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― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 07:22 (twenty-one years ago)

will they be adding players to teams as they are signed? doesn't seem wise to pick a team this far in advance

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:04 (twenty-one years ago)

You can change your team as much as you like before the seaon starts. So if any new players get signed you can change.

― Davel (Davel), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

excellent, let's get the ILX league set up then...just deciding my team name and kit now...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i want jel to call his team Partizan Jelgrade

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Team selected has soimeone set up the league or shall I?

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Go on.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I set up ILx Invitational as a league name

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

password?

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

5940-1608

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The question is, are you an old fuddy-duddy or a Portuguese man o'war?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 08:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Genesis P Norwich

Sorensen
Upson
Campbell
Mellberg
Barton
Hitzlsperger
Lampard
Scholes
Kanoute
Van Nistelrooy (c)
Baros

subs
Hoult
Charlton
Cooper
Sakiri

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm in! But my team is crap, will have to tinker with it some time

― Davel (Davel), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve don't pick Kanoute - I don't think he and Santini see eye to eye, he's behind Keane and Defoe in the pecking order and he's been crap since he stopped being French anyway.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

1: Kiely
2: Cunningham
3: Dodd
5: Terry
6: Lampard
7: Pires
8: Flitcroft
9: Lazaridis
15: Nemeth
10: Henry (C)
11: Davies

Subs

4: Upson
12: Berthelin
13: Samuel
14: Borrowdale

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

well i already have picked him but yes i was aware of potential problem. Heskey is an option and it's only 0.5 for Defore anyway but plenty of time to change. Ronaldo's down as injured but depending on when he's fit again I can see myself swapping Scholes for him too.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Ronaldo's at the Olympics for the start of the season, innit?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Being laughed at by Greeks, probably.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm Robben in for Scholes? then Defoe for Kanoute? am wary of picking Chelsea midfielders (apart from Franky obv.)

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:18 (twenty-one years ago)

ok Scholes out Malbranque in, Barton out Lazaridis in, Kanoute out Keane in - that's better

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the main five Chelsea midfielders (Lampard, Makelele, Duff, Robben, Tiago) will all get a fair crack of the whip this season and play most of the games. Although Duff's injured, unsurprisingly.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

he's the new Sick Note

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

so, we think limited appearances for cole and parker then?

― .:@:.: (gareth), Thursday, 22 July 2004 10:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, I can see Parker edging out Makelele if he impresses.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway - Fantasy Fanny Dangle: Niemi, Upson, Ferreira, Scholes, Lampard, Gerrard, A Svensson, Van Nistelrooy, Defoe, Yakubu.

Plus a load of cheap shit on the bench and NO GOONERS!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

IFK Gotterdammerung:

Niemi
(Green)

Samuel
Svensson
Amoruso
Bocanegra
(Kishishev)

Folly
Robben
Rommedahl
Solano
(Riihilahti)

Henry
Van Nistelrooy
(Huckerby)

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 22 July 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i nearly called my team Danny Fanglers

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

um, the code for the league isn't working (for me)...

i am the "grecian earns" this year, for pretty obv reasons :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 July 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry, just me, i think you have to type it in rather than just copying and pasting for an unknown reason...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 July 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i copied and pasted ok, maybe you had a rogue - no matter

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

IT'S ON.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 22 July 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

aiming for European place this season after dour midtable dogfight last time round (so yes relegation then) - Ruud ought to do better, perhaps the selection of Baros is misguided given the suggestion the only reason he flourished at Euro 2004 was because of long injury and lack of club games...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm hoping to carry on with the form shown during euro 2004

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 22 July 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone's gotta be in last place so it might as well be:
Deportivo L'Acadie
Schwarzer
(Cech)

Yobo
Sun
Pearce
Fish
(Hibbert)

Campo
Parlour
Juninho
Ferguson
(Campbell-Ryce)

Henry (c)
Rooney
(Bentley)

Who cares about the score when you got such stylish uniforms.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 22 July 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

it's a shame you can specify uniforms with rings rather than stripes.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 22 July 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

no green either, i wanted to have norwich kit innit

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

A Right Haimes FC is in. Our kit is lovely, and my team will, like a certain ring I've read about, rule you all.

Friedel; Samuel Cunningham Melchiot; Malbranque Lampart Juninho Wright-Phillips; Saha Yakuba Ferdinand.

