Heartland

Mav787 wrote:First time Volland has let me down so going for a bit of a gamble with the alice band tonight.

Oooh! Insider info... but I think I'll have to gamble as well to catch you. Good luck!

(said through gritted teeth, false smile, injured ego and his fingers firmly crossed behind his back)

Pista wrote:It's a bit like playing poker isn't it?

Absolutely. Stick or twist. For example my GKs: Is Bardi gonna outscore Busk (7) tonight. I fancy England to score and Bardi to lose his CS, so I stick. Make sense?

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:

Pista wrote:It's a bit like playing poker isn't it?

Absolutely. Stick or twist.

You do know that's Blackjack aka Pontoon?

I'd pay good money to see you sit down at a poker table in my local casino and on receiving your 2 cards ask to twist

Mav787 wrote:I'd pay good money to see you sit down at a poker table in my local casino and on receiving your 2 cards ask to twist

Depends how attractive the female croupier is and whether Chubby Checker is playing on the house music.

The die is cast. "Cry God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Or summat.

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:The die is cast. "Cry God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Or summat.

That felt like the obvious captain so instead I went for Bernardo Silva

Mav787 wrote:

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:The die is cast. "Cry God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Or summat.

That felt like the obvious captain so instead I went for Bernardo Silva

Looking at the score in the England match, you might have made the right move there

Mav787 wrote:I don't think Limur's problem is with caching. Its more likely to be that his employer's security software doesn't allow access to social media sites so when he clicks on sign in with Facebook it won't allow UEFA.com to pick up his FB credentials.

I bet it works fine for him at home (assuming he has internet access at home).

@Mav787 is absolutely right.

But

Pista wrote:Bl00dy web washers .

But the icon he posted further upthread was identical to the one the beta site returned once the live site came to life.
I thought it was quite a nice change to a page not found message.

I was also stuck with that site as well as the

nice change to a page not found message

which it is, could've auto forwarded to the right place...

[EDIT: not doing too well, I see ]

I'm watching the game. Very few managers/teams can play in a "game management" mode. We're talking about top club teams here.

So why or why, do England think they can do it? Juniors or seniors (the women actually do it very well) they're totally bereft of the talents or the ability.

Let's go all out 4-4-2. Get the ball out wide, or just long ball it down the middle to Ings (why else is he on the pitch?) and let Harry feed off him, with the mids supporting.

Are you listening Gareth?

& I'll add
GET LOFTUS-CHEEK ON FFS!

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:I'm watching the game. Very few managers/teams can play in a "game management" mode. We're talking about top club teams here.

So why or why, do England think they can do it? Juniors or seniors (the women actually do it very well) they're totally bereft of the talents or the ability.

Let's go all out 4-4-2. Get the ball out wide, or just long ball it down the middle to Ings (why else is he on the pitch?) and let Harry feed off him, with the mids supporting.

Are you listening Gareth?

I turned it off at half time. England rubbish as always. They were saying on the radio this morning what a great player John Stones is. Ha ha ha, not on this performance.

On the plus side, some cash flow for next round players

Pista wrote:On the plus side, some cash flow for next round players

but only 6 transfers. How many players have you got who are now eliminated?

I've got 6 unless Sweden score in injury time in which case it will be 9

i've got 6. tinkering tomorrow.

I haven't got a scooby what I have.
It'll be totally McClunked by tomorrow .

England were a shower of sh!te.

Pista wrote:I haven't got a scooby what I have.
It'll be totally McClunked by tomorrow .

England were a shower of sh!te.

7 for you and Johnny.

I've effectively got 7 as my 2 keepers will be playing each other

At first glance it looks like their prices have been frozen too.

McClunky has updated and your current medal positions at the end of MD3 are:

1. 125pts - Blood Brothers (Mav787)
2. 112pts - DEngland (Johnny Rev 7.0)
3. 97pts - Malice Meow FC (CatsnCheese)

Mav787 is smugly humming his favourite Spandau Ballet track ♫ Gold! Always believe in your soul etc. ♫. Johnny Rev 7.0
has deleted ♫ Silver Machine ♫ from his earworm library as it is not compatible with his beliefs. Cats has added ♫ The Bronze ♫ by QOTSA to her earworm music library. Probably more in shock/disbelief than anything else.

But, there's only 13pts separating Gold and Silver, and 15pts separating Silver and Bronze. Indeed, there's only 10pts separating Bronze and 8th place. Still all to play for.

After conferring with Pista today, the wooden-spoon position (formerly known as the Hom in FPL parlance) has now been renamed the limur for the duration of this tournament.

I'll now hand you back to a Man in a Hungarian Shed who will guide through the Semi-Final MD thread on the other side.

Good luck all!

Its not clear if manual subs will be allowed after the first semi-final.

Has anyone seen anything that clarifies if they are?

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:
I'll now hand you back to a Man in a Hungarian Shed who will guide through the Semi-Final MD thread on the other side.

Good luck all!

Sheds are cool.....except in the middle of summer with no air-con.


@Mav787
Not read any details on the subbing. I'm assuming they are still good to go.

No manual subs as it's the same MD. Manual subs only permitted between MDs. Basically you pick your starting 11 for the evening. But, with no manual subs permitted auto-subs come into play, ala FPL.

Or from the Small Book of Rules:

Manager substitutions

Manager substitutions allow you more flexibility to make alterations within a matchday period.

After all matches on a single day have finished and before the next matches start.

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:Or from the Small Book of Rules:

Manager substitutions

Manager substitutions allow you more flexibility to make alterations within a matchday period.

After all matches on a single day have finished and before the next matches start.

Cheers

McSemi final thread now up & running