GOALS GALORE ! THE ROAD TO ISTANBUL & GDANSK

[morganb]

Round 2 totals below - have revamped the table slightly to fit the screen better and so you can see the running totals across both competitions.

tenpinterry top overall but in the CL and the EL there's are ties for top

[theo29]

Match week 3 in the Euro events coming up. A very disappointing FISO entry for this in spite of extensive use of pm's but morganb's art work is highly commended.

[theo29]

I think morganb has forgotten about this, now halfway through the group stages. The Reading postponement at Forest must have thrown him off balance plus the news that the Telegraph will be sold (sometime).

[morganb]

I think morganb has forgotten about this, now halfway through the group stages. The Reading postponement at Forest must have thrown him off balance plus the news that the Telegraph will be sold (sometime).

Yep, totally forgot to do this! Latest tables should be up tomorrow at some stage.

[morganb]

tenpinterry in the overall lead. tenpinterry leading the CL competition. tenpinterry and robot joint leaders of the EL competition.

[murf]

Used all his luck here, sacrificing his Highlander team.

[morganb]

Latest charts below

[theo29]

going into match day 5 shortly, topspur with his Spanish quartet getting among the goals leads the way hotly pursued by tenpinterry and morganb

[tenpinterry]

I knew it couldnt last

[theo29]

come on morganb, you have forotten this............again !

[morganb]

come on morganb, you have forotten this............again !

To me it's a Monday lunchtime task

[morganb]

Table

[theo29]

thanks morganb. Now we know your working timetable it will not be mentioned again. With one remaining group week before Christmas Topspur leads on 80 with tenpinterry on 74, morganb 73. robot 72 and Wahine 71. How many players will still have a squad of 8 before the ko's kick in late February ?

[morganb]

The following is taken from SamD's post elsewhere on the forum.

Draw for Champions League last-16 (just five nations represented):

Dortmund (GER) v Paris SG (FRA) - Tue 18 Feb, Wed 11 Mar
Atlético Madrid (ESP) v Liverpool (ENG) - Tue 18 Feb, Wed 11 Mar
Tottenham (ENG) v Leipzig (GER) - Wed 19 Feb, Tue 10 Mar
Atalanta (ITA) v Valencia (ESP) - Wed 19 Feb, Tue 10 Mar

Chelsea (ENG) v Bayern Munich (GER) - Tue 25 Feb, Wed 18 Mar
Napoli (ITA) v Barcelona (ESP) - Tue 25 Feb, Wed 18 Mar
Real Madrid (ESP) v Man City (ENG) - Wed 26 Feb, Tue 17 Mar
Lyon (FRA) v Juventus (ITA) - Wed 26 Feb, Tue 17 Mar

Seeded team plays second leg at home.

[morganb]

Again thanks to SamD in the Fixtures thread...

Europa League: Round of 32 first legs

Thursday 20 February (17:55 GMT)
Sporting CP v İstanbul Başakşehir
Ludogorets v Internazionale Milano
Eintracht Frankfurt v Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk v Benfica
Getafe v Ajax
Copenhagen v Celtic
CFR Cluj v Sevilla
Club Brugge v Manchester United

Thursday 20 February (20:00)
Wolves v Espanyol
Wolfsburg v Malmö
Roma v Gent
Rangers v Braga
Bayer Leverkusen v Porto
APOEL v Basel
Olympiacos v Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar v LASK

Round of 32 second legs

Wednesday 26 February (17:00)
Braga v Rangers

Thursday 27 February (17:55)
Espanyol v Wolves
Malmö v Wolfsburg
Gent v Roma
Porto v Bayer Leverkusen
Basel v APOEL
LASK v AZ Alkmaar

Thursday 27 February (20:00)
İstanbul Başakşehir v Sporting CP
Internazionale Milano v Ludogorets
Salzburg v Eintracht Frankfurt
Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk
Ajax v Getafe
Celtic v Copenhagen
Sevilla v CFR Cluj
Arsenal v Olympiacos
Manchester United v Club Brugge

Round of 16 Draw: Fri 28 Feb
First legs: 12 March
Second legs: 19 March

[morganb]

Latest progress chart as at the end of the rounds:

[theo29]

these 2 events should of course be all over by now so this is just to give the thread an airing. Whether morganb has any idea quite where we are I will leave him to reply !
The mere typing of foreign city names reminds me of the Orient Express in the case of Istanbul and Gdansk was Danzig when I was in short trousers !

[morganb]

these 2 events should of course be all over by now so this is just to give the thread an airing. Whether morganb has any idea quite where we are I will leave him to reply !
The mere typing of foreign city names reminds me of the Orient Express in the case of Istanbul and Gdansk was Danzig when I was in short trousers !

Totally forgot about this. Might have a look on Monday but I think we are half way through a round at the moment

[morganb]

So, I finally remembered about this and here is the latest table. Both competitions are part way through the Round of 16 games so it is a bit muddled at the moment, there are also some teams who have dropped from the CL to the EL - hopefully everything is clear and correct (as updating the spreadsheet is a manual process). I've also added the colour coding key and the details of the next fixtures in each competition.

[morganb]

The fixtures

[theo29]

thanks to morganb (the FISO scribe) for his update on the Champions/Europa scene. I appreciate his time spent on my thread, and such artistry ( and colour)
The 3 leaders are 104, topspur, 102 Wahine and 98 tenpinterry, however the rounds of 16 and 8 have yet to be completed .

[theo29]

because of COVID 19 the title should be GOALS GALORE. THE ROAD TO COLOGNE & LISBON as these have taken the place of Istanbul & Gdansk. The final stages commence in early August and everything is over by the 23rd. The original title will be in use again next season when I hope we get a decent FISO entry where the yardstick is goals not points.

[Malrom]

because of COVID 19 the title should be GOALS GALORE. THE ROAD TO COLOGNE & LISBON as these have taken the place of Istanbul & Gdansk. The final stages commence in early August and everything is over by the 23rd. The original title will be in use again next season when I hope we get a decent FISO entry where the yardstick is goals not points.

exactly this!

[theo29]

lots of August action. Man C v Real starting shortly. Can they win it for Pep ?

[morganb]

Ooh. Guess I need to think about updating the tables for this at some point (Monday at the earliest). Hoping the Tour De France competition doesn't need a table...

[theo29]

so Pep and City move to Lisbon for the final stages and yes morganb the TDF comp will need your valued assistance to tally the points. Was that an offer?

[morganb]

Probably the best offer you are likely to get!

[theo29]

Bayern get 8 and no one chose them. Exit City but Lyon and Leipzig are still in there.

[morganb]

The grid is up to date but I'll put it up on Thursday after all the semi-finals have taken place.

[morganb]

Hmmm... still haven't done this yet! I might wait until after the 2 finals now and post at the start of next week.