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You could argue that Cole hasn't been the best LB in even the Premier League for the last couple of seasons.

It's a very competitive position in the league, when someone as good as Cole is not in the top 2 or 3

SPOTY nominations (I'm away to stick a poll up). Anymore for anymore?

Mo Farah
Andy Murray
Jessica Ennis
David Weir (The Paralympian, not the ex-Rangers captain)
Rory McIlroy
Chris Hoy
Laura Trott
Bradley Wiggins

I had a dream last night that I played Bull in a league match and the score finish 1-1 I was distraught.

whatever viva.

Is 'whatever' your catchphrase now, Bull?

Because it's rubbish.

The Special Juan wrote:SPOTY nominations (I'm away to stick a poll up). Anymore for anymore?

Mo Farah
Andy Murray
Jessica Ennis
David Weir (The Paralympian, not the ex-Rangers captain)
Rory McIlroy
Chris Hoy
Laura Trott
Bradley Wiggins

I think we should start a campaign Weir to win it. What he has done in the last couple of weeks is phenomenal

I'd pick Andy Murray or Mo Farah

McIlroy has had a remarkable year too - but I think he will have prolonged remarkable years and can win it again. Mo probably has this chance only and I make him favourite.

Oh, or Wiggins - also an incredible achiever

Here's the odds with Paddy Power.

Everyone stick on David Weir and then we can start a campaign...

B Wiggins 5/4
M Farah 9/4
A Murray 5/2
J Ennis 8/1
D Weir 20/1
E Simmonds 35/1
R McIlroy 100/1
C Hoy 100/1
S Storey 100/1
B Ainslie 200/1
G Rutherford 275/1
V Pendleton 275/1
J Kenny 275/1
L Trott 275/1
A Brownlee 275/1
J Terry 475/1
K Pietersen 500/1

I'd go with this...

I forgot about Silva!

I would agree and have him in there instead of Ramos

BigFellasAfro wrote:Here's the odds with Paddy Power.

Everyone stick on David Weir and then we can start a campaign...

B Wiggins 5/4
M Farah 9/4
A Murray 5/2
J Ennis 8/1
D Weir 20/1
E Simmonds 35/1
R McIlroy 100/1
C Hoy 100/1
S Storey 100/1
B Ainslie 200/1
G Rutherford 275/1
V Pendleton 275/1
J Kenny 275/1
L Trott 275/1
A Brownlee 275/1
J Terry 475/1
K Pietersen 500/1

I think I have more chance of winning it!

sodhat wrote:

BigFellasAfro wrote:Here's the odds with Paddy Power.

Everyone stick on David Weir and then we can start a campaign...

B Wiggins 5/4
M Farah 9/4
A Murray 5/2
J Ennis 8/1
D Weir 20/1
E Simmonds 35/1
R McIlroy 100/1
C Hoy 100/1
S Storey 100/1
B Ainslie 200/1
G Rutherford 275/1
V Pendleton 275/1
J Kenny 275/1
L Trott 275/1
A Brownlee 275/1
Sodhat 300/1
J Terry 475/1
K Pietersen 500/1

I think I have more chance of winning it!

Corrected

Hero wrote:I'd go with this...

Buffon
Lahm---Kompany---Silva---Marcelo
Alonso---Pirlo
Valencia---Ozil---Hazard
Ibrahimovic

casllias >>> buffon

300/1 is definitely worth a punt.

I'd have thought Wiggins was a shoo-in for the award before the Olympics and USO, but now both have happened he may be less nailed on.

TheBrahmaBull wrote:

Hero wrote:I'd go with this...

Buffon
Lahm---Kompany---Silva---Marcelo
Alonso---Pirlo
Valencia---Ozil---Hazard
Ibrahimovic

casllias >>> buffon

Remind me who you have in goal?

TheBrahmaBull wrote:

Hero wrote:I'd go with this...

Buffon
Lahm---Kompany---Silva---Marcelo
Alonso---Pirlo
Valencia---Ozil---Hazard
Ibrahimovic

casllias >>> buffon

Peak for peak, and on pure ability, I disagree with that.

Plus, even now ">>>" is ridiculous.

Hero wrote:

TheBrahmaBull wrote:

Hero wrote:I'd go with this...

Buffon
Lahm---Kompany---Silva---Marcelo
Alonso---Pirlo
Valencia---Ozil---Hazard
Ibrahimovic

casllias >>> buffon

Remind me who you have in goal?

Casillas why?

So your view point is clearly biased in favour of one over the other.

yes and your point is?

thats the team you made and im saying you should of picked Cassillas over buffon.

Why?

And he disagrees and considering he votes on your games your pretty Frak

I think it is a pretty close call. I went for Casillas over Buffon, but it is >= at best

i dont care what people think over my games tbh.
its my team ill buy the players i wish , if i lose then so be it.

