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Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 11
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Birmingham v Wigan
Chelsea v Man. City
Man. United v Middlesbrough (Setanta Ireland)
Reading v Newcastle
Sunderland v Fulham
Portsmouth v West Ham (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Sunday:
Bolton v Aston Villa (1.30pm, Sky Sports 1)
Derby v Everton (2.00pm)
Tottenham v Blackburn (3.00pm)
Liverpool v Arsenal (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)

October ‘Manager of the Month’ award winner will be announced Monday evening.

UPDATE - Sorry, will get it up here Tuesday evening, very busy today!

 

[Salty25]

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Highest Weekly Scores:

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Taking the spoils this month is malcolm. Top scoring in Gameweeks 9 and 11, his Toontastic team has rocketed up the table, and if malc can keep up this performance, it surely won't be long until Norm's place at the top is under threat.​

rolfw's Screwballs are also picking up after a lackluster start, but my own team Dynamo fell out of the top 5 and all-important Champions League places.​

 

[Salty25]

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 12
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Arsenal v Man. United (12.45pm, Sky Sports 1)
Aston Villa v Derby
Everton v Birmingham
Fulham v Reading
Middlesbrough v Tottenham
Newcastle v Portsmouth
Wigan v Chelsea (Setanta Ireland)
Blackburn v Liverpool (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Sunday:
West Ham v Bolton (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Monday:
Man. City v Sunderland (8.00pm, Setanta Sports 1)

 

[Salty25]

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 13
Saturday:
Sunderland v Newcastle (12.45pm, Sky Sports 1)
Derby v West Ham (Setanta Ireland)
Liverpool v Fulham (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Sunday (3.00pm unless stated):
Birmingham v Aston Villa (1.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Chelsea v Everton (2.00pm)
Bolton v Middlesbrough
Man. United v Blackburn
Tottenham v Wigan
Portsmouth v Man. City (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Monday:
Reading v Arsenal (8.00pm, Setanta Sports 1)

 

[Topper]

I know Blackburn have a game in hand but are they forced to play them both at the same time

 

[Salty25]

I know Blackburn have a game in hand but are they forced to play them both at the same time

Not quite. Blackburn play Fulham away on the Sunday, and then host Villa at Ewood on the Wednesday. For the purposes of the fantasy game, the Wednesday game is bunched into this 'Gameweek'.

 

[Salty25]

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 14 ~ TEAMS IN ACTION TWICE - Aston Villa, Blackburn
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Newcastle v Liverpool (12.45pm, Sky Sports 1)
Arsenal v Wigan
Birmingham v Portsmouth
Bolton v Man. United (Setanta Ireland)
Everton v Sunderland
Man. City v Reading
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Derby v Chelsea (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Sunday:
West Ham v Tottenham (1.30pm, Sky Sports 1)
Fulham v Blackburn (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Wednesday:
Blackburn v Aston Villa (8.00pm, delayed highlights on Sky Sports 1)

November ‘Manager of the Month’ award winner will be announced next Saturday at the latest.

 

[Salty25]

I thought I'd go to the trouble of making a list of the players that may well be away on duty in this tournament, so that you can plan ahead of their departure.

The ACN in Ghana runs between January 20 and February 10 (3 weeks). FIFA rules state that a national team may demand the release of player in the run-up to a continental championship or FIFA World Cup upto 2 weeks ahead of that team's first game in the tournament. However, it is unlikely that any of the teams will demand players more than 1 week before January 20.

Also bear in mind that players are released immediately after their team's elimination, so if their teams was knocked out at the group stage, they would come back earlier. The dates of the various stages are as follows, with PL 'Gameweeks' in italics:

January 6 - FIFA maximum release deadline
January 12 - Saturday of Gameweek 22
January 19 - Saturday of Gameweek 23
January 20 - Opening game of ACN08, Ghana vs Guinea
January 28-31 - Final round of group stage games
January 29-30 - Gameweek 24
February 2 - Saturday of Gameweek 25
February 3-4 - Quarter finals
February 6-7 - Semi finals
February 9 - Saturday of Gameweek 26
February 10 - Final of ACN08

The players that maybe at the tournament:

Group A:
Ghana - Kingson (Birmingham), Pantsil (West Ham), Essien (Chelsea), Muntari (Portsmouth)
Guinea - NONE
Morocco - NONE
Namibia - NONE

Group B:
Benin - NONE
Côte d'Ivoire - Toure, Eboue (both Arsenal), Zokora (Tottenham), Drogba, Kalou (both Chelsea), Meite (Bolton)
Mali - Traore (Portsmouth), Sissoko (Liverpool)
Nigeria - Yobo, Yakubu, Anichebe (all Everton), Etuhu (Sunderland), Obi Mikel (Chelsea), Kanu, Utaka (both Portsmouth), Martins (Newcastle)
* Victor Anichebe has yet to play for Nigeria, and is therefore still eligible to play for England at Under 21 and senior level. It is still unclear which country he wishes to play for.

