Transfer Muppet Fantasy

Poisened chalice and all.

You still haven't realised Totti has never been referred to as poisoned chalice. Guardiola is. Managers keep picking Guardiola in the wrong setup and crash out. I have high hopes for Cutch here though (haven't seen what he got in defence, but everything looked fine last time I checked, and Raúl...)
 
FAO ALL MANAGERS, MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS ASAP, NOMINATIONS AFTER 29 MAR 0200 HRS START AT 15M BIDDING. NOMINATIONS NEED NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY BIDS. NOMINATIONS WITHOUT BIDS WILL BE REMOVED AFTER 12 HRS. OTHER MANAGERS CAN NOMINATE THESE PLAYERS AGAIN IF THEY WISH TO. AS LONG AS YOUR NOMINATIONS ARE IN BEFORE THAT DEADLINE, YOUR BIDS WILL START AT 10 M
 
Mmmm... Probably should have had a pop at Vieri as well. You've got cash, don't you?

Nah gandalf made me pay 10m more than I planned for on Chiellini before he cleared off and Viva would have re-raised my 15m bid for Vieri so didn't bother gettin involved. Crespo was 1st choice and thought he was a safe pick but Balu stole him on me
 
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rpitroda - 12 players D. Beckham 40M, J. Terry 34m, G. Neville 32m, R. Keane (Abidal (25m)+ 35m) R. V. Nistelrooy 25m, S. Hyppia 14m, Pedro 10m, Reina 10m, G. V. Bronckhorst 10m, Y. Toure 29m, C. Tevez 10m, S. Aguero 10m = 16m.

Annahmoss - 6 players Xavi 66M, Busquests 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m = 51M

VivaJanuzaj - 7 players Van der Sar 15M, Piszczek 10M, Seedorf 35M, Enrique 38M, Giggs 65M, Jaap Stam 40M, Rui Costa(30M from Aldo), = 67M

Pippa - 8 players Pires 32M + Figo 71M + Adriano 10M + Cole 34M + Baraja 10M + Silva 49M + Salgado 10m, Cesar = 74m left

Gandalf - 10 players Casillas 19m, Vidic 43m, Adriano 19m, Cambiasso 29M, Ballack 39M, Zidane 71m, Cavani 10m, Zlatan 15m, (Neymar-10->12m), Baines 10m, Valencia 10m = 37M left.

Fergus - 7 players Ronaldo 95m, Zanetti 50m, Angel di Maria 15m, Kompany 20m, (Raul sold 30M--> 15m) Del Piero 25M, Toldo 12M, Alba 13M = 55M

Cutch - 11 players Buffon 15m, Thuram 50m, Nesta 60m, Chiellini 30m, Joaquin 10m Ivan De La Pena 10m, Guardiola 39m, Mendieta 34m, Kily Gonzalez 10m, Juan Roman Riquelme 27m, Raul 15m = 300m (0m left)

kps 88 - 6 players Cech 10M Carlos 42m R. Carvalho 34M Gerrard 42 Davids 45 Villa 12m = 115m

paceme - 12 players Iniesta (70=>89M), Robben 30M, Messi (115m), Gammara (20m), Jeremies (14m), Ljungberg 20m, Scholl 22m, Samuel 22m, Lopez 10m, ivanovic 12m, Schweinsteiger 40m, Pessotto 10m, =4m

MJJ - 5 players Nedved (60m), Sagna (10m) Ronaldo(102m) DDG(10m) Shearer(25m) = 93m

Edgar - 8 players Drogba 35m, Lahm 45m, Zambrotta 30m, Dida 10m(Valdes>Annah), Gattuso 35m, Pirlo 55m, Sergio Ramos 16m, Andersson 12m = 62m

Crappy - 9 players Ronaldinho (70m), Scholes(55m), P.Montero(27m), D.Alves(32m), Peruzzi (10m), Ribery(40m), Sorin(12m), Van Persie(10m), De Rossi(22m)= 22m

Aldo - 9 players Rio Ferdinand 48m, Hazard 10m, Puyol 24m, Courtois 10m, Henry 55m, Makelele 32m, Kaka 33m, Rui Costa (34M-->30M to VivaJ), Vieira 53m = 31m

Balu - 7 players Verón (31m), Neuer (15m), Abidal (Keane (65m) - 35m), Sagnol (28m), Crespo (17m), Simeone (22m), Cannavaro (45m) = 112m

NoPace - 6 players Bale (25m), Evra (28m), X Alonso (28m), Suarez 20m, Essien 24m, Sol Campbell 25m = 150m

Pol/Theon - 9 players Lucio (26m), Marcelo (21m) Cafú (52m) Rivaldo (69m), Lloris (10m) Modric (18m) Gallas (12m) Vidal (25m), Shevchenko (31) = 36m
 
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rpitroda - 12 players D. Beckham 40M, J. Terry 34m, G. Neville 32m, R. Keane (Abidal (25m)+ 35m) R. V. Nistelrooy 25m, S. Hyppia 14m, Pedro 10m, Reina 10m, G. V. Bronckhorst 10m, Y. Toure 29m, C. Tevez 10m, S. Aguero 10m = 16m.

