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

Also, is the initial squad building going to be done in phases.

It is probable that you will not get all of your initial list of players as others will bid more, so I guess there will be multiple lists submitted to complete the squad

Ok, I agree with that. 20% for the first 2 weeks

I would still advise a transfer cap of a 30M difference.

So some transfer examples:

X (worth 10m on transfermarkt) = 40M

X + Y (both worth 15M on transfermarkt) = Z (worth 25M on transfermarkt) + 35M

That make sense?

BigFellasAfro wrote:Also, is the initial squad building going to be done in phases.

It is probable that you will not get all of your initial list of players as others will bid more, so I guess there will be multiple lists submitted to complete the squad

Yes there will be a first draft of teams.
I'm compiling my team fully tonight, I will then send that to Sodhat (the neutral judge) to keep hold of.
After that people are then free to start sending their teamsheets in.
I will put a deadline for joining this league as 5pm Thursday this week (or maximum of 18 players).
After that I want all 1st draft teamsheets in by 5pm Sunday, please PM these to both myself and Sodhat.

I will then post the team sheets on Sunday evening and inform everyone if they have been succesful in their bids. Those unsuccesful will then get opportunity to go for different players (deadline Wednesday).

Who we send them to, and do the runners (whoever they may be) have to get them before Thursday (and send them to you or Soddy?)

Macclads wrote:

BigFellasAfro wrote:Also, is the initial squad building going to be done in phases.

It is probable that you will not get all of your initial list of players as others will bid more, so I guess there will be multiple lists submitted to complete the squad

Yes there will be a first draft of teams.
I'm compiling my team fully tonight, I will then send that to Sodhat (the neutral judge) to keep hold of.
After that people are then free to start sending their teamsheets in.
I will put a deadline for joining this league as 5pm Thursday this week (or maximum of 18 players).
After that I want all 1st draft teamsheets in by 5pm Sunday, please PM these to both myself and Sodhat.

I will then post the team sheets on Sunday evening and inform everyone if they have been succesful in their bids. Those unsuccesful will then get opportunity to go for different players (deadline Wednesday).

ao r u and sodhat runners?

Send them to both myself and Sodhat cheers.

cherriesfan wrote:

Macclads wrote:

BigFellasAfro wrote:Also, is the initial squad building going to be done in phases.

It is probable that you will not get all of your initial list of players as others will bid more, so I guess there will be multiple lists submitted to complete the squad

Yes there will be a first draft of teams.
I'm compiling my team fully tonight, I will then send that to Sodhat (the neutral judge) to keep hold of.
After that people are then free to start sending their teamsheets in.
I will put a deadline for joining this league as 5pm Thursday this week (or maximum of 18 players).
After that I want all 1st draft teamsheets in by 5pm Sunday, please PM these to both myself and Sodhat.

I will then post the team sheets on Sunday evening and inform everyone if they have been succesful in their bids. Those unsuccesful will then get opportunity to go for different players (deadline Wednesday).

ao r u and sodhat runners?

Just myself at present, Sodhat is just assisting in being a neutral party to take in the team sheets so there can be no hint of anyone knowing prior to the team sheets being released on how much to bid to get each player, I'm sending my team sheet in first so I then therefore cannot amend it once others have come in.

Just to clarify - if there are identical bids from two sides for one player, does they player then become the subject of an auction or second round bid process?

Yo yo, Im in

sodhat wrote:Just to clarify - if there are identical bids from two sides for one player, does they player then become the subject of an auction or second round bid process?

It'd be a second round.

Gonna give it a miss Hero, struggling with FFA at the moment.

Give me a shout if you need a hand with anything though.

Yes I will be getting started later after the man comes to tear up and then re-lay my carpet. (Does that sound like a euphemism?)

TSC wrote:Yes I will be getting started later after the man comes to tear up and then re-lay my carpet. (Does that sound like a euphemism?)

Yes. A lot.

I hope it all goes well though...

if there is still space sign me up
if not put me on the stand bys

sodhat wrote:

TSC wrote:Yes I will be getting started later after the man comes to tear up and then re-lay my carpet. (Does that sound like a euphemism?)

Yes. A lot.

I hope it all goes well though...

Damn.

This could be a "wide load" league with the amount of people wanting to join.

Wide load meaning big ass

What happens when a player doesn't have a value on transfermarkt.com

TwisT wrote:This could be a "wide load" league with the amount of people wanting to join.

Wide load meaning big ass

Jacamo!!

TwisT wrote:This could be a "wide load" league with the amount of people wanting to join.

Wide load meaning big ass

Is there a case to rename it "Hero's Big Ass League"?

BigFellasAfro wrote:What happens when a player doesn't have a value on transfermarkt.com

Min fee of £500k

Thomas Eisfeld then?

No, Matt Tubbs!

YEAH!

You'll be possibly fighting that one out with Cherry and Marky!

STEVE FLETCHER AND HESKEY AND TUBBS

I'll pass on Tubbs TBH. Save my money for Tyrone Barnett

First person to sign Shola wins the league.

Shola Ama?

Ameobi.

OK. No deal then.

Was going to sign Shola Ama for the half time entertainment

I've got the hang of this now. (Teary carpet man hasn't arrived yet. It'll be typical that when I put on lunch he'll arrive.)

ive got my team sorted so should be interesting

I've got a squad sorted, very close to the £150M/£50M limits, so if I end up in a bidding war there will have to be some reshuffling.

I'm keen to see who you've all gone for. Don't delay, get them in!

sent

Forgive my ignorance, but do we only send the squad of £150M?

And don't reveal our Star Players yet?

Send everything according to Hero's description Marky

I think you have to send everything/one

What do we need to do?

Sent.

Hope it goes well.

When can we start?

you make your team now nick then send it to sodhat and should be sorted by thursday unless we get more people join quickly

Oh so I just PM a team to Sodhat then?

Macclads wrote:Send them to both myself and Sodhat cheers.

Make sure you're all sending to Maccs too guys

got a gr8 squad which does include heskey and 3 AFCB players

didn't realize had to send to hero done now anyway

OMG my squad goes over 150milby .1

Sent mine

Why have we got to send it? I thought we'd just bid for players on here as normal, based on their transfermarkt value?

You have to send the entire team sheet to myself and sodhat please Pull.

You're essentially bidding for £150M's worth of players Pull, all in one PM.