Maybe trophies are all that matter to these new money Roar fans but for the virtual fans in Manchester, these matches and wins just mean more to them. They recognize the successful season we’re having and it’s just a special atmosphere inside the eEtihad
League Matchday 23 (2/22-2/25) Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Malmö Goals: 20’ Koke, 40’ Višća, 88’ Višća YC: 65’ Modrić, 80’ Acerbi Subs: 48’ Maguire for Süle, 56’ Sarabia for Isco, 57’ Mustafi for Pezzella, 63’ Kampl for Witsel, 68’ Gayà for Felipe Werder Bremen 1-1 Manchester United Goals: 7’ Martial, 89’ de Vrij YC: 14’ Pereira RC: 55’ Zieliński Subs: 51’ Luiz for Odriozola, 62’ Jović for Kroos Real Madrid 2-1 Dijon Goals: 9’ Griezmann, 19’ Marquinhos, 82’ Vázquez YC: 18’ Hamšík, 87’ Pavard Subs: 60’ Vázquez for Di María, 61’ Jorginho for Kessié, 72’ Brahimi for Khedira, 72’ Bailey for Matuidi Brighton 1-1 Milan Goals: 34’ Kramarić (pen), 80’ Mandžukić YC: 71’ Mandžukić Subs: 48’ Ndombele for Arthur, 57’ Fekir for Alli, 66’ Tielemens for Nainggolan, 72’ Parolo for Fernandes, 77’ De Sciglio for Diallo Philadelphia 1-1 Liverpool Goals: 73’ Leiva, 90’ Suárez YC: 65’ Hummels, 71’ Alexander-Arnold RC: 12’ Manolas Injuries: 42’ Szczęsny (3 days; bruised leg) Subs: 53’ Zaha for Firmino, 63’ Williams for Neymar, 78’ Trippier for Hummels Everton 2-2 Manchester City Goals: 20’ Jiménez, 32’ Reus (pen), 56’ Aspas, 88’ Jiménez Missed Penalties: 29’ Jiménez YC: 30’ Jiménez, 86’ Digne Subs: 51’ Gündogan for Tadić, 52’ Fernández for Sandro, 69’ Martínez for Busquets, 82’ Anderson for Hazard Barcelona 2-0 Atlanta United Goals: 4’ Salah, 85’ Cavani YC: 29’ Mané, 62’ Bonucci, 72’ Meunier Subs: 57’ Banega for Milinković-Savić, 58’ Lemar for Partey, 59’ Cazorla for Rakitić, 81’ Kolarov for Sané Dortmund 2-2 Brisbane Roar Goals: 43’ Grimaldo, 43’ Dybala (pen), 51’ Higuaín, 61’ Godín YC: 65’ Alaba, 82’ Kompany Injuries: 88’ Ronaldo (3 days; dead leg) Subs: 47’ Callejón for Perišić, 58’ Paulinho for Kanté, 76’ Kompany for Tah Fiorentina 1-0 PSG Goals: 88’ Costa Missed Penalties: 33’ Haller YC: 43’ Akanji, 58’ Telles Injuries: 66’ Haller (5 weeks; metatarsal) Subs: 55’ Benzema for Sterling, 57’ Costa for Jesus, 63’ Fabián for Brandt, 82’ Hermoso for Haller
TOTW Neuer - Fiorentina Schulz - Barcelona Akanji - Fiorentina Bonucci - Barcelona Roberto - Barcelona Gnabry - Fiorentina Kondogbia - Fiorentina Rodríguez - Barcelona Višća - Tottenham Hotspur Jiménez - Everton Cavani - Barcelona
February POTM Shortlist Serge Gnabry - Fiorentina Luis Suárez - Philadelphia Lorenzo Insigne - Real Madrid Gonzalo Higuaín - Brisbane Roar No winner announced yet
Players returned from injury: Philadelphia - Cuadrado. Real Madrid - Di María Changes needed: Popovio - Need a change for Zieliński red. - Keïta; Aouar to bench. Done. Frank Martin - Need a change for Manolas red. - Gomez; Lovren to bench. Done. PSG - Benzema for Haller. Done. Druce - Need a change for Bonucci card accumulation. - Ginter; Promes to bench. Done. Extras: Fiorentina - Florenzi. Away. Milan - Ramos. Done. Real Madrid - Kaderábek. Away. Werder Bremen - Kimmich. Done. Yellow Card Watch: 4 - Casemiro, Varane, Alaba, Laporte, Schulz, Romagnoli, Vrsaljko, Giménez, Alexander-Arnold, Kaderábek, Pereira, Modrić, Felipe 