Last year, my brother and children entered teams, but that was because I was the league administrator. Is it cool to do that again, or is this just to be a league for ILX regulars? (NB: Emma and Sammy's "The Hastalavistas" were #12 I think, and Tim's "10 Uppity Street" were also top half of the table, despite neither of them making any substitutions all year long.)

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The more the merrier, I'm sure.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

here goes - in a victor style phizzle my snizzle ima strictly business

Robinson (spurs)
Green (norwich)
Samuel (villa)
Neville G (man u)
Toure (arse)
Higgenbotham (south)
Griffen (port)
Robben (chels)
Ricketts (spurs)
Faye (port)
Le Tallec (liver)
Doriva (midd)
Forsell (birm)
Shearer (newc) ©
Cisse (Liver)

― james (james), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

What i found odd was the complete ommision of all the new Leeds players????? and for some reason loads of Spurs players - tres odd?????

― james (james), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

James, all the new Leeds players are there - Zidane, Deco, Ronaldo, Gerrard, the reanimated corpse of Sir Bobby and the flying pig in goal.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorensen
--------
Fortune
Laursen
Higginbotham
-------
Robben
Lampard cap
Wright Phillips
Rommedhal
--------
Henry
Cisse
Phillips
--------
Berthelin
Short
Popovic
Dyer

I expect it to have about 5 changes before the season starts

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

which ex-leeds players are missing? i thought i saw them

― haertcore l''' (gareth), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Begs2, please don't let the kids play this year, it's embarrassing...

(i joke, of course)

also the grecian earns aren't actually set up yet, that is just the randomly generated team, honest.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I was tempted by Rommedahl as well but just ran out of money. Him or Barry, anyway.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

haha last season i became obssessed with overtaking each of the Cibulas in turn

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

and you FAILED! ugly americans ruled yoooo

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i think i ranked higher than all but one in the end

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

just changed half my team again...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Real So-so-sad are in. And will be crap if my performance at Euro 2004 is anything to go by.

1: Lehmann
2: Bridge
3: Campbell
4: Stubbs
5: Mellberg
6: Juninho
7: Gerrard(C)
8: Inamoto
9: McFadden
10: Henry
11: Heskey

Subs: Speroni, Mulryne, Johnson and Crainey.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 22 July 2004 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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And in 5th place, Fake 'n' Vac are looking nervously over their shoulders...

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Thursday, 12 May 2005 06:14 (twenty years ago)

I've got a bad feeling that in the 'three-way battle for third place' I'm actually going to finish seventh.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 12 May 2005 07:19 (twenty years ago)

i haven't seen such a slide since QPR went off the boil back in November.

― $V£N! (blueski), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:12 (twenty years ago)

Right, desperate times call for desperate measures (ie cheating a bit). Time to bring on The Spoilers...

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:29 (twenty years ago)

eeeeeeeeeeeeeh, i'm tellin'

;)

good week for me, but still 13th...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

Time to bring on The Spoilers...
WAH! Not fair! Mr Blatter, sir! He's not playin' fair!

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Thursday, 12 May 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

Ooh, I had a really good week. Fifth place may yet still be mine.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 12 May 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

i think the spoilers should be well and truly spennymoored from any final table ;)

i could *could* go top ten today given a couple from eidar or reyes...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 15 May 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Argh. No Ronaldo for Man U.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

No Defoe again.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 15 May 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

"Just as equally if not even more so".

You can rely on Graham Taylor to mangle the language.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

Fulham 1 Norwich 0

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 15 May 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

And it was McBride for Ailsa.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Diop scores!

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Frankie!

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Lampard scores a penalty. 1-1 vs Newcastle.

― AdrianB (AdrianB), Sunday, 15 May 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

AJ! Get in!

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

West Brom score again

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

(Ooops wrong window)

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

And it looks like McBride's 16 points will take Real So-So-Sad into 5th place!

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 15 May 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Need to wait for the final scores. I think Ailsa might be ahead of me, but Lloyd Park Rangers might be there for the taking too.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 15 May 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

The pub I was in watching the Celtic game this afternoon was weirdly all supporting Norwich afterwards, and not terribly impressed with me cheering on McBride.

I make it that I am two points behind Cabbage, purely because I thought Everton had less to play for and that it would prove useful to keep Gera ahead of Cahill.

boo, and indeed, hoo...

