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This Week's Fixtures

Week 7	_________	Voter 1	_________	Voter 2	_________	Voter 3
Fußball v Cape-Coat Mysterious Dwarfs	_________	Twist	_________	Marky	_________	Hero
Shakhtar Senseless v Kalamazoo Outrage	_________	Tino	_________	Twist	_________	Nando
Ebbsfleet United v Deportivo Wanka	_________	Olly	_________	Tino	_________	Miky
Fiorentina Turner v Olympique Marswag	_________	Trebs	_________	Olly	_________	Bam
SAS v Deportivo Moron	_________	Marky	_________	Trebs	_________	Afro

This Week's Key Deadlines

Deadlines

Tuesday - Lawyers announced at midday
Wednesday Evening - Injuries to be announced
Thursday Midnight - Squad lockout for that gameweek
Friday - Releases and Tp's open again

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Team	_________	Manager
Kalamazoo Outrage	_________	Hero
Cape-Coast Mysterious Dwarfs	_________	Afro
Shakhtar Senseless	_________	Marky
Ebbsfleet United	_________	Twist
SAS	_________	Olly
Olympique Marswag	_________	Miky
Fußball	_________	Trebs
Deportivo Wanka	_________	Nando
Deportivo Moron	_________	Bam
Fiorentina Turner	_________	Tino

Match	_________	Transfer	_________	Other
Fixtures	_________	Lawyers	_________	Rules
Table	_________	Foreigns	_________	Youth Rules
Injuries	_________	Releases	_________	Press Conferences
	_________	Confirmation	_________
	_________	Loans	_________

Afro wrote:I see your point Bam, and at this time you could be right.

I just think you should be performing better for longer to earn the call up. Getting selected for England should be difficult and players should need to work hard for it, and even harder to stay in the squad.

Might make a difference to the team's performance if it wasn't so easy to get selected.

It's easy to say that, but if Southgate picks the same names again then people will have a go and say it's too much based on legacy and not current form. He can't win because he doesn't have the pool to pick from.

It kind of reminds me of our games. there's some other leagues which rely too much on legacy ratings, but on the other hand on here in the past we've been too quick to say players are over the hill IMO.

Pirlo had turned 32 before people accepted he was half decent

I agree with the devalued caps bit, but think that's different from a call up

In an ideal world, with a competent coach and a strong established core of 16-18 players, I would be happy for a couple of very promising youngsters being brought into the squad - give them the experience of the England set up, but they aren't going to play

They almost have something to aspire to in this scenario

It works very well in rugby, with NZ and England using it most notably on kids who are never going to start the Test matches, but are seen as future superstars

Obviously with the clown we currently have in charge, its not really a step up from the club environment

I just think its a slight cop-out giving it to Southgate...I think the national manager should be someone who has achieved something in domestic football.....bit hard to inspire winners when you've done feck all other than a Pizza hut advert

Brooksey79 wrote:like the old days it was harder to get out the squad than in it

And we used to limp out of major tournaments at the quarter finals, not the group stages

those halycon days

Brooksey79 wrote:those halycon days

Do like a bit of Ellie Goulding

who

Just looked at our Euro 96 squad and ages. Surprisingly young. Most of them were under 25.

Morning all.

Who's running sheep today?

farmers probably

Good signing Hero. Got two I'm lining up after lawyers and weekend matches.

If we do lemmings rather than sheep then I will do it

Lemmings is acceptable.

Lemmings it is then. Remember you want to pick the most obscure answer. Lowest total wins. A wrong answer gets a 10 point penalty. Answers pmed to me.

1. A day of the week

2. A word in the first line of "God Save the Queen"

3. A film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp

4. A country of mainland South America

5. A Non English footballer who has scored 100 Premier League goals or more

6. A US president in the last 50 years

7. Black or White?

TwisT wrote:Lemmings it is then. Remember you want to pick the most obscure answer. Lowest total wins. A wrong answer gets a 10 point penalty. Answers pmed to me.

1. A day of the week

2. A word in the first line of "God Save the Queen"

3. A film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp

4. A country of mainland South America

5. A Non English footballer who has scored 100 Premier League goals or more

6. A US president in the last 50 years

7. Black or White?

Are we allowed to Google or do we do it off the top of our head?

Tactics in

Prefer not to Google but not like I would know either way. I thought I picked questions that have fairly obvious answers

Just remember that if a lot of you pick obscure answers after Googling you will end up with a high score. So it may not help

Good luck Marky

Lemmings in

Just put my lemmings answers in. Do you want to send some answers to me twist so you can play along?

Mine are in x

Can't now Trebs as have been putting replies in a spreadsheet but thank you

So far of the ones I have everyone picked a different day of the week.

Craig David would be proud

I'm going to push the boat out and say that you have received no more than 7.

