Upupup II Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 May 8th 2008- The Sun Russia Announces RFL By Paul Smith Russia today announced a new era for football in their country by announcing a new commitee named the RFL. The deal, which has been backed by Russia's wealthiest buisnessmen, could see global superstars playing in Russia in the new future. Complaints were filed to FIFA from England, Spain and Italy, but were quickly thrown out. President of the RFL, Yuri Zemekov, said "This is a wonderful day for Russia, we can now finally compete with the European countries. This project has been on the table for some time now and it's acceptance signals a new era for Russian sport." It remains to be seen which countries will support the project and which will not, but what can be confirmed is that this new league signals a new era for football. May 21st 2008- The Sun Britain, USA Begin New Cold War With Russia By Andrew Davies Britain and USA today began a new Cold War with Russia-over football. Earlier this morning, the US and Britain announced a rival league to the RFL, th USFA. A Super League of 20 teams, 10 from America and 10 for Britain, were announced this morning, along with the backing of wealthy Buisnessmen from both countries. Joint Chairmen of the USFA, Alexi Lalas and George Graham relaesed a statement declaring their "honour" of being selected and their "hope" of this league rivalling the RFL. It is likely that all of the World's best players are going to be in either the RFL or the USFA, the question is, which countries will support which league? The Teams List- Britain London Manchester The Midlands Tyne And Wear/Durham Yorkshire Liverpool Dublin Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast USA Carolina Los Angeles New York Washington D.C Phoenix Philadelphia Chicago San Jose Houston Minnesota Daily Mirror FIFA Gives In To Global Pressure By Paul Yelle FIFA has created a new rule after pressure from the Big 5 (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Holland). The new Rule, labelled "The Star 4", will see each country name their 4 best players, who will be exclusive to the Super League of that countries choice. The rest of the players, however, will be availible to either league. The Big 5 have already with split, with Italy and Germany both supporting the USFA, and Spain, France and Holland supporting the RFL. In addition to this new rule, the Champions League has been dis-continued and a USFA V RFL Superseries has been formed in it's place. Italy's Star 4- Gigi Buffon Andrea Pirlo Daniele De Rossi Fabio Cannavaro Germany's Star 4- Philip Lahm Michael Ballack Bastian Schweinsteiger Miroslav Klose Spain's Star 4- David Villa Iker Casillas Fernando Torres Xavi France's Star 4- Thierry Henry Franck Ribery Karim Benzema William Gallas Holland's Star 4- Rafael Van Der Vaart Wesley Sneijder Arjen Robben Ruud Van Nistlerooy USFL Manager's London-Jose Mourinho Manchester-Sir Alex Ferguson The Midlands-Frank Rijkard Tyne And Wear/Durham-David Moyes Yorkshire-Sam Allardyce Liverpool-Bernd Schuster Dublin-Roy Keane Glasgow-Alex Mcleish Belfast-Lawrie Sanchez Carolina-Alan Curbishley Los Angeles-Fabio Capello New York-Gary Megson Washington DC-Bruce Arena Phoenix-Mick Mcarthy Philadelphia-Wanderley Luxemburgo Chicago-Dave Jones San Jose-Mark Hughes Houston-Jim Magilton Minnesota-Steve Bruce USFL Auction, Note British Star 4 are-John Terry, Wayne Rooney, Stephen Gerrard and Frank Lampard www.sportinglife.com live auction ticker Welcome to London, the HQ of the USFA. Today, the first Super League auction takes place. 12 of the world's best player's, including John Terry and Wayne Rooney are up today. Proceedings are about to begin, and the anticipation is almost too much to bear. The Auctioner approaches the stage... Player 1-John Terry It's eyes down as the auction begins, and the first player, England Skipper John Terry. He is eventually bought by Washington DC, after some intense bidding between DC and London. He holds the DC shirt aloft alongside Bruce Arena, who he then shakes hands with. There are subbdued looks from the Brittish tables, as they have just lost their skipper. Player 2-Steven Gerrard Stephen Gerrard is next up and yet again, big bidding takes place. Gerrard is eventually bought by Edingburgh, despite Gerrard speaking of his desire to remain in Liverpool Player 3-Wayne Rooney He was bound to bring big bidding to the table, and that is what we got. Rooney has been announced as a shock signing for Tyne And Wear, who are clearly delighted about their signing. Player 4-Frank Lampard Lampard didn't bring as much bidding to the table, and he was snapped up by Minnesota. Player 5-Gigi Buffon The world's most expensive goalkeeper is the only keeper on auction, and has brought big spending to the table. After a three-way bidding war between Philly, London and Phoenix, it's Mcarthy who has got his man. He is paraded in the new Phoenix shirt. But soon the next player auction begins Player 