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:

Got tictacs in from Marky and Azzy so far.

I sent mime in to olly.

I've just looked back and some of the United chants were nasty last night, but how many Liverpool fans do you hear singing about Munich.

There's bad fans in every fanbase, its a question of what sort of chanting is appropriate and how do you police it. Most chants have swearing in them, should they all be banned?

Tactics in to Hero, good lucky Azzy

Thanks Nando for the luck, I might need it.

Good luck to you also, I will be writing my tactics tonight.

Trebs and anyone what do you think of my team now?

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Vrsaljko - Matip - Rudiger - Ansaldi
--------Verratti---Herrera-----------
---------------Thiago------------------
Ziyech------Batshuayi---------Nolito

McLaren sacked.

Speaking of managers, i wonder when we will announce our new manager..

I'd say 99% of people who use "Manure" to reference "Man U" aren't doing it to have a dig at Duncan Edwards or any of the Busby Babes, it's just because Manure sounds a bit like Man U and it's saying Man U are sh*t.

And I'm almost certain Viva knows that but still uses it as a stick to beat Nadz with because Nadz rightly criticised the Man U fans last night.

Marky wrote:I'd say 99% of people who use "Manure" to reference "Man U" aren't doing it to have a dig at Duncan Edwards or any of the Busby Babes, it's just because Manure sounds a bit like Man U and it's saying Man U are sh*t.

And I'm almost certain Viva knows that but still uses it as a stick to beat Nadz with because Nadz rightly criticised the Man U fans last night.

I back this up 100%.

I had no idea it was a reference to Duncan Edwards. It isn't in my case. It's because it sounds a bit like Man U and implies their Poopie. A bit like Liverpoo.

I don't think it can be thought of as a reference to Edwards anymore. It has moved on from being that imo

I don't think for a second that Nads meant it in that sense

Aeroplane wings, chants etc from both sides are sick, but it does seem to me that the misdoings of Liverpool fans are glossed over by the media

I never knew it was a reference to Edwards until this morning and just thought it was a dig at us being s**t, which we are.

Liverpool fans are just deluded.

If you wanted my generalisms, and even if you don't, here's how I consider different sets of fans (by no means all or even a majority though):

Liverpool - most blinkered, rose tinted.
Man Utd - most spoilt/ precious (can't hear a bad word about their team)
Everton - most deluded about size of their club
Chelsea - worst place to visit as an away fan as they are nasty. Most chavvy.
Stoke - nearly on a par with Chelsea.

Best set of fans from an away trip - West Ham

For that last one, potentially Swansea.

Apologies to anyone that was offended by my words,  even if viva took them out of context like he always does It might just be me but I like giving nicknames to teams to take the urine out of them. Teams like Arseanal, Chelski, Farcelona and Manchester Sh*tty are just other to examples etc. But viva is from Bumingham , the city you get your back doors smashed in

FIFA Diva wrote:How about fans who throw coins at players? Where do you stand on that Azzy?

Every team where proof can be found that their fan/fans threw a coin at a player or official:

- £100,000 fine
- Loss of any points earned from that fixture
- Life ban for fan or, if fan cannot be identified, stadium closure for first home game of following season

Repeat offenders would get the following increases:

- £250k fine (2nd time), £500k fine (3rd time), £1m fine (4th and subsequent times)
- Loss of any points earned in that fixture, plus one additional point deducted
- Stadium closures - two games, three games, four games etc.

If the fan is found to be of a different team - say, a Villa fan throwing a coin from the West Brom end - Villa would be punished with the fine and life ban for the fan / stadium ban, with Albion also fined for failing to control fans but not losing their points.

Albion fans have been atrocious towards United in the past. If that Edwards one is true, shame on us. I've been at The Hawthorns when we've done the Dambusters theme with our arms out wide - only team we've ever done that to is United, singing 'yam yam yam yam yam yam yam yam yam', which is a local dialect but doesn't make the act okay.

My son wants to be an Arsenal fan anyway.

Sorry for my behaviour this week lads, I've just checked and found I had Judge Dredd mode engaged. Have now switched it off.

I always thought Duncan Edwards was the swimmer.

