Official 2004/5 Very Small Rocks League Thread

[Hal]

Ajax Reserves noted the transfer fever going on in our sister league this week and got caught up in the excitement.

Accordingly, Ajax Reserves is pleased to announce the following trades this week:

OUT:
Smith Fwd Man Utd 9.2
Riihilahti Mid Crystal Palace 5.1
Samuel Def Aston Villa 5.7
Hislop GK Portsmouth 4.6

IN:
Davies Fwd Bolton 6.9
Anderton Mid Birmingham 4.6
Naybet Def Tottenham 5.7
Cech GK Chelsea 7.5

In the bank: 0

This makes the Ajax Reserves roster:


Pos. Pts Thru 12/05 Name Team** Salary as of 11/29
F 34 Drogba Chelsea 10.6
F 55 Huckerby** Norwich 6.7
F 56 Davies** Bolton** 6.9
M 52 Alonso Liverpool 8.7
M 59 Emerton** Blackburn** 7.2
M 25 Anderton Birmingham** 4.6
M 63 Downing Middlesbrough** 7.0
M 57 Carsley Everton** 6.2
D 59 Naybet Tottenham** 5.7
D 64 Hibbert** Everton** 5.7
D 66 King** Tottenham** 6.5
D 54 Gallas** Chelsea** 6.6
D 23 McMahon Middlesbrough** 4.0
GK 67 Martyn** Everton 5.9
GK 78 Cech Chelsea** 7.5
99.8 812 Sub-Totals 99.8
0.0 Money Left 0.0
99.8 Manager Judy Jones

[subbuteo]

WINDSOR WANDERERS CHANGE:
OUT: Diouf, MID, 7.3
IN: Kewell, MID, 8.9

[subbuteo]

WINDSOR WANDERERS CHANGE:
OUT: Granville, CP, 4.0
IN: Carragher, LIV, 6.3

Loss of 4 points to total score.

[Hal]

Weekly Stats Update (This time without analysis)

Analysis updated: Points, salary valuations and points / $Ml reflect stats as of 12/06.

Very Small Rocks Table:

11/28
1 TVDPhenomenons Tom K 78 710
2 AS Saint-Lambert JM Fortin 50 667
3 Windsor Wanderers A. Giffen 68 664
4 FC Springfield Andre B. 42 584
5 sporting-FC colombia wesley useche 34 550
6 KC Dynamo Chris Meier 25 527
7 Ajax Rick James FC Chris Totty 40 526
8 The Class Acts Brian Alleyne 27 525

12/6
1 TVDPhenomenons Tom K 59 769
2 Windsor Wanderers A. Giffen 65 729
3 AS Saint-Lambert JM Fortin 57 724
4 FC Springfield Andre B. 48 628
5 sporting-FC colombia wesley useche 49 599
6 Ajax Reserves Judy Jones 52 558 (170+388 adjustment)
7 The Class Acts Brian Alleyne 25 550
8 KC Dynamo Chris Meier 17 544

The Top 3, Tom, Jean-Michael and Andrew are rapidly distancing themselves from the field staking a huge claim on three of the four promotion spots.
Andre needs to pick up the pace to avoid slipping back into the chasing Peleton. Look out for Ajax Reserves who jumped into 6th place even with the extra trades.

Very Small Rocks League:
Trades Total Team Value Team Name Roster Pts Scored Pts/$M

11/28
0 100.3 The Class Acts 485 75.2
4 97.7 Ajax Rick James FC 634 98.8
6 99.7 sporting-FC columbia 605 92.5
7 102.4 TVD Phenomenons 641 82.7
22 102.4 Windsor Wanderers 809 127.7
3 97.1 KC Dynamo 489 75.8
30 104.5 Springfield FC 740 116.3
16 102.7 Association sportive St-Lambert 757 113.6
88 806.8 League Totals 5160 782.7

