Transfer Muppet Fantasy

[crappycraperson]

If I get it correctly.. this set of bids now should be valid -

Forwards
RVN - Open to bids
Raul - Open to bids
Kaka - Open to bids
Figo - 14m - Pol/Theon - 8.52 expiring midnight

Midfielders
Rui Costa - 10m - Aldo - 17.56 sold
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R.Keane- 27m-Aldo-13.10 expiring in 12 hrs
Pirlo - 16m - Aldo - 18.20

Gerrard - Open to bids


Defenders
Stam-17m-paceme-17:10 sold
Thiago Silva - 12m- Crappy -17.03 expiring in 12 hrs
R. Carlos - 20m - Crappy- 17.03 expiring in 12 hrs
Zanetti-16m-Edgalf - 18:20


Meaning -

Figo, Keane, Silva and Carlos are sold

 

[Balu]

No, crappy. It starts at 8 am and it's 12 hours or less from then on. You can't just end bids during the night without everyone knowing .

Figo is the next one to expire at 8.52 in the morning.

 

[crappycraperson]

No, crappy. It starts at 8 am and it's 12 hours or less from then on. You can't just end bids during the night without everyone knowing .

Figo is the next one to expire at 8.52 in the morning.

Bids have been there the whole day, we were just waiting for Edgar who came in saw the bids and said he was ok with it

 

[Balu]

Bids have been there the whole day, we were just waiting for Edgar who came in saw the bids and said he was ok with it

Yeah, but I would have bid on Figo last night then, I waited when I knew that I have until 8.52 this morning to make sure that Plan A definitely won't work out .

 

[Polaroid]

12 hrs it is then, all bids , new or raised from 0800 hrs BST follow 12 hr clock
Bids that came in before then will expire upon their 24 hr expiry or at 2000 hrs BST whichever is earlier

From now or before?

0800 is the cutoff where we switch to 12 hr timeline
For bids that came in before, please see above

 

[crappycraperson]

Forwards
RVN - Open to bids
Raul - Open to bids
Kaka - Open to bids
Figo - 14m - Pol/Theon - 8.52

Midfielders
R.Keane- 27m-Aldo-13.10
Pirlo - 16m - Aldo - 18.20

Gerrard - Open to bids


Defenders
Thiago Silva - 12m- Crappy -17.03
R. Carlos - 20m - Crappy- 17.03
Zanetti-16m-Edgalf - 18:20

Transfer Listed
Lewandowski
Ivanovic
Pessotto
Pedro
Felipe Luis
Marquez

 

[Polaroid]

Received pm from gandalf to raise bids

Forwards
RVN - Open to bids
Raul - Open to bids
Kaka - Open to bids
Figo - 16m - Edgalf - 06.40

Midfielders
R.Keane- 27m-Aldo-13.10
Pirlo - 16m - Aldo - 18.20

Gerrard - Open to bids


Defenders
Zanetti-16m-Edgalf - 18:20
T Silva 14m - Edgalf - 06.40
R Carlos 22m Edgalf 06.40

Transfer Listed
Lewandowski
Ivanovic
Pessotto
Pedro
Felipe Luis
Marquez[/QUOTE]

 

[Balu]

Does Gandalf know his budget? Or did he sell Zidane?

 

[crappycraperson]

@Polaroid

How is the 30m fine going to work here? Edgalf has just bid 68m when he has 35m left

 

[crappycraperson]

Does Gandalf know his budget? Or did he sell Zidane?

I for one would not be bidding on any of his players now. Let him get all of them, as per my understanding if he has not generated 33m by then, it would invoke a 30m fine - with him losing all 4 players.

 

[MJJ]

Forwards
RVN - Open to bids
Raul - Open to bids
Kaka - Open to bids
Figo - 16m - Edgalf - 06.40

Midfielders

Pirlo - 16m - Aldo - 18.20
R.Keane- 30m-MJJ-08:32

Gerrard - Open to bids


Defenders
Zanetti-16m-Edgalf - 18:20
T Silva 14m - Edgalf - 06.40
R Carlos 22m Edgalf 06.40

Transfer Listed
Lewandowski
Ivanovic
Pessotto
Pedro
Felipe Luis
Marquez
Emerson

@Aldo

 

[MJJ]

Nedved has been sold to Balu for 14m plus Giggs.

 

[Balu]

I got robbed there .

 

[MJJ]

Are we on the 12 hour clock or 24 hrs? Wasnt online much of the day so missed the discussion regarding it.

