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lads, do you all rate Darren Bent before I buy him?

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Take that as a no Luke?

Won't bother then but personally think he's up there with the best in the PL.

Don't take my word as gospel mate.

He's a finsher and nothing else IMO> And even then he misses some glaring opportunities. Saw him in the flesh too many times at Spurs - can't rememeber seeing a more disliked player at the Lane.

LukeLovesLuka wrote:Don't take my word as gospel mate.

He's a finsher and nothing else IMO> And even then he misses some glaring opportunities. Saw him in the flesh too many times at Spurs - can't rememeber seeing a more disliked player at the Lane.

I didn'tt think he would be rated tbh, I'm just going to have to aim higher with Bolton obviously. And you'd take him over any of your strikers now wouldn't you?

Inthefastlane lane - you wanna swap for Wigan?

Didnt think so

I personally think Bent is a top striker, top 10 in the prem for sure.

lol spose not Kam

I like Bent but only for the PL

In these leagues, there are alot better than him IMO

Waiting for foreigns

BoredUntilAugust wrote:And you'd take him over any of your strikers now wouldn't you?

Well i'd have him over Keane, but that's about it.

Not enough technical ability to play for us. Needs to be at a mid table club who play long ball primarily.

Will also add offers of 4m for Lescott + 7.5m for Johnson

Given - £10m (GG)
Lescott - £5m (Bathite)
Milner - £6m (otw)
Balotelli - £13m (andy)
Dzeko - £14m (andy)
A.Johnson
Kolarov - £7m (andy)
Zabaleta
Bridge
Onuoha
SWP
Bellamy

And i'd want at least £14m to lose Johnson

BoredUntilAugust wrote:It's a long shot but.. Are Bolton meant to be signing anyone world class in the next 24 hours?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13988656.stm

I'd have bought Pratley off you for 12m if he was confirmed yesterday...

I think I'm gonna have to cancel the Essien transfer and also maybe sack GloucesterBear. I don't want to do this but I don't want to see Chelsea ruined and everyone is trying to just nick their best players rather than considering what's best for a competitive league. I mean, he offered me £18m + Olsson for Essien, obviously an unfair deal, which I turned down. Don't see why other people are not kindly pointing out to someone with no experience in these games that they're conning them. I mean, get a good deal by all means but conning someone is not on.

Hodgey, are you going to have the 4 week injury rule you had on a previous league where 1 player is injured for 1 week, 1 for 2, 1 for 3 and 1 for 4. Injured players can be traded where they become fit for their new team.

This really increased activity since you needed to do deals to change key injured players.

Yes mate that injury idea is in the pipeline sir.

I genuinely don't think the deal is that bad.... with the cash there's Schwein, Xavi, Busquets, Cambiasso etc available.

Yeah but he has one foreign transfer a day and now needs to strengthen a position he didn't originally have to. Tiote isn't rated on this league, you know that. If you had Essien and I offered you Tiote + £25m, would you do it?

I wouldn't do it but as a newbie to this type of league it is a deal you might do thinking the £25m was a good price. I remember selling David Silva for £30m on my first league since it was a huge sum irl at those times. I only learned later that it was a bad move.

One option is to let the deal stand but give Chelsea 2 signings on the first day of foreigns so GloucesterBear can make use of the £25m whilst there are top players available. Monitor other deals with Chelsea whilst he gets up to speed with the league. He deserves a chance.

If I knew I could get one of the players I mentioned with the cash, then yes.

No you wouldn't otw. Not a chance.

onlytreblewinners wrote:If I knew I could get one of the players I mentioned with the cash, then yes.

There's a way to test this theory...

Your Newcastle. You have loads of transfers per day, you can easily sign one of the players you mentioned.

So...

Muamba + 25m = Essien

??

MOT.

Guv it's a good idea mate but I'm not sure the foreigns he will do will be up to scratch.

Hodgey

It's Win-Win

He agrees, I get Essien. He disagrees, we know he's bullshitting

EDIT: How did that word go through

I wouldn't sack Bear - he's made a mistake but can stick around. I do worry for him re foreigns though - he even said it would be a walk over for him

OTW, you've been in these leagues a long time so you have a responsibility to help out newcomers and make sure deals are fair.

If you thought the deal was fair, do MOT's deal. Muamba > Tiote so you'd be gaining.

Yeah ok he won't be sacked. But the transfer still needs sorting out because I either cancel the deal or give him 2 foreign transfers.

