Official Small Rocks League Thread 2006-2007

I'm keeping SmallRocksLeague.com updated as transfers arrive, at least for now. Then my brother takes it for a week (props to the big guy!).

But, please remember to include value and bank with transfers, whether they're here or on FPL.

Most people are only logging their transfers at the FPL forums and not here, which (I give up!) is just dandy. Why not just go to exclusively announcing our transfers there? That forum works much better now that we have the threads set up as 'Pre Gameweek XX'--much shorter and easier to sift through for me and Vegas.

 

I hope Davis performs well for you after all the intensive training the young lad was given.

He was crying when he left the training camp but I think it was all the peeling onions we made him do before he cleaned Martins' boots.

 

I generally only announce my trades there.



I used to update the teams with money in the bank and prices (on my site) but I don't think it really serves much purpose.

Later in the season, what one manager sells a player for is not necessarily what another can buy him for, due to the profits being taxed on sale; hence the sale price might be cheaper than the buy price.

 

Hmmmm......

We want 15 fit players.

 

Shallots It Is

Los Feliz, CA August 25, 2006--The prospect of Carlos Tevez joining Manchester United, and thereby diluting the minutes of the Premiership's top-scoring player over the season's first two games, Louis Saha, has sent management of Pork Soda into a frenzy to find a means of fending off the little Argentine street urchin.

Tevez's resemblance to any number of creatures in Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are' may lead one to surmise that he is, in fact, related to some kind or other of mythical monster. But one look at those pointy canines is enough to make you realize that the little reprobate is at least half vampire. 'He'll certainly suck the blood from my pork, and probably have my soda afterwards,' commented djangone, team manager, with an audible shudder.

The team has taken to draping its roster in shallots to keep Tevez at bay. The shallot, a 50-50 combination of garlic and onion, was deemed the most appropriate garland--half vampire repellant and very much in keeping with the English tradition of bringing out the onions whenever possible.

Team officials acceded that this strategy is not without risk. 'If Tevez arrives and simply eats the shallots, all England will be the poorer,' noted djangone, 'for in addition to that frightening mug he'll also have breath that'll fell even Lee Carsley at ten paces.'

 

I'm going climb out on a limb and say that Hal would be up for this as well.

 

Not Zamora AGAIN. But yes, 0-1 West Ham.

I am wasting my time on you bums. When you're playing this lucky you need to be on a crap table.

 

And if you had Reina as your keeper, you'd have the assist as well

 

The plain fact is that you can play like a poor man's Desailly, do the work of two men, hold down the line, and generally be an example to all mankind, but if you have a couple of doofuses alongside you like Hoyte and Eboue (I'm not sold on that kid's defense after his clear mistakes in the WC and his blame-everyone-but-me attitude) and a manager who refuses to put Flamini back left where he belongs until Clichy gets healthy, Arsenal may not get a clean sheet all season. Meanwhile, Carra was the guy I wanted all draft long.

Heh, you'd be hard-pressed to know it, but Arsenal is may favorite side.

Out: Toure AR D 7.0
In:Carragher LI D 6.8

Bank: .2
Value: 100.1

 

Nobody wants this guy, but watching him you can't help but see the skill, work and vision that had him a squad selection for the nats, plus his schedule is better than Sidwell's...ookay, now I have another player who leaves a bad taste in my mouth alongside Carvalho in my team.

Out: Sidwell RE M 6.0
In: Bowyer WH M 6.2


Cost: 4 points
Bank: 0
Value: 100.3

 

Already dropped my doofuss Arse defender this morning for Carragher who I wanted after Gallas in the draft..phew...hard to believe he was dropped in both leagues. In two years I have yet to have an Arse defender that either scored points or was not immedialy injured, hope I can just say no This Year when Clichy is healthy.

Heh, you'd be hard-pressed to know it, but Arsenal made me smile today

 

Still working the plan,

Out:
Jagielka , M SU 5.5

In:
Quinn , M SU 4.4

Bank 1.6


New Roster:

Johnson, A , F EV 8.5
Henry , F AR 13.9
Zamora , F WH 6.3
Quinn , M SU 4.4
Arteta , M EV 6.1
N'Zogbia , M NU 7.0
McCulloch , M WI 5.5
Young , M WA 6.0
Bridge , D CH 4.8
Ferdinand , D MU 7.0
Gallas , D CH 7.2
Konchesky , D WH 5.5
Taylor , D PO 5.5
James , GK PO 4.6
Reina , GK LI 6.5

Payroll 98.8

Not sure Gallas falling off a cliff was part of any plan.

 

I am quite sure that no one cared, but ..........

.....23 players have had their value increased. The total increase is 3.7 points.

.....202 players have had their value decreased. The total decrease is 24.9 points.

I did not calculated the value of the entire player database, but I estimate that by gameweek 25 the net value of the entire group will be negative. I exaggerate for effect.

In the open league you can do a "Hal" and collect players whose value is increasing. The idea must be to move everyone to a few players and if that was their goal, then I think they have been successful.

But in our league it is very easy to get stuck. Or you end up with "players" like Bowyer.

 

So true, but the thing is, we're like stock-pickers who only choose players with high P/E ratios. Last year I had that kid Piper of Sunderland for half the season, and he never played, and he only ever went to 4.4 if I remember right.

So if someone like Crouch doesn't play, he drops quickly because he's at an inflated P/E to begin with, and in a way some of his value represents a financial-like 'option' that, being on Liverpool, he'll get chances to score that he wouldn't get on Watford. That part of his value is very volatile, but he has a base of support he probably won't ever drop below.

(The problem obviously is that when a guy goes from Arsenal to Fulham, say, he keeps that inflated 'option' value that's solely due to him being on Arsenal.)

It's one of the downfalls of playing for value *and* taking players off the quality teams. One of us figured this out a long time ago, I think, judging by how many guys he didn't draft off the big teams...

 

Ok, I overstated the case.

There are approximately 490 players in the database. So around 40% have lost some value.

And by gameweek 25 the database will have lost 12% of its entire value.

They are too quick to reduce points. I understand we don't need teams with a value of 110, but its no fun to have a team with a value of 90 either.

I have checked the Small Rocks squads looking for a Luke Moore owner, and finding none I say, "Go Luke." 1-0 Aston Villa. In fact, no AV strikers have been taken and no NU defenders have been taken. Says something about expectations.

Interesting to look at the scores after Saturday, but what we know for sure is it is not over until CH plays. Alot of value tied up in CH players and generally several captains designations. Gameweek 3 will clear up in a couple hours.

 

Might I suggest Mr. Moore? Sure to get some "Transfers In."

 

The rush for Alberto Luque begins anew!

And is it too soon to pull Chopra back from Cardiff? I mean, the kid scored inside of ten seconds of running on the pitch once last season.

 

2nd Double Move in a row for NUFC.... Hopefully King doesn't keep us waiting too long...

OUT:
Stubbs, Def, Everton, 4.0
Van Persie, For, Arsenal, 8.9

IN:
Angel, For, AV, 7.0
King, Def, Tott, 6.0

.3 in bank...