Haven't been on here for ages but just wanted to say I'm lovin' all the SOMS. Good work peeps

SOUTH WEST REDS FC

The latest addition to the league are local team South West Reds and they're squad of expierienced and young, they are prepared to take on top teams from Excelsior to Real Madrid. Former legend defender Jans Vornander was appointed manager by the South West public. Vornander confidently said in a short interview he expected the job.

"I expected the job because I was with the team for a long time. It's going to be an exciting adventure. I will also be doing some special training with the defenders. I think we'll have a good campaign."

Another headline breaker was to hear that Alex 'Castolo' Castello pipped Didier Espimas to the captaincy.
The Brazilian striker is a fan favourite and Didier expected Castolo to be captain.

"He's been a captain before. He's still a captain now. He has the right attitude. Umm, some would admit in the past he didn't have the attitude, hehe, but umm he's a great team mate to have around and at the end of the day I just want to win cups and enjoy success in my remaining time here."

There are some young stars coming through at South West Reds that have caught the eye of several big sides.

Jose Gutierrez - Forward - Spanish - 9 goals last season for academy. Jose is strong in the air and also likes playing behing the front man.

Moussaffa El Moubarki - Full Back - Moroccan - 6 assists last season for academy. Very good crosser of the ball and likes to shoot from long range.

Johann Libermann - Center Half - German - 3rd in player of the season contenders. Very strong and loves tackling. Recieved 4 yellows last season in academy.

Bayern Munich reportedly want to take Libermann home for 5 million euros and Getafe and to buy Gutierrez for 7 millions euros.

Vornader: None of our players are up for sale. We are trying to sort out contracts for Gutierrez, El Moubarki and Libermann and several others. No first team players are leaving at this time.

So South West Reds have been preparing for the new season and know what teams they'll be facing in the upcoming 2008 season.
They'll be starting in Division II with,
Saint-Ettiene
Caen
Excelsior
Stoke City
Hull City
AIK
Derby County

So before they took on the top teams in UEFA they would take their new look team to the field against Hapoel Tel Aviv in a friendly in Tel Aviv.

28-MAN SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR UPCOMING SEASON

South West Reds have confirmed their 28 man squad for the new season with five being left out of the friendly with Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Goalkeepers

1. Valerin Ivarov
22. Ivan Lothar
23. Lukas Zamenhof*

Defenders

2. Freddy Stremer*
3. Svetislav Jaric
4. Marc Valeny
14. Peter Ruskin
13. Johann Libermann
19. Mark Ceciu*
24. Frank Baumann
25. Moussaffa El Moubarki
15. Daniel Giersen

Midfielders

6. Luigi Dodo
17. Michael Macco
7. Ximelez Garcia
10. Hugo Minanda
27. Elan Ettori
16. Steve Stein
8. Didier Espimas
5. Darian Iouga*
18. Edward Fouque
32. Hugh Van Den Berg

Forwards

9. Alex 'Castolo' Castello (c)
21. Robert Huylens
20. Brede Hamsun
28. Jose Gutierrez
11. Pablo Ordaz
30. Liam Burchet*

*Players not travelling to Israel for friendly match

So the Reds have their squad ready to face Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2 days time and new coach Jans Vornander says he's just getting his players fit and ready, he wants to come away with a good result. Jans spoke to Setanta:

"I want the players to get fit and well and know what the challenge is ahead. I need the lads to get a good result to prove that we're a threat in the league.

I think Castolo is the strong point and a good choice for club captain, because he has expierience and he is a good leader and a player with sheer ability and I know for a fact because I played with him many years ago and it was fun playing with playing with him."

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HAPOEL TEL AVIV vs. SOUTH WEST REDS

Peter Drury: So today South West Reds are going to field their new look team against Hapoel Tel Aviv on this warm evening and to be honest, they look well up for it. There are about 200 South West fans in the far corner to my right. Lots of fans with the name CASTOLO on their backs.

Continued in next report

My stupid brotehr deleted my Valencia ML. Going to start a new one with Arsenal. Will post how it goes soon.

im thinking of doing an ML with a created team
any ideas for team names, players, kits...

After my Lincoln SOMS fell apart (lost the results and accidently deleted the game ) I have decided to dust of my creativity skills. But I cant pick a Team!!! I'll be playing with real players, no more friggin defaults.

My shortlist:

Middlesbrough
West Ham
Celtic
Bolton
Wigan
Fulham
Blackburn

Who do I pick!!!

PM a suggestion

Hey guys do u no how much Obafemi Martins is?

He'd be the ideal striker for me coz hes only 23

DODO WINS IT FOR THE REDS

Luigi Dodo's diving header wins the match for South West in friendly match. He met El Moubarki's corner in the 89th minute with a diving header. Steve Stein was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 56th minute but The Reds came out on top.

Jans Vornander was only half-pleased with the result and said that they need to improve if they want to think about finishing in a decent position.

'Well to be honest if we didn't have Valerin, I wouldn't have been surprised if we had lost 6-1. There are too many gaps being left at the back. The only defenders that stand out are the full backs. There is definetly going to be some work done on the training ground before we concede 200 by January. But apart from that; not bad.

Castolo is a great player and captain. I don't think he is the most confident person. He's in the dressing room or at training but he's different on the pitch. He's a great player though'

Can anyone think of a team i can be on ml to make them great

no big teams any apart from england

cheers

Atletico Bilbao are fun

Hammarby aren't bad.

Oh I was going to ask also if anyone here has signed Kirk Broadfoot. He seems like a handy Full-Back and Center-back. He doesn't grow very fast though.

I dont want to be mean but all these recent SOMS are a bit crap.I mean they arent even readable.They have no effects no Pictures,no color in the text.
Thank god this forum is over.




200TH POST!