TooSerious
For those who take it way too seriously
It feels like a bit of a whirlwind has just stormed through... it was a bit hectic there for a while trying to sort out our fantasy leagues after the good news that the lockout would be ending. And then the season started and the first matchup has already come to a close. Despite being a bit rushed, the leagues have come together quite well I reckon - a few people in Division 2 did have some issues getting into the live draft and one person in Division 1 didnt realise what time their draft was actually on (I think the time diff was the issue) but all in all, its been pretty smooth sailing, and people have hit the ground running, with quite a lot of player movements on and off the waivers, as well as a lot of trade proposals getting thrown around... not many have been accepted though, with only 2 trades (i think) going through thus far.
In this 1st matchup, we had 4 teams that scored more than 1700, and 1 - <a title="Team 726 (Sam Lee)" href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=10201&teamId=6&seasonId=2012" target="_top">Team 726[/url] coached by minis - that scored 1800+ with a whopping score of 1825!! Well done mate, and you had to come up big as the opponent in that match - <a title="Team Ring Ticklers (joel Lamerton)" href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=10201&teamId=10&seasonId=2012" target="_top">Team Ring Ticklers[/url] coached by joellamerton - ended up being the highest scoring loser. I hope people dont mind me pointing this one out, but our lowest scorer this week was <a title="Six Ten Two Forty (Anthony Hack, Martin Bodo)" href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=10201&teamId=1&seasonId=2012" target="_top">Six Ten Two Forty[/url], coached by twoeyec, who only mustered up 1072. All 3 teams outlined here came from division 2, but our closest game of the round was in the Premier League between two of last seasons high flyers with <a title="Kings of Karlos (Sean Minetti, Leigh Walles)"...
In this 1st matchup, we had 4 teams that scored more than 1700, and 1 - <a title="Team 726 (Sam Lee)" href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=10201&teamId=6&seasonId=2012" target="_top">Team 726[/url] coached by minis - that scored 1800+ with a whopping score of 1825!! Well done mate, and you had to come up big as the opponent in that match - <a title="Team Ring Ticklers (joel Lamerton)" href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=10201&teamId=10&seasonId=2012" target="_top">Team Ring Ticklers[/url] coached by joellamerton - ended up being the highest scoring loser. I hope people dont mind me pointing this one out, but our lowest scorer this week was <a title="Six Ten Two Forty (Anthony Hack, Martin Bodo)" href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=10201&teamId=1&seasonId=2012" target="_top">Six Ten Two Forty[/url], coached by twoeyec, who only mustered up 1072. All 3 teams outlined here came from division 2, but our closest game of the round was in the Premier League between two of last seasons high flyers with <a title="Kings of Karlos (Sean Minetti, Leigh Walles)"...
Man United v Wigan
With Phil Jones and Smalling both out, SAF decided to drop Valencia back to right back and switch Nani from the left (where hes been so impressive recently) to the right to take up Valencias normal position. Park came in at left-mid and scored one and assisted one as did Valencia. Jonny Evans was subbed off at half time with a slight calf strain which meant Carrick and Evra were the centre-backs for the second half.
Rooney and Welbeck were benched, Rooney came on in midfield for Giggs and let Berbatov take a penalty to get his hat-trick.
De Gea was again rested. A 5-0 win that means very little if you had the likes of De Gea, Evans, Jones, Nani and Rooney.<!--more-->
WBA v Man City 0-0
Richards sat out again with his troublesome calf injury while Lescott dropped to the bench for the second time in three games and there must now be a big question mark over his starting place in the short term. Especially since both games resulted in clean sheets. Toure - wholl be going to the African Cup of Nations in January - was his replacement. Barry and Dzeko also started on the bench. It was a game of few clear-cut chances as WBA continued their decent form in recent games while City failed to score for the first time this season.
Liverpool v Blackburn 1-1
Kuyt and Bellamy started on the bench as did captain Gerrard who is returning from injury. Gerrard came on in 68mins to replace Blackburn goalscorer Charlie Adam. Maxi scored for Liverpool with a Skrtel assist. Carrol started and will most likely start against his old club Newcastle on Friday. Suarez is suspended for one game after giving the Fulham supporters the finger. It was a spirited performance from Blackburn especially with their injury nightmare. Liverpool have now drawn six of their nine home games.
