The World League II

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You'd have been midtable in the premier league

Plus Viva blatently groped people.

FIFA Diva wrote:George Best was not English.

My bad, I meant Scottish.

Just in case you didn't see it on your page viva,  here are some reasons why Kouyate is better than Motta.

Kouyate is quicker
Kouyate is stronger
Kouyate is more of an aerial threat
Kouyate has more stamina
Kouyate is better at defending and tracking back

The only thing Motta is better at is passing, better reading of the game and more experience.

5 minute deadline on sheep.

I have answers from nadz, holymiky, viva, marky and bambam

5 minute deadline on sheep.

I have answers from nadz, holymiky, viva, marky and bambam

1. How many seasons will Jose complete as United boss?


2 seasons - 2
Trebs
BamBam

3 seasons - 3
Nadz
Holymiky
Marky

4 seasons - 1
Viva


2. Name a club Mourinho previously managed other than Chelsea.

Real Madrid - 5
Trebs
Nadz
Viva
BamBam
Marky

Porto - 1
Holymiky




Trebs - 7
BamBam - 7
Nadz - 8
Holymiky - 4
Marky - 8
Viva - 6

3. Name a player in the league you want to sign.

Reus - 1
Trebs

Casemiro - 1
Nadz

Griezmann - 1
Holymiky

Pogba - 1
Viva

Suarez - 1
BamBam

Neymar - 1
Marky


4. Name a film recently out at the cinema

Captain America Civil War - 2
Trebs
Holymiky

X Men - 3
Nadz
Viva
BamBam

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 1 (deserves -1 point IMO)
Marky

Trebs - 10
BamBam - 11
Nadz - 12
Holymiky - 7
Marky - 10
Viva - 10

5. Name a shade of blue

Royal Blue - 3
Trebs
Holymiky
Viva

Dark Blue - 1
Nadz

Navy Blue - 1
BamBam

Light Blue - 1
Marky

6. What am I having for my lunch today?


Sandwich - 3
Trebs (Ham)
Holymiky (Unspecified)
Viva (Cheese and Ham)


Cheese and Onion Pasty - 1
Nadz

Fish and Chips (I wish!) - 1
BamBam

Burger King - 1
Marky


Trebs - 16
BamBam - 13
Nadz - 14
Holymiky - 13
Marky - 12
Viva - 16

7. Name a football league club

Derby County - 1
Trebs

Bradford - 1
Nadz

MK Dons - 1
Holymiky

Aston Villa - 1
Viva

Brighton - 1
BamBam

Crawley Town - 1
Marky


Going into the final question, surely there's only one answer you can give for the disappointment of the Euros?

Trebs - 17
Viva - 17
Nadz - 15
BamBam - 14
Holymiky - 14
Marky - 13

8. Who will be the biggest failures at the Euros?


England
Nadz
Holymiky
Viva
Marky

Wales
Trebs

France
BamBam


Viva - 21
Nadz - 19
Holymiky - 18
Trebs - 18
Marky - 17
BamBam - 15

Congrats Viva

Viva should be deducted points for the sandwich question. You ate a HAM sandwich not a CHEESE and ham one. I'm the real

Personally I think it should be grouped together - like if someone else said a steak pasty I'd have put them in one - Miky didn't specify a sandwich type even/

If viva wants to accept the award then his victory will be tainted. Do the right thing viva and relinquish the title. I believe a man of your esteemed stature will do the right thing

Completely forgot about sheep and went and had a pub lunch instead.

My answers would have been...

1. How many seasons will Jose complete as United boss? 2
2. Name a club Mourinho previously managed other than Chelsea.  Real Madrid
3. Name a player in the league you want to sign.  Ousmane Dembele
4. Name a film recently out at the cinema X-Men
5. Name a shade of blue: Royal
6. What am I having for my lunch today? Scotch Egg with Piccalilli
7. Name a football league club: Crawley
8. Who will be the biggest failures at the Euros: Italy

I own Neymar but thought others would want him so said him

Who do i send tactics to?

Me

Think for the first time I can look at my sub bench and feel happy with it, and I've still got an additional player in reserve.

