Premiership Fantasy Football 2006-2007

With less than one month to go until the start of the new season, I guess it's time to kick off this year's EoFF Premiership Fantasy Football league!

So, like we did season before last, I decided to go with http://premier.fantasy-manager.co.uk. If you've played with them previously your account should still be active.

If you don't want to pay, make sure you register an 'Amateur' team.

Anyway... the details:

League: The EoFF League
Password: eoff


Current players on http://premier.fantasy-manager.co.uk/ are:

FC Skogs (Skogs)
Peepulation Brigade (tomamar04)
Airys Heroes (Sora!)
Metal Militia FC (Shoden)
Varbergs BOIS (ff_sweden)
New York Footbalers (The Captain)
FC Cooke (blitz-ace9)
BoB's Bunch (Loony BoB)
Brian (Kyono)
FC Robbie (Blitz Ace)
Bolo Zenden Hypnosis Ray! (Psychotic)
Men in Shorts (Cz)
Operation 'Get Relegated' (mobiletype?)
Andrea Pirlo Likes Pasta (Doomie)

**BREAKING NEWS**

There is also a league on http://fantasy.premierleague.com/, which Russielloyd is running. Feel free to join either or both. The code to join is 366093-70474.

Current teams on http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ are:

Team Supreme (russielloyd)
FC Skogs (Skogs)
NY Footballers (The Captain?)
Fairfield Rovers (Burtsplurt?)
Daniel Agger's nose? (Psychotic)

http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=85859 ?

That's American football, as far as I can tell. This is for soccer!

Just entered...here's my team.

Manager: Mark Hughes (Blackburn)

GK: Antti Niemi (Fulham)
DF: Gabriel Heinze (Man U)
DF: Anton Ferdinand (West Ham)
DF: Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal)
DF: Phil Neville (Everton)
MD: Gareth Barry (Villa)
MD: Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
MD: Jimmy Bullard (Fulham)
MD: Steve Sidwell (Reading)
ST: Wayne Rooney (Man U)
ST: Lomana Lua Lua (Portsmouth)

Rooney and Ballack better pay dividends. They cost loads!

Is it free to register?

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Is it free to register?

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Yep, that's why I chose it!

:D

My team for now (likely to change before the season starts):

Manager: Mark Hughes (Blackburn Rovers)
GK: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesborough)
DF: Gary Neville (Manchester Utd)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester Utd)
DF: Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers)
DF: Steve Finnan (Liverpool)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
MF: Damien Duff (Newcastle)
MF: Tim Cahill (Everton)
MF: Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
ST: Andy Johnson (Everton)
ST: Henri Camara (Wigan Athletic)

I'm doing the fantasy league on premierleague.com, it's much better.

I got my team
K Mark Schwarzer Middlesbrough
D Pascal Chimbonda Wigan Athletic
D Jonathan Spector West Ham United
D Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye Bolton Wanderers
D Jorge Pereira Silva Nuno Valente Everton
M Belozoglu Emre Newcastle United
M Steven Sidwell Reading
M Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers
S Dean Ashton West Ham United
S Luis Boa Morte Fulham
S Marlon King Watford

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I'm doing the fantasy league on premierleague.com, it's much better.

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Do both, they're free... :tongue:

I don't think this is free.

"Paying for your team

You've successfully built your fantasy team! Now you need to select your preferred payment method from the options shown to the right.

Remember, your team will only be eligible to score points AFTER you have paid AND submitted your team."

If it's free then what does this mean? I joined anyway, metal militia is the name.

My name is Airy's Heros or sumfing like that

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Originally Posted by Skogs

That's American football, as far as I can tell. This is for soccer!

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Sorry, didn't notice the .uk in your link =P

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Originally Posted by Shoden

I don't think this is free.

"Paying for your team

You've successfully built your fantasy team! Now you need to select your preferred payment method from the options shown to the right.

Remember, your team will only be eligible to score points AFTER you have paid AND submitted your team."

If it's free then what does this mean? I joined anyway, metal militia is the name.

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AMATEUR TEAMS - 'Amateur' free teams are given 1 transfer each month. You are only allowed to register one Amateur team per entrant.

PROFESSIONAL TEAMS - 'Professional' paid for teams are allocated an extra 4 transfers a month, giving them a total of 5 transfers a month. You may pay to have an unlimited number of Professional, paid for teams.

PROFESSIONAL TEAMS benefit from personalised monthly emails per team, giving you information on your best/worst players, best valued players in the game and Premiership news. This gives you a competitive edge - as you can pick your players based on their real life performance.

Amateur team's can also top up their transfers each month by purchasing 'Emergency Transfer Kits':

£1.50 for 2 extra transfers

Amateur Teams can purchase a maximum of 2 'Emergency Kits' per month.

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Originally Posted by Shoden

I don't think this is free.

"Paying for your team

You've successfully built your fantasy team! Now you need to select your preferred payment method from the options shown to the right.

Remember, your team will only be eligible to score points AFTER you have paid AND submitted your team."

If it's free then what does this mean? I joined anyway, metal militia is the name.