Annahmoss - 6 players Xavi 66M, Busquests 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m = 51M

VivaJanuzaj - 7 players Van der Sar 15M, Piszczek 10M, Seedorf 35M, Enrique 38M, Giggs 65M, Jaap Stam 40M, Rui Costa(30M from Aldo), = 67M

Pippa - 10 players Pires 32M + Figo 71M + Adriano 10M + Cole 34M + Baraja 10M + Silva 49M + Salgado 10M + Ayala 29M + César 10M + Albelda 10M + Eto'o 24M (sold for 16M) = 27m left

Gandalf - 10 players Casillas 19m, Vidic 43m, Adriano 19m, Cambiasso 29M, Ballack 39M, Zidane 71m, Cavani 10m, Zlatan 15m, (Neymar-10->12m), Baines 10m, Valencia 10m = 37M left.

Fergus - 7 players Ronaldo 95m, Zanetti 50m, Angel di Maria 15m, Kompany 20m, (Raul sold 30M--> 15m) Del Piero 25M, Toldo 12M, Alba 13M = 55M

Cutch - 11 players Buffon 15m, Thuram 50m, Nesta 60m, Chiellini 30m, Joaquin 10m Ivan De La Pena 10m, Guardiola 39m, Mendieta 34m, Kily Gonzalez 10m, Juan Roman Riquelme 27m, Raul 15m = 300m (0m left)

kps 88 - 6 players Cech 10M Carlos 42m R. Carvalho 34M Gerrard 42 Davids 45 Villa 12m = 115m

paceme - 12 players Iniesta (70=>89M), Robben 30M, Messi (115m), Gammara (20m), Jeremies (14m), Ljungberg 20m, Scholl 22m, Samuel 22m, Lopez 10m, ivanovic 12m, Schweinsteiger 40m, Pessotto 10m, =4m

MJJ - 5 players Nedved (60m), Sagna (10m) Ronaldo(102m) DDG(10m) Shearer(25m) = 93m

Edgar - 8 players Drogba 35m, Lahm 45m, Zambrotta 30m, Dida 10m(Valdes>Annah), Gattuso 35m, Pirlo 55m, Sergio Ramos 16m, Andersson 12m = 62m

Crappy - 9 players Ronaldinho (70m), Scholes(55m), P.Montero(27m), D.Alves(32m), Peruzzi (10m), Ribery(40m), Sorin(12m), Van Persie(10m), De Rossi(22m)= 22m

Aldo - 9 players Rio Ferdinand 48m, Hazard 10m, Puyol 24m, Courtois 10m, Henry 55m, Makelele 32m, Kaka 33m, Rui Costa (34M-->30M to VivaJ), Vieira 53m = 31m

Balu - 7 players Verón (31m), Neuer (15m), Abidal (Keane (65m) - 35m), Sagnol (28m), Crespo (17m), Simeone (22m), Cannavaro (45m) = 112m

NoPace - 6 players Bale (25m), Evra (28m), X Alonso (28m), Suarez 20m, Essien 24m, Sol Campbell 25m = 150m

Pol/Theon - 9 players Lucio (26m), Marcelo (21m) Cafú (52m) Rivaldo (69m), Lloris (10m) Modric (18m) Gallas (12m) Vidal (25m), Shevchenko (31) = 36m
 
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rpitroda - 12 players D. Beckham 40M, J. Terry 34m, G. Neville 32m, R. Keane (Abidal (25m)+ 35m) R. V. Nistelrooy 25m, S. Hyppia 14m, Pedro 10m, Reina 10m, G. V. Bronckhorst 10m, Y. Toure 29m, C. Tevez 10m, S. Aguero 10m = 16m.