And your injuries weren't to your main players.

I just organised our work sweepstake, got England

I think though that even with an injury to one of the bigger names in my team such as Griezmann etc that I've got cover, sure it's not at the level of Griezmann but having the likes of Kimmich, Dahoud, Janssen, Iwobi, Willems etc on the bench is pretty good

I'm in a similar position on my bench, I have three players for sure on there that I would be happy starting the game.

I just want to ask something though, as it's the start of a new season. How important is home advantage? I feel like its something we should all be having the same view on. Is it something that doesn't really matter and is an afterthought? Or is it worth a goal and enough to change the game, turning a draw into a home win and a defeat into a draw? Getting opinions on this and a standard way to look at it would be great.

I must admit I always felt like it was but then I remember being told that it's neutral so not sure, good question Trebs.

It's definitely not neutral, otherwise there's no point having 2 fixtures.

Don't get me wrong I've always felt the advantage when I'm at home but I'm sure I remember someone saying it but who knows.

Probably someone who was away that week

I factored in home advantage on my predictions

Holymiky wrote:Morning.

Question of the day.

Favourite ever: 

Spanish player - Andres Iniesta/Fernando Hierro
French player - Thierry Henry,Robert Pires & Lillian Thuram & the Bayern LB i can't remember name lizarazu?
Italian player - Andrea Pirlo, Fabio Cannavaro, Roberto Baggio
Dutch player - Dennis Bergkamp
Brazilian player - Fat Ronaldo, Cafu,Lucio,Taffarel
Argentina - Gabriel Batistuta, Javier Zanetti
Portugal - Deco, Ricardo Carvalho, Rui Costa

They can be retired or still playing.

Afternoon, Viva should default sheep

Good shout on Cafu

He is the ultimate don of Football is Cafu.

Miky, just sent through my tactics to face Whowin, please ignore the ones to face Crawley!!

My tactics are in as well so maybe a result today?

I've got all tactics so may do them over the weekend but post them at midnight on Sunday so they are ready for Monday. More people will be online then most likely.

My tactics are in too

Forgot its bank Holiday on Monday isn't it.. Maybe I'll post them as soon as I can then.

I got tactics from Nadeem & Hero. So just Olly and Azzy left i believe.

Kind of glad I don't have to vote on Azzys game after the savage verbal attack I got last time for giving him the loss.

He'll be on the end of my ban hammer if he tries it with me...Provided he loses....

#SuckItAzzy.

Holymiky wrote:Kind of glad I don't have to vote on Azzys game after the savage verbal attack I got last time for giving him the loss.

You weren't savaged for giving me the loss, you were savaged for showing the mental aptitude of a six year old kid with downs in a wheelchair drooling down his face

Fernando wrote:I got tactics from Nadeem & Hero. So just Olly and Azzy left i believe.

I won't be doing them any time soon, haven't been online much this week and have family visiting.

Nadeem's 1st win in 2 seasons then....

Was going to say, I apologise to anyone who I have asked a lot of questions to on the league, I just like to get people's opinions that's all. I do appreciate all the answers too.

Fernando wrote:Nadeem's 1st win in 2 seasons then....

First of many long shall it continue! The Galacticos are upon us. Everybody watch out as I will become the new "Invincibles" of the current era. All you lot are SAWFT.

I now have tactics from everyone but Azzy. Just copy and paste some For the 1st time in 2 seasons Olly is on time and full tactics

It'd have to be the game v me wouldn't it!
Knew when I did the draw that it was immediately scuppering me, everyone else will get default wins, if (and it's an if) I get mine I'll have had to have earned it.

What happens if someone has more than 100 words in tactics?

I can't remember if we decided on anything.

My tactics were 114 words. I got it down from 140 but if I took out more words I wouldn't be able to get tactics for the whole team. 125 words should be the limit if we are doing limits.

Mines bang on 100 words (unless you're counting Fosu-Mensah as two words in which case f*ck you )

I thought it was a 1 goal punishment but depends how far over we're talking

126 words in this case

It's just the tactics bit isn't it? Not the subs as well?