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p.pete

Lemlin wrote:

quietly confident.

lol

p.pete

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Given

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-Gabbidon Dawson Terry-
Scholes Duff Little Pennant
---Henry Ashton Doyle---

Subs: Kenny, Barton, Kishishev, Sommeil

Lemlin

p.pete wrote:

lol

Well I'm not roaring from the rooftops like bacon boy. I ain't posting my team either. That is staying under wraps.

Pighead

Lemlin wrote:

Well I'm not roaring from the rooftops like bacon boy. I ain't posting my team either. That is staying under wraps.

Not confident enough to post up your team eh? Pighead reckons Lemlins rattled.

Heres my team. Not 100% happy with it but you're always gonna have a couple of weaklinks when confined to a budget. Should be good enough to secure the Best Manager Ever award at the end of the season.

Cech

A.Cole Terry Carragher G.Neville

Robben Gerrard Lampard Ronaldo

Henry Shevchenko

Subs: R. Ferdinand Rooney Rosicky

eirebhoy

Poor team considering the money you had to spend. Surely you'd have had a bit left over?

gandalf

Mad Gooners are in and trying to beat last seasons mid table finish !!

Lemlin

Pighead wrote:

Not confident enough to post up your team eh? Pighead reckons Lemlins rattled.

Heres my team. Not 100% happy with it but you're always gonna have a couple of weaklinks when confined to a budget. Should be good enough to secure the Best Manager Ever award at the end of the season.

Cech

A.Cole Terry Carragher G.Neville

Robben Gerrard Lampard Ronaldo

Henry Shevchenko

Subs: R. Ferdinand Rooney Rosicky

Never mind the budget Eirebhoy. He's left MGP out. That's one massive mistake.

eirebhoy

Duff will get more points and he's cheaper.

Lemlin

eirebhoy wrote:

Duff will get more points and he's cheaper.

We'll wait and see. I think Duff would too but MGP has better strikers playing off him. That's the reason he's in my team ahead of Duff.

Pighead

Lemlin wrote:

We'll wait and see. I think Duff would too but MGP has better strikers playing off him. That's the reason he's in my team ahead of Duff.

Its not usually Pigheads style to agree with Lemlin but I must say......I agree with Lemlin!

As well as the reason given above I also think Duff will have his usual couple of months out with his hamstring troubles. Didn't bother him to much last season, but that was mainly due to the fact he hardly played!

Lex Luthor

Pighead wrote:

Not confident enough to post up your team eh? Pighead reckons Lemlins rattled.

Heres my team. Not 100% happy with it but you're always gonna have a couple of weaklinks when confined to a budget. Should be good enough to secure the Best Manager Ever award at the end of the season.

Cech

A.Cole Terry Carragher G.Neville

Robben Gerrard Lampard Ronaldo

Henry Shevchenko

Subs: R. Ferdinand Rooney Rosicky

I know its Fantasy Football, but this would be your "fantasy" football team for a budget of 200m.....keep dreaming..:p

Besides, you will have 5 Chelsea players by next week which ain't allowed....even the 4 you have is more than the 3 allowed.

shepthedog

After much debate and reasoning, have gone with

VDS
A Cole, Carragher, Dawson, Yobo,
Gerrard, Zokora, Cahill Convey
Berbatov, Henry
Subs: Crossley, Osano, Lita, Tonge


Pretty happy with it. Obviously a risk leaving out Lampard but feel his WC form and community shield performance might mean he could suffer for form early in seaon.

MrJoeSoap

KdjaCL wrote:

Happy enough with my team, not playing any wingers so plenty of yellows for me


1: Van der Sar (C) MU 168 0 6 6.0 6 FU (H)
2: Terry CH 184 0 8 8.0 8 MC (H)
3: Eboue AR 49 0 6.5 6.5 6.5 AV (H)
4: Arca MI 61 0 5.5 5.5 5.5 RE (A)
5: Dunne MC 88 0 5 5.0 5 CH (A)
6: Gerrard LI 176 0 10.5 10.5 10.5 SU (A)
7: Fortune BW 0 0 5.5 5.5 5.5 TH (H)
8: Reo-Coker WH 115 0 7 7.0 7 CA (H)
9: Viafara PO 25 0 4.5 4.5 4.5 BR (H)
10: Henry AR 239 0 14 14.0 14 AV (H)
11: Berbatov TH 0 0 8 8.0 8 BW (A)
12: Kenny SU 0 0 3.5 3.5 3.5 LI (H)
13: Makin RE 0 0 3.5 3.5 3.5 MI (H)
14: Zokora TH 0 0 6.5 6.5 6.5 BW (A)
15: Hulse SU 0 0 6 6.0 6 LI (H)



kdjac

Viafara has joined Southampton.

I'm in!

eirebhoy

eirebhoy wrote:

1: Given
2: Terry
3: Neville
4: Neill
5: Young
6: Gerrard
7: Duff (C)
8: Cahill
9: Benayoun
10: Keane
11: A.Johnson

I've made a few changes because of injuries and pre-season form.

