Official 2004/5 Very Small Rocks League Thread

[ibreak4coffee]

Team owner Montgomery Burns has authorized another transfer this week to make FC Springfield boast one of the strongest attacks in the Very Small Rocks. Sentimental favorite Patrick Kluviert makes his return to the squad in place of the unlucky and injured Craig Bellamy

OUT: Bellamy, Newcastle, Forward (Midfielder?!), 9.0
IN: Kluviert, Newcastle, Forward, 9.3

All Coach Wiggum expects is one goal by Patrick against lowly Birmingham this week to make up for the 8 points that were wasted in transfers this week.

[subbuteo]

WINDSOR WANDERERS CHANGE:
OUT: Short, DEF, BLACK., 4.2
IN: Pistone, DEF, EVE, 4.3

[PokerNSoccer]

Is this some type of fantasy football??

[subbuteo]

WINDSOR WANDERERS CHANGE:
OUT: Vassell, FWD, AV, 7.9
IN: Johnson, FWD, CP, 7.2

[Helghallen]

Is this some type of fantasy football??
Yes. Visit fantasy.premierleague.com

[United Forever]

5th and going up the ladder sweet!! I hope I can mount a challenge for a higher spot.

[ibreak4coffee]

Race is definitely getting tight...

[ibreak4coffee]

FC Springfield completes a new intra-Everton transfer to further bolster an already attack-happy midfield...

OUT: Kilbane, Midfield, Everton, 6.5
IN: Osman, Midfield, Everton, 5.9

When reached for comment and asked how he felt about his team's newest acquisition, as well as its current good run of form, owner Montgomery Burns simply replied "Excellent...."

[tomvandamn]

still in first
8 weeks in a row

w/o any transfers

come on you rookies

[1800-WorldCup]

still in first
8 weeks in a row

w/o any transfers

come on you rookies

Don't you mean Rockies.....

:D

[Hal]

A little financial management update with only the Fulham vs Crystal Palace game still to go this week presented in the order of the draft.

Small Rocks League
As of 10/03
Trades Total Team Value Team Name
31 101.9 Aviators
19 100.6 London Saint-Germain
4 103.3 Kopite Juniors
10 100.6 Nocturnal United
6 98.2 DC Chickenhawks
16 100.3 Winning Connection FC
16 102.5 1800-France.com
1 98.3 RamRod FC
103 805.7 League Total Team Value

Very Small Rocks League
As of 10/03
Trades Total Team Value Team Name
0 100.8 The Class Acts
1 97.3 Ajax Rick James FC
6 100.1 sporting-FC columbia
1 99.9 TVD Phenomenons
12 100.2 Windsor Wanderers
3 98.0 KC Dynamo
17 102.6 Springfield FC
7 100.6 Association sportive St-Lambert
47 799.5 League Total Team Value

There could be some extra dynamics at work in the Very Small Rocks division. Managers could be afraid of giving up the points for more than the one free transfer per week because they want to finish in the top 4 to get promoted to the Small Rocks Division.

The Small Rocks veterans have made over twice the transfers of our sister league. Even taking out my crazy 31 transfers, it would still be better than a 3-2 trade ratio.

As a league, the Very Small Rocks division average team value is just under what we all started with. This could end up restricting manager's choices for trades later in the season as the valuation inflation continues to grow.

As an additional comparison, the total team value of Naval Aviators, my non-drafted team, is 108.1.

[Hal]

It's been a while, so I thought I'd post the latest team rosters. Please let me know if I have anyone's roster wrong. These rosters are as of 10/4 and reflect up through FC Springfield's latest acquisition of Osman and all previous trades:

The Class Acts
F van Nistelrooy** Man. United**
F Kezman Chelsea
F Stead Blackburn**
M Ronaldo Man. United**
M Okocha** Bolton**
M Watson Everton**
M Hitzlsperger** Aston Villa**
M Dunn** Birmingham**
D Mellberg** Aston Villa**
D Boyce Crystal Palace
D Brennan Norwich
D Carvalho Chelsea**
D Cooper** Middlesbrough**
GK Van der Sar** Fulham**
GK Crossley** Fulham

