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Evra Zhirkov Abate Olsson Strinic

Sneijder Iniesta Dzagoev Mvilla Eriksenn

Llorente Gomez Jelavic

[Munster Magic]

Originally Posted by carlcon

The suggested settings of 15 players, 100m, 2 from a country, and limited transfers seems like something we're all used to.

Just thinking and would anyone else be interested in changing the players from each country to 3 instead of 2?

Originally Posted by Munster Magic

Anyone interested in doing a league for the game below? A bit different from other fantasy games in that there is an auction to buy the players so only one of us will have Ronaldo, Van Persie etc etc.

seems like it could be fun, need a minimum of five players

http://www.fantasyleague.com/Default.aspx

League Name: Boards.ie
League Code: 43962

League still open if anyone wants to join

[carlcon]

Has anyone stuck a head in over in soccer to let them know about the Euro FFs?

Originally Posted by Munster Magic

Just thinking and would anyone else be interested in changing the players from each country to 3 instead of 2?

I like 2 because it means a bigger variation in players, instead of having 3 Germans and 3 Spaniards taking up over half your first 11, and probably another 3 Russians, considering the groups.

Wouldn't be the end of the world if we said 3, but my vote (if one has a "vote") would be for 2.

[manual_man]

The only problem with 2 from a team is as the tournament progresses you'll want more players from the teams still in it, unless that number can be changed depending on the stage...

[roryc]

Anyone know the expected Russian front line? Half thinking about the FF Euro's and half about some Euro top goalscorer bets.

Kerzhakov and Pavlyuchenko are both at 66's, and Pogrebnyak is at 80's, although its hard to tell which front two will be rested. My head says Pog but it's hard to not play him after how he's performed for Fulham.

I can definitely see Russia smashing a few goals in, these prices will likely shorten closer to the Euros.

[manual_man]

I fancy Kerzhakov. He's had a super season for Zenit

[carlcon]

Originally Posted by manual_man

The only problem with 2 from a team is as the tournament progresses you'll want more players from the teams still in it, unless that number can be changed depending on the stage...

It would have to. They're not going to leave us with a maximum of only 4 players in the final (right?), that would be ridiculous.

Other knock-out FF's I've seen, like the CL one, have the 2 player limit, then increase as the tournament progresses, eventually leaving you with a full 11 for the final.

If that doesn't happen in this one, then I'm gonna lose interest fast. Whether we have 2, 3, or 6 players allowed from each team.

[manual_man]

Originally Posted by carlcon

It would have to. They're not going to leave us with a maximum of only 4 players in the final (right?), that would be ridiculous.

Other knock-out FF's I've seen, like the CL one, have the 2 player limit, then increase as the tournament progresses, eventually leaving you with a full 11 for the final.

If that doesn't happen in this one, then I'm gonna lose interest fast. Whether we have 2, 3, or 6 players allowed from each team.

Tbh i dont know the mechanics of the thing. Maybe Munster Magic can clear it up for us

[swoody]

Originally Posted by carlcon

It would have to. They're not going to leave us with a maximum of only 4 players in the final (right?), that would be ridiculous.

Other knock-out FF's I've seen, like the CL one, have the 2 player limit, then increase as the tournament progresses, eventually leaving you with a full 11 for the final.

If that doesn't happen in this one, then I'm gonna lose interest fast. Whether we have 2, 3, or 6 players allowed from each team.

http://www.fantasyleague.com/ProEuro...amChanges.aspx

Country quotas and player classifications

When setting up the league, the chairman will set a limit on the number of players each manager may select from any real-life country, which could be a maximum of one, two, three or four players from any nation. Managers may not select more players from each country than the limit allows, and will be restricted from making their requested transfer if they try to exceed that limit.
The chairman can also increase the quota limits as the tournament progresses. For example, the quota could be set to a maximum of two players per country at the start of the tournament, and increased to four per country after the culmination of the last group stage game.

Transfer Windows and Sealed Bids

Fantasy League Pro Euro 2012 allows each manager to make transfers during the tournament, to get rid of dead wood, and bring in the latest starlet destined for greater glory.
Transfers are made through the Sealed Bids Engine, with 'transfer windows' set-up throughout the tournament.
The Sealed Bids Engine provides every manager with a protected area where bids are submitted and held until the transfer deadline. Once the deadline is passed, the system automatically compares the bids and a list of the winners (and losers) is shown.
The chairman can set up a league's bid windows whenever they want after the start of the tournament, setting a deadline much in the same way as in the Online Auction. You could have one transfer window in between the Group Stage and Knock Out Stage, or allow changes far more frequently by having more transfer windows at regular intervals of several days, perhaps after each set of matches in the Group Stage, and then again between each phase of the Knock Out Stage.

here's the players list to start planning your team....

http://www.fantasyleague.com/ProEuro...layerList.aspx

[carlcon]

Good. Starting off with 2 then doubling it when half the teams are knocked out after the groups seems like a reasonable approach.

[Munster Magic]

What does everyone else reckon, 2 or 3 from each team? Id nearly prefer have 3, just by going through it with only 2 and found it tricky enough

[manual_man]

3's good with me how about we increase it by 1 with every knockout round

[swoody]

i would like 2 and to keep it at 2 till the semis, but i'll be happy with whatever why we do it.
looking forward to the bidding wars!

BRING ON THE EUROS

[Munster Magic]

Originally Posted by carlcon

Good. Starting off with 2 then doubling it when half the teams are knocked out after the groups seems like a reasonable approach.

Originally Posted by Munster Magic

What does everyone else reckon, 2 or 3 from each team? Id nearly prefer have 3, just by going through it with only 2 and found it tricky enough

Originally Posted by manual_man

3's good with me how about we increase it by 1 with every knockout round

Originally Posted by swoody

i would like 2 and to keep it at 2 till the semis, but i'll be happy with whatever why we do it.
looking forward to the bidding wars!

BRING ON THE EUROS

So thats 2 in favour of keeping it at 2 players and 2 at changing it to 3, I will send a pm to the other 2 guys and see what they think

Are ye happy with the rest of the rules?


Squad Size:
15 players per team.

Auction Budget:
£100 million.

Tournament Budget:
£25 million, plus any budget left over from the auction.

Bid Increments:
£0.5 million increments for all bids.

Transfers:
Maximum of 20 transfers in the tournament;
Maximum of 10 transfers in Group Stage;
Maximum of 10 transfers in Knockout Stage.

Formations:
All three formations (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2) available.

[roryc]

Sky Sports have also come out with their Fantasy Football. At first glance it doesn't look like much but when you delve deeper you can see that they have done analysis on players contribution in the qualifying stages, which is a great use when picking your fringe players.

It has a 'Qualifier Stats' tab and a totally new 'Compare Players' tab, although the latter only compares stats from Euro 2012. See below as an example of the qualifying stats:



I wouldn't have considered Rosicky before now, but 6 assists in his opening 9 qualifers is not a bad return at all, and Czech Republic have the easiest starting group. I wouldn't have even considered him up until seeing those stats. Even if you decide against playing this FF version, it's a goldmine for info...