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This Week's Fixtures

Week 9
Perth Morning Glory v Melbourne Victory
Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar
Melbourne City v Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets
Central Coast v Sid Knee FC  

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Links

https://www.twitch.tv/hero606v2

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VM9eIonYMyXCXpQOBjAJylh3wihazcw8RKtLLHiD8HI/htmlview#gid=1996389080

Team	_________	Manager
Adelaide United	_________	Hero
Brisbane Roar	_________	Fluxy
Central Coast Mariners	_________	Olly
Melbourne City	_________	Twist
Melbourne Victory	_________	Afro
Newcastle Jets	_________	Nadz
Perth Glory	_________	Marky
Sid Knee CF	_________	Nando
Wellington Phoenix	_________	Bam
WS Wanderers	_________	Tino

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Match	_________	Transfer	_________	Other
Fixtures	_________	Lawyers	_________	Rules
Table	_________	Foreigns	_________	Youth Rules
Injuries	_________	Releases	_________	Press Conferences
Tactics	_________	Confirmation	_________
Results	_________		_________
Yellow Cards	_________		_________

Anyone wanna beat my £198m lawyers offer for Jimmy Smith?

Hero wrote:Injuries

85 - Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) - £27m
84 - Kyle Walker (Man City) - £45m
84 - Claudio Marchisio (Zenit) - £6.3m

That hinders my plans to change formation a bit

Anyone want to buy Walker and Matuidi..... Injured this week

Congratulations everyone on actually getting to the final week of S3, its a very rare occurance

The introduction of FIFA has really made a difference imo

I think if we had stuck with an old fashioned voting league, we wouldn't have made it through season 2

Would be good to keep at least a full house for the new season and if possible entice others in, reckon a few that got bored of the management system over the years could enjoy it if they gave it a go.

Also on another note, does anyone else that has FIFA 19 fancy typing up all the tactic options that are now available for players/teams?

Haven't bought it yet. Probably getting our kid an Xbox One for Xmas, so going to wait until then

I haven't bought it either, bought Spiderman and waiting for RDR2 instead

I'm getting RDR2 as well, looks so good!

Yeah, would be good to get others in

Is Miky interested in returning? I can't imagine Trebs will come back but if we get Miky + 1 more that would be a good number assuming everyone in the league at the moment returns

Any of your rugby chums also keen on proper ball shaped games?

Hero wrote:Any of your rugby chums also keen on proper ball shaped games?

Are you still talking FIFA?

The rugby game died a death on here, don't think many of them are into rounder balls

Personally I blame the new league runner, who took over after a few very successful years. His name may or may not rhyme with Buxy ......

Its a shame Kante got injured, I was looking forward to hawking him off to the highest bidder

Hero wrote:Would be good to keep at least a full house for the new season and if possible entice others in, reckon a few that got bored of the management system over the years could enjoy it if they gave it a go.

Also on another note, does anyone else that has FIFA 19 fancy typing up all the tactic options that are now available for players/teams?

I have Fifa 19, and I'm home alone from Friday for a week, so quite likely I could do this over the weekend if nobody else can do it earlier.

BamBam wrote:The rugby game died a death on here, don't think many of them are into rounder balls

Personally I blame the new league runner, who took over after a few very successful years. His name may or may not rhyme with Buxy ......

Could have been more creative and said suxy... 

CJB possibly was into football, but don't really speak to the other guys anymore. 

Miss the old rugby league, but had the same issue I imagine with this league before FIFA - everyone has their own opinion, yet can be swayed by others etc.

Anyway, the downfall was more down to Chris/Matt/Wisden/Cotswoldwolf/CF... 

Didn't one guy go rogue and create a 2nd account then started swapping players between the two team?

Tactics in.


That title is as good as yours Olly.

Hero wrote:Didn't one guy go rogue and create a 2nd account then started swapping players between the two team?

He did indeed

Marky wrote:Tactics in.

Benzema
Muller
Payet ----------------- Martins
Mata
Matic - Modric
Laporte - Kompany - Howedes
De Gea

That title is as good as yours Olly.