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AMATEUR TEAMS - 'Amateur' free teams are given 1 transfer each month. You are only allowed to register one Amateur team per entrant.

PROFESSIONAL TEAMS - 'Professional' paid for teams are allocated an extra 4 transfers a month, giving them a total of 5 transfers a month. You may pay to have an unlimited number of Professional, paid for teams.

PROFESSIONAL TEAMS benefit from personalised monthly emails per team, giving you information on your best/worst players, best valued players in the game and Premiership news. This gives you a competitive edge - as you can pick your players based on their real life performance.

Amateur team's can also top up their transfers each month by purchasing 'Emergency Transfer Kits':

£1.50 for 2 extra transfers

Amateur Teams can purchase a maximum of 2 'Emergency Kits' per month.

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Sorted, had to make a new team from scratch.

it sucks I know:

Glenn Roeder Newcastle United

Current Squad

K Shay Given Newcastle United
D Anthony Gardner Tottenham Hotspur
D Aaron Hughes Aston Villa
D Philip Neville Everton
M Damien Duff Newcastle United
M Robbie Savage Blackburn Rovers
M Matthew Holland Charlton Athletic
M Graham Kavanagh Wigan Athletic
M Jimmy Bullard Fulham
S Craig Bellamy Liverpool
S James Vaughan Everton

I'm quite content to use the same system as last year, but I'll wait and see what you guys settle on before signing up.

What system was that? I wasn't around at the time. We've already got four people signed up, but I guess it's not too late to move... There's no reason we couldn't have two parallel leagues if people wanted to do that.

Joined....my team is Varbergs BOIS

ok..my team

manager: Paul Jewell, Wigan Athletic

Current Squad:

K Antti Niemi Fulham
D Ashley Cole Arsenal
D Kolo Toure Arsenal
D Rio Ferdinand Manchester United
D Steve Finnan Liverpool
M Aaron Lennon Tottenham Hotspurs
M Joey Barton Manchester City
M Cesc Fabregas Arsenal
M Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers
S Collins John Fulham
S Lomana Tresor Lua Lua Portsmouth

Heck, I'll do this again, but this time actually get my squad together before the season starts!

Take care all.

cba to join. If someone starts a yahoo one again i'll go on that, but if not then sod it

Boy, that took a while. I'm still new to a lot of these players, so my team will probably suffer as a result. It got tough to round out the last few players as funds ran dry.

Team: New York Footballers

Manager: Mark Hughes, Blackburn

Kepper: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Bolton
D: Christian Dailly, West Ham
D: Rio Ferdinand, Man United
D: Rodrigo Defendi, Tottenham (With a name like that, he cried out to be chosen)
D: Chris Riggott, Middlesbrough
MF: Damien Francis, Watford
MF: Steven Gerrard, Liverpool
MF: Leon Osman, Everton
MF: Steven Davis, Aston Villa
S: Jason Roberts, Blackburn
S: Robbie Keane, Tottenham


I honestly only know about 4 of these players, so I have no idea how good or bad this team is. I'll try to research things, but in the end, it's just for fun. Though, if anyone can see any obvious weaknesses, such as a player is already out with injury or has no shot at starting, feel free to point it out.

Take care all.

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Originally Posted by The Captain

Team: New York Footballers

Manager: Mark Hughes, Blackburn

Kepper: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Bolton
D: Christian Dailly, West Ham
D: Rio Ferdinand, Man United
D: Rodrigo Defendi, Tottenham (With a name like that, he cried out to be chosen)
D: Chris Riggott, Middlesbrough
MF: Damien Francis, Watford
MF: Steven Gerrard, Liverpool
MF: Leon Osman, Everton
MF: Steven Davis, Aston Villa
S: Jason Roberts, Blackburn
S: Robbie Keane, Tottenham
if anyone can see any obvious weaknesses, such as a player is already out with injury or has no shot at starting, feel free to point it out.

Take care all.

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Wise in choosing Hughesy as manager, the favourite to take over at Manure when Ferguson retires.

Though i would say the team is pretty average.

Cristian Dailly, no, you have to get rid! he is crap, he wont play hardly this season.

You really want someone great in each section.

Like Brad Friedel, Petr Cech, Shay Given or Van Der Sar in goals.

Deffinately have John Terry in defence,

Gerrard will be great in midfield.

You really need someone up front who going to bang in the goals frequently like Herny, Shevchenko.

A great player in each section will help you greatly.

Take a look at my team for an example, which is somewhere above.

Thank you kindly! I shall adjust my team based on your thoughts.


Take care all.

I swear i posted my team on here ages ago. Weird...:confused:

Made some changes:

Manager: Hughes

K: Shay Given, Newcastle
D: Chris Armstrong, Sheffield
D: Ashley Cole, Arsenal
D: Rio Ferdinand, Man United
D: Ibrahima Sonko, Reading
M: Damien Francis, Watford
M: Steven Gerrard, Liverpool
M: Leon Osman, Everton
M: Steven Davis, Aston Villa
S: Milan Baros, Aston Villa
S: Andy Johnson, Everton

Still needs some tweaking I'd bet, though.

