The World League II

First topic message reminder :

Rules;
£150m budget with to be spent on anybody based on their value on TM.
Draft system to build the squads.
Squad to be between 20-25 players, no more, no less.
Tactics short, teamsheet, substitutes, 100 words of tactics, few sentences for substitutions.
Everybody votes or lose a goal from their score, just scores and scorers acceptable although feedback is encouraged.
Choose your own real life team name although this will have no bearing on the players you can or can't sign.

Participants;
Azzy - Vancouver Whitecaps
BamBam - Ebbsfleet United
Holymiky - MK Dons
Marky - Crawley Town
Nadeem - Real Madrid
Olly - Accrington Stanley
Trebs - Liaoning Whowin
Viva - Manchester United
Hero - Macclesfield Town
Nando - Chesham United

Structure;

8 fixtures per team, 4 at home, 4 away. Two relegated from the Premier League, two promoted from the Championship.
3rd place in both leagues will playoff for the right to play in the Premier League.
Starting point determined at random.

Premier League
1. Chesham United
2. Liaoning Whowin
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3. Macclesfield Town
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4. Manchester United
5. MK Dons

Championship
1. Accrington Stanley
2. Crawley Town
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3. Ebbsfleet United
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4. Real Madrid
5. Vancouver Whitecaps

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

Draft results

Marky:

Holymiky:

BamBam:

Fernando:

Nadeem:

Azzy:

Olly:

Hero:

Trebs:

Viva:

I will do lawyers tomorrow morning

100 Words is too little to get a game plan across really, It's just becoming a JA best XI league

150-200 would be more suitable (pretty sure that's what it was last time we had a limit)

I'd agree, would say 200 including subs, everything as a compromise? Literally you get xi and subs bench list then 200 words beyond that. If you want to use half talking up your subs, so be it

Azzy wrote:If that's true Olly, then he should have his £1m.

Nando / Olly - I've sent my tactics in for Week 2 already. Just in case I go off. Hope you have a good game Olly xx

Best of luck to you too - will do 100 word tactics no matter what we decide as you've done yours already too

I think 150 would be fine for tactics words

I have done mine as 100 words on the dot - however Olly, if this changes, I honestly don't mind if you change yours to be longer. I'm not in this to win games, as evidenced by my geriatric team.

Cheers for the result azzy, glad you picked up on the fact that he'd play narrow with AMs as wingers or the diamond

Changing it now wouldn't be fair on everyone. So changing the word limit after Week 1 would have to be a unanimous decision.

Have to agree with Marky on this, akin to last season we can't make a change to it once it's begun on this scale unless everyone wants in.

Formal Protest.

Morning all

I'm fine with a change in tactics length, 200 would be the very max though

Yeah 100 words was a mission doing as I had to cut out some important info. 200 seems logical.

Guys can someone have a word with Marky? I know he put in a lot of work running the league and all, but he's left a very insulting offer for Rashford on my page, how am I meant to respond to that?

Sorry Bam, i'll retract it.

Anyone selling a top quality striker?

Rashford?

I've got Dybala, Martial, Fekir and Iheanacho but dependent on what you're offering?

Whoever does the first domestic transfer here will forever be a legend.

Olly offering Federico Macheda for Rashford is exceptional work

I've got £3.5m fund wise, all of your strikers are above that I believe Hero so would have to be players, any you're interested in?

Fernando wrote:Formal Protest.

Denied.

Marky wrote:Olly offering Federico Macheda for Rashford is exceptional work

I can see the similarities. Rashford is Macheda v3, just several years later (James Wilson being v2).

http://www.skysports.com/share/10186908

A nice little piece on hero's adopted son Dybala if anyone wants to read it.

nadeem2099 wrote:http://www.skysports.com/share/10186908

A nice little piece on hero's adopted son Dybala if anyone wants to read it.

Doing my PR for me there, nice work Nadz!

He is absolute quality though!

"It's not easy to compare Pogba and Dybala. They have different positions on the pitch, but I really think Dybala has been the more incisive player in Serie A this season.
"Dybala has become the leader of the team, not only because he has scored more but in his influence on the side. I can firmly say his performances have been to a higher standard than Pogba, and more consistently."

