The World League II

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:

Okay, will do voting soon.

Azzy how did everything go mate?

Runescape Hero

Hero wrote:Bet that stunk.

Not really. I stayed away from the unwashed self righteous ones, plenty of normal people there too.

Sampled some vegan cider, vegan prosecco, vegan chocolate, a vegan lollipop, and because my cousin was there with his stall selling vegan pies, some vegan pies.

Vegan cider?
Is there usually meat in cider? (that's a euphemism waiting to happen!)

Hero wrote:Vegan cider?
Is there usually meat in cider? (that's a euphemism waiting to happen!)

It's not necessarily the ingredients, it's the processes used in making them. Finings often used in alcohol are animal based (not that it bothers me but still)

Well I've learned something new there!

Holymiky wrote:Azzy how did everything go mate?

So here is our last few days:

Wednesday = midwife says baby is sideways
Thursday = low-tech scan by doctor says baby is feet first
Friday = high-tech scan by trained sonographer says baby is head first
Monday = call up hospital to cancel baby-turning appointment, asked to come in again to check guy on Friday was right

My wife is always stressed but she's beside herself at the moment. I'll give you a clue as to the rank of the doctor on the Thursday...yes, a fludding JUNIOR DOCTOR. Who apparently used the machine upside down to give an inverted image.

I fully support Jeremy Hunt now.

I sense an Azzy rant on the Off-topic section a coming...

Glad though that all seems well with the baby!

High tech, low tech .. what on earth was the midwife using!!

Good to hear that all is well!

Thanks to the one manager (Hero) who put his team name and the opposition actually in the PM...I've had to look up who manages who for the other three, poor show chaps!

That's always a bug bear of mine when I do results having to go back and forth so made sure I don't fall foul myself!

And people not putting injuries in, meaning you have to check all the line-ups manually...

One manager was over 100 words on tactics, should I be giving a -1?

If its well over, then maybe, but if its 10 words over I'd let it slide

It's more than 10 words. So is 11 okay, or is 10 the absolute max? It's more than 11 btw.

100 is the limit, should be a minus 1 imo no matter what

That's what I felt. Two managers were on 99, one on 83, the other was 115. I'm going to mark the game as I would have normally, then add a goal for the opponent.

The bit under subs wasn't counted was it?

Hi guys my dads uncle passed away I'll get results in tomorrow, sorry for the inconvenience.

FIFA Diva wrote:Hi guys my dads uncle passed away I'll get results in tomorrow, sorry for the inconvenience.

Sorry to hear that mate. Take as long as you need.

BamBam wrote:If its well over, then maybe, but if its 10 words over I'd let it slide

That automatically makes the limit 110.

Hero wrote:The bit under subs wasn't counted was it?

Nope, purely the tactics bit. You were 99, you're safe.

Viva, very sorry to hear that news. Love to you and your family.

Sorry to hear that, no worries at all about results

Marky wrote:

BamBam wrote:If its well over, then maybe, but if its 10 words over I'd let it slide

That automatically makes the limit 110.

I've got a feeling I was at 106

Wait what? I didn't know it was 100 just for the tactics part, i didn't put sub information because i didn't have enough words overall, i fit it down to 100.

Sorry to hear that Viva, thoughts are with you.

Premier League results done: https://www.606v2.com/t62316-premier-league-results-week-1#3291443

Everyone get tactics in on time Azzy? If so £1m to those 4 sides and £1.5m to you.

Thanks Marky.

Nando missed the deadline. And I don't want the £1.5m, thanks.

Cheers for the results Azzy.

Good game Hero, happy with a draw against you to be completely honest.

Cheers for results Azzy.

Yeah same here, your midfield is just immense though I agree the injuries to your forward line left you toothless somewhat.

Yeah i would of had Nolito on one side and Ziyech on the other with Aduriz in the middle but couldn't work that obviously because of injuries.

Miky's midfield will take some stopping, but with his forward line so lacking, and Hero's defence looking so solid, I couldn't give Miky the win. Conversely, Hero's forward line was great but I couldn't see his team generating enough chances against Miky's midfield, especially when they're told to soak up pressure. Had Hero chosen to go balls-deep against Miky's midfield 3, it would either have been a close win for Hero or carnage for Miky. Such is the delicate balance of tictacs.

And more than one manager stated how they dislike the 100 word limit on tactics. I tend to agree.

Then Nando doesn't get £1m.

£1.5m will be added to your club Azzy even if you refuse to spend it, you can be like this league's version of Arsenal

I don't mind the 100 word limit, i honestly didn't know about it just being for how you want your team to play etc. Can someone confirm that you can add sub instructions outside of the word limit?

That's how I read it from what Marky said, I didn't though abuse it in my sub comments else I could have swapped them over and given them another 100 words of instructions within the sub section etc.

Marky wrote:Then Nando doesn't get £1m.

£1.5m will be added to your club Azzy even if you refuse to spend it, you can be like this league's version of Arsenal

Haha, just for that I'll track it on my team page for when I inevitably rage quit and the new manager needs cash

Holymiky wrote:I don't mind the 100 word limit, i honestly didn't know about it just being for how you want your team to play etc. Can someone confirm that you can add sub instructions outside of the word limit?

Tactics short, teamsheet, substitutes, 100 words of tactics, few sentences for substitutions.

Basically;

Teamsheet and bench

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100 words of tactics

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Substitutions in a couple of sentences

Basically the rule as I read it was 'Don't be a d**k with your subs'

I read it as 'don't write an essay on tictacs'.

Is anyone able to draw injuries for week 2 now, so I can get my tictacs done early?

I can if you want.

Premier League table updated!

Tielemans, and Pogba again!!!

Had to redo the injuries as didn't have recent transfers in and out of squads included.

https://www.606v2.com/t62318-injuries-week-2#3291608

Premiership injuries

Cheers Hero. Tictacs will be done today.

Nando sent his tactics to me on time (when he thought I was doing them when azzman was off)

If we're gonna be nice to him or not is upto you guys

If that's true Olly, then he should have his £1m.

Nando / Olly - I've sent my tactics in for Week 2 already. Just in case I go off. Hope you have a good game Olly xx

I sent mine to Olly on Thursday cos i work Friday & Saturday