Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hello and welcome to my second sign up, the EPL - Football's Answer to the IPL and I would also like to add a thank you to Walcott's Wonderkids, Icelander83 and tomsmith1989. The FA, wanting to make even more money, has decided to make the Premiership more “even” as the same teams are challenging for the title each year so has disbanded all twenty teams in the Premiership and split England up into twenty regions which will all be put into the Premiership as they have seen the example set by the Indians in cricket. Whereas in reality, they have sold off the twenty Premiership teams to rich businessmen to make them extremely rich. The regions have been divided up into counties and the FA has decided counties are to be given catchy names to improve interest in this closer league. The twenty teams will take part in an auction for players as all twenty teams will inherit a squad with no players in it. Basically it is “Football’s answer to the Indian Premier League in cricket.” The FA has even changed the name of the league from the Premiership to the “English Premier League.” The new teams will have equal publicity and the FA has sold them off for the same price each of £500 million. This in football manager terms means that the teams will all be equal with things such as reputation, wage budget, stadium size. The FA has put a ban on transfers in the first transfer window also as they have introduced an auction for players which has been completed and the owners of the clubs have bought their squads. Each club owner signed a twenty two player sized squad consisting of three goalkeepers, seven defenders, seven midfielders and five attackers within their budget of £150 million in the auction which took place in late June 2008 just in time for the start of the inaugural English Premier League season. All of the best players in the world want a piece of the EPL action and star players such as David Villa, Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho are gracing the English pitches in this new competition. Also, to keep the owners from getting bored of just watching their team’s results coming in. The FA has devised a plan which will allow them to, over a certain period in the off season or maybe even in the January transfer window, to negotiate with other owners to swap three of their players for other owners players. But no transfer fees are permitted so you couldn’t, for example, swap Fernando Torres for Nicklas Bendtner and £20 million. This period with consist of either one week or two weeks and I shall alert the owners before it is about to start. The owners can say who they are looking to get rid of and add them to the “transfer list” so to speak, but then it is up to the owners to go off and privately negotiate their transfers and then both of them need to announce it in public. These trades can also only take place between teams that are taking part in the EPL. Also here is the link for you to download the database if you wish. However please do NOT post results in here of your games as people may not want to know who may or may not do well until I reveal it in the actual sign up How to install the Database - Download the database using the link provided. - Extract the downloaded file to: 'C:\Documents and Settings\(your users name)\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\db' -Copy the file inside the folder and paste it into the above place. Now, let's meet the teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Cheshire Cobras – A decent team in my opinion. They have a solid goalkeeper in Hugo Lloris and a solid defence also. The midfield is very good with their star player Lionel Messi and players to back him up like Michael Carrick and Thiago Neves. However their attack will let them down as their owner had to get very low quality strikers to come in under budget so they will be relying heavily on their midfield to come up with the goods. Key Player: Lionel Messi Player to Watch: Hugo Lloris My Prediction: 13th Squad Cornwall Cannons – Their owner has spent very wisely I think. He has bought a solid, yet unspectacular set of goalkeepers and defenders and then allowed him to spend lots of money on the business end of the team, the midfield and attack. The Cannons have a dream attack consisting of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Amauri which will strike fear into opposition defences and Paul Scholes and Nigel de Jong will supply the chances. Key Player: Cristiano Ronaldo Player to Watch: Christopher Samba My Prediction: 8th Squad Derbyshire Dazzle – They have a good, young goalkeeper in Manuel Nueur and a decent defence. The have a creative and solid midfield with Deco, Alessandro Rosina and Javi Martinez in there and then Mario Gomez leading the line up front. Their owner hasn’t done too badly for himself. Key Player: Mario Gomez Player to Watch: Alessandro Rosina My Prediction: 6th Squad Devon Devils – Their owner has bought a couple of cheap British keepers in Ben Foster and Craig Gordon who will be very good in the future who will be behind a good defence but the right side of it could be better. Their midfield isn’t great but they have some good players like Torsten Frings and Simon Vukcevic. However up front is where they