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


Week 4 Fixtures - Tactics due Monday 15th June by midnight
Voter Is Azzy & Man Citeh

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

I think it was so heavily skewed in favour of Real, Barca and Bayern at the start, that with brief windows and not a lot of cash, I can't see others catching up. Tactics get you so far, but they are never going to bridge the gap enough. It'll be between those three for the title, even if they perform badly.

I think your order of things is about right.

Afro wrote:Would be an interesting FIFA tournament now.

Hero beats Miky. Nando beats Hero and Miky. I beat Nando. Marky beat Viva. Nando beats Viva. Nando says Miky better than Marky.

And you were all too scared to play me

Hero wrote:As a current neutral Afro how do you see the teams currently in the league?
For me the top two will still be Real/Barca (possibly Bayern challenging) then a pack chasing 3rd, Arsenal possibly the pick of the bunch.

Porto soon to join the ranks

I have to agree with you Afro, I've done a couple of decent transfers to improve my forward line but I think it would only be an implosion of transfer gaffs by Marky, Trebs and Nando that'd give others hope and that's not going to happen for all three teams.

If I'm honest I didn't think I would get Gotze off of Nando but he sold him to me. 

I didn't think Marky would let Varane go either but we managed to work out a deal.

With Gotze I think it's due to him being quite hot and cold at Bayern, he doesn't look happy there.
Varane surprised me though.

Varane was behind Pepe and Ramos for me, and now I have Ramos, Boateng and Chiellini who would all be ahead of Varane so wasn't such an issue for me.

I have to think the title should be mine if I avoid defeat against Bayern this week, as I managed to beat Barca last week. But I wouldn't rule out Juve and Chelsea getting results against the supposed big three, very early days.

Hero wrote:With Gotze I think it's due to him being quite hot and cold at Bayern, he doesn't look happy there.

That's why i sold him, if was having good season i wouldnt of done Going 3-4-3 vs Marky for Poopie and giggles.

I was considering a back three and wingbacks, but Marcelo and Chiellini getting injured stopped that.

I've got Dortmund handled easy

Marky wrote:Ramos, Boateng and Chiellini who would all be ahead of Varane

Really? I always find it interesting the varying different opinions.

I guess ultimately it's actually close between the players, hence the different ratings from different people.

Of those 4 I'd have:

Boateng > Varane > Chiellini > Ramos

Though you had an equal to all of them in Toprak who you let go for a pittance on release.

To get Ribery. I would have ideally kept Toprak but there you go.

Isn't Ribery now sub for you, great sub to have though nonetheless.

Ribery is a sub, but so was Toprak

It's more that if I lose one of Ronaldo/Hazard/Aguero/Isco then Ribery can come in and with a reshuffle it's still very strong going forward.

Hero wrote:Of those 4 I'd have:

Boateng > Varane > Chiellini > Ramos

I'd have Varane > Ramos > Chiellini > Boateng

Shows how voters' preference can impact results

Hero wrote:Of those 4 I'd have:

Boateng > Varane > Chiellini > Ramos

Though you had an equal to all of them in Toprak who you let go for a pittance on release.

Makes my point. In terms of pure ability (i.e. take out his love of a red card in key games) I'd have Ramos first and Chiellini last. Underlines the difficulties in building a squad to cater for 11 opinions that are probably different from your own as well.

Let's hope I don't get an injury to Varane when Azzy votes.

So basically I like Boateng, no-one else does! Look to offload him them as I've already voted

Afro nailed it regarding Ramos, as a defender he's excellent, that risk of the red mist though makes him a bit marmite on the league.

I like Boateng.

I like Ramos, but when all 3 of my CB's are fit it's probably Boateng and Chiellini as the partnership.

Varane is the best of all them imo

Either way though you've still got 3 CBs that nearly everyone else in the league would die for!

Boateng = ramos
Chiellini
Varane

For me.

How much do people take into account the propensity for a red card in their voting?

I'm not sure I've ever considered it before when voting

So far then we've probably had all 4 of them put in each of the 4 different positions.

Marky - you need to print off these posts today, then you can have a look who is voting and pick the partnership accordingly.

We could do your midfield next, then your strikers tomorrow, and that is your team selection sorted for the season:laugh:

Yeah but I'm never going to vote marky to win so

I certainly will use it in my tactics if I'm playing against someone who's got a player that's got a temper.

Hero wrote:I certainly will use it in my tactics if I'm playing against someone who's got a player that's got a temper.

But I wonder how much it affects the voter

I suspect little difference honestly. You could just make it up really

Never considered a red card as a possibility to be honest.

I know my voting is irrelevant here in this league, but similarly I've never considered it either.

I do, I take into account all sorts, play acting, diving, the works!

I'd like to see the FIFA games take more of that into account, I know they wouldn't want to show it happens in the game but I'd love to see the ability to play up to the ref, diving as a button option that can then potentially win a freekick or get a yellow if seen as blatant. Refs making dodgy decisions, players having a scrap, it's all too clinical at times.

You need to get out or laid more Time for Early Kunch

A dive button would be horrible for Fifa, imagine kids seeing they can do that at times to win games.

Hero wrote:I'd like to see the FIFA games take more of that into account, I know they wouldn't want to show it happens in the game but I'd love to see the ability to play up to the ref, diving as a button option that can then potentially win a freekick or get a yellow if seen as blatant. Refs making dodgy decisions, players having a scrap, it's all too clinical at times.

And also add in the broken legs, bloody faces and a time wasting mechanic.

I'd certainly prefer all these things being brought into the next edition that the option to play as a female team.

You sexist pig hero

Anyone going to take a chance on Aleix Vidal now he has signed for Barca?

We can't till week 6 mate.

I know that

Anyone going to take a chance in week 6 on Aleix Vidal now he has signed for Barca?

Will his rating go up or will it only go up when he can actually play? I guess his value will go up at least.

Bambino a word of advice from a wise well endowed man if you want it.

Spoiler:

Sorry. 

My guess would be an initial rise, as far as I'm aware he's a good player too?

Holymiky wrote:Sorry. 

My guess would be an initial rise, as far as I'm aware he's a good player too?

You don't get signed by Barca if you weren't a good player miky, unless your name is Alex Song that is.

100% using my tp on Vidal lol

I forgot briefly that you are the TP manager Afro my bad.

Holymiky wrote:I forgot briefly that you are the TP manager Afro my bad.

Too late now. You're blacklisted

Or Vermaelen...
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How do I get off the blacklist? Is there a way?