Odds or Evens: Evens Edition 2024/25 | Entries open until 14th February 2025

[Damien]

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