3 - Demirbay, Godín, Tah, Nainggolan, Mandžukić, Alderweireld, Perišić, Alba, Kanté, Marquinhos, Pavard, Mallo, Militão, Roberto, Partey, Akanji, Škriniar, Isco, Acerbi, Saúl, Piszczek, Umtiti, Tagliafico, Suárez, Verratti, Roussillon, Vertonghen, de Vrij Injuries: Malmö - Romagnoli - 2 months from 1/26. Malmö - Hernández - 6 weeks from 2/16. PSG - Haller - 5 weeks from 2/25. PSG - van Dijk - 5 months from 11/25. Everton - Zapata - 6 months from 12/9. Fixtures (3/1-3/3) Milan - Tottenham Hotspur Everton - Philadelphia Brisbane Roar - Real Madrid Manchester United - Fiorentina PSG - Atlanta United Malmö - Barcelona Dijon - Dortmund Liverpool - Brighton Manchester City - Werder Bremen
Will try after I get my kids down, keep falling asleep at like 8:30 in a twin bed with a small human, my back is not a fan
League Matchday 24 (3/1-3/3) Milan 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur Goals: 19’ Alli, 24’ Costa, 73’ Eriksen, 87’ Alli YC: 37’ Cancelo, 61’ Eriksen, 81’ Ghoulam Subs: 49’ Paulista for Piszczek, 79’ Blind for Umtiti Brisbane Roar 2-1 Real Madrid Goals: 9’ Lukaku, 29’ Insigne, 46’ Higuaín YC: 26’ Semedo, 59’ Semedo RC: 59’ Semedo Injuries: 76’ Piqué (4 months; ACL) Subs: 63’ Vázquez for Di María, 66’ Paulinho for Dybala, 76’ Savić for Piqué Manchester United 0-2 Fiorentina Goals: 22’ Gnabry, 68’ Akanji YC: 28’ Bale, 70’ Telles Subs: 50’ Sokratis for Pepe, 59’ Costa for Jesus, 60’ Torreira for Kondogbia, 62’ Bernardeschi for Depay PSG 3-1 Atlanta United Goals: 9’ Immobile, 20’ Goretzka, 49’ Sterling, 76’ Sterling YC: 25’ Rakitić, 52’ Sterling Subs: 46’ Kehrer for Koscielny, 46’ Banega for Milinković-Savić, 57’ Cazorla for Demirbay, 69’ Carvalho for de Jong, 71’ Orban for Rakitić Malmö 2-2 Barcelona Goals: 15’ Aubameyang, 23’ Cavani (pen), 58’ Koke, 62’ Schulz YC: 42’ Sánchez Subs: 47’ Sarabia for Lozano, 60’ Lemar for Partey, 61’ Gómez for Isco Dijon 2-0 Dortmund Goals: 11’ Matuidi, 56’ Icardi Missed Penalties: 30’ Ronaldo YC: 11’ Silva, 75’ Tolisso Subs: 54’ Jorginho for Vidal, 58’ Rüdiger for Pavard, 59’ Kompany for Tah Everton 0-2 Philadelphia Goals: 41’ Suárez, 78’ Son YC: 65’ Mallo, 83’ Militão Subs: 48’ Mallo for Digne, 58’ Cuadrado for Mahrez, 64’ Gündogan for Adams, 68’ Wan-Bissaka for Chiellini Liverpool 1-1 Brighton Goals: 18’ Rashford, 58’ Neves YC: 5’ Gomez, 54’ Neves Injuries: 80’ Hummels (2 weeks; quad) Subs: 47’ Zaha for Neymar, 49’ De Sciglio for Diallo, 74’ Aké for Varane, 75’ Trippier for Gomez, 77’ Ndombele for Nainggolan Manchester City 2-0 Werder Bremen Goals: 15’ Stones, 54’ Hazard Missed Penalties: 1’ Reus YC: 15’ Busquets Subs: 49’ Aouar for Keïta, 53’ Anderson for Reus
TOTW De Gea - Manchester City Sandro - Manchester City Akanji - Fiorentina Stones - Manchester City Vrsaljko - Manchester City Gnabry - Fiorentina De Bruyne - Fiorentina Matuidi - Dijon Sterling - PSG Icardi - Dijon Benzema - PSG
