Thanks for the advice folks,

Was about to start a big sweep through the BYZ, built ships for 15 years and have at least three in every region, and then Sicily attack me???? Whats that all about???? Trade fell off the map, and I couldn't get to them. So what could I do, I landed several stack on his holiness, took him out and preceeded down the coast. Took sicily and left him marooned on Crete managed to sue for peace and now the army is poised in Egypt. I've had to 'reform' my stacks as i'll be fighting a few desert battles, so just the odd unit of heavy armour just in case !!!! Now all provinces are set to train men, we have 5000 on the border ready to strike, I've vacated the Papal territories waiting for the pope to return and then - under his banner, I go to war !!!!!

More and more men are being sent to the front and the Pope has returned, I've just got agents all the way up to novgrod, round to Scandanavia. Tonight I have five hours of 'free time' - I'm ready to to go toe to toe with the enemy.

Will let you know if Europe is covered in El Yellow