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Random Thoughts

1. Each week, every manager has 1 free transfer that does not cost 4 points. These can't be saved up. Use it or lose it.

2. I made the decision last year to go for the cup competitions. Hence I made lots of transfers which cost me mega points in the overall table standings according to Fantasy.premierleague.com. I made this decision base on not having the ability to have Henry, Van Nistelrooy, and Beattie all on my Very Small Rocks team due to the draft and each player can only be on one team. Thus, my reasoning was that the draft league teams are not likely to be competitive compared to undrafted teams, say, in The Premier League Division.

3. With the 50 % transfer fee on profits, rounded up to the nearest .1 M, it will slow the increase in team valuations. The fear is that if you don't get the top players now, you'll never be able to afford them.

4. Another concern is on the highest priced players. A player's value fluctuates based on how many mangers transfer that player in vs transfer that player out each week. With most managers grabbing the highest priced players, the downside financially is much more than the up side. Drop them quick if they get injured if in a non-draft league. But in the drafted league, it's tough to let go of injured players so you ride the drop in player valuation and having so much invested in a non-playing bench player.

5. I think Michel mentioned it in one of the forum posts in The Premier League division - Who will be the 3.0 and 4.0 surprises this season? Who will be the Rooney's, the Sun's, the Hibbert's? Every manager should watch the first few games closely and grab those bargain players who play regularly and ride their quick valuation raise by 1-2 M so you make a tidy profit when you sell them. Then you can get the mid level players who you couldn't afford before with the high priced players.

6. A common source of these surprises are the transfers in and the players for the newly promoted teams. Does anyone have a good read on the likely starting line-ups for the newbies, especially with their aggressive strengthening campaigns?

7. I think it was quite shrewd of Michel to pick up Postiga with his first pick. Helps avoid salary cap problems; takes a player whose value is more likely to rise than decline; and allows him to build a team that includes a bench of starting players so that the automatic substitution rule can help run up your score.

 

Thanks Hal,

That was the idea.... but now that Hoddle has signed Kanoute as well, I'm wondering if I might have drafted another Rebrov.

 

I've got two in mind.... but I bet they get picked before the show gets back round to me.

 

Back early

Just checking in...ho-hum....waiting...

 

My light bulb is not on.... but I'm here.

 

Interesting.... it's on now.

 

The bulb will go out after about 10 from your last post, whether you're on line or not.

 

Well, I Have been left out in the cold

Can some one PM me the password??? I've been waiting for ages... I guess the good doctor forgot about me... so I have been patiently (that is the worlds hugest lie) awaiting a password so that I can join the league....

 

I'm sure jay will sent it to you when he turns up in a few mins.

Say, what part of PA are you in?

 

So I better post again to light up my bulb.

 

Right now I am at home (otherwise at Lincoln Univeristy, 20mins away, lol) and that is in Southern Chester County, about an hour away from Philly,

 

Refreshing the page, checking out another page or jumping to another forum will also keep it lit.

 

MtKill,

I sent you the password yesterday to both of the email addys you listed earlier in this thread.

 

lol... thanks ive been away from computer and just logged on today so emails were not a priority... BigSoccer was first on the to do list... thanks....

 

Jay's pick #5

OK everyone, take a deep breath....

Jay uses pick 5 to pick up

Pires 10.0 (oops, edit) Arsenal

This phoned in, Jay should be here in a few minutes.

 

Romans Roubles

I'm up next right?

#1. Damian Duff..9.5
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Will we be using the forums on the League page??? id get confused if we do, but i can work it out if you guys want too... also when we post we should have some kind of table to show, 1) what player we picked 2) the round 3) the cost of the player... thats all i can think of so for me, it would go...


winning connection
Henry, rnd 1, 12mill

??????, rnd 2, ??mill

it might also be helpful to list the players taken in the draft...

Henry, Postiga, Ruud ??? so that we know

 

Hal does a good job of keeping note.

BigSoccerName/Team Name/ Mgr Name/Real Name

MtKillamanjohno/winningconnection/?/?
1. Henry Arsenal 12.0 -- Striker

1800-WorldCup/1800-UK.com/Glenn Hoddle/Michel
1. Postiga Tottenham 8.0 -- Striker

Darr/?/?/?
1. van Nistelrooy Man. United 11.5 -- Striker

Ingromius/London Saint-Germain/Jimballs Stoobeybooey/Jonathan
1. Shearer Newcastle 10.5 -- Striker

DoctorJones24/DC Chickenhawks/Jay Jones/Jay
1. Pires Arsenal 10.0 -- Midfield

Clanblue/Romans Roubles/Andrew Hughes/Paul Hughes
1. Duff Chelsea 9.5 -- Midfield

Captain Splarg/I Hate Man U/Brian Schoenfelder/Brian

JG_Revs/Many Points FC/Justin Govonlu/Justin

Hal/Aviators/Hal Jones/Hal

kopiteinkc/Kopite Juniors/Chloe Adams/Mark Adams

 

Captain Splarg

Is next up.

 

I'm here...

 

What's the plan if someone doesn't show? No draft, I assume?

 

Just talked to Jay via cell phone. He's 20 min away from getting on a computer. He asked me to make his pick for him.

DC Chickenhawks
Rnd 1 - Pires_ Arsenal_ 158 10.0
Rnd 2 -