TFFO ISO 09-10

[looneytoon77]

Have got 11 left but need to bring Adebayor back in - So far I have used the following:

SEB Carlton Cole (2nd Weekend)
Gudjonnsen Mijhas (2nd Weekend)
Adebayor Bent ((Last Week B4 Sunderland game)
Osman Lennon (yesterday b4 3PM)

Still debating the Arshavin situation, he has got 1 goal in 6 games & been crocked for 2 of them. Fabregas on the other hand is getting points every game & would free up another .5 to get rid of Samuel.
Happy enough with the midfield now, Osman has been on borrowed time & doesn't look like he is going to do much this season... Bent hat-trick this afternoon might see a few of us shift up that leader board overall...

[murf]

Went a bit mad yesterday, as I only have 4 transfers left I guess I made 11! I'll update my squad a bit later on, as much to discover what I've done for myself as to report it for the rest of you

Please let me know what you were drinkng so I can avoid it forever!

[Vid]

Cech, P CHE 3.9
Schwarzer, M FUL 3.3

Vidic, N MUN 5.0 Vermaelen, T ARS 3.7 26/9 saving of 1.3m and getting in form CB
Samba, C BLR 3.3 Skrtel, M LIV 3.7 24/8
Tomkins, J WHM 2.8

Johnson, G LIV 4.0
Clichy, G ARS 3.8
Samuel, J BOL 3.1 Cole, A CHE 4.4 26/9 didn't fancy Samuel from day 1, form FB in

Gerrard, S LIV 6.5
Arshavin, A ARS 5.5
Milner, J AVL 4.0
Osman, L EVE 3.8 Lennon,A TOT 3.7 26/9 Osman's place is under threat, Lennon in good form
N'Zogbia, C WIG 3.3 Deco CHE 3.9 23/8 SWP MAN 3.7 26/9 not sure how often Deco will be fit and in the team
Gudjonsson, J BUR 2.7 Bowyer, L BIR 2.7 19/9

Rooney, W MUN 6.8
Drogba, D CHE 6.4
Adebayor, E MAN 6.2 Bent, D SUN 5.6 26/9 form striker in, suspended one out
Ebanks-Blake, S WLV 4.9 Blake,R BUR 3.8 23/8 Saha,L EVE 5.2 26/9 gained enough elsewhere to bring in a form striker rather than cheap space filler

79.4
4 transfers remaining

Okay, all my eggs have gone into the "I hope no-one gets injured" basket and I have very little flexibility should there be a couple of long term injuries or players sold in January but if the bulk of this squad can survive the next 8 months - 10 different clubs represented in the forward and midfield, 9 of which are very captainable (Bowyer may not be too shabby an option either) and there appears to be very good points potential from the backs in both terms of CS, goals and assists. Also generally there should be good options should I actually need to make a transfer or two in most positions. Next to bottom in the ISO league, I had to do something.

[Northernmonkey]

A 15:59 tinker for me. Defoe Bent. Shocking decision really only had Defoe in a few weeks, but could do with the extra 0.4m and looks like I got lucky. Just hope it went through in time as I cut it a bit fine!

[looneytoon77]

Looks like we all have got Bent then! Am hoping for Carlton Cole to score in the next 2 games before I get Ade back in (As long as he doesn't get another ban for the celebration vs Gooners) - I like you NM will have only had Cole for a few games but want to get Ade back which was always the case. I would have brought Bent in for Cole if Ade had not been suspended a couple of weeks ago but thought I might as well get those extra 3 games out of Cole with Ade being suspended.

Bold move Vid on those transfers - I like your style I just havn't got the balls to make that many this early!

[Evvy18]

Transfer No 3 for ISO_Evvy made yesterday

Vidic Vermaulen

[Chocs]

Thought I'd been a bit trigger happy with the ISO transfers until I saw Vid's post . As part of my ISO restructuring I brought in Vermaelen for Samba in time to star him in the Fulham game.

Transfer 4: Samba Vermaelen.

[Vid]

It would appear that with 7 transfers made for the w/e I've made some good short term progress, up to 15th from 30th and 2nd highest score in the ISO league from the 9 matches played.

[Evvy18]

Still uncertain and not confident about conducting timed transfers. Tried setting this up on Saturday for the 17:30 (Vidic to Vermaulen) but appears to have changed it from the first kick off of the day so 12 points down

Saying all that 97 for the week sees me rise to 13th, largely based on Darren Bent

[murf]

All pretty close, 14 teams within a Darren Bent* of the lead. (probably because those 14 all had a Darren Bent* !!!)

