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Lex Luthor

Sizzler wrote:

Berbatov is an obvious choice but Jol is a fecker for team selection, so unless Defoe is sold its going to be a nightmare pinning your hopes on Berba playing each week with Bent and Keane aslo fighting for places!

Keane is capt so I'm guessing he'll be playing every week unless he's injured

I'm in too (11 Carraghers)
only problem is I haven't actually got Carra in my team

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WHO is Shelbroke FC?

Funny bastard.

Sizzler

seansouth wrote:

WHO is Shelbroke FC?

Funny bastard.

Whats so funny

tetsujin1979

I'm in - Iron Men

maxi-twist

Im last. Boooooo.

The prize for the worst strip goes to " The Hanging Sheep ".

kronsington

my team are the sunday roasters... it was either that or the prima doggers

Jonny Arson

seansouth wrote:

WHO is Shelbroke FC?

Funny bastard.

C'mon Shelbroke!

eirebhoy

Sizzler wrote:

Crikey, this isnt easy...I dont remember it being so hard last season to pick a team :eek:

One top class player and your budget is ko'd ...try getting a good team together after buying Drogba or Lampard or Rooney or Ronaldo and see how you get on ! I hate packing the bench with the bargain basement crew from the promoted teams but sadly thats gonna be the key! Gonna have to try and work out who the new Reading is !

I was actually suprised that I found it much easier than usual. No doubt I'll change it a few times before August but this is it atm.

GK: Sorensen

Terry
Agger
Neill

M: Benayoun
M: Ronaldo
M: Maloney
M: McSheffrey
M: Gamst Pedersen

F: Berbatov
F: Eduardo

Sub: Taylor (GK)
Sub: Stokes
Sub: Jaidi
Sub: Ingimarsson

Once Maloney settles in at Villa, and stays injury free, he'll set up dozens of goals and score his fair share.

yayamark

im in picked a team in about 90 seconds, have no patience

here goes






1: Reina
2: Dunne
3: Stubbs
4: Vidic
5: Gerrard
6: McCulloch
7: Mendes
8: Gamst Pedersen
9: Scholes
10: Drogba
(C)
11: Davies
12: James
Goalkeep-
er


13: Bouma
Defender


14: Gabbidon
Defender


15: Lua-Lua
Forward

Vokes

I just used the Auto-Pick option.

Couldn't be arsed picking the real team till a couple days before the big kick-off

gucci

im in, just done an auto complete, stil waiting to see what signings there may be before season starts!

Dublin's Finest

How many was there in this league last year!?

Carcharodon

Some people seem worried about picking African players because of the African nations cup !
Dont see the problem, most people would only have 1- 3 max and there is always the substitution option come the time they leave....

Sizzler

Carcharodon wrote:

Some people seem worried about picking African players because of the African nations cup !
Dont see the problem, most people would only have 1- 3 max and there is always the substitution option come the time they leave....

The thing about the african lads is you will get till xmas out of them of course but then they will be gone for a month...and meanwhile all the other lads prices have risen so yeah you can sell Drogba but the odds are you wont be able to afford Rooney cos his price will have gone up for example. Im of course assuming that most people will use their full budget so the point is when the prices have risen over the few months and you need to bin 2-3 players for a month you could find yourself calling Eddie Hobbs as you might have run out of cash and wont be able to get equal standard players....

evil_seed

out of curiosity i added up last years points for new team. 1391... where would that get me?

Sizzler

evil_seed wrote:

out of curiosity i added up last years points for new team. 1391... where would that get me?

Narrowly avoiding relegation

kaimera

GK: James
DC: Carra
DC: Terry
DC: Dunne
MF: Arteta
MF: Masc
MF: McSheffrey
MF: Emre
FW: Torres
FW: Tevez
FW: Berbatov

Subs:
(gk)Jassk..
Jaidi
Campo
Halford

very happy thus far.
maybe Babel for Arteta depending on price

Torres is the risk atm and I got Tevez ****ing cheap a few days ago

madds

Team Madds

GK: Howard

Lescott
Terry
Ferdinand
Finnan

M: Parker
M: Ronaldo
M: Hargreaves
M: Edwards

F: Pizarro
F: Berbatov

Sub: Niemi
Sub: Yakubu
Sub: Jagielka
Sub: Johannson

Carcharodon

Sizzler wrote:

The thing about the african lads is you will get till xmas out of them of course but then they will be gone for a month...and meanwhile all the other lads prices have risen so yeah you can sell Drogba but the odds are you wont be able to afford Rooney cos his price will have gone up for example. Im of course assuming that most people will use their full budget so the point is when the prices have risen over the few months and you need to bin 2-3 players for a month you could find yourself calling Eddie Hobbs as you might have run out of cash and wont be able to get equal standard players....

