TFF The unproven/Carlos Kickaball

[robot]

Update and Pewty extends his lead, Morrison Dullforce moves up 3 places in the close mid table, teams all very similar but the subtle differences are making the difference,wasn't sure if this would work with the small pool of players available but is still a challenge to try and constantly have the best/form eleven.

This week we say goodbye to Rondon and Ogasaki and gain Gestede.

Darmian 11
Stekelenburg 11
Depay 9
Soares 9
Payet 9
Ayew 8
Deeney 7
Martial 7
Pedro 6
De Bruyne 6
Wijnaldum 4
Heung Min 3
Lens 3
firmino 3
Mitrovic 3
Otomendi 3
wilson 2
Gomez 2
amavi 2
Galloway 2
Ighalo 2
ogbonna 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Shaqiri 1
Affelay 1
Gestede 1
Francis 1
Prodl 1

[robot]

All the mid table teams had widjaldnum (the top 3 didn't) closing it up a little, a couple of teams look like there not concentrating with a gomez and wilson still floating about.
Darmian 11
Stekelenburg 11
Depay 9
Soares 9
Payet 9
Ayew 8
Martial 7
Deeney 6
Pedro 6
De Bruyne 6
Ighalo 5
Wijnaldum 4
Mitrovic 4
firmino 3
Otomendi 3
Heung Min 2
Lens 2
amavi 2
Galloway 2
wilson 1
Gomez 1
ogbonna 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Shaqiri 1
Affelay 1
Gestede 1
Francis 1
Prodl 1
Mangala 1

[robot]

Update and the top 3 stay the same, the middle 4 keep swapping places and the bottom 4 are slipping away.

A few team changes and the core of most teams the same but the small differences starting to tell.

We lose Gestede and Prodl this week and gain Rondon and Van Dijk still no dodgy players

Gomez and Wilson still about

Darmian 11
Stekelenburg 11
Soares 9
Payet 9
Depay 8
Ayew 8
Martial 8
De Bruyne 7
Wijnaldum 6
Ighalo 5
Mitrovic 5
Deeney 4
Pedro 4
firmino 4
Otomendi 4
Lens 2
Galloway 2
Heung Min 1
amavi 1
wilson 1
Gomez 1
ogbonna 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Shaqiri 1
Affelay 1
Francis 1
Mangala 1
Rondon 1
Van Dijk 1

[robot]

Update and it's all closed up at the top with Pewty and topspur tied.

Player wise we have 9 teams with Payet, wilson has now belatedly gone , depay is slowly going and Gomez still remains in one team!

Darmian 11
Stekelenburg 11
Payet 9
Ayew 8
Martial 8
De Bruyne 8
Soares 7
Depay 6
Wijnaldum 6
Ighalo 5
Mitrovic 5
firmino 5
Otomendi 5
Deeney 4
Pedro 4
Galloway 2
Rondon 2
Van Dijk 2
Lens 1
Heung Min 1
amavi 1
Iheanacho 1
Gomez 1
ogbonna 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Shaqiri 1
Affelay 1
Francis 1
Mangala 1

[Mystery]

Seems tough to make up ground in any league this season.

[robot]

In this league I think its a case of staying in the running till the next transfer window then we will see some movement with the extra choices avaliable.
Also remembering to take out the likes of gomez and wilson might help some !
Payet and depays situation also need resolving so thst may also shake the teams up a bit.

[topspur]

With the Southampton GK situation changeable and all of us ( I think) having Skek, can we clarify alternatives ? I think it's just the three promoted keepers Boruc, Gomes & Rudd. Is that correct ? All three have premiership records but not last season.

[robot]

With the Southampton GK situation changeable and all of us ( I think) having Skek, can we clarify alternatives ? I think it's just the three promoted keepers Boruc, Gomes & Rudd. Is that correct ? All three have premiership records but not last season.

I think your right as far as first choice keepers, but there are a couple of second choice ie romero/Randolph

Bramerics list below to double chack against.

[robot]

Update and at the top of the table Topspur takes the lead from Pewty with minor differences to the teams making all the difference.

3rd /4th and 5th(Morrison Dullforce/Robot and The dude abides) stay in the same position as the last update.

Player wise Darmian is now not in every team, stekelenburg is the only player in all teams.

Generally the kickaballs are not performing for any of us with only a few exceptions.

Positions 6th/7th/8th is where it all goes wrong, season long injury's in Mystery and Forest fans teams and as for zipnolan Vardy/ Mahrez and Pieters have made an appearence are you still playing? is it just a mistake if so how long have they been there?

Positions 9th 10th and 11th ( Owenclass spinynorman and Vid ) are all fine just not good enough especially Vid who is nearly 300 points behind Topspur, with this limited selection of players to choose from quite impressive in itself


Stekelenburg 11
Ayew 10
Wijnaldum 9
De Bruyne 8
Darmian 7
Martial 7
Soares 6
Depay 6
Ighalo 6
firmino 6
Otomendi 6
Van Dijk 6
Deeney 4
Pedro 4
Mitrovic 3
Rondon 3
Galloway 2
Payet 1
Lens 1
Heung Min 1
amavi 1
Iheanacho 1
Gomez 1
ogbonna 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Lanzini 1
Affelay 1
Cathcart 1
Funes Mori 1

[Mystery]

Am aware of Amavi's injury but the alternatives really aren't inspiring me!

[MorrisonDullforce]

I note that Cabaye is not in any teams.

Is he illegal? Can't see him listed for last year on Bram's site.

[robot]

I note that Cabaye is not in any teams.

Is he illegal? Can't see him listed for last year on Bram's site.

