to ask? Have a look at the rules Ollysaurus

Alrite alrite calm down calm down

Ahh, well that clears it up Viva.

Azzy is younger than me

Maybe Viva meant mentally. Like you being able to hang with the cool kids but Azzy just moans like Uncle Fan used to.

Ho many Under 21's for the Cup? 2 or 3 ???

VivaPaulScholes wrote:You did not accept my opinion you were peed off and very angry at me. From what I've seen off fatty he does look like he he loves the spotlight. He should never present Football at all makes far too many mistakes.

I DID accept your opinion, what I didn't accept was you telling us what AC does/does not like/enjoy. You don't know, so you shouldn't presume.

You've done it right here though - "he does look like he loves the spotlight" - nowt wrong with that. It's saying "he loves the spotlight" that's wrong.

Say all you like about the man, it's nothing that hasn't been sad before

And as for the rest, I am confused.com

Quite happy to land a Bender

Err, Azzy from what I can make out. I think Viva mean because Afro is younger & cooler (mentally) its turning you into Uncle Fan (grumpy).
But that may be distorted in translation. In all honesty CF could be best getting in to translate what Viva said as I dont think anyone understood it clearly.

Azzy Mahmood wrote:
Say all you like about the man, it's nothing that hasn't been sad before

He is such a good looking man. He must work out twice daily to stay so muscly.



Sorry, I thought that was a challenge.

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Err, Azzy from what I can make out. I think Viva mean because Afro is younger & cooler (mentally) its turning you into Uncle Fan (grumpy).
But that may be distorted in translation. In all honesty CF could be best getting in to translate what Viva said as I dont think anyone understood it clearly.

Grumble grumble grumble rule breakers grumble grumble ugly Chinese women grumble grumble ABU grumble grumble

Azzy mwah xxxxx

"There's only one Michael Turner, one Michael Turner, he used to be Poopie, but now he's alright, walking in a Turner wonderland"

Totes signing him at a later date innit

When will injuries be up?

They are Viva. Afro should've given you the two extra weeks worth.

if he hasn't I'll pm them to you

Yeah if you can please

Sent

When be reasons

Thank you. Where's this week's injuries.?

Found them wasn't updating on my laptop

Sorry Viva, I completely forgot to send them

cherriesfna wrote:When be reasons

Later tonight, but can't say a specific time

Spanish Bank v FC Murder

good set up between both sides Benteke gave the early lead before FCM striked back with a corner which Hernandez connected with and put away before scoring the goal winner later on.

Interesting tactical game this one for me. I don't see it being a goal fest personally, Bank have set up well to counter the threat of Zidane in my opinion. Flooding the midfield keeps Lampard and Kroos quiet, which means that Zidane do not really have a base to build off. I'm not a fan of Chicarito playing the lone striker role, I feel he'd be better in a front two. However I do not think Bank pose that much of an attacking threat to Zidane, as Alba and Pisczcek are pinned back by Zidane's wide men, meaning there isn't much width to there attack, which Zidane just about handle. Draw written all over it for me.

Zidane had the better of the game just about, but SB were well set-up to nullify the threat and I struggle to see anything but a draw for this one. SB tactics 1, Murder 1.

Bank set up well here did well to stop Hernandez which left Murder a bit limited upfront. Kroos and Lampard in the deeper role didn't get to get at the the opposition midfield az well as they would like.

Bank set up as Zidane expected but I think in the end the attack in of the banks wbs is too much for Rafael and Coentrao who are caught to far up a couple of times. There will be lots of goals undoubtably but I think belhanda is the final piece in gscs jigsaw whereas giovinco is best used outside rather than centrally.
 
A tight game, with FC Murder very attacking and Bank defensive but with a great counter attacking game. Murder get caught on the break early as Alba makes a trademark break forward and assists Benteke for the opener, but the pressure from Murder is too much in the end and Chicharito scores a worldie from 0.5 yards out to share the spoils.

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Moleicester City v FC ElphickforJustice

Molechester the stronger side in this match and managed to show it with a good goal set up from Carzola for Michu before returning the favor later on.
Firstly one thing I have not missed about this league is trying to comprehend Cherries's tactics! Onto the game, I think it'll be a win for Moleicester and I'll tell you for why. I love the gusto shown by Nando in his tactics, taking it too a weak ElphickforJustice defence, who simply will not be able to handle the likes of Cazorla, Di Natale, Michu, Munain and Valbuena. However I do think

ElphickforJustice do have some success in the attacking department with there pace and power they have. I just don't think they will have enough to hold out an attacking force which is among the best out there. On a side note for Moleicester, in future I would not have Scholes tracking the AM (of which you were lucky Cherries didn't play one). Get Capoue on that job, Scholes hasn't the legs for it.

Moleicester really went for it and took the game to Elphick, and the visiting side just couldn't cope with the attacking intent. They created chances themselves as they look good going forward, but just spent to much time under the cosh

Didn't think this system really suited the wide men of City they had too mu h space to cover back which limited thier attacks. Justice put in a shift working hard in midfield which gave them a lot of control in midfield. Carzorla being the key man here got away from midfielders who set up Michu who was generally stopped well by the CBs.

Comfortable win for moleicester in the end as their quality comes through, I think that cherries still needs a few players in key positions. Moleicester epitomize how tight the division is.
 
Mole City were very attacking but as the 3-4-1-2 is more suited for wingbacks out wide, and despite instructions to track back, Valbuena and Muniain are not wingbacks. Luckily Elphick aren’t setup to punish that with only three getting forward, Mole City create plenty of chances and Michu and Cazorla bag one each. Elphick get one back after their 80th minute change to go 4-4-2 gets at Mole City but it was too little too late.