That's my fave bit

Yeah I rate him highly. He's being compared to Tevez who was Juve’s best players last season. But a whole lot better looking.

"Dybala is very similar to Tevez in his style of play. He can play as a classic striker or as a forward free to roam on the flanks or in the middle, where I think he is best.

"He is in and out of defenders, never giving them a reference point as to where he will move next, both with and without the ball.

"Like Tevez, he is useful in the non-possession phase, pressing opponents high up the pitch.

"He is lethal in one-on-ones with the goalkeeper, has a superb first touch in front of goal and will shoot before the 'keeper has had a chance to set himself, like his goal against Manuel Neuer in the Champions League last week."

I have the two top goalscorers in the league. Cavani and Aboubakar can go for monster offers, as they are monster players.

El Ghazi could also go for the right deal. I'm after a winger.

Viva is a huge fan of ABUbakar

I don't think he can operate as the exclusive striker, think he needs someone to bounce off which is why I'm pairing him up with Martial as I reckon IRL that'd be a great combination.

Yeah that's a good partnership. Martial needs to play more centrally irl though if you want him to get higher ratings than on the left wing though.

What music do you guys listen to? I'm after a couple of new albums, i have 3 months free google music.

I've been listening to demi lovato and halsey today, love their albums.

I listen to any tbh. Just open Spotify and stick it on random song. But that crappy Zayne - Pillowtalk keeps playing every other track

If you like rap Trebs, check out Logics album called The incredible true story.

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Put a bit of Spandau Ballet on

Marky wrote:Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

I match your Sledgehammer and raise you Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting.

Azzy wrote:

Fernando wrote:Formal Protest.

Denied.

Informal Protest

Im doing Lawyers now so can someone do mine

Fernando wrote:

Azzy wrote:

Fernando wrote:Formal Protest.

Denied.

Informal Protest

Denied. I need your official answer.

Azzy wrote:

Fernando wrote:

Azzy wrote:

Fernando wrote:Formal Protest.

Denied.

Informal Protest

Denied. I need your official answer.

No i decline to provide one

Lawyers are ready until someone provides me with some their not going up

I can do yours if you want?

i don't mind who does them. It's all we're waiting on

There were 34 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Hector Bellerin
   
2. Javier Hernandez
   
3. Ben Davies
   
4. Petr Cech
   
5. Charles Aranguiz
   
   
6. Right Back
   
7. Central Midfield
   
   
   
8. Centre Back
   
9. Alberto Paloschi
   
10. Attacking Midfielders
    
11. Younes Belhanda
    
12. Almen Abdennour
    
13. Alisson
    
14. Gonzalo Castro
    
15. Aleksandr Dragovic
    
    
16. Serdar Tasci
    
    
17. Manuel Lanzini
    
18. Charlie Daniels
    
19. Jesus Gamez
    
20. Ruben Neves
    
21. Alex Meier
    
22. Forwards
    
23. Fabian Schar
    
    
24. Saul Niguez
    
25. Kevin Kampl
    
26. Left Back
    
27. Dimitri Payet
    

Timestamp: 2016-03-01 15:14:07 UTC, IP: 195.62.222.38


Don't know how to find them out in euros though.

I just use the German TM page Lawyers for Week 2 are now up.

How do you get to that, was looking from the one it directs me to but couldn't find a way to swap over.

When in doubt just google.

Hero wrote:How do you get to that, was looking from the one it directs me to but couldn't find a way to swap over.

It's really easy TBH.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lionel-messi/profil/spieler/28003

£90m

Change the ".co.uk" to ".com" in the address bar

http://www.transfermarkt.com/lionel-messi/profil/spieler/28003

€120m

Ah cheers, also worked out I can just type transfermarkt.de into Google and that does it.

Renato Sanches £10m lawyer offer, makes my £5m bid for a 600k player at the time now look worth it

Hero wrote:Renato Sanches £10m lawyer offer, makes my £5m bid for a 600k player at the time now look worth it

Sell sell sell, he's not going to actually move anywhere until the summer at the earliest, best chance of him making it big time is at the Euros.