12/06
0 100.2 The Class Acts 519 80.3
14 99.8 Ajax Reserves 818 125.7
6 99.7 sporting-FC columbia 654 99.6
7 103.0 TVD Phenomenons 689 87.3
24 103.4 Windsor Wanderers 866 130.0
3 97.0 KC Dynamo 516 80.9
31 104.6 Springfield FC 794 126.7
16 102.8 Association sportive St-Lambert 803 118.9
101 810.5 League Totals 5659 849.5


Note the large change in the Ajax stats with the change of management and the shake-up engineered by the League Administrator as the caretaker Chairman of the Board. Total points scored by the Ajax Reserves team is 818, 2nd best among the 8 VSR teams and up a whopping 184 in just one week. The Points per $ also went up dramatically to 125.7 and 3rd in the league, up 26.9 Pts/M in just one week. That's a hint to Class Acts and KC Dynamo on how to rapidly change your fortunes by using the transfer market. There is also now one more competitive team for the inter and intra league cup competitions.

Very Small Rocks Changes: 13 new transfers; TTV up 3.7; Total Roster Points scored up 499; Pts. Scored per $M pounds up 66.8.

Small Rocks League Table:

11/28
1 WinningConnection Jonathan Chase 92 717
2 Kopite Juniors Chloe Adams 59 688
3 DC Chickenhawks J. Jones 42 595
4 Aviators Hal Jones 49 587
5 1800-France.com Michel Platini 44 584
6 RamRod FC Justin Govo 32 554
7 Nocturnal United J. Darr 46 532
8 London St. Germain 3 Jonathan Ingram 41 505

12/06
1 WinningConnection Jonathan Chase 73 790
2 Kopite Juniors Chloe Adams 49 737
3 Aviators Hal Jones 61 648
4 DC Chickenhawks J. Jones 52 647
5 1800-France.com Michel Platini 44 628
6 RamRod FC Justin Govo 32 586
7 Nocturnal United Darr _ 45 573
8 London St. Germain 3 Jonathan Ingram 54 551

Another great week for Jonathan's Winning Connections - 73 right on the heels of a 92 point week. - WOW! If this keeps up, Jonathan will be interviewed on Sky Sports, Fox Sports World, and BBC Sports. Aviators has moved ahead, at least temporarily, of his son's DC Chickenhawks team into third place. Of course, Jay is on record as thinking these stats are meaningless. We shall see. :)

Small Rocks League:
Trades Total Team Value Team Name Roster Pts Scored Pts/$M

11/28
50 104.2 Aviators 858 128.8
36 103.1 London Saint-Germain 524 81.2
7 102.0 Kopite Juniors 765 116.8
20 101.2 Nocturnal United 534 80.9
10 99.2 DC Chickenhawks 665 105.5
22 103.6 Winning Connection FC 744 99.9
25 104.5 1800-France.com 807 121.4
1 98.6 RamRod FC 546 83.5
171 816.4 League Totals 5443 817.8

12/06
55 104.5 Aviators 934 137.0
40 103.2 London Saint-Germain 575 86.4
10 101.8 Kopite Juniors 811 124.2
23 101.5 Nocturnal United 648 101.8
11 99.5 DC Chickenhawks 727 114.6
22 104.3 Winning Connection FC 803 106.3
30 103.6 1800-France.com 842 127.5
1 98.6 RamRod FC 574 87.0
192 817.0 League Totals 5914 884.9

Changes: A massive 21 new trades; major team shake-ups and musical chairs for some players. TTV up 0.6 M (with all the trades, some accrued cash value was lost); Total Roster Points Scored up 471; Total Pts. Scored per $M pounds up 67.1.

[subbuteo]

There's one team in our league that has listed Baros as captain for some time now, and he's not even playing. Is that manager still active? Something tells me he's not.

[Hal]

There's one team in our league that has listed Baros as captain for some time now, and he's not even playing. Is that manager still active? Something tells me he's not.

I have PM'ed the manager and he has responded that he will start paying more attention to his team and intends to continue.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention so we could clarify the situation. Sometimes, just a reminder is all that a manager needs to re-engage.