Take care all.

How much they all worth? and how much do you get to spend all together?

I'm in.

FC Cooke

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Goalie: Tim Howard

Defender: John Obi Mikel
Defender: Gabriel Heinze
Defender: Joleon Lescott
Defender: Julio Arca

Midfielder: Steven Gerrard
Midfielder: Giuseppe Rossi
Midfielder: Lassana Diarra
Midfielder: Jan Kromkamp

Striker: Ole Gunnar Solksjaer
Striker: Andreij Schevchenko

I will edit when neccessary

For the price of one star forward, I can get three star defenders. Hence I go for a more star-studded back five, an aggressive mid-field and two proven goalscorers from some of the lesser teams. That way I'll have five players regularly netting me points, and if the strikers score a few, then its a bonus.

If anyone wants to set up an EoFF league on another site (yahoo or similar), then go for it! I have a team on premierleague.com. If you create it, I'll add it to the original post.

**Edit**
See the first post for an alternative league, if you're interested.

Thrown a team together, here's BoB's Bunch...

Manager: Paul Jewell (Wigan)

Keeper: Ben Foster (Man United)
Defenders: Ibrahima Sonko (Reading), Adrian Mariappa (Watford), John Terry (Chelsea), Chris Makin (Reading)
Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Giuseppe Rossi (Man United), Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United), Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United)
Strikers: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Man United), Wayne Rooney (Man United)

Obviously I'm going for the attacking option, because to be honest I've never done this before and I felt like going with the guns. Terry and Foster make a good defence though, even if Foster might not start many games (might even be starting for Watford!).

Yahoo! has started up their fantasy league... anyone interested in that one?

For me it's important that all my team are regular starters. A mid-table first-choice keeper will earn more points that Chelsea's second-choice.

os hit BoB's joined? I'm definitely signing up now.

edit: k I joined, my team is called Brian because I couldn't be arsed to think of a better team name. Team:

Manager: Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)
GK: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesborough)
DF: Jihai Sun (Manchester City)
DF: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
MF: Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham Utd)
MF: Steve Sidwell (Reading)
MF: Giuseppe Rossi (Manchester Utd)
MF: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
MF: Papa Bouba Diop (Fulham)
ST: Andy Johnson (Everton)
ST: Georgios Samaras (Manchester City)

I think i might have clicked on professional or something how do i change it?:confused:

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For me it's important that all my team are regular starters. A mid-table first-choice keeper will earn more points that Chelsea's second-choice.

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Unless he concedes too many goals!

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I think i might have clicked on professional or something how do i change it?

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You need to create a new team on the same account. Rename the old team to Unused 2 or something like that so we can see which the dud teams are.

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Unless he concedes too many goals!

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Which is why I didn't choose the Watford keeper...

geez its pretty hard to pick a good team under the 100 mil. btw, i joined up and my team is FC Robbie...

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Which is why I didn't choose the Watford keeper...

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If he doesn't play, he won't concede. :D It's a tactic I'm trying out.

Only three keepers still in the League actually ended up with negative points last season, and even then they only lost single-digit numbers of points.

who´s "Unused"?

It's an unpaid-for professional team that Shoden registered by accident. It'll just sit at the bottom of the table as the season progresses.

I noticed that we weren't allowed to select Reading Fans, a registered 'player' in their squad wearing the number 13. Darn. :(

i have re-registerd again as Airys Hero's and i have an unused team as well

sorry bout that

I've re-read the rules and it seems that any unsubmitted teams will be booted off the league once the season starts anyway. It's all good! :D

Well i got the 2 best strikers in the league in my starting line-up so i'm basically sorted just from that! :D

Count me in!

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where in the hell did you come from!?

Um what Shoden, he is a member

I've signed up at premierleague.com - looks a lot more interesting/ tactical. The other one doesn't have points for assists or anything like that. Midfielders/ attackers only seem to score points if they score a goal or if their team wins a match.

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Count me in!

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This made me jump with a mixture of surprise, excitement and fear. I'm totally joining this league now. :up:

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I've signed up at premierleague.com - looks a lot more interesting/ tactical. The other one doesn't have points for assists or anything like that. Midfielders/ attackers only seem to score points if they score a goal or if their team wins a match.

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No points for assists? Wow. I don't ever bother reading the rules for these things.

Anyway, I finally joined. See if you can guess which team mine is from the name and the overabundance of Liverpool players! And indeed, the overabundance of people called Steven.

My team's done. "Men in Shorts". :D

I spent way too long getting this all sorted out not to mention making up a special e-mail account just for this. I made an amateur team since I'm paying squat. Anyway I'm not 100% sure I am in league since I have no idea how to view it. Man, the frigging complications

Just click on the 'My Mini League' button. If your team is Operation 'Get Relegated', then you're in!

Just did a major revamp of my team. I'm pretty happy with it now. Chelsea players are way too expensive... I'm quite pleased with my all-red back line.

If this site doesn't update for the transfers (the ones that have happened IRL) soon I'm going to be pretty annoyed.