Don't ask me how I know that, it's a secret

Got 6 so far.

Of the days.... 2 days still haven't been picked

Just sent mine

need to make my signings, not sure what I want

Any more? Got 8 now

right I lost track

anyone want these at above their lawyer bids before I send off on their way

• 20 LW Leon Bailey £10,900,000.00
• 15 CM Roque Mesa £11,900,000.00

Brooksey79 wrote:need to make my signings, not sure what I want

You want to come and get some bargains over at fußball

How long you running lemmings for? Im in meetings for the next couple of hours

Run it until 1pm?

Dzeko and Belotti should have enough goals in them to get me away from last place

Doing results now

Unless you can submit them now Miky?

Time up

1. A day of the week

Marky = Wednesday (2) Running Total = 2
Trebs = Saturday (1) Running Total = 1
Olly = Friday (1) Running Total = 1
Afro = Thursday (1) Running Total = 1
Hero = Tuesday (3) Running Total = 3
Tino = Wednesday (2) Running Total = 2
Nadz = Tuesday (3) Running Total = 3
BamBam = Tuesday (3) Running Total = 3

2. A word in the first line of "God Save the Queen"

Marky = Save (2) Running Total = 4
Trebs = Gracious (1) Running Total = 2
Olly = God (2) Running Total = 3
Afro = Our (2) Running Total = 3
Hero = God (2) Running Total = 5
Tino = Our (2) Running Total = 4
Nadz = The (allowed the Sex Pistols version lol) (1) Running Total = 4
BamBam = Save (2) Running Total = 5

3. A film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp

Marky = Pirates of Caribbean (10 - can't find Burton ever directing this) Running Total = 14
Trebs = Corpse Bride (2) Running Total = 4
Olly = Edward Scissorhands (1) Running Total = 4
Afro = Sweeney Todd (3) Running Total = 6
Hero = Corpse Bride (2) Running Total = 7
Tino = Sweeney Todd (3) Running Total = 7
Nadz = Sweeney Todd (3) Running Total = 7
BamBam = Alice in Wonderland (1) Running Total = 6

4. A country of mainland South America

Marky = Argentina (1) Running Total = 15
Trebs = Venezuela (2) Running Total = 6
Olly = Uruguay (1) Running Total = 5
Afro = Suriname (1) Running Total = 7
Hero = Bolivia (1) Running Total = 8
Tino = Chile (2) Running Total = 9
Nadz = Chile (2) Running Total = 9
BamBam = Venezuela (2) Running Total = 8

5. A Non English footballer who has scored 100 Premier League goals or more

Marky = Thierry Henry (1) Running Total = 16
Trebs = Ryan Giggs (2) Running Total = 8
Olly = Sergio Aguero (2) Running Total = 7
Afro = Ryan Giggs (2) Running Total = 9
Hero = Robbie Keane (3) Running Total = 11
Tino = Robbie Keane (3) Running Total = 12
Nadz = Sergio Aguero (2) Running Total = 11
BamBam = Robbie Keane (3) Running Total = 11

6. A US president in the last 50 years

Marky = George Bush Sr (1) Running Total = 17
Trebs = Donald Trump (2) Running Total = 10
Olly = Donald Trump (2) Running Total = 9
Afro = Gerald Ford (1) Running Total = 10
Hero = Lyndon B Johnson (1) Running Total = 12
Tino = Richard Nixon (1) Running Total = 13
Nadz = JFK (10 - was more than 50 years ago) Running Total = 21
BamBam = Jimmy Carter (1) Running Total = 12

7. Black or White?

Marky = White (4) Running Total = 21
Trebs = Black (4) Running Total = 14
Olly = Black (4) Running Total = 13
Afro = White (4) Running Total = 14
Hero = Black (4) Running Total = 16
Tino = White (4) Running Total = 17
Nadz = Black (4) Running Total = 25
BamBam = White (4) Running Total = 16

So Olly is the winner! Trebs and Afro joint second.

nice work

Saving that spreadsheet so I can do it easily next time

So if Tim Burton had directed the Pirates... films I'd have won

My personal fave was Nadz's first answer for the President...

President KFC.

With a brill score as well

I still think he thought "the" is first line of national anthem but as he was going to be last anyway I let him off

How did nobody else go for edward scissorhands!

I think everyone probably tried to go for the more obscure answers and left the more obvious one.

Well played Olly

spose I best do tactics

Pretty pleased with this with all the transfer rumours going around. Even though I dont have a star player anymore. Playing Zlatan up front and hope Lukakus dry patch continues!

------------------------Handanovic------------------------
Trippier------Bartra----Martinez-----Kolarov
-----------------Goretzka----Bender----------------
--------Neres-----------Ljajic--------Brandt-------
-----------------------------Zlatan------------------------

All tactics are up now

Morning all