The Euro Division Homepage XXVI

by **Hero** Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:01 pm

First topic message reminder :

606V2 EURODivision

Announcements

Important End of Season information -- please read

STAR PLAYER BIDS ARE OPEN

Star Player bids will commence Wednesday (15th), and run to Friday (17th) at midnight, when bidding is closed. Who got who will be posted on Saturday all being well - and assuming it can't be done earlier. If you miss out initially, there will be a second round bidding process and you may make another bid on a player. All bids will be sealed and PM'd to Hero and sodhat. It should be made clear that you cannot make a big bid on a Star Player, and then not have the cash all at once. All money must be paid immediately, or you miss out. We aren't doing IOU's on it, and that applies to everyone.

To qualify for the second round you must have submitted a first round bid - you can't just wait and see what's left. If there are exceptional circumstances as to why you missed the deadline you may appeal to the runners, but these circumstances absolutely do not include "I was playing Ultimate Team for 4 days with the curtains closed."

Sign up now for the Euro Division Telegraph Fantasy Football League!

Participants: Olly, T5J, Twi5t, 5odhat, Ru55, Nando, Marky (if we spoon feed him), Greger5

Telegraph League Details:
606v2 Euro Division
PIN: 8008569

Prize money for this season (for both leagues)

1st £15m
2nd - 4th £10m
5th - 8th £20m

Everyone in Premier League (who votes on Championship) send their results to:
TwisT and Sodhat

Everyone in Championship (who votes on Premier League) send their results to:
Hero and TSC

To Qualify for the £2M Bonus, teams need to post their tactics by Midnight on Wednesday and PM their results by Midnight on Friday

Premier League

Real Ale Sociedad - TwisT

Tactics

The London Silly Nannies - Sodhat

Injuries

AC ALittleSilhouetteoOfAMan (AC ALSOAM) - Marky

Lawyers

Viva City - VivaPaulScholes

Fixtures

Holton FC - ollyrules

Results

Barearselona - fernando

Table

Real NADrid©®™ V2 - Nadeem

Neymar FC - cherriesfan

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Championship

Athletico Bilbao Baggins FC - Hero

Tactics

Jacamos United - TSC

Injuries

Hangover 69 - Gregers

Lawyers

Substandard Liege - Afro

Fixtures

Treble's Revenge - onlytreblewinners

Results

Go Ahead Eagles - Russell_Elmo

Table

Straight-Edge United - TheBrahmaBull

City Of Norwich FC - ncfc_Tooze

by Marky Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:40 am

Another £2-3m and they could've got Gaston Ramirez Shocked

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:45 am

Marky wrote:Another £2-3m and they could've got Gaston Ramirez

Yeah but Ramirez isn't English so it means he's rubbish anyway. Obviously.

Bet Jarvis is looking forward to crossing to Carlton. He'll get a good 2, maybe 3 assists. All year.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:54 am

sodhat wrote:Norwich is a heavily fascist town, clearly.

My History exams were part Nazi, part USA in the 1920's. An odd mix.

Was your C in maths? Everyone gets a C in maths.

No I got an A in Maths. The C was in Geography.

The first thing my mum said when she saw my results was, "Oh you got only got a C in Geography." Lovely.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:56 am

Sky Sports ‏@SkySports
QPR have written a formal letter of complaint to Leeds after Paddy Kenny was alleged to have sent abusive messages.

picard

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:59 am

Olly wrote:
sodhat wrote:Norwich is a heavily fascist town, clearly.

My History exams were part Nazi, part USA in the 1920's. An odd mix.

Was your C in maths? Everyone gets a C in maths.

No I got an A in Maths. The C was in Geography.

The first thing my mum said when she saw my results was, "Oh you got only got a C in Geography." Lovely.

My parents were happy enough with my results. I have a smart sister who did well intellectually so it took the heat off me. Hopefully she'll have kids soon and it will work in a similar way.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:00 pm

sodhat wrote:
Olly wrote:
sodhat wrote:Norwich is a heavily fascist town, clearly.

My History exams were part Nazi, part USA in the 1920's. An odd mix.

Was your C in maths? Everyone gets a C in maths.

No I got an A in Maths. The C was in Geography.

The first thing my mum said when she saw my results was, "Oh you got only got a C in Geography." Lovely.

My parents were happy enough with my results. I have a smart sister who did well intellectually so it took the heat off me. Hopefully she'll have kids soon and it will work in a similar way.