excel, with Wayne Rooney and Didier Drogba leading the line. Key Player: Wayne Rooney Player to Watch: Craig Gordon My Prediction: 11th Squad Durham Dynamos – They have a good goalkeeper in Andres Palop but he is 35 and they have no backup. They have a very good defence with Carles Puyol and Vincent Kompany among them. They have some good young central midfielders with Jérémy Toulalan, Jean II Makoun and Yaya Touré with Jérémy Ménez being the creative player on the wing. The teams goalscorer is an ageing Ruud Van Nistlerooy but with Bojan backing him up. Key Player: Carles Puyol Player to Watch: Bojan My Prediction: 15th Squad Essex Eagles – They have one of the best goalkeepers in the world in Gianluigi Buffon but their defence isn’t the best, they have no real strength in depth with only Johnathan Woodgate standing out as a good defender. They have a very attacking midfield with only Lucas as the slightly defensive player which will hurt them so their strikers will have to be firing. They should have no problem with this however with Miroslav Klose, Pato, Robin Van Persie and erm, Robbie Keane leading the line. This team will be a very interesting team to see how they do. Key Player: Gianluigi Buffon Player to Watch: Pato My Prediction: 18th Squad Gloucestershire High-Flyers – They have good goalkeepers in Jose Manuel Reina and Doni which will provide a solid base for the team. They also have a good defence with Vedran Corluka, Patrice Evra and Bakary Sagna being particularly good. Their midfield has a good balance to it with players such as Patrick Vieira able to sit back while Guti, Michael Ballack and Mikel Arteta create chances. They have a good strikeforce with Obafemi Martins, David Trezeguet and Adrian Mutu as they will all score goals. This team is definitely a contender. Key Player: Vedran Corluka Player to Watch: Michael Ballack My Prediction: 5th Squad Greater Manchester Mongooses – The owner has spent very wisely on this team. He has signed two solid keepers in Gregory Coupet and Julio Cesar who will back their defence up which is already solid but ageing slightly with most of the players in their late 20’s early 30’s. They have Orlando Engelaar and Lucho Gonzalez to sit deep in midfield while players like Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger can run rings round most defences. They have arguably the best strike force in the competition with Emanuel Adebayor and Sergio Aguero just behind him, with a not too shabby Giampaolo Pazzini backing them up. They are definitely one of the favourites in my view. Key Player: Emanuel Adebayor Player to Watch: Riccardo Montolivo My Prediction: 1st Squad Hampshire Harriers – They have okay keepers in Artur Boruc and David James but nothing spectacular. However they have the best defence in the league in my opinion, with Daniel Alves, Rio Ferdinand, Andrea Barzagli and Nicky Shorey all in there. Their midfield is respectable with Lassana Diarra, Manuel Fernandes and Sebastien Giovinco all in it. They also have a couple of decent strikers in Antonio Di Natale and Rafael Sobis, they could well be in Europe next year. Key Player: Rio Ferdinand Player to Watch: Lassana Diarra My Prediction: 9th Squad Herefordshire Hotshots – The owner went for experienced goalkeepers rather than young ones as he signed two 37 year olds in Edwin Van Der Sar and Brad Friedel and then also signed Victor Valdes who isn’t that good. Their defence isn’t great however they have a English side to it with Glen Johnson, Richard Dunne and Joe Mattock which is always nice to see. They have a decent, if not very defensive, midfield with Gareth Barry and then lots of attacking players such as Mancini and Ryan Babel. They will most probably struggle up front though as all they have is Antonio Cassano and Johan Elmander who, in all fairness, aren’t very good. Key Player: Diego Player to Watch: Ryan Babel My Prediction: 20th Squad Isle of Man Metros – They signed a decent keeper in Robert Enke and then a good youngster in Sergio Asenjo. They have a good spine of the team but other than that not much else. In defence they have 3 top class centre backs in John Terry, Raul Albiol and Gerard Pique but only decent full backs, if that. In midfield they have a couple of good central midfielders in Frank Lampard, Joao Moutinho and Alex but they don’t have a natural left winger which could prove costly. Up front they have Falcao and Frederic Kanoute with youngsters Daniel Sturridge and Ched Evans coming through which could be a good partnership in the future. Key Player: Frank Lampard Player to Watch: Falcao My Prediction: 17th Squad Kent Killers – The owner bought a very good goalkeeper in Steven Mandanda and they have several good backups with Tim Wiese and Carlos Kameni. Their defence is the best in the league I think with Maicon, Gael Clichy, Nemanja Vidic and Gabriel Milito just as players who would start in the strongest eleven. They had to scrape the bottom of the barrel, however, for midfielders yet signed a couple of decent players in Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson and Clarence Seedorf meaning that they aren’t totally useless in the midfield aswell as Darijo Srna slotting in there sometimes from defence. They seem to have gone for some South American flair up front with 4 Brazilians