Chelsea v Fulham 1-1
Torres made his first league start since October and finished the game with an assist for Mata. The impressive Ruiz assisted Fulhams goal for...
With Phil Jones and Smalling both out, SAF decided to drop Valencia back to right back and switch Nani from the left (where hes been so impressive recently) to the right to take up Valencias normal position. Park came in at left-mid and scored one and assisted one as did Valencia. Jonny Evans was subbed off at half time with a slight calf strain which meant Carrick and Evra were the centre-backs for the second half.
Rooney and Welbeck were benched, Rooney came on in midfield for Giggs and let Berbatov take a penalty to get his hat-trick.
De Gea was again rested. A 5-0 win that means very little if you had the likes of De Gea, Evans, Jones, Nani and Rooney.<!--more-->
WBA v Man City 0-0
Richards sat out again with his troublesome calf injury while Lescott dropped to the bench for the second time in three games and there must now be a big question mark over his starting place in the short term. Especially since both games resulted in clean sheets. Toure - wholl be going to the African Cup of Nations in January - was his replacement. Barry and Dzeko also started on the bench. It was a game of few clear-cut chances as WBA continued their decent form in recent games while City failed to score for the first time this season.
Liverpool v Blackburn 1-1
Kuyt and Bellamy started on the bench as did captain Gerrard who is returning from injury. Gerrard came on in 68mins to replace Blackburn goalscorer Charlie Adam. Maxi scored for Liverpool with a Skrtel assist. Carrol started and will most likely start against his old club Newcastle on Friday. Suarez is suspended for one game after giving the Fulham supporters the finger. It was a spirited performance from Blackburn especially with their injury nightmare. Liverpool have now drawn six of their nine home games.
Chelsea v Fulham 1-1
Torres made his first league start since October and finished the game with an assist for Mata. The impressive Ruiz assisted Fulhams goal for...
As discussed last week, with all 4 games on last Friday night, Round 12 of the NBL came and went really quickly. Kazzough was back from his stint in the Merica and killed it, rewarding all those coaches who stuck by him with 66 fantasy points (or 132 as cap 
). Unfortunately though, our own Parasite was not one who stuck fat while he was with the Warriors, and he has dropped back to 24th overall now - but there is still time to get back up amongst the leaders I reckon, so stick at it mate. On Kazzough, if anyone wants to see some footage of his NBA stint, head over to the excellent site - <a href="http://andthefoul.net/archives/2399" target="_blank">AndTheFoul.net[/url] - and have a look. As it turns out, last week was just an appetiser, as the Kings have a double gameweek this round coming, which surely means another huge weekend from the big fella.
In our DreamTeam league, its still really tight at the top with the top 4 teams all on 8 wins. We have a new leader with Parasite jumping up from 3rd, after UnderAchievers lost to (fellow top 3 on points for ladder) Stowie. Despite our current fantasy NBA champ, DaBombers win on the weekend over maxweas, it looks like only 9 teams are capable of making the top 8 with the bottom 3 a long way back and all 3 of those coaches probably focusing on their NBA teams more now.
Anyway, just a quick one this week... But, you can head over the break for the usual details of our fantasy league:::::
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Round 12 results:
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<td align="right"><a href="http://dreamteam.nbl.com.au/?p=other_teams&tid=212&lid=1">Duncans Troops[/url]
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<td align="left"><a href="http://dreamteam.nbl.com.au/?p=other_teams&tid=145&lid=1">Bunchalosers[/url]
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). Unfortunately though, our own Parasite was not one who stuck fat while he was with the Warriors, and he has dropped back to 24th overall now - but there is still time to get back up amongst the leaders I reckon, so stick at it mate. On Kazzough, if anyone wants to see some footage of his NBA stint, head over to the excellent site - <a href="http://andthefoul.net/archives/2399" target="_blank">AndTheFoul.net[/url] - and have a look. As it turns out, last week was just an appetiser, as the Kings have a double gameweek this round coming, which surely means another huge weekend from the big fella.In our DreamTeam league, its still really tight at the top with the top 4 teams all on 8 wins. We have a new leader with Parasite jumping up from 3rd, after UnderAchievers lost to (fellow top 3 on points for ladder) Stowie. Despite our current fantasy NBA champ, DaBombers win on the weekend over maxweas, it looks like only 9 teams are capable of making the top 8 with the bottom 3 a long way back and all 3 of those coaches probably focusing on their NBA teams more now.