Pos C Manager Team ** Week 7 Pts. Total Pts. League Pos
1 Mr Jonny Goodall ISO Northernmonkey 94 565 139
2 Mr Mark Ellis ISOmarke192 88 561 169
3 Mr Tim Miller ISO chocs 107 560 178
4 Mr Tim Clear ISO LooneyToons 97 559 190
5 Mr Milan Gajic ISO ELK 85 553 230
6 Mr Peter Jordan ISO AkNotSpur 102 552 240
7 Mr Steve Legg ISOreds363 92 551 245
8 Mr Ben Johnson ISO j0nners 90 545 302
9 Mr Jason Murfitt ISO murf 92 544 311
10 Mr Kristian Livall ISOKRL 94 539 365
11 Mrs Nina Gordon ISO Worm 94 535 402
12 Mr Chris Lay ISOMindvampire 87 535 402
13 Mr Steve Everest ISO - Evvy 97 533 421
14 Mr Martin Winter ISO-Stretchman 94 533 421
15 Mr David Tonkin ISO VID 106 525 518
16 Mr David King ISO Jester 94 523 538
17 Mr Richard Stirland ISO Art Vandelay 81 520 585
18 Mrs Karen Miller ISO bal 59 505 803
19 Mr Bill Pollard ISO-scouse 66 498 925
20 Mr Trevor Speak ISO PENGY 52 498 925
21 Mr Dave Lay ISOElliptical 49 497 950
22 Mr Doug McLaren ISOMclaren74 55 494 1012
23 Mr Mike Whitaker ISO Bramernic 58 491 1062
24 Mr Paul Gordon ISO Papa Giddy 55 490 1075
25 Mr Jonathan Sparrow ISO BigJonS 54 486 1154
26 Mr Michael Dumville ISO MIKED99 56 485 1177
27 Mr Peter Clinch ISO-zipnolan 60 484 1201
28 Mr BC Adams ISO Loidis 51 480 1281
29 * Mr David Andrews ISO-NFG 61 479 1296
30 Mr Chris Pike ISO Sportsmeister 55 478 1311
31 Mr Rob Wheatley ISO SOBD 45 464 1609

League Average 559.6
League Position 11

EDIT - note this table is incorrect (as are my comments) as based on Bent getting 18. Now reduced to 13 so scrub 10 off most of / all the top scores.

[reds363]

Still uncertain and not confident about conducting timed transfers. Tried setting this up on Saturday for the 17:30 (Vidic to Vermaulen) but appears to have changed it from the first kick off of the day so 12 points down

Saying all that 97 for the week sees me rise to 13th, largely based on Darren Bent

You can't do timed transfers this season. You could only do them last year with CleverTV's website (the one that locked in flange selections when making future selections).

This year it's back to the old system of transfers (no future setting, and when you make one it wipes any future flanges selected)

[Evvy18]

That's what I thought reds however when you read the rules it seems to imply that you can change teams between flanges.

I'm now reading that as meaning that you have to be physically in front of the PC between flanges in order to invoke the transfer!

Oh well never mind as I spent a very nice Saturday afternoon drinking wine with friends

[Chocs]

Made the final move in the rebuilding of my ISO squad by bringing in Bridge for Samuel last night.

Not the greatest of starts, but at least I avoided starring Tomkins

Transfer 5: Samuel Bridge

[murf]

Made the final move in the rebuilding of my ISO squad by bringing in Bridge for Samuel last night.

Not the greatest of starts, but at least I avoided starring Tomkins

Transfer 5: Samuel Bridge

Tomkins and Bridge both got -1 didn't they?

Bridge was booked.

[AkNotSpur]

Transfer No 3 - Gerrard Barry

...shortly to be followed by Adebayor Torres

Perhaps a couple of weeks too late, but it did gain me 5 points last night (3 instead of -2 for Tomkins*), and Torres is looking like a must-have. Barry should get a few assists and penalties - plus the odd goal from open play - and (if fit) will play in every game.

This also leaves me with some cash to upgrade Samuel and/or Tomkins.

[Bramernic]

Still playing with the original squad. Thankfully I completely forgot to set up the team for last night, so didn't even get -1 for Tomkins. Now the cricket has finished I'll give this some attention soon.

[Chocs]

Made the final move in the rebuilding of my ISO squad by bringing in Bridge for Samuel last night.