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 15 May 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

oooh i made it to the top 10 after all!!!! (somehow? i beat charltonlido on goal diff???!!)

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 15 May 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

gah!

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Monday, 16 May 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

Ken maybe you have a higher average gameweek score than Gareth? I do wonder how it's been ranked.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 08:07 (twenty years ago)

i suspect its who has made the least transfers, that comes higher.

11th, very mediocre

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 16 May 2005 08:13 (twenty years ago)

Yes, the fans expect better, and perhaps, they deserve it too.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 08:18 (twenty years ago)

Teh Dream Team

Cech 178
Terry 196
Riise 160
Lampard 269
Pires 174
Downing 159
Duff 159
Scholes 159
Henry 231
Johnson 183
Hasselbaink 152

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

What sort of formation is that, Steve? 2-5-3?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

yep

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)

I'd like it if they worked out what was the best team you could buy with the budget provided though - no-one could afford a team comprised of all of the above.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)

charltonlido provisional squad 2005-06

friedel
myhre
kelly
nelsen
hunt
dunne
onuha
malbranque
diouf
cole
lampard
van persie
kuqi
henry
ellington

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

If you'd picked this team at the start of the season you could've relaxed for the whole campaign making no changes other than to sub when the first choice was out, and you'd win the competition comfortably.

Friedel (Blackburn) (5.5) = 156
Terry (Chelsea) (9.1) = 196
Southgate (Middlesbro) (6) = 130
Robinson (West Brom) (3.7) = 70
Todd (Blackburn) (5) = 124
Weir (Everton) (4.8) = 117
Lampard (CAPTAIN) (Chelsea) (11.1) = 269 (x2 = 538)
Makalele (Chelsea) (7.5) = 135
Hughes (Crystal Palace) (5.2) = 127
Gera (West Brom) (6) = 134
Downing (Middlesbro) (7.1) = 159
Henry (Arsenal) (14.8) = 231
Johnson (Crystal Palace) (9.5) = 183
Davies (Bolton) (6.6) = 104

Total cost = 101.9 (offset by lower value of players at start of season)

Total score = 2404

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Forgot to add Hoult (West Brom, 4.0, 99) as sub keeper there, so that would bring the total to 2503!

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Malbranque should definitely be one to watch again next season. I missed him.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

yea, i think he'll come back strong next season after a frankly disappointing runout this time

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)

my average gameweek score was only 54.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Forgot to add Hoult (West Brom, 4.0, 99) as sub keeper there, so that would bring the total to 2503!

b-b-but, surely you wouldn't get points for all fifteen players every week - you can only play 11 at a time?

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I was thinking that. Also, what's with bringing in an extra team in the last week, knocking Gareth out of the top ten on goal difference or something...

I can't believe I missed out on fourth place by six measly points. Oh well, perhaps I will take this more seriously right the way through next season.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

Relegated :(

I didn't keep up. The lamors kept getting injured, and I never bothered replacing them.

My defence was awesome!

Lundekvam
Stefanovic
Laursen

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Hopefully, with some quality signings, we can bounce back next year.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

i thought something wasnt right, a second team brought in at the last minute. cheating! ok, so i am 10th after all (i could have brought in my other team, which got 2055, which would have put me 2nd overall)

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Anyone playing next season?

― AdrianB (AdrianB), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

I imagine so.

― $V£N! (blueski), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Oh, definitely, yes.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 16 May 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

A respectably solid 8th (7th in a Spoilers-free world). A mere 221 points behind the champions. I blame an unstable midfield and my failure to find a dependable strike partner for Johnson.

Oooh, yes, I'll be up for next season.

I'll need something to take my mind of Sunderland getting tonked each week.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 05:46 (twenty years ago)

Definitely not - I was pissed off by my half-arsed attitude (one transfer early in the season, then forgot about it). I don't have the time and passion to play it properly, and get no satisfaction from playing it poorly, so won't try. Unless I change my mind. Maybe I'll just do the bit I like (the initial selection) and consciously decide to do nothing thereafter.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

I'll be there. Don't know about the spoilers, though.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

midtable midtable midtable!

Aiming for mediocracy is a Canadian soccer tradition!

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)

bah, if only lampard had knocked one more in on sunday i would've leapfrogged ken, gareth AND david...

11th a long way off what mid-season predicted, i am the charlton...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

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