Odds or Evens: Evens Edition 2024/25 | 27 competitors. Entries closed.

Damien

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See last year's Evens Edition for a glimpse of how the competition went.
  • Picks to be sent via private message rather than posted in thread.
  • One allowed substitute that can be used at any time but must be submitted at the same time as the original eight players and must have a unique squad number and club (neither can match one of your other players). If one of your eight players is injured, suspended or just plain sucks, you can request for your substitute to replace the injured/suspended/shit one for the remainder of the competition. If OriginalPlayer scores 5 goals prior to being replaced and ReplacementPlayer scores 6 goals for the remainder of the duration of the competition, you'll get 11 points total.
  • Each person gets three bonus cards that can be used through the competition. How it works is, prior to the teams being released for the first fixture of that game week, you can nominate one of your players to be given a bonus card. If they score during that round of fixtures, you get one point added to your goal total. You must nominate in the thread itself (PM isn't allowed, but if you're a newbie with limits to posts per day I will allow PMing me and I'll post in the thread for you) and you can give multiple bonus cards to the same player but not on the same game week (so you can't use all three for one match).
Simply:
  • Pick eight Premier League players with even numbers on their jerseys - one pick per Premier League side. So you could have, say Lisandro Martinez for Manchester United (#6 shirt) but you can't have Bruno Fernandes too (#8)
  • You can't choose the same shirt number twice - so if you pick Lisandro Martinez (#6), you can't have Jamaal Lascelles (#6) too.
  • At the same time as the eight Premier League players, you must submit a ninth clearly labeled as a substitute and must have a unique number and club. If you want to replace one of the original eight with this substitute, you can do but must message Damien stating your desire to do so.
  • You gain one point for each Premier League goal your players score (nothing for assists).
  • You have three bonus cards. Prior to the teams being released for the first fixture of any match day, you can nominate one of your players to be given a bonus card (must be posted in thread). If they score during that match day you get one bonus point added to your score. You can use multiple bonus cards on the same player if you wish, but must be on different match days.
  • The following players are banned (yes, I know they're both odd numbers):
    • Mo Salah
    • Erling Haaland
  • This runs from 14th February 2025 (MD25) until the end of the season. The rearranged fixture from the first half of the season (Everton v Liverpool) will not count. Person with most points wins.
  • Deadline for submitting your list of eight even-numbered players is Friday 14th February 8:00pm and you must send your list of eight (plus one sub) to me via private message. After the deadline, everyone's picks will be revealed. This list can't be changed afterwards and you have to take the rough with the smooth, but you can use your one sub at any point.
  • If there are 20+ entries, the winner will get a tagline and an award.
Example of how your picks should look like using Spanish players:

#6 - Koke - Atletico Madrid
#8 - Federico Valverde - Real Madrid
#10 - Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad
#12 - Allan Nyom - Getafe
#16 - Diego Lopez - Valencia
#20 - Unai Gomez - Athletic Club
#22 - Johan Mojica - Mallorca
#24 - Portu - Girona

Substitute:
#14 - Sergio Camello - Rayo Vallecano
 
Here's the spreadsheet.

Quick screenshot of all 27 competitor's eight players:
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Breakdown of how many lists each of the 27 selected players appeared on (not including subs):
27 (100%): Gakpo, Isak, Palmer
23 (85.2%): Cunha, Semenyo
15 (55.6%): Diallo (I predict a lot of subs being used in the near future)
11 (40.7%): Fernandes, Mitoma
9 (33.3%): Johnson, Savinho
6 (22.2%): Odegaard
4 (14.8%): Gabriel, Smith-Rowe
3 (11.1%): Sterling
2 (7.4%): Ferguson, Gibbs-White, Kovacic, Soucek, Wilson
1 (3.7%): Adams, Dominguez, Doucoure, Guehi, Munoz, Onuachu, Tielemans

Everybody's subs:
Amsterdam Devil: #10 - James Maddison - Tottenham
antohan: #28 - Tomas Soucek - West Ham United
awop: #26 - Savinho - Manchester City
Bartondale: #2 - William Saliba - Arsenal
Bigfoot2: #26 - Savinho - Manchester City
DanNistelrooy: #34 - Evan Ferguson - West Ham United
DJ_21: #32 - Emile Smith-Rowe - Fulham
EricTheKingTheKing: #34 - Evan Ferguson - West Ham United
Fanatic 00237: #30 - Raheem Sterling - Arsenal
Glow: #40 - Facundo Buonanotte - Leicester City
HappyCamper: #40 - Facundo Buonanotte - Leicester City
Herculean: #6 - Gabriel - Arsenal
Hernandez - BFA: #34 - Evan Ferguson - West Ham United
IRN-BRUno: #34 - Evan Ferguson - West Ham United
Jim Beam: #34 - Evan Ferguson - West Ham United
Jimmy Greenhoff's Chest: #26 - Savinho - Manchester City
P-Nut: #32 - Emile Smith-Rowe - Fulham
sallycinnamin: #32 - Emile Smith-Rowe - Fulham
Scriblerus: #22 - Brennan Johnson - Tottenham Hotspur
sixdwarf: #32 - Emile Smith-Rowe - Fulham
Stevondo8: #40 - Facundo Buonanotte - Leicester City
suheilsworld: #6 - Christian Norgaard - Brentford
troylocker: #26 - Savinho - Manchester City
V.O.: #52 - Oscar Bobb - Manchester City
Widow: #26 - Savinho - Manchester City
Wilt: #32 - Emile Smith-Rowe - Fulham
Wing Attack Plan R: #28 - Tomas Soucek - West Ham United