Not the greatest of starts, but at least I avoided starring Tomkins

Transfer 5: Samuel Bridge

Tomkins and Bridge both got -1 didn't they?

Bridge was booked.

Yep. Avoided Tomkins, but crashed into the Bridge.

[Elliptical]

2 more done
this has left me with 2 everton midfielders at the moment, but what with the break till 17th and all i thought i'd leave osman in for the sunday 4th match and got a suprise goal

3rd oct
Gerrard Cahill
Ebanks-Blake Van Persie

[Northernmonkey]

A couple from me last weekend too.

Tomkins Heitinga
Samba Vermaelen

Just felt my defence generally was too weak especially after bringing in the never-present Fabio as an enabler, really thought he’d have made a few sub appearances by now. I’m reluctant to get rid of him despite his constant benching, with a lack of decent upgrades at FB it was Tomkins & Samba who got the chop. Feel much happier. West Ham look all at sea & I’ve never been comfortable with Samba despite his attacking prowess! Allardyce teams annoy me, means I’ll miss out starring him against Burnley but I wasn’t exactly relishing that prospect anyway.

[Northernmonkey]

Here's the table going into the injury break. The odd untouched side in there by the looks of it (eg PG) but looks like most have made a few moves now. Some of us a few more than others!

Pos C Manager Team ** Week 8 Pts. Total Pts. League Pos
1 Mr Jonny Goodall ISO Northernmonkey 97 651 53
2 Mr Tim Clear ISO LooneyToons 73 635 96
3 Mrs Nina Gordon ISO Worm 101 627 138
4 Mr Mark Ellis ISOmarke192 71 620 197
5 Mr Tim Miller ISO chocs 70 617 215
6 Mr Peter Jordan ISO AkNotSpur 70 615 227
7 Mr Milan Gajic ISO ELK 52 601 317
8 Mr Steve Legg ISOreds363 58 597 346
9 Mr Ben Johnson ISO j0nners 61 594 374
10 Mr Jason Murfitt ISO murf 61 593 380
11 Mrs Karen Miller ISO bal 87 593 380
12 Mr Chris Lay ISOMindvampire 65 589 422
13 Mr Kristian Livall ISOKRL 61 588 433
14 Mr Steve Everest ISO - Evvy 64 585 467
15 Mr Richard Stirland ISO Art Vandelay 73 582 495
16 Mr Bill Pollard ISO-scouse 85 581 501
17 Mr Martin Winter ISO-Stretchman 54 576 579
18 Mr David Tonkin ISO VID 57 575 596
19 Mr David King ISO Jester 52 565 743
20 Mr Trevor Speak ISO PENGY 62 563 770
21 Mr Dave Lay ISOElliptical 65 562 781
22 Mr Doug McLaren ISOMclaren74 61 555 875
23 Mr Peter Clinch ISO-zipnolan 68 554 892
24 Mr Mike Whitaker ISO Bramernic 60 551 946
25 Mr Paul Gordon ISO Papa Giddy 56 545 1058
26 Mr Michael Dumville ISO MIKED99 60 543 1094
27 * Mr David Andrews ISO-NFG 63 540 1153
28 Mr Jonathan Sparrow ISO BigJonS 38 538 1186
29 Mr BC Adams ISO Loidis 55 535 1252
30 Mr Chris Pike ISO Sportsmeister 46 524 1445
31 Mr Rob Wheatley ISO SOBD 50 514 1638

[Chocs]

Now the December TV games have been announced I've just been looking at coverage for my squads over the rest of the year. Overall not too bad but there's one number that sticks out like a sore thumb in my ISO squad and that's the goalkeeper clashes. I usually play the proverbial straight bat with my keepers - generally picking 2 of the big 4 keepers and stick with them throughout and I've never given keeper clashes a second thought in the past.

For those of us who have stuck with the original ISO keepers the fixture list seems to have been particularly unkind this year. There are six clashes and even when the keepers don't clash the Fulham fixtures are not always that appealing, particularly given their league form so far. Here's my thoughts on the remaining 2009 fixtures. Starts off well, but then goes downhill pretty rapidly!

Hull (h) - star
Man City (a) – no clash, but bench anyway
Liverpool (h) - clash bench
Wigan (a) - clash bench
Birmingham (a) - clash bench
Blackburn (h) – play (star possibility)
Bolton (h) – play
Sunderland (h) – play
Burnley (a) - clash bench
Man Utd (h) – no clash, but bench anyway
Spurs (h) - clash bench
Chelsea (a) - clash bench
[Stoke (a) to be rearranged]

So after the Hull game Schwarzer covers no standalones for me and I may only play him in 3 of the 11 scheduled games .

