Premier League fantasy Valencia CF fans group

The Premier League is over and here is the Valencia CF group that I've started.Congratulations to Night Elf who managed River Plate on winning the first season of valencia cf fans fantasy premier league group.

I finished 8th and its a decent result, I especially started off very strong, but fizzled out because of my bad choices for captains.

Johnnie Walker with Drunken Bastards finished dead last in what was a close call battle with Siva's CSK.

#	Team	Manager	GW	TOT
	1	River Plate		0	2,005
	2	AmuntLosche		0	2,002
	3	Aimar's Assassins		0	1,897
	4	Anfield Soldiers		0	1,857
	5	AMUNT VALENCIA!		0	1,811
	6	LosChé77		0	1,765
	7	Pickup's Team		0	1,729
	8	Valencia CF		0	1,723
	9	Weird_Fishes		0	1,713
	10	BK Bollrullers		0	1,687
	11	Syriansk Valencia		0	1,641
	12	FC Chopsticks		0	1,638
	13	Валенсия C.F.		0	1,621
	14	Valencia CF		0	1,618
	15	PWND FC		0	1,597
	16	LA Reds		0	1,596
	17	AmuntValencia		0	1,547
	18	Beating Chastards		0	1,535
	19	CSK		0	1,336
	20	Drunken Basterds FC		0	1,334

Real Sociedad 1-0 Valencia CF - Player Ratings

Diego 6 - Had 2 good saves, but couldn't do much about the goal. Didn't have too much to do.
Bruno 5.5 - Wasn't troubled at the back at all, but he still failed to go forward often and when he did, wasn't at all threatening.
Costa 6 - Solid defensively and dealt with everything Sociedad could throw at him. Not at fault for the goal.
Dealbert 5.5 - Was slow to react for the goal and could have made a difference if he was more reactive. Did well with few challenges.
Alba 6 - Mixed bag performance, in some cases he did very well and in others rather poor.
Maduro 6 - Had one crucial intervention in defense and generally dealt with Sociedad's midfield, but nothing to brag home about.
Tino 5.5 - Not too influential, mixed bag with the corners, one decent free kick towards the end and rather uninventive passing sums up Tino's performance.
Feghuoli 7.5 (MofM) - Best performer of the night, before being substituted by Emery early on in the second half. Had some nice accurate crosses, linked up play with Bernat and Pablo and popped up in dangerous positions.
Bernat 6 - Was quite good for his time on the pitch and caused Sociedad quite a few problems. Made few amateur mistakes, but that's just the process of learning. Good overall showing.
Pablo 5 (FotM) - Started really bad, missing passes, loosing the ball, making the wrong decisions. Improved a bit in the second half, but ultimately a failed performance.
Aduriz 5 - Missed a sitter in the first half where he could have sit, order coffee, drink it and decide where to shoot, he decided to lob and utterly failed at that with the ball going out. Had two decent headers, but quite ineffective.
Subs:
Jonas 5 - Wasn't too involved, had two shots that did nothing. Poor performance.
Piatti 5.5 - More involved than Jonas and had few nice plays and sort of one-twos, ran at Sociedad's defense, but ultimately didn't achieve much.
Paco N/A - Not enough time, although if he was introduced sooner or even started instead of Aduriz, I feel like he would have probably scored a goal, as his running was pretty intelligent and dangerous.

I was right about Barcelona and La Liga

Before the start of the 2011/12 season I wrote an article titled "Valencia CF will destroy FC Barcelona"and while this was to gain attention more than anything, I was right about the premise about Barcelona's fall this season and everything happened exactly as I wrote. David Villa got to a really bad start and then got injured long term, Xavi started well, but finished bad, Puyol was riddled with injuries and wasn't at full form even when fit, Inesita predictably didn't perform to his best when without Xavi, Pedro turned out to be a flop just like Bojan Krkic and the arrival of Cesc Fabregas actually turned out to hurt Barcelona more than help.

I know many are now probably wondering what in the hell am I talking about? How has Cesc arrival been bad for Barcelona?

Well thing is I knew about Cesc possible arrival before I wrote the article and I knew it is a high possibility, but I knew that ultimately it won't make a difference, because I knew about Guardiola's wish to play "total football" or have the whole team be basically midfielders, but I knew that this will also be his downfall as it would only crowd the midfield and hinder Barcelona's own play and style. I knew it Guardiola would play Cesc alongside Xavi and Iniesta and Busquets and I knew that he will be playing the 3-4-3 often this season and this is why I wrote the article confident about it, whether Cesc arrived or not.

I also predicted that Valencia CF would come closer to Barcelona and Real Madrid and this was actually the case in the first half of the season. What exactly happened in the second half I am still not exactly sure, but point is this was still a more successful season that last year for example as we went further in the Copa and Europa League, than in recent years. While Valencia did not destroy Barcelona, it did come out as equal on 3 occasions and some may argue even better in at least one.

I also predicted that Real Madrid would win La Liga and that is now confirmed.

Stay tuned for end of season awards and choosing of our best player this season, best newcomers and worst player of the season.

Valencia CF interested in Joao Pereira

Spanish club Valencia CF is interested in securing the services of Sporting's Lisbon right back Joao Pereira (28) and is reportedly ready to offer up to 6 million euros for the player.

Joao Pereira is 28 years old and has played for Sporting Lisbon since 2010, joining the Portugal national team at the same year and appearing 13 times for Portugal.

Valencia CF sporting director Braulio Vazquez confirmed Valencia's interest in Joao Pereira, but said they'll wait until Valencia CF new coach Mauricio Pellegrino to have the last say and he will be able to choose between few players for that position with the biggest names being Joao Pereira and Mathieu Debuchy.

Jinko Solar extends contract with Valencia CF

Chinese solar company Jinko Solar has extended the collaboration with Valencia CF until 2014. Jinko Solar became Valencia CF sponsor this year at the start of the second half of the season and with Valencia's good showing in the Europa League Jinko Solar has decided the exposure is big to extend the contract for two more years.

Valencia CF president Manuel Llorente said that this is a great collaboration, he said he was sure Valencia CF will keep improving and growing together with Jinko Solar.
Jinko Solar Spanish director of marketing Arturo said that Valencia CF is one of the best and most known clubs in Europe, has huge fanbase of millions of people and it made sense to continue the collaboration.

Mauricio Pellegrino is Valencia CF new coach

Former Valencia CF player Mauricio Pellegrino will be Valencia CF new coach, according to few Spanish websites. Now while this isn't official, its very likely this is the case.

Pellegrino played for Valencia CF from 1999 to 2005, being in the team that reached two Champions League finals and of course from year 2000 pairing Ayala as the back and winning two Spanish League titles.

He had a short stint at Liverpool, but it didn't turn out well and he ended his career one year later at Alaves.

He has worked as a coach since 2007 coaching one of Valencia's youth teams, and then in 2008 joining Rafael Benitez as assistant at Liverpool and then Inter.

Official: Jonathan Viera joins Valencia CF

Its official, Jonahtan Viera is a Valencia CF player. Valencia CF and UD Las Palmas have reached an agreement over the transfer of attacking midfielder Jonathan Viera for a price of 2.5 million euros.

The transaction includes a payment schedule that begins with the release of one million euros to sign the contract. During the season 2012/2013, Valencia will face paying another million euros. The remaining 500,000 euros paid in two installments, € 250,000 each, the first two times the club reach the Champions League over the next five years, or in case of transfer.

Jonathan Viera is 22 years old attacking midfielder who started his career at UD Las Palams B team, but in just two years was promoted to the senior team where he has played two years and scored 15 goals for that time.

The agreement will be officially announced at a press conference in few days.