[Hal]

Latest Very Small Rocks Team Rosters:

The Class Acts
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 34 van Nistelrooy** Man. United** 12.2
F 19 Kezman Chelsea 9.3
F 21 Stead Blackburn** 6.6
M 57 Ronaldo Man. United** 9.2
M 59 Okocha** Bolton** 8.8
M 27 Watson Everton** 5.0
M 40 Hitzlsperger** Aston Villa** 5.9
M 27 Dunn** Birmingham** 7.5
D 74 Mellberg** Aston Villa** 6.7
D 34 Boyce Crystal Palace 3.6
D 3 Brennan Norwich 3.4
D 62 Carvalho Chelsea** 7.0
D 5 Cooper** Middlesbrough** 3.6
GK 35 Van der Sar** Fulham** 5.1
GK 22 Crossley** Fulham 4.3
98.2 519 Total Payroll 98.2
2.0 0.0 Money Left 2.0
100.2 393 Manager United Forever (Brian Alleyne)

Ajax Reserves
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 34 Drogba Chelsea 10.6
F 55 Huckerby** Norwich 6.7
F 56 Davies** Bolton** 6.9
M 52 Alonso Liverpool 8.7
M 59 Emerton** Blackburn** 7.2
M 25 Anderton Birmingham** 4.6
M 68 Downing Middlesbrough** 7.0
M 57 Carsley Everton** 6.2
D 59 Naybet Tottenham** 5.7
D 64 Hibbert** Everton** 5.7
D 66 King** Tottenham** 6.5
D 54 Gallas** Chelsea** 6.6
D 24 McMahon Middlesbrough** 4.0
GK 67 Martyn** Everton 5.9
GK 78 Cech Chelsea** 7.5
99.8 818 Total Payroll 99.8
0.0 Money Left 0.0
99.8 Manager Judy Jones

sporting-FC columbia
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 35 Phillips Southampton** 8.0
F 54 Cole** Fulham** 8.1
F 41 Angel** Aston Villa** 9.1
M 56 Giggs** Man. United** 9.0
M 81 Gravesen** Everton** 7.9
M 46 Vieira** Arsenal** 8.5
M 43 Savage** Birmingham** 6.0
M 36 Barry** Aston Villa** 7.1
D 56 Young** Charlton** 4.8
D 57 Upson** Birmingham** 5.8
D 33 Volz Fulham** 5.0
D 26 Thatcher** Man. City** 4.4
D 37 Queudrue** Middlesbrough** 6.2
GK 53 Taylor** Birmingham** 5.3
GK 0 Gallagher Norwich 3.3
98.5 654 Total Payroll 98.5
1.2 0.0 Money Left 1.2
99.7 528 Manager Ilovecolumbia (wesley useche)

TVD Phenomenons
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 122 Henry** Arsenal** 14.2
F 69 Bellamy** Newcastle** 9.4
F 57 Defoe Tottenham** 8.9
M 62 Scholes** Man. United** 9.1
M 44 Robben Chelsea** 9.9
M 45 Gera West Brom 5.5
M 57 Zenden** Middlesbrough** 7.0
M 82 Wright-Phillips**S Man. City** 8.9
D 0 Shackell Norwich 3.3
D 0 Briggs Norwich 3.2
D 0 Powell** Crystal Palace 3.2
D 47 Heinze Man. United** 6.6
D 41 N'Gotty** Bolton** 4.7
GK 63 James Man City 5.1
GK 0 Murphy West Brom 3.2
102.3 689 Total Payroll 102.2
0.7 0.0 Money Left 0.7
103.0 585 Manager Tom Van Damn

Windsor Wanderers
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 67 Dickov** Blackburn 7.5
F 72 Johnson** Crystal Palace 8.6
F 57 Pedersen** Bolton** 7.2
M 89 Pires** Arsenal** 10.5
M 75 Duff** Chelsea** 9.3
M 30 Kewell** Liverpool** 8.9
M 56 Francis Norwich 5.5
M 63 McCann** Aston Villa** 6.2
D 68 Ferreira Chelsea** 7.4
D 54 Ferdinand** Man. United** 7.0
D 57 Pistone** Everton** 4.7
D 39 Carragher** Liverpool** 6.3
D 59 Delaney** Aston Villa** 5.6
GK 19 Speroni Crystal Palace 3.6
GK 61 Green Norwich 4.6
102.9 866 Total Payroll 102.9
0.5 0.0 Money Left 0.5
103.4 656 Manager subbuteo (Andrew Giffen)