Anyway, just a quick one this week... But, you can head over the break for the usual details of our fantasy league:::::
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Round 12 results:
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<td align="left"><a href="http://dreamteam.nbl.com.au/?p=other_teams&tid=145&lid=1">Bunchalosers[/url]
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And wowsers, thats a lot of server dying messages in my inbox- it must have been awful in these parts the last few days, but rest assured, Ill email the new hosts and get it sorted soon enough.
In the meantime though, it looks like VS have released the official prices, and wow, they were higher than I expected with Pendles coming in at a top price of $705k. Looks like it wont be nearly as easy as we thought it would be. That said, there does look to be a tasty number of DPP Forwards, which should make at least that line easier. Ill be posting my annual 1st team on the year when new years rolls round (see: Jan 1, around abouts the time the fireworks go off), so if you want to get involved, head over to <a href="http://fanfooty.com.au/">fan footy[/url] and do a little planning of your own!
Hobart was nice, weather was delightful, and we missed that massive Christmas storm which was pretty lucky, though it will take me a bit to catch up with what Ive missed! Damn a week is a long time in football, even in the silly season!!
Oh, and can anyone tell me what the deal with JCN is? Surely putting it on *every* sign makes it superfluous?
In the meantime though, it looks like VS have released the official prices, and wow, they were higher than I expected with Pendles coming in at a top price of $705k. Looks like it wont be nearly as easy as we thought it would be. That said, there does look to be a tasty number of DPP Forwards, which should make at least that line easier. Ill be posting my annual 1st team on the year when new years rolls round (see: Jan 1, around abouts the time the fireworks go off), so if you want to get involved, head over to <a href="http://fanfooty.com.au/">fan footy[/url] and do a little planning of your own!
Hobart was nice, weather was delightful, and we missed that massive Christmas storm which was pretty lucky, though it will take me a bit to catch up with what Ive missed! Damn a week is a long time in football, even in the silly season!!
Oh, and can anyone tell me what the deal with JCN is? Surely putting it on *every* sign makes it superfluous?
We are only a few days away from the 2011/12 NBA season and we have 3 fantasy leagues set up on the ESPN site. Many of you have played on that site before but I know that for some of you, this is your first time, so Im gonna outline some of the main things that you will need to know how to do, and it would be great if some others who are experienced on the site share some tips and ideas in the comments as well.
Before we head over the break, I want to outline the most important feature imo. Last year we had one or two (Actually Doobs, maybe it was just one) who didnt understand about changing the lineup for each day and which players scores counted. We each have 14 roster spots - 10 starters, 3 bench and 1 IR. On each and every day, it is only your 10 starters that can actually contribute to your total team score, so even if your bench players are playing games, their scores will not be added to your teams total. It is therefore in your best interest to move all of your players who have games on, into the 10 starters spots. Moreover, some days you will have more than 10, so use your discretion to pick which 10 you want in scoring positions.
A really handy feature regarding this, is that you can adjust your roster in advance. Each day, your roster will lock at the beginning of the first NBA game on that day, so you must ensure that you have it set before then (including FA pickups etc). BUT, you do not have to get on every day to do it... On your <a href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=23530&teamId=1&seasonId=2012" target="_blank">team homepage[/url], underneath your teams logo, you will see the text "Set Your Lineup" with a series of dates along side it - You can click on any of those dates and set your lineup for that particular date! Just make sure you hit one of the yellow "SUBMIT" buttons (They become yellow once a roster adjustment is made) before you move off the page. You can go through and set up the...
