The 606v2 Euro Division

First topic message reminder :

I'm looking to put together a new league over the next couple of weeks and am just this out to garner levels of interest as there are already a couple of leagues out there so I don't want to swamp the section.

Where this will be different to the existing leagues is that the sides involved are entirely made up.
You don't inherit a pre-made European side.

Instead you make your own.
You would initially start with £150m with which to buy a MINIMUM of 15 players and a MAXIMUM of 23 players.
The prices for these players are determined entirely through the transfermarkt website.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/

But here's where it gets interesting...the prices that are used on transfermarkt are the minimum you can bid, because other people in the league may also want the same person, so do you risk bidding the flat fee or do you bid more (increased bids have to be a minimum £500k more), the other point of note at this stage is that the maximum value player you can bid on is £15m (though you can choose to bid more than the £15m to get the player)

You then get an ADDITIONAL £50m with which to purchase upto 2 STAR players (min 1), though the maximum you can spend on 1 player is £35m.
This will then result in you having a team of a minimum of 16 players and maximum of 25 players.
You then have to name the team, give it a location where they play their home games and send this via PM to myself and Sodhat before the cut off point (to be decided).
Results of who got which player will then be announced and for those that lost out on players due to being outbid, a second chance is available to acquire players before the league starts, and third etc if needed.

Number of leagues is dependent upon how many players participate.

Foreign transfers.
As the only deciding factor for selling a player is cash then there shouldn't be wrangles over if a TP is accepted or not, if you have the cash you can buy!
TPs though will only go through once a week on a Sunday night for the week ahead.
Max transfer value for bringing in a player from foreign transfers is £15m in Season 1.
You can only make 2 foreign transfers per week.

Domestic transfers
Players can move only twice between domestic clubs per season, once they have moved twice you will have to wait until the following season to sell to another domestic club.
They can though be released or sold to an outside club.

For anyone that joins the league after it begins then the following rule applies for the first two weeks:
Transfers between 2 domestic clubs must be within 20% of each other in total monetary value. So for example if Team A wish to buy a player from Team B worth £10m then they must offer between £8-£12m in player/cash value.
Note that once 2 weeks have passed then the manager is allowed to but and sell as they please but this rule is in place to combat the usual bombardment of silly offers that litter the new managers page.

Injuries
Injuries shall be announced once per week on a Sunday night, they shall consist of 2 players, one based from the team picked for the previous weeks game and one from the entire squad.

Tactics

Each week you shall play 1 game, either league or cup (no more than one game per week though), tactics for this game shall consist of a team sheet, injuries for your team, if your team is home or away and a maximum of 15 bullet point lines worth of team instructions.
As well as the tactical instructions you are allowed 2 extra lines of a team talk to motivate your players, show your worth not just for tactics but how you build players up for the game!

Cash

Each week you receive 2m for a win, 1m for a draw, zilch for a loss.
You also receive an extra £1m per week for ensuring your tactics are handed in on time and you've voted on the results.
Each week there shall be a £1m cash bonus to the team voted best tactics.

Hopefully this is enough to entice to sign up! If you have any further questions then please do not hesitate to ask and I look forward to seeing your team sheets!

Confirmed participants

1. Macclads
2. Fernando
3. The BrahmaBull
4. CherriesFan
5. Ollyrules
6. YI Man
7. TSC
8. Twist
9. Marky
10. Nay Bother
11. In the Fast Lane
12. Nick Fury
13. BigFellasAfro
14. ncfc_Tooze
15. Fan Gilhaus
16. VivaPaulScholes

Hodgey wrote:Has this begun? Am I too late?

Not too late, 18 participants required, only 14 confirmed. Have a read through the main post then configure a squad, and PM it to Sodhat and to Macclads.

Fan Gilhaus wrote:sodhat - pmd you my team can you check and make sure I have complied with the rules, think I have

Seen it Fan pm'd you back. You haven't included your star players as far as I can tell - £50m on top of the £150m you have already that can be spent on players of £35m or less value on transfermarkt.

ok two more players sent

So will send my STAR players next lol

If we have Fan and Hodgey in does that make 16 so far?

Fan Gilhaus wrote:ok two more players sent

So will send my STAR players next lol

Ha!

Wish I'd read that before I pm'd you explaining the whole thing again!

Team sheet sent.

What happens if 2 people have bid the same amount for the same player?

Y I Man wrote:Team sheet sent.

What happens if 2 people have bid the same amount for the same player?

They go to a second round of bidding, i'm guessing both people would send their highest bid by PM.

Fan, Hodgey and YI makes it 17.

If Macc only wanted 18, we're almost there.

Reckon Viva might do it, but pullthestrings has dropped out too.

19 players bid for

good team on paper if I get them...

Fan Gilhaus wrote:19 players bid for

good team on paper if I get them...

19? Jeez, I barely scraped 15!! (17 if you include my star players)

I also got 19 and 2 stars.

