Official 2004/5 Very Small Rocks League Thread

[Hal]

Welcome to the 2004/2005 EPL season and the Fantasy.premierleague.com game. This is a thread for those eight managers of teams in the Drafted League, Very Small Rocks.

Request each manager post his final pre-season roster after post-draft adjustments are made, and post any updated rosters based on trades during the season. This way, the other managers can review your latest roster post to avoid trying to select someone on your team.

The internal competitions will probably be discussed here along with some intra-league competitions with the sister drafted league, Small Rocks.

Check out their season thread for types of posts than are appropriate and useful in a season thread since all those managers are veterans.

Good luck to all the Very Small Rocks managers. For sure, the Top 2 Managers from this league will be offered a spot to replace the Bottom 2 performing managers in the Small Rocks division.

We may make a combined thread and the Top 8 returning Managers get the first shot at being in the Premier League next season. Or we may take the top 4 from each league. It's a function of how active the managers are and how well they perform.

Remember to play "Nice" with each other and clean up after yourself!

[johno]

The internal competitions will probably be discussed here along with some intra-league competitions with the sister drafted league, Small Rocks.

Hey, if any league is the sister, its very small rocks, comprende? :)

[United Forever]

Hey, if any league is the sister, its very small rocks, comprende? :)

MT , don't get all arrogant and all of that. We all know I will be joining you next season in the Small Rocks. :D

[tomvandamn]

--------Niemmi----------
---Dodd-----Ngotty------
Duff--Zenden--Muzzet--Scholes--WrightPhillips-
---Henry--Cisse---Defoe

this will probbaly be my starting lineup
and i dont know if most of the managers play much fantasy but i think it was too easy for me to pick the team i got
I mean damien duff in the 13th round cmon now

post your thoughts
thanks

[Hal]

--------Niemmi----------
---Dodd-----Ngotty------
Duff--Zenden--Muzzet--Scholes--WrightPhillips-
---Henry--Cisse---Defoe

this will probbaly be my starting lineup
and i dont know if most of the managers play much fantasy but i think it was too easy for me to pick the team i got
I mean damien duff in the 13th round cmon now

post your thoughts
thanks

You only got Henry because of wesley's power outage so his first turn was skipped, and I didn't step in to start making picks for him until round 2. That said, I still like the team you assembled.

[tomvandamn]

You only got Henry because of wesley's power outage so his first turn was skipped, and I didn't step in to start making picks for him until round 2. That said, I still like the team you assembled.

wesley wouldve probably picked angel with his 1st pick lol
but on a more serious not i was expecting to get ruud with the 4 pic but then the hernia thing came up and i was suprised he went first
a bit of an orthodox pick

[United Forever]

wesley wouldve probably picked angel with his 1st pick lol
but on a more serious not i was expecting to get ruud with the 4 pic but then the hernia thing came up and i was suprised he went first
a bit of an orthodox pick

I told you all you were in for a shock. All of you thought I was going to pick Henry. Anyway what do you think of this strike force

Ruud van Nistelrooy
Mateja Kezman
Jon Stead

[tomvandamn]

I told you all you were in for a shock. All of you thought I was going to pick Henry. Anyway what do you think of this strike force

Ruud van Nistelrooy
Mateja Kezman
Jon Stead

well ruud will be out a couple of games and he will have saha and smith playing alongside him,2 seasons ago when he was on fire and won the golden boot in the epl he had to do it all on his own meaning saf played mostly with a single striker now ruud will have to share some opportunities with smith and saha you know what i mean


kezman sure his psv record looks great--and hes looked good in the champions world series but why dont you go and check out his stats in psv champions league games and his record for his national team
thats all i have to say about him
also i think kezman will be playing mostly when robben is starting since they understand each other but he isnt guaranteed a regular starting spot and mutu is back at chelsea again plus he has that 3 game suspension

stead he might give you 10 goals

conclusion i got a much better striker force
henry
cisse the next henry
and defoe the next big thing in england
wayne who defoe is talent
and the other young guy that should really step up to get called to the national team is wright phillips

[United Forever]

I know you got a much better strike force. Your team is great. BUT how would you rate my strike force on a scale of 10?

