For those of you want to get into some MLS fantasy league action
http://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/
League name: TFC Supporters
Code: 549-403
MLS Fantasy League
For those of you want to get into some MLS fantasy league action
http://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/
League name: TFC Supporters
Code: 549-403
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Cool, give me some time to put something together and I'll try to improve on my top-10 finish last year. ^_^
<edit: I'm in as "Gambit's Bandits".>
Last edited by Initial B; 01-31-2013 at 10:20 PM.
I will stink at fantasy league as usual, so you can be confident of not coming in last.
Edit:
Team name is Futility FC.
Last edited by Detroit_TFC; 02-01-2013 at 09:12 AM.
Doing quite well in the old EPL fantasy league so I'm giving this one a try as well !
i'm in. going to be so fun. Team name is Rooney'sHairPlugs
Originally Posted by Yohan
Damn I just saw this and set one up to....
I'll join this one and close the other one.
Joined.
Team: Primero
joined: Chinatown FC
joined as Forest City EDM
Anyone play this before?
I just had a quick look at the rules... am I right in thinking that we basically have 2 transfers per week? Meaning we can trade or move 2 players a week at no cost?
How does the money come into to play?
If I buy a player at $4.5m and sell at $4m does my bank account go into -$0.5m?
I did notice that if I sell at a profit there is a 50% transfer fee taken off.
Not really sure how any of this works.
never tried this before so why not. Team: Bones
Joined: BruceHardingTFC
Never played fantasy soccer before. Not exactly something that seems intuitive, but should be fun.
My team is Discovery Signings.
If it's like most fantasy leagues using same engine, yes, you get 2 free transfers a week. Any other transfers cost points per transfer. You get one wild card per season where you can make unlimited transfer one time.
Depending on how well your player does, the cost of player can increase or decrease.How does the money come into to play?
If I buy a player at $4.5m and sell at $4m does my bank account go into -$0.5m?didn't notice that...I did notice that if I sell at a profit there is a 50% transfer fee taken off.neither do I lolNot really sure how any of this works.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I played last year, so I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
Last year, the the number of "free" transfers varied. Generally it was you could switch 1 player per week. You can switch more than that, but you'll lose 4 points for each transfer beyond the free one. I've seen some teams swap up to 6 players a week(!) taking a -20 point hit even before the game week starts in order to take advantage of a favourable matchup (especially when some players play twice that game week).
This year will be a bit different, because they're allowing us to bank unused transfers for when we really need them. If you've really screwed the pooch on your selections, there is the wildcard transfer option that allows you to completely revamp your squad with unlimited transfers for one week. They were kind enough to give us two transfers this year. I would suggest using your first wildcard during week 4 or 5, when you have a good idea of how well/poorly some of your initial picks are playing.
The money is how much you have to spend on players. Your cap will go up and down during the season as other contestants swap players in and out of their teams. Players that get dropped have their value decrease, while I saw hot scorers have their values increase tremendously. Example: DC's Nick DeLeon started at $5.5M at the start of the season and peaked at around $7.3M before he was injured, at which point he dropped to $6.8M by the next week. My own team's value started at $100M, dropped to $99.7M within the first 3 weeks, then I revamped my squad with the wildcard and ended up with a team worth $105.7M at the end of the season.
No, the game keeps track of the total value of all your players so your remaining balance will never be less than Zero. Yes, you can end up in the red while playing around with transfers, but the computer will tell you that you can't complete the transaction. You must balance your budget - no deficit spending allowed (this is a business, not the government).
Yes, that's to prevent playing the game like the stock market of selling high, buying low. Even so, I could still build a high-value squad, especially by picking up players who are returning from injury, because a lot of contestants drop them like a hot potato.
A tip: Don't completely spend all your cash when you build your team - keep $0.5-1.0M in your balance so that you have more flexibility when performing transfers later in the season.
One other tip for you guys: Find a couple of cheap rookies that you think will be starters at the beginning of the season or players that are just coming into the league that you feel are undervalued. If you guess right and their value rises, you can sell them for cheaper players and parley that cash into better top-end players and increase the overall quality of your starters.
Last edited by Initial B; 02-06-2013 at 10:53 AM.
Joined.
Polski's Commrades is the team name.
I'm in.
Does this differ in any way from the Fantasy Premier League pool?
not really
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Did anyone notice that the most natural finisher isnt even available in this fantasy leaguelol
Who was Mariner talking about when he dropped that natural finisher comment? It's been repeated so many times and we've had so many underwhelming forward that it could be applied to (jokingly of course) that I've lost track.
Alright, I know almost nothing about the other teams in MLS, so this will help.
Blazing Demons
Its Andrew Wiedeman that Mariner was referring to.
Yeah and I believe the reference was something to the effect that Weideman was "the best finisher in the modern era"
Last edited by Alonso; 02-07-2013 at 10:54 AM.
We've had some classic quotes come out of the 2012 season. I'm glad it's behind us.
Did anyone notice that the most natural finisher isnt even available in this fantasy league
WOW... you're right. The best finisher in the modern era isn't even available (someone forgot him) in the MLS fantasy league.
OOOOooops! If you are Paul Mariner that's like leaving out Thierry Henry! Oh the horror!
Also I noticed that Julio Cesar didn't have any points from his season last year. He had 0 points. I messaged the fantasy league support and they fixed it. I'll point out the Weideman error as well, but this has me wondering if they know what the f%^$ they are doing.
Let's give this a try!
Team Name: Storm FC
I just Created a Head-to-Head League for anyone who wants to join. If I've set it up right, it should have a 3 round KO tournament at the end of the season to determine a final victor. Feel free to join in. This way, we're guarenteed that at least one TFC team will make it to the playoffs this year. ^_^
Name: TFC RPB Head to Head
Code: 1207-1115
Joined.
Team Name: Veenstars
I'm in
Timelords
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...r-manager-team
Only couple of days left till beginning of the season. We have 50 teams!
Some articles to give you pointers for those of you unfamiliar with MLS fantasy league
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
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