6-Andrea Pirlo This player is perhpas the most under-rated at the entire auction, and so dosen't attract much attention. Curbishley's Carolina snaps him up. Player 7-Daniele De Rossi De Rossi is highly rated, and fetched a lot of money. The Hard-Man becomes Manchester's first signing of the auction, and a delighted De Rossi is pictured shaking hands with Sir Alex Ferguson Player 8-Fabio Cannavaro Italy's world-cup winning captain is on auction, but it is unlikely he will fetch much. We are surprise however, as Playerless London battle Yorkshire all the way. Finally, Sam gets him man and Cannavaro dons the Yorkshire strip. Player 9-Philip Lahm The German player bidding begins, and Liverpool pick up their first player. Lahm dons the new purple jersey Player 10-Michael Ballack- The skipper is next up, and Tyne And Wear become the first team to sign two players. It's been a great day for the North-Easterners, who have added Ballack ansd Rooney to their ranks Player 11-Bastian Schwiensteiger Schwiensteiger is one of the lesser players involved, as Dave Jones Chicago sign the penultamate player. Player 12-Miroslav Klose The final chance for any playerless clubs is with German goal-machine Klose steps up. After a final bidding war, Belfast nab the 30 year old, and bring a conclusion to the Auction Players Britain London Manchester-Daniele De Rossi The Midlands Tyne And Wear/Durham-Wayne Rooney, Michael Ballack Yorkshire-Fabio Cannavaro Liverpool-Philip Lahm Dublin Edinburgh-Steven Gerrard Glasgow Belfast-Miroslav Klose USA Carolina-Andrea Pirlo Los Angeles New York Washington D.C-John Terry Phoenix-Gigi Buffon Philadelphia Chicago-Bastian Schwiensteiger San Jose Houston Minnesota-Frank Lampard Well, that's all folks. There have been some losers and some winners, but it's over now. All attention turns to Moscow when they begin their auction next week. See you then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 looks very original and very interesting, will follow for sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyriddle Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 is this a sign-up or story? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goals53 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Is it a sign up because this looks good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzer-1234 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 i know it looks more like a story but if it is a sign up then how you sign up lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goals53 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 yeah i want to sign up to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 looks like an experiment of sorts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyriddle Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (just incase its a sign-up) Manchester Kaka, Roinbho and Vidic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goals53 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 no way cant claim people. London Ronaldo, Messi and Gerrard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 how are you signing up whe its probably not even a sign up and even if it is you dont know what the rules are for signing up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Sorry guys, this isn't a sign up. It's an experiement to see how two SuperLeague's fair. I am going to release all players and see who goes for who. P.S Sorry I messed up the title. It looks like some sort of code now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Interesting. But why would Italy and Germany ally with USA? Haven't you learnt history? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Upupup, why did you choose Phoenix:confused: They can't even support a hockey team, much less a soccer team. And why couldn't Toronto be a part of this. All professional sports leagues excluding the NFL in the States have a Toronto team. :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Interesting.But why would Italy and Germany ally with USA? Haven't you learnt history? Just thought about that. It's merely for balance though i.e Spain is better than Italy, but Germany is better than France. Rancer: Sorry about that, I should of really researched that more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Just thought about that. It's merely for balance though i.e Spain is better than Italy, but Germany is better than France.Rancer: Sorry about that, I should of really researched that more. I would put it the other way around. Germany and Italy with Russia. The rest with USA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 I would put it the other way around.Germany and Italy with Russia. The rest with USA. I've already completed the auction. So, it would mean starting again. I think I'll just leave it bee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Just thought about that. It's merely for balance though i.e Spain is better than Italy, but Germany is better than France.Rancer: