Premier League Manager

Oooooo... is there space for little ol' me? If so, I would like to join in. I kinda miss the old match prediction business...

We'll make it a 20-man league then:

Sav + OTW + Posh + Pav + Fernando all in.

1 more manager needed.

Actually no, don't think I could deal with a 20-man league.

I will keep it at 16. Pav there may be room for you mate if Follow decides he hasn't got the time, or if the other lads who have shown interest back out.

https://www.606v2.com/t8198-premier-league-manager-rules#230457

I say go with a 20 man league, you've got the interest you may as well take it while you can

Morning

16 managers is a lot easier to run competitions than 20 managers, such as fa cup or champions league type things

And there's less chance of getting a poor team

I'd rather have a lesser side and get plenty of cash to spend....

Haha. Doesn't bother me tbh. Take whatever.

All you do with that is have 8 teams drawn to play each other in a qualifying round and then the 4 winners enter the competition with the 12 other teams.

w00p, I love hodgeys leagues

16 is best I think. With 20 sides you're likely to have 2-3 managers that are not very active and those sides may fall into decline. Better to have 16 active managers - and if they can't commit there are people ready to step in.

When is draw? now?

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When is the draw.?

Hi all.

Afternoon guys. The rules are up, please give them a read. They're only brief and will be added to.

Draw for teams could take place later today.

Preliminary Budgets:

Arsenal - £35m
Aston Villa - £140m
Blackburn Rovers - £200m
Bolton - £180m
Chelsea - £20m
Everton - £120m
Fulham - £150m
Liverpool - £50m
Manchester City - £40m
Manchester United - £25m
Newcastle United - £150m
Stoke City - £170m
Sunderland - £160m
Tottenham Hotspur - £100m
West Brom - £200m
Wigan Athletic - £200m

Any opinions?

Plus the transfer limits will be:

Arsenal, Chelsea + Man Utd - 1 a day
Man City + Liverpool + Tottenham - 2 a day
Villa + Everton - 3 a day
Fulham + Sunderland - 4 a day
The rest - 5 a day

budgets seem really high to me. I'd say top about 120?

don't want too much money in the game or it becomes silly.

Hodgey, genious idea, go back and look at your fantasy league on 606, everyone loved that. get budgets from there?

Bidgets look about right to me.

£200m for a whole new squad isn't as much as you think....

MOT they were about 200 then. The last league I did I remember I made budgets so small that releases had to be done so soon and also transfers were very low such as Messi for £40m...

ok, leave them as they are then mate

And the transfer limits?

Would agree with most of those mate, but think Everton need more cash, they have one of the smallest squads in the league. £140m-£150m would be fairer. Maybe a touch more for Arsenal and Liverpool as well I reckon

Blackburn Rovers	£200m
West Brom	£200m
Wigan Athletic	£200m
Bolton	£180m
Stoke City	£170m
Sunderland	£160m
Fulham	£150m
Newcastle United	£150m
Aston Villa	£140m
Everton	£140m
Tottenham Hotspur	£100m
Liverpool	£55m
Manchester City	£40m
Arsenal	£40m
Manchester United	£25m
Chelsea	£20m

How much are players worth on this? Any chance of a price guide? Can we assume its normal market rates?

Agree with Bathite, Everton are really average. Certainly not better than Villa squad-wise.

And the transfer limits seem fine to me mate. They are the top 3 every season so can't argue with it.

Bathite cheers for that mate. You do have a point, although they have decent players such as Baines, Arteta, Rodwell that can easily be released. I'll go £140m instead.

If you mean normal market rates, you're probably going to pay over the odds as that's what's happening in real life now. You're talking about £30-40m for the likes of Xavi + Iniesta, anywhere upward of £45m for Ronaldo + Messi, and between £25-30 for the likes of Sneijder etc.

Bolton £180m
Stoke City £170m
Sunderland £160m
Fulham £150m
Newcastle United £150m

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If I landed Newcastle, i'd be peed off Bolotm have £30m more than me...

Yeah maybe I was too harsh on Newcastle. They do have Ben Arfa though who could get released for a bit, other than that fair enough. I'll raise them to £170m.

I'd increase Fulham to 170m aswell, apart from that the budgets on the homepage seem fine

If you need help with the draw Hodgey let me know

Is it draw time?

Just read the transfer rules. Seems like it will all happen very quickly in a short period of time. Any chance that we can organise a set window to do this in? Otherwise, if im away from my desk for a few hours, or heaven forbid, have a day off! Then when i come back, i'll have no-one good left to sign

BTW this FootballCrazy guy, I'm not sure if you should let him in, he was in the Furious League, posted about once then went missing

Then again, I went missing for a few weeks so what can I say?

Bathite don't worry mate, there will be a time when foreigns take place don't worry. They will close over night and then reopen at the same time.

Follow I know FootballCrazy from other places than here so can easily contact him if he goes AWOL so will give him a chance. If not, there are plenty on the waiting list.

Who would be up for helping in the draw? I'll number managers, someone needs to number teams, and then someone to match the manager number to team number...

I can help mate, do something similar on the rugby game, just give me a shout

I can

Bathite, could you number the teams please?

Pull, could you match the numbers please?

Both post at 14:50 is that alright?

ok, best get to it.. :run1:

Hodgey - 13
Follow - 2
InTheFastLane - 6
BoredUntilAugust - 15
GloucesterBear - 8
Bathite - 1
LukeLovesLuka - 10
FisherUnited - 12
Pullthestrings - 3
andy_clark - 5
GG - 14
FootballCrazy - 7
Cor Blimey Guvnor - 9
Kamran - 11
Sav - 16
Onlytreblewinners - 4

1. Follow*
2. Kamran
3. GloucesterBear
4. Cor Blimey Guvnor
5. Hodgey
6. Onlytreblewinners
7. BoredUntilAugust*
8. Sav
9. FootballCrazy
10. andy_clark
11.FisherUnited
12. GG
13. InTheFastLane
14. Bathite
15. LukeLovesLuka
16. Pullthestrings

same! the volunteers have had a shocker!

almost! Sorry pull some confusion there. I thought you were going to match the numbers together such as manager 1 - team 16...

hang on, that just changed!

Right, do we reckon we could do the same for 14:55?

hodgey, am i villa or fulham????