KC Dynamo
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 55 Baros** Liverpool** 9.7
F 59 Anelka** Man. City** 10.2
F 66 Gudjohnsen** Chelsea** 10.3
M 29 Rommedahl Charlton** 6.3
M 10 Lazaridis** Birmingham** 5.4
M 42 Fernandes** Southampton** 5.4
M 48 Greening** West Brom 5.5
M 24 Telfer** Southampton** 4.9
D 33 Bocanegra Fulham** 4.9
D 6 Higginbotham** Southampton** 3.9
D 33 Kishishev** Charlton** 4.7
D 45 Unsworth** Portsmouth** 5.0
D 8 Goma** Fulham** 4.6
GK 14 Howard** Man. United** 5.7
GK 44 Lehmann** Arsenal** 6.6
93.1 516 Total Payroll 93.1
3.9 0.0 Money Left 3.9
97.0 373 Manager Helghallen (Chris Meier)

Springfield FC
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 40 Rooney** Man. United** 10.5
F 71 Reyes Arsenal** 10.8
M 80 Ljungberg** Arsenal** 9.9
M 52 Berger** Portsmouth** 7.4
M 57 Osman Everton** 6.3
M 60 Routledge Crystal Palace 6.0
M 38 Gerrard** Liverpool** 9.9
D 54 Weir** Everton** 4.7
D 73 Silvestre** Man. United** 7.2
D 35 Primus** Portsmouth** 4.0
D 38 Charlton** Norwich 4.0
D 55 Jaidi Bolton** 5.2
GK 63 Sorensen Aston Villa** 5.6
GK 39 Kiraly Crystal Palace 3.8
101.4 794 Total Payroll 101.4
3.2 0.0 Money Left 3.2
104.6 584 Manager Ibreak4coffee (Andre/Ralph Wiggum)

Association sportive St-Lambert
Pos Pts thru 12/6 Name Team Salary as of 12/6
F 79 Hasselbaink** Middlesbrough** 10.6
F 47 Bent Everton** 7.0
F 33 Beattie** Southampton** 8.6
M 120 Lampard** Chelsea** 11.2
M 45 Malbranque** Fulham** 9.0
M 60 Svensson A** Southampton** 6.4
M 39 Butt** Newcastle** 6.8
M 51 Jenas** Newcastle** 7.1
D 95 Terry** Chelsea** 8.4
D 60 Stubbs** Everton** 5.3
D 42 Riggott** Middlesbrough** 5.4
D 31 Popovic Crystal Palace 3.6
D 30 Clement West Brom 4.4
GK 40 Jaaskelainen** Bolton** 4.4
GK 31 Hoult West Brom 3.9
102.1 803 Total Payroll 102.1
0.7 0.0 Money Left 0.7
102.8 642 Manager Montreal United (JM or Jean-Marie Fortin)

Managers, let me know if I have any errors with your team rosters.

[subbuteo]

I have PM'ed the manager and he has responded that he will start paying more attention to his team and intends to continue.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention so we could clarify the situation. Sometimes, just a reminder is all that a manager needs to re-engage.
excellent!

[Hal]

Ajax Reserves announces the following trades:

OUT:
Gallas Def Chelsea 6.6
King Def Tottenham 6.5

IN:
Riise Def Liverpool 6.9
Finnan Def Liverpool 6.2

In the bank: 0

[ibreak4coffee]

Ajax Reserves announces the following trades:

OUT:
Gallas Def Chelsea 6.6
King Def Tottenham 6.5

IN:
Riise Def Liverpool 6.9
Finnan Def Liverpool 6.2

In the bank: 0

I have contacted a friend on my indoor soccer team who has expressed interest in potentially taking over the Ajax Reserves.

[Hal]

I have contacted a friend on my indoor soccer team who has expressed interest in potentially taking over the Ajax Reserves.

