From: milivella on
Celep, Caner (Turkey, Denizlispor)
Duff, Damien (Ireland, Fulham)
Tiffert, Christian (Germany, Duisburg)
Christodoulopoulos, Lazaros (Greece, Panathinaikos)
Paredes, Javier (Spain, Zaragoza)
Garner, Joe (England, Nottm Forest)
Wasiluk, Marek (Poland, Cracovia)
Yerlikaya, Hayrettin (Turkey, Sivasspor)
Masiello, Andrea (Italy, Bari)
Toni (Spain, Betis)
Arikan, Hakan (Turkey, Besiktas)
Doyle, Michael (Ireland, Leeds)
Barnes, Giles (England, Derby)
Gerardo (Spain, Pontevedra)
Colman, Gustavo (Argentina, Trabzonspor)
El Karkouri, Talal (Morocco, Qatar SC)
Soto, Jorge (Peru, -)
Ascencio, Nicolás (Ecuador, -)
Skavysh, Maxim (Belarus, BATE)
Tóth, Balázs (Hungary, Genk)

Futbolmetrix goes first, picking one player. Then alternate picking
two players each.

When all the players have been picked, you both have to put them in a
4-2-3-1 formation:
RD (Right defender)
CD (Central defender)
CD (Central defender)
LD (Left defender)
DM (Defensive midfielder)
DM (Defensive midfielder)
RAM (Right attacking midfielder)
CAM (Central attacking midfielder)
LAM (Left attacking midfielder)
A (Attacker)

To make your choice, consider that the team's score is given by the
*geometric mean* of *your players' ratings in those position*:
- Geometric mean = nth root of the resulting product. I.e. higher
values beat lower values (4*2 beats 3*2), but also more balanced
values beat less balanced values (3*3 beats 4*2).
- Your players' rating in those position: e.g. Messi played as RAM is
88 out of 100, but played as DC is 37 (like Giuseppe Abbrescia... and
I too ignore who the he is).
I.e. you have to pick good players, put them in the right positions
and avoid weak links (doesn't it sound reasonable?).

I'll use Football Manager (beginning of current season) ratings.
Please don't check them (but you could lose even if you'll cheat!).

If you don't play for more than 30 days you are out of the game.

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Cheers
milivella
From: futbolmetrix on
On Mar 18, 12:02 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'll use Football Manager (beginning of current season) ratings.
> Please don't check them (but you could lose even if you'll cheat!).

Can we check what the players' roles are?
Anyway, my first pick is Damien Duff

D
From: Mark V. on
On Mar 17, 9:30 pm, "futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com" <futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 18, 12:02 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'll use Football Manager (beginning of current season) ratings.
> > Please don't check them (but you could lose even if you'll cheat!).
>
> Can we check what the players' roles are?
> Anyway, my first pick is Damien Duff
>
> D

Holy hell! That would have been my first choice for myriad reasons.
He's the only one of this crew I've heard of. I have always been a
huge fan, anyway, 'specially after seeing him in WC 2002. I have even
named my trivia team "Damien's Duff".

I need to research these other folk before picking mine.
From: milivella on
futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com:

> On Mar 18, 12:02 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'll use Football Manager (beginning of current season) ratings.
> > Please don't check them (but you could lose even if you'll cheat!).
>
> Can we check what the players' roles are?

Not in Football Manager. Use any other source: reports, websites,
videos, fly to Qatar to see El Karkouri live.

(I hope that this rule is reasonable.)

--
Cheers
milivella
From: Mark V. on
On Mar 18, 1:25 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com:
>
> > On Mar 18, 12:02 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'll use Football Manager (beginning of current season) ratings.
> > > Please don't check them (but you could lose even if you'll cheat!).
>
> > Can we check what the players' roles are?
>
> Not in Football Manager. Use any other source: reports, websites,
> videos, fly to Qatar to see El Karkouri live.
>
> (I hope that this rule is reasonable.)
>
> --
> Cheers
> milivella

I will select Christodoulopoulos. Should we get this off the ground
and into email?