#slackingsoddy

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:01 pm

sodhat wrote:Norwich is a heavily fascist town, clearly.

My History exams were part Nazi, part USA in the 1920's. An odd mix.

Was your C in maths? Everyone gets a C in maths.

I got a B, but I was doing the intermediate paper so that was the highest mark Laugh

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:02 pm

One of my history papers was on the Vietnam War. What a funny old bunch the Yanks are

by nadeem2099 Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:06 pm

The worst grade I got was in my RE exam. I think the subject was Judaism and the student who got the highest grade was an atheist lol.

by Bull Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:10 pm

hello

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:15 pm

hello, hola, I'm at a place called Vertigo

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:19 pm

nadeem2099 wrote:The worst grade I got was in my RE exam. I think the subject was Judaism and the student who got the highest grade was an atheist lol.

Strangely enough I'm an atheist but really enjoy reading about religion, even called my two sons Noah & Isaac.

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:21 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19352048

Why is this news? As if him saying it was offside makes it even more offside than it already was? As if it somehow affects what has already happened in some way?

by Bull Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:22 pm

my highest grade was RE i got a B in it!

was easy all you have to do in the test is give a Christian opinion / Catholic Opinion /Your Own.

by Marky Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:25 pm

My worst GSCE grade was an E in Business Studies. Its mainly because I spend the lessons playing Stick Cricket on the PC. But it knocked my confidence to the point where I didn't take part in Afro's Apprentice Sad

by Bull Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:29 pm

my worse grade was Maths as we had 4 fliping teachers!!! mad

and only 1 of them was a qualified Maths teacher !

by nadeem2099 Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:32 pm

There was a question in the RE exam that I didn't know the answer to.

Name one thing a Jew is prohibited from doing in his/her religion?

I answered "Talking to a German"

Oh how silly it seems now I look back on it lol.

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:34 pm

Well at least you can count up to 4 then

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:34 pm

Well at least you can count up to 4 then

by Marky Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:45 pm

Well at least you can count up to 4 then

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:48 pm

I was going to ask how many English teachers you must have had, but I'll leave it.

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:49 pm

Where are Gregers and Tooze by the way, we need their SP bids

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 12:50 pm

sodhat wrote:I was going to ask how many English teachers you must have had, but I'll leave it.

Not enough?

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:01 pm

Bull didn't have an English teacher for long. He asked him to spell "Erikson", and he spelt it "N F S" Wink

by nadeem2099 Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:03 pm

There was a kid in my class who was born in France and could speak and read french but for some reason he said he didn't want to choose french as a subject as its too easy and he prob won't learn anything new. What a waste! That would have been the easiest GCSE ever.

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:05 pm

TwisT wrote:Bull didn't have an English teacher for long. He asked him to spell "Erikson", and he spelt it "N F S"

Would that be Eriksen with an E? Whistle

by Trebs Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:05 pm

I got an A in maths, then tpol it to as-level achieving a c.

Probablu don't wanna know my english grades badeson my spelling here

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:06 pm

Trebs do you have big club hands or something with that phone?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:07 pm

onlytreblewinners wrote:I got an A in maths, then tpol it to as-level achieving a c.

Probablu don't wanna know my english grades badeson my spelling here

Do you have phone problems? Or have you caught something Cherries had?

by Trebs Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:10 pm

Yeah i do. Have a sansung galaxy eurpa. It's not too bad but i can't sww what i've postefd so xan't correct misrakes at all. Want simething with a qwerty keyboaed like a blackberry of some descriptipn

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:11 pm

Hero wrote:
TwisT wrote:Bull didn't have an English teacher for long. He asked him to spell "Erikson", and he spelt it "N F S"

Would that be Eriksen with an E?

I was talking about the other one....obviously

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:21 pm

If you're havn spelling problums I fel bad for u son, I got 99 problums but rightin aint won

by nadeem2099 Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:31 pm

Barcelona vs Real Madrid tonight!

Song could be making his debut.