Players returned from injury: N/A Changes needed: nexus - Need changes for Piqué and for Semedo red. - Savic; Kaderábek back in. Done. Frank Martin - Need a change for Hummels. Manolas back in and leave Gomez? Yes. Done. Extras: Fiorentina - Florenzi. Done. Real Madrid - Kaderábek. Done. Werder Bremen - Zieliński. Done. Liverpool - Manolas. Done. Barcelona - Bonucci. Done. Yellow Card Watch: 4 - Casemiro, Varane, Alaba, Laporte, Mallo, Militão, Schulz, Romagnoli, Vrsaljko, Giménez, Alexander-Arnold, Kaderábek, Pereira, Modrić, Felipe 3 - Demirbay, Godín, Tah, Tolisso, Nainggolan, Mandžukić, Alderweireld, Perišić, Alba, Kanté, Marquinhos, Pavard, Roberto, Partey, Akanji, Škriniar, Isco, Acerbi, Saúl, Piszczek, Umtiti, Sterling, Tagliafico, Suárez, Verratti, Roussillon, Vertonghen, de Vrij Injuries: Malmö - Romagnoli - 2 months from 1/26. Malmö - Hernández - 6 weeks from 2/16. PSG - Haller - 5 weeks from 2/25. PSG - van Dijk - 5 months from 11/25. Everton - Zapata - 6 months from 12/9. Real Madrid - Piqué - 4 months from 3/2. Fixtures (3/8-3/10) Brighton - Everton Philadelphia - Manchester City Atlanta United - Malmö Dortmund - Manchester United Real Madrid - Liverpool Werder Bremen - Milan Tottenham Hotspur - PSG Barcelona - Dijon Fiorentina - Brisbane Roar
God damn can my team go a single match without going down a man? Kaderabek for Semedo, Savic for Pique please
League Matchday 25 (3/8-3/10) Brighton 1-1 Everton Goals: 43’ Nainggolan, 51’ Hazard YC: 32’ Alderweireld Subs: 49’ Rodrigo for Mbappé, 49’ Gündogan for Tadić Philadelphia 0-1 Manchester City Goals: 57’ Thauvin YC: 17’ Sandro, 40’ Kimpembe, 67’ Cuadrado Subs: 46’ Piatek for Aspas, 47’ Džeko for Suárez, 64’ Cuadrado for Verratti Atlanta United 1-2 Malmö Goals: 22’ Isco, 60’ Aubameyang, 67’ Banega YC: 62’ Shaqiri Subs: 51’ Banega for Rakitić, 52’ Gómez for Kane, 61’ Shaqiri for Müller Dortmund 1-1 Manchester United Goals: 8’ Lewandowski, 65’ Alves YC: 21’ Saúl, 45’ Godín Real Madrid 1-1 Liverpool Goals: 54’ Di María, 62’ Fabinho YC: 9’ Savić, 43’ Firmino, 45’ Fabinho Injuries: 39’ Fernandes (2 weeks; dislocated shoulder) Subs: 49’ Coates for Savić, 57’ Trippier for Fernandes, 59’ Vázquez for Insigne Werder Bremen 0-1 Milan Goals: 36’ Kramarić YC: 19’ Umtiti, 47’ Herrera RC: 23’ de Vrij Subs: 46’ Odriozola for Kimmich, 46’ Fekir for Allan Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 PSG Goals: 33’ Brandt, 42’ Lacazette (pen), 58’ Sterling Injuries: 53’ Donnarumma (3 days; bruised tailbone) Subs: 52’ Carvalho for de Jong Barcelona 3-1 Dijon Goals: 10’ Salah, 34’ Rodrïguez, 69’ Kessié; 77’ Cavani (pen) YC: 28’ Schulz Subs: 70’ Jorginho for Dembélé, 76’ Lemar for Partey Fiorentina 0-1 Brisbane Roar Goals: 67’ Dybala (pen) YC: 5’ Lukaku, 37’ Škriniar Subs: 58’ Callejón for Lukaku, 58’ Costa for Jesus, 62’ Paulinho for Perišić, 64’ Torreira for Bale
TOTW Buffon - Brisbane Roar Ghoulam - Milan Umtiti - Milan Ramos - Milan Vrsaljko - Manchester City Brandt - PSG Isco - Malmö Dybala - Brisbane Roar Sterling - PSG Aubameyang - Malmö Cavani - Barcelona
