Yes, it's new and no it's not a typo. The Winkerman League is here.

Concept
Use one of your Tinkerman teams to achieve the lowest score possible over the weekend games (Saturday & Sunday games only). Only one team selection allowed with no transfers ie the team lasts all weekend.

Scoring
Declare your score that has been worked out by the lovely people at TFF +3pt penalty for any player who does not make an appearance.

Rules
1. Have a tinkerman team selected on the TFF website with your selection (as no one will be arsed to work it out for you). Minimum squad value of 40.0M
2. Declare your selection before the weekend's first KO. Any reasons for choices will always add to the fun.
3. Declare your total when TFF have done the math.

That's it for now. These are d(r)aft rules right now. Everyone is welcome to contribute some ideas or rules to make it better.

This weekend will run as trial, with the serious winking starting next week.

Hopefully we'll all be winking into the cup come the end of the season.

May the best Winker come first.
etc. etc.



This game has been brought about through a conversation between Latic, blahblah and Tacalabala.

42.3, don't think it's really bad enough if I'm honest. I'm hoping Henry gets a red, the defence is the most expensive from those teams that can't keep a CS.

My bunch of winks for the weekend:

Jaaskelainen (BOL)
Knight (BOL)
Robinson (BOL)
Wheater (BOL)
Riley (BOL)

Kuyt (LIV)
Reo-Coker (BOL)
Agustien (SWA)

Carroll, A (LIV)
Pavlyuchenko (TOT)
Gueye, M (EVE)

Total 40.6M

4-3-3 what! Bolton block, think Stoke will frustrate Liverpool.

I fancy WBA v Nor to be 0-0

I haven't had a normal go at this yet, and only have 1 side - so it'll be next week for me.....

Tac, Minimum now 40.0M, changed it a few mins ago. 42 is too much I think.

Think I'll stick with what I've got (can't be arsed to change it now )

I think for future weeks it's going to have to be after the first day (which would normally be the Saturday), as nobody is going waste their Tinker teams until they know it's shot. For example, next week the first day in which there are points to play for is Tuesday (Bolton and QPR in the FA Cup), so Winkerman could start on Wednesday with Wolves and go through to Sunday with one selection for the duration (though I doubt they'll be many picking any from that Sunday).

Anyone else going to convert that Everton team to see how low you can go?

Isn't the Official one a Weekly thang?

Yep, decided to stick to weekends for now.
It's open, of folk want to do the whole week I'm up for that.

So my serious effort, has (however slight) a chance of winning?

The official Tinkerman league runs Tuesday thru Monday as a normal TFF week. So if you've got a team in he 50s then worth a go.

This comp is just meant to be a bit of fun for those who have no chance with a team this week eg Everton starting XI or have a spare team and want to mess about for a laugh.

Yep I get the bit about this one.

I will get bored of trying to do well after one bash at it (and setting a team up for this is probably be a goodstart for the real thing - just imagine Bolton being the only clean sheet )

I seem to remember a season-long variation of this a few seasons back, where the bottom team in it was in the top 100 of the real whole thing, or something daft, for ages?

The concept of getting a lowest score is not a new one. Never personally seen the point of paying for the pleasure, but there are lot of free teams in this Tinkerman League out there for folk to have a laugh with.

I'll try and dig out the thread later, it was one of the funnier ones, as some rubbish team kept a load of clean sheets etc - the team was doing awesomely well for quite a while

The season we got up I think someone started well with a Wigan block. Obviously PJ before the pornstar days

He is only producing well and truly soiled sheets nowadays

Blackpool today