Annahmoss - 6 players Xavi 66M, Busquests 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m = 51M

VivaJanuzaj - 10 players Van der Sar 15M, Piszczek 10M, Seedorf 35M, Enrique 38M, Giggs 65M, Jaap Stam 40M, Alaba 20M, Rui Costa(30M from Aldo), E.Petit 10M, F. de Boer 14M = 23M

Pippa - 10 players Pires 32M + Figo 71M + Adriano 10M + Cole 34M + Baraja 10M + Silva 49M + Salgado 10M + Ayala 29M + César 10M + Albelda 10M + Eto'o 24M (sold for 16M) = 27m left

Gandalf - 10 players Casillas 19m, Vidic 43m, Adriano 19m, Cambiasso 29M, Ballack 39M, Zidane 71m, Cavani 10m, Zlatan 15m, (Neymar-10->12m), Baines 10m, Valencia 10m = 37M left.

Fergus - 7 players Ronaldo 95m, Zanetti 50m, Angel di Maria 15m, Kompany 20m, (Raul sold 30M--> 15m) Del Piero 25M, Toldo 12M, Alba 13M = 55M

Cutch - 11 players Buffon 15m, Thuram 50m, Nesta 60m, Chiellini 30m, Joaquin 10m Ivan De La Pena 10m, Guardiola 39m, Mendieta 34m, Kily Gonzalez 10m, Juan Roman Riquelme 27m, Raul 15m = 300m (0m left)

kps 88 - 6 players Cech 10M Carlos 42m R. Carvalho 34M Gerrard 42 Davids 45 Villa 12m = 115m

paceme - 12 players Iniesta (70=>89M), Robben 30M, Messi (115m), Gammara (20m), Jeremies (14m), Ljungberg 20m, Scholl 22m, Samuel 22m, Lopez 10m, ivanovic 12m, Schweinsteiger 40m, Pessotto 10m, =4m

MJJ - 5 players Nedved (60m), Sagna (10m) Ronaldo(102m) DDG(10m) Shearer(25m) = 93m

Edgar - 8 players Drogba 35m, Lahm 45m, Zambrotta 30m, Dida 10m(Valdes>Annah), Gattuso 35m, Pirlo 55m, Sergio Ramos 16m, Andersson 12m = 62m

Crappy - 9 players Ronaldinho (70m), Scholes(55m), P.Montero(27m), D.Alves(32m), Peruzzi (10m), Ribery(40m), Sorin(12m), Van Persie(10m), De Rossi(22m)= 22m

Aldo - 9 players Rio Ferdinand 48m, Hazard 10m, Puyol 24m, Courtois 10m, Henry 55m, Makelele 32m, Kaka 33m, Rui Costa (34M-->30M to VivaJ), Vieira 53m = 31m

Balu - 7 players Verón (31m), Neuer (15m), Abidal (Keane (65m) - 35m), Sagnol (28m), Crespo (17m), Simeone (22m), Cannavaro (45m) = 112m

NoPace - 6 players Bale (25m), Evra (28m), X Alonso (28m), Suarez 20m, Essien 24m, Sol Campbell 25m = 150m

Pol/Theon - 9 players Lucio (26m), Marcelo (21m) Cafú (52m) Rivaldo (69m), Lloris (10m) Modric (18m) Gallas (12m) Vidal (25m), Shevchenko (31) = 36m
 
Total Player Pool: 29

Forwards: 8

C.Vieri - 10M - VivaJ - 17:08
Lewandowski - 10m - Annah - 22:23
F. Totti - 10m - NoPace - 01:19
Owen - open to bids - 03.50
Torres - open to bids - 03.50
Forlan - open to bids - 03.50
Overmars - 10m - Balu - 04.17
Müller - 20M - Pol - 05.55


Midfielders:14


Cocu - 18m - Balu - 18.08
Deco - 10m - Edgar - 03:38
Sneijder - open to bids - 03.50
Ozil - open to bids - 03.50
Reus - open to bids - 03.50
Goetze - open to bids - 03.50
Carrick - open to bids - 03.50
Fabregas - 12m - MJJ-03.55
Kroos-10m Aldo -3 55
Ramsey-open to bids-3 55
Gundogan - 10M - Fergus - 6:48
Albertini - 13m - Pippa - 8.14
C. Marchisio - 10m - Edgar - 08:19
Sousa - 12m - Pol - 08.35


Defenders:7

Boateng - 10 m - Annah - 22:20
Dante - 10 m - Annah - 22:20
R. Marquez -14m- MJJ - 01:23
Pique - 10m - NoPace - 03:37
Maicon - 17 - Gandalf - 6.54
Helguera - 12m - Pippa - 8.14
Materazzi - 11m - fergus - 10;43


My Purchases:
F. Malouda - 10m - Edgar - 09:20
G. Heinze - 10m - Edgar - 09:20

Other Purchases:
Hummels - 12m - Gandalf - 7.35
Frank de Boer - 14m - VivaJ - 09:19
E.Petit - 10m - VivaJ - 09:42
 
rpitroda - 12 players D. Beckham 40M, J. Terry 34m, G. Neville 32m, R. Keane (Abidal (25m)+ 35m) R. V. Nistelrooy 25m, S. Hyppia 14m, Pedro 10m, Reina 10m, G. V. Bronckhorst 10m, Y. Toure 29m, C. Tevez 10m, S. Aguero 10m = 16m.