Players returned from injury: N/A Changes needed: Frank Martin - Need a change for Fernandes? Trippier? Yes. Fernandes is good. Popovio - Need a change for de Vrij red. - Bender. Done. Druce - Need a change for Schulz card accumulation. - Rodríguez; Aurier to bench. Done. Extras: Liverpool - Hummels. Still out. Real Madrid - Semedo. Away. Barcelona - Roberto to RM, Aurier to RB and Partey to bench. Done. Yellow Card Watch: 4 - Godín, Casemiro, Alderweireld, Varane, Alaba, Laporte, Mallo, Militão, Škriniar, Romagnoli, Vrsaljko, Saúl, Umtiti, Giménez, Alexander-Arnold, Kaderábek, Pereira, Modrić, Felipe 3 - Demirbay, Tah, Tolisso, Nainggolan, Mandžukić, Perišić, Alba, Kanté, Marquinhos, Pavard, Roberto, Partey, Akanji, Isco, Acerbi, Sandro, Piszczek, Herrera, Sterling, Tagliafico, Suárez, Verratti, Roussillon, Kimpembe, Vertonghen, de Vrij Injuries: Malmö - Romagnoli - 2 months from 1/26. Malmö - Hernández - 6 weeks from 2/16. PSG - Haller - 5 weeks from 2/25. PSG - van Dijk - 5 months from 11/25. Everton - Zapata - 6 months from 12/9. Real Madrid - Piqué - 4 months from 3/2. Fixtures (3/15-3/17) Everton - Real Madrid Manchester United - Atlanta United Liverpool - Dortmund Dijon - Fiorentina Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Philadelphia - Brighton Milan - Barcelona Brisbane Roar - Werder Bremen PSG - Malmö
Players with 7.0+ rating (not including guys with just a few appearances) Higuaín Jesus Neymar Kane T. Hazard Lewandowski Kramarić Griezmann Di María Insigne Lacazette TOTW attackers gonna be a fierce battle 15+ G+A Mandžukić (15) Dybala (16) Salah (15) Jesus (15) Neymar (17) Kane (17) T. Hazard (18) Lewandowski (19) Kramarić (16)
Drafting off fifa rating even after being told that wasn’t in the spirit of things and getting the “best” in game team isn’t really cinderella though
Posts like this always remind me that deep inside Shaun knows better than to root for teams like man city.
SugarShaun next chance you get can you please move Partey to the bench, Sergi up to RM and Serge Aurier to RB please?
League Matchday 26 (3/15-3/17) Everton 1-2 Real Madrid Goals: 4’ Silva, 88’ Tadić, 89’ Kaderábek YC: 1’ Chiellini, 28’ Chiellini, 55’ Khedira RC: 28’ Chiellini Subs: 85’ Brahimi for Hamšík, 86’ Coates for Savić Liverpool 0-1 Dortmund Goals: 18’ Ronaldo (pen) YC: 24’ Tah, 55’ Fabinho Injuries: 34’ Manolas (4 months; broken tailbone) Subs: 48’ Trippier for Fernandes Dijon 2-1 Fiorentina Goals: 29’ Pavard, 46’ Kondogbia, 73’ Dembélé YC: 39’ Matuidi, 65’ Matuidi RC: 65’ Matuidi Subs: 64’ Sidibé for Florenzi Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur Goals: 51’ Reus YC: 38’ Witsel, 75’ Lacazette Injuries: 22’ Thauvin (2 weeks; dislocated shoulder) Subs: 46’ Anderson for Thauvin, 47’ Maguire for Süle, 56’ Kampl for Witsel, 72’ Piatek for Aspas Philadelphia 3-0 Brighton Goals: 20’ Son, 39’ Thiago, 67’ Verratti Missed Penalties: 32’ Suárez YC: 21’ Thiago, 52’ Ndombele Subs: 46’ Cuadrado for Havertz, 50’ Ndombele for Nainggolan, 53’ Džeko for Mahrez, 58’ Tielemens for Neves Manchester United 1-1 Atlanta United Goals: 52’ Willian, 67’ Lewandowski YC: 15’ Matip, 32’ Milinković-Savić RC: 68’ Carvajal Subs: 51’ Willian for Messi Milan 1-0 Barcelona Goals: 64’ Kramarić YC: 74’ Roberto Subs: 49’ Malcom for Salah, 50’ Fekir for Allan, 59’ Belotti for Cavani Brisbane Roar 1-1 Werder Bremen Goals: 37’ Marcelo, 64’ Asensio Missed Penalties: 41’ Agüero YC: 25’ Halstenberg Subs: 58’ Callejón for Lukaku, 59’ Boateng for Otamendi, 63’ Luiz for Bender PSG 1-2 Malmö Goals: 4’ Kane, 40’ Sterling, 47’ Isco, YC: 18’ Goretzka, 43’ Benzema Subs: 46’ Kehrer for Lenglet, 46’ Vida for Corona