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by FIFA Diva Mon 23 Mar 2015, 11:30 am

First topic message reminder :

Welcome to the Nadal Semi League

Fixtures
League Table & Top Scorers - Duties to be assigned
TP Bids
Transfer Confirmation
Lawyers - Ran by Azzy the Fluffer
Injuries - Ran by Trebizzle
Rules Page

Teams
Arsenal - Holymiky
Atletico Madrid - Nadeem
Barcelona - Trebs
Bayern Munich - Fernando
Borussia Dortmund - Marky
Chelsea - BamBam
Juventus - Hero
Man Citeh - Azzy the Fluffer
Paris St Germain - Enigma
Porto - "Wisden"
Real Madrid - Viva

Week 1 Fixtures - Tactics due Monday 25th May

Arsenal/Miky is Voter

Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid
Barcelona v PSG
Bayern Munich v Porto
Chelsea v Man Citeh
Dortmund v Juventus

TRANSFERMARKT ADVANCED SEARCH:

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/detailsuche/spielerdetail/suche

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 1:31 pm

Everybody nominates 5 players to keep. Every player you keep loses you the highest pick you have left.

I.e if I keep 1 player, I lose my first round pick.

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 1:32 pm

*up to 5 players

by nadeem2099 Tue 31 Mar 2015, 1:33 pm

I don't understand a word you just said gsc. Laugh

Also it shouldn't be that hard finding 1 person who wants to take over Basel. If worse comes to worse we'll just have to bring back FootballLight.............

by Holymiky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 1:34 pm

Afro, where art thou?

by nadeem2099 Tue 31 Mar 2015, 2:01 pm

Just hit up nick on twitter to come back and take over Basel. Will let you know what the zebra decides.

by **Afro** Tue 31 Mar 2015, 2:17 pm

If you are really struggling to find a new manager, then I can run Basel for a season. Alternatively, any of the other ex managers fancy taking it turns to run the team for a week?

But I'd like it if we could agree on limiting the size of tactics.

I also want to steer clear of the draft.

by Azzy Tue 31 Mar 2015, 2:51 pm

I kept tactics to an absolute minimum and was lauded for it. That should be the standard all managers aspire to.

by Marky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 3:25 pm

I did minimise my tactics, but still too long for others.

by Holymiky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 4:00 pm

Shall we put a fair word limit on them? I think it's the only suggestion I have to be honest.

by Marky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 4:21 pm

Word limit is fine, but then you're asking everyone who does results to count the words on each set of tactics! Plus what's the punishment if you go over the limit? 1 goal to the opposition seems harsh if you go 10 words over.

by Holymiky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 4:41 pm

We could just do it if it's like majorly over the limit or something, we don't have to be too harsh on it to be honest.

by Azzy Tue 31 Mar 2015, 4:46 pm

Once upon a time we did this:

STARTING XI
SUBS
INJURIES
3 ATTACKING INSTRUCTIONS
3 DEFENDING INSTRUCTIONS
SUBSTITUTIONS (TO BE BRIEF)

This was because we were all voting on every game bar our own, and it was difficult to wade through massive tactics each week.

by Trebs Tue 31 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

Agree with word limit

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 6:32 pm

Marky wrote:Word limit is fine, but then you're asking everyone who does results to count the words on each set of tactics! Plus what's the punishment if you go over the limit? 1 goal to the opposition seems harsh if you go 10 words over.

Or just copy and paste into the wonderful tool of word count

by FIFA Diva Tue 31 Mar 2015, 7:31 pm

Finally I've got Bloodborne after days of hunting it down. Currently the best 8th gen game around.

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 7:34 pm

So you were hyping up something you'd never played

by FIFA Diva Tue 31 Mar 2015, 7:38 pm

Reviews and YouTube gameplay footage.

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 7:39 pm

Andros Townsend looks good on youtube too

by FIFA Diva Tue 31 Mar 2015, 7:48 pm

Typical response from an Xbox fan boy.