Reminds me of my wife when the sales are on. "What the feck did you get that for?". "And how does that go with that?". It was cheap, is all I get.

Annahmoss - 6 players Xavi 66M, Busquests 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m = 51M

You must be livid at the sort of player that is going for 10M :lol:

Fergus - 7 players Ronaldo 95m, Zanetti 50m, Angel di Maria 15m, Kompany 20m, (Raul sold 30M--> 15m) Del Piero 25M, Toldo 12M, Alba 13M = 55M

Incredible how he has had to take a 15M hit on what would otherwise be two cracking deals for Del Piero and Raúl. Those two for the same money as Pirlo/Scholes. Goes to show how much people prioritise their "midfield battles" over genuine quality and class upfront.

Del Piero = Bale, feck me sideways.

Cutch - 11 players Buffon 15m, Thuram 50m, Nesta 60m, Chiellini 30m, Joaquin 10m Ivan De La Pena 10m, Guardiola 39m, Mendieta 34m, Kily Gonzalez 10m, Juan Roman Riquelme 27m, Raul 15m = 300m (0m left)

Should have got Abidal, but you are well set. :drool:

NoPace - 6 players Bale (25m), Evra (28m), X Alonso (28m), Suarez 20m, Essien 24m, Sol Campbell 25m = 150m

Clearly, clearly, hasn't noticed he is on RedCafe and not BigSoccer.
 
Updated mine.


rpitroda - 12 players D. Beckham 40M, J. Terry 34m, G. Neville 32m, R. Keane (Abidal (25m)+ 35m) R. V. Nistelrooy 25m, S. Hyppia 14m, Pedro 10m, Reina 10m, G. V. Bronckhorst 10m, Y. Toure 29m, C. Tevez 10m, S. Aguero 10m = 16m.

Annahmoss - 6 players Xavi 66M, Busquests 54M, Iniesta 89M (from paceme), Neymar 12m(from GG) D.Silva 18m, Valdes(Dida>Edgar) 10m = 51M

VivaJanuzaj - 10 players Van der Sar 15M, Piszczek 10M, Seedorf 35M, Enrique 38M, Giggs 65M, Jaap Stam 40M, Rui Costa(30M from Aldo), E.Petit 10M, F. de Boer 14M = 43M

Pippa - 10 players Pires 32M + Figo 71M + Adriano 10M + Cole 34M + Baraja 10M + Silva 49M + Salgado 10M + Ayala 29M + César 10M + Albelda 10M + Eto'o 24M (sold for 16M) = 27m left

Gandalf - 10 players Casillas 19m, Vidic 43m, Adriano 19m, Cambiasso 29M, Ballack 39M, Zidane 71m, Cavani 10m, Zlatan 15m, (Neymar-10->12m), Baines 10m, Valencia 10m = 37M left.

Fergus - 7 players Ronaldo 95m, Zanetti 50m, Angel di Maria 15m, Kompany 20m, (Raul sold 30M--> 15m) Del Piero 25M, Toldo 12M, Alba 13M = 55M

Cutch - 11 players Buffon 15m, Thuram 50m, Nesta 60m, Chiellini 30m, Joaquin 10m Ivan De La Pena 10m, Guardiola 39m, Mendieta 34m, Kily Gonzalez 10m, Juan Roman Riquelme 27m, Raul 15m = 300m (0m left)

kps 88 - 6 players Cech 10M Carlos 42m R. Carvalho 34M Gerrard 42 Davids 45 Villa 12m = 115m

paceme - 12 players Iniesta (70=>89M), Robben 30M, Messi (115m), Gammara (20m), Jeremies (14m), Ljungberg 20m, Scholl 22m, Samuel 22m, Lopez 10m, ivanovic 12m, Schweinsteiger 40m, Pessotto 10m, =4m

MJJ - 5 players Nedved (60m), Sagna (10m) Ronaldo(102m) DDG(10m) Shearer(25m) = 93m

Edgar - 11 players Drogba 35m, Lahm 45m, Zambrotta 30m, Dida 10m(Valdes>Annah), Gattuso 35m, Pirlo 55m, Sergio Ramos 16m, Andersson 12m, Malouda 10m, Heinze 10m , Eto'o 16m= 26m