Out:
Neville
Young
Cahill
Keane

In:
Heinze
Dawson
Fabregas
Berbatov

micks

anyone got a link to fantasy.premierleague.com that'll pass a firewall
cant access in work - just wondering does anyone know of a proxy that works properly for it ie i think its the java script thats not working properly through the likes of vtunnel
i have heard of people using the ip address to avoid firewall restrictions for the likes of bebo


any help appreciated

Q_Ball

its stronger than my team last year i think

1. Given

2. Finnan
3. Dunne
4. Weir
5. Chimbonda

6. Gerrard (c)
7. Reid
8. Cahill
9. N'Zogbia

10. Shevchenko
11. Bellamy

Subs:
12. Niemi
13. Fortune
14. Neville
15. Pedersen

p.pete

The team has gone through loads of changes and a few more needed...

James (will be gone when I can confirm Given's fitness)
Kenny

Zakuani
Gabbidon
Dawson
Terry (may swap for Toure or Eboue for funds)
Sonko

Gerrard
Scholes (will swapout after first game, I want Duff anyway or maybe Nolan if he's still struggling)
Convey
Barton
Cahill

Shevchenko
Berbatov
Doyle

Earthhorse

Is it just me or are there far fewer people participating this year? Kick off is Saturday people, get your team in!

This year has proved a lot harder to select a well rounded team I think. I'm not happy leaving both Lampard and Henry out of my line up so this may change before Saturday and will definitely change after Gameweek 1.

Anyway, here are the results of the Earthhorse jury:

Given
Finnan Chimbonda Heinze
Fabregas Duff Gerrard (C) Davis
Bent D. Yakubu Vassell

Subs:
Bennett, Sommeil, Boumsong, Gillespie

As I say, not entirely convinced by this line up but I think having a balanced team without superstars will score more points this year.

p.pete

I see one or two people with Chimbonda in their team, is anyone else worried about his repeated transfer requests? Wonder how he's been doing pre-season /goes off to try find reports/

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hmm... if he goes to spurs I'd definitely be interested.

tricky@

micks wrote:

anyone got a link to fantasy.premierleague.com that'll pass a firewall
cant access in work - just wondering does anyone know of a proxy that works properly for it ie i think its the java script thats not working properly through the likes of vtunnel
i have heard of people using the ip address to avoid firewall restrictions for the likes of bebo


any help appreciated

yeah have the same problem with a firewall blocking access to the site in work. would be great if anyone knows a way around it.

Lex Luthor

tricky@ wrote:

yeah have the same problem with a firewall blocking access to the site in work. would be great if anyone knows a way around it.

ahhh that word "fantasy" causing issues....would like another link myself

Chimbonda is popular alright....I just made a few changes and brought in players I wanted but thought I couldn't...I'm happy enough with my squad right now...Sat afternoon though could be a different story

Bacchus

Reina (Liv)
Terry(Che) Finnan(Liv) Neill(Bla)
Arteta(Eve) Reid(Bla) Ballack(Che) N'Zogbia(New) Jenas(Tot)
Bellamy(Liv) Berbatov(Tot)

Subs: Politt(Wig) Sommeil(Shef) Osano(Read) (Davis(Bol)

What do ye think? Would have liked to get Pedersen but it would mean dropping Finnan for a cheaper defender to raise the funds. My midfield is a bit risky TBH with only 1 top player, Ballack.

MrJoeSoap

Friedel 	BR 	148 	0 	5 	5 	5 	PO (A)
	Kenny 	SU 	0 	0 	3.5 	3.5 	3.5 	LI (H)
	Fortune 	CA 	27 	0 	3.5 	3.5 	3.5 	WH (A)
	Neill 	BR 	115 	0 	5 	5 	5 	PO (A)
	Ferdinand 	MU 	165 	0 	7 	7 	7 	FU (H)
	Finnan 	LI 	170 	0 	7.5 	7.5 	7.5 	SU (A)
	Halls 	RE 	0 	0 	3.5 	3.5 	3.5 	MI (H)
	Tonge 	SU 	0 	0 	4.5 	4.5 	4.5 	LI (H)
	Cahill 	EV 	126 	0 	7.5 	7.5 	7.5 	WA (H)
	Lampard 	CH 	222 	0 	11 	11 	11 	MC (H)
	Giannakopoulos 	BW 	150 	0 	8 	8 	8 	TH (H)
	Speed 	BW 	106 	0 	6 	6 	6 	TH (H)
	Harewood 	WH 	148 	0 	8 	8 	8 	CA (H)
	Defoe 	TH 	126 	0 	8.5 	8.5 	8.5 	BW (A)
	Rooney 	MU 	182 	0 	11.5 	11.5 	11.5 	FU (H)

Mossy Monk

Manky United

signed up

Q_Ball

tricky@ wrote:

yeah have the same problem with a firewall blocking access to the site in work. would be great if anyone knows a way around it.

Try http://www.unblockthis.com

Rikand

or you could go to your local friendly internet cafe to get it sorted out <works in an netcafe, no problemos >

i'm all signed up, probably gonna do the usual, Great start! fall away at the finish...

Marcais

Squaddy wrote:

Signed up! I picked Gerrard I wont lose!

Might follow your lead on that one.

