Grand Prix Rejects

I might fill up that central Midfield Spot.

Name:Gordon Moss
Date of Birth:30/6/1986
Position:Center Midfield,but can also play defensive midfield if he wants.
Nationality:Vanuatu,but previous citizenship was English
Height:176 cm
Favourite Teams:Liverpool,Aston Villa,Barcelona
Least Favourite teams:Manchester United,Real Madrid,A.C Milan,Crawley Town
Favourite Players or Ex Players:Michael Owen,Steven Gerrard,Xabi Alonso,Lionel Messi,
Least Favourite players or ex players:Wayne Rooney,Filipo Inzaghi,Thierry Henry.

Thankyou Wafflecat, we now have our 23 .

Before I restart the game, there will be a change of kit colourscheme.

Free Agent Bids:

Kay Lon - Wilhelmshaven

Andrew Spokes - Plymouth, Livingston, Dunfermline, Partick Thistle

Daniel Martins - Infesta , U. Madiera, Espinho, Olhanese

Alasdair Lindsay - Al-Alhy, Rotherham, Grimsby, Northampton, Dundee, Charlton, Sheffield Wednesday, Young Boys, Stoke.

Giovanni Roda - Sangiovannese, Cremonese, Juve Stabia

Johannes Rydzek - Darmstadt, Lubeck, RW Essen, F. Dusseldorf, Stuttgarter K.

Free Agent Targets (Interested, no bid made):

Ed Kevin - Barnet, Queen of the South, Airdrie Utd.

Gordon Moss - Hull

Kay Lon has signed for BSV Kickers Emden
Andrew Spokes is now a Dunfermline player.
Daniel Martins now plays in Liga Vitalis for Sporting Clube Olhanense
Gordon Moss is a Hamilton Academical
Young Boys Berne have snapped up Alasdair Lindsay
Giovanni Roda is now a Juve Stabia player
and
Johannes Rydzek is bound for Dusseldorf.

I was wondering why no one wanted me, then remembered I set myself as 1m 61

I'd happily take Barnet or Queen of the South. Two of the most fantastically named teams I've come across.

Airdrie Utd, less so. Knowing FM though I'll end up with them.

Oh great. Now I have to compete with a SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL (Alexander Farnerud) for my position in my club team! Feck!

"Fox" McLean has joined a Pre-MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Scunthorpe have offered a contract to Ed Kevin.
RAEC Mons are considering a contract offer to Thomas De Bock.

Mons? Oooooooooohhhhhhhhh yeeeeaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!

Am I the only one still without a team?

You (David Kozco)
Axeman
Ed Kevin (offer from scunthorpe hasnt been agreed yet)
Thomas De Bock (Offer from Mons hasnt arrived yet)

Ron Mignolet has been observed by scouts from KV Mechelen.

Asher Ormken was given "man of the match" in Wellington Phoenix's opening match of the "Australian Pre Season Cup" Against Sydney FC, Wellington beat the home team 1-0.

Europa League...Ballon d'Or here I come

You were on the bench and never came on, the only player to to come off the bench was Steve Marlet, Berne still won 3-2.

ADx_Wales wrote:You (David Kozco)
Axeman
Ed Kevin (offer from scunthorpe hasnt been agreed yet)
Thomas De Bock (Offer from Mons hasnt arrived yet)

Ron Mignolet has been observed by scouts from KV Mechelen.

Asher Ormken was given "man of the match" in Wellington Phoenix's opening match of the "Australian Pre Season Cup" Against Sydney FC, Wellington beat the home team 1-0.

I wanted his name to just be "The Fox," but if you can't change it that's OK.

The Fox is happy to join Vancouver.

ADx_Wales wrote:RAEC Mons are considering a contract offer to Thomas De Bock.

ah, the other club in which the dubious RAAL investors and managers were involved (although in a much lesser extent) welcome in the Hainaut Mafia, tommy

ADx_Wales wrote:Ron Mignolet has been observed by scouts from KV Mechelen

waw, that's actually one of the nicest Belgian teams

Well....Hamilton Academical is not a bad start.Definitely not a bad place to show talent.

