Euro Division LXVIII

The Enrique & J from 5ive League

FC WHU Do You Think You Are - Gregers
Bilbao - Afro
Would you dance, if Ajax you to dance? - Sodhat
Southampton FC - Marky
PSV - CF
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista - Nando                                                                              
Lille - Trebs

Glad t'be bach - Hero

FC Basel - Viva

FC ZwagAtletico - Zinedine_Ze_Zebra

The Nodge - Olly

Fool 'em FC - Azzy

First, get in

Morning 

Can I add £1m for GM 8? I didn't have a match that week but I did get votes in on time?

Yes Viva.

I have player available for cash btw....

Make me some offers and if we have similar valuations, we can do a deal

Thank you,  I'll have a look at your squad and make offers. I just hope I can make offers that match both our valuations. 

Transfers have always been my weakness in these leagues and it has cost me big time.

Let's keep at least a thin veil over your dislike for each other, can we? I'll be removing any insults fired at one another.

Anyone watch any of Serie A over the weekend. Was a great round of games.

Inter had Handanovic sent of after 5 minutes and managed to get a 3-3 draw at Torino, Roma win again against Napoli (just said to Azzy about De Rossi being back to the player of old!) and Giuseppe Rossi getting a hattrick in the win v Juve to make it 9 in 10

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Thank you,  I'll have a look at your squad and make offers. I just hope I can make offers that match both our valuations. 

Transfers have always been my weakness in these leagues and it has cost me big time.

Your strength is also your weakness!! You refused to pay over the odds, which is a good strength to have as you won't be ripped off, although to get the better players, you have to go against that sometimes.

Anyone watch any of Serie A over the weekend. Was a great round of games.

Rossi smashed it. Nice smash & grab, hattrick in 10-15 mins was it?
When his sendong goal went in I bought 18 Rossi on FUT for 1.5k, 3rd went in I sold them for 5k each. Nice quick profit due to hype.
Palacio hit a brace for Inter.

Viva, I may sell Coutinho and/or Giroud for the right price.

Yeah. I feel like I'm going back in timeas I now have De Rossi and Giuseppe Rossi pencilled in as some of my transfer targets

11 penalties awarded in Serie A at the weekend, what a joke. And all of them were legit

And we all laughed at CF for signing Giuseppe Rossi too...

Yeah. If CF had hung on to Rossi for 8 months (and between leagues) he would have been quids in now

Next season Hitzlsperger will score 20 premier league goals all from the halfway line. CF = transfer genius

And Berahino will never score another goal too, becoming a pub quiz question in 10 years time.

Rossi is killing it, I looed at him last week too. Afro, im considering targeting him too Serie A top scorer now.

Muriel & Vidic still for sale or going to EOS laywers.

Thanks for the offer Nick but i still need to replace Neymar with a top attacking player and Giroud does not represent that.

Now now Viva, don't be telling the truth about Giroud. Nick might make nasty comments about you

Giroud looks quality to me at the moment. I'd love to have him in my squad if I could afford him

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Thanks for the offer Nick but i still need to replace Neymar with a top attacking player and Giroud does not represent that.

humm, for the money you have to spend, to spread you spending & really strengthen your starting 11 + squad Giroud could be a good option for you.

Giroud has been very good and for a so called big man he does drop deep and link up play. I just think paying around 16m is too much when I have to strengthen the squad.

Problem for Giroud is that the way Arsenal play, he will never score as many goals as he needs to to shrug off the reputation he has. He could go 90mins without touching the ball, Arsenal's midfield is that competent.

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Giroud has been very good and for a so called big man he does drop deep and link up play. I just think paying around 16m is too much when I have to strengthen the squad.

Any top striker from TP's will cost you more. As I said, could be your best option for top striker.

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Problem for Giroud is that the way Arsenal play, he will never score as many goals as he needs to to shrug off the reputation he has. He could go 90mins without touching the ball, Arsenal's midfield is that competent.

Stop trying to put my players down, you did this last time you had a paddy.
Everyone can see Giroud has already shrugged off his reputation & is playing well. His holdup & link up play is fantastic at the moment. Spearhead of Arsenals attack for a reason, he brings those competent midfielders into play high up the pitch. Being Arsenals best striking option as long as hes fit hes a 100% guarenteed starter which means he will always be in the mix for Arsenal to get goals or assists which is exactly what hes doing.

Tommorow Viva can buy from a good range of top strikers

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Everyone can see Giroud has already shrugged off his reputation & is playing well. His holdup & link up play is fantastic at the moment. Spearhead of Arsenals attack for a reason, he brings those competent midfielders into play high up the pitch. Being Arsenals best striking option as long as hes fit hes a 100% guarenteed starter which means he will always be in the mix for Arsenal to get goals or assists which is exactly what hes doing.

Wait until January when Benzema arrives, we'll see how guaranteed Giroud is to start then.

