Wow... it is like having 3 wildcards... awesome I am loving the new Bonus Poinnts system too... loooots of controversy, just the way i like it.. will make the Rothman's Medal a lot of fun to write up
....the winner of the Great Mata Scramble is...... "drum roll"... NOT ME!!!!!!!! After waiting all day and night periodically checking in on FPL, taking the laptop to the bathroom and other places a laptop should not be, I finally give up at midnight and get some zzzzzzzzzzz...... Natural calls at 2.51am and I check the laptop again (which I have stregically left on the kitchen table between bedroom and bathroom!)..... do not see other managers post cause I still have that slimy stuff in my eyes (you know that stuff)....post my trade.... thinking Mr Mata is all mine, chuckle to myself then have to go to the bathroom again as I am that excited... come back to post on Google Docs and see Mata is on there already???..... go back to check FPL post and now with less slimy stuff in my eye see Jedi's post at 2.36 my time..... aaaaarghhhhhhhh!
Good to know I am not the only one who has not slept in 4 days and goes to the bathroom more than once at night, all with a laptop Think I was racing myself though...how long does it take 82 cups of coffee, 69 red bulls and 423 cokes to leave one's system?
Just a note... Wewunwunce transferred in Leon Best this week, but he is currently owned by Keyser Sose. Any points scored by Best this week will not count for Wewunwunce. For all Dust Players, the Team Sheet on Google Docs is at this location: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...Fp3M2ViZF9zYldjazkyVUpOeUVsR0E&hl=en_US#gid=0 Everyone seems to be keeping it up to date and I do regular checks (didn't today so I missed the Best transfer ).... so it should be pretty reliable.
Final Verdict on LeonBestGate.... Iain needs to have 5 points deducted from his weekly score and his overall tally in All Rocks League & Dust League....hopefully I will not need to rely on that 5 point penalty at the end of the season when I win Dust League, but will take it if I need to It did not affect any of the Head To Head comps as Iain had his opponent well covered anyway in both Slim Dusty and RockHead Cups. Hopefully all other 760 comp organisers noted this when doing their scores.
I have just completed an audit on both Google Docs sheets, the Draft Sheet and the Player List (for those who still use it) and both are correct as of now. I think I see where Iain went awry, the Player List still had Leon Best as free, as it was not updated after Hally transferred him in. This is NOT anyone's fault, as the Player List is not mandatory, but that certainly explains what happened. The Player List is updated by a few of us still, and I will do my best to keep it up to date (mainly for my records, and also Dennis who uses it from time to time), but do not rely on it to be 100% accurate. Check the draft sheet and the FPL forum (for any very recent changes) before making your trade on FPL site. I know a lot of you have been crying out for a Slim Dusty Cup update, and today may be your "lucky" day. I have a spattering of actual real work to do today and if all goes according to plan I will get to it before "beer o clock"... or for an even more entertaining update, after
Gee, there has been some moves in Dust.... some pre GW 7 and some after. Since most of the Dusty's are "Big Soccer shy" I will post them, they make for interesting reading... I apologise to Hally for this, I actually do sympathise with him on this one... so in order they happened... Keyser Soze Wanderers: (an hour before cutoff) OUT: Figeuroa OUT: De Laet OUT : Lampard OUT: Henderson IN: King IN: Williams IN: Ramires IN: Bannan Jedi Padawans... after cutoff for GW 8 OUT: Barry OUT: Barton OUT: Bosingwa IN: Anderson IN: Lampard IN: Clichy Bigger Boat OUT: Riise OUT: K Toure IN: Bosingwa IN: K Walker Denocmuppet OUT: Dzeko OUT: Rodwell IN: Balotelli IN: Dyer So both Lampard and A Johnsons hatricks go begging in Dust
..some Post GW 8 moves: Jedi: Out: Dunne In: Warnock Out: Crouch In: Dzeko Bigger Boat: OUT: Parker IN: Sinclair ..wow I have 0.7 in the bank ... look out!!
....and I no longer have 0.7 in the bank..... OUT: Huth OUT: Walker IN: Barnett IN: Vidic ... now got 0.2 in the bank
Some interesting Pre-GW9 moves: Denocmuppet: OUT: Evra OUT: Wright Phillips IN: Glen Johnson IN: Kalou 352 Sizzle: OUT: Anelka IN: Long Wildcard played for Keyser Soze Wanderers out Ward King Arteta Yaya Toure Cahill Bannan In Riise Evra Larrson Walters Johnson Gerrard
In a bid to try and get 108pts so I can get a damn gold medal.... Bigger Boat: OUT: Assou Ekotto OUT: Taarabt IN: Vermallen IN: Tiote
Is it time to get a new manager for Surreywood Rangers? I don't know if it has happened before but it could be along the lines of drafting the same squad and having a sizeable budget remaining with all of the player value drops.
I feel it necessary to report that there was a bench-clearing brawl between my Jedi Padawans and that big bully Bigger Boat. My little Padawans put up a valiant fight with their little light sabers and minimal use of The Force but Bigger Boat is actually a huge Aircraft Carrier and it got ugly. I feel all XI Bigger Boaters should've been red carded but Howard Webb was bought off so my poor little padawan learners were defeated. Who says soccer isn't a physical game?
I agree... if anyone out there has anyone who would like to play I vote we change managers. I understood while the MLS was on as maybe Rob Rob was concentrating on that but nothing seems to have changed since MLS finished (MLFS anyway). Anyone have a blueprint of how this works.... I assume the ebst scenario is to somehow get the password off Rob ( I have emailed and PM'd him a request for this).. but if that fails any ideas?
This was on the cards for some weeks now since Mata (Luke) refused to be turned to the dark side and was whisked away at 2am (Oz Time) to be trained in the "good" ways of the force by Rafael "that little green midget puppet guy" Van Der Vaart over at Jedi HQ... soft!! A lot of bad blood has been boiling since that time, and with Robin "General Greivous" Van Persie wielding 4 lightsabers at once, the padawans were always going to struggle. The battle between good and evil returns in 2 weeks time, with the Boat even more upset now that Jedi HQ has converted Yaya also when I was on the brink of showing him how to shoot lightning out of his fingertips
I can take it over, if rules allow. Anyway, I volunteer. Plenty of good trades to be made and some good talent already. The padawans will get their first lessons from Count Dooku Dzeko tomorrow. Lord Van Persie must be stopped!
I doubt the rules will allow that, but nice of you to offer... besides I cannot have 2 x Bob's stealing all my potential Dark Jedi... I would never get any sleep! Lord RVP cannot be stopped... unless you give him a slight kick in the ankle of course
This isn't the early years of MLS. Surely there is a prohibition against owning two teams in the same league (although perhaps an owner from another league could be considered if no one else steps forward).
OK... Rob Rob (Surreywood Rangers) has officially pulled out and I have his password so we can use the same team which means there will not be much mucking around. So we need a new manager.... not a very attractive proposition as the starting position of Surreywood Rangers is not good... but a Team Name change and a wildcard usage should make the team all sparkly glowy newy . Good practice maybe for someone thinking about joining All Rocks next year. We are officially accepting nominations.... it would be cool if we could have this sorted by Week 12 kickoff in 9 days time....
