[Air Fly]

Originally Posted by Volcom

Will we be allowed to alter our formation for the knockout stages? I'm thinking I might want to make some adjustments as I come up against some stronger teams..

Good idea.

[agoo101284]

For the knockout stage, sure.

[agoo101284]

Look for matchday three soon. Work has been crazy and I'll be adjusting the schedule accordingly.

[nguyen_milan]

Originally Posted by agoo101284

Look for matchday three soon. Work has been crazy and I'll be adjusting the schedule accordingly.

It is ok buddy, we were patient enough for the long draft so waiting a few more days is not a big problem

[agoo101284]

Matchday 3 is up.

[agoo101284]

The Group Stage is over.

-Team (W-D-L +/-)-

Group A
Cruzeiro EC (3-0-0 +13)
Grasshopper FC (2-0-1 +6)
Stuttgart Kickers (0-1-2 -5)
Bayern Munich (0-1-2 -14)

Group B
Deportivo Wanka (3-0-0 +22)
Arsenal (2-0-1 +8)
Henchendorf All-Stars (0-1-2 -14)
Bolton Wanderers (0-1-2 -16)

Group C
Galatasaray (3-0-0 +17)
AC Milan (2-0-1 +3)
Tottenham Hotspur (1-0-2 -5)
Olympique Lyonnais (0-0-3 -15)

Group D
Newcastle United (3-0-0 +11)
The Strongest (1-1-1 +8)
Real Madrid (1-1-1 +2)
Woking FC (0-0-3 -21)

Teams in italics go through. Here are the rankings for the bottom 8:
9. Real Madrid (1-1-1 +2)
10. Tottenham Hotspur (1-0-2 -5)
11. Stuttgart Kickers (0-1-2 -5)
12. Henchendorf All-Stars (0-1-2 -14)
13. Bayern Munich (0-1-2 -14)
14. Bolton Wanderers (0-1-2 -16)
15. Olympique Lyonnais (0-0-3 -15)
16. Woking FC (0-0-3 -21)

Here are the first knock-out round matchups:
Cruzeiro EC v. The Strongest
Deportivo Wanka v. AC Milan
Galatasaray v. Arsenal
Newcastle United v. Grasshopper FC

If you want to change your line-up, please post it by Wednesday AT NOON. Changes made after noon (EST) will not be reflected in the match threads.

[Volcom]

My new formation...

Arsenal
-------------------------------------Fernando Torres--------------------------
------------ Lionel Messi----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------Tim Cahill---------------Sylvain Wiltord
------------------------Cesc Fabregas---------------------------------------
-------------------------------Gilberto Silva(c)--------------------------------
-----Ze Roberto------------------------------------------- Lucas Neil--------
---------------------Johan Djouro--------Rafa Marquez-------------------------
-----------------------------Mark Schwarzer----------------------------------

BENCH: Roque Santa Cruz - Theo Walcott - Edu - Yaya Toure - Daniel Agger - Lauren - Carlo Cudicini

Cheers!

[MonkeyBallZJr]

Oh man my forward line will destroy Newcastle's backline hahaha Silvestre

[crazyfan]

My offense will kill yours too.. =)

[MonkeyBallZJr]

Originally Posted by crazyfan

My offense will kill yours too.. =)

I'm surprised you took Silvestre man..I mean it's Silvestre...have you not seen Vidic in action? this is the defensive pecking order at ManUtd. Rio, Vidic, Heinze, Brown, O'Shea, Evra, Silvestre. Silvestre won't even see anytime at all this season if no one gets injured. Even John O'****e is in front of him and once Gerard Pique and Johnny Evans come back they will be ahead of him too well considering they are the future defensive pairing of ManUtd.

Your wingers are definitely your strong points but I don't see Reyes troubling Cordoba and Joaquin hasn't lived up to his potential. Emanuelson has emerged as a top class player and will soon be touted with the likes of Cole, Heinze.