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Atalanta Falcons v VFL Bassender

Remy got an early header in before Reus who got 2 goals to lead the falcons to a win.

This is an interesting matchup. I think Trebs has been effectively pragmatic and has used what he has at his disposal extremely wisely. I must admit I fretted when I saw Remy and Podolski out wide, but Trebs has used them where I feel they are most effective as inside forwards and I feel they cause problems, despite Long having little success against Vidic/Evans. However I do think Bassender will struggle with the nimbleness of Reus, El Shawoddywoddy and Mertens, with Puyol especially struggling. Falcons dominate possession, and despite Bassender being setup well, I can't see them holding out to get anything from this game, they need more talent obviously!

The new manager of Bassender, poached from local German rivals, gets a reality check of just what he has taken on. He set up well to try to counter what Atalanta had to throw at him, but it was just too much against such a class team, and that class told in the end.

Bassender very strong in midfield and got some joy from wingers coming inside, the attacking three of Falcon were too quick for the Bassender CB. Lot closer game then I would have initially thought. Bassender need to bring in a striker who'll get goals and Falcons a dominating midfielder.

A tight game as bassender pulled together for trebs however the gap in quality eventually leads to the only goal of the game late on. I have no doubt trebs will get this side winning soon.

Atalanta very attacking with their front three, Hernanes and Verratti supplying the bullets and the fullbacks being attack minded, Bassender with a decent midfield and defence so they do well to limit the Falcons threat but they can only keep them at bay for so long as Reus scores first. Bassender are always dangerous on the break with Remy and Podolski on the wings but are unable to break through, by the time they bring on Adebayor and go 4-4-2, Falcons have already gone 5-3-2 and nullify that threat to hold on.

Burak Yilmaz > Messi @ CL Goals #fact

Yilmaz > Bony> PEA

Alba stops Robinho tapping in then finishes off Milan

#bestLBintheworld #leightonwho?

WE'RE AFC BOURNEMOUTHWE WIN WHEN WE WANT

One win in six and Bournemouth are world super powers once again...

Crawley robbed of two points by a blatant handball in the area in injury time by a Yeovil defender, but to get a draw from 2-0 down away from home is pretty good.

While Barcelona hosted Ac Milan, the worlds attention was instead drawn to Stevenage.

We're AFC bournemouth we rule supreme

To be fair Stevenage were on worse form than Bournemouth, normal service will resume soon

Makes me laugh everytime

GSC wrote:

Makes me laugh everytime

DERP.

Can we make that head an emote

Morning all

Barca were monumental last night. I tuned in at the 11min mark, it was 1-0, and they could have scored 6 or 7 over the next 10mins. Incredible performance, and possibly the first good game I've ever seen from Sergio Busquets!

Yet another injury time Jordi 'we've won, let's bomb forward and get a goal' Alba. Does that guy ever stop running?

Messi's first goal was supreme, made it look so easy to just pick out the top corner like that.

Sanchez looks off the boil badly at Barca right now. He hasn't recaptured his Udinese magic.

Good news on Fifa 13 too, I'm finally getting the hang of defending and I've progressed my West Ham team to 11th in the league. I absolutely refused to lower the difficulty level in spite of consistent beatings and now my suffering is rewarded.

Heart and passion for the game.

Better finisher than Wilfried 'I've scored 567 goals in the Egyptian U-12s league' Bony to boot

Now now, Bony is a good player with great potential. With a big move this summer, he could end up making you lot look pretty silly.

Cardiff are desperate to throw their title away, aren't they? Another draw, their fans must be getting nervous.

Morning.

Well played by Barca. Azzy, Busquets is one of the best holding midfielders for a reason. His job sometimes goes unnoticed IMO.
Alba is a great LB, good block to stop Robinho. Boy just runs up & down that pitch for fun!!

Notts County FC grow grass with seized cannabis lamps

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Morning.

Well played by Barca. Azzy, Busquets is one of the best holding midfielders for a reason. His job sometimes goes unnoticed IMO.
Alba is a great LB, good block to stop Robinho. Boy just runs up & down that pitch for fun!!

Notts County FC grow grass with seized cannabis lamps

Busquets would get more credit from me if he wasn't a despicable little prat.

Morning

Galatasaray for the CL

Open to offers

Decent side on paper, Galat.

Emmanuel Eboue made the QFs and Arsenal probably won't

Eboue > Arsenal

Eboue is the best in the world #fact he has a bouncy castle

Did anyone see that stat that when new pope's are being picked in the times Barca have played apparently they've won 4-0 everytime

no idea if that's true wouldn't surprise me though

Fernando wrote:Morning

Galatasaray for the CL

Open to offers

Galatasaray were very lucky yesterday. Schalke absolutely hammered them for most of the game, but Gala took their chances. I can't see them doing that again.


Azzy - The welsh news was funny this morning. The headline was "Cardiff Extend their lead at the top to 4 points" trying to be positive and ignore their lead rapidly shrinking

BigFellasAfro wrote:

Fernando wrote:Morning

Galatasaray for the CL

Open to offers

Galatasaray were very lucky yesterday. Schalke absolutely hammered them for most of the game, but Gala took their chances. I can't see them doing that again.

All i shall say to that is they defended what they needed to do they may have got lucky sometimes but in the end it came down to Howedes getting bossed by Yilmaz in a running race and with their progress they have the players to cause issues for alot of the sides left.

For the third Gala goal, Schalke were almost playing 0-0-10 chasing the goal they needed