I've made a few small changes to my side - Ole is dropped for now to make room for that Aurelio chap who caught my interest in the CS game. I need to change my keeper but the damned thing won't let me. Oh, and Ole is now out of my side, as much as I hated to do it.

I'm in, as usual.

I joined the official Premier league one too, this time with the wonderfully named "Daniel Agger's nose?"

I can't switch from Professional to Amateur after already making my team.

EDIT: Fixed. Just made another team.

Andrea Pirlo Likes Pasta

Manager: Stuart Pearce

K Jens Lehmann
D Ashley Cole
D Ian Pearce
D Rio Ferdinand
M Jermaine Pennant
M Paul Scholes
M Stelios Giannakopoulos
M Joey Barton
M Claudio Reyna
S Luis Boa Morte
S Darius Vassell

If anyone has got Dean Ashton in their team, i'd take him out now. He broke his ankle this morning training for England and face a long time on the sideline with no return to football dated yet.

Manager: Rafael Benatez (Liverpool)
GK: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesborough)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester)
DF: Garry Neville (Manchester)
MF: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
MF: Tim Cahill (Everton)
MF: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
MF: Robben (Chelseal)
MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester)
ST: Djbril Cisse (Liverpool)
ST: Andriv Shevchenko (Chelsea)

Gimme a break, Im an aussie without cable. I only know the big teams/players.

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Manager: Rafael Benatez (Liverpool)
GK: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesborough)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester)
DF: Garry Neville (Manchester)
MF: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
MF: Tim Cahill (Everton)
MF: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
MF: Robben (Chelseal)
MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester)
ST: Djbril Cisse (Liverpool)
ST: Andriv Shevchenko (Chelsea)

Gimme a break, Im an aussie without cable. I only know the big teams/players.

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You could afford that team? Erm, you know you have to click the link and make a team using the funds you are allowed in the site, right?

Also, I think Cisse is gone now.

yeh just a bit over 100 mil. if we could all afford teams like that, it would eliminate any strategy/planning/fun...

thorn, you have to click on the links in the first post and submit a team online :D

I changed managers so I can fit John Terry on my team. Although I am seriously depressed that Del Horno plays for Valencia now. He was such a great fit last year. ;_;

EDIT: Changed it again. My team, just can't be beat. In fact, it contains Teddy Sheringham. So just give up now.

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Manager: Rafael Benatez (Liverpool)
GK: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesborough)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester)
DF: Garry Neville (Manchester)
MF: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
MF: Tim Cahill (Everton)
MF: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
MF: Robben (Chelseal)
MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester)
ST: Djbril Cisse (Liverpool)
ST: Andriv Shevchenko (Chelsea)

Gimme a break, Im an aussie without cable. I only know the big teams/players.

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You could afford that team? Erm, you know you have to click the link and make a team using the funds you are allowed in the site, right?

Also, I think Cisse is gone now.

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No frikken way I could afford that. I didnt bother with the site, just thought it was a list of players. Though it seemed a bit suss how everyone was using crap players. Ok...lets see..i'll edit my team.

GK: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesborough)
DF: Lucas Niel (Blackburn)
DF: Craig Moore (Newscastle United)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester)
MF: Harry Kewell(Liverpool)
MF: Tim Cahill (Everton)
MF: Tony Popovic(Crystal Palace)
MF: Robben (Chelseal)
MF: Brett Emerton(Blackburn)
ST: Wayne Rooney(Manchester)
ST: Mark Viduka(Middlesborough)

I still aint been on site, doesnt work for me. So hopefully im under the budget. I chucked in a few duds so I could have some stars.

But this is about a Fantasy League not just making any team that is Under 100 Million, why not just click on the link?

Anyway here is my team, might boot Carroll out now Green has come

M Steve Coppell

K Roy Carroll West Ham United
D Ashley Cole Arsenal
D Philip Neville Everton
D Philippe Senderos Arsenal
D Nuno Valente Everton
M Aaron Lennon Tottenham Hotspur
M Pedro Mendes Portsmouth
M Bobby Convey Reading
M Joe Cole Chelsea
S Yakubu Ayegbeni Middlesbrough
S Bernardo Corradi Manchester City

Tony Popovic, Crystal Palace ?

Popovic signed for Al Arabi from Qatar
Crystal Palace - League Championship

And he is a Central Defender anyway

De Rossi's Elbows is me on the second one.

I really liked our Yahoo one last year, so I created a new one.

Group ID# 13210
Group Name Jean-Luc Picard League
Group Password loonybob

I've signed up for Yahoo! too.

Unless injuries happen, I won't need to change my team all season.

I went in for a total revamp, and I'm pretty happy with the way it's turned out:

M: Mark Hughes (Blackburn)
K: Tim Howard (Everton)
D: Gary Neville (Manchester United)
D: John Arne Riise (Liverpool)
D: John O'Shea (Manchester United)
D: Sami Hyypia (Liverpool)
D: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
M: Kevin Nolan (Bolton Wanderers)
M: Tim Cahill (Everton)
M: Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
S: Andy Johnson (Everton)
S: Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur)

Pretty good Skogs, im gonna change mine a bit

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But this is about a Fantasy League not just making any team that is Under 100 Million, why not just click on the link?

