Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:02 pm  

Has Van Persie signed a 4 year deal?....surprising given his fitness record.

If he gels up front with Rooney the "Tea towels" will take some beating.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:15 pm  

McClennan wrote: You can't say whether he's value for money before he's kicked a ball because of his injury record. He's just turned 29 and until last year hadn't played in more than thirty league games or scored more than twenty league goals. He may well be performing at his peak and getting a world class striker for £24m isn't that much if he stays fit. On the plus side he can't have much wear and tear on him from the amount of games he's played which could prolong his career. http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/playe ... rsie/stats As for Aguero, £38m is beginning to look like a real steal at this moment in time i.e. you are talking Romario level of quality finishing, which is expensive. difference is, last year was the first i didn't select him for my fantasy team, it's staying that way.

McClennan wrote: You can't say whether he's value for money before he's kicked a ball because of his injury record. He's just turned 29 and until last year hadn't played in more than thirty league games or scored more than twenty league goals. He may well be performing at his peak and getting a world class striker for £24m isn't that much if he stays fit. On the plus side he can't have much wear and tear on him from the amount of games he's played which could prolong his career. http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/playe ... rsie/stats As for Aguero, £38m is beginning to look like a real steal at this moment in time i.e. you are talking Romario level of quality finishing, which is expensive. difference is, last year was the first i didn't select him for my fantasy team, it's staying that way.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:37 pm  

dddooommm wrote:

Has anybody put together an RLFans fantasy league on Fantasy.PremierLeague.com?

There is an RL Fans league set up, i don't know the code though. Hopefully somebody will give it you in time

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:55 pm  

Hands up, who has heard of Liverpool's new signing?

Oussama Ossaidi from Heerenveen.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:58 pm  

Not me but he's a winger what we need.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:38 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Hands up, who has heard of Liverpool's new signing?

Oussama Ossaidi from Heerenveen.

Minimal risk involved in a player for that much, I bet his wages are quite small as well. If we get little reward from signing him, whatever, no biggie, but if he does OK then he's an instant winner. Never heard of him and haven't read any opinion on him, which usually doesn't bode well.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:42 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Minimal risk involved in a player for that much, I bet his wages are quite small as well. If we get little reward from signing him, whatever, no biggie, but if he does OK then he's an instant winner. Never heard of him and haven't read any opinion on him, which usually doesn't bode well.

Is Rodgers in charge of signings now? He's not made many mistakes in his career so far, but I guess there is a difference between a canny signing for Swansea and Liverpool.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:01 pm  

What do we think about this new Under 21 Premier League idea? What are the groupings based on? Random selection, quality of youth players produced or quality of facilities?

Group 1:
Arsenal, Blackburn, Bolton, Everton, Norwich, Reading, West Brom, West Ham

Group 2:
Aston Villa, Man United, Newcastle, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland, Tottenham

Group 3:
Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Liverpool, Man City, Middlesborough, Wolves

Teams play each other home and away then the top 3 from groups 1 and 2 and the top 2 from group 3 go into an Elite League for the second half of the season, the others falling into a qualification group 1 and 2 depending on where they finished. Three semi finalists then come from the Elite League and the final place comes from the winner of a play off between qualification group 2 and 3.

There is then a Grand Final for the Under 21 Premier League.

Interesting, very, very interesting. Is this perhaps a test bed for having a GF in the Premier League?

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:04 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Minimal risk involved in a player for that much, I bet his wages are quite small as well. If we get little reward from signing him, whatever, no biggie, but if he does OK then he's an instant winner. Never heard of him and haven't read any opinion on him, which usually doesn't bode well.

A quick scurry over the net. Direct, fast, tricky winger who can use both feet and play on the left or the right. Was apparantley all set to join Ajax yesterday but couldn't agree terms. At £3M I'd gladly take him.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:51 pm  

Was this you RAWK, LTS? (On signing Oussama Assaidi) (He is) Rapid on FIFA with good dribbling.