Before we head over the break, I want to outline the most important feature imo. Last year we had one or two (Actually Doobs, maybe it was just one) who didnt understand about changing the lineup for each day and which players scores counted. We each have 14 roster spots - 10 starters, 3 bench and 1 IR. On each and every day, it is only your 10 starters that can actually contribute to your total team score, so even if your bench players are playing games, their scores will not be added to your teams total. It is therefore in your best interest to move all of your players who have games on, into the 10 starters spots. Moreover, some days you will have more than 10, so use your discretion to pick which 10 you want in scoring positions.
A really handy feature regarding this, is that you can adjust your roster in advance. Each day, your roster will lock at the beginning of the first NBA game on that day, so you must ensure that you have it set before then (including FA pickups etc). BUT, you do not have to get on every day to do it... On your <a href="http://games.espn.go.com/fba/clubhouse?leagueId=23530&teamId=1&seasonId=2012" target="_blank">team homepage[/url], underneath your teams logo, you will see the text "Set Your Lineup" with a series of dates along side it - You can click on any of those dates and set your lineup for that particular date!
Just make sure you hit one of the yellow "SUBMIT" buttons (They become yellow once a roster adjustment is made) before you move off the page. You can go through and set up the...
Fulham v Man United
Jones and Young both got injured. Awaiting news now on Jones x-ray on his jaw. Young is out for 2-3 weeks. Nani, Welbeck, Giggs, Rooney and Berbatov all scoring. Four goals in three games now for Rooney with Wigan and Blackburn to follow at Old Trafford. Rio missed out with injury while De Gea was rested. Fulham at Chelsea and Norwich next 0-5.
Man City v Stoke
Richards limped off after 59mins and has 4-5 days to try and recover for WBA (a) before heading to Sunderland and then a cracker at home against Liverpool. Lescott was recalled. Adam Johnson started and scored while Aguero scored twice. Etherington and Pennant were both benched as Shotton kept his place. With Villa and Wigan at home followed by Blackburn (a) Id expect Etherington to come back in. 3-0<!--more-->
Wigan v Liverpool
Al-Habsi saved Adams penalty which was awarded after Caldwell handled from Suarezs shot. Maxi Rodriguez and Kuyt both started. There were chances for both teams with Moses again catching the eye. Wigan have impressed recently with five points from 9 but they face another difficult one at Old Trafford followed by Stoke (a) and Sunderland. Liverpool have Blackburn and Newcastle at home followed by a trip to Man City. Suarez will remain available for these games pending a possible (probable) appeal against his eight match ban. 0-0.
Newcastle v WBA
A cracking result for WBA despite Ba claiming another two goals for himself to make it 13 for the season. Long and Odemwingie (whos really coming into form now) both started again. Odemwingie scored along with McAuley and Scharner while Brunt impressed. Santon started ahead of R Taylor but was replaced by him at half-time.
Newcastle havent won in six and are yet to win at Sportsthingy Arena. Their next game there will be against Man United before that though they are at Bolton and Liverpool. West Brom face Man City, Everton and Spurs (a). 2-3.
Everton v Swansea
Leon Osman is the prolific...
Jones and Young both got injured. Awaiting news now on Jones x-ray on his jaw. Young is out for 2-3 weeks. Nani, Welbeck, Giggs, Rooney and Berbatov all scoring. Four goals in three games now for Rooney with Wigan and Blackburn to follow at Old Trafford. Rio missed out with injury while De Gea was rested. Fulham at Chelsea and Norwich next 0-5.
Man City v Stoke
Richards limped off after 59mins and has 4-5 days to try and recover for WBA (a) before heading to Sunderland and then a cracker at home against Liverpool. Lescott was recalled. Adam Johnson started and scored while Aguero scored twice. Etherington and Pennant were both benched as Shotton kept his place. With Villa and Wigan at home followed by Blackburn (a) Id expect Etherington to come back in. 3-0<!--more-->
Wigan v Liverpool
Al-Habsi saved Adams penalty which was awarded after Caldwell handled from Suarezs shot. Maxi Rodriguez and Kuyt both started. There were chances for both teams with Moses again catching the eye. Wigan have impressed recently with five points from 9 but they face another difficult one at Old Trafford followed by Stoke (a) and Sunderland. Liverpool have Blackburn and Newcastle at home followed by a trip to Man City. Suarez will remain available for these games pending a possible (probable) appeal against his eight match ban. 0-0.