and and an Argentine leading the line, with the starters more than likely being Luis Fabiano and Diego Milito. Key Player: Nemanja Vidic Player to Watch: Darijo Srna My Prediction: 3rd Squad Lancashire Lions – They signed an okay goalkeeper in Gomes but he is prone to error and could make a lot of mistakes leaving the Lions in a bad position. They went with experienced premiership players in defence but nothing really spectacular although they did manage to sign Alan Hutton. They signed reasonably good central midfielders with Raul Garcia and Juan Roman Riquelme creating chances for the forwards. They do, however, have very good wingers in Ricardo Quaresma and David Bentley. Also they have top quality strikers, especially with David Villa and then Roque Santa Cruz and Yakabu backing him up. Key Player: David Villa Player to Watch: Yakubu My Prediction: 7th Squad Merseyside Magicians – I believe that their owner has signed a very good goalkeeper in Sebastian Frey who will play the majority of the games with Renan backing him up. They have a decent defence with Gonzalo Rodriguez, Tomas Ujfalusi and Juan but maybe lacking in defensive ability on the left with Marcelo and Adriano. I think they spent way over the top on midfielders in the auction and got one too many top quality players and will have to go with 5 in midfield to fulfil their teams potential. Then up front they were not left with much money to spend on players but they got Bafetimbi Gomis and Guiza which I think are good signings. Key Player: David Silva Player to Watch: Bafetimbi Gomis My Prediction: 10th Squad Nottinghamshire Knights – Their owner signed a very good, young goalkeeper in Francisco Guilherme Ochoa which will provide a very solid base for the team. The defence is also very good with Cristian Zapata, Pepe and Gianluca Zambrotta all in it. They have an attacking line up in midfield with just Gokhan Inler as a defensive player, yet Giovanni Dos Santos, Francesco Totti and Nihat will all create chances. Then up front they have a proven, yet injury prone goal scorer in Michael Owen and Lukas Podolski and Tommasso Rocchi who are both decent strikers. Key Player: Cristian Zapata Player to Watch: Tommasso Rocchi My Prediction: 12th Squad Somerset Sunbathers – Their owner has bought a lot of South Americans to match his own background it seems. They bought some good goalkeepers in René Adler and Felipe but Adler will play in most of the matches and is a good goalkeeper. They have a good, yet Chelsea-like, defence with Bosingwa, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho and Naldo the best defenders. Their midfield isn’t great but they do have a couple of decent players such as Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Anderson and Maxi Rodriguez. Then up front they have great strikers with Carlos Tevez, Rodrigo Palacio and Luca Toni. Key Player: Anatoliy Tymoschuk Player to Watch: Rodrigo Palacio My Prediction: 16th Squad Surrey Savagers – The owner has spent very well in my opinion on this team. They have okay goalkeepers in Maarten Stekelenberg, Remy Riou and Timo Hildebrand without them being spectacularly good. However they will not need to be called into action much with a defence that includes Federico Fazio, Giorgio Chiellini and Alessandro Gamberini. Then in midfield they have Miguel Veloso and Arturo Vidal in the centre and then Juan Manuel Mata, Miralem Pjanic and Steven Defour attacking. They also have one of the best strike forces in the league with Fernando Torres and Karim Benzema leading the line. They will be a force to be reckoned with this season. Key Player: Fernando Torres Player to Watch: Giorgio Chiellini My Prediction: 2nd Squad Sussex Wanderers – They signed two good goalkeepers in Oscar Ustari and Igor Akinfeev who will protect the team well. Their defence is not great with Daniel Agger the only real stand out defender so their goalkeepers will have to be on the top of their game if the Wanderers are going to get anywhere this season. Their midfield is slightly better, however, after signing Maroune Felleini, Andrés Iniesta and Zdravko Kuzmanovic. Then up front they have a decent strike force of Nicolas Anelka, Nikola Zigic and Edison Cavani. Unfortunately I don’t see them doing much this season, it is up to them to prove me wrong. Key Player: Andrés Iniesta Player to Watch: Zravko Zukmanovic My Prediction: 19th Squad Worcestershire Wonders – Their owner did not do very well in the goalkeeper department but signed cheap ones preferring being about to spend on other areas of the squad. Such as defence where they have Rafinha, Sergio Ramos and Sebastian Squillaci. They also have a good midfield with defensive players Javier Mascherano and Owen Hargreaves and flair players such as Rafael Van Der Vaart, Elano and Simao. Then up front they have a good striking line up with Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Eduardo and Alberto Gilardino. Key Player: Sergio Ramos Player to Watch: Simao My Prediction: 4th Squad Yorkshire Yorkers – Their owner signed a good goalkeeper in Mickael Landreau which will provide the team with a solid player to fall back on. The defence also has some good players with Micah Richards, Phillipe Mexes, Per Mertesacker and Gareth Bale. Gennaro Gattuso will act as a defensive midfielder