Ajax Rick James FC
Pos. Name Team**
F Shearer** Newcastle**
F Beattie** Southampton**
F Smith** Man. United**
M Alonso Liverpool
M Emerton** Blackburn**
M Riihilahti Crystal Palace
M Campo Bolton**
M Tugay** Blackburn**
D Samuel** Aston Villa**
D Hriedarsson** Charlton**
D Yobo** Everton**
D Gallas** Chelsea**
D Symons Crystal Palace
GK Given** Newcastle**
GK Hislop** Portsmouth**

sporting-FC columbia
F Phillips Southampton**
F Cole** Fulham**
F Angel** Aston Villa**
M Giggs** Man. United**
M Gravesen** Everton**
M Vieira** Arsenal**
M Savage** Birmingham**
M Barry** Aston Villa**
D Young** Charlton**
D Upson** Birmingham**
D Volz Fulham**
D Thatcher** Man. City**
D Queudrue** Middlesbrough**
GK Taylor** Birmingham**
GK Gallagher Norwich

TVD Phenomenons
Pos. Name Team**
F Henry** Arsenal**
F Cisse Liverpool
F Defoe Tottenham**
M Scholes** Man. United**
M Duff** Chelsea**
M Izzet** Birmingham**
M Zenden** Middlesbrough**
M Wright-Phillips** Man. City**
D Shackwell Norwich
D Briggs Norwich
D Powell** Crystal Palace
D Dodd** Southampton**
D N'Gotty** Bolton**
GK Niemi** Southampton**
GK Murphy West Brom

Windsor Wanderers
Pos. Name Team**
F Drogba Chelsea
F Johnson** Crystal Palace
F Pedersen** Bolton**
M Pires** Arsenal**
M Makelele Chelsea**
M Jensen** Fulham**
M Mendes Tottenham**
M McCann** Aston Villa**
D Ferreira Chelsea**
D Stefanovic** Portsmouth**
D Toure** Arsenal**
D Pistone** Everton**
D Delaney** Aston Villa**
GK Speroni Crystal Palace
GK Green Norwich

KC Dynamo
Pos. Name Team**
F Baros** Liverpool**
F Anelka** Man. City**
F Gudjohnsen** Chelsea**
M Rommedahl Charlton**
M Lazaridis** Birmingham**
M Fernandes** Southampton**
M Greening** West Brom
M Telfer** Southampton**
D Bocanegra Fulham**
D Higginbotham** Southampton**
D Kishishev** Charlton**
D Unsworth** Portsmouth**
D Goma** Fulham**
GK Howard** Man. United**
GK Lehmann** Arsenal**

Springfield FC
Pos. Name Team**
F Kluivert Newcastle**
F Rooney** Manchester United
F Reyes Arsenal**
M Ljungberg** Arsenal**
M Berger** Portsmouth**
M Osman Everton**
M Garcia Liverpool
M Sakiri West Brom
D Hyypia** Liverpool**
D King** Tottenham**
D Hudson Crystal Palace
D Charlton** Norwich
D Jaidi Bolton**
GK Sorensen Aston Villa**
GK Kiraly Crystal Palace

Association sportive St-Lambert
Pos. Name Team**
F Hasselbaink** Middlesbrough**
F Bent Everton**
F Bentley Norwich
M Lampard** Chelsea**
M Malbranque** Fulham**
M Robert** Newcastle**
M Butt** Newcastle**
M Gregan West Brom
D Terry** Chelsea**
D Bridge** Chelsea**
D Bernard** Newcastle**
D Popovic Crystal Palace
D Clement West Brom
GK Jaaskelainen** Bolton**
GK Hoult West Brom

[ibreak4coffee]

still in first
8 weeks in a row

w/o any transfers

come on you rookies

Tom, all in due time... your team value is low and you're a Henry injury away from the mid-table. Plus it doesnt matter that you were first for the first eight weeks when you end up third by the end of the year... ;)

[Montréal United]

All that trouble of posting the squads...

Due to new policy of playing 3 up front by Newcastle, Laurent Robert finds minutes hard to come by.

ASSL decided to shake things up...

OUT: Robert, NUFC, M 8.2
IN: A.Svensson, Soton, M, 6.1

Bank 3.2 (that means look for another move soon)

[Montréal United]

still in first
8 weeks in a row

w/o any transfers

come on you rookies

I only need Steed to bring in 8 pts (that will be double as he's captain) this afternoon against lowly Palace to overtake you.