Newcastle v WBA
A cracking result for WBA despite Ba claiming another two goals for himself to make it 13 for the season. Long and Odemwingie (whos really coming into form now) both started again. Odemwingie scored along with McAuley and Scharner while Brunt impressed. Santon started ahead of R Taylor but was replaced by him at half-time.
Newcastle havent won in six and are yet to win at Sportsthingy Arena. Their next game there will be against Man United before that though they are at Bolton and Liverpool. West Brom face Man City, Everton and Spurs (a). 2-3.
Everton v Swansea
Leon Osman is the prolific...
Well Im glad I didnt trade out Kazzough last week, as he has already been cut from the Warriors roster and is heading back to the NBL. He played one preseason game for them and scored 2 points and they obviously didnt think he was a good fit for them. It would be great to see him get another shot at some stage, but Im also happy to have the ol Perma Captain back on board - and he may even be a POD now, if everyone traded him out last week . To be honest, I probably would have traded him out last week had I had the time... With him signing up with Golden State and Sydney having the bye last week, it would have been the smart thing to do, but I didnt make any trades and am happy with that now. And while Im talking about Aussie big fellas making the NBA grade, I want to put it out there that I reckon Nathan Jawai has a lot more potential to be a strong NBA player, and I would love for him to get another chance... but now Im talking about the NBA chances for a fella whos playing in Russia - so Im a bit off topic...
Back to the NBL and our fantasy league.
Firstly I want to point out that the round coming up is a little different to usual, in that all 4 games are on Friday night. Wollongong have a bye this week - and I am finally saying goodbye to Tha Show - Showron Glover - who has completely spudded up since I traded him in about a month ago.
Secondly, Parasite has slipped a little - to 15th overall - but he is still within striking distance I believe. Keep it up mate... Theres still a long way to go . And before we head over the break, a special shoutout needs to go to Bearfly who didnt have a great start to the season, but has his team firing lately leading up to a big score this week - 309 - ranking 73rd for the round .
Now "read more" for the Round 11 results in our league, our H2H ladder, and next weeks schedule:::::
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Round 11 results:
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Back to the NBL and our fantasy league.
Firstly I want to point out that the round coming up is a little different to usual, in that all 4 games are on Friday night. Wollongong have a bye this week - and I am finally saying goodbye to Tha Show - Showron Glover - who has completely spudded up since I traded him in about a month ago.
Secondly, Parasite has slipped a little - to 15th overall - but he is still within striking distance I believe. Keep it up mate... Theres still a long way to go
. And before we head over the break, a special shoutout needs to go to Bearfly who didnt have a great start to the season, but has his team firing lately leading up to a big score this week - 309 - ranking 73rd for the round .Now "read more" for the Round 11 results in our league, our H2H ladder, and next weeks schedule:::::
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Round 11 results:
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LeBron James and Kevin Durant were picks 1 and 2 across all 3 drafts.
We started of this weekend with Division 1 drafting on Saturday morning, and Division 2 and then Premier both this morning (sunday). Everyone was in attendance at the Premier League draft although Heaver did leave early and was on AutoPick for most of it. Mick had pick 1 and logged in when he was already on the clock, but I suppose he had a couple of weeks to work on that selection anyway. Division 1 had everyone in attendance except for Costak, who knew that he would be up in an airplane at the time, and Sainter who was MIA. Division 2 apparently had 5 people missing from the draft which is a bit disappointing - 2 could not log on for some reason. There has been talk in the last thread about rescheduling the draft for Division 2. This could be hard to do, but if there is consensus - ie everyone, or almost everyone (say 10 or 11 out of the 12) agree - to rescheduling, we can do that. Lets discuss it in the comments down below.