MMMidfield

if anyone wants Shaqiri or Carrasco (possibly douglas too) let me know

Tactics in.

Good luck Marky, Olly and Hero

Regarding the FIFA 19 reboot, is there no chance of doing a draft, or having the option to shape our squad a lot before GW1?

I think the draft is a no-go because of the set-up work that will fall on Hero. It is something that only he can do as he is running the games.

We could have the option of shaping our squads a bit more, but for me personally I'd prefer not too. I think getting an existing squad, needing to work with what you inherit and then developing over time is a good thing. Its a bit more realistic too as it is what any new managers has to do in real life.

On the choice of league, I was thinking about that a bit more.

Whilst I like the choice of starting as low as possible, I do wonder about keeping the initial interest. Somewhere like the Japanese league might be hard to relate to as most will not have heard of the majority of places or players.

Might be better to go for somewhere a bit more relatable?

League 2?

I was having similar thoughts Afro

By way of a compromise for those who want a draft, what if each manager was allowed to make a couple of draft picks after we have selected teams?

This could be either a completely free draft, or from a selected pool of players, both in line with the TM/rating caps we go for. Could be run either as a snake draft or give each manager a "draft budget" and we could hold an auction, still limiting it to a max of say 2/3 new players each

Should go with lower half Championship teams as the league imo

I'd go lower than that.

League 2 looks a good shout. Places and teams people know, low starting point.

Name	ATT	MID	DEF	OVR
MK Dons	66	62	64	65
Mansfield Town	65	63	64	64
Colchester	64	65	64	64
Lincoln City	64	64	65	64
Exeter City	64	64	64	64
Notts County	63	64	63	64
Bury	64	64	62	63
Forest Green	64	64	62	63
Northampton	64	63	61	63
Grimsby Town	66	61	62	62
Cheltenham Town	64	61	62	62
Swindon Town	63	61	62	62
Oldham Athletic	62	63	61	62
Yeovil Town	62	62	63	62
Port Vale	62	61	61	62
Crawley Town	60	63	61	62
Carlisle United	55	61	63	62
Tranmere Rovers	63	61	60	61
Stevenage	62	61	60	61
Cambridge Utd	61	62	60	61
Newport County	59	61	60	61
Morecambe	63	60	58	60
Crewe Alexandra	62	58	59	60
Macclesfield	60	59	60	60

I'll have at look and add team TM values now

How about a half way house regarding a draft?
Allow a handful of players to be drafted into the league before it kicks off, then it gives managers a bit more of their stamp on their team but it's not a total overhaul for me?
Was thinking perhaps 5 players per team?
Happy to go with one of the lower leagues England wise, if we do though can we do it alphabetically within the given league, reason being is with the Aussie league it makes it dead quick to move between the clubs with there being only 10 teams, choosing one with 24 teams and they're all over the place would make it a bit more of a faff, know it's only a small amount of time but when you're having to swap every trade about each week, add in the tactics for every team and then stream the games those little seconds do add up!

Values added and sorted alphabetically!

Name	ATT	MID	DEF	OVR	TM Value (£m)
Bury	64	64	62	63	3.83
Cambridge Utd	61	62	60	61	1.98
Carlisle United	55	61	63	62	2.34
Cheltenham Town	64	61	62	62	2.43
Colchester	64	65	64	64	1.6
Crawley Town	60	63	61	62	2.54
Crewe Alexandra	62	58	59	60	2.05
Exeter City	64	64	64	64	3.13
Forest Green	64	64	62	63	2.68
Grimsby Town	66	61	62	62	2.84
Lincoln City	64	64	65	64	4.1
Macclesfield	60	59	60	60	1.51
Mansfield Town	65	63	64	64	3.94
MK Dons	66	62	64	65	5.4
Morecambe	63	60	58	60	2.05
Newport County	59	61	60	61	1.6
Northampton	64	63	61	63	3.83
Notts County	63	64	63	64	3.4
Oldham Athletic	62	63	61	62	3.98
Port Vale	62	61	61	62	2
Stevenage	62	61	60	61	1.58
Swindon Town	63	61	62	62	2.88
Tranmere Rovers	63	61	60	61	1.96
Yeovil Town	62	62	63	62	1.8

Need two more people in the league so I can have Macc!