Group C:
Cameroon - Geremi (Newcastle), Bikey (Reading), Song (Arsenal), Olembe (Wigan)
Egypt - Ghaly (Tottenham), Shawky, Mido (both Middlesbrough)
Sudan - NONE
Zambia - NONE

Group D:
Angola - NONE
Senegal - Beye, Faye (both Newcastle), Diop (Portsmouth), Kamara (Fulham), Diouf (Bolton)
South Africa - Mokoena, McCarthy (both Blackburn), Pienaar (Everton)
Tunisia - Nafti, Jaidi (both Birmingham)

 

[Salty25]

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 15 ~ TEAMS IN ACTION TWICE - Arsenal, Newcastle
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Chelsea v West Ham (12.45pm, Sky Sports 1)
Blackburn v Newcastle
Portsmouth v Everton (Setanta Ireland)
Reading v Middlesbrough
Sunderland v Derby
Wigan v Man. City
Aston Villa v Arsenal (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Sunday:
Liverpool v Bolton (3.00pm)
Tottenham v Birmingham (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Monday:
Man. United v Fulham (8.00pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Wednesday:
Newcastle v Arsenal (7.45pm, Sky Sports 1)

 

[Salty25]

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Highest Weekly Scores:

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It was extremely close for the award this week, with both top-of-the-table Donkeytown and raising stars Hotspurs having a good November, but the decision has gone the way of kreacher and his Creatures.

The Creatures moved up 8 places this month, scoring a total of 192 in the month, and are now in the Champions League places, with Dynamo a single point behind, and Hotspurs trailing a further point.

Also climbing into a Champions League place is mhku's Calor, but he'll have to do more to put the heat on the top 3 which remain unchanged. Donkeytown extend their lead to 112pts.

Falling out of the much-coveted top 5 are the Tossers and Germania. They'll be hoping for bouncebackability in the busy December schedule.​

 

[Salty25]

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 16
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Aston Villa v Portsmouth (12.45pm, Sky Sports1)
Chelsea v Sunderland
Everton v Fulham
Man. United v Derby (Setanta Ireland)
Newcastle v Birmingham
Reading v Liverpool (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Sunday (3.00pm unless stated):
Middlesbrough v Arsenal (1.30pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Bolton v Wigan
Tottenham v Man. City
Blackburn v West Ham (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)

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Other PL SupaLiga News

• Following Gameweek 15, Toontastic have moved up to 2nd, with Dragoes down to 3rd. Donkeytown's lead has been cut by 10 pts, but is still a massive 127pts.
• 'Christmas Crunch' returns for a 2nd edition - the points earned in Gameweeks 18 (Dec 22-23), 19 (Dec 26-27), 20 (Dec 29-30), and 21 (Jan 1-2) will be added together and averaged out to find the winner.

 

[Salty25]

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 17
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Birmingham v Reading
Derby v Middlesbrough
Man. City v Bolton
Portsmouth v Tottenham
Sunderland v Aston Villa (Setanta Ireland)
West Ham v Everton
Wigan v Blackburn
Fulham v Newcastle (5.15pm, Setanta Sports 1)
GRAND SLAM Sunday:
Liverpool v Man. United (1.30pm, Sky Sports 1)
Arsenal v Chelsea (4.00pm, Sky Sports 1)

 

[Salty25]

:-carrot SupaLiga wishes all a very Merry Christmas :-snowman

Transfer Deadline – Saturday 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 18
Saturday (3.00pm unless stated):
Arsenal v Tottenham (12.45pm, Sky Sports 1)
Aston Villa v Man. City
Bolton v Birmingham
Fulham v Wigan
Liverpool v Portsmouth (Setanta Ireland)
Middlesbrough v West Ham
Reading v Sunderland
Sunday:
Man. United v Everton (12.00pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Newcastle v Derby (2.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Blackburn v Chelsea (4.10pm, Sky Sports)

Remember, 'Christmas Crunch' starts this weekend!

 

[Salty25]

This evening, following this afternoon's games, there has been major movement in the top 3 in the provisionally updated league table.

Toontastic, 2nd this morning, are now down to 4th. Malcolm, however, may not be there after tomorrow with 6 of his players yet to play. The Toon are level on points with now 3rd placed Creatures - 3 of Kreacher's boys are yet to appear, all Everton players no less.

The biggest news, however, is that my very own Dynamo team are, as it stands, 2nd and with a 31pt advantage over 3rd and 4th. 2 players (both Man United) are left to take the field for Dynamo (although Dynamo have the disadvantage of being 1 player short this Gameweek!).

Champions Donkeytown remain, as they have been from the beginning, top and current top scorers this weekend!

 

[T_G]

82 points in one gamewek for me, that must be some sort of reord??!! Could have had more, unfortunately I left Dempsey on the bench, and he got 10 points, so if I had im in team it woul dhave been 5 more...

How do the transfers work during the Christmas period, still one change a week??

