Transfer Draft for Very Small Rocks

[kopiteinkc]

So can we get this draft done?

[Hal]

I checked this morning and a few more names have been added to the database, but those from the last few days of transfer activity are still not added.

[kopiteinkc]

Originally posted by Hal
I checked this morning and a few more names have been added to the database, but those from the last few days of transfer activity are still not added.

Thanks Hal, this is more than a little frustrating.

BTW as we near the end of our current tourney (final four at the moment) any suggestions for one more tournament to finish off the Small Rocks season?

[Hal]

Let's gang up against Kopite Juniors with an end of the season King of the Hill Tourney.

It's Kopite Juniors against the highest score posted each week by the other league members.

LOL

[1800-WorldCup]

Or Kopite Juniors vs all our scores together :D

[kopiteinkc]

Wow, the vitriol :D

As for me against all of the teams combined, tie one arm behind my back and blindfold me too!

Seriously, my wheels almost came off this week with my Bennett experiment in goal, he lets in four against Bolton and was dropped against Man U. Cudicini is back!

[DoctorJones24]

I'd have to say that with Ruud hitting stride and Pires continuing to play like god, that LSG and Kopite look pretty damn even right about now. Could be a great heavyweight battle in the final.

[Ingromius]

Well thanks, Jay. But I remain unconvinced about my team's depth. We have a few high scorers who happen to be in form right now, but when they don't perform LSG tends to score in the 20's. All it takes is a twisted ankle or a tweaked hammie, and LSG are back in crisis. Kind of like PSG, except that we do have the occasional good week...

[kopiteinkc]

Well the 7 year old coach is currently scouring the rosters of other teams looking to strengthen the Juniors squad before the final.

Michel, I assume the "travelnotes" rosters are up to date?

Could be quite the final, my recent scores have been mediocre, so I think I maybe the underdog in this one.

[1800-WorldCup]

They are now.... I hope.......

I've just spent an hour going over everything :(

http://www.travelnotes.org/Football/Fantasy/

[DoctorJones24]

Nice job, Michel.
I'm hoping CYKI gets on the ball and finally inputs the rest of the new signees in this weekend. Oh well, I guess not many of them have played major roles yet, so we're not really missing out on big points or anything.

[DoctorJones24]

CYKI has finally updated the player database, excepting 3 players I'll mention below. Here are the remaining draftable players:

Forwards:
Dugarry, BIR, 8.0
Christie, MID, 7.0
Ballesta, BOL, 6.5
Andre, BOL, 5.5

Midfielders:
Eustace, MID, 4.5
Belmadi, MCY, 3.9
Swierczeski, BIR, 5.0
J. Gudjonsson, AST, 5.0
Clemence, BIR, 4.5
Clapham, BIR, 5.5
Gresko, BLA, 5.5
Prutton, SOU, 5.5

Defenders:
Riggott, MID, 6.0
Tahar, CHA, 4.0
Sommeil, MCY, 3.4
Upson, BIR, 4.5
El Karkouri, SUN, 4.2
Higginbottom, SOU, 5.0
Bravo, LEE, 6.5

The following three players are still not entered in the system, as far as I can tell. Did these transfers go through?

Toda - Tottenham's Japanese middie
Lord-Kangana - Bolton
Doriva - Middlesbrough's Brazillian D-mid

In any case, I'll make my pick today, thus restarting the draft. Here's the order...

1. Trollpop Aviation Hal Trollpop
2. Jones Cracked Wheat J. Jones
3. FOMUS Brian Schoenfelder
4. Cape Tribulation Terry Venables
5. 1800-UK.com Glenn Hoddle
6. London St. Germain Jimballs Stoobeyboobey
7. Chelsea in PA paul hughes
8. Kopite Juniors Chloe Adams

[kopiteinkc]

Upson came to Birmingham from Arsenal and so did not come from outside of the premiership. I already picked him up earlier.

[DoctorJones24]

Oops, regarding Upson. I knew that sounded funny when I was typing it, and remembered you mentioning picking him up. Thought it must have been in the BS league.

Anyway, my pick is for Sommeil of Man City.
Moore of West Brom is OUT.

Brian's pick!