Olhanense? That is a fine club. In real life they were promoted to first league in 2008-2009. Hope I help the team doing the same in the game!

WaffleCat wrote:Well....Hamilton Academical is not a bad start.Definitely not a bad place to show talent.

I was going to make a mocking remark about how crap they are (I should know, they're one of my local teams), but, to be fair, they did produce James McArthur and James McCarthy. Who are now both at Wigan.

This wrote:

ADx_Wales wrote:RAEC Mons are considering a contract offer to Thomas De Bock.

ah, the other club in which the dubious RAAL investors and managers were involved (although in a much lesser extent) welcome in the Hainaut Mafia, tommy

ADx_Wales wrote:Ron Mignolet has been observed by scouts from KV Mechelen

waw, that's actually one of the nicest Belgian teams

Well, a team that has Yellow Red in its official name is always going to be nicer than any other

Slightly off topic, but F1 rejects related:

Instead of adorning a constantly lapped F1 team's cars, Richard Branson's aimless PR has now pointed due North, having bought out Northern Rock, they have taken over their sponsorship of Newcastle United FC, some photos of Branson in a Newcastle shirt would be bad enough to be mentioned about rather than seen, but someone had to say it, the first time his company was seen on the shirts was in the 3-0 victory over Manchester United.

I notice that I have the highest average club rating

Upcoming fixtures for Vanuatu (all friendlies im afraid):

2007
(H) Andorra (143rd in the FIFA world rankings)
(H) American Samoa (197th, this one was already built into the fixture list)
(A) India (132nd)
(A) Singapore (106th)

2008
(H) Armenia (113th)
(H) Hong Kong (124th)
(A) Montenegro (204th)

Montenegro's place in the rankings quite clearly shows the year of the game.

Transer Update:

Ed Kevin's proposed move to Scunthorpe HAS gone through, however through reasons best known to the FM Database he is joining them in the Summer of 2008, so thats a year of waiting ahead for the Right Back.

There was a Gretna scout at Dunfermline's last game, rumours to be looking at signing Andrew Spokes.

Other News:

Ron Mignolet scored in the 4th round of the Belgian cup, his team RAAL scored 5 goals against SPA.

Alasdair Lindsay was booked but was man of the match in Young Boys Berne 2-1 win over Swiss League favourites Basel.

Squad of 26 to face Andorra and American Samoa (Forum members and legends in Bold)

Goalkeepers

Jean-Denis Alcatraz (Chesterfield)
Kay Lon (Emden)
Fred Jimmy Obed (Eraniau)

Ashley Waktinson is out for a week with a Sprained Wrist injury.

Defenders

Ed Kevin (Scunthorpe TBA)
Davidson Tariliu (Puma)
David Kozco (Unsigned)
Raul Peter (Tafea)
Asher Ormken (Wellington Phoenix)
"Fox"(Vancouver)
Axeman Einarsson (Unsigned)
Sylverstone Kanagai (Eraniau)
Nicolas Bruno (Rocky)

Alessandro Lucarelli is out for a month, undergoing treatment for a Sprained Ankle.

Midfielders

Jack Christoperson (Cardiff)
Andrew Spokes (Dunfermline)
Ron Mignolet (RAAL)
Thomas De Bock (Unsigned)
Alasdair Lindsay (Young Boys Berne)
Ashley Lilly (Preston)
David McFaste (Accrington Stanley)
Gordon Moss (Hamilton Academicals)
Daniel Martins (Olhanense)

Forwards

Barry Morrison (Partick Thistle)
Chris Dagnall (Rochdale)
Johannes Rydzek (F Dusseldorf)
Giovanni Roda (Juve Stabia)
Martin Malessas (Puma)

Starting Eleven and Nine Subs for Andorra match:


Unfortunately for "the fox" it is now the North American off-season for Soccer, which means he's exhausted, he may not get onto the pitch, but HOPEFULLY he will be up to full fitness for the American Samoa match later.

Live Updates here:

Pre Match, anthems and ceremonial exchanges on the centre circle...