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 8:25 pm

I don't own a xbox 1. PC craps all over both to be brutally honest.

by Marky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 10:15 pm

GSC wrote:Andros Townsend looks good on youtube too

He also looks good smashing the ball into the top corner from 25 yards with his weaker foot too.

by Marky Tue 31 Mar 2015, 10:19 pm

People saying "much better 2nd half from England". That's what happens when you move Phil Jones out of midfield. I'm not a Carrick fan but he is so much better in that England midfield than Phil Jones. We need someone to step up and take Carrick's place as a passing defensive midfielder. Carrick if he wasn't already getting old would be good enough long term but why not play Huddlestone or someone else who's English and playing that role in the Premier League?

Also, playing Barkley at AM gave us real creativity even if his final ball wasn't quite there tonight.

Started as;

Jones
Henderson - Delph
Rooney
Walcott - Kane

At our best it was;

Carrick
Henderson - Delph/Townsend
Barkley
Rooney - Kane

It isn't rocket science to play players in their best position and realise it improves the team.

by FIFA Diva Tue 31 Mar 2015, 10:48 pm

It's a shame Carrick wasn't played enough when he was younger, England didn't have the bottle to drop one of Gerrard or Lampard.

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 11:03 pm

Marky wrote:
GSC wrote:Andros Townsend looks good on youtube too

He also looks good smashing the ball into the top corner from 25 yards with his weaker foot too.

Isnt random good moments in amongst a large amount of bad ones what youtube highlights are all about?

by GSC Tue 31 Mar 2015, 11:07 pm

To be fair to Jones, Henderson and Delph were completely useless in front

by Azzy Tue 31 Mar 2015, 11:14 pm

Why would you drop a world class midfielder to play an average one?

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:02 am

GSC wrote:To be fair to Jones, Henderson and Delph were completely useless in front

Henderson and Delph were the energetic midfielders that needed a passer behind them. Instead, they got Phil Jones.

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:04 am

I don't mind Carrick but he'll be 34 this summer, we need to find someone to come in and play that role long term.

by FIFA Diva Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:14 am

Don't blame Jones he isn't a ball playing DM, blame Hodgson.

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:22 am

Koba wrote:Don't blame Jones he isn't a ball playing DM, blame Hodgson.

I do.

If he was going to rest Carrick, he should have played or called up one of;

Mason, Shelvey, Mutch, Colback, Rodwell, Noble, Huddlestone, Chalobah

But no. He chose Phil Jones out of position Rolling Eyes

by GSC Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:31 am

Marky wrote:
GSC wrote:To be fair to Jones, Henderson and Delph were completely useless in front

Henderson and Delph were the energetic midfielders that needed a passer behind them. Instead, they got Phil Jones.

Sorry, that's not good enough for me. The 2 actual CMs ahead if him wanted no part of the ball. Unacceptable at this level.

Jones was out of position and out of his depth, but he got no help from midfield

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:39 am

GSC wrote:
Marky wrote:
GSC wrote:To be fair to Jones, Henderson and Delph were completely useless in front

Henderson and Delph were the energetic midfielders that needed a passer behind them. Instead, they got Phil Jones.

Sorry, that's not good enough for me. The 2 actual CMs ahead if him wanted no part of the ball. Unacceptable at this level.

