The Homeless SZS fantasy league thread

[ChiangMai noon]

i'm going with billy jones as skipper

[cyrille]

Yes, when in doubt 'player who looks most like christopher walken in 'deer hunter'' is always a good option.

[Jofrey]

Had the band on Rooney but removed it after that shit CL performance.

[cyrille]

I'm unsure between aguero and hazard.
Not sure if Mourinho will see CP game as a chance to rest hazard.
Then there's always that chance at the moment that whatever the oppo suarez will go on a tear.
Really tough one this week.

[ChiangMai noon]

worries me that hazard played the full 90 yesterday

i foresee a benching

[Jofrey]

Good news for all ye injury stricken boys.

[ChiangMai noon]

hull played with 3 centre halves against swansea

hope they stick to that

looked solid and a guaranteed 6 point haul from james chester

[Jofrey]

Silva back in for Nasri this weekend. good news for the noonster.

[NickA]

Everton's front line looks worth no more than they paid for it to me - with the obvious exception of Lukaku.

true, except for maybe this delafaou chap or whatever he's called

but that's the point

you don't need to spend 25 million on a ready made striker or 8 million on a prospect, pretty much the only way for most teams to survive is to scour the bargain buckets or get players on loan from the bigger clubs

[ChiangMai noon]

Silva back in for Nasri this weekend.

concerns me slightly but i think he'll start with the nas

[cyrille]

I'll be surprised if they both start.

That's why I went for Yaya.

[Jofrey]

That's why I went for Yaya.

Yaya is a beast this season.

He'll be beefing up my midfield very soon.

[ChiangMai noon]

i'm a week away from pulling nasri from my team but i'm not going to spunk 4 points a la zehn
if he doesn't play, i'll have the poz brace at norwich to count on

i suspect they'll leave navas out and go with nasri and silva

[cyrille]

i'm not going to spunk 4 points a la zehn

[Jofrey]

i'll have the poz brace at norwich to count on

kinda hard to score when he's on the bench though...

[ChiangMai noon]

laudrup will realise he made a mistake last week

poz is the creative spark the team needs
he was imperious against the mags

swans look flat as crap without him

[ChiangMai noon]

don't you think an 8 million quid gamble is a bit more than any club in our position ought to be making?
we are not chelsea or man city who can farm their gambles around europe on loan

i can't think of another team that has spent that sort of money on potential (outside spurs)
surely the absolute priority was finishing above 18th

we have no width...none whatsoever....i know they failed with ince and montero but i hope to god they have someone lined up for january

i really don't see malky being around by that point though

[Jimmy McNulty]

don't you think an 8 million quid gamble is a bit more than any club in our position ought to be making?

That's assuming Mackay felt he was a gamble and that these other players were coming in. Talk was that the money was there and I'm sure Mackay would have figured everything in. Our other two (relatively) big signings have been huge successes. Let's wait and see whether Mackay was 3/3. Doubtful any manager achieves that.

With the width we missed out on because of that Ince [at][at][at][at] and Montero not coming in, yes, we've lacked that width. Had we had it, there's 3-4 more points we might have picked up. Or not. Regardless, we're doing OK for a team that's overwhelmingly still a Championship side that's been undermined by a nutcase chairman.

Basically, I'm not jumping on the bandwagon criticising Mackay. What he's achieved in the past couple of years dictates that he should be given the benefit of the doubt after a handful of poor results.

[NickA]

[ChiangMai noon]

what an utter twat

he'd do well in thailand

[NickA]

you need to get rid of that guy as quickly as possible before you become Malaysia Dragons FC

[NickA]

1. wear shirt and tie
2. wear football shirt (in olour of your own choosing) over the top
3. Pull your trousers up above your belly button

still, at least you're not Hull

[ChiangMai noon]

i don't think there are people lining up to buy football clubs

i don't really understand the finances but i don't think they actually make any money do they?

not unless they get relatively successful and retain a strict budget and strip all the assets like blackpool's owner has done

[Jimmy McNulty]

i don't think there are people lining up to buy football clubs

i don't really understand the finances but i don't think they actually make any money do they?

not unless they get relatively successful and retain a strict budget and strip all the assets like blackpool's owner has done

You really think Tan isn't in it to make cash? Course he is.

It's a 5 or so year turnaround project for him I'd say. Establish the team as a PL club, build up the stadium, all on cash borrowed against the club so far, and sell it. Whether the debt is turned to equity prior to that? Who knows...

[cyrille]

You really think Tan isn't in it to make cash? Course he is.
It's a 5 or so year turnaround project for him I'd say. Establish the team as a PL club, build up the stadium, all on cash borrowed against the club so far, and sell it.

Yes, surely Tan will be following the Thaksin model rather than the Swansea one.

The profit coming not from income exceeding expenditure, but from another Asian or Asians coming in and paying silly money because the 'product', very much 'a premiership football club' rather than particularly 'Cardiff City FC' has risen in desirability (it can't really be called 'value') principally due to the premiership bubble getting bigger in Asia.

In that scenario balancing the books isn't really the point.