No that's goodhew

Duncan Edwards was that triple jumper

Big game this weekend Afro

Tactics in. Good luck marky (your gonna need it with Lewa injured)

I remember when Swansea were in the same league as Macc, one of the few games as a Macc fan where the opposing fans tore up the town on the way back to the train station (other time being Oxford Utd fans).

Anyone have any thoughts on the team I posted earlier by the way? Just interested.

Amazing midfield but I worry in regards to physicality (despite Verratti being a terrier), still perhaps a tad light in attack, defence is run of the mill.

Hero wrote:I remember when Swansea were in the same league as Macc, one of the few games as a Macc fan where the opposing fans tore up the town on the way back to the train station (other time being Oxford Utd fans).

Much friendlier when we went to Swansea. Might have been because it was a hot sunny day and the game had nothing riding on it. Very relaxed, summer holiday type atmosphere.

Miky - I know. I'm hoping England win, but it's going to be close. Wales are a tough team.

I actually meant Everton v Chelsea but yeah that's a big game too.

I know. I'm not confident TBH. We have a virus sweeping through the squad and going to be missing a handful of usual starters. Plus we'll probably go two nil up, Martinez will take off our best two players and bring on a couple of extra wingers and we'll lose 3-2

Miky, I think you need a physical midfielder and a right winger to improve. The side is getting stronger though.

Thanks for the feedback both.

Yeah Afro I'm not always confident of going to Goodison, you are usually good at home whenever we play you so I always expect it to be tough.

When's the cricket world cup starting and are shahid afridi Mohammed asif sangkara and chris Gayle playing?

I'll open mine up to feedback as well then being as I'm not playing this week.

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Hysaj-----------Tah/Sule--------Kimmich-----Willems
-----------Pogba---Weigl/Neves/Dahoud-------------
Sane-----------------------------------------Coman
-----------------Fekir-------Lukaku-----------------

Miky - our form at Goodison is shocking this year. 16 points from 15 league games!!!!

Viva - first stage has already started but the big boys start next week 16th. Gayle and Afridi yes. Sangakarra has retired. Asif the cheat not playing.

I don't just mean this season though Afro but that isn't usually what you expect at Goodison.

Everton have been poo on the whole this year - would imagine Martinez goes in the summer with this new owner in

Away we've been alright. Only lost once on the road, to Arsenal. Just at Goodison we've been Poopie

Tactics sent to Olly, goodluck Nando

Lukaku x2

Hero wrote:Lukaku x2

That first was a cracker. Typical Lukaku.

He's a beast!!!

Well today has worked out well with Saul/Payet & Martial on the scoresheet & Castro setting up goals

Cavani x2

#DrunkTrebs

Just waiting for Viva to come on and say "Ibra x4"

Just got Janssen in as back up striker, surprised no one else has snapped him up, 13 goals in his last 10 games.

Will send my tactics and do results tonight

Hero wrote:Just got Janssen in as back up striker, surprised no one else has snapped him up, 13 goals in his last 10 games.

Matt Janssen? Didn't realise he was still playing.

You don't have a game Olly, you don't need to send tactics dude.

Marky wrote:

Hero wrote:Just got Janssen in as back up striker, surprised no one else has snapped him up, 13 goals in his last 10 games.

Matt Janssen? Didn't realise he was still playing.

No, this guy: http://www.espnfc.co.uk/dutch-eredivisie/11/blog/post/2813252/vincent-janssen-drawing-ruud-van-nistelrooy-comparisons

Scored another 4 goals since the article was written as well.

Just remember that 1 Eredivisie goal = 0.25 real goals

So what was the best FA Cup goal of the weekend?

Lukaku's 1st v Chelsea
Payet v Man U
Guedioura v Arsenal

Lukaku, he tore apart four players on his way.

Lukaku, despite his big frame he danced through the Chelsea box for a joke. Payet goal was mad, to beat a keeper of De gea class from that range takes some doing.

If United don't win the FA Cup I hope Everton do, I would hate to see a London based team win it.

FIFA Diva wrote:Lukaku, despite his big frame he danced through the Chelsea box for a joke. Payet goal was mad, to beat a keeper of De gea class from that range takes some doing.

If United don't win the FA Cup I hope Everton do, I would hate to see a London based team win it.

And if Everton don't win the cup, I hope United do alright too