Sorry about that, I should of really researched that more. That's alright mate. I understand the other cities have some soccer tradition, but I don't Phoenix have much support for soccer...and I could tell about the East Coast Bias you got there. Personally, I would have replaced Carolina with Seattle, and Phoenix with Toronto, but good luck with this experiment nonetheless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGLiverpool Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Still think a manager who is IRL based in Liverpool should manage them, not Bernd Schuster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 That's alright mate. I understand the other cities have some soccer tradition, but I don't Phoenix have much support for soccer...and I could tell about the East Coast Bias you got there. Personally, I would have replaced Carolina with Seattle, and Phoenix with Toronto, but good luck with this experiment nonetheless. I can do that. The East Coast Bias probably comes from the fact that I am a NHL fan, and I tend to follow the East coast teams more Unfortuanately, I don't have photoshop, so it's generic logos and kits all the way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I've already completed the auction. So, it would mean starting again. I think I'll just leave it bee It's OK. I'm just nit-picking. :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzer-1234 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 that is quite interesting but good keep it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 RSFL clubs announced Moscow FC-Arsene Wenger Moscow International-Luis Felipe Scolari Saturn St Petersburg-Josep Guradiola Dinamo St Petersburg-Rafa Benitez Novosibirik-Carlo Ancelotti Nizhny Novgorod-Guus Hiddink Samara-Dunga Omsk-Sven Goran Ericksson Kazan-Marco Van Basten Rostov-Marcello Lippi UFA-Caludio Ranieri Kiev(Ukraine Entry)-Raymond Domenech Voronezh-Martin Jol Perm-Jacques Santini Chelabyinsk-Fatih Terim Volograd-Slaven Billic Tolyatti-Juande Ramos Minsk(Belarus Entry)-Luis Aragones Saratov-Nigel Pearson Izhevsk-Glen Hoddle www.sportinglife.com auction ticker. The RSFL is certainly taking shape. This week, the managers were announced, with the likes of Glen Hoddle and Nigel Pearson going against their countries wishes and signing up for Russian clubs. But now, we have 12 of the world's finest players going on auction. Proceedings are about to begin, lets get down to buisness. Player 1-David Villa And we're underway, and player 1 couldn't get any bigger. David Villa. There's no suprise early on, with Moscow International and Scolari picking up Villa, who tries the shirt for size. Good start. Player 2-Iker Casillas Another big player. The man recognised by many as the world's best keeper. There's a bidding war between Izhevsk and Saturn St Petersburg. Saturn manage to accquire Casillas, a very good desicion by Guradiola Player 3-Fernando Torres One of last season's star men is up next, and the team that nearly bagged Casillas finally gets on the board. Glen Hoddle manages to steal Torres from under the noses of Moscow FC Player 4-Xavi Xavi is picked up by Ranieri's UFA after a suprising lack of bids. As Xavi comes off the stage, The Spanish round is over. Now we go to France Player 5-Thierry Henry One of the legends of the game, Thierry Henry, is a shock signing for Ramos' Tolyatti. A big suprise for a player expected to fetch big money for a big club. Player 6-Franck Ribery Currently France's most exciting player, Ribery, is next up. The speedy winger becomes Moscow International's second signing after a bidding battle with Moscow rivals Moscow FC. Player 7-Karim Benzema Benzema has excelled in France, and now he gets his chance to succeed on the world stage with...Moscow FC. Thy finally pick up their first player after mistakes on early players. A relief for Arsene Wenger. Player 8-William Gallas The ex-Arsenal player passes without excitement and is picked up cheaply by Omsk. This could prove to be a shrewd signing. Player 9-Rafael Van Der Vaart The star of EURO 2008 is a big player and is picked up by Countryman Jol's Voronezh. A good deal. Player 10-Wesley Sneijder Having established himself with Madrid last year, Sneijder is one of the top players in the auction and is a signing for Volograd. Player 11-Arjen Robben The tricky winger can list English and Spanish title medals among his trophy cabinet. He has been picked up by Samara after a battle with kiev. A very good player who can make Samara brilliant Player 12-Ruud Van Nistlerooy Well, we're here already. The final auction. And it's the goal poacher Ruud Van Nistlerooy. Nigel Pearson has fought off a host of interest to bag Van Nistlerooy. Van Nistlerooy is paraded on stage, but the audience is slowly filtering out of the hall. Moscow FC-Karim Benzema Moscow International-David Villa, Franck Ribery Saturn St Petersburg- Casillas Dinamo St Petersburg- Novosibirik- Nizhny Novgorod- Samara-Arjen Robben Omsk-William Gallas Kazan