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madds

Yes, I'm interested SS. Thanks!

Drag00n79

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

worth noting that a high proportion of people will buy tevez as his move to united is inevitable and his price will rise after first week. If you have no money in the bank you may not be able to afford him in subsequent weeks. When do the price rises get added on? Could i buy another player now and transfer into tevez at his current price on sunday evening?

I think price changes occur at the same time as the points are finalised each week.

wardie

Price changes happen nightly throughout the week. Generally they rise at the start of the gameweek when people have made an early change and the last day of the gameweek when most the transfer are made.

The price can only go up by .1m each day so they wont suddenly jump up a million.

Irish Wolf

Here's the Off the Ball code 617583-109893 for anyone's who's interested..

Hmmm.. a few tweaks left to do on my team.. I've got Terry, Drogba, and Tevez in my line up.. :rolleyes:

Any more word on whether Tevez will make the opening match? Last I heard it was unlikely..

kaimera

Archimedes wrote:

Any good tips for a midfielder in the 6.0 - 6.5 bracket? I have Mascherano at the moment, but is he liable to get me many points, or even start for the pool? Other options include:

Speed
Campo
Hunt
Milner
Harper
Osman
Carsley
O'Neill
Reo-Coker

Petrov [6.5] ?
Had Masc myself but don't think he'll play enough.
Pray Tevez makes the opening game; my other options will just lose me points on opening day :-/

Loomis

kaimera wrote:

Petrov [6.5] ?
Had Masc myself but don't think he'll play enough.
Pray Tevez makes the opening game; my other options will just lose me points on opening day :-/

Ye wondered that too. Ended up removing him and taking Berbatov instead after making some room in midfield to make up the difference in cost.

_blank_

Right.

Tevez won't make the first game.

Ho much will he next wee though.

Yakubu, Viduka or Robbie Keane?

Opinions?

Keane is 9m, Tevez is currently 8.5m

Will Tevez's price jump to 9m?

I want Tevez in my team, is it worth taking the hit on

Lex Luthor

seansouth wrote:

Yakubu, Viduka or Robbie Keane?

Opinions?

Keane. I always pick the penalty taker

kaimera

**** it; out with Tevez -> in comes Anelka for gameday1.

Bah

One Cold Hand

kaimera wrote:

**** it; out with Tevez -> in comes Anelka for gameday1.

Bah

Sniff sniff sniff? Whats that familiar smell in the air?

Oh yeah! It's the smell of last minute panic changes!

I for one am happy with my team and won't be changing it!

Necronomicon

I too had to take Tevez out. I don't think his price will change dramatically when he signs for United. I'll lose 4 points though, cause I'll have to make 2 changes to bring him back. Bah. Stupid premier league.

Irish Wolf

Drogba and Terry out. I'm gonna keep Tevez though.

I do believe I'm finally happy with my team.. although the defense could be a bit wobbly if Sunderland have a bad start..

Sizzler

seansouth wrote:

Anyone interested in joining the Off The Ball Newstalk Fantasy League?

I have the code.

I'm in...whats th prize for the winner though

Im keeping Tevez in my team now though, you can be sure that he will be starting the Manc derby and also all the people who try and buy him for that game next weekend will mean his price will rise a bit, so at such an early stage in the season I think I'll keep my transfer bank intact for a time when I really need it !

Jonny Arson

After loads of arguing with myself, loss of sleep and buckets of coffee I eventually plumped with this lot!

1. Robinson (Spurs)
2. Vidic (Man U)
3. Baines (Everton)
4. Carragher (Pool)
5. Upson (West Ham)
6. Arteta (Everton)
7. Mascherano (Pool)
8. Scholes (Man U)
9. Lampard (Chelski) captain
10. Berbatov (Spurs)
11. Van Persie (Arsenal)
subs
12. Niemi (Fulham)
13. Primus (Pompey)
14. Lita (Reading)
15. Noble (West Ham)

I originally had Essien then i dumped him for Gilberto due to African nations cup but then i realized i hate Gilberto and he probably wont rack up as many points so i went for the aul' reliable in Scholes! Well chuffed! BUT Baines, Primus and Lita are all f88king injured this weekend! :mad: Still, I dont see much need to change, i've won this!

kaimera

One Cold Hand wrote:

Sniff sniff sniff? Whats that familiar smell in the air?

Oh yeah! It's the smell of last minute panic changes!

hush!

Changed back to Tevez.

Makelele is doubtful so out he went for Marlbranque.

James
*
Carra
Carvalho
Dunne
*
Richardson
Arteta
Petrov
Marlbranque
McSheffrey
*
Torres
Berbatov


*****
Howard
Tevez
Jaidi
Halford

I'm not going to look at it till after the games tomorrow! Finalised team for gameday1...I hope..

