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

Joined.

You know it's a bad week when Beet is #1 :o

All Aguero

aye

I'm in.

You're Green Ermines? :o

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

this week you went crazy :o when I saw 86 suddenly (you had 50-60 Yesterday morning) I thought you used the "bench boost" but then no :o

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

you're gonna be top of the league Tonight once they update the points :(

Setup a head to head league aswell Dird!

wtf is that?

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.

main league basically the same, whoever wins head-to-head is most likely higher in the real league

should set up a division 2 next season just for you ;D

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

Yeah my team got butchered this week =/
used my sub early so forced to use gabriel after kompany injury
then gabriel acts an idiot =/
maybe worst of all I took pelle off my starting 11 this week!
then my last hope, Liverpool, played shit as usual

gonna save my sub until Saturday now to see if Kompany/Benteke will play

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
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No messi/ronaldo and la liga doesn't exist

if tax benefits for footballers removed then la liga would be mentioned as much as the belgian league

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?

2015: SPA 3-0 ENG
2014: SPA 3-2 ENG
2013: SPA 3-0 ENG
2012: SPA 2-1 ENG
2011: SPA 2-3 ENG

seems my my plan failed -_-"

point is, we have MOTD...best football show ever
also, besides madrid vs madrid vs barca nobody gives a shit

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

shearer too dumb =/

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

when is it not?

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.

when those leagues get popular enough to have a fantasy football league then maybe we will play that instead

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

post yours first pussy ;p I moved Cech to subs as I think De Gea will have a bigger weekend

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...

"bench boost" then transfer

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.

already planning a shuffle at lunch anyways

for this week, team RAFC:

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

subs: Krul-Vertonghen-Sigurdsson-Berahino

I'm not sure which is worse...your def, mid or att 8=D

so lame without posting yours!

will post after this weekends matches so you cant just go & copy it all in 1 go ;D

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

think again :d

haha
what's with all the wrong team names btw

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

need any help fixing your team? ;D

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 =(

I haven't even watched MOTD...just check results on BBC Sport to see the results/who scored :f

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

I did only watch motd...lately not been watching any footie at all. just see the final scores

if good results this weekend & next for my team then season = over \:D/

what's that in my rear view mirror?
oh, it's RAFC...getting further and further away 8==D

Courtois

Darmian Azpilicueta Jagielka

Sterling Depay Ox Hazard

Giroud Rooney Wilson (BOU)

I'm not sure which is worse...your GK, def, mid or att 8=D

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

Lets see your team then...pussy

Courtois ehh xD

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

best of the bunch so far

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.

I said best of the bunch...but when you have a bad bunch like Gladius & Beet it's not saying much :P

GK & ATT weak but def & mid are OK

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

I guess I've made you all wait long enough...

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

my bench is garbage. other than 1 week per season ("bench boost") your bench doesnt make points. I'll just do a transfer if starting 11 get injured/don't perform

I think Bony/Pelle are both risks (whoever does bad will be replaced with Lukaku and/or Berahino). Bony last season was pretty quiet (surprised city signed him), I'm hoping their midfield will set him up nicely...assuming he doesn't become a squad player

Hadn't even heard of Pelle before this thread (#stolen xD), quiet until end of the season but he's carried the form in pre-season (scoring in almost every game) and newcastle have had a horrible pre-season so hoping he'll go big as captain

Few players are interchangeable: clyne/skrtle or eriksen/chadii

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!

hype hype



one man just removed from my lineup ;( injury doubt this weekend

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

I'm in...

stronk.

maybe a close 2nd to me

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

Season Points Rank
2013/14 1258 2981315

didn't understand it was just best 11 that season & didn't make any changes midseason (just left injured players in etc)

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...

surprised you'd give up on cech already :o but hart etc same price

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

they need a new keeper too :f

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

did you see the game?

no I don't waste 90 mins on matches, MOTD only

regardless of how good he was they'll still need a replacement for de gea

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)

don't know anybody :f cba

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

It's not including Today's results

ohhh, let's look again, shall we?

Given the bad week of a bunch of my players (and Bony's points to come Tomorrow) I'll take 5th atm

Already done my transfer for next weeks matches

Already used your triple captain points bonus thing too eh?

no comment

soooo....

http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=93121

COOLLER

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

you can only swap 1 per week though without being penalised

yaya the selfish cunt needs to set up bony!!

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

4-4-2 ez
will see, more worried about defence for the next couple weeks

tox on D

back to rank 11, dird :)

only 3 teams are worse than yours haha

3 players still to score tonight. clean sheet = I'm straight back up there

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...

extra 24 points ;D

easy for t1e

Added week 2 standings & already done my transfer for this week :o

bye bye bony

well would you look at that...

:o

mindgames.

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

I know you are but what am I

LMAO@COUTINHO

was sure I was gonna lose the top spot after liverpool fucking up

luckily southampton & swansea saved me ;o

New team after a couple of transfers:

so many anos

big changes this week. looking to hold top spot this weekend then charge ahead next week

only 3 players left from my week 1 team of 15

This wee

k in goalkeeping:

Courtoi

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

a lot of people depending on their sub GK for points as they forgot to trade the other manu keeper xD

The ESR league is looking a lot like the premier...1st place already decided xD teams battling it out for 2nd

Jegger Bombica did good but didn't replace the manu GK :f

crazy week from Green Ermines means he jumps from 12th to 2nd! still quite a bit off the top spot though

Yay.

fu =/

You're rude.

next week you're back to #2 ;D

I'll hold you to your word :D

i fantasize about feet. and balls.

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

fu all

- Jose Mourinho

^this tbh

xD
this league is just depressing now

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

Yeah, good couple weeks for Randumz...they might move up from 13th next week

I've added Vardy now...watch his scoring spree end xD

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

I'm optimistic this week :o was struggling to decide who to captain as so many have potential of going big this weekend!

Who the hell is Los Machinos? Not even taking care of his team but still 2nd :f 4 players out with long term injuries

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

It's Vardy vs Van Nistleroy (trying to overtake his goal scoring record) xD

Joined... team name: Interlopers

fu & your top of the league team =/

Leicester rulez.

let's just play FM16 online?

yer or just smoke crack for fun