The World League

First topic message reminder :

Rules;
£150m budget with to be spent on anybody based on their value on TM.
Draft system to build the squads.
Squad to be between 20-25 players, no more, no less.
Tactics short, teamsheet, substitutes, 100 words of tactics, few sentences for substitutions.
Everybody votes or lose a goal from their score, just scores and scorers acceptable although feedback is encouraged.
Choose your own real life team name although this will have no bearing on the players you can or can't sign.

Participants;
Azzy - Vancouver Whitecaps
BamBam - Ebbsfleet United
Holymiky - MK Dons
Marky - Crawley Town
Nadeem - Real Madrid
Olly - Accrington Stanley
Trebs - Liaoning Whowin
Viva - Manchester United
Hero - Macclesfield Town
Nando - Chesham United

Structure;

8 fixtures per team, 4 at home, 4 away. Two relegated from the Premier League, two promoted from the Championship.
3rd place in both leagues will playoff for the right to play in the Premier League.
Starting point determined at random.

Premier League
1. Chesham United
2. Liaoning Whowin
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3. Macclesfield Town
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4. Manchester United
5. MK Dons

Championship
1. Accrington Stanley
2. Crawley Town
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3. Ebbsfleet United
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4. Real Madrid
5. Vancouver Whitecaps

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/detailsuche/spielerdetail/suche

Draft results

Marky:

Holymiky:

BamBam:

Fernando:

Nadeem:

Azzy:

Olly:

Hero:

Trebs:

Viva:

Very strong side there Viva, hard to pick holes in it. Aurier's outburst is going to see him in hot water and not a Maxwell fan but apart from that it's more than solid.
Be interesting to see if Ben Arfa gets votes as the Newcastle player or the one now who's absolutely bang in form.

Thanks guys, seems like I've wasted my money on Aurier hope I get a lawyers soon. I like Maxwell, always felt his underrated but I've got my favourite bad boy Evra to replace him.

I've got Meyer to play if I want a bit more creativity but I'll be playing these three against Hero who likes to keep the ball. I agree with Ben Arfa hope the risk is worth it.

You should consider yourself unlucky viva. I also bidded for Aurier but I changed my bid when he went on crazy mode. I went for hero's favouritest la liga player Vidal instead.

Maxwell was really good last night i felt, good player in my opinion.

Nope that's me I signed him at Almeria & Sevilla when he was excellent but all Hero did was make Arturo Vidal Jokes

#SadTimes

I had a look at Vidal but went against it, my next job is to look for a rb

Holymiky wrote:Maxwell was really good last night i felt, good player in my opinion.

Yeah I thought so too, when Di Maria and Lucas switched sides it stretched Chelsea giving more room for Maxwell to operate.

He was in fairness, think it's due to picking him myself in previous drafts and him being pinpointed as the weak link that I've grown averse to him.

Fernando wrote:Nope that's me I signed him at Almeria & Sevilla when he was excellent but all Hero did was make Arturo Vidal Jokes

#SadTimes

I have bought him as well in the past!

There's 0 central thrust from that team. Makes it somewhat predictable.

Did you guys see Ronaldo's Goal tonight? 

Ah well might as well put my lambs to the slaughter...

-------------Donnarumma-------------
Elsaj-------Tah------Sule------Willems
Sane-----Sanches---Weigl-----Coman
------------Martial---Dybala-----------

Holymiky wrote:Did you guys see Ronaldo's Goal tonight? 

I prefer Jese's goal more tbh in terms of importance.

Shorten your goalkeepers name to Donna or Donner please hero. Other than that I like it. I will be coming after Dybala when I get my page up.

Hero wrote:Ah well might as well put my lambs to the slaughter...

-------------Donnarumma-------------
Elsaj-------Tah------Sule------Willems
Sane-----Sanches---Weigl-----Coman
------------Martial---Dybala-----------

Martial is better out wide imo

Sup fam.

What's happening today lads?

Marky are we just waiting on team pages?

Now Rooney is out we'll find out.. I reckon he'll be even better up front 

Hero I reckon your defence will be picked up on in ratings the most. Wings and strikers probably the best in the league

Better than Lewandowski BamBam?

I like the pace in your side, I can see many teams having problems to stop the pace. 'd like to see Coman and Sane play slightly ahead of the CM.

Tah is an excellent CB, he locked off Lewy and Co last week if he can stop them who can't he stop.

I thought you didn't watch the Bundesliga Viva?

Holymiky wrote:Better than Lewandowski BamBam?

Not individually, but as a unit I think Hero's 4 are better than the equivalent Marky will put out.

Lewa makes a big difference though, will naturally attract top ratings

Have you guys got your team pages up yet?

Yeep

Holymiky wrote:I thought you didn't watch the Bundesliga Viva?

I do, but I still don't know who Sane and Coman are.

I'll get my team page up soon.

Though he bid for one of them

One of my usual purchases looks possibly on his way to Liverpool this summer for around £20m

Who?

RIP that player

Dennis Praet

What a prat

Quite happy with my back ups in my attack as well having Correa, Gabigol and Iheanacho available to step in.

I'm really happy with my midfield although I feel indeed a number 10 for when I switch my formation.

------------Adrian

Ginter - Fonte - Rugani - Gomez

------------Kondogbia-------

--------Pogba---Tielemans

Campbell ----Ighalo----Lavezzi

Bench - Speroni, Dann, Ake, Carrick, Lingard, Dost

Whats my first area to improve? I'm thinking Lavezzi needs an upgrade asap

Your wingers and Gomez imo

Whilst he's also had a good season for Watford I prefer Dost up front.

Ake or Gomez?

Ake for now, Gomez is still recovering from knee surgery.

Hero wrote:Whilst he's also had a good season for Watford I prefer Dost up front.

Interesting .. any other thoughts on Dost vs Ighalo?

Daley Blind is my final signing

No point bothering with PMs with it - I'll make a bid at transfermrkt price.

Okay mate, what's his TM price though?

So I just had a look, we just need Olly to update his team page when he can and Nadz to create one and then we are good on that front. Viva just made his so nice one mate.

£14.25m for Blind mate.

Even with Ribery's history, I still say as a collective my front four is better than Hero's.

Mahrez - Cazorla - Ribery
Lewandowski

----------------------- Horn ------------------------
-------- Williams --- Alderweireld --- Barzagli ---------
De Sciglio ----- Alli ------- Loftus-Cheek ---- Digne --
---------- Ibe ------------------ Tevez -------------
----------------------- Kane -----------------------

Is how I'm lining up.

Ribery needs to prove his current level and Cazorla is a CM for me at the moment, which just edges Hero's in front for me

Still good though

BamBam wrote:

Hero wrote:Whilst he's also had a good season for Watford I prefer Dost up front.

Interesting .. any other thoughts on Dost vs Ighalo?

Ighalo seven times a week and twice on Sundays.

Want me to draw fixture lists? Home and away in each division right?

Ighalo >>>>>> Dost

Will update my team page tonight