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DoctorJones24
22 Jan 2003, 08:54 PM
After dropping three straight decisions to start this Cup, I wrote it off EARLY. The Cracked Wheat lads bucked up and won three in a row, though, and now it looks like we go through on Point Differential over Chelsea in PA. (+18 to +13)
Of course, the fact that I have not one healthy starting striker doesn't bode well for further advancement now that the big boys lurk, but the squad may have saved Manager Jones his job.
Ingromius
23 Jan 2003, 03:13 AM
Caldwell in with 15 points off the bench this week. Almost 8 times the production of Mr. Van Nistelrooy. Good game from Jensen certainly didn't hurt either...
kopiteinkc
23 Jan 2003, 10:34 AM
Second Phase
Kopite Juniors v Jones Cracked Wheat
London St Germain v 1800-UK.Com
kopiteinkc
24 Jan 2003, 01:42 PM
Are we ready for our supplemental draft? What date and time can we do it? Do we need a new thread for this?
No league matches this week, we have a fantasy week on Tuesday and Wedneday and another one the following weekend.
Can we squeeze in the draft on Thursday and Friday of next week?
DoctorJones24
25 Jan 2003, 11:36 PM
Originally posted by kopiteinkc
Second Phase
Kopite Juniors v Jones Cracked Wheat
London St Germain v 1800-UK.Com
With an FA Cup game this weekend and the Champion's League about to start again, I'm really thinking Wenger needs to give Henry a couple matchdays off to rest up!
kopiteinkc
27 Jan 2003, 10:46 AM
Originally posted by DoctorJones24
With an FA Cup game this weekend and the Champion's League about to start again, I'm really thinking Wenger needs to give Henry a couple matchdays off to rest up!
Very good idea, especially for the Liverpool match on Wednesday ;)
DoctorJones24
28 Jan 2003, 12:16 AM
How many of the managers in this league will be interested in a similar one for MLS using the MFLS system? Live draft, private league page, the works...
We might have to do just a 6 team league, as we'll have a tough time all fielding consistent starters if we draft 8 squads each...and they don't have an automatic sub rule.
Captain Splarg
28 Jan 2003, 04:21 AM
sounds like fun to me.
kopiteinkc
28 Jan 2003, 10:00 AM
Sure, count me in.
Can you easily run two teams in MFLS?
kopiteinkc
28 Jan 2003, 11:57 AM
Originally posted by kopiteinkc
Are we ready for our supplemental draft? What date and time can we do it? Do we need a new thread for this?
No league matches this week, we have a fantasy week on Tuesday and Wedneday and another one the following weekend.
Can we squeeze in the draft on Thursday and Friday of next week?
Bump. Anybody have ideas on this?
DoctorJones24
28 Jan 2003, 12:40 PM
Originally posted by kopiteinkc
Sure, count me in.
Can you easily run two teams in MFLS?
I'm not sure. I'm assuming all it would take would be a second email address, even a brand new yahoo or hotmail one.
As for the draft, I'd like to wait until after the window closes on Friday, in case there are any last minute signings. I would think Sat and Sunday would be a good time to have it--Hal could begin as soon as the CYKI transfer window closes so as not to get the advantage of using McBride in that weekend's game.
kopiteinkc
28 Jan 2003, 12:42 PM
Originally posted by DoctorJones24
I'm not sure. I'm assuming all it would take would be a second email address, even a brand new yahoo or hotmail one.
That's what I was thinking. One team for our league and one to tinker with without any restrictions so to speak.
DoctorJones24
28 Jan 2003, 06:02 PM
Nice, gutsy decision to go with Lampard as Captain this week, Mark. It must have been tough to take that label away from Henry, but it paid off bigtime.
I was hoping to just keep it close this week and maybe get a couple of my injured strikers back next week, but to no avail.
kopiteinkc
28 Jan 2003, 06:36 PM
Originally posted by DoctorJones24
Nice, gutsy decision to go with Lampard as Captain this week, Mark. It must have been tough to take that label away from Henry, but it paid off bigtime.
I was hoping to just keep it close this week and maybe get a couple of my injured strikers back next week, but to no avail.
I am hoping my Reds can keep him from scoring this week. Went with the heart instead of the head this week. For once it paid off, until Henry hammers us tomorrow :(
Ingromius
29 Jan 2003, 09:25 AM
Speaking of coaching moves in cup ties... Clanblue's brilliant decision to make Steve Watson may be the deciding factor in our semifinal. 26 points from him and a 13 point margin after Tuesday may be too much for LSG to overcome; I expect it is anyway. Well done!
kopiteinkc
29 Jan 2003, 10:16 AM
Originally posted by Ingromius
Speaking of coaching moves in cup ties... Clanblue's brilliant decision to make Steve Watson may be the deciding factor in our semifinal. 26 points from him and a 13 point margin after Tuesday may be too much for LSG to overcome; I expect it is anyway. Well done!
No, no, no. You are just encouraging him. After Chelsea's comeback win and Watson's ton of points he is going to come swaggering on here so much that his big head will crash bigsoccer ;)
Anybody who picks a bluenose as his skipper needs his head tested :D
kopiteinkc
29 Jan 2003, 05:52 PM
Second Phase, first leg:
Kopite Juniors 49 v 31 Jones Cracked Wheat
London St Germain 48 v 48 1800-UK.Com (wow!)
DoctorJones24
29 Jan 2003, 06:34 PM
I notice on the VSM Roster page that Hal and Mark have proposed Friday at 7pm to start the draft in order to be able to use the players for this week's games. That would be fine, but I see a potential problem: Will CYKI have all the new signees registered by the time the window closes at 1am? I doubt it.
I guess we have to decide whether it is "fair" to hold a draft when many of the players might not be available for an extra week. One possibility is that we could just advise managers to factor that into their thinking.
However, that manager would still for forced to make "some" kind of move for the player in order to make the dropped player available down the line. So it gets kind of complicated...
kopiteinkc
29 Jan 2003, 06:44 PM
We also need a list of players circulated here of who is available. McBride for example is listed on premierleague.com, are others, who is missing?
DoctorJones24
29 Jan 2003, 06:55 PM
Through Wed. afternoon, these are what I see as "done deals." Only the ones with prices have been entered in CYKI's system yet.
Ballesta - BOL (F)
McBride - EVE (F) 4.5
Riggott - MID (D)
Christie - MID (F)
Eustace - MID (M)
El Khalej - CHA (D)
Sommeil - MCY (D) 3.4
Belmadi - MCY (M) 3.9
Toda - TOT (M)
Dugarry - BIR (F) 8.0
Clemence - BIR (M) 4.5
Coly - BIR (D) 4.2
Clapham - BIR (M) 5.5
Swierczeski - BIR (M)
Joh. Gudjonnson - AST (M) 5.0
Gresko - BLA (D) seems imminent...flew in Wed to have his physical...coming from Parma