From: milivella on
Ady (Tunisia / Brazil, MyPa)
Ciaramitaro, Maurizio (Italy, Bellinzona)
Cissokho, Aly (France / Senegal, Olympique Lyonnais)
Claudemir (Brazil, Vitesse)
Çölgeçen, Koray (Turkey, Ankaragücü)
De las Cuevas, Miguel (Spain, Sporting)
Djuric, Milan (Italy / Bosnia & Herz., Cesena)
Erpen, Horacio (Argentina, Arezzo)
Evans, Jonny (N.Ireland, Man Utd)
Hassell, Bobby (England, Barnsley)
Hird, Sam (England, Doncaster)
Howard, Mark (England, AGF)
Iraola, Andoni (Spain / Pays Basque, Athletic)
Luís Fabiano (Brazil / Spain, Sevilla)
Malki, Sanharib (Syria / Belgium, Lokeren)
Miccoli, Fabrizio (Italy, Palermo)
Moreno, Vicente (Spain, Xerez)
Palacio, Rodrigo (Argentina / Spain, Genoa)
Shorey, Nicky (England, Aston Villa)
Soares (Brazil, Cruzeiro)
Sokolowski, Marek (Poland, Polonia Warszawa)
Tahirovic, Emra (Sweden / Bosnia & Herz., Zürich)

Futbolmatrix goes first, picking one player. Then alternate picking
two players each, until 20 players have been picked.

Then you have to put the players you have picked in either a 4-4-2 or
a 4-2-3-1 formation:

4-4-2
RD (like Glen Johnson or like Maicon)
CD (like Vidic or like Samuel)
CD (like Vidic or like Samuel)
LD (like Ashley Cole or like Purrel Fränkel)
RM (like Varela or like Aaron Lennon)
CM (like Xavi or like Essien)
CM (like Xavi or like Essien)
LM (like Culio or like Malouda)
FS (fast striker, like Villa)
TS (target striker, like Drogba)
Beware: a central attacking midfielder (like Kaká) is not expected in
such a formation. If you pick a CAM, he could be best settled as RM,
CM, LM or FS: it depends on his properties.

4-2-3-1
RD (like Glen Johnson or like Maicon)
CD (like Vidic or like Samuel)
CD (like Vidic or like Samuel)
LD (like Ashley Cole or like Purrel Fränkel)
CM (like Xavi or like Essien)
CM (like Xavi or like Essien)
RM (like Varela or like Aaron Lennon)
CAM (like Kakà)
LM (like Culio or like Malouda)
S (like Villa or like Drogba)

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 RM is
88 out of 100, but played as CD 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 Daniele doesn't play for more than 30 days he's out of the game.
Real Mardin, we'll wait you. But get well soon! :)

--
Cheers
milivella
From: Futbolmetrix on

"milivella" <milivella(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fae3ec5e-cc99-4451-9540-585581421d5c(a)q23g2000vba.googlegroups.com...

Not a terrible roster, for a change. Here's hoping that the quality of this
roster will be enough to inspire Mardin and get him ready to play.


My first pick: Luis Fabiano

Futbolmetrix:
Lu�s Fabiano (Brazil / Spain, Sevilla)

Real Mardin:
None


Still available:
Ady (Tunisia / Brazil, MyPa)
Ciaramitaro, Maurizio (Italy, Bellinzona)
Cissokho, Aly (France / Senegal, Olympique Lyonnais)
Claudemir (Brazil, Vitesse)
��lge�en, Koray (Turkey, Ankarag�c�)
De las Cuevas, Miguel (Spain, Sporting)
Djuric, Milan (Italy / Bosnia & Herz., Cesena)
Erpen, Horacio (Argentina, Arezzo)
Evans, Jonny (N.Ireland, Man Utd)
Hassell, Bobby (England, Barnsley)
Hird, Sam (England, Doncaster)
Howard, Mark (England, AGF)
Iraola, Andoni (Spain / Pays Basque, Athletic)
Malki, Sanharib (Syria / Belgium, Lokeren)
Miccoli, Fabrizio (Italy, Palermo)
Moreno, Vicente (Spain, Xerez)
Palacio, Rodrigo (Argentina / Spain, Genoa)
Shorey, Nicky (England, Aston Villa)
Soares (Brazil, Cruzeiro)
Sokolowski, Marek (Poland, Polonia Warszawa)
Tahirovic, Emra (Sweden / Bosnia & Herz., Z�rich)



From: Real Mardin on
On May 20, 5:14 pm, "Futbolmetrix" <futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> "milivella" <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fae3ec5e-cc99-4451-9540-585581421d5c(a)q23g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
>
> Not a terrible roster, for a change. Here's hoping that the quality of this
> roster will be enough to inspire Mardin and get him ready to play.
>
> My first pick: Luis Fabiano
>
> Futbolmetrix:
> Luís Fabiano (Brazil / Spain, Sevilla)
>
> Real Mardin:
> None

In the interests of doing something positive for Turkish - Israeli
relations, I thought I'd have a go at kick starting this thing.