Match Odds:

Vanuatu Win: 13-2
Andorra Win: 2-5(Fav)
Draw: 11-4

3:55 - GOAL! Johannes Rydzek heads in a chip from Ron Mignolet. 1-0 Vanuatu. Alisdair Lindsay with a vital through ball for Ron to cross.

8:28 - Goal for Andorra, Cano scoring from outside the Penalty area after some well worked posession play from the Andorran Midfielders. 1-1.

32 Minutes - Alasdair Lindsay has to be replaced, he was involved in a 50-50 collision with Garcia Moreno.

Half Time whistle is blown

Players return to the pitch, except for the first goalscorer, he's been replaced by Chris Dagnall.

46:58 - Andorra have a corner, its cleared by the Vanuatu defensive line, however a long shot from outside the D fires its way towards goal from the Andorran #3 Marc Bernaus, which is quickly blocked by Kay Lon in goal, another corner for Andorra, which is then cleared by Axeman Einarsson.

51:19 - Chris Dagnall collects a poorly kicked clearance from the Andorran GK Manuel Linares, only for his long shot to be deflected clear by the same person.

60:38 - GOAL FOR VANUATU!!! Lilly with the build up play outside Andorra's penalty area, neat pass to Dagnall who attempts a shot but with 3 Defenders blocking him it bounces back to Lilly who fires in from 16 yards! 2-1 Vanuatu.

73 Minutes - More Vanuatu substitutions, Ed Kevin looks tired and is replaced by Andrew Spokes, not naturally a Right Back, but is capable, David McFaste has had a quiet game, is walking off in favour of Daniel Martins, and also the tired legs of Gordon Moss are put to rest, on comes Thomas De Bock.

82:07 - Ceballos has a long shot from distance which doesnt disturb the Vanuatu net in any way, Andorra's shots in the second half have not been threatening Kay Lon as much as was expected.

84:21 - Axeman Einarrson performs the most agressive attempt at getting the ball, just outside the Vanuatu penalty area, Free Kick Given in favour of Andorra, Einarrson is booked, this fires the Vanuatu substitute bench into Action , The Fox will come on in favour of the Booked Captain. Einarsson flings the captains armband in Andrew Spokes' direction.

85th Minute - Goal for Andorra, the free kick is chipped in by Carlos Ortega, Headed in by Ruiz Bonilla, 2-2.

90th Minute - 4th official holds up a bit of cardboard with the number 4 on it.

94th minutes - not a lot happens in the final 4 minutes of the game, 2-2, lots of shook hands, lots of swapped shirts, with both teams feeling they should have won the game.

Post Match Analysis (Podcasttonight.com): Andorra's Manager has no right to be happy with his side after this draw in my opinion, the travelling Andorran supporters expected a comfortable victory over Vanuatu today and they can be justly disappointed with the result.

Vanuatu Physio Report: Alasdair Lindsay will be out for about 3 weeks with a twisted knee. This means he wont be able to play against American Samoa.

If Rugby Union games against the Pacific Island nations are anything to go by, then the Vanuatu/American Samoa game is going to be unbathpluggingbelievable

...was expecting the AmSam game to be close after the Andorran one, its actually 27 game-days away, which means we could have a fully fit squad ahead of the game....

Thomas De Bock, now has interested parties in Mons, Eendracht Zele, Kapellen, RC Waregem and Londerzeel.

ADx_Wales wrote:

MOTM!!

ADx_Wales wrote:Goalkeepers

Kay Lon (Emden)

As in Kickers Emden? Oh lawd...

For the lulz, I'll take RC Waregem

tommykl wrote:For the lulz, I'll take RC Waregem

You don't have a choice. Your virtual self will ignore your real self and sign for whoever the hell he wants.

kostas22 wrote:

tommykl wrote:For the lulz, I'll take RC Waregem

You don't have a choice. Your virtual self will ignore your real self and sign for whoever the hell he wants.

I know, but I hope he'll take Waregem, because 3rd Division, on here, is seen as better than 2nd Division.