Yea, thats a good point you make but I usualy find there are always a couple of relatively cheap players available that are in good form to swap with your stars.
I dropped Drogba towards the end last year Keane and it worked out well. There will always be options avaialable. I am a bit more cautious about it now though.

McSheffrey seems to be a favourite, might throw him in....

Mushy

Entered...bluejays fc(yes, I now watch baseball..guess my team?)

Given
Ferreira
Bridge
Woodgate
Hyypia
Petrov
Alonso
Bentley
Jenas
Tevez
Yakubu

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Friedel
Ben-Haim
Pennant
Johnson

That was an auto-select team. I'll make a change or two before the start though, even then, some of those players are quite good, which I'll gladly keep.

county

1: Reina(G)
2: Finnan
3: Vidic
4: Richards
5: Chimbonda
6: Ronaldo (C)
7: Mendes
8: Yorke
9: Barton
10: Van Persie
11: Berbatov
12: Ward(G)
13: Gallas
14: Kavanagh
15: Aliadiere


quietly confident with this team

Sizzler

madds wrote:

Team Madds

GK: Howard

Lescott
Terry
Ferdinand
Finnan

M: Parker
M: Ronaldo
M: Hargreaves
M: Edwards

F: Pizarro
F: Berbatov

Sub: Niemi
Sub: Yakubu
Sub: Jagielka
Sub: Johannson

I was also looking at Pizarro as I think hes a good buy at 8m and Id expect him to get plenty of chances IF he plays !

Same story with Berbatov, will he play He defo wont be playing week in week out, trying to second guess Jol's team....more chance of guessing the bonus ball in the lotto

eirebhoy

I can't decide between Keane and Berbatov. I have a feeling Keane will have a fantastic season next year.

Necronomicon

Joined, but I'll probably chop and change my team.

I don't think people should worry about Berbatov, I don't think he'll be rotated as much as the others. I think he's pretty much a cert in the Spurs team.

Carcharodon

Necromomicon wrote:

Joined, but I'll probably chop and change my team.

I don't think people should worry about Berbatov, I don't think he'll be rotated as much as the others. I think he's pretty much a cert in the Spurs team.

What about Keane then...being captain I thought he would be a cert too...
Will it be Keane and Berbatov first choice and Bent being the one coming off the bench and rotated alot.

eirebhoy

Carcharodon wrote:

What about Keane then...being captain I thought he would be a cert too...

I thought King was captain. Jol likes to play Keane in the home games and 50/50 between Defoe and Keane for away.

Time Magazine

I'm in. We'll see how we do.

Dont be at yourself

Leroy Lita a snip at 6.5 - he had a strong finish to the season and played well with the England yoofs.

Time Magazine

Decided to drop Davies for Leroy Lita after that suggestion.

1. Reina (GK)
2. Melberg
3. Dunne
4. Terry
5. Ingimarsson
6. Reo-Coker
7. Ronaldo (C)
8. Whitehead
9. Lampard
10. Drogba
11. Lita

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12. Hahnemann (GK)
13. Rosenior
14. Skoko
15. Chopra

Villa have just paid £8.5m for Reo-Coker so I expect he'll be an anchor in the centre of the park playing every game and getting a few assists. A bargain at £5.5m.

tetsujin1979

With Ashley Cole and Wayne Bridge reportedly set to miss the start of the season, Tal Ben Haim is the only recognised left full at Chelsea, bargain at 6m

Im_No_Superman

Im in.

GK - James
DC- Richards
DC - Woodgate
DC - Vidic
ML - Ronaldo
MC - Reo-Coker
MC - Macherano
MR - Milner
FC - Tevez
FC - Berbatov
FC - Drogba

SUB - Nemi
SUB - Kelly
SUB - Baines
SUB - Huddelstone

3greenrizla's

just joined - team name = westofshannonsaints.

1: Cech
2: Dunne
3: Toure
4: Baird
5: Finnan
6: Scholes
7: Fabregas
8: Hleb
9: Mascherano
10: Crouch
11: Rooney(C)

12: Ward
13: Doyle
14: Nosworthy
15: Kavanagh


this will probably change a few times though between now & the start of the season.

this is my first year doing fantasy football.

james123

Im in!!

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That's fifty people in the league now.

Nice one.

Anyone offering a prize?

BaZmO*

seansouth wrote:

That's fifty people in the league now.

Nice one.

Anyone offering a prize?

Are the prizes offered each year ever given out?

Attractive Nun

Unfortunately for the rest of you, I have just assembled what must be the greatest fantasy football XI of all time.