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I still aint been on site, doesnt work for me.

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And Tony Popovic plays as a midfielder for Australia sometimes.

Anyway i've already admitted that I dont know very much premier league, so i dont need people to correct me on every minor mistake I make.

For http://premier.fantasy-manager.co.uk , Psy made my team. But I made my own team on http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ as I was already making a team on there for a different league.

My team on premierleague is as follows:

1: Given (Newcastle)
2: Terry (Chelsea)
3: Carragher (Liverpool)
4: Konchesky (West Ham)
5: Neill (Blackburn)
6: Gerrard (Liverpool) (Captain)
7: Duff (Newcastle)
8: Gilberto (Arsenal)
9: Parker (Newcastle)
10: Bent D (Charlton)
11: Bellamy (Liverpool)

My substitutes are:
12: Hahnemann (Reading)
13: Neville (Everton)
14: O'Brien (Portsmouth)
15: Christie (M'boro)

:jess:

Signed up for the yahoo league also. That makes 3 different leagues joined, hopefully I can keep up.

Take care all.

My team on premierleague.com. I was going to have Rooney and Scholes, but then remembered they have suspensions coming up. And what better way to replace Rooney than with, um, Shola Ameobi...

G Friedel (Blackburn)
D Eboue (Arsenal)
D Terry (Chelsea)
D Arca (Middlesbrough)
D Dawson (Tottenham)
M Young (Watford)
M Downing (Middlesbrough)
M Gerrard (Liverpool)
M Cahill (Everton)
F Berbatov (Tottenham)
F Ameobi (Newcastle)

Subs:

G Kirkland (Wigan)
D Heinze (Man U) - says he's injured at the moment?
M Bangura (Watford)
F King (Watford)

1. Jess...SHAY GIVEN. What the hell are you thinking?!?!
2. Go Teddy Sheringham.

Shay Given is one of the top 3 keepers in the Premiership, in my book. (the paperback edition will be out in the Spring)

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Shay Given is one of the top 3 keepers in the Premiership, in my book. (the paperback edition will be out in the Spring)

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I don't think so.

Cech. Lehmann, Robinson, Van der Sar, Reina are all better in MY book. And my book is hardcover.

Robinson? :laugh: I'd struggle to find Robinson a place in the top 10 keepers in the Premiership. Lehmann is woefully inconsistent, and it's no surprise to me that Arsenal were sniffing around Buffon. As for the other three, you might have a case.

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Robinson? :laugh: I'd struggle to find Robinson a place in the top 10 keepers in the Premiership. Lehmann is woefully inconsistent, and it's no surprise to me that Arsenal were sniffing around Buffon. As for the other three, you might have a case.

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I connsider Lehmann to be the second best keeper in the world. But that may just be personal opinion. And, well, Robinson has always played well for Tottenham, so it's hard to insult him. He just doesn't play well in International competitions. Much like m'boy Lampy.

Lampy? Psshaw. He's fine in games against the likes of Belgium and Bulgaria, and indeed, Bolton and Birmingham. But you watch him against decent opposition like Argentina or Arsenal. Totally disappears until it's time to take a penalty.

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Lampy? Psshaw. He's fine in games against the likes of Belgium and Bulgaria, and indeed, Bolton and Birmingham. But you watch him against decent opposition like Argentina or Arsenal. Totally disappears until it's time to take a penalty.

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Still managed 16 goals last season. *shurgs*

And how many of those fall into the following categories:
1) Free-Kicks
2) Penalties
3) Deflections

Does it matter? I think all he's paid to do is put the ball in the net, and even if its done by deflection (Which he is the king of btw), it's still a goal. And there's nothing wrong with deflections. :mad2:

It just means he's an incredibly lucky bastard, and that luck won't last forever, as his abysmal 25-shot World Cup shows. For some reason, that luck never happens in big games.

Without Shay Given, Newcastle would be down and out in the championship. With the excuse of a def they got, putting Stevey H in goal would be suicide, except kamikaze style, taking the rest of the team with him. I'd say he's as big a heroic legend of St James's Park as Alan Shearer was. Given's got the rest of his career to give to Newcastle and Ireland. If only those guys could get a strikeforce as good as England then we'd have some more Irish trouble... There's gonna be much better goal keepers in the future, Van Der Sar and even good ol' Lehmann will be outshadowed eventually. Is it even possible to outshadow Robinson further? I mean, he's losing his grip. You forgot Liverpool have got a titan of a goalkeeper themselves. The reason Shay's good is because he's been used to working so hard with a poor defence. Add in a decent defence for Newcastle and just maybes they could go for a top 4 spot. Titus Bramble can make any Newcastle fan have a heart attack, he can do some good when he gets off his fat lazy arse and does something. It's gotta be so humiliating to a team's pride to concede a goal from Titus Bramble. Anyone want him? I'll seriously respect anyone's gambling skills if they put Bramble in their lineup. Anyone gonna do it? Anyone daring enough to do it?