And it doesn't really matter.

Goalkeepers carry so little influence in these leagues that unless you have the rest of your team perfect, having £30m tied up in a keeper is just plain daft.

TheBrahmaBull wrote:i dont care what people think over my games tbh.
its my team ill buy the players i wish , if i lose then so be it.

Is that why you've moaned about the last two defeats, and the feedback too?

I wouldn't say there is any difference between them although Iker is prone to mistakes

BigFellasAfro wrote:And it doesn't really matter.

Goalkeepers carry so little influence in these leagues that unless you have the rest of your team perfect, having £30m tied up in a keeper is just plain daft.

Sodhat has Guillermo Ochoa who plays for Ajaccio, quite honestly if you get a lawyer for him id sell buy a keeper then improve the rest of your squad

I agree with you Afro, for me there's nothing to separate the pairing.

Communication = Buffon
One on one = Casillas
Leadership = Buffon
Decision Making = Buffon
Distribution = Casillas
Penalty saves = Casillas
Reflexes = Casillas
Anticipation = Buffon

Basically Buffon is smarter, Casillas is more agile.

Hey! Guillermo is a great keeper, he's almost certainly their best player and worth a fair amount of the points they get each season.

But equally I imagine many people have never seen him play and it's not cost me points either!

disagree

TheBrahmaBull wrote:disagree

With what?

sodhat wrote:Hey! Guillermo is a great keeper, he's almost certainly their best player and worth a fair amount of the points they get each season.

But equally I imagine many people have never seen him play and it's not cost me points either!

^ this was my point no one cares about keepers

I agree, although in Sod's defence, I think Ochoa is a really good keeper and I am amazed he has stayed with Ajaccio. He should be at a CL team.

You could sell Casillas for £30-£35m (or even swap him with Nadz for one of his top players!!!), and bring in someone like Sirigu for £11.5m.

Sirigu would have as much influence on your results as Casillas, but you would now have an extra £20m odd in the bank

I was going to bring Sirigu in myself not long ago, but I held off to use the money more constructively.

I've yet to see a comment state that the keeper kept the team in the game.

who in the world is sirgui?

TheBrahmaBull wrote:how in the world is sirgui?

He's alright, probably. You'd have to ask him though.

sodhat wrote:I was going to bring Sirigu in myself not long ago, but I held off to use the money more constructively.

I've yet to see a comment state that the keeper kept the team in the game.

I don't think I've ever seen that comment, neither do you ever see a comment stating the keeper costing them the game even when they're reduced to playing a reserve keeper that in RL hasn't played a game in over a year (such as Afro playing a Fiorentina reserve v me once and despite me making a huge deal about it in my tactics no-one fluttered an eyelid).

sodhat wrote:

TheBrahmaBull wrote:how in the world is sirgui?

He's alright, probably. You'd have to ask him though.

lolz

Was nothing against Soddy's keeper he just seemed the perfect example

Hero wrote:

sodhat wrote:I was going to bring Sirigu in myself not long ago, but I held off to use the money more constructively.

I've yet to see a comment state that the keeper kept the team in the game.

I don't think I've ever seen that comment, neither do you ever see a comment stating the keeper costing them the game even when they're reduced to playing a reserve keeper that in RL hasn't played a game in over a year (such as Afro playing a Fiorentina reserve v me once and despite me making a huge deal about it in my tactics no-one fluttered an eyelid).

Yeah, people have played 19 year old kids that have played barely any football and no one pays any attention to it. Not that I think they should, generally speaking a keeper can only do so much.

Italian international, second choice behind Buffon. PSG keeper.

At £11.5m, one of the best value keepers you are going to get in this game.

And Hero, that was because my tactics were so good, my defenders protected.

Incidentally, Neto has played a few times for Brazil since then

sodhat wrote:

TheBrahmaBull wrote:how in the world is sirgui?

He's alright, probably. You'd have to ask him though.

I've heard he's a little under the weather.

I think Bull should get a Twitter account to politely ask random footballers how they're feeling.

Hero wrote:

sodhat wrote:

TheBrahmaBull wrote:how in the world is sirgui?

He's alright, probably. You'd have to ask him though.

I've heard he's a little under the weather.

I think Bull should get a Twitter account to politely ask random footballers how they're feeling.

I would follow the sh!t out of that.

He'd always have to phrase is "how in the world are you" though.

Cue this weeks votes seeing a glut of goalkeeping errors

BigFellasAfro wrote:Cue this weeks votes seeing a glut of goalkeeping errors

Great, I have De Gea

My tactics are going to focus solely on protecting my goalkeeper, and how we plan to exploit the opposing goalie (in a football sense only...although I could play Ched Evans up front...)

how about no hero?

Is it me but when I'm writing todays date I do it as 9/11/12?