Welcome to another year of FF and more importantly my defence of the most important prize in FF.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

Rules and guides

1. The template for your starting X1 is Alan Hansen's XI (or other TFF nomination). You can change to any of the formations available as long as you comply with Rule 2 beneath.

2. You must make at least one and no more than two changes to this team by midnight on Thursday 12th August 2010 to allow me and the other league chairman enough time to check that all teams are in order for the start of the season on the 14th August. Invalid teams may have to be excluded or a transfer penalty imposed (making an enforced transfer) so please pay special care to getting your team correct, it is after all very easy. The Hansen team will be frozen at midnight Friday 6th August (any changes he makes after this date will not count).

3. You must enter your team in the superleague as soon as possible. You do not need to have made your changes at this stage - only to have entered a team. I will distribute, as will the other league chairman, the league name and password by PM to all the players.

4. Tables will be posted as and when available and at least weekly, chairman please ensure this happens but anyone can do it (usually the leaders are quick to ).

5. Post your starting team in the following way and use this as a template for any transfers you make during the competition (this is - edit - now Hansens starting team, and below is an example of the template format):-

Reina
Alex
Agger
Assou-Ekotto
Rafael
Gerrard RVP
Arshavin
Nolan
Essien
Rooney Defoe
Torres

Transfers Left:- 30
Value of Team:- 49.8m

Reasons for Transfers :-
Want RVP in from the start and Rooney is going to sulk all year.

Note if people want to keep a record of their transfers as they go along please list these under the main template, keep the main template clean for the current transfers you are doing.

6. The egg competition is an open, friendly and fun competition. If everyone posts transfers as they should on a timely basis (same day or before next scheduled kick off) then there will be no problems, everything will run smoothly. If you feel it will not be possible to do this then please think about whether this competition is for you as it is very frustrating for others who do comply to see others not. So for this year I have reluctantly introduced a rule for this. The chaiman of each league will check teams online each week and note unreported changes, these will be logged then after 3 strikes an enforced transfer (back to the player transfered but not reported) must be made, then any future non reporting will lead to relegation or withdrawal. This rule is subject to the discretion of each league chairman.

7. Following the start of the season manage your team in the normal way.

8. The leagues will be open so that everyone can see everyone else's teams so make sure you make your team PUBLIC when you create it.

9. Your team name must include your FISO name and some reference to eggs, eggcups etc after that be creative !

10. Each league contains 12 players and there will be a 3 up, 3 down promotion and relegation at the end of the season.

11. The winner of each league wins a bespoke egg cup donated and made by Cherylhoney or offspring. Also the winners of each league will choose a charity each for cherylhoney to do a run (or bike ride!).

12. There will be a cup competition which runs automatically alongside the league competition. I will announce the weeks for the cup competition when all the leagues have been finalised or when I get round to it.

13. Above all, enjoy yourselves, have a bit of banter and may the best man or woman win.

14. The Premiership is

uhh (chairman)
murf
neathboy
karrde
cherylhoney
lucky7
chief wiggsy
jester
kizkiz
the ledge
bfm
des

Finally, will the players above please confirm they still wish to play this year, I will highlight in blue those that have entered the SL.

I've got a pre-paid team so I'll stick murf's eggcup mob in as soon as I see a computer after the game launches.

This is going to be a very tough year this year and will be harder than ever to win another egg cup not like the old days.

It won't be that hard. All the decent players are in the lower divisions.

I'll have to get a couple more under my belt then.

The Woolster and Razorback in your league, that will be interesting.

Razorback used to be a good player, but after last season's performance I'm not too sure. As for Woolster, he was a top player before he joined up with you in the doubles. Since he's listened to your tactical advice, he just isn't the same player any more.

I'm not rising to it. Instead I will rise to the top of the table in May.

(bookmark this one for your end of season review!)

Knew you wouldn't be able to resist.

Some respect at last

Good lads and lasses... you'll need it

Razorback likes this...

It's that sort of attention to detail that will see you lose your PL status.

I am most definitely playing (and winning!)

The league has been set up (details in first post) and a random team has been selected to get my team in while we wait for Hansen to pull his finger out and enter the proper starting X1.

Please enter your team into this SL so this league can be finalised asap.

Team entered into SL - PL Huevera del Des

I will be buying teams on Friday. I will be in and really cant see me finishing outside of the top 3.

That'll be the helmet getting in the way!

Of course i'm playing. Not sure when i'll be buying teams though

Worth noting for any that have missed it that there is currently an offer to buy in blocks of 4 for £10 that ends on Friday.

Thanks for the reminder, i will add my team sometime this week.

Team in

Definitely playing - will put my team in soon.

Public team please !

should be ok now.

I need to pull me socks up in this comp (actually, all comps, been rubbish last couple of seasons). Stiil, can't see that improving when baby Wiggsy pops out end of Nov. Though, considering points per transfers last season, maybe me not touching teams for a couple of months over xmas might do me favour. I will be far better at documenting changes an thoughts.

I'll put team in within next couple of days.

edit - I'm in now.

Rules now updated with Hansen team.

http://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 06/4010460

How do i enter this?
I had my first egg cup experience on the WC, failing miserably mind you, but am happy to think i can comply with the rules and have a stab, i picked up 2 free teams so have a spare on top of my usual SL i play.....

Thanks
Tim

Ive submitted Hansens team for now. 8 eggs in the box now.

Hi Tim, I've logged your interest here 2010-11-are-you-playing-t73653.html, you will definitely get to play but it won't be here.

Just Murf (on hols til today I think), the ledge (like his DLA slow ) and bfm to enter. Anyone heard from bfm, I have Pmed him but no reply.

Still 3 to enter. Might have to promote some up from the championship they are way keener.

Been in Corfu for 2 weeks. Haven't even looked at TFF yet, but will be playing. Will sort it in next week or so.