 

[Balu]

Stam to paceme, Giggs + 14m to MJJ, Nedved - 14m to Balu

Annahmoss - 11 players Ronaldo(BRA) 59M Xavi 66M, Busquets 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m, Dante 10M , Boateng 10m, Lewandowski 10M, Zabaleta 10M(Sold for 20mill to Kps88), Ramos(10 mill from EAP, 4 mill goes Aldo forEAP's dept to Aldo) Capdevila 10M, Ronaldo 59m= 2M

paceme - 12 players Iniesta (70=>89M), Robben 30M, Messi (115m), Gammara (20m), Jeremies (14m), Ljungberg 20m >>>Pedro, Scholl 22m, Samuel 22m, Lopez 10m, ivanovic 14m, Schweinsteiger 40m, Pessotto 10m, Lahm 20m, Evra 10m, Stam 17m = 5m

MJJ - 11 players Giggs (Nedved (60m) -14m), Sagna (10m) Ronaldo(102m) DDG(10m) Shearer(25m), Varane 10m, Felipe Luis 10m, Emerson 12m, Rooney 34m,Marquez 14m, Fabregas 12m, Cole 10m, Nesta 25m = 30m

Crappy - 11 players Ronaldinho (70m), Scholes(55m), P.Montero(27m), D.Alves(32m), Peruzzi (10m), Ribery(40m), Sorin(12m), Van Persie(10m), De Rossi(22m), Helguera(11m) Naybet 10M = 51m

Aldo - 11 players Rio Ferdinand 48m, Hazard 10m, Puyol 24m, Courtois 10m, Henry 55m, Makelele 32m, Rui Costa (34M-->30M to VivaJ), Vieira 53m, [Eto'o + (6m + 4m) = (Kaka 33m sales to Edgar), Kroos 10m, Sergi 12M, Ferrer 12M Rui Costa 10m = 47m

Balu - 11 players Verón (31m), Neuer (15m), Abidal (Keane (65m) - 35m), Sagnol (28m), Crespo (17m), Simeone (22m), Cannavaro (45m), Cocu (18m), Overmars (15m) C. López 10M Materazzi 14M, Davids 20m, Thuram 33m, Nedved (Giggs 17m+14m), del Piero 12m = 9 m

Edgalf - 13 players Casillas 19m, Vidic 43m, Adriano 19m, Cambiasso 29M, Ballack 39M, Zidane 71m, Cavani 10m, Zlatan 15m, (Neymar-10->12m), Baines 10m, Valencia 10m, Hummels 12m, Rafinha 10m, Carrick 10m, Deco 10m, Zambrotta 10m = 35M left.

Pol/Theon - 11 players Lucio (26m), Marcelo (21m) Cafú (52m) Rivaldo (69m), Lloris (10m) Modric (18m) Gallas (12m) Vidal (25m), Shevchenko (31) Muller (20m) Maschherano (10m) = 56m

 

[Balu]

Are we on the 12 hour clock or 24 hrs? Wasnt online much of the day so missed the discussion regarding it.

12 hour clock started at 8am today, so yeah, 12 hours now.

 

[Balu]

Nedved has been sold to Balu for 14m plus Giggs.

Don't forget, it's a 13+1m deal. If MJJ has 1m left at the end of this auction window, I get 1m back . I really hope someone bids on Keane again, so that I get that fecking 1m

 

[crappycraperson]

Forwards
RVN - Open to bids
Raul - Open to bids
Kaka - Open to bids
Figo - 16m - Edgalf - 06.40

Midfielders

Pirlo - 16m - Aldo - 18.20
R.Keane- 30m-MJJ-08:32
Martinez - 10m - Crappy - 08.46
Gerrard - Open to bids


Defenders
Zanetti-16m-Edgalf - 18:20
T Silva 14m - Edgalf - 06.40
R Carlos 22m Edgalf 06.40

 

[Balu]

Crappy, have you bought anyone yet?

 

[crappycraperson]

Crappy, have you bought anyone yet?

Nope

 

[MJJ]

Don't forget, it's a 13+1m deal. If MJJ has 1m left at the end of this auction window, I get 1m back . I really hope someone bids on Keane again, so that I get that fecking 1m

Nah, I have plans for that 1m. You are never seeing it again.

 

[Balu]

I think I'm done for now. fecking love that team.

 

[crappycraperson]

The other team is going to get battered if not in scoreline then physically at least

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

Great team Balu.

 

[Gio]

I think I'm done for now. fecking love that team.

 

[Theon]

What the hell is Gandalf doing

 

[RoadTrip]

I think I'm done for now. fecking love that team.

Epic.