TSC wrote:

Fan Gilhaus wrote:19 players bid for

good team on paper if I get them...

19? Jeez, I barely scraped 15!! (17 if you include my star players)

I got 22 players including my star players for under 150m

King of Scouts me tho remember lol

gone for some really good players that I know for a fact others wont

£146m on squad then £50m on two

and whilst I think everyone has gone for BIG "STAR" players I havent

Fan Gilhaus wrote:King of Scouts me tho remember lol

gone for some really good players that I know for a fact others wont

£146m on squad then £50m on two

Oh yes, of course Then again, I did pay over the odds for some players to make sure I got them (and I bet even that backfired anyway).

paid slightly over for them all just to make sure

Abervilla

Is my team and we play in Indigo and Red lol

lol. Very pretty.

Home stadium? Vittodrie?

Pitt Park lol

Villodrie sounds quite good lol

Based in the N of Scotland, some of your spaniards/brazilians will find it very difficult

My squad was 17 plus 2 star players.

2 goalkeepers, 7 defenders, 8 midfielders and 2 strikers for my likely 4-2-3-1 system. Picked players with versatility for the extra bonus.

Shirt
Shorts
Socks
boots

Standard kit for Abervilla lol

My squad is 20 plus two star players.

2 Goalkeepers, 3 full backs, 4 centre halfs, 5 centre mids, 4 wingers and 4 strikers.

2 x GK
6 x DF
4 x CM
4 x AM
3 x CF

but a few versatile players as well

They just freeze solid as soon as they disembark the plane. I pity all the foreign teams who go to Pittodrie to play Scotland U21's. Except Iceland.

My squad is:
2 goalies
6 defenders
6 midfielders
3 strikers

Its freezing I tell ya

North East gale
Seagull sh77ing all over you

cannae beat it lol

Brilliant atmosphere when full tho, but the Pittodrie Pies heat you up lol

the only person im expecting to get is my spare keeper

lol

so what happens if you get only 8 of your wanted list?

do you get another chance to bid for another 8?

Fan Gilhaus wrote:Its freezing I tell ya

North East gale
Seagull sh77ing all over you

cannae beat it lol

Brilliant atmosphere when full tho, but the Pittodrie Pies heat you up lol

lol That's so true. Bovril pie. Mmmm mmmm. When was the last time Pittodrie was full? I hear attendances are reaching McDiarmid Park levels...

I was at Tannadice last year. Absolutely freezing. Couldn't feel my toes after 5 minutes. LK was sitting above me. I bet she'd get a bloomin' heater if she asked for one...

last full hopuse i was at was V Dnipro in the snow lol

2007

cant even get a full house v Old Farm

You support St Johnstone/Utd?

Yes Fan, once I have everyone's squads in then I will work through them and post them back to each person to create their team page and to let them know which players they got.
They then have a few days to put forward their replacement players.
Repeat and rinse over the days afterwards until everyone has a full squad.

Just got in! What am I doing?

ok just noticed that mate, I have sent you 3 pms in total

InTheFastLane wrote:Just got in! What am I doing?

Is this a quiz?

I will go first

peeling Potatoes?

I support both Dundee teams (you can't favour one over the other in Dundee without receving abuse!!) but I've never been to Dens. My Dad used to drag me to Tannadice occasionally when I was younger.

I have not got any :s

Dundee utd

Where you live now?

I hate Dundee Utd

Dens is a dump

InTheFastLane wrote:I have not got any :s

Well I give up, what are you doing then?

how many more you waiting for Hero?

who am I messaging clowns :P

I'm in Dundee, Scotland's sunniest (and scummiest) City.

My dad hates Aberdeen. According to him, you've been terrible for years but keep getting away with it.

I've gone passed Dens a few times. It looks pretty rundown. I read today they were signing Scotland legend Nigel sQuashie. Highlight of their season...

Am going there tomorrow morning lol

I live in Montrose

Fan Gilhaus wrote:Am going there tomorrow morning lol

I live in Montrose

Not been to Montrose in years since I went to Buick.

My dad and his parents were born in Aberdeen but my dad was raised in Dundee, apparently if you didn't support Rangers, Celtic, Dundee or Dundee United you were a target in school, he was an Aberdeen fan...

It's ok, he redeemed himself by being 6ft 4 at 15 and being able to buy alcohol whilst underage

TSC wrote:

Fan Gilhaus wrote:Am going there tomorrow morning lol

I live in Montrose

Not been to Montrose in years since I went to Buick.

Lol I live about 1 minute from there

My lass is fae Dundee

I can't believe it.

I've done some scouting and realised i've made some errors! Think i'll reassess my squad and resubmit it tonight.

InTheFastLane wrote:who am I messaging clowns :P

Send in your full team sheet including star player/s to both myself and Sodhat
Please include the players full names and their main position.

I have made a few mistakes but too late now is it?