with Joe Cole, Andrey Arshavin and Ashley Young being the flair players in the midfield. Up front they have an ageing team with all of their strikers in their late 20’s or early 30’s but for the first few seasons at least Thierry Henry and Roman Pavlyuchenko will pose a threat. Key Player: Thierry Henry Player to Watch: Joe Cole My Prediction: 14th Squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hall of Fame Season 1 English Premier League - Gloucestershire High-Flyers FA Cup - Devon Devils League Cup - Derbyshire Dazzle Community Shield - Isle of Man Metros European Super Cup - Isle of Man Metros Champions League - Juventus Uefa Cup - Gloucestershire High-Flyers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Cornwall Cannon's for the victory!!!!!!!!! Can you do me a favour, can you delete that post and re post it again so it is below the posts I have made. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmith1989 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Its great to finally see this up, and to see the squads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Just uploading the database now in case people want to have a go with it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PluckaDuck Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Yeah sure mate, I realised what I did and was about to do it anyway Cornwall Cannon's for victory!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Great start, I'm backing the Surrey Savagers to win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 yeah i'm very pleased with my squad and feel you've underestimated us. Can we ask that if people do use the db they don't post the results in here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_1982 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Good stuff here, will be following. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 yeah, I'll add the db to the OP and put in bold not to discuss their results in here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Predicted last. You just watch me romp to 1st place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Looks like we are having 20 people finishing first then Don't take the predictions that seriously btw, I based it on a quick glance at the squads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 predicted 18th, although I know I'll win the League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_lampard Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Very pleased with my team, I would be disappointed to see us finish 17th Great start mate KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorB Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 [ Surrey Savagers – The owner has spent very well in my opinion on this team. They have okay goalkeepers in Maarten Stekelenberg, Remy Riou and Timo Hildebrand without them being spectacularly good. However they will not need to be called into action much with a defence that includes Federico Fazio, Giorgio Chiellini and Alessandro Gamberini. Then in midfield they have Miguel Veloso and Arturo Vidal in the centre and then Juan Manuel Mata, Miralem Pjanic and Steven Defour attacking. They also have one of the best strike forces in the league with Fernando Torres and Karim Benzema leading the line. They will be a force to be reckoned with this season. Key Player: Fernando Torres Player to Watch: Giorgio Chiellini My Prediction: 2nd Squad Why thankyou;) - perhaps could have spent more on the keepers but like you said hopefully i won't need them:D. My main man to look out for is Mata rather than Torres tbh think he's a bit special. Great start, I'm backing the Surrey Savagers to win Think i might just back them too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Key player was more like the player who, if they did well, the team would also do well. Database will be in the opening post any minute now. Also any (sensible) predictions for this season will be appreciated. Also maybe you could suggest who you would put in your first eleven. Mine would be: GK: Sebastian Frey DR: Tomas Ujfalusi DL: Marcelo DC: Juan DC: Gonzalo Rodriguez MC: Xabi Alonso MC: Marek Hamsik AMR: Luka Modric AML: David Silva AMC: Matias Fernandez ST: Bafetimbi Gomis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorB Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Had a starting eleven pinned down since the end of the bids. GK: Hildebrand DR: Vanden Borre DC: Fazio DC: Gamberini DL: Chiellini MR: Higuain MC: Veloso MC: Defour ML: Mata FC: Torres FC: Benzema Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmith1989 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 My starting XI for the Nottinghamshire Knights: GK: Francisco Guillermo Ochoa DR: Gianluca Zambrotta DL: Cristian Chivu DC: Cristian Zapata DC: Pepe MC: Gokhan Inler MC: Pablo Aimar AMR: Nihat AML: Giovani dos Santos FC: Francesco Totti FC: Tommaso Rocchi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 GK - Buffon DR - Eboue DL - Arbeloa DC - Woodgate DC - Upson MR - Hleb ML - Rosicky MC - Lucas MC - Cahill FC - Klose FC - van Persie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PluckaDuck Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 GK: Tim Howard DC: Bordon DC: Joseph Yobo DC: Christopher Samba DM: Nigel de Jong MC: Mathieu Bodmer MC: Paul Scholes AMR: Cristiano Ronaldo AML: Fabio Grosso AMC: Ronaldinho ST: Amauri Probably didn't think things through as well as I should have when I decided to purchase Yossi as a left winger, So for now, Grosso will be slightly out of position on AML. Very similar formation to Guus's for Australia in the 2006 World Cup with the mighty 3-6-1! Come on the Cannon's! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_lampard Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Starting XI for Isle of Man Metros GK: Robert Enke DR: Cristian Zaccardo DL: Wayne Bridge DC: John Terry DC: Raul Abidol DMC: John Obi Mikel MC: Joao Moutinho MC: Frank Lampard MC: Stephen Ireland AMC: Alex FC: Frederic Kanoute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldkohmew Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 We will win by shocking everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 GK kirkland DR Hutton DL Enrique DC Cuella DC Davies MR bentley ML QUAresma MC riquelme MC Garcia FC santa cruz FC Villa S1 gomez s2 young s3 n'zogbia s4 agbonlahor s5 sidwell s6 reo cooker s7 yakubu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I downloaded the database and I found that half my team was put in the reserves. Can you make sure that this does not happen in the proper game Robert Anyway my team: GK - Van der Sar DR - Johnson DL - Mattock DC - Dunne DC - Pasanen MR - Ben Arfa ML - Babel MC - Barry MC - Kranjcar AMC - Diego FC - Cassano Subs: 1 - Valdes 2 - Maxwell 3 - Traore 4 - Zarate 5 - Guardado 6 - Del Horno 7 - Mancini Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Oh and can I request that teams are not able to buy any players in the First Transfer Window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaldinho Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I like how you mention Hampshire and Kent both having the best defence in the league Surrey look very good with Benzema and Torres up front. However my team predicted first means it is ours to lose I would think. Bendtner being worth only 75k seems a little harsh no matter how rubbish he may be! Hopefully we don't sell him on the cheap. I don't even know who my starting keeper/defence would be but up top I want to see Adebeyor, Aguero, Robben, Schweinsteiger, Lucho Gonzalez and Marcos Senna dominate Great opening posts Robert, looks a great sign-up so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Great OP mate KUTGW Formation : 4-3-2-1 My starting line up : GK - Manuel Neuer RB - John Heitinga CB - Jamie Carragher CB - Christoph Metzelder LB - Juan Manuel Vargas CM - Mathieu Flamini CM - Angelo Palombo CM - Deco AML - Yury Zhirkov AMR - Mirko Vucinic ST - Mario Gomez Substitutes : 1) Alessandro Rosina 2) Jonas 3) Sylvain Distin 4) Oscar Cardozo 5) Goran Pandev 6) Antonio Lopez 7) Javi Martinez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 And looks like some of the player values are screwed up due to some reason. I mean Rosina 350k ? Vargas 3 m ? And when do you think this "transfer" season will be ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeeman27bob Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Happy with my team. Should probably line up GK: Carson DR: Rafina DC: Ramos DC: Squillaci DL: Aurelio MC: Masch/Hargreeves MC: Van der Vaart ML: Downing MR: Simao FC: Huntelaar FC: Eduardo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrientMartin Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This is the team that will lead me to victory! GK: Craig Gordon DR: Gabriel Tamas DC: Kolo Toure DC: Nicholas Burdisso DL: Gabriel Heinze MR: Andrea Gasbarroni MC: Torsten Frings MC: Matias Delgado ML: Simon Vukcevic ST: Didier Drogba ST: Wayne Rooney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 I downloaded the database and I found that half my team was put in the reserves. Can you make sure that this does not happen in the proper game Robert HOw would I go about that? I'll check in the test version but I'm pretty sure they played anyway Oh and can I request that teams are not able to buy any players in the First Transfer Window Already done Bendtner being worth only 75k seems a little harsh no matter how rubbish he may be! Hopefully we don't sell him on the cheap. And looks like some of the player values are screwed up due to some reason. I mean Rosina 350k ? Vargas 3 m ?And when do you think this "transfer" season will be ? I don't know why that has happened, Gareth Barry is worth £150k aswell and there are several others. From my tests people haven't sold these players on the cheap. When I get near to January/the end of the season I will announce that the transfer system is coming up and it will most likely be a week or so long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Good one mate Can't wait for the first update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 James - at the end of the first season they are all in the first team squad and only Traoare, Zidan and Friedel haven't played in 10 or more games At least one update will be on the way tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 James - at the end of the first season they are all in the first team squad and only Traoare, Zidan and Friedel haven't played in 10 or more games At least one update will be on the way