With 300K in the bank it's going to be hard for me to avoid hitting the transfer button for the 6th time soon. Schwarzer's replacement would lead to at least 2 or 3 clashes, but would be someone I'd have more confidence in playing in a tough fixture, so potentially gaining 5 or 6 fixtures and a better long term prospect. Any thoughts?

[looneytoon77]

Thanks for the info Chocs, most useful!

Must admit, I havn’t looked into the goal keeping clashes but agree Fulham havn’t made the best of starts. If Schwarzer is going to only be playing 3 of possible 11 games due to clashes & poor fixtures then I think it warrants a transfer. I have used 6 transfers also but I think after the Hull game it might be worth the Aussie keeper getting the boot rather than warming the bench until after xmas!

[Northernmonkey]

Blimey! Cheers Chocs. I’ve also only taken notice of my striker clashes, but that’s a lot of games to miss. I’ve already made 3 defensive subs so for me Schwarzer is in there for the duration.

Looking on bright side you could actually play him in 6 of the 11 if you wanted. I’d play him against Man U (H) and perhaps Man C (A), he never gets booked & I don’t think Fulham would get spanked so for me only a small risk of a minus score, plus there's always a chance of a penalty save. He was always going to be benched against Chelsea since we all have Cech. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the next batch of TV games & he also played their FA Cup games last season unlike many keepers. At least the other 3 home games he’ll definitely play look quite nice, so I'll probably stick.

[AkNotSpur]

Transfer No. 4 Samba Dunne
Transfer No. 5 Tomkins Vermaelen

Time to ship out the dead wood and, having plenty of cash in hand, these ones looked pretty obvious. In particular, after Sambas -4 as Star on (last) Sunday, I didn't fancy any more minus points when he attempts to deal with Drogba this afternoon.

Next on the way out is JLS (nil points ) - although it's harder to find an affordable and compelling replacement in the full back dept because Ashley Cole won't allow me to do the Adebayor Torres switch when the later is fit again. Those 2 moves will only leave me with 8, so - barring injuries - that will probably be it until the New Year - then, of course, the ACON issue will arise.

but...Fabregas is beginning to look a better long-term bet than Arshavin.

[reds363]

I did transfers 4,5,6 last weekend:

Arshavin Fabregas (partially fuelled by Arsh's benching but also as a better season-long bet imo, as AKN said above)

Vidic Vermaelen (Vidic was out, Verm looks like a must-have, and it saves me loads of dosh to sort out Milijas/Samuel etc...)

Samuel Baines (Bolton not looking like keeping CSs, no attractive cheap FBs. Regains my EVE cover after dumping Osman a while ago)


Swiftly followed by number 7 today:

Tomkins Dunne (no explanation needed really!)

[Bramernic]

Guys,

I made several transfers in a big rush last weekend and got very confused in the process. I'm actually on holiday at the moment but will fully update this thread next month. Sorry!

[marke192]

Been very busy with the transfer button!! Only 6 left now

Tomkins, J (Defender) Vermaelen, T (Defender)
Arshavin, A (Midfielder) Fabregas, C (Midfielder)
N'Zogbia, C (Midfielder) Elliott, W (Midfielder)
Samba, C (Defender) Dunne, R (Defender)
Samuel, J (Defender) Warnock, S (Defender)

[Evvy18]

Transfer 4 for ISO_Evvy made over the weekend

Tomkins OUT Dunne IN

Transfers 5, 6 and 7 very nearly happened as well but live to fight another day!

[Chocs]

Despite Fulham having steadied the ship in the last week I still went through with dropping Schwarzer on Saturday. Brought in Friedel as a better long term bet and the extra fixtures gained due to only a couple of clashes.

Transfer 6: Scwarzer Friedel

[reds363]

I did transfers 4,5,6 last weekend:

Arshavin Fabregas (partially fuelled by Arsh's benching but also as a better season-long bet imo, as AKN said above)

Vidic Vermaelen (Vidic was out, Verm looks like a must-have, and it saves me loads of dosh to sort out Milijas/Samuel etc...)

Samuel Baines (Bolton not looking like keeping CSs, no attractive cheap FBs. Regains my EVE cover after dumping Osman a while ago)

Phew, couple of lucky escapes! Vidic off last weekend, Samuel today. Arshavin red card next week?