PlayTheGame:The times, Need advice

[harvey_manager]

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[Not our Donna]

I'm not sure how many managers there are in your league, but that teams looks way better than my team. Get Elano on the pitch though

[Richt]

I'm not sure how many managers there are in your league, but that teams looks way better than my team. Get Elano on the pitch though

Yes, change Elano for Arca.

[drramone]

currently in a game, with my work mates, as well.

The strategy i have been employing is to use the Research tab, in particular the player statistics.

Work out what cats you are lagging behind in. Sort the players by that cat. It shows you the players that have current high scores in the cat and if they are available or not.

i used this scenario and picked up Garrido from City (very near the top of the CS cat), I was then then able to transfer him to another player for Reina.

[Krispy]

Hi Harvey,

Not sure how many people you are in a league with - but that's a decent looking squad

However, swapping Arca Elano will make absolutely jack all difference

We are effectively fielding 14 each week rather than 11. The subs count towards your active plays. Its the six on the bench that you need to worry about. McCarthy is going to get off the mark sooner rather than later - get him playing

Looking at your squad again, you should have no reason to complain. How are you positioned in your mini league? Has one player got a monopoly over the Big Name Stars eg: Lamps, Gerrard, Rooney, Torres ect

[harvey_manager]

in the league

[harvey_manager]

night,

[harvey_manager]

o hi by the way

[harvey_manager]

So this is how the teams line up.

[harvey_manager]

challenge.

[harvey_manager]

run out..?

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[drramone]

Regarding - Anderson I have picked him up and released him 3 or 4 times already. I think if he was a regular player he would score highly in all of the MID/FOR categories.

But the drawback is you have no idea when he is going to play, so you are continually have to second guess SAF to know when to have him in the team. If you have him active and he dosen't play then you have a non-scoring position for that week (you do store up an active postion for later in the season).

I would prefer to have players who play week in week out.

A couple of players I would look at if not allocated already.

J Utaka
E Diouf
A Valencia.

These players show good stats in the MID/FOR category, and will all play in the majority of their team games. If you go for these then you wil need to have some players from the top four teams, so you don't lag behind in the Pts cats.

[Krispy]

I dropped Arbeloa ... wish I hadn't He and Reina are the only two to have avoided Rafa's rotation so far this season

Babel will become of more interest as the season progresses, but at the moment will be spending too much time on the bench.

Be happy that you snapped up Belletti - should be a lock in for season long clean sheets. I also picked up Corluka - means you can double team with Richards (Dunne in my case) when City have easy home fixtures

Phil Neville offers much more value than Man U's Anderson Game time = more SP's, also plenty of team points as Ev should do well now the Yak has joined the fold.

Its not just the quality of your squad - but how you play them. The tables, especially at this early stage will be distorted by those that have used their active play allocation and those with plenty in hand. You can catch up leaps and bounds by fielding for both Sat & Sun fixtures. Conversely, don't get carried away with this as you'll only suffer later in the season

As mentioned, its not just the glamour players who'll do well. I picked up Diouf based on his high SP rate plus should get a few more assists with Anelka on form. Sunderland's defence might not be the tightest - however they're right up there on the def count. Swings and roundabouts, either focus on a few areas or settle for being generally ok at everything.

Consistency is key

[mikeg13]

Not sure if playing the right way, but at moment trying to use as few of the slots as poss, but still stay in touch with the leaders.
In 2 leagues one of 10 other of 20, for sure the bigger league is a lot harder to do well in, would think that more knowledge of how the game is played needed, hopefully a few of the more experienced on here of this type of game will post a few pointers on tactics.

[harvey_manager]