I doubt OTW would deal too...he is one of the hardest to deal with....and that's coming from me

Cancel it if you feel it's unfair. You've stated that in the rules to a league we've all signed up to - your right to do that.

Your call though.

I've given up dealing with OTW.. his ratings are just so far from the general ratings of this league it makes it hard to even build a foundation for a deal. For example, he'd pay £12 mil for Pratley - would anyone else do that?!

... I'm in a right grumpy mood today!

pullthestrings wrote:I wouldn't sack Bear - he's made a mistake but can stick around. I do worry for him re foreigns though - he even said it would be a walk over for him

OTW, you've been in these leagues a long time so you have a responsibility to help out newcomers and make sure deals are fair.

If you thought the deal was fair, do MOT's deal. Muamba > Tiote so you'd be gaining.

And I don't think he was serious about Pratley Pull. He's worth well more than 12m

"his ratings are just so far from the general ratings of this league it makes it hard to even build a foundation for a deal" -

I'm staying out of Pulls way :run2:

Kamran.

The Essien deal is cancelled. Chelsea receive Essien back, Newcastle £25m + Tiote back.

Hodgey - I think we ALL got the message

Kamran go away ya rat.

Say that again?

Jokes aside - I think we all should 'advise' newcomers.

These leagues are supposed to be for fun....don't wanna see anyone get ripped off

Exactly Kamran.

Chelsea players for sale.

Turnbull
Hilario
Ivanovic
Bosingwa
Ferreira
Alex
Van Aanholt
Benayoun
Mikel - Looking for quick sale on this idiot
Zhirkov
Sturridge
Torres/Anelka - Only for top class striker
Kakuta

kamran wrote:Jokes aside - I think we all should 'advise' newcomers.

These leagues are supposed to be for fun....don't wanna see anyone get ripped off

Im a newbie, i know my football, but advice on prices, ratings etc is much appreciated.

Gone for Valencia and Hernandez already in this league. Everton desparetly needed a RW and a CF and at £26m, i think those two are great signings, especially if Modric was £20m on his own.

Hoping that they are both rated and i have done ok there?

Can't believe that Essien deal, so we gonna cancel it or not Hodgey?



To be fair to Bear, I'm sure we all had a couple of shockers in our first leagues, its natural to do so before you know what your doing. I mean in your first ever league Hodgey foreigns started and I went onto Spurs page while they were going on to bid for Cudicini! haha

Oh and I'm probably gonna keep all my cash for foreigns so if any of the new lads need some advice on domestic transfers, I'll give you a hand

Oh and Bathite, I'd say those were very good deals, not only are both rated on here but it means you've got two less positions to think about in foreigns

Not played a football game before where it has taken off, so im a bit new on how the system works.

Didn't really look into my only foreign transfer, but I know my football I honestly do and should do well in this fingers crossed.

Tiote is a good player, and I was looking at money to get in two central midfielders but I guess that's a bad move at the start.

Bathite wrote:

kamran wrote:Jokes aside - I think we all should 'advise' newcomers.

These leagues are supposed to be for fun....don't wanna see anyone get ripped off

Im a newbie, i know my football, but advice on prices, ratings etc is much appreciated.

Gone for Valencia and Hernandez already in this league. Everton desparetly needed a RW and a CF and at £26m, i think those two are great signings, especially if Modric was £20m on his own.

Hoping that they are both rated and i have done ok there?

Bargain

Haha. He's rated amongst the best on here Modric (not to mention he's one of my fave players) and it saves me faffing around on foreigns signing a CAM. One less position to worry about.

Valencia and Herndandez are great signings btw mate

Bathite you've done well there mate.

Gloucester no problems mate. Just Essien is the best defensive midfielder on these games so to lose him at the start when you'd struggle to replace him in foreigns is suicidal. The deal has therefore been reversed.

What about Xabi Alonso he is better than Essien

Bathite - good deals mate
Hernandez ratings are going sky high
Valencia is a very good player

My football knowledge ain't that great - I need some advise at times

Not as an out-and-out DM, Alonso's considered more of a playmaker.

Given - £10m (GG)
Lescott - £5m (Bathite)
Milner - £6m (otw)
Balotelli - £13m (andy)
Dzeko - £14m (andy)
A.Johnson
Kolarov - £7m (andy)
Zabaleta
Bridge
Onuoha
SWP
Bellamy

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