Sizzler

I've taken a leap of faith with Nani...after reading the sky sports pundits considered views I thought why not :eek:

Now, I have 8m left....I had got Lennon from Spurs but hes out for a month....soooo I'm torn between the ever reliable Gamst Pederson or Babel from Liverpool or Essien ! Dont really want Essien as hes gone for the africans nations at Xmas....Blackburn have a tough opening 6 games so Im going against Pederson so we're down to Babel....is he a starter

BaZmO*

Sizzler wrote:

Dont really want Essien as hes gone for the africans nations at Xmas...

I really can't understand why people are making such a big deal out of this whole African's Nation Cup at Christmas as it's months away. You can just sub any player when the time comes. If you really want a player in I don't see what the problem is.

Peyton Manning

Sir Alex says Tevez wont play on Sunday, but theres always the chance he could make the bench and get 10 minutes at the end or so. But at the moment, hes pencilled in for a debut against City next weekend. My team is finallised as:

James
---
Carvalho
Lescott
Ferdinand
Finnan
---
Bentley
Reo-Coker
M. Petrov
Ronaldo
---
Rooney
Van Persie


I would rather not mention my subs lol :P

~Rebel~

Im thinking the African nations could be a blessing in disguise, all the decent players like Essien and Martins prices will drop in the few weeks they're out with all the transfers out. Could be a few serious bargains to be had!

One Cold Hand

Is M. Petrov any good? I know nothing about him but a few people seem to have him in their team?

Sizzler

BaZmO* wrote:

I really can't understand why people are making such a big deal out of this whole African's Nation Cup at Christmas as it's months away. You can just sub any player when the time comes. If you really want a player in I don't see what the problem is.

Yes but anybody thats doing well will have gone up in price and might not be able to afford them....but guess thats no big deal as I will be making plenty of changes between now and then

yayamark

seansouth wrote:

Anyone interested in joining the Off The Ball Newstalk Fantasy League?

I have the code.

Have u a link to that page, cant find it anywhere?

Thanks.

Peyton Manning

One Cold Hand wrote:

Is M. Petrov any good? I know nothing about him but a few people seem to have him in their team?

He's a quality player. Im a United fan, and its the first time Ive ever been jealous of anybody Man City have signed. Class act at Atletico. In my opinion, he's the best player to leave Atletico for the Premier League this season Only thing is, he is liable to get a couple of red cards a season but should rack up a good few assists. Bojinov is another player who will take the EPL by storm over the coming seasons.

Zapp Brannigan

Cant see Bojinov being a massive success in the EPL. He was poor in Serie B.

Lex Luthor

I've taken Tevez out for GW1 as he ihas not been confirmed to start tomorrow. Cant see Fergie wanting to start the 1st game with new players. He will introuduce them as the weeks move on. Players only rise by 0.1m every gameweek so Tevez will not jump dramatically.

To be honest I think Rooney is going to be fired up this season and will be the top scorer there

PHB

Ok, I've thought about this a lot and made a few changes.

Given
Neimi

Neville
Rozehnal
Distin
McShane
Boyce

Ronaldo
Lampard
Richardson
Ireland
Jones

Rooney
Ashton
Van Persie

Moved away from Tevez and Berbatov, as I don't think they'll start enough to be worth it, although this could well come back and bite me in the ass.
I'd much rather have four forward than anything else, it's quite annoying

Rabies

Just joined the Boards league.
I know shag all about soccer but i take part in this every year.

I'm WibblyWobblyWonders

evad_lhorg

im in my team... Rowdy UTD

GK - Howard
DF - Carvalho
DF- Lescott
DF - Ben Haim
Mf - Ronaldo
Mf - Taylor
Mf - Milner
Mf - Noble
Fw - Rooney
Fw - van persie
Fw - Tevez

subs

Niemi
Mcshane
Mullins
Nosworthy

I took out tevez for game 1 though and put in AJ

Lex Luthor

PHB wrote:

Ok, I've thought about this a lot and made a few changes.

Given

Given is injured

PHB

I know, but Neimi is good enough cover until he gets back.

Lex Luthor

PHB wrote:

I know, but Neimi is good enough cover until he gets back.

I think so too, but Given could be out a few weeks so I've gone for Niemi & James and will rotate them as the fixtures come around

besty

Craig Gordon as the sub keeper anyone? Only 4m. I know Sunderland are likely to concede a fair bit, but worth a punt I reckon

Necronomicon

besty wrote:

Craig Gordon as the sub keeper anyone? Only 4m. I know Sunderland are likely to concede a fair bit, but worth a punt I reckon

Thanks for the tip. He could be worth a few bonus points if the hype is anything to go by.

I've been going back and forth over the Tevez thing, I have him back in at the moment. The main reason is that I'm worried about fluctuating prices. I know it's been talked about already in this thread, but is it possible that he'll become more expensive without playing?