Jones was out of position and out of his depth, but he got no help from midfield

That's fair, but both were much better playing ahead of Carrick than they were playing ahead of Jones, that can't be a coincidence.

by GSC Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:40 am

Hart: 6 Possibly couldve done better with the goal, but didn't have a great deal to do otherwise.
Clyne: 5 Caught out of position a few times and struggled to make an impact going forward.
Jagielka: 7 Englands most solid defender by a wide margin.
Smalling: 5 Didn't look comfortable before going off with injury
Gibbs: 6 Reasonable performance, made some decent forays forward
Jones: 4 Massively out of his depth at DM, somewhat better at CB
Delph: 3 Probably ran a bit but made no positive impact. Passing was wayward
Henderson: 4 See Delph but with better passing
Rooney: 7 Looked bright, found space and was a threat throughout.
Walcott: 5 Looks short of match fitness, and Englands tactics didn't suit his game
Kane: 6 Plenty of endeavour, but did relatively little

by GSC Wed 01 Apr 2015, 9:42 am

To be honest, I struggled to notice either in either half. Italy backed off in the 2nd half so perhaps they had more room.

For me, it's not a good enough partnership at the moment to take into a tournament

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:03 am

When everyone's fit, Delph doesn't get in that team for me. But he still looked better when he had a ball player behind him.

Wilshere when fit plays ahead of Delph, if we went into Euro 2016 with this team i'd be more accepting.

Hart
Clyne - Stones - Cahill/Jagielka - Gibbs/Shaw
Carrick/Colback
Henderson - Wilshere
Sterling/Barkley
Rooney - Kane/Sturridge

by GSC Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:05 am

I'm not convinced by Carrick enough defensively to have him as a sole DM to be honest.

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:07 am

It's more of a Pirlo type role TBH, and Pirlo was never good enough defensively. But I'd prefer Colback to be given games there to see how he does.

by GSC Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:13 am

Hmm. Not convinced by the other options to be honest, and Carrick is no Pirlo.

You cant pencil Wilshere in at this point unfortunately, cant rely on him. Think its harsh on Welbeck too to be fair, he works well with Rooney

by nadeem2099 Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:17 am

I asked nick if he wanted to come back but he said that he has too many enemies on this league so declined. The zebra is angry with all of you!

Spoiler:

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:17 am

Welbeck would be 4th striker to be fair.

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:17 am

nadeem2099 wrote:I asked nick if he wanted to come back but he said that he has too many enemies on this league so declined. The zebra is angry with all of you!

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

by nadeem2099 Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:37 am

Marky wrote:
nadeem2099 wrote:I asked nick if he wanted to come back but he said that he has too many enemies on this league so declined. The zebra is angry with all of you!

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

This ain't Modern Family. Although viva is known for his varied tastes.

by FIFA Diva Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:41 am

Marky wrote:
nadeem2099 wrote:I asked nick if he wanted to come back but he said that he has too many enemies on this league so declined. The zebra is angry with all of you!

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

by Marky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 10:46 am

Oh snap!

by nadeem2099 Wed 01 Apr 2015, 11:26 am

I think miky is the only one in this league that doesn't know nick. Viva and nick would have murked him with their ABU Tag team.

by Holymiky Wed 01 Apr 2015, 11:27 am

You shouldn't be able to go then Viva surely?

I know ZZZ. He used to be on here in a previous leagues.

by nadeem2099 Wed 01 Apr 2015, 11:36 am

But did you know him when he was his previous reincarnation Nick Fury? Before he got headbutted and transformed into Zinedine Ze Zebra? He was a bigger Man Utd biased fan than even viva. I think when he got violated by the zebra he lost some of his hatred of ABU. Now all we need is for a duck sized horse to sort viva out.

by FIFA Diva Wed 01 Apr 2015, 11:37 am

nadeem2099 wrote:I think miky is the only one in this league that doesn't know nick. Viva and nick would have murked him with their ABU Tag team.

To be fair to Miky he isn't an ABU like the rest of you, he is a biased Chelsea fan but aren't we all bias to our clubs.

by FIFA Diva Wed 01 Apr 2015, 11:39 am

Holymiky wrote:You shouldn't be able to go then Viva surely?

I know ZZZ. He used to be on here in a previous leagues.

Firstly it's my wedding and secondly I am no Chelsea fan.

by GSC Wed 01 Apr 2015, 11:39 am

Bringing back Nick would be like having FL back

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