cool! I'll create a team later on today!

Joined.

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All Aguero

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I'm in.

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Yeah :D I was the last one in the beginning of the league :D

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I kept Silva in squad in case he would eventually play, but fortunately he didn't and Hoolahan went in. And Payet went crazy vs Newcastle :D

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Setup a head to head league aswell Dird!

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You play a game each round against another team in the league. Your score versus your opponent's score. 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

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Looks like you'll be joining me! I'm only 23 points behind you my friend! Couldn't help notice you have 3 injured players and one suspended... :P

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Why always premier league, it's a shit league, la liga pls.

You cant criticize the Premier League and then advocate for La Liga...

I just did

Then you have no right to criticize the PL (which is also overrated)

Okay

Ins can do anything he puts his mind too. He's insane after all!

Insane in the membrainnne..insane in the membrainnnn.

La liga > PL any day

Bundesliga>La Liga>Premier League > Mozambique Soccer League > Nothing > Croatian First League

Don't be salty because of Croatia vs Germany national teams overall score :P

huh? Lots of croation people told me their league is a corrupt piece of shit thats not competetive anymore

They told you the truth

btw http://www.11v11.com/teams/croatia/tab/opposi...on/Germany

2:1:5 in favour of Germany.

NDH is not croatia. Let's not count friendlies against Germany's puppet state while best players were in partisan army :)

So what sets the Bundesliga apart from the rest?

The balanced playstyles of the teams, in terms of prioritizing the tactical, physical and individualistic aspects of the game

and the depth of the league. Yes I realize you are gonna say its only Bayern, but if you follow the BuLi closely (additionally its history), you are gonna notice its not true.

Oh and apart from the reasons only relating to the sport, there are many advantages in the infrastructure.

- not as reliant on forgein money/state money/tv deals as other leagues
- very solid youth academies
- many homegrown players get to be top performers in their teams
- scandal free league
- debt free teams, as opposed to italian, english and spanish teams

I agree with you and admire the way the league is run, especially the way it benefits the national team. Speaking in terms of pure entertainment I do find the premier league the best to watch. You get some absolutely horrendous prices trying to bet Barcelona or Bayern playing any of the lower half of the table, such is their dominance. It isn't the case in the premier league.

For one reason or another the league appears a lot more competitive than other leagues. Some of that is down to the best teams playing below the level of 5 years ago, the fact that more and more promoted clubs come up trying to actually to play football and just the immense amount of money running through the league enabling even minnows to compete.

The best players in the league for the longest time have been foreign, the buyouts by overseas owners has increased rapidly (even in lower divisions) and the overall structure of the upper end of the table hasn't changed very much but all things aside I do think it provides excellent entertainment which is what it's all about really.

One casualty of all of this seems to be performances in Europe. Chelsea only come close to competing with the big 3 teams and they will not do it by playing good football.

add me
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lol
quarters of last champions league
3 la liga teams
0 premier league teams

there was even 1 portuguese team lal :D

How does that relate to what he said?

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+ for MOTD
tho it's not as good anymore without Hansen

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is this another dird scam to weasel some money by taking advantage of the good people on esr?

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thought u r talking of the game rocket league :-)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/252950/?l=english

EPL is terribad these days.
BL or La Liga are much better.

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starting tomorrow with ManU-Spurs!!!
can't see people's teams when I click on the profile. Post them here lads, I'm curious!

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Bit of a waste to have two of the highest price keepers isn't it? As one will always be on the bench and they rarely get injured...

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Louis van Gaal has confirmed David de Gea will not start for Manchester United against Tottenham.

Haha.

Although I do support United so kind of worrying.

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for this week, team RAFC:

Hart
Bellerin-Denayer-Smalling-Clyne
Walcott-Tadic-Sterling-Mirallas
Pelle-Giroud

subs: Krul-Vertonghen-Sigurdsson-Berahino

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so lame without posting yours!

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my god, the arrogance! it's getting worse with every post. I hope you get rekt this weekend!

He's probably copied your team Gladius as seems like he has no idea what he's doing. :D

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haha
what's with all the wrong team names btw

Below their names is the name of the club they play against this week.

