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See last year's Evens Edition for a glimpse of how the competition went.
  • Picks to be sent via private message rather than posted in thread.
  • One allowed substitute that can be used at any time but must be submitted at the same time as the original eight players and must have a unique squad number and club (neither can match one of your other players). If one of your eight players is injured, suspended or just plain sucks, you can request for your substitute to replace the injured/suspended/shit one for the remainder of the competition. If OriginalPlayer scores 5 goals prior to being replaced and ReplacementPlayer scores 6 goals for the remainder of the duration of the competition, you'll get 11 points total.
  • Each person gets three bonus cards that can be used through the competition. How it works is, prior to the teams being released for the first fixture of that game week, you can nominate one of your players to be given a bonus card. If they score during that round of fixtures, you get one point added to your goal total. You must nominate in the thread itself (PM isn't allowed, but if you're a newbie with limits to posts per day I will allow PMing me and I'll post in the thread for you) and you can give multiple bonus cards to the same player but not on the same game week (so you can't use all three for one match).
Simply:
  • Pick eight Premier League players with even numbers on their jerseys - one pick per Premier League side. So you could have, say Lisandro Martinez for Manchester United (#6 shirt) but you can't have Bruno Fernandes too (#8)
  • You can't choose the same shirt number twice - so if you pick Lisandro Martinez (#6), you can't have Milos Kerkez (#6) too.
  • At the same time as the eight Premier League players, you must submit a ninth clearly labeled as a substitute and must have a unique number and club. If you want to replace one of the original eight with this substitute, you can do but must message Damien stating your desire to do so.
  • You gain one point for each Premier League goal your players score (nothing for assists).
  • You have three bonus cards. Prior to the teams being released for the first fixture of any match day, you can nominate one of your players to be given a bonus card (must be posted in thread). If they score during that match day you get one bonus point added to your score. You can use multiple bonus cards on the same player if you wish, but must be on different match days.
  • The following players are banned (yes, I know they're both odd numbers):
    • Mo Salah
    • Erling Haaland
  • This runs from 6th February 2025 (MD25) until the end of the season. Person with most points wins.
  • Deadline for submitting your list of eight even-numbered players is Friday 6th February 8:00pm and you must send your list of eight (plus one sub) to me via private message. After the deadline, everyone's picks will be revealed. This list can't be changed afterwards and you have to take the rough with the smooth, but you can use your one sub at any point.
  • If there are 20+ entries, the winner will get a tagline and an award.
Example of how your picks should look like using Spanish players:

#6 - Koke - Atletico Madrid
#8 - Federico Valverde - Real Madrid
#10 - Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad
#12 - Allan Nyom - Getafe
#14 - Terrats Ramon - Espanyol
#16 - Diego Lopez - Valencia
#20 - Unai Gomez - Athletic Club
#22 - Johan Mojica - Mallorca

Substitute:
#24 - Ruibai Aitor - Real Betis
 
Here's the spreadsheet.

Everybody's subs:
Annihilate Now!: #14 - Nmecha - Leeds United
AnotherLondonManc: #32 - Smith Rowe - Fulham
antohan: #2 - Munoz - Crystal Palace
Bigfoot2: #2 - Munoz - Crystal Palace
Bogga: #6 - Palhinha - Tottenham Hotspur
DanNistelrooy: #28 - Le Fee - Sunderland
DJ_21: #32 - Smith Rowe - Fulham
Glow: #36 - Mane - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Herculean: #16 - Tavernier - Bournemouth
IRN-BRUno: #2 - Munoz - Crystal Palace
jetlee: #36 - Mane - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Jimmy Greenhoff's Chest: #2 - Munoz - Crystal Palace
jymufc20: #8 - Bissouma - Tottenham Hotspur
NLunited: #16 - Tavernier - Bournemouth
P-Nut: #12 - Mayenda - Sunderland
RiqCantona: #8 - H.Wilson - Fulham
Sakasaka: #18 - Isidor - Sunderland
sallycinnamin: #16 - Tavernier - Bournemouth
Scriblerus: #37 - Mane - Wolverhampton Wanderers
troylocker: #16 - Tavernier - Bournemouth
Wilt: #28 - Soucek - West Ham United
 
The following players scored during MD25 (lists on at the time in brackets):
  • 3 goals by Cole Palmer (6 – yes, just 6)
  • 2 goals by Viktor Gyokeres (10)
  • 1 goal by Bruno Fernandes (6)
  • 1 goal by Dominik Szoboszlai (1)
  • 1 goal by Martin Zubimendi (1)
Rankings after MD25
RankUsernameGoalsMD25 Scorers
1AnotherLondonManc6B.Fernandes, Gyokeres, Palmer
=jetlee6B.Fernandes, Gyokeres, Palmer
3P-Nut5Gyokeres, Palmer
=sallycinnamin5Gyokeres, Palmer
=troylocker5Gyokeres, Palmer
6Bigfoot24B.Fernandes, Palmer
7DanNistelrooy3B.Fernandes, Gyokeres
=Wilt3Gyokeres, Szoboszlai
9Bogga2Gyokeres
=Jimmy Greenhoff's Chest2Gyokeres
=RiqCantona2Gyokeres
12DJ_211B.Fernandes
=Herculean1B.Fernandes
=IRN-BRUno1Zubimendi
15Annihilate Now!0
=antohan0
=Glow0
=jymufc200
=NLunited0
=Sakasaka0
=Scriblerus0

Remaining bonus cards left
3 cards left: everybody

MD26's deadline for if anyone wants to use a bonus card or substitute (post here): Tue 10th February 2026 at 6:05pm GMT (before lineups are out for the 7:30pm games)

So far:
 
Didn’t notice the shift in dates! Ah well, I’m crap at this game anyway.