tonight. Good stuff When will the first transfer window be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 I answered that further up the page. I'm leaning toward, for the first season anyway, to not have one in January as you will only have had 6 months with your squad then and it's unrealistic to make changes so soon tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Can I just say something about the transfers: We are all starting with a ~£70m transfer budget in the game, so why can we not use that when negotiating for players? I know you said that you don't want players swapping say Torres for Bendtner + £20m, but I reckon it could work. Would give the rubbish teams (like me) a bit of a better chance of getting some better players as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 The reason I'm against it is that if you did end up paying someone £20 million then they would just go out and pay loads of money on another big name player or sign another 4/5 other players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I suppose, but it does mean that I am destined to a team of crap players as nobody will want too swap my awful players for their awful players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Your team isn't that bad really, it's just all of the other teams have good players as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmith1989 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I suppose, but it does mean that I am destined to a team of crap players as nobody will want too swap my awful players for their awful players I've got my eye on Barry. See how his form goes. I need another defensive(ish) midfield player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I know my team isn't rubbish, by I don't really know how I am going to improve without attempting to trade my best players for even better players. Maybe introducing a rule that can allow us to buy one player from abroard per season would help? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 But how would you implement that because everyone would go after Steven Gerrard etc straight away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I don't know, maybe introduce a bidding round again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Seems a bit pointless for one player though, also I think I read somewhere that FMRTe only allows you to swap players, not add them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Aye up, Yorkshire Yorkers are gunna' romp this t'league, I tell thi ... Here's t'starting line-up for us. GK: Mickael Landreau RB: Micah Richards LB: Marek Jankulowski CB: Per Mertesacker CB: Phillippe Mexes DM: Gennaro Gattuso RW: Joe Cole CM: Tim Borowski LW: Ashley Young AM: Andrei Arshavin ST: Thierry Henry SUBS: Diego Alves (GK), Carlos Salcido, Fabrice Muamba, Kazim Kazim (Colin Kazim-Richards he will always be to me!), John Carew, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Craig Bellamy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Somerset Sunbathers First XI GK: Rene Ader RB: Bosingwa LB: Ashley Cole CB: Ricardo Carvalho CB: Naldo RM: Maxi Rodriguez LM: Diego Capel CM: Anatoliy Tymoschuk CM: Anderson ST: Carlos Tevez ST: Luca Toni Just realized I only have one ML, I thought Perrotta would play down there... My midfield is quite weak actually so I think your prediction might be right... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Community Shield Nottinghamshire Knights v Isle of Man Metros Isle of Man are deserving winners against a lacklustre Nottinghamshire side. European Super Cup Isle of Man Metros v Zenit A close game but Kléber's goal was enough to win it and pick up their second trophy of the season. Champions League 3rd qualifying round 1st leg 3rd qualifying round 2nd leg Groups A-D Groups E-H Kent Killers and Herefordshire Hotshots win easily to progress to the group stage. ALl handed pretty easy groups although there is potential for the Hotshots ot get knocked out against Bayern Munich and Marseille. English Premier League Saturday 16th of August Sunday 17th of August Saturday 23rd of August Sunday 24th of August Saturday 30th of August Sunday 31st of August League Table Gloucestershire High-Flyers, along with Cornwall Cannons and Worcestershire Wonders, are the early pace setters in the inaugral EPL season. Although my prediction of Greater Manchester Mongooses to win the league isn't going too well as they are 18th and only have 1 point. League Cup Second round Only one shock with Somerset Sunbathers going out on penalties but the rest of the teams went through unscathed. Although a couple did take it to extra time and even penalties to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyh_16 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Gloucestershire High-Flyers Formation: 4-4-2 GK: Reina DR: Sagna DC: Corkula DC: Ivanovic DL: Evra MR: Arteta MC: Ballack MC: Guti ML: Taddei ST: Trezequet ST: Alves Great to see this up and running nice that you have predicted us to come 5th, but i think we can do better than that good luck everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Decent enough start, at least we're not bottom Would settle for 10th at the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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