[Hal]

Round 1 of the Draft:

1. McBride selected by Trollpop Aviation
2. Sommeil selected by People's Front Judea
3.


Players added to the pool because they were dropped to acquire a new transfer into the premiership.

Goater MCY Striker 5.9 M

Moore WBA Defender 4.4 M

Here's the updated list of players transferred INTO the premiership and their premiershipsoccer.com valuations. Most, if not all the likely draftees have been added to the database.

Transfers Into the Premiership (as of Feb 8)

Pre-January 1 transfers that took effect Jan 1.

Ferdinand Coly [Lens – Birm’ghm] Loan Senegalese World Cup Defender (4.2 M Defender)
Mika Aaritalo [TPS Turku – Aston Villa] ???

2 January, 2003
Christophe Dugarry [Bordeaux - Birm'ghm] Loan French WC Striker (8.0 M Striker)

Brian McBride [Columbus Crew - Everton] Loan USA WC Striker (4.5 M Striker) (Drafted Round 1 Pick 1 by Trollpop Aviation)

Ibrahim Said [Al Ahly - Everton] Loan Egyptian Defender (3.2 M Defender)

3 January, 2003
Djamel Belmadi [Bordeaux - Man City] Loan Algerian Midfielder (3.9 M Midfielder)

8 January, 2003
Frederico Arias [Velez Sarsfld - Soton] Undisc Argentinian Winger (5.5 Midfielder)

10 January, 2003
Jamie Clapham [Ipswich - Birm'ghm] £1.3m Wingback (5.5 M Midfielder)

Mart Poom [Derby Co - Sunderland] £2.5m Goalkeeper (4.0 M Goalkeeper)

15 January, 2003
Iain Turner [Stirling Albion – Everton] Tribunal (????

Ifeanyi Udeze [PAOK Salonika – West Brom Albion] Loan (3.5 M Defender)

16 January, 2003
John Eustace [Coventry - Middlesbro] Loan
Midfielder (4.5 M Midfielder)

21 January
Piotr Swierczewski [Marseille - Birm'ghm] Loan Polish Midfielder (5.0 Midfielder)

24 January, 2003
David Sommeil Bordeaux - Manchester C] £3.5m French Defender (3.4 M Defender) (Drafted Round 1, Pick 2, by Peoples Front Judea)

27 January, 2003
Joey Gudjonsson [Real Betis - A Villa] Loan Icelandic Midfielder (5.0 M Midfielder)

Kazuyuki Toda [Shimizu S-Pulse – Tottenham] Loan (????

30 January, 2003
Salva Ballesta [Valencia – Bolton] Loan (6.5 M Striker)

31 January, 2003
Vratislav Gresko, Defender [Parma – Blackburn] Loan (5.5 Midfielder)

Malcolm Christie, Striker [Derby – Middlesbrough] Loan (7.0 M Striker)

Chris Riggott, Defender [Derby to Middlesbrough] Loan (6.0 M Defender)

David Prutton [Nottingham Forrest – Southhampton] Midfielder £2.5m

Guillaume Warmuz [Free – Arsenal] Goalkeeper ???

Ndiwa Lord-Kangana, Swedish Defender [Djurgarden - Bolton] Undisclosed ????

Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan Defender [PSG – Sunderland] (4.2 M Defender)

Tony Caig, Goalkeeper [Hibernian – Newcastle] Free ????

Danny Higginbottom, Defender, [Derby – Southhampton] £1.5m

Pierre-Ives Andre [Nantes – Bolton] Loan (4.5 M Striker)

Raul Bravo, Defender [Real Madrid – Leeds] Loan (6.5 M Defender)

Florent Laville [Lyon – Bolton] Loan ????

[Hal]

Clemence also moved within the premiership from Tottenham, so he is not in the draft pool.

[kopiteinkc]

Brain hasn't made any transfers in the whole season, is he likely to do one now in this draft?

[DoctorJones24]

Agreed, I think it should be Michel's turn whenever he's ready. After each person gets one pick, want to just call all these guys Free Agents? I don't see a major need to drag it out for many rounds.

[kopiteinkc]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24
Agreed, I think it should be Michel's turn whenever he's ready. After each person gets one pick, want to just call all these guys Free Agents? I don't see a major need to drag it out for many rounds.