Rollo Tamasi

There is a Fantasy League i setup which awards the winner with a 100euro voucher for a clothes shop in waterford. The code to enter the league is 44005-10819. Feel free to join up lads. More info here

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Reina

Toure
Carragher
A. Ferdinand

Benayoun
Gamst Pedersen
Cahill
P. Neville

Henry
Lua Lua
A. Johnson
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No Lampard or Gerrard for me!

gimmick

As it stands for me now

Myhre

Gray
Hyppia
Gabbidon

Gamst Pederson
Gerard
Lampard
Parker

Doyle
Henry
Davies

Subs:
Kenny, Tonge, Unsworth, Rosenior

p.pete

Is it just my imagination or has the Chelsea jersy been switched back to last season's fantastic if someone's hacked in and done that!

shady_dice

::WARNING - noob questions forthcoming::

can someone please explain how the scoring in this works? I have picked my team and entered it in the league but as much as i look i cant find a definite answer on this and may need to change a few things depending on answers!

first off, do 11 people count per weekend or do all 15 players points count? and if it is the case that its 11 is it as simple as if a player from a certain position is missing then the sub's score counts then and only then? oh and whats the difference between a yellow box and red box beside the players names? i know they are injuries... varying degrees of severity?

any help much appreciated

p.pete

Re the boxes - they sometimes mean suspensions also - go into the players details and there's usually some notes explaining what they mean, though don't believe their predictions of when a player will return from injury. And also don't assume no coloured box means no injury, the information is helpful but it's not perfect.

You pick the 11 you want to play, and then once that player takes any part in a match for that gameweek then that players score will count. If they take no part then a sub may be used - obviously if there's 5 in your first 11 that don't play then you don't have enough subs to cover that.

Like you said, if your first 11 play then none of your subs will count (also don't forget to arrange your subs so they're in your order of preference).

Hope that helps...

shady_dice

think i have it, cheers. just one last one tho, if a player doesnt play does the game automatically go and get a sub for me or do i have to have gone on proir to the game and made the substitution myself? and is it one sub per position? eg. if 2 of my midfielders are missing do the top 2 subs play even if they are a defender and a striker?

Corben Dallas

I'm in again! YAY!

>Irish Rovers Return

Ruskie4Rent

Sorenson
Kenny

Eboue
Hoyte
Lescott
Brown
Gray

Gerrard
Arteta
Reo Coker
Parker
Fabregas

Schevchenko
Johnson
Webber.

I don't even think everton will do great and i put 3 of 'em in there. + i'm gonna swop one for another next week.

chump

Does Warnock not get his game for Liverpool ... foolishly put him on my team! Help me... how can I replace him?

Lex Luthor

Anyone know where the 'Rules' link has gone from the right side? I need to know how the scoring is worked out.

chump

tis under Help

evad_lhorg

chump wrote:

Does Warnock not get his game for Liverpool ... foolishly put him on my team! Help me... how can I replace him?

transfers

BaZmO*

What's the deal with the "Wild Card" for transfers?

Earthhorse

I think it lets you transfer as many players as you like during a week without any points deduction. You can only use it once in the season though.

county

4th in the table after week one,happy days,its all down hill from now on

JPA

Can you transfer players whenever you want or what's the story?

BaZmO*

JPA wrote:

Can you transfer players whenever you want or what's the story?

You get one free transfer per week and for every other player that you transfer that gamewwek you get docked 4 points, that's why the new wildcard option will be quite handy.

wheres me jumpa

Just joined this morning! "I love paul byrne" never a truer word! I thought I had a team in this already but cant seem to find it, so if anyone finds a team named something like wheres me jumpa let me know!

Lex Luthor

had a bad start and had to think about making a few changes....Am I the first to use my wild card already?:eek:

Lets hope I don't need it further down the road....:o

p.pete

Just found out about the wildcard now!:

You can play 1 transfer wild card a season. All transfers made in the Gameweek your wild card is played will be without points deduction. You play your wild card when confirming transfers.

I've already made 4 transfers this week! and that was without using the wildcard. Does anyone know if I were to make just one more transfer before the deadline could I play the wildcard?

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In answer to my own question, I think the answer is yes. Think I'll save it for some other week down the line where teams aren't playing and I need to use it....

Juan Pablo

Lex Luthor wrote:

had a bad start and had to think about making a few changes....Am I the first to use my wild card already?:eek:

Lets hope I don't need it further down the road....:o

Looking at last season it may have been best to save that wild card! Towards the end I remember 'Boro playing three times in one game week due to fixture congestion, and a few other teams playing twice in the same game week. Helluva lot of points up for grabs if you play your (wild) card right!

BaZmO*

Juan Pablo wrote:

Looking at last season it may have been best to save that wild card! Towards the end I remember 'Boro playing three times in one game week due to fixture congestion, and a few other teams playing twice in the same game week. Helluva lot of points up for grabs if you play your (wild) card right!

Yeah, I'd tend to agree. They should've called it the "Russian Billionaire Card"

I made 4 changes this week but I didn't use the Wild Card, I'll wait till the end of the season for that.

Mossy Monk

i made a few changes myself. nearly used the wild card but it is way too early for that