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Originally Posted by Psychotic

It just means he's an incredibly lucky bastard, and that luck won't last forever, as his abysmal 25-shot World Cup shows. For some reason, that luck never happens in big games.

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I've been meaning to say Lampard was not all that for some time now but I didn't think anyone would agree with me. Yes, his dismal shot-to-goal ratio at the World Cup only confirms to me how poorly he might perform if he left Chelseea to play overseas

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1. Jess...SHAY GIVEN. What the hell are you thinking?!?!

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Originally Posted by Psychotic

Shay Given is one of the top 3 keepers in the Premiership, in my book.

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After the forst games im 10th, but half my players plat tommorow

Sidwell and Kitson = sex. :cool:

For the first day I'm second on Premierleague and on my other league I'm in I'm first. :jess:

Kuca Neill lost me ELEVEN POINTS.

EDIT: That was meant to be Lucas. Wow.

I dropped Lucas Neill for Cole at the last minute, and it looks like having been a good call. Unfortunately, I decided to trade him for Aurelio at the very last minute and didn't realise that the transfer limit applied. Aurelio didn't net me any points, AND I've lost my transfer for the month...

Also traded Keane for Saha. We'll see how that one pays off as well.

Dam lucas... that sucked. And i traded robbie keane for Ameobi, which turned out to be a good move... but how can i be FC Robbie without the man himself??

Robbie Fowler. ;)

I never thought I'd see the day that trading Ameobi for Keane could be seen as a good move though.

Like omg im first!!, thank you Yakubu!

Man Utd v Fulham is about to kick off. I'm hoping for a Loius Saha hat-trick. Plus they still haven't tallied the points from the Bolton v Tottenham match. AND bloody Riise has gone and gotten himself injured.

Edit: Oh dear. 20 minutes gone and Man Utd are 4-0 up. Maybe my prediction for Saha wasn't so far off...

Edit 2: Oh Rio Ferdinand, you absolute TOOL!

I'm not top but i got my special weapon being unleashed against Man City today.

Looks like ive slipped down like 10 places in the space of a day, well i didnt know cole was injured did i?

the transfer limit on the UK fantasy manager sucks, it should at least be unlimited until the transfer window is closed. Yahoo owns it.

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Originally Posted by Shoden

the transfer limit on the UK fantasy manager sucks, it should at least be unlimited until the transfer window is closed. Yahoo owns it.

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Absolutely. They've got a better scoring system, too.

Joint top after the first weekend of games. At least I got off to a decent start, even if Arsenal didn't.

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the transfer limit on the UK fantasy manager sucks, it should at least be unlimited until the transfer window is closed. Yahoo owns it.

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Absolutely. They've got a better scoring system, too.

Joint top after the first weekend of games. At least I got off to a decent start, even if Arsenal didn't.

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I think my yahoo team is alot more stable and useful than the premier manager UK one I got.

Jose Mourinho is seriously the best buy out of the lot I bought.

You could afford Jose?

I had to go with Steve Coppel:cool:

Scott Golbourne = £3.9m = Cheapest guy in the league = 6 points = value for money. 8-)

But then he has to go and move to Wycombe Wanderers. >=( At least it's only for a month, for now. =[

im so unlucky.................3 points AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

My team sucks. I'm supporting Bolo Zenden's Hypnosis Ray. Seriously that name is so darn ridiculous :D :)

dammit, 2 red cards in the opening 2 rounds... i think the -10 penalty is a bit harsh for a red card.

I'm suprised there wasn't a points penalty (other than the fact that they concede a goal) for an own-goal. Not that I'm complaining... :D

I had a red card:(

Stupid Corradi:mad2:

Williams Gallas is screwing around with me big time :mad:

I am struggling so i got in Zamora hope he does the job:D

Mark Schwarzer must die. >=(

Rossi to Newcastle will work well for my midfield, given he's actually a striker. :D

Quite pleased with 6th place and i'm optimistic about the future, and a transfer or two would be useful but i'm happy.

:hyper: man, im already suffering withdrawal because there was no games last weekend!!!

One transfer per month sucks balls. I've been using three fantasy football things - Sky Sports is top when it comes to stats and Metro.co.uk's fantasy football is top when it comes to transfers. Next year we better use something different. Both Sky & Metro's fantasy football things are free, you just get more out of it.

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

One transfer per month sucks balls. I've been using three fantasy football things - Sky Sports is top when it comes to stats and Metro.co.uk's fantasy football is top when it comes to transfers. Next year we better use something different. Both Sky & Metro's fantasy football things are free, you just get more out of it.

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Seconded.

I want to kiss Andy Johnson on his face. And also another win for Chelski and a draw for Middlesborough, my team should be very nicely well off this week. :love:

Only slipup was taking out Carlos Bocanegra, but meh. Just hope Rio Ferdinand has a good game.

3rd nice. :D. Does the line through Kromkamp's name mean he's moved from this league? Hope not......

Are Everton this season's dark horse? I still managed to pick up 22 points from the Merseyside derby even though two of my defenders were on the wrong end of a hiding.

