[Hip Priest]

Don't forget, everyone, that the African Nations Cup takes place at some point during the season (January, I think), so some players will be missing for up to a month.

[PAULYBEE2656]

yes good point!!!! save some moolah! im gonna stop putting my faith in berbatov. i dont like th way h is developing at spurs.. got the smell of a spoilt child off him at the moment, ive just got rid of him for the moment. i need points in bag rather than a star strikeforce!

[Hip Priest]

Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

yes good point!!!! save some moolah! im gonna stop putting my faith in berbatov. i dont like th way h is developing at spurs.. got the smell of a spoilt child off him at the moment, ive just got rid of him for the moment. i need points in bag rather than a star strikeforce!

I'm going to keep him for a bit. After Spurs getting started this weekend, perhaps things will happen for him now.

It's early days, but a 20-point lead is impressive anyway:

1 Winners Blues 156
2 PORTUCALENSES 136
3 Durban Poison XI 128
4 Sonic All-Stars 126
5 Gerbils FC 117
6 Roundhouse Kickers 115
7 downhill fc 112
8 Ecclesiasticus 109
9 Napalm Death 100
10 fauxhemians fc 100
11 Ball and the Header 96
12 FC Portogal 96
13 PORTUGEEZERS 94
14 os transgénicos 92
15 FC Foster's 86
16 FC Plecewice 85
17 bola na rede 77
18 the world looks red 74
19 Dream/Aktion Unit 73
20 Kelly Greens 63

[pokkeherrie]

I ditched Berbatov too...

I was a bit shocked when I checked the state of my team Saturday morning. I hadn't even read the results of last Wednesday's English games yet and found out that I couldn't even field 11 active players for this weekend's matches! My team had 2 red card suspensions(!), 1 leg injury, 1 groin injury, 1 hamstring injury and 1 ankle injury. On top of that I had 1 player who hadn't played at all in the first 2 weeks and 1 who had only played 17 minutes. I figured I'd better play my wild card on the transfer market already. A bit of a waste this early in the season, but OK. I only had about 15-20 minutes left before the deadline though, so I didn't think too much about my new transfers and just did some panic buys. I ended up with no less than 8 transfers. It was worth it still because I had 46 points this week against... I don't know, maybe just 15(?) during the last week.

It was silly of me to already start the season with two injured and one doubtful player. I figured as long they're on the bench then it doesn't matter, but I should've read the rules beforehand. I didn't know you got a free transfer every week and hadn't read about the automatic substitutions part... so injured players potentially will cost you points, even when they're just on the bench.

Anyway, the most important thing is that Feyenoord won yesterday.

[PAULYBEE2656]

just bought malbranque!

[Hip Priest]

Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

just bought malbranque!

A good player. We were supposedly interested in both him and Mido last eason. I'd still be happy with either of them joining, to b honest.

I've decided to wait for a bit before considering transfers.

[PAULYBEE2656]

gah, need to sort out team. need to kick ass, need an extra 5 million!!!!!!

[PAULYBEE2656]

i wont be around for the next deadline so i had to do drastic measures and play the wildcard. i hope the gamble pays off.... need to start scoring higher than 30 odd points a week....

[sonicl]

At the end of gameweek 4:

1. Winners Blues 206
2. Durban Poison XI 179
3. Gerbils FC 172
4. Sonic All-Stars 157
5. Ecclesiasticus 153
6. FC Barcelona 150
7. fauxhemians fc 145
8. downhill fc 141
9. Napalm Death 138
10. FC Foster's 137
11. FC Portogal 135
12. os transgénicos 130
13. Ball and the Header 129
14. bola na rede 117
15. the world looks red 108
16. FC Plecewice 108
17. Dream/Aktion Unit 100
18. Kelly Greens 94

We've had a few changes of teams as well: FC Barcelona has joined, and PORTUCALENSES, PORTUGEEZERS and Roundhouse Kickers have left. Down to eighteen teams now.

[PAULYBEE2656]

fauxhemians up a bit. nice nice. winners blues are walking away with it at the moment. we need some crunching high tackles guys!

[Bertrand]

Wow ! I'm the 23rd best French player today !
But this ain't the biggest league

[sonicl]

Originally Posted by Bertrand

Wow ! I'm the 23rd best French player today !
But this ain't the biggest league

And somehow you've gone top of the Sonic League. Outrageous!

[PAULYBEE2656]

what a crap wekend for my team. crap crap crap.

[jico.]

i completely forgot about this!
i notice i've had a couple of zeros (injured players etc.) on previous gameweeks. but now i made some changes on my team, i'll try to keep up.

and yes, bola na rede is my team.

[the ikara cult]

Ive joined, my team is Feltham probationers.
Ive had a great couple of weeks so far, Fabregas and Xabi Alonso have been scoring, and Berbatov finally turned up for duty.

[sonicl]

You're not actually from Feltham are you? (The town, that is - I wouldn't expect you to admit to being at the young offenders institution, although that might be slightly less embaressing)

[the ikara cult]

Yes, i am from the land of Nazis, poorly educated library staff and the video for Stand By Me by Oasis.

[sonicl]

I'd always figured you were a north Londoner - because of your support for Sp*rs, I suppose. I spent time living in Hanworth and Isleworth, so I have no right to be unpleasant about Feltham.

[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by sonicl

I'd always figured you were a north Londoner - because of your support for Sp*rs, I suppose. I spent time living in Hanworth and Isleworth, so I have no right to be unpleasant about Feltham.

Course you do, its a shithole, let rip

[PAULYBEE2656]

im doing as good as a good spurs fan can expect. languishing in mid table!!!!!!! need a kick ass score in a few weeks to close up on the runaways. this league is great fun!