Dont want to rub it in for those that couldnt get online, but it was heaps of fun . In saying that though, I had a much tougher time this year, and there were a heap of anxious moments when that beeping started up. Last year, I had a solid plan that worked out for me, but this year my plans kept getting thrown into disarray, as my targets were repeatedly snapped up before my eyes. It started with my first pick where I was sooo nervous :lol: waiting to see if Dwight Howard (or my 2nd choice - DWill) were still around. I would have picked Dwight Howard with pick #2 if I had have had it, and was very happy to see he was still available at pick 8 - one before mine. DaBombers held me in suspence for as long as possible, taking the full allotment of 30sec to make his decision to draft the big fella . Amazingly, there were 3 more times that the player I wanted to draft was taken the pick before mine!
The top 10s were all fairly similar across the 3 drafts. The...
We started of this weekend with Division 1 drafting on Saturday morning, and Division 2 and then Premier both this morning (sunday). Everyone was in attendance at the Premier League draft although Heaver did leave early and was on AutoPick for most of it. Mick had pick 1 and logged in when he was already on the clock, but I suppose he had a couple of weeks to work on that selection anyway. Division 1 had everyone in attendance except for Costak, who knew that he would be up in an airplane at the time, and Sainter who was MIA. Division 2 apparently had 5 people missing from the draft which is a bit disappointing - 2 could not log on for some reason. There has been talk in the last thread about rescheduling the draft for Division 2. This could be hard to do, but if there is consensus - ie everyone, or almost everyone (say 10 or 11 out of the 12) agree - to rescheduling, we can do that. Lets discuss it in the comments down below.
Dont want to rub it in for those that couldnt get online, but it was heaps of fun
. In saying that though, I had a much tougher time this year, and there were a heap of anxious moments when that beeping started up. Last year, I had a solid plan that worked out for me, but this year my plans kept getting thrown into disarray, as my targets were repeatedly snapped up before my eyes. It started with my first pick where I was sooo nervous :lol: waiting to see if Dwight Howard (or my 2nd choice - DWill) were still around. I would have picked Dwight Howard with pick #2 if I had have had it, and was very happy to see he was still available at pick 8 - one before mine. DaBombers held me in suspence for as long as possible, taking the full allotment of 30sec to make his decision to draft the big fella . Amazingly, there were 3 more times that the player I wanted to draft was taken the pick before mine!The top 10s were all fairly similar across the 3 drafts. The...
Looks like weve got a couple of changes coming to the fantasy world next year, as well as some confirmations on what we already knew.
- Were reverting back to the 9-8-4-9 structure (ie: 30 players), however, because of the byes, well be keeping our 24 trades.
- Speaking of the byes, rounds 11, 12 and 13 will allow us to cash in 3 trades in those rounds, which should allow both some bye coverage, but also some rapid upgrades to finish off our squads.
- Trades can now occur in a package of sorts, meaning you do all your trades at once. This allows you to move your DPP players between positions throughout the trade
ie: Lets say I have Paddy Ryder (F/R) up forward, and am looking to trade out the injured Cox (touch wood) - even without the DPP link in the rucks, Id be able to trade Cox out for a forward and move Paddy to the Rucks within the one trade.
- Reverable trades are a reality, meaning that youll be able to back out trades all the way up to lockout.
- Leagues will have 18 teams, starting from round 3 through to 19, with finals going from 20 through to 23.
So thats the long and short of it- what do we think? Me- Im pretty happy with it, nothing gamebreaking in there to say the least.
Oh, and also- Ill be heading off on mah Christmas holidays this weekend (Got an NBA draft to do first though!!), so you probably wont hear too much from me until the new year - That said though, the official fanplanner (sorry, assistant coach) will be coming out next week, which means Monty should have his data up to date in his original fanplanner shortly after- Im very much looking forward to checking that out when I get back!
- Were reverting back to the 9-8-4-9 structure (ie: 30 players), however, because of the byes, well be keeping our 24 trades.
- Speaking of the byes, rounds 11, 12 and 13 will allow us to cash in 3 trades in those rounds, which should allow both some bye coverage, but also some rapid upgrades to finish off our squads.