GKs: David James and Jussi Jaakelinen

Defenders: Steve Finnan, Amady Faye, Ricardo Carvalho, Nyron Nosworthy and Nicky Shorey

Midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (C), Kieran Richardson, Graham Kavanagh, Steven Ireland and Frank Lampard

Strikers: Robert Earnshaw, Fernando Torres and Dmitir Berbatov


As you can see, a flawless squad. I might even beat my top-200 finish last season.

Necronomicon

James

Lescott
Distin
Samba

Ronaldo
Fabregas
Arteta
Malouda

Tevez
Healy
Nugent

Subs: Bywater, Richardson, Pearce, Claude Davis

That might change again, not sure. I've kept the spine of my team from last season (James, Lescott, Samba, Ronaldo, Fabregas, Arteta). Samba is a great defender for his price. Blackburn keep clean sheets, and he is a threat at set pieces.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Oh yeah i'm in again, the 56ers will reign supreme this time around

Dont be at yourself

Team Brendanger:

James
Dunne
Shorey
Baines
Ronaldo
Reo-Coker
Gerrard
Essien
Berbatov
Rooney
Lita

Subs
Kirkland
Muamba
Boyce
Henchoz

I've got goals from my defence. Lots of assists and goals coming from the midfield. All three forwards should score high. And just the one starter off to the African Nations Cup!

Triton

Tevez is a snip at 8.5 million as he'll be a Man United player by next week.

One Cold Hand

Attractive Nun wrote:

Unfortunately for the rest of you, I have just assembled what must be the greatest fantasy football XI of all time.

GKs: David James and Jussi Jaakelinen

Defenders: Steve Finnan, Amady Faye, Ricardo Carvalho, Nyron Nosworthy and Nicky Shorey

Midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (C), Kieran Richardson, Graham Kavanagh, Steven Ireland and Frank Lampard

Strikers: Robert Earnshaw, Fernando Torres and Dmitir Berbatov


As you can see, a flawless squad. I might even beat my top-200 finish last season.

Unfortunately for you you just told us your team. And it sucks!
Solid midfield there of Richardson, Kavanagh and Ireland!

Only messing, but I'm keeping mine under wraps until week 1!

One Cold Hand

oh yeah and who takes all the penalties in the Premiership? Could be important!

Arsenal - Gilberto
Villa - Barry
Liverpool - Stevie G
Man U - Ronaldo? (not sure on this one)
Chelski - Drogs or Lamps?
Spurs - Is it normally Keane? or Berbatov
Everton - Arteta took them last year, didn't he?
Bolton - Is it Speed?
Reading - Doyle

Anyone know who takes peno for anyone else?

Vokes

One Cold Hand wrote:

oh yeah and who takes all the penalties in the Premiership? Could be important!

Arsenal - Gilberto
Villa - Barry
Liverpool - Stevie G
Man U - Ronaldo? (not sure on this one)
Chelski - Drogs or Lamps?
Spurs - Is it normally Keane? or Berbatov
Everton - Arteta took them last year, didn't he?
Bolton - Is it Speed?
Reading - Doyle

Anyone know who takes peno for anyone else?

Ballack for Chelsea.

Keane for Spurs

Gerrard can be prone to missing the odd one i think.

Attractive Nun

One Cold Hand wrote:

Unfortunately for you you just told us your team. And it sucks!
Solid midfield there of Richardson, Kavanagh and Ireland!

Oh we will see my friend! Graham Kavanagh for Premiership player of the season!

Sizzler

After watching Voronin make his double scoring debut for Liverpool he could be a great shout at a bargain price

PHB

Sizzler wrote:

After watching Voronin make his double scoring debut for Liverpool he could be a great shout at a bargain price

Yeh I was thinking that, though I think my forward line of Van Persie - Tevez - Berbatov will be incredible. All three are woefully under-priced imo.

I really would like to have Rooney in there, but you can only play with 3 forwards

Dont be at yourself

I'd be hesitant putting any Liverpool players in - for the simple fact that Rafa rarely plays the same team twice. I reckon that the only players guaranteed starts next year are:

Reina
Carragher
Agger
Finnan
Gerrard
Torres (possibly!)

I had Tevez in my team, but I swapped things around at his expense. He'll have had a long year of football with the Copa America, and this protracted move to Man Yoo (if it materialises) is only going to exacerbate things. I'll hold off until a few weeks into the season, I think.

One Cold Hand

I wouldn't even could on Torres as a guaranteed starter. If I pay 10m for someone he's gonna be one of my main men, so I want a guaranteed starter.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

What the hell, according to this Man City only have 5 defenders in total. That can't be right can it? Is Dunne still worthwhile?

Necronomicon

I've been thinking about Vassell as an option. He always played best for England, under Sven. City also turned down a bid from Besiktas (I think) today for him.