Rostov UFA-Xavi Kiev(Ukraine Entry)- Voronezh-Rafael Van Der Vaart Perm- Chelabyinsk- Volograd-Wesley Sneijder Tolyatti-Thierry Henry Minsk(Belarus Entry) Saratov-Nigel Pearson Izhevsk-Iker Casillas We're all done with auctions now. We now head into the most hectic transfer period in the history of football. RSFL possibly got the better players at auction, but now we are about to find out just how they fare in the Transfer period. Goodnight. update: I have finished the USFA League. It isn't very good, but it's just enough to run an experiement. I am starting the Russian league now and hopefully I can complete by tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzer-1234 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 damn a bit too late but ah well and it looks good by the way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 jozzer - How can you be late for an experiment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzer-1234 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 i think i did this in the wrong thread sorry but its a good experiemnt lad well done keep it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PluckaDuck Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Exactly what I thought Rob. And Jozzer, I'm sure you've been told this before, But your grammar is pretty atrocious. If possible for everyone else's benefit on the forum who are reading your posts, please spend more time making it easy and simple to read for us by using things such as capital letters and fullstops! Sorry to have to interupt your thread Upupup II, This is a really good and original idea, best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I agree with Plucka. 500 posts in one week is ridiculous, go for quality, not quantity. --------------------------------- Will be interesting to see how this turns out UpUpUp, looks like a lot of work has been/will have to be carried out. I like the international warfare aspect of it, though can't see how the USFA and RFL will be battling each other as they are in different leagues? Good luck with the this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 jozzer, you clearly have nothing better to do this week. If you do replace the teams...go Toronto!!! If not, I don't care. :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PluckaDuck Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 UpupupII, Don't even consider using Toronto FC, For a start they don't even play in the USA! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea4Lyf Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 UpupupII, Don't even consider using Toronto FC, For a start they don't even play in the USA! Hahaha Rancer is going to kill you. Anyway this experiment is looking great. Keep it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Brilliant idea, will be following closely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I've just seen his post count, he'll have caught even me up by May Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 I've just seen his post count, he'll have caught even me up by May Okay, I know. But I haven't had FM for years, that explains my inactivity. Kinda... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I didn't mean you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzer-1234 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 ok guys sorry, and hows your experiment, also ill do better with my grammer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hahaha Rancer is going to kill you. Anyway this experiment is looking great. Keep it up PLUCKADUCK!!! Can't wait for this to start mate. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Update: Okay, I've had to "relegate" a few Russian clubs to the First Division. More On That soon. Also, England has disappeared off the database, so I've relocated the USFA to Spain. Lets get going! Skysports.com transfer ticker- Well, here we go. Th most hectic transfer period ever is on the horizon, and Liverpool have got it underway. Brazil keeper Gomes has joined the "purples" on a two-year deal. We had to wait two days for the next big deal. And boy was it a big one. Kaka has signed for Philadelphia on an extraorinary £38,000 deal. It's amazingingly low for one of the best players in the world, and rings bells of Pele's famous move to New York. We were just recovering from that deal when another masive deal came through on the same day. Cristiano Ronaldo, world player of the year, has moved to London ona £115,000 a week deal, nearly £100,000 more than his nearest rival for player of the year. It shows just how unpredictable this period could be. 10th January The RFL has focused more on Goalkeepers. Hildebrand has gone to Perm, Palop to Moscow FC and Manuel Almunia has linked up with former gaffer Wenger. Whilst The RFL were pulling off relatively low-profile deals, another high profile one has gone through in England. Sergio Aguero, the highly-rated youngster, has become Glasgow's first major deal. A coup for one the lesser clubs in the division. Liverpool pulled off another signing too, with Esteban Cambiasso. Europe and America certainly seems the choice of the top players. 