This is my team at the moment:

James
Gordon

Geremi
Distin
Dunne
C.Davis
Pearce

Ronaldo
Bentley
Arteta
Malouda
Muamba

Van Persie
Johnson
Tevez

Sizzler

Rabies wrote:

Just joined the Boards league.
I know shag all about soccer but i take part in this every year.

You're prob in line to win it so

Sizzler

besty wrote:

Craig Gordon as the sub keeper anyone? Only 4m. I know Sunderland are likely to concede a fair bit, but worth a punt I reckon

Yeah but if he's making saves to beat the band in every game he'll be clocking up as many points as keepers who are keeping lean sheets based on his performance. I'm actually putting him in tomorrow ahead of Friedel

Dub13

Does anybody have the code for the NewsTalk/off the ball League...?

Fuzzy_Dunlop

My team has changed quite a bit since my last one i posted, now its:

Howard

Lescott
Richards
Taylor(newcastle)
Finnan

Fabregas
Ronaldo
Essien
Arteta

Tevez
Van Persie

Subs:
Niemi
Muamba
McShane
Stokes

I went for quite a strong midfield all round(which actually, i think would be amazing in real life) The only headache for me now in the final hours is the whole Tevez thing, but he ought only miss one or maybe two games and then he should play a fairly big part, right?

smemon

Niemi

Mellberg
Dunne
Vidic
Dawson

Richardson
Gerrard
Ronaldo (c)
Kilbane

Torres
Rooney

Subs:
Gordon
Igimarson
Harewood
Miller

yayamark

Dub13 wrote:

Does anybody have the code for the NewsTalk/off the ball League...?

ill give u the code if you give me the page link?

Irish Wolf

yayamark wrote:

ill give u the code if you give me the page link?

Off the Ball league: 617583-109893

I'm not sure what page link you're looking for yayamark.. this one? http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Irish Wolf

besty wrote:

Craig Gordon as the sub keeper anyone? Only 4m. I know Sunderland are likely to concede a fair bit, but worth a punt I reckon

Yup - nothing like a bit of hype.. I've got him in as first choice - relying on his "go-go-gadget-arms" to do the business..

This could be a very bad decision as I've also got McShane and Halford in defense.. here's hoping Spurs are firing on zero cylinders..

patto_chan

I signed up to the Boards league:
Ladies and Gents, let me introduce the "Spannerz':

Lehmann
Howard

Finnan
Vidic
Carvalho
Dunne
McShane

Carsley
Gerrard
Richardson
Kilbane
Davies

Torres
Tevez
Van Persie

Dub13

Irish Wolf wrote:

Off the Ball league: 617583-109893

Thank you.

whatawaster

The Neros

James

McShane
Carragher
Lescott

Gerrard (Cap)
Malouda
Fabregas
Hunt
Barry

Torres
Van Persie


Subs:
Kirkland
Baines
Taylor
Lita

One Cold Hand

Here's the So Solid Carew (containing no traces of John Carew!)

Cech

Laursen
A Cole
R Ferdinand
Evra

Lampard (c)
Arteta
M Petrov
Barry

Johnson
Tevez

---

Niemi
Davis
McShane
Moore


Bring it awwnnn!!!

Lemlin

eirebhoy wrote:

If it wasn't for City's defence last season they'd have been relegated. They'd be doing well to concede less this season after breaking up last seasons partnership.

Pompey are the team for defenders. They've the best defence outside the top 4.

Pompey have a very hard start to the season though. They play the top four teams in their first six or seven matches.

My team (think I'm the only person playing 5-2-3)

Cech

Rio Ferdinand
Ben Haim
Finnan
Evra
Jagielka

Lampard
Ronaldo (C)

Chopra (who hasn't started today feck it)
McCarthy
Bellamy (banking on him to be my surprise star!)

Subs
Gordon
Teale
Muamba
Whitehead

The key to this game is that your cheaper players do well. Everyone will have the top players like Lampard and Ronaldo so I'm hoping the likes of Chopra, Whitehead and Bellamy (players others mightn't have) will pick me up points.

Im_No_Superman

PHB wrote:

Ok, I've thought about this a lot and made a few changes.

Given
Neimi

Neville
Rozehnal
Distin
McShane
Boyce

Ronaldo
Lampard
Richardson
Ireland
Jones

Rooney
Ashton
Van Persie

Moved away from Tevez and Berbatov, as I don't think they'll start enough to be worth it, although this could well come back and bite me in the ass.
I'd much rather have four forward than anything else, it's quite annoying

Exact same forward line as me! Just put in Ashton last night, think he is going to have an excellant season.

evad_lhorg

Oh how I wish already I had put Martins in:p

PHB

Looks like McShane was a good buy, think I shoulda stuck with Bianchi over Ashton Might make the swap Jones doesn't look like he's first choice anymore, so might get a cheaper midfielder and put in Bianchi

Necronomicon

What a crap first day I've had. Hopefully it'll be salvaged tomorrow.