I pick:

Fabrizio Miccoli and Andoni Iraola.


Still available:
Ady (Tunisia / Brazil, MyPa)
Ciaramitaro, Maurizio (Italy, Bellinzona)
Cissokho, Aly (France / Senegal, Olympique Lyonnais)
Claudemir (Brazil, Vitesse)
Çölgeçen, Koray (Turkey, Ankaragücü)
De las Cuevas, Miguel (Spain, Sporting)
Djuric, Milan (Italy / Bosnia & Herz., Cesena)
Erpen, Horacio (Argentina, Arezzo)
Evans, Jonny (N.Ireland, Man Utd)
Hassell, Bobby (England, Barnsley)
Hird, Sam (England, Doncaster)
Howard, Mark (England, AGF)
Malki, Sanharib (Syria / Belgium, Lokeren)
Moreno, Vicente (Spain, Xerez)
Palacio, Rodrigo (Argentina / Spain, Genoa)
Shorey, Nicky (England, Aston Villa)
Soares (Brazil, Cruzeiro)
Sokolowski, Marek (Poland, Polonia Warszawa)
Tahirovic, Emra (Sweden / Bosnia & Herz., Zürich)

From: Futbolmetrix on
On Jun 1, 4:13 pm, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> In the interests of doing something positive for Turkish - Israeli
> relations, I thought I'd have a go at kick starting this thing.

Not an easy thing to do :-(

>
> I pick:
>
> Fabrizio Miccoli and Andoni Iraola.

I go with Sokolowski and Cissokho

Futbolmetrix:
Luís Fabiano (Brazil / Spain, Sevilla)
Sokolowski, Marek (Poland, Polonia Warszawa)
Cissokho, Aly (France / Senegal, Olympique Lyonnais)

Real Mardin
Miccoli, Fabrizio (Italy, Palermo)
Iraola, Andoni (Spain / Pays Basque, Athletic)

Still available:
Ady (Tunisia / Brazil, MyPa)
Ciaramitaro, Maurizio (Italy, Bellinzona)
Claudemir (Brazil, Vitesse)
Çölgeçen, Koray (Turkey, Ankaragücü)
De las Cuevas, Miguel (Spain, Sporting)
Djuric, Milan (Italy / Bosnia & Herz., Cesena)
Erpen, Horacio (Argentina, Arezzo)
Evans, Jonny (N.Ireland, Man Utd)
Hassell, Bobby (England, Barnsley)
Hird, Sam (England, Doncaster)
Howard, Mark (England, AGF)
Malki, Sanharib (Syria / Belgium, Lokeren)
Moreno, Vicente (Spain, Xerez)
Palacio, Rodrigo (Argentina / Spain, Genoa)
Shorey, Nicky (England, Aston Villa)
Soares (Brazil, Cruzeiro)
Tahirovic, Emra (Sweden / Bosnia & Herz., Zürich)

From: Real Mardin on
I'll pick Jonny Evans and Rodrigo Palacio.



Futbolmetrix:
Luís Fabiano (Brazil / Spain, Sevilla)
Sokolowski, Marek (Poland, Polonia Warszawa)
Cissokho, Aly (France / Senegal, Olympique Lyonnais)

Real Mardin:

Miccoli, Fabrizio (Italy, Palermo)
Iraola, Andoni (Spain / Pays Basque, Athletic)
Evans, Jonny (N.Ireland, Man Utd)
Palacio, Rodrigo (Argentina / Spain, Genoa)

Still available:
Ady (Tunisia / Brazil, MyPa)
Ciaramitaro, Maurizio (Italy, Bellinzona)
Claudemir (Brazil, Vitesse)
Çölgeçen, Koray (Turkey, Ankaragücü)
De las Cuevas, Miguel (Spain, Sporting)
Djuric, Milan (Italy / Bosnia & Herz., Cesena)
Erpen, Horacio (Argentina, Arezzo)
Hassell, Bobby (England, Barnsley)
Hird, Sam (England, Doncaster)
Howard, Mark (England, AGF)
Malki, Sanharib (Syria / Belgium, Lokeren)
Moreno, Vicente (Spain, Xerez)
Shorey, Nicky (England, Aston Villa)
Soares (Brazil, Cruzeiro)
Tahirovic, Emra (Sweden / Bosnia & Herz., Zürich)