Cabaye is fine he spent the whole of last year out and scored zero therefore he's ok.

[robot]

Update and all teams are legal now that zipnolan has removed his dodgy Leicester players.
Topspur increases his lead and for the first time this year no one player is in all 11 teams.
Vid must of given up
Forest fan and Mystery swap places with Mystery finding a replacement for his long term injured and Forest fan still carrying 1 and a half long term Injured.
Spinynorman and Zipnolan jump over Owen class in the opposite direction which reflects a good week for Spiny and the reduction in points for Zipnolan.

Stekelenburg 10
Ayew 10
Wijnaldum 9
De Bruyne 8
Martial 8
Darmian 7
firmino 7
Soares 6
Depay 6
Ighalo 6
Otomendi 6
Van Dijk 6
Deeney 4
Pedro 4
Mitrovic 3
Rondon 3
Cathcart 3
ogbonna 2
Galloway 1
Payet 1
Lens 1
Heung Min 1
Iheanacho 1
Gomez 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Lanzini 1
Affelay 1
Funes Mori 1
Gomes 1

[robot]

Not much change, the top 6 stay the same with Topspur pulling ahead a little further, now's the interesting point of the season with a few more choices hopefully appearing before the end of Jan.
Stekelenburg 10
Ayew 10
Wijnaldum 9
De Bruyne 8
Darmian 8
Martial 7
firmino 6
Ighalo 6
Otomendi 6
Van Dijk 6
Soares 5
Depay 5
Rondon 5
Deeney 4
Pedro 4
Mitrovic 3
Cathcart 3
ogbonna 2
Galloway 1
Payet 1
Lens 1
Heung Min 1
Iheanacho 1
Gomez 1
richie 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Lanzini 1
Affelay 1
Funes Mori 1
Gomes 1
Deulofeu 1

[Mystery]

Just to confirm Chucky Austin isn't available in this game is he?

[robot]

No because he scored points last year.

[robot]

Update and the kickaball's had a good week this week especially Firmino and the teams are starting to look half decent.

Going by the teams/lack of changes it looks like only 6 of us are still activly managing our teams, A few new players (which have always been avaliable) have appeared in some teams along with currently a handful of totally new players being signed in the window which have yet to appear.

Topspur still leads the way mystery jumps over thedude abides and Zipnolan jumps over Spinynorman and forestfan.
Ayew 9
Stekelenburg 8
Wijnaldum 8
De Bruyne 8
Darmian 7
firmino 6
Ighalo 6
Otomendi 6
Van Dijk 6
Payet 6
Martial 5
Soares 5
Rondon 5
Deeney 5
Depay 3
Pedro 3
Mitrovic 3
Cathcart 3
Gomes 3
ogbonna 2
Alli 2
Galloway 1
Lens 1
Heung Min 1
Iheanacho 1
Gomez 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Lanzini 1
Affelay 1
Funes Mori 1
Deulofeu 1
Fuchs 1

[robot]

Update(prior to this weekend) and all teams are legal,although it only looks like 5 teams are actively trying!
Topspur holds a big lead with me in second with Pewty and morrison dullforce dropping a place.
Ayew 9
Wijnaldum 8
Stekelenburg 7
Darmian 7
firmino 7
Ighalo 6
Otomendi 6
Van Dijk 6
Payet 6
Martial 6
Rondon 6
Soares 5
Deeney 5
Gomes 4
De Bruyne 3
Depay 3
Pedro 3
Mitrovic 3
Cathcart 3
Alli 3
ogbonna 2
Galloway 1
Lens 1
Heung Min 1
Iheanacho 1
Gomez 1
Rahman 1
Jerome 1
Lanzini 1
Affelay 1
Funes Mori 1
Deulofeu 1
Fuchs 1

[robot]

Update and it looks like we have 4 active players fighting it out for top spot, Topspur has a fair lead and should hold on but all depends on transfers left.
good luck all.

[Mystery]

Ah right. So I've just moved into last place then

[robot]

Ah right. So I've just moved into last place then

Update with just the 4 active teams and yes your still last

[robot]

Update and looks like Topspur's to lose, Mystery also possibly blind to the fact he has Blind in his team!

[Mystery]

Blind isn't in this game? Ah well. No worries. Not really a massive pool of players to work from so obviously trying too hard to waste away my transfers!

[robot]

Blind isn't in this game? Ah well. No worries. Not really a massive pool of players to work from so obviously trying too hard to waste away my transfers!

Havent looked it up properly but he was at utd all of 14/15 wasn't he.

[Mystery]

Blind isn't in this game? Ah well. No worries. Not really a massive pool of players to work from so obviously trying too hard to waste away my transfers!

Havent looked it up properly but he was at utd all of 14/15 wasn't he.

I haven't looked it up properly so I'm sure you're right!

[robot]

You have a point though on the narrow choice of players,
When I thought up the idea I imagined there would be more new players than there are,especially in jan.
Once the season is over discussion/decision on if it will continue/needs tweeking for next year.

[Mystery]

One season with an unusually poor transfer window doesn't make this a bad principle for a game.

[robot]

One season with an unusually poor transfer window doesn't make this a bad principle for a game.

Yes, will see what the transfer activity is like pre season and if looking more lively will give it a go again, perhaps a list of available players may also be a help.
As far as this year goes baring a miracle Topspur will takes the title, well done.

[robot]

Well done Topspur, all over now regardless of the last few games.

[robot]

Final table, and well done Topspur for quite a big win, only 4 of us finished the season so the game faded a bit not helped by the lack of new players,
will come back to test the water when next year starts to see if the interest is there/ can it be improved.