The Homeless SZS fantasy league thread

[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

[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

[Jimmy McNulty]

actual quote

"It's helping to have Andreas back now, but he is a long-term option.

"He's someone we have on a long contract and he's young.

"We've got potential there, we've not got a proven, hit-the-ground-running striker. That's not what £7m gets you, that's what £25m gets you in the Premier League. We have young potential here to add to the squad."

fee now reduced to 7 million

we spent 2 million odd last season on a slovenian striker that is never ever going to play for the first team again...2 appearances all championship season

not convinced malky has an eye for attackers...nor attacking for that matter

Mackay didn't sign Velikonja. It was a Tan purchase. Mackay and Moody had looked at him a while before but decided against it. Fuck knows what Tan was thinking.

I think it's a little early to be making any judgements on Cornelius as well. He's played about half an hour altogether all season. I'd imagine that Mackay very much expects Cornelius to make a contribution but he's young and coming back from injury so why put pressure on him and undermine Campbell's confidence? Also, there's at least one player that didn't materialise in the summer due to the internal politics and/or issues with getting him over here. That may have been Jefferson Montero, a player that would be expected to create chances for Cornelius's big head or possibly another striker.

Regardless, I'm not sure we can go and judge Mackay's 'eye for a striker' based on Cornelius just yet. This guy could be a bargain for all we know. That's what they're gambling the 7/8 million on.

[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

[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

[NickA]

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

probably just using it for money laundering, tax evasion, corruption and other shit like that

you certainly wouldn't want to show a profit on the official books

[ChiangMai noon]

you certainly wouldn't want to show a profit on the official books

i know that swansea do...probably west brom also

[NickA]

^they're not foreign owned, are they?

[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.