Hero wrote:How about a half way house regarding a draft?
Allow a handful of players to be drafted into the league before it kicks off, then it gives managers a bit more of their stamp on their team but it's not a total overhaul for me?
Was thinking perhaps 5 players per team?
Happy to go with one of the lower leagues England wise, if we do though can we do it alphabetically within the given league, reason being is with the Aussie league it makes it dead quick to move between the clubs with there being only 10 teams, choosing one with 24 teams and they're all over the place would make it a bit more of a faff, know it's only a small amount of time but when you're having to swap every trade about each week, add in the tactics for every team and then stream the games those little seconds do add up!

Maybe one player at each position group - so one GK, one defender, one midfielder, one striker - would work for the little mini draft and get people rolling in terms of turning over their team, but not really overhauling it early?

Also happy to do English League two or League one - and whatever teams make it easiest for you.

Bottom 10 looks good for the closeness of overall ratings, but top 10 is closer on TM values.

Either is fine with me and happy with any team from either list

I'm gonna say it.

If we do League 2 and I'm not Crawley, I quit.

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:

Maybe one player at each position group - so one GK, one defender, one midfielder, one striker - would work for the little mini draft and get people rolling in terms of turning over their team, but not really overhauling it early?

5 felt too many, but Olly's suggestion seems fair.

I assume it is with a cap of some form for FIFA rating?

Hero wrote:Need two more people in the league so I can have Macc!

Well you could always have Macc, but it's your own seconds you will be eating into!!!

Marky wrote:I'm gonna say it.

If we do League 2 and I'm not Crawley, I quit.

First 9 plus Macc Town in League 2 it is then

Lets see if we can get some extra numbers in. Would be good to have a slightly larger league if we can.

I will set-up a separate page for people to sign up on so we can see numbers. Can someone try and drum up interest on other 606 pages and on Ja606

how are Grimsby so highly rated they're absolute five knuckle shuffle haah

Macc Town, worst team on Fifa (league 2, not sure about overall), worst value on TM, worst team in RL.
Bring it on.

We also should consider what tweaks we want to make e.g. yellow cards, agree price money up front, performance related sponsorships etc

Hero wrote:How about a half way house regarding a draft?
Allow a handful of players to be drafted into the league before it kicks off, then it gives managers a bit more of their stamp on their team but it's not a total overhaul for me?
Was thinking perhaps 5 players per team?
!

Wow, that sounds like a great idea .....

BamBam wrote:I was having similar thoughts Afro

By way of a compromise for those who want a draft, what if each manager was allowed to make a couple of draft picks after we have selected teams?

This could be either a completely free draft, or from a selected pool of players, both in line with the TM/rating caps we go for. Could be run either as a snake draft or give each manager a "draft budget" and we could hold an auction, still limiting it to a max of say 2/3 new players each

BamBam wrote:

Hero wrote:How about a half way house regarding a draft?
Allow a handful of players to be drafted into the league before it kicks off, then it gives managers a bit more of their stamp on their team but it's not a total overhaul for me?
Was thinking perhaps 5 players per team?
!

Wow, that sounds like a great idea .....

BamBam wrote:I was having similar thoughts Afro

By way of a compromise for those who want a draft, what if each manager was allowed to make a couple of draft picks after we have selected teams?

This could be either a completely free draft, or from a selected pool of players, both in line with the TM/rating caps we go for. Could be run either as a snake draft or give each manager a "draft budget" and we could hold an auction, still limiting it to a max of say 2/3 new players each

Great minds and all

Marky wrote:I'm gonna say it.

If we do League 2 and I'm not Crawley, I quit.

Same

Joint managers for Crawley

I don't mind not being Crawley if Crawley aren't selected. I mean I'm not playing against them. And considering I'll actively be trying to sign Crawley players it's also gives someone a hold on me if I'm not them

I've shared the link on JA606 to see if we get any interest