 

[Salty25]

:-reindeer SupaLiga wishes all a very Merry Christmas again, hopefully the festive fortune will extend to the festive Gameweeks! :-sugar

Transfer Deadline – Boxing Day (Wednesday) 11.30am GMT

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Gameweek 19
Boxing Day (3.00pm unless stated):
Chelsea v Aston Villa (1.00pm)
Tottenham v Fulham (1.00pm)
West Ham v Reading (1.00pm, Sky Sports 1)
Birmingham v Middlesbrough
Derby v Liverpool
Everton v Bolton
Sunderland v Man. United
Wigan v Newcastle
Portsmouth v Arsenal (7.45pm, Sky Sports 1)
Thursday:
Man. City v Blackburn (7.45pm, Sky Sports 1)

After this Gameweek we will half-way through the entire SupaLiga season!

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SupaLiga Update

Following GW18, Dynamo are now 2nd and are 110pts behind leaders Donkeytown. Toontastic got it together on Sunday, having fallen to 4th from 2nd on Saturday, to finish off in 3rd. Creatures are currently in 4th place, with the Tossers in the final Champions League position.

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82 points in one gamewek for me, that must be some sort of reord??!! Could have had more, unfortunately I left Dempsey on the bench, and he got 10 points, so if I had im in team it woul dhave been 5 more...

How do the transfers work during the Christmas period, still one change a week??

Sorry T_G, but that is in fact short of the season high of 95 points, as scored by your's truely in GW15. The top 10 scores* so far are as follows:

1. Dynamo Sol (Salty25) - 95 (GW15)
2. Allstars (gbaggerz) - 90 (GW15)
3. Manchester RED (SAF (T_G Jnr.)) - 86 (GW15)
4. Ole Jose (john_graydon) - 84 (GW7)
=. Liverpool XI (kebabinho) - 84 (GW8)
6. Toontastic (malcolm) - 83 (GW9)
7. S.C.K. RED (T_G) - 82 (GW18)
8. Creatures (kreacher) - 80 (GW14)
9. Tossers (Topper) - 79 (GW10)
10. Satellite Screwballs (rolfw) - 76 (GW16)

Look whose 3rd And look, Norm's Donkeytown is a big absentee there as well, clearly consistency is the key for the champions.
And yes, the limit is still one change per Gameweek. :-csmile

* Actually, this is complete bollocks as these are only the scores which were recorded in the top 3 of the given Gameweek . Sorry for the error, but you get the general idea.

 

[T_G]

Sorry T_G, but that is in fact short of the season high of 95 points, as scored by your's truely in GW15

Doooooh!!!!!!! 2

 

[Salty25]

I had meant to do this earlier, but since I can't get to sleep due to intoxication I thought I may as well do it before the morning (though it is the morning!).

For those of you unaware, the Fantasy Cup enters into it's first round this Gameweek - to check up on your progress, click on 'Fantasy Cup', which in the 'Latest Points' section of the grey column on the 'My Team' page on the website once you've logged in.

You had to be in the top 1,048,576 scorers in Gameweek 18 to qualify. Here is the first round draw for all SupaLiga teams:

Scoon Army (Leeds University League) v Donkeytown
Dynamo Sol v Shake 'N' Bake (Sticky Chest League)
Chunk FC (The Swans League) v Toontastic
Creatures v PhilTheForce (The Big League)
Blue Mooners (League of the Skills) v Tossers
1 in the pink (STRYKER PREMIER) v Dragoes
Clout 11 (Dan's League) v Allstars
Manchester RED v Trondheim United (DFID)
Mzumbe United (Hazza Revisited League) v Satellite Screwballs
DIRT (Boondock Saints League) v Mucho Calor Hoy
UndeadRider FC (Syorga League) v S.C.K. RED
Tofix FC (Liga Sijangkang EPL) v Germania Köln
Hotspurs v Jog On Bois (Billionaire Boys League)
Ole Jose v Graddz United (Hipperholme Boys League)
Mansom v Change Name (unaffiliated)
Paraletic Athletic v Sporting Club (Maynooth & Friends League)
Rainbow Warriors v Deco's Dynamo's FC (The Glass House League)
RED United v Kilteely Kunts (Limerick League)
Liverpool XI - Failed to qualify
Mad Hatters - Failed to qualify
Dreamers - Failed to qualify

I shall try to keep up with how we all get on, as always!

 

[T_G]

So basically you use your normal team for cup games? Whagt is this thing where transfers count???

P.S Who is S.C.K Red???? it sounds like a former yugoslavian hockey club. If you are shortening it please call my team Satellites Reds or summing?

 

[Salty25]

So basically you use your normal team for cup games? Whagt is this thing where transfers count???

Yeah, it uses your score and deducts transfer penalties, just like the normal league competition.

P.S Who is S.C.K Red???? it sounds like a former yugoslavian hockey club. If you are shortening it please call my team Satellites Reds or summing?

Yeah, 'S.C.K.' is a shortening of Satellites.co.uk, it's just easier to type out than the whole address. That's ok, Satellites RED it is. RED, as I'm sure you've noticed, is used as an indicator for all T_G family teams!

Funny you should liken it to the names of Yugoslav sports clubs - the inspiration was former Eastern Bloc teams Of course, Dynamo is the best name :-googly