Whenever you want to use your sub and on who, just post here - remember, injuries/suspensions aren't required to use the sub but think carefully before using.

If you wish to use a bonus card in future, post here too.
 
Rankings after MD25 New
Fanatic 00237 made the bold choice to use two bonus cards on Gakpo and Isak unsuccessfully.

The following players scored during MD25 (lists on at the time in brackets):
  • 1 goal by Matheus Cunha (23)
  • 1 goal by Kaoru Mitoma (11)
  • 1 goal by Emile Smith-Rowe (4)

Rankings after MD25
RankUsernameGoalsMD25 Scorers
1Bigfoot23Cunha, Mitoma, Smith-Rowe
=V.O.3Cunha, Mitoma, Smith-Rowe
3awop2Cunha, Mitoma
=EricTheKingTheKing2Cunha, Mitoma
=Glow2Cunha, Smith-Rowe
=HappyCamper2Cunha, Mitoma
=Jim Beam2Cunha, Mitoma
=Jimmy Greenhoff's Chest2Cunha, Mitoma
=sallycinnamin2Cunha, Mitoma
=sixdwarf2Cunha, Mitoma
=suheilsworld2Cunha, Mitoma
12Amsterdam Devil1Mitoma
=antohan1Cunha
=Bartondale1Smith-Rowe
=DanNistelrooy1Cunha
=DJ_211Cunha
=Fanatic 002371Cunha
=Herculean1Cunha
=Hernandez - BFA1Cunha
=P-Nut1Cunha
=Scriblerus1Cunha
=troylocker1Cunha
=Widow1Cunha
=Wilt1Cunha
=Wing Attack Plan R1Cunha
26IRN-BRUno0
=Stevondo80

Remaining bonus cards left
3 cards left: Amsterdam Devil, antohan, awop, Bartondale, Bigfoot2, DanNistelrooy, DJ_21, EricTheKingTheKing, Glow, HappyCamper, Herculean, Hernandez - BFA, IRN-BRUno, Jim Beam, Jimmy Greenhoff's Chest, P-Nut, sallycinnamin, Scriblerus, sixdwarf, Stevondo8, suheilsworld, troylocker, V.O., Widow, Wilt, Wing Attack Plan R
2 cards left:
1 card left: Fanatic 00237

Remaining subs left
Amsterdam Devil, antohan, awop, Bartondale, Bigfoot2, DanNistelrooy, DJ_21, EricTheKingTheKing, Fanatic 00237, Glow, HappyCamper, Herculean, Hernandez - BFA, IRN-BRUno, Jim Beam, Jimmy Greenhoff's Chest, P-Nut, sallycinnamin, sixdwarf, Stevondo8, suheilsworld, troylocker, V.O., Widow, Wilt

Successful bonus cards used

If anyone wants to use a bonus card or substitute for the Aston Villa v Liverpool game (post here): Wednesday 19th February 2025 at 18:05 GMT.

So far:
Substitute - Scriblerus - Brennan Johnson on for Amad Diallo
Substitute - Wing Attack Plan R - Tomas Soucek on for Amad Diallo
Substitute - Amsterdam Devil - James Maddison on for Amad Diallo
Substitute - sallycinnamin - Emile Smith-Rowe on for Abdoulaye Doucoure
 
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Want to use my sub please already.. I know degress in hindsight and all that!

Swapping or subbing Doucoure for Smith - Rowe please @Damien
Thank you.
 
Unsurprisingly, the last two players I cut off to arrive at the final squad both scored :lol:
 
Only change after last night's match is that @awop is up to three points (Tielemans). I've put it on the spreadsheet but not going through the process of doing a whole new table for such a minor change – it will be reflected in future tables and on GW29 when the rest of the fixtures are played, the goalscorer will be displayed then.

Reminder that GW26 fixtures are tomorrow so you all have until Friday 21st February 2025 at 16:40 GMT to make any subs o bonus cards in addition to the stuff above which have gone through ^^