Also used my transfer to bring in Ashley Cole for Riise. At 6,800,000 he's the best value of the Chelsea defenders in my opinion.



Sorry about selection of the fantasy league. I just went with the one I was familiar with...

Indeed. Everton surely looked good. I'm worried about how Paul will be taking this.

Take care all.

That be the reason we've not heard from him yet? :D

Not quite Fantasy Football, but is anyone interested in joining an Xpert11 league?

http://xperteleven.com

It's an online football management game - free to play and doesn't take a lot of time (although there is a reasonable amount of detail). If you're interested, sign up and apply to join private league 76566. There's a minimum of 6 players needed for a league. If a few people are interested, I'll post a separate thread to drum up some interest.

8-)

BoBBye, Liverpool? Just nine games into the season and they're already 11 behind...

It's obviously because Harry Kewell is injured...

:rolleyes2

I think I big problem is that Gerrard is being used on the wing when it looks very obvious that he's more effective in the middle.


Take care all.

Total football from Arsenal the way the passes in the game was so thrilling to watch.I'm impressed. :D

This is just like Liverpool in 04-05 and Arsenal in 05-06 - great at home (won every game so far) and terrible away. Ooh, I smell Champions League run.

Mind you, none of the other big four have played two of the other big four away and had an away derby match, so I wouldn't go counting Liverpool out just yet.

Still second in the league :D I wonder when my luck will run out.

What the heck? We get transfers?

So, how many people are still paying attention to this?

I only am because my team are far surpassing my own expectations xD

My goal was to do better than Psy, and so far I am so...woo.

I check it every now and then.

One transfer per month makes it very boring and gives little room to make things interesting, though. I prefer Metro's fantasy football, where you get loads of transfers and can plan things out a lot better.

EDIT: That and the fact that apperently 5-3-2 is the formation that should be used by every manager in the country, according to this thing. What's up with that? I say next season we all agree to use the same formation, it would make things much more interesting for everyone and require much more football knowledge than it would require fantasy-football knowledge.

Yeah I would probably have stopped checking it by now if it wasn't for the fact that my team is destroydering everyone but Skogs. :D

I'd probably not check it more than a few times a month if I was winning, too, since I can't exactly do anything about it until a transfer becomes available. :p

EDIT: I'm doing pretty well out of the 4-4-2 players, though, not bad for a first-timer.

EDIT: Haha, Scott Golbourne is still the best player out there. :D

Well I usually check it every Sunday/Monday after the games to see how many points i've got, but it is a bit of a bugger not having any transfers, but eh, I think it's because that website gives you a prize if you win or something so they don't want to make it too easy for people to get mass scores.

Though, I would agree to using the Metro one next season.

I AM THE NUMBER ONE!!! :D :D :D :D :D

This will probably last until todays games are over and then i'll be back down to number two, but still. :love:

Yes, definitely use a different system next year. I'll defer the decision to someone else... I check once a week after the games to see who's catching up on me, and I have a bit more in-depth look in deciding who to transfer at the beginning of the month.

It seems to be working pretty well for me so far. Obviously knowing a bit of the ins and outs of the way this fantasy football league works is as important as football knowledge itself, but I imaging that would be the same regardless of which system we used.

Luis Garcia has just ruined my season

I actually think we might be better off doing a Prediction League next season, since it's a little more involving than a fantasy setup (particularly this one, where you make your transfers for the month and then sit back and do nothing). I don't know of any sites where you can set up your own league, but the good thing about that is that it's something we can do ourselves with a bit of effort.

Although maybe I'm saying that because my team's been hanging around fifth place for most of the season now, and isn't showing any signs of improvement. :p

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I actually think we might be better off doing a Prediction League next season, since it's a little more involving than a fantasy setup (particularly this one, where you make your transfers for the month and then sit back and do nothing). I don't know of any sites where you can set up your own league, but the good thing about that is that it's something we can do ourselves with a bit of effort.

Although maybe I'm saying that because my team's been hanging around fifth place for most of the season now, and isn't showing any signs of improvement. :p

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As I said earlier on, we just need a league where you can do more. If you have one transfer per month, yes, it's going to be boring and annoying. If you can make three transfers in a week or two, it's much more interesting. Of course, I don't see why we can't do both a fantasy league and a predictions league, although I'm unsure if I'll get involved in the latter.

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As I said earlier on, we just need a league where you can do more. If you have one transfer per month, yes, it's going to be boring and annoying. If you can make three transfers in a week or two, it's much more interesting. Of course, I don't see why we can't do both a fantasy league and a predictions league, although I'm unsure if I'll get involved in the latter.

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If we can find the right fantasy system, then I'll be happy with that. I'd just like to find a middle ground between the one we have now and last year's Yahoo system, where in order to be competitive you basically had to build your team from scratch every week. Anyway, so long as we're not using this version again next year then I'll be happy. After all, if we're already talking about next season's competition with half the season still to go, I'd say that's pretty indicative of the quality of this system.

