tomsky_11

DFF league is set up. Link to join here. League id is xSZLFi557c3PtfXCJ if you need that.

That's 11 in. Just need one more to join. Will set up for 12 teams with a playoff finish if ok with everyone, to give same number of games vs other teams.

Would probably be between 7pm and 10pm UK time.

According to transfermarkt, 6 goals and 8 assists in 28 u23 games.

Yep, I'll be trying to keep up with both as well. Looks like we are still on 10 for the new one with NV out and LP in, and not sure will be more. Think Omar had already said he was out and haven't heard from Stefan. Assume that's a no to the new one from @Dick as well?

W/c 4th September looks good then for the draft. Let me know which days are good or not and also any thoughts on rules and I can get league set up. We've got the following 10 in so far: @Demitri_C @maqroll @Rds1983 @Skills @NurembergVillan @chappy @rhyscartwright_avfc @LancsVillan @HanoiVillan @tomsky_11 so at the moment I think we are looking at a 10 or 12 team league. Are any of the others from the first league in on this one too, @sexbelowsound, @villaluke, @lp_villa830, @omariqy, @Dick, @StefanAVFC, @TrentVilla? If we get 16 we'll split to two leagues of 8.

So main options to choose on league set up are: - Head-to-head or Classic? - Points system: you can toggle on or off both the "Kante" rule (extra points favouring DMs, for tackles and recoveries) and bonus points for the top 3 players (similar to the Premier League game) - Draft pick time: from 20secs to 3mins. We did 60secs in last draft. - Max teams in league: up to 16 - Max players from one club: 1-7 or unlimited - Squad size: 11 to 15 (options to distribute this differently between positions, default is 2 Gk, 5 DF, 5 MF, 3 FW same as Premier League game) - Waiver order: can reset to reverse standings, or be reverse of draft order then ongoing, ie. once you get pick you go to back of the queue. - Use auto-subs?: yes or no - End of season playoffs: top 4 teams have end of season knockout for the title - Dynasty league: can restart league next season with same teams, and can choose some players to retain Let me know any thoughts/preferences on these rules. Only changes I guess we may want from the previous draft game are adding Kante rule and changing Waivers order to ongoing instead of reverse league standings. Playoffs and Dynasty a maybe depending on your thoughts.

Next week also works as start point if we get 12 teams and do a playoff finish which is an option on that site, every would play each other 3 times then.

Yep I'm in. Assume @Demitri_C, @maqroll And @Rds1983 are too as per previous page, plus @Skills if not everyone in, plus maybe @NurembergVillan depending on what the clapping was for. With you and @chappy that's at least 7, maybe 8 already so I'd say we set up. Quite a lot of options on set up so should agree on rules etc beforehand. Also when to draft? Dem can't draft after Tuesday, and assume most of us can't on Tuesday either. I'd suggest we wait a week, then transfer window is closed and international break gives a two-week draft window. Plus if doing league if 8 as head to head, 35 weeks means everyone plays each other 5 times.

Oh ok. Would have thought he wouldn't start long term. Hemed maybe only other currently starting forward available. Few decent mids still in free agents though.

Was the war not still going until 1865?

Is a bit slower, however if they had added he may not have been available anyway as rules state the following:

Assuming we are sticking with this one at least for next few weeks, rather than dropping now and redrafting on different site. If so, here's GW2 fixtures: @tomsky_11 (=4) - @sexbelowsound (1) @LancsVillan (9) - @Demitri_C (6) @Dick (16) - @omariqy (7) @lp_villa830 (14) - @maqroll (15) @Rds1983 (8) - @villaluke (2) @TrentVilla (10) - @StefanAVFC (11) @HanoiVillan (=4) - @chappy (3) @rhyscartwright_avfc (13) - @NurembergVillan (12)

Ouch. Got both my waiver requests. Who were you after?

This analysis of long balls is so basic. Does not take into various things, eg. accuracy, where pass is from, where it's aimed at, etc. We were 29% (from 62) and 27% (from 56) accurate in long balls vs Cardiff and Reading respectively. All but 2 vs. Reading and 7 vs. Cardiff were from in our own half. As they are comparing to Wolves, vs Hull they attempted 79 long balls, 48 of which were accurate (61%). 22 of those attempted were made from the opposition half. Also, less than 13% of their total attempted passes were long balls, vs. more than 14% by us vs. Cardiff, 18% vs. Reading and 16% vs Hull. Reading vs. us attempted 20 more long balls, but had 46% accuracy, and 21% of those attempted stayed in the defensive third vs. 5% of ours.

Scores and league table now updated on the site. @sexbelowsound top after week one. @Dick picks first from waivers for being bottom.

League and points still not updated but you can now see everyone else's teams. So scores for GW1 should be: @NurembergVillan 33 - 40 @tomsky_11 @chappy 41 - 32 @rhyscartwright_avfc @StefanAVFC 37 - 40 @HanoiVillan @villaluke 53 - 45 @TrentVilla @maqroll 20 - 33 @Rds1983 @omariqy 34 - 28 @lp_villa830 @Demitri_C 35 - 16 @Dick @sexbelowsound 59 - 46 @LancsVillan

Just had a look at draftfantasyfootball.co.uk. Looks decent. Has that Kante rule thing so DMs score better. And trades. Quite a lot of league customisation as well. Someone at work is doing this one and says has worked fine so far. What are we thinking? Leave it a week and see if one we've got improves? Switch now? How many would be up for and available to redo draft in next week? Max league size would be 16 teams so could fit everyone. Or we could split in two and have two divisions of 8?

Wasn't me. There was an alternative to Togga I mentioned last season when we were having problems. I'll try and remember what that one was. On the scores being updated, there is now a note on the site saying the following: "Important: Please note Draft teams will be available to view today and leagues will be processed by Wednesday. We apologise for the delay and appreciate your patience. Rest assured future Gameweeks will be updated immediately. " So looks like it should be working like the main game but isn't yet. Providing they fix it I'm good to carry on with this one. As @Stevo985 said, can always sort trades in here if everyone agrees to that. Assume people would discuss trades in here anyway. If anyone wants to put there scores here for now I can update the fixtures post with them.

Have emailed them about it. Does seem pretty basic thing to have especially when you can view live on the main game. Hopefully will sort it. Can always post scores in here. I'm gonna finish on 40 points once subs are in.

Not seeing other team's score is pretty annoying. Disagree on available players though. And couple of weeks of transfer window for new players to come in. And if you did shit this week you've got first dibs on them. @NurembergVillan I reckon there's probably 1 point in our game. Not sure which way it's gone though.

Warburton.

It is. You just need to get more than the person you are up against

Fixtures are up. GW1 is: @NurembergVillan vs. @tomsky_11 @chappy vs. @rhyscartwright_avfc @StefanAVFC vs. @HanoiVillan @villaluke vs. @TrentVilla @maqroll vs. @Rds1983 @omariqy vs. @lp_villa830 @Demitri_C vs. @Dick @sexbelowsound vs. @LancsVillan

Ha, I did say should. Ok there are about 30 that outscored him pts/per game last season. IMO quite a few of them will play as much or more regularly. Plus there are a few new attacking mids/wingers available that I think should be getting 100+ points.