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:31 pm

Hero wrote:If you're havn spelling problums I fel bad for u son, I got 99 problums but rightin aint won

Sense of humour being one of them Whistle

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:51 pm

I've been experimenting with some wacky formations based on feedback and too much time on my hands:

--------------Ochoa
-----Caceres---Pepe---Sakho
---------Ramires---Busquets
-------------Moutinho
Sanchez----------------------Rodriguez
----------------Ozil
---------------Cavani

---------------Ochoa
Caceres----Pepe----Sakho----Mathieu
--------------Busquets
---------Ramires---Moutinho
----------------Ozil
---------Sanchez---Cavani

----------------Ochoa
Caceres----Pepe----Sakho----Mathieu
-----Ramires---Busquets---Moutinho
------------Ozil------Sanchez
---------------Cavani

Do any of these work for people? I like to muck about with formations for games!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:55 pm

I have to say Soddy the second formation I love (the diamond), but you would need attacking FB's to offer the width in attack. I think I might play some diamond this season.

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 1:59 pm

Yeah I'm not really a fan of the diamond really. My favourite of the above is the first one because it looks mental!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:03 pm

sodhat wrote:Yeah I'm not really a fan of the diamond really. My favourite of the above is the first one because it looks mental!

Why are you not a fan of the diamond?

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:04 pm

I don't think it gives natural width and it can be stifled too easily. It leaves the FBs with a lot to do all game and particularly if they send their FBs to attack too.

Not to say it doesn't work though.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:07 pm

sodhat wrote:I don't think it gives natural width and it can be stifled too easily. It leaves the FBs with a lot to do all game and particularly if they send their FBs to attack too.

Not to say it doesn't work though.

I think a lot of the time in defence it becomes sort of a 4-3-1-2, where one of the midfield three goes out to help the FB the side the ball is.

But if attack, if you have good technical players, and attacking FB's, you will always score goals with it. I love the formation tbh

by TwisT Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:15 pm

----------------------Hart------------------
Lichsteiner----Smalling----Vertoghen----Baines
---------------------Lucas-------------------
-----------Cabaye-------------Cleverley------
---------------------Hazard---------------------
--------------Torres--------Giroud---------------

Because of the FB's I have, I think the diamond formation suits my team better

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:17 pm

---------------Lloris----------------
Abate---Skrtel---Agger---Alaba
---------------Bender-------------
-------Witsel---------Defour-----
----------------Kaka---------------
----------Cisse-----Adebayor-----

It works brilliantly with my FB's

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:20 pm

Who has £3.3m going spare?

by Trebs Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:33 pm

I wouldn't play a diamomd. It doesn't suit my team.

Krul
revelliere rami bomucci clichy
denisov
Marchisio carrick
dzogaev
Welbeck ibra

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:37 pm

My diamond would be:

De Gea
Richards---Chiellini---Hummels---Cole
De Jong
De Rossi---Toure
Pastore
Higuain---Villa

Looks hard as nails!

by sodhat Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:47 pm

Probably suits your team with the full backs Hero, and the midfield three can go both ways.

I was looking at the way Italy played in the EC and how it would suit my team:

-----------Ochoa
Caceres---Pepe---Sakho---Mathieu
-------------Busquets
---Ramires---Moutinho---Thiago
-----------Ozil
------------------Cavani

Could work in my opinion, just need an attacking RB

I might change my formation every week just to f*ck you all up with your scouting - last season after all, worth some risks!

by **Hero** Thu 23 Aug 2012, 2:59 pm

How's this for the reboot?

25 Pools

Each pool contains 16 players in the same position of ranging ability/price, on a certain day all 25 pools are listed on the league and it's requested that everyone then orders those 25 pools in preference of how they would like to receive them.
Everyone is then drafted a number and according to that number each player pool is then allocated based on the order in which they ranked the player. Does that make sense?

So with the following:

Pool 1

Steve Mandana
Rui Patricio
Julio Cesar
Thibaut Courtois
Salvatore Sirigu
Fernando Muslera
Emiliano Viviano
Vicente Guaita
Marc-Andre ter Stegen
Michael Vorm
Tim Krul
Maarten Stekelenburg
Bernd Leno
Sebastien Frey
Diego Alves
Rene Adler

Bull is drafted 1 and his 1st choice in that pick is Thibaut Courtois
Cherries is next and he had Vorm at the top of his list so he gets him.
Olly is next, he had Vorm first, then Courtois but then Krul so he gets him.
And so forth.

For the second pool then Bull is dropped to bottom of the list and Cherries is first and it continues in that vein.

What does everyone think?

by Bull Thu 23 Aug 2012, 3:01 pm

thats a good idea tbh

by nadeem2099 Thu 23 Aug 2012, 3:06 pm

Can you explain more clearer please hero. I'm confused like a rubix cube.

by Bull Thu 23 Aug 2012, 3:09 pm

Hector Herrera signs for GCR

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