- Trades can now occur in a package of sorts, meaning you do all your trades at once. This allows you to move your DPP players between positions throughout the trade
ie: Lets say I have Paddy Ryder (F/R) up forward, and am looking to trade out the injured Cox (touch wood) - even without the DPP link in the rucks, Id be able to trade Cox out for a forward and move Paddy to the Rucks within the one trade.
- Reverable trades are a reality, meaning that youll be able to back out trades all the way up to lockout.
- Leagues will have 18 teams, starting from round 3 through to 19, with finals going from 20 through to 23.
So thats the long and short of it- what do we think? Me- Im pretty happy with it, nothing gamebreaking in there to say the least.
Oh, and also- Ill be heading off on mah Christmas holidays this weekend (Got an NBA draft to do first though!!), so you probably wont hear too much from me until the new year - That said though, the official fanplanner (sorry, assistant coach) will be coming out next week, which means Monty should have his data up to date in his original fanplanner shortly after- Im very much looking forward to checking that out when I get back!
QPR v Man United
As all Aussies know, droughts are always followed by floods, which is usually the same as what happens with Rooneys goalscoring.... and the drought is over. With upcoming games against QPR (a), Fulham (a), Wigan and Blackburn it would take a brave man to bet against a flood of goals for the formerly folically challenged half boy/half genius.
Nanis back to form with two goals and one assist last week, while Valencia - Youngs replacement - assisted three. Jones played midfield again and with the sad news that Darren Fletchers season is most likely over, there is every chance hell get more game-time there.
Evans looks like he could be Vidics replacement while Smalling - who was given the runaround by Jarvis last week - played right back. United will be on a high after Citys loss coincided with their own thumping victory over Wolves.
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Man City v Arsenal
The unbeaten run comes to an end after 15 matches. City looked in cruise control and there were signs that were going to give Chelsea a good going over and possibly would have if they werent denied a Stonewall penalty right in front of the referee. But thats football and theres no time to feel sorry for yourself, especially with RVP and co rolling into town.
Clichy is suspended after his red card, which leaves Mancini with a bit of a dilemma as Kolarov is currently injured. Richards is reportedly ready to come back in, which means Zabaleta - who seems to have lost the faith of Mancini a little - might shift to left back. With Walcott tearing down the right wing towards him, it will make for interesting viewing (if indeed it happens). With RVP still finding the back of the net it will be hard for City to achieve their 1st clean sheet in ten Premier League matches.
Attack would certainly seem the best form of defence for Arsenal...
As all Aussies know, droughts are always followed by floods, which is usually the same as what happens with Rooneys goalscoring.... and the drought is over. With upcoming games against QPR (a), Fulham (a), Wigan and Blackburn it would take a brave man to bet against a flood of goals for the formerly folically challenged half boy/half genius.
Nanis back to form with two goals and one assist last week, while Valencia - Youngs replacement - assisted three. Jones played midfield again and with the sad news that Darren Fletchers season is most likely over, there is every chance hell get more game-time there.
Evans looks like he could be Vidics replacement while Smalling - who was given the runaround by Jarvis last week - played right back. United will be on a high after Citys loss coincided with their own thumping victory over Wolves.
QPRs Kenny is apparently over injury but with some excellent games from Cerny he might find that hell not walk straight back in.<!--more-->
Man City v Arsenal
The unbeaten run comes to an end after 15 matches. City looked in cruise control and there were signs that were going to give Chelsea a good going over and possibly would have if they werent denied a Stonewall penalty right in front of the referee. But thats football and theres no time to feel sorry for yourself, especially with RVP and co rolling into town.
Clichy is suspended after his red card, which leaves Mancini with a bit of a dilemma as Kolarov is currently injured. Richards is reportedly ready to come back in, which means Zabaleta - who seems to have lost the faith of Mancini a little - might shift to left back. With Walcott tearing down the right wing towards him, it will make for interesting viewing (if indeed it happens). With RVP still finding the back of the net it will be hard for City to achieve their 1st clean sheet in ten Premier League matches.
Attack would certainly seem the best form of defence for Arsenal...
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