17th January The RFL is certainly buidlig from the back. David James is next to go to Voronezh with Mickeal Landreu following with a move to Moscow International. Raul has begun his American dream with Houston, whilst Ricardo Carvalho decided to stay put at London FC. Then finally, on 21st January, Russia got it's first big boy. Juande Ramos' Tolyatti succesfully managing to link up Henry with his successor at Arsenal: Emmanuel Adebayor. The next day, Russia went bigger. Nizhny Novgorod, led by Guus Hiddink, managed to pull of the signing of Leo Messi from under the noses of Manchester and Liverpool. A massive signing, perhaps big enough to get Russia going, but by the end of the week, no other names hd been unveiled 24th January What a day January 24th was. we woke up to the news that Andres Iniesta had signed across the pond for Philadelphia, where Wanderley Luxemburgo was working wonders for Philly. Then Didier Drogba announced he was staying in London with old buddy's Mourinho and Carvalho. Then just as we were about to settle for the night, Houston and Dublin announced that Man United pair Carlos tevez and Rio Ferdinand would join them tommorow. Maschareno signed up for Houston, whilst bazil full-backs Alves and Maicon signed for Kiev and Glasgow respectively. The window was finally in full stream, and the next day would be the most hectic yet. Sergio Ramos suprised everyone by joining Saratov, whilst Houston announced Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Cesc Fabregas and Miguel on an outstanding day for Jim Magilton. The supposed low-budget side now had six star players on their books, but they weren't done there. The day after, Samuel Eto'o announced he was to join the new league favourites. Nizhny Novgorod announced their second "superstar", with Zlatan Ibrahimovic putting pen to paper. Former World Player Of The Year Ronaldinho was nailed by Toronto, and the day finished with our old friends Houston picking up Dario Srnja and Maxwell. Jaunuary 28th begun as most other days had. With a Houston signing. Luka Modric this time. Later on, the Midlands picked up Deco and Puyol joined up at Toronto, who were, like Houston, having a good window. Many deals went through on this day, with Gattuso to LA and Clichy to Liverpool. These however, were the last deals of the month Well. January is done. The window should really be shut, but there are so many unattached superstars out there, who knows what February will bring Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldkohmew Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Liverpool becoming the purples =) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea4Lyf Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Houston are going to be quality and any team with Messi and Ibrahimovic is bound to be quality so Nizhny Novgorod are going to be crazy too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 I have simmed upto March, and the tranfers have dried up. Most teams are reluctant to put their hands in their pockets, and despite putting Wage Budgets on max, clubs only seem to be allocating 25,000 p/w per player. The result of this is that most teams cannot put out a squad without regens and many clubs only have two or three players. Any ideas on how to cure this problem? Or else this experiement could meet an early death. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 if your leagues are the MLS leagues then it's because the MLS has a wage cap on teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 if your leagues are the MLS leagues then it's because the MLS has a wage cap on teams. They're not in the U.S. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Dear Readers, I am afraid to say that I am going to stop this experiement. It dosen't seem to be worth it. By the time the season came about, many stars were still free agents and most of the squads have been left with only two or three players. I will be starting a new experiement, one that is in the game's capabilities. Conclusion: This experiement proved to muh for the game, as it failed to recognise that each squad was playerless and was only signing free agents as if each squad had a full squad. I'm sorry for the inconvienience caused Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 That's alright Upupup, some experiments work out well and some don't. Looking forward to your next experiment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upupup II Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 That's alright Upupup, some experiments work out well and some don't. Looking forward to your next experiment. Thanks. The idea of my next on ehas already been thought up. I'm putting it up any second... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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