[tomvandamn]

let me take a look at everyone else then i will rank it

[Darr]

cisse the next henry



Damn right, I like you already tomvandamn... I expect great things for Cisse, he's a machine... Power/Speed/Finishing... He has it all... Was a friggin crime he wasn't at EURO...

[Darr]

I'm in the other league, but I like my strike force of,

Cisse/Ruud/Kluivert

There's questions on all of them, is Cisse suited to the English style, which Ruud shows up -the one of last season or the one from 2 seasons ago, and will Kluivert sulk and complain that he's on the same fantasy team as Ruud or use his talents at NU... hehe

[DutchFootballRulez]

------Given
J.Samuel--Neill-Hreidarrsson
Tugay--Emerton--Campo---Robben
-Alan Smith---Shearer---Beattie

My XI. At the time being.

[tomvandamn]

Montrel United i looked at the other teams and out of the 8 3 teams have weaker striker than the other 5 but id ranke your team from 2-5 out of 8

cisse fan he wasnt at euro because he got a suspension in the under21 french team game so he was banned

and i think kluivert is a bad pick just my thought he used to be great but now in the epl. you never know

[United Forever]

I'm in the other league, but I like my strike force of,

Cisse/Ruud/Kluivert

There's questions on all of them, is Cisse suited to the English style, which Ruud shows up -the one of last season or the one from 2 seasons ago, and will Kluivert sulk and complain that he's on the same fantasy team as Ruud or use his talents at NU... hehe

Ruud was not all that good last season BUT still got a good 20 goals in the PL. I would love to see him on FIRE. He might top his best of 44 a couple a seasons ago. I would NEVER EVER put Kluivert on my team.

[United Forever]

Montrel United i looked at the other teams and out of the 8 3 teams have weaker striker than the other 5 but id ranke your team from 2-5 out of 8

cisse fan he wasnt at euro because he got a suspension in the under21 french team game so he was banned

and i think kluivert is a bad pick just my thought he used to be great but now in the epl. you never know

I did not think you would rate my strike force so highly. I guess it is not that bad.

[Darr]

cisse fan he wasnt at euro because he got a suspension in the under21 french team game so he was banned

and i think kluivert is a bad pick just my thought he used to be great but now in the epl. you never know

I know he got a suspension, but wasn't it just 1 game, or a 2 game ban?... And Kluivert is def dropping in skills, but as shearer has shown older strikers can thrive in the EPL if given service... It will all come down to whether he works for a chance or acts like a fool like he did past few years at Barca...

[United Forever]

I know he got a suspension, but wasn't it just 1 game, or a 2 game ban?... And Kluivert is def dropping in skills, but as shearer has shown older strikers can thrive in the EPL if given service... It will all come down to whether he works for a chance or acts like a fool like he did past few years at Barca...

Darr you have taken absolute gamble in drafting Kluivert. It might pay off though. ;)

[United Forever]

All this talk about nobody has mentioned their strikers. What do you think of yours. Mine are:

C.Ronaldo
D.Dunn
J.Okocha
Watson
Hitselberger

I think I can get good points off of these guys even though C.Ronaldo & D.Dunn are not available.

[ibreak4coffee]

Here's my XI before I start changing things tomorrow

Sorensen, Friedel

Hyypia, A. Cole, Charlton, De Zeeuw, Popovic

Ljungberg, Mendieta, Kewell, Nolan, Mulryne

Kluviert, Forssell, Freedman


YES... Kluviert is a gamble, but since he didnt get off the bench at EURO 2004 he should be well rested for this year :)

I really like Montreal United's defense, Helghallen's strikers, but I have to say I really like my midfield :)