 

[Thisistheone]

I think I'm done for now. fecking love that team.

Very nice!

 

[Moby]

I think Balu is now clearly the number 1 favourite to win the whole thing.

 

[Balu]

I think Balu is now clearly the number 1 favourite to win the whole thing.

Way too early to tell. I think the last 2 reinforcement auctions can turn everything around. There will be too many quality players available and if we keep 10m as the starting bid, most teams will get at least 3 or 4 top players each round and everything will change completely again. Teams will look totally different in the end.

I didn't want to suggest it before, because it would have benefited me the most, but I think we should increase the starting bid with every round, so that everyone can just buy two players at the most after the semifinals unless you have saved a lot of money, not 5. Make the starting bid 15m after the quarterfinals, which means 3 players at most for the 50m budget you get after going through. Then 20m after the semifinals. Right now, there were enough players so that we pushed each other for top players, like crappy did with me for Thuram, so that I had to overpay for him. Can't see that happening if only 4 or 2 players are bidding and even more top players become available.

It's just my opinion of course, I'm happy to continue to play it the way we do now and I'm sure it will be fun either way.

 

[Polaroid]

@Polaroid

How is the 30m fine going to work here? Edgalf has just bid 68m when he has 35m left

If Edgalf wins the bid but cant pay, the players go back into the pool open for bids starting at 10 m as usual, and his team has to pay 30 m in fines ie hewill have 5 m left

 

[MJJ]

Way too early to tell. I think the last 2 reinforcement auctions can turn everything around. There will be too many quality players available and if we keep 10m as the starting bid, most teams will get at least 3 or 4 top players each round and everything will change completely again. Teams will look totally different in the end.

I didn't want to suggest it before, because it would have benefited me the most, but I think we should increase the starting bid with every round, so that everyone can just buy two players at the most after the semifinals unless you have saved a lot of money, not 5. Make the starting bid 15m after the quarterfinals, which means 3 players at most for the 50m budget you get after going through. Then 20m after the semifinals. Right now, there were enough players so that we pushed each other for top players, like crappy did with me for Thuram, so that I had to overpay for him. Can't see that happening if only 4 or 2 players are bidding and even more top players become available.

It's just my opinion of course, I'm happy to continue to play it the way we do now and I'm sure it will be fun either way.

I agree with this as well even though it will be disadvantageous for my team. Either decrease the fund available to all or increase the starting bid slightly.

 

[paceme]

I've brought cocu from balu for 5 mill

 

[Annahnomoss]

Don't forget, it's a 13+1m deal. If MJJ has 1m left at the end of this auction window, I get 1m back . I really hope someone bids on Keane again, so that I get that fecking 1m

There's other ways to earn two big 'uns don't forget.

 

[Moby]

Forwards
RVN - Open to bids
Raul - Open to bids
Kaka - Open to bids
Figo - 16m - Edgalf - 06.40

Midfielders

Pirlo - 16m - Aldo - 18.20
R.Keane- 30m-MJJ-08:32
Martinez - 10m - Crappy - 08.46
Gerrard - Open to bids


Defenders
T Silva 14m - Edgalf - 06.40
R Carlos 22m Edgalf 06.40
Zanetti-18m-Aldo - 11.11

@Edgar Allan Pillow

 

[Balu]

Cocu to paceme for 5m.

Annahmoss - 11 players Ronaldo(BRA) 59M Xavi 66M, Busquets 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m, Dante 10M , Boateng 10m, Lewandowski 10M, Zabaleta 10M(Sold for 20mill to Kps88), Ramos(10 mill from EAP, 4 mill goes Aldo forEAP's dept to Aldo) Capdevila 10M, Ronaldo 59m= 2M

paceme - 12 players Iniesta (70=>89M), Robben 30M, Messi (115m), Gammara (20m), Jeremies (14m), Ljungberg 20m >>>Pedro, Scholl 22m, Samuel 22m, Lopez 10m, ivanovic 14m, Schweinsteiger 40m, Pessotto 10m, Lahm 20m, Evra 10m, Stam 17m, Cocu 5m = 0m

MJJ - 11 players Giggs (Nedved (60m) -14m), Sagna (10m) Ronaldo(102m) DDG(10m) Shearer(25m), Varane 10m, Felipe Luis 10m, Emerson 12m, Rooney 34m,Marquez 14m, Fabregas 12m, Cole 10m, Nesta 25m = 30m

Crappy - 11 players Ronaldinho (70m), Scholes(55m), P.Montero(27m), D.Alves(32m), Peruzzi (10m), Ribery(40m), Sorin(12m), Van Persie(10m), De Rossi(22m), Helguera(11m) Naybet 10M = 51m