I've tried 3-4 systems this year - not Yahoo! - and I'd say Metro Fantasy Football is the best.

http://fantasyfootball.metro.co.uk/

Admittedly I've sucked at it so far this season, but it's been interesting either way.

- Free
- Emails once every month or so detailing who in your side is suspended, injured etc.
- And as for transfers...

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Before the start of the season, you can make unlimited changes to your team. However, once the season is in progress, you can make up to three transfers within each individual transfer window but have a maximum of 50 transfers across the whole season. Remember the total cost of your team at any stage during the Game cannot exceed £55million.

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Transfer Windows
01 - Thu 24 Aug 11:00 to Sat 26 Aug 12:45
02 - Tue 29 Aug 11:00 to Sat 02 Sep 12:45
03 - Sat 02 Sep 12:45 to Sat 09 Sep 12:45
04 - Tue 12 Sep 11:00 to Sat 16 Sep 12:45
05 - Thu 21 Sep 11:00 to Sat 23 Sep 12:45
06 - Tue 26 Sep 11:00 to Sat 30 Sep 12:45
07 - Tue 03 Oct 11:00 to Sat 07 Oct 12:45
08 - Sat 07 Oct 12:45 to Sat 14 Oct 12:45
09 - Tue 17 Oct 11:00 to Sat 21 Oct 12:45
10 - Mon 23 Oct 11:00 to Sat 28 Oct 12:45
11 - Tue 31 Oct 11:00 to Sat 04 Nov 12:45
12 - Mon 06 Nov 11:00 to Sat 11 Nov 12:45
13 - Mon 13 Nov 11:00 to Sat 18 Nov 12:45
14 - Mon 20 Nov 11:00 to Sat 25 Nov 12:45
15 - Thu 30 Nov 11:00 to Sat 02 Dec 12:45
16 - Thu 07 Dec 11:00 to Sat 09 Dec 12:45
17 - Thu 14 Dec 11:00 to Sat 16 Dec 12:45
18 - Tue 19 Dec 11:00 to Sat 23 Dec 12:45
19 - Thu 28 Dec 11:00 to Sat 30 Dec 12:45
20 - Wed 03 Jan 11:00 to Sat 06 Jan 12:45
21 - Sat 06 Jan 12:45 to Sat 13 Jan 12:45
22 - Mon 15 Jan 11:00 to Sat 20 Jan 12:45
23 - Mon 22 Jan 11:00 to Tue 30 Jan 19:45
24 - Thu 01 Feb 11:00 to Sat 03 Feb 12:45
25 - Mon 05 Feb 11:00 to Sat 10 Feb 12:45
26 - Mon 12 Feb 11:00 to Sat 17 Feb 12:45
27 - Sat 17 Feb 12:45 to Sat 24 Feb 12:45
28 - Mon 26 Feb 11:00 to Sat 03 Mar 12:45
29 - Mon 05 Mar 11:00 to Sat 10 Mar 12:45
30 - Sat 10 Mar 12:45 to Sat 17 Mar 12:45
31 - Mon 19 Mar 11:00 to Sat 24 Mar 12:45
32 - Sat 24 Mar 12:45 to Sat 31 Mar 12:45
33 - Tue 03 Apr 11:00 to Sat 07 Apr 12:45
34 - Wed 11 Apr 11:00 to Sat 14 Apr 12:45
35 - Mon 16 Apr 11:00 to Sat 21 Apr 12:45
36 - Mon 23 Apr 11:00 to Sat 28 Apr 12:45
37 - Mon 30 Apr 11:00 to Sat 05 May 12:45
38 - Mon 07 May 11:00 to Sun 13 May 15:00

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That looks absolutely ideal. I'm looking forward to next season's EoFF league already. :D

It will be nice to have a decent team, too. My current Metro side...

Van der Sar
Taylor, Terry, Ferdinand, Campbell
Ronaldo, Lampard, Barry, Harper
Drogba, Bent

£54.8m/£55m

That is a really sweet side. Except Bent and Terry now having injuries.

I haven't updated the side very often, yeah. There's the obvious lack of mini-league there. I wonder if they have that facility, actually, what with us hopefully using that system next year. *goes to check*

EDIT: Phew, it does.

Ah... Football.

Congrats Liverpool, Chelseaand Man utd.
I wanna ask if Emre still with newcastle?? cuz I don't see him playing in the team- and he played with the national team last week.

also, is Montell still injured ??

Hey come on guys, it's the last few games so let's pretend we care about this.

In Fantasy Manager, Bolo Zenden Hypnosis Ray! is 4th. Stupid Dave Kitson! How was I to know Kevin Doyle would be the Reading breakthrough striker? :irked:
In the Yahoo! league, the Gabriel Paletta disorder is 2nd. ...of four!
And finally, on the official Premiership site, Daniel Agger's nose? is #1! I picked McCarthy and Berbatov as my strikers on there so I am not surprised.

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Hey come on guys, it's the last few games so let's pretend we care about this.

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My team is currently below your team, so I do not currently care about the standings. Make sure to contact me if I overtake you, however, so I can gloat about it. =)

VICTORY IS MINE!