I agree with having just one round. Hopefully we'll get this round done so we can go back to the free for all!

[Hal]

1. Let's officially pass Capt Splarg.

2. That makes it Michel's turn.

3. I want more than one round as I want to pick up someone's cast offs before going back to a free for all.

4. I'm attaching my file on Transfers INTO the Premiership updated on 9 Feb. I put the 6 names without valuations at the bottom. I don't think any of them are likely picks.

5. We have time before the next game week to drag this draft out. So no need to rush.

Transfers Into the Premiership (as of Feb 9)

Pre-January 1 transfers that took effect Jan 1.
Ferdinand Coly [Lens – Birm’ghm] Loan Senegalese World Cup Defender (4.2 M Defender)

2 January, 2003
Christophe Dugarry [Bordeaux - Birm'ghm] Loan French WC Striker (8.0 M Striker)

Brian McBride [Columbus Crew - Everton] Loan USA WC Striker (4.5 M Striker) Taken by Trollpop Aviation with Pick 1, Round 1.

Ibrahim Said [Al Ahly - Everton] Loan Egyptian Defender (3.2 M Defender)

3 January, 2003
Djamel Belmadi [Bordeaux - Man City] Loan Algerian Midfielder (3.9 M Midfielder)

8 January, 2003
Frederico Arias [Velez Sarsfld - Soton] Undisc Argentinian Winger (5.5 Midfielder)

10 January, 2003
Jamie Clapham [Ipswich - Birm'ghm] £1.3m Wingback (5.5 M Midfielder)

Mart Poom [Derby Co - Sunderland] £2.5m Goalkeeper (4.0 M Goalkeeper)

15 January, 2003
Ifeanyi Udeze [PAOK Salonika – West Brom Albion] Loan (3.5 M Defender)

16 January, 2003
John Eustace [Coventry - Middlesbro] Loan Midfielder (4.5 M Midfielder)

21 January
Piotr Swierczewski [Marseille - Birm'ghm] Loan Polish Midfielder (5.0 Midfielder)

24 January, 2003
David Sommeil Bordeaux - Manchester C] £3.5m French Defender (3.4 M Defender) Taken by Peoples Front Judea with Pick 2, Round 1.

27 January, 2003
Joey Gudjonsson [Real Betis - A Villa] Loan Icelandic Midfielder (5.0 M Midfielder)

30 January, 2003
Salva Ballesta [Valencia – Bolton] Loan (6.5 M Striker)

31 January, 2003
Vratislav Gresko, Defender [Parma – Blackburn] Loan (5.5 Midfielder)

Malcolm Christie, Striker [Derby – Middlesbrough] Loan (7.0 M Striker)

Chris Riggott, Defender [Derby to Middlesbrough] Loan (6.0 M Defender)

David Prutton [Nottingham Forrest – Southhampton] Midfielder £2.5m (5.5 M Midfielder)

Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan Defender [PSG – Sunderland] (4.2 M Defender)

Tony Caig, Goalkeeper [Hibernian – Newcastle] Free (3.0 M Goalkeeper)

Danny Higginbottom, Defender, [Derby – Southhampton] £1.5m (5.0 M Defender)

Pierre-Ives Andre [Nantes – Bolton] Loan (4.5 M Striker)

Raul Bravo, Defender [Real Madrid – Leeds] Loan (6.5 M Defender)

REMAINING TRANSFERS INTO THE PREMIERSHIP WITHOUT VALUATIONS AS OF FEB 9

Pre-January 1 transfers that took effect Jan 1.
Mika Aaritalo [TPS Turku – Aston Villa]

15 January, 2003
Iain Turner [Stirling Albion – Everton] Tribunal (

27 January, 2003
Kazuyuki Toda [Shimizu S-Pulse – Tottenham] Loan (

31 January, 2003
Guillaume Warmuz [Free – Arsenal] Goalkeeper

Ndiwa Lord-Kangana, Swedish Defender [Djurgarden - Bolton] Undisclosed

Florent Laville [Lyon – Bolton] Loan

Players dropped to acquire a draftee are included in the Transfer Draft Pool:

1. Goater MCY Striker 5.9 M
2. Moore WBA Defender 4.4 M