Back once again?

Yep, sadly.

Just for giggles let’s get the progress graphic up.

Arsenal sit proudly top of the table, Marlon Warner lasts 11 minutes before injury takes him and the Gunners take the lead just before half-time thanks to Gislason who we had at the start of his career. They score straight from the re-start in the 2nd half and the door is firmly closed.

UEFA Cup. A clean sheet win will be enough. Massive first half with Ayorinde and Scholes on the scoresheet. We should have been out of sight. It doesn’t cost us.

Sparta Prague in the next round. But a Lancashire derby first.

The scorers from Rosenborg do the stuff again. The “Rovers” offer little until they halve the deficite and then we hang on.

West Ham. A middling Premier League side that can convince goal machine Robbie Fowler to join them? Of course. Naturally we are not able to even sit down with his agent. Paul Scholes snatches a point.

Absolutely essential that we can get a lead, and a clean sheet in the home leg before travelling to the Czech Republic. Mission Accomplished.

In the league, we seem to be able to snatch draws from the snatches of defeats. Which is not the worst way of doing things. Scholes again.

The league campaign not going well.

Although they still love me

As do the League? I don’t understand…

Injuries to Warner, Hitoto, Osorio and Ayorinde mean this is a point gained. Izzy Rankin hasn’t hit the heights of previous campaigns this time around but it’s a welcome goal and another late one.

Stink the place out for 80 minutes and hit them on the break. Classic Mourinho. Works for Bolton too. We are still in Europe! Technically Brexit doesn’t exist in this reality so the town of Bolton is still part of Europe, but I think you know what I meant.

If we are going to win this comp, we will need to beat an English side at some point I think. Guaranteed to need to beat Middlesbrough in the final. But that’s a narrative that will get picked up in the next episode – we’ve got some league draws to get now…

The type of game that puts the idea of throwing the laptop out of the window into minds. It was ours. Before our defence was “Bent” out of shape. Twice.

Man United. Moving On…

No wins in the last 6 games so naturally the board are still delighted with my work.

Ayorinde moves into double figures on Boxing Day with this victory over the Toffees

FA Cup time. Lower graded oppo. A trip to the University town of Cambridge. The Students got Schooled. Young Coppell gets his first senior goal.

Keeper Nicky Spink got a 9 for this one. Shows just how one sided it was

The big haired Colombian puts Hull in the lead, our great Dane levels up and if it wasn’t for the linesman’s flag we would have snatched it at the end

No joy in the capital. Not that any was really expected

15 league games to go and we are very much in a relegation battle. Ironically we could (theoretically) win the double too.

That’s next week’s battle.