Crappy - 9 players Ronaldinho (70m), Scholes(55m), P.Montero(27m), D.Alves(32m), Peruzzi (10m), Ribery(40m), Sorin(12m), Van Persie(10m), De Rossi(22m)= 22m

Aldo - 9 players Rio Ferdinand 48m, Hazard 10m, Puyol 24m, Courtois 10m, Henry 55m, Makelele 32m, Kaka 33m, Rui Costa (34M-->30M to VivaJ), Vieira 53m = 31m

Balu - 7 players Verón (31m), Neuer (15m), Abidal (Keane (65m) - 35m), Sagnol (28m), Crespo (17m), Simeone (22m), Cannavaro (45m) = 112m

NoPace - 6 players Bale (25m), Evra (28m), X Alonso (28m), Suarez 20m, Essien 24m, Sol Campbell 25m = 150m

Pol/Theon - 9 players Lucio (26m), Marcelo (21m) Cafú (52m) Rivaldo (69m), Lloris (10m) Modric (18m) Gallas (12m) Vidal (25m), Shevchenko (31) = 36m
 
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Nah I believe most people either don't have the funds for a bidding war now or don't need another striker.

It's ridiculous anyway. I would have gone for Ruud at 25M ages ago, but would happily use spare cash for Vieri. Can't believe no one has spare cash actually.
 
@Cutch said:
Not sure how players like Varane and Neymar have made it into this draft. Varane has barely 50 career games under his belt.

Neymar is bar Silva and Ribery the best LW performer in an extreme high press/high possession football who plays there week in week out. So even if he is not the best individually he is one of the best for my tactics. I'd rate him above Ronaldinho/Cristiano in the high press for example, even if they of course are much more talented going forward.

Neymar in Barcelona doesn't interest me too much except his proven partnership with the Barca trio, what interests me is his defensive brilliance in Brazil and how he combines it with lethal counters, goal-scoring and creativity when in possession.

Neymar has played for Brazil for 3 years now and his goal-scoring ratio is world-class there.
 
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I think one of the best steals is Overmars by @Balu that looks like he might go for 10M. If Bale is 25M, di Maria is 15M and Overmars is 10M the world has gone mad.
 
I think one of the best steals is Overmars by @Balu that looks like he might go for 10M. If Bale is 25M, di Maria is 15M and Overmars is 10M the world has gone mad.
Shhh! No one has noticed yet, let him slip through quietly ;).
 
You certainly won't get my vote now! Probably my most hated player!
:lol: .... :nervous:

the graphic is not doing your favours, and neither is the fact that you are on redcafe.

it also depends on what one values in a defender.i don't rate the vidic/terry school of defending much, so i guess whatever you do it isn't going to change my outlook. especially i am not sure hyppia is the right partner for him.

as for tevez, i think it would have worked better if the striker was someone more mobile unlike RvN. I am not sure this formation is really going to help him. of course having beckham definitely helps on that front, but not sure how successful you are going to arguing the case for tevez/ aguero/RvN attack.

That's fair play. I think that that type of defender has a role in football. I don't think Ferdinand would be as recognised as he is without someone like Vidic next to him.

Regarding my attacking players, in the right system I think that can certainly work.
 
19m?

I'm basically giving you 3m for making a few posts and doing nothing for like 3 hours :lol:

Edit: First let me confirm something with this cnut who wants Eto'o.
 
Aye, its functional but I do feel you were so well-placed to come up with something a bit more exciting. I think of Deco as being better suited to playing a bit deeper, so I'd have loved to have seen Totti or Kaka at the tip of the diamond instead.

But then that's what the draft matches are for. I might well be wrong about Deco's position, and there's a good chance I'm underrating Malouda's peak form. As ever I'm open to persuasion in the match threads.


Malouda is a natural left footed player. CL winner. Operated under the same left of diamond for Chelsea. He is capable of drifting to wings and has a very good work rate. Contributes offensively and tracks backs defensively. 19 goals and 20 assists during his peak 2 seasons at Chelsea. I agree that he will be underrated here, but he can do the job and quite good at that.

As for Deco, this is the same formation he played for CL winning Porto side in 2004!


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Malouda is a natural left footed player. CL winner. Operated under the same left of diamond for Chelsea. He is capable of drifting to wings and has a very good work rate. Contributes offensively and tracks backs defensively. 19 goals and 20 assists during his peak 2 seasons at Chelsea. I agree that he will be underrated here, but he can do the job and quite good at that.

As for Deco, this is the same formation he played for CL winning Porto side in 2004!


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Good job man, I'm a fair bit more sold on it already! I'd forgotten quite how good Malouda's numbers were.