Aldo - 11 players Rio Ferdinand 48m, Hazard 10m, Puyol 24m, Courtois 10m, Henry 55m, Makelele 32m, Rui Costa (34M-->30M to VivaJ), Vieira 53m, [Eto'o + (6m + 4m) = (Kaka 33m sales to Edgar), Kroos 10m, Sergi 12M, Ferrer 12M Rui Costa 10m = 47m

Balu - 11 players Verón (31m), Neuer (15m), Abidal (Keane (65m) - 35m), Sagnol (28m), Crespo (17m), Simeone (22m), Cannavaro (45m), Cocu (18m-5m (sold to paceme)), Overmars (15m) C. López 10M Materazzi 14M, Davids 20m, Thuram 33m, Nedved (Giggs 17m+14m), del Piero 12m = 14 m

Edgalf - 13 players Casillas 19m, Vidic 43m, Adriano 19m, Cambiasso 29M, Ballack 39M, Zidane 71m, Cavani 10m, Zlatan 15m, (Neymar-10->12m), Baines 10m, Valencia 10m, Hummels 12m, Rafinha 10m, Carrick 10m, Deco 10m, Zambrotta 10m = 35M left.

Pol/Theon - 11 players Lucio (26m), Marcelo (21m) Cafú (52m) Rivaldo (69m), Lloris (10m) Modric (18m) Gallas (12m) Vidal (25m), Shevchenko (31) Muller (20m) Maschherano (10m) = 56m

 

[paceme]

Not sure whether to go with a 4231 again or use Messi in his false 9 role like this.

-----Scholl---Messi----Robben----
----------Cocu----Swchein-------
-------------Jeremies-------------
Evra--Gammara--Stam---Lahm
-------------Lopez--------------


Thoughts?

 

[Annahnomoss]

Not sure whether to go with a 4231 again or use Messi in his false 9 role like this.

-----Scholl---Messi----Robben----
----------Cocu----Swchein-------
-------------Jeremies-------------
Evra--Gammara--Stam---Lahm
-------------Lopez--------------


Thoughts?

Which defensive style will you use? I liked your side with Pedro on the LW as it meant Robben and Messi pressing in the same style. With Scholl out there it feels more like Robben and Messi are wasted in a style of defending they aren't suited for or Scholl is in a high press he never played in.

Robben and Messi are both much better in a defense that relies on the press, as they otherwise become lazy.

The same way Kagawa is outstanding in a high press defense, but in a defense without the press he is far from a defensive giant.

 

[Polaroid]

If Edgalf wins the bid but cant pay, the players go back into the pool open for bids starting at 10 m as usual, and his team has to pay 30 m in fines ie hewill have 5 m left

I should be more specific in addressing this as it may mislead people into thinking all the players bidded for go back into the pool. This is is not the case, as said-only bids thst the team cannot pay for, the players go back into the pools

35m in bank
Player a signs first for 16m leaving 19m in bank
Player b signs for 16m leaving 3m in bank
Player c is supposed to sign for 14m but there is no cash - player c returns to pool and 30m fine for team
Plsyer d is supposed to sign for 22m , again no cash - player d is returned to pool and 30 m fine again
In total, players c snd d returned to pool snd 60m fine

 

[Balu]

Which defensive style will you use? I liked your side with Pedro on the LW as it meant Robben and Messi pressing in the same style. With Scholl out there it feels more like Robben and Messi are wasted in a style of defending they aren't suited for or Scholl is in a high press he never played in.

Robben and Messi are both much better in a defense that relies on the press, as they otherwise become lazy.

The same way Kagawa is outstanding in a high press defense, but in a defense without the press he is far from a defensive giant.

I don't think you need a high press, when you have Jeremies kicking the shit out of the opposing creative players and Cocu and Schweinsteiger doing the rest of the work in midfield. Let those 3 attackers have fun upfront. Robben and Messi are deadly on the counter, it's not that easy for the defenders to move forward and Scholl does his fair share of tracking back. Lahm + Robben on the right were brilliant together before Bayern started to play pressing.

Not sure whether to go with a 4231 again or use Messi in his false 9 role like this.

-----Scholl---Messi----Robben----
----------Cocu----Swchein-------
-------------Jeremies-------------
Evra--Gammara--Stam---Lahm
-------------Lopez--------------


Thoughts?

I like it a lot. Told you before the last game, that I'd add another CM and play Scholl on the left wing, because Messi adds everything Scholl brings to the team in the central area anyway.