We'll see later if you lead at the break...

[ibreak4coffee]

All that trouble of posting the squads...

Due to new policy of playing 3 up front by Newcastle, Laurent Robert finds minutes hard to come by.

ASSL decided to shake things up...

OUT: Robert, NUFC, M 8.2
IN: A.Svensson, Soton, M, 6.1

Bank 3.2 (that means look for another move soon)

JM... sorry about the Expos :)

[Montréal United]

JM... sorry about the Expos :)

I'm not...

(I won't detail more to avoid a threadjacking)

[ibreak4coffee]

FC Springfield decided once again this morning to dip into the transfer market, not only to keep confusing opposing managers in the Very Small Rocks division, but also because with some breathing room at the top of the table it was time to continue the revolving door which is Springfield's attack by bringing back one of the team's sentimental favorites who isnt always complaining of injury

OUT: Kluivert, Newcastle, Forward, 9.3
IN: Bergkamp, Arsenal, Forward, 9.2

Once again, Coach Wiggum was forced to placate team owner Montgomery Burns, who continues to rule the board of directors with an iron fist before he is forced to head back to his day job with a new season of the Simpsons on the horizon.

For those counting, FC Springfield has squandered another 4 points, bringing its total amount of wasted points past 20, but despite some overconfidence from some of its rivals (a good thing of course) Coach Wiggum remains confident that should current form continue, the team will safely get one of the top four spots to qualify for the Small Rocks division next year, as well as bring some hardware back home in the "excellent" cup competitions.

[ibreak4coffee]

With a two week break and injuries possible in internationals ahead of us, there should be some transfer activity. Hal posted the updated list as of this morning by manager, I'll add a list of players by EPL squad here. Some of you might find it easier to determine who is selected and who isnt.

Though I still cant figure out how 8 players are taken off Southampton and six from Birmingham... Arsenal scores more in a half than these two combined over three gameweeks.

Mighty Arsenal

Lehmann
Toure
Pires
Ljungberg
Vieria
Henry
Bergkamp
Reyes


Aston Villa

Sorensen
Samuel
Mellberg
Delaney
Barry
McCann
Hitzlsperger
Angel


Birmingham

Taylor
Upson
Savage
Izzet
Lazaridis
Dunn


Blackburn

Emerton
Tugay
Stead


Bolton

Jaaskelainen
N'Gotty
Campo
Okocha
Pederson
Jaidi


Charlton

Young
Hreidarsson
Kishishev
Rommedahl


Boring but effective Chelski

Terry
Bridge
Gallas
Ferreira
Carvahlo
Lampard
Duff
Makelele
Drogba
Gudjohnsen
Kezman


Crystal Palace

Kiraly
Hudson
Symons
Boyce
Riihalti
Popovic
Powell
Speroni
Johnson


Everton

Yobo
Gravesen
Watson
Osman
Bent
Pistone


Fabulous Fulham

Van der Saar
Crossley
Volz
Goma
Malbranque
Jensen
Bocanegra
Andy Cole


Liverpool

Hyppia
Garcia
Cisse
Baros
Alonso


Man City

Thatcher
Wright-Phillips
Anelka


Man U

Howard
Giggs
Scholes
C.Ronaldo
A. Smith
Van Nistelrooy
Rooney


Middlesborough

Queudrue
Cooper
Hasselbaink
Zenden


Newcastle

Given
Bernard
Shearer
Butt


Norwich

Gallacher
Green
Briggs
Brennan
Shackell
Bentley
Charlton


Portsmouth

Hislop
Stefanovic
Unsworth
Berger


Southampton

Niemi
Dodd
Higginbotham
Telfer
Fernandes
Beattie
A.Svensson
Phillips


Tottenham

Defoe
King
Mendes


West Brom

Hoult
Murphy
Greening
Clement
Sakiri
Gregan

[subbuteo]

WINDSOR WANDERERS CHANGE:
OUT: Drogba, FWD, CHE 10.7 -4 pts
IN: Yakubu, FWD, PO, 8.0

OUT: Stefanovic, DEF, PO, 4.2 -4pts
IN: Ferdinand, DEF, MUTD, 6.8