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No thanks. I won't change much in the next few weeks, I'll just wait until the odds turn ... =)
I must say, since I joined this game, I tend to focus too much on 'my' players and their (team's) performances, rather then just enjoy the games I'm watching. It partly takes the fun out of watching MOTD tbh.
I'm such a pussy =(

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didn't you say you only watch motd, and nothing live?
so you do already know the results when you watch it?

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Courtois

Darmian Azpilicueta Jagielka

Sterling Depay Ox Hazard

Giroud Rooney Wilson (BOU)

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Why? Because each is equally as good as the other?

Lets see your team then...pussy

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Unfuckingbelievable.

Cech eh?

Fabianski (Krul)
Ivanovic - Mertesacker - Clyne (Kolarov, Mariappa)
Chadli - Hazard - Ramsey - Sterling (Schneiderlin)
Kane - Berahino - Ayoze

I might change it again before tomorrow though :D

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Its a team beased on the performances of the last season. Fabianski will certainly be able to keep his level now that he has the comfort and respect. But Kane? To me it seemed like he was the right man in the right place, but not the great forward that people rate him for. Mertesacker is getting worse with every new season. Ivanovic probably has another year or two in him on THAT level. Including the overrated Sterling is a joke. Putting Schneiderlin on the bench is an even bigger one.

I believe in Kane. He's kinda my favorite player to follow right now. Mertesacker is not really a great defender, but Arsenal defense is not that bad and he is first 11 for not too much money. Schneiderlin - I'm not really sure if he's going to play. I had Sterling in the last season most of the time, in stronger club he might play even better. If not I will change him for Silva or Depay or whoever (originally I had Silva in team, but he's "doubtful" so I changed).

EDIT: Are you in the league?

Gonna make a team right now. I dont even follow the league too much, but it looks fun. Will post my XI here later once I got one

I'm not a big follower neither, but this game is surely fun.

Agree, and its a fun reason to follow the league a little bit. Anyway, heres my team, to be fair its the first time im playing a fantasy league, so lets see:

Cech (Schwarzer)

Azpilicueta - Darmian - Jones - Huth (Mariappa)

Walcott - Özil - Matic - Tadic (Arnautovic)

Agüero - Costa (Bojan)


Whos your captain? Im not sure how points are distributed, I guess it makes sense to give it to your best player, right?

I guess it makes sense to give it to your best player, right?

Ye, you get 2x pts from your captains performance iirc.

And props for picking Arnie =)

To be fair I havent followed him recently, but from what I heard he (FINALLY) unleashed a bit of his potential in the last season.

Does he play for Austria regularly? If so, do you rate him?

He's been playing an important part in the national teams rise from rank #120 to #14. Although not necessarily a player who changes a game on his own, he's now a real part of the team in Stoke and Team AUT, tracking back a ton and providing strength in the forward movement, in the attack it seems it's just too hard to really shine for a winger playing on the edge of the field - apart from an assist every 2 games; but the English media quite rate him as well.

Arnautovic turned into a teamplayer? Holy fuck, thats something...

You know what his story reminds me of? Rakitic was also an egoist when he played at Schalke a few years ago, which was also his first big club. When he moved to Sevilla, he really developed his style, and eventually became a big hit.. Lets see how far Arnautovic can go with this trend.

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You are a hella opionated guy (and Im saying that based on your overall posting here). And you rarely ever back it up, be it with your 1200 elo in quake or your wack comments on other squads :D

Care to post your own squad and back up ur big mouth for a change?

just can't handle the banter m9

Well, could be! But maybe Im just bantering back m8 :P

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Not bad. Not great. Bony is a risk. Would you agree? And whats on your bench?

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Havent heard of Pelle either, first thing that comes on google with him is "Golden Boot Dark Horse"... interesting

About Newcastle: Lets see, I wouldnt rule them out yet. McLaren seems to be a perfect match, and the transfers for this season seem to be farily clever. My mate whos a Newcastle fan is pretty hyped, at least

yeah, that's a badass team!

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Let's do a fantasy quake league. Thresh comes back into play :p

I'm in...