Fantastic, have him PM me with his contact information and his commitment to stay active throughout the rest of the season. The team value is exactly 100 M so he could replicate the Ajax Reserves team when he joins. After he joins and duplicates the Ajax Reserve Team, I'll send him the password to join the Very Small Rocks league. I'll recalculate the points adjustment to compute his real standing in the table. Then he's off and running using all the normal FantasyPremierLeague.com rules.

Have you explained the nature of our drafted league and how we post proposed transactions in the FantasyPremierLeague.com message forum for the Very Small Rocks League before we make the trades?

[ibreak4coffee]

Fantastic, have him PM me with his contact information and his commitment to stay active throughout the rest of the season. The team value is exactly 100 M so he could replicate the Ajax Reserves team when he joins. After he joins and duplicates the Ajax Reserve Team, I'll send him the password to join the Very Small Rocks league. I'll recalculate the points adjustment to compute his real standing in the table. Then he's off and running using all the normal FantasyPremierLeague.com rules.

Have you explained the nature of our drafted league and how we post proposed transactions in the FantasyPremierLeague.com message forum for the Very Small Rocks League before we make the trades?

Hal its done. I emailed Jeff all the information, including the team he needed to select, and he should be contacting you via email shortly.

[Helghallen]

Okay, after the previous GM was fired for inattention, the Dynamo are back in business. Owner Meier has taken over GM duties since the previous GM, coincidentally also named Meier was negligent putz.

Am scanning the markets right now and will probably be taking a huge hit to get rid of the chaff currently on the roster.

Details to follow.

[Hal]

Hal its done. I emailed Jeff all the information, including the team he needed to select, and he should be contacting you via email shortly.

Did your roster you told him to select include my two latest moves to get some Liverpool defenders for this week's double game?

If not, send him another email and tell him to acquire Riise and Finnan instead of Gallas and King.

[Helghallen]

Transfers completed for now
Out:
Howard GK 5.7
Goma D 4.6
Laziridis MF 5.4

In:
Kiely GK 4.8
King D 6.5
Makelele MF 7.4

I am going to hang on to Anelka for the time being.

[ibreak4coffee]

Of course this is the week I leave my two Everton guys on the bench :mad: First time I'll be rooting for Ljungberg to stay on the bench.

In any event, hopefully Hal wont keep managing the Ajax Reserves. They will be in first in no time with gameweeks like this week :(

Anyways, new transfer to bolster a dormant FC Springfield attack. When asked what he thought of the move, FC Springfield assistant coach Comic Book Guy noted "Worst transfer ever.... Viduka, worst striker ever". Coach Wiggum was unavailable for comment however, as he was eating crayons in his office.

OUT: Johansson, Charlton, Striker, 6.0
IN: Viduka, Middlesborough, Striker, 9.2

OUT: Hyypia, Liverpool, Defender, 6.9
IN: Symons, Crystal Palace, Defender, 3.3

In the bank: 0.6

[ibreak4coffee]

Congratulations to FC Springfield for leaving 24 points on the bench this week... man this is not my year :mad:

[Hal]

Not content with a whopping 49 points for the first day of this week's matches, the Ajax Reservers manager challenged her husband's advice on stocking up on Liverpool defenders with their double game this week. Riise gets a card, Finnan doesn't even play, and our Captain, Alonso, doesn't get in until the last 15 minutes. AND Liverpool loses and wastes the game in hand for joining the top teams in the table. Open revolt in the Jones household. Hal tried to point out the 49 points, but Judy wasn't listening and after insisting they fire Finnan, she went back to holding her cats.

Ajax Reserves has banned Finnan from the team for the rest of the season.

OUT:
Finnan Def Liverpool 6.2

IN:
Pamarot Def Tottenham 5.3

In the bank: .9

[Hal]

Weekly stats are updated through 12/14 and posted in the Small Rocks season thread this week.

[subbuteo]

WINDSOR WANDERERS CHANGE:
OUT: Kewell, LIV, MF
IN: Carrick, TOT, MF