Wenger won't buy Benzema when he has Giroud who is already complimenting his system perfectly.

Wenger has wanted Benzema since he was at Lyon, Real supposedly want to sell him, Arsenal need more striking depth and are flashing the cash...it's the one deal I'd put money on happening in January. And he'd be scary up top of that midfield, much more so than Giroud. Who is having a fine season admittedly, but he's not top calibre like Benzema is.

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Wait until January when Benzema arrives, we'll see how guaranteed Giroud is to start then.

If that even happens. Also Benzema is becoming the new Torres, cant his a barn door. Scored his first goal for France the other week after a long long dry spell & hes hardly banging them in for Real. Giroud is in better form. By January this league will be nearing the end of season 2. That doesnt help Viva one bit.

Stop trying to be a smart alec, Viva is a capable manager of making his own decisions & wont be brainwashed by your rubbish, you couldn't convince him Carrick is carp so I doubt he will listen to you with your bias ratings.

I wouldn't expect Viva to listen to anyone, he knows more about football than you or I. And I've never said Carrick is carp, I said he shouldn't play for England because he plays carp for them. Not so good with the old memory, as per usual.

Who's going to fireworks this year? Do you pay to go somewhere or stick your head out of the window?

Azzy Mahmood wrote:I wouldn't expect Viva to listen to anyone, he knows more about football than you or I. And I've never said Carrick is carp, I said he shouldn't play for England because he plays carp for them. Not so good with the old memory, as per usual.

Who's going to fireworks this year? Do you pay to go somewhere or stick your head out of the window?

Ok Azzy, lets just leave it at that.

I usually go to the Hells Angels fireworks display. Always good, no entrance fee just a donation required which goes to a local charity, think last year it was a Blind Center.

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:

Azzy Mahmood wrote:I wouldn't expect Viva to listen to anyone, he knows more about football than you or I. And I've never said Carrick is carp, I said he shouldn't play for England because he plays carp for them. Not so good with the old memory, as per usual.

Who's going to fireworks this year? Do you pay to go somewhere or stick your head out of the window?

Ok Azzy, lets just leave it at that.

I usually go to the Hells Angels fireworks display. Always good, no entrance fee just a donation required which goes to a local charity, think last year it was a Blind Center.

How ironic that a visual event like that would be raising money for the blind...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24606384

Guy in the hoody has a priceless face

Luckily they've arrested the idiot who threw it. Hopefully a life ban from all football grounds will be upcoming, as well ad a heavy fine and an apology in writing to the lino.

An 6 months doing community service,  this country is too soft.

And conscription, if soldiers are returning home from Afghanistan missing limbs, I'd rather those soldiers were criminals.

sodhat wrote:How ironic that a visual event like that would be raising money for the blind...

 Yeah I know.

Worst day ever. I wanted ham, cheese and pickle in my roll and it's only cheese and pickle.

If you never hear from me again I folded under the strain of life.

Blind people might like the sound fireworks make. How dare you all laugh at the disabled  

Would you rather lose your eyesight or your sense of smell and hearing.

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Would you rather lose your eyesight or your sense of smell and hearing.

Depends who I was sat next to

I'd probably rather be deaf. Because then I could still play the xbox and that. Plus I can subtitle the telly.

I can't imagine loud, sudden, unexplained noises will be a big hit with blind folk Azzy. Just my opinion.

Does the TM value increase during the off season?

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Does the TM value increase during the off season?

Think it increases whenever it want, Im sure Rossi has just gone up 4.7m since yday.

sodhat wrote:I can't imagine loud, sudden, unexplained noises will be a big hit with blind folk Azzy. Just my opinion.

I just asked the blind girl at my work whether she likes fireworks. She said as long as she knows they're coming, she likes listening to them. So 100% of blind people interviewed like them

Azzy Mahmood wrote:

sodhat wrote:I can't imagine loud, sudden, unexplained noises will be a big hit with blind folk Azzy. Just my opinion.

I just asked the blind girl at my work whether she likes fireworks. She said as long as she knows they're coming, she likes listening to them. So 100% of blind people interviewed like them

Sounds like she likes a good bang then.

 

If I was single, I swear I'd consider it. She's the best-looking blind person I've ever met, that's for sure. And her dog is well nice, we play games in the corridor sometimes. You know, I say hello, he bites me. Good times.

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Does the TM value increase during the off season?

Think it increases whenever it want, Im sure Rossi has just gone up 4.7m since yday.

I meant our league one everyweek it goes up by one million does that include when the league is finished for the season?

Azzy Mahmood wrote: 

If I was single, I swear I'd consider it. She's the best-looking blind person I've ever met, that's for sure. And her dog is well nice, we play games in the corridor sometimes. You know, I say hello, he bites me. Good times.

Is that because you're saying hello in the typical dog method of sniffing an @nus? He probably doesn't like that. He probably tells his owner and that's why she won't come to your fireworks party.