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Dunno if that's a good thing coming from you:

Season Points Rank
2013/14 1258 2981315

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Pretty good. I hate Kompany, but I guess hes gonna deliver. Lets see if Matic can repeat what he showed in the last season. I've got him in my team too. Same goes for Cech, but that should be a sure one I suppose.

Funny thing about Can, also had him in my Squad, but then opted out eventually. I rate him very highly, but Liverpool is a clusterfuck too often, I felt its a risk to include him.

Ive made a couple of tweaks to mine, gone for Henderson now - 6 goals, 10 assists last season and is now their captain so is guaranteed starter.

I have never seen him play tbh, but from what I gather hes a good player (even tho hes english :p)

Lol just now noticed the QL banners nice :D

Lel, I didn't notice them neither. That's som efine photoshop work there.

Gonna transfer Can and Cech now...

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Just transferred Phil Jones in order to aquire John Stones. I have a feeling that Jones wont be a starter under Van Gaal :(

They'll prly even get another centerback I have the strong feeling...

Yea they need one for sure. Their team looks good but thats the weak point

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Should get a German one. They are cheap and pretty reliable.

did you see the game?

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It's Romero.

Van Gaal is known to back up players that have a criticial standing. I wouldnt be surprised if he sticks to Romero

Smalling just manofthematched against Spurs.

lol didnt expect that. Nice, I like that guy.

So I made a Bundesliga one for us. Pls join!

http://www.fantasybundes.com

Name: ESR 2015 - 2016

Code: ACoD5V6TzKcA


To start, Ill post my XI

Leno (Horn)

Rodrigues - Sokratis - Benatia - Piszczek (Hector, Rüdiger)

Reus - Stindl - DeBruyne - Douglas Costa (Baier, Calhanoglu)

Lewandowski - Raffael (Volland, Bendtner)

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I made a team, but this fantasy league seems a bit overcomplicated.

Well its a little different. Not that Im an expert. Post your team!

Lewandowski - Kruse (Molders, Ivana)
Calhanoglu - Meier - Robben - Hermann (Harnik, Roger)
Piszczek - Jung - Nastasic - Howedes (Ostrzolek, Olkowski)
Sommer (Zieler)

There are options to go defensive or offensive, but I don't think I'll change anything from balanced. Also that's my very first iteration of the squad, before the start of the league I'll probably make few changes if I find time.

oh right, forgot about Hermann. Good choice. Same goes for Meier, hes gonna keep scoring I reckon.

Id be careful with Zieler, hes only getting worse every time I watch him. Nastasic is a wildcard. Could blossom, but could also disapoint like last season.

Yea also kept the balanced thing. The premier league one seems to be nicer, but well. Also the prices in the BuLi here seemed to be VERY off. When I made my first attempt, I had like 50 Million left

soooo....

https://imgur.com/dGgcX3o

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ohhh, let's look again, shall we?

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Already used your triple captain points bonus thing too eh?

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COOLLER

I got a couple of substitutions on my mind now that I know only scoring and assisting is producing pts. :)

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Do you think Bony is going to play though, as it seems like Aguero is back?

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tox on D

back to rank 11, dird :)

only 3 teams are worse than yours haha

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my bad!
I always forget about the fucked up schedule of the PL. Im more used to BuLi schedule., which has all its games played on saturday/sunday...

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easy for t1e

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mindgames.

You acted like a condescending dick and lived up to the expectations. Well done!

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LMAO@COUTINHO

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New team after a couple of transfers:

so many anos

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This wee

k in goalkeeping:

Courtoi

s ded
de Gay signed a new contract (and first place football by that)

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Yay.

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You're rude.

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I'll hold you to your word :D

I thought my performance this week was special with 4 out of 11 injured/unused players.

Then I click this other guys team and he's got Sanchez captained with a score of 40 producing 80% of his pts :D

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- Jose Mourinho

^this tbh

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Agureo just made the difference. People having him in squad climb up :D

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Oh. He was on his way to beat van Nistelrooy's record. Why did you do that to him? :D

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Looking forward to next week's title deciding fixture - Utd. vs. Leicester

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Joined... team name: Interlopers

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Leicester rulez.

let's just play FM16 online?

yer or just smoke crack for fun