I only realised when I asked about it here the other day how I'd used my wildcard... I knew you got a free transfer, so when I made it, I got prompted 'would you like to use your wildcard'. I pressed yes, thinking that was how you made your free transfer after GW1 :1orglaugh

I learnt a hard lesson years ago when I uploaded the wrong index page to a website when I was drunk.

I stay away from the laptop when I've been drinking now :)

:thumbsup I can't believe Man City got beat, I did not see that result coming.

Doh! :) At least you have another Wildcard you can use in January!

Falcao in at Man U. Didn't see that one coming. No doubt he will get the goals, but i still have no faith at all in that Man U side...

How on earth is he going to fit into the team! Yes he's a good signing but other areas need addressed first.

Man United need a world class central defender and a world class defensive midfielder.

Why can't they sell a player? It seems like the only players leaving are on loan.

What a transfer deadline day yesterday!

Top transfer headline was Radamel Falcao (Monaco, Loan 5-6m and wages of 340k per week totaling of around 24m with an option to buy) United trying to claim this is not the fee but thats what Arsenal and City were presented with. The talk doing the rounds is that RVP needed surgery before the WCup. If this is true this could be the catalyst behind such a risky transfer. Falcao got a very bad knee injury in Jan but prior to this his record at Porto and Athletico Madrid his time at Monaco the same but a lot less game time. I can see him going into the FPL game at 11+ million!

ManU sold Welbeck to Arsenal for 16m which was hard to see happening due to Welbeck being at part of the youth system and English (keep in mind the homegrown rules for EU competitions). Will be interesting to see how much game time he gets in the coming weeks with Giroud out.

I wont list them all but these 2 where for me the headliners. It seems the race for the CL spots and the quality of the lower teams in the EPL meant for the record breaking transfer window.

follow-up http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-29016057

So funny. This guy should start a gofundme account. I'm sure he'd rake it in!

It's Wildcard time! :helpme

I said this a week ago, United needed Defensive minded players not more attacking players. Although, as far as it goes, Falcao is a nice signing, I'm just bamboozled as to where all these guys are going to play? Falcao, Rooney and RVP in a dynamic 3 seems like an amazing option but then where does Di Maria, Mata and Januzaj come in? Are Man U going with the old Real Madrid view "you score 4 we will score 5"?

Chelsea are looking dangerous and they further boosted their attacking line with Remy, they are clearly out to battle on all fronts this year and I wouldn't be surprised to see them land two trophies, one being the Premiership title and perhaps with a bit of luck, maybe even the Champions League trophy.

I believe Ossie Ardiles started this at Spurs, but with the approach "we will score 4, you can score 5" :1orglaugh

hahaha yeah I reckon he would as it goes :1orglaugh :thumbsup

Thank God we are back this weekend!

Yep totally agree Ross, if this was Football Manager the team looks great on paper but apart from Di Maria the whole team lacks pace which the top 4 teams have in abundance, you can't defend against pace!

Falcao, Van Persie don't have much pace and although they are both clinical infront of goal neither of them are going to make something happen out of nothing.

ATM Manchester United have a team that are not creating chances in midfield that results in few goals being scored and a defence that will concede goals easily.

Rooney is past his best at 28 (29 next month) Van Persie is 31 and injury prone and we have a new manager who is stubborn and won't change his formation.

They'll be nowhere near the top 4 come the end of the season, 2 points from the first 3 games is relegation form! QPR (H), Leicester (A) & West Ham (H) up next and if they don't win the next 3 games they are in serious trouble because I don't see them beating Everton, Man City, Chelsea & Arsenal.

Plus selling Welbeck to a rival was ridiculously stupid, 23 years old with a point to prove.

Hmmm... that worked out well for Chelsea when they sold Sturridge to Liverpool 2 years ago!

If Chelsea can keep Fabregas & Costa fit I have no doubt they'll be champions in May

Oh well, time for some changes then...

Just made my free transfer.Hope it gonna bring me more points!

Spot on Paul. Fabregas is running the show so far and Costa is doing what he is paid to do, put the ball in the net. Chelsea are looking great, if they can keep it up I can really see them winning the Champions League this year. Barcelona are still experimenting with their team and new coach so I don't think they will win it, Real Madrid would be the first team in history to win it back to back and the rest of the teams are not really at Chelsea level, not even Bayern Munich.

Could be a big year for Mourinho and his Chelsea boys. Can't wait for this weekends fixtures.

ok I have now got the hint and have installed Costa as captain from gameweek 5. Fuck have I lost some points not getting the rub with the captains so far lol.

So aye, i left Costa out AGAIN because i thought he might not play through injury.

It's gonna be another one of those years...

I had to leave him in due to other injuries, though that's why I didn't pick him as captain :Oh crap

Game Week 4 Complete
Sorry for the slow update been a hectic week!


I also left off costa which was a huge mistake after he got the hat trick. His injury is on going as the special one said he cant play more two games in a row. He has City next and we are all asking can his run continue?

Looking to be a great season so far some really good managers in this league keep it going as its only week 5. Most of us will be at the shows this week in the EU so looking forward to some FPL chat and also the game on Sunday is going to be a great one between Chelsea and City :thumbsup

man am I glad I didn't have a bet this weekend

SHIT I missed this. Anyway I can get in? I'm 8th in the league i'm in getting smoked.

I believe you can get in anytime Shap, just go register at the OP's link

Arsenal won + Liverpool lost + Everton lost + Manchester United lost + Spurs lost + City-Chelsea tied = A perfect weekend. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I made the same mistake as you last week Ashley, I had a DC on the bench :disgust

All you need is the private league code to join, Poppy should be able to send you it!

http://i.imgur.com/j9Ej8rd.png

Didn't work out well this week for me having DC as captain :(

I can't believe Man United got beat by Leicester

Found it

Code to join the Traffic Force League: 1159356-275815

I'm in! Thanks guys!

Yeah most people had DC this week. Hard to have a captain playing against a big team. I had DC too.

Love Leicester. Ulloa is on fire.

I wanna get Shap in the head to heads this year lol. Welcome to the league!

Some big results this past weekend, Man U winning 3-1 then losing 5-3 was about as crazy a game as I have saw in a long time. Looking forward to laying on my couch this weekend and watching the games.

bring it on!!!!

I've been dropping down the table every week now. By quite a few places each time.

Grr...

I just made some transfers due to injury, I think I have a strong team out this week so hoping for some big points. Falcao needs to start banging in the goals or he could find himself transferred out next week.

Good luck to all. The team with the most points this week will receive a $100 traffic coupon for Traffic Force to spend on testing our traffic. Winner has to contact me by Wednesday October 1st to get it arranged.

Woof! time for some points
http://i.imgur.com/jdtIzWY.jpg

This is my first season where I've actually played properly, and I've learned 2 things:

1. wildcard != 1 free transfer in gameweek 2 :1orglaugh

2. Picking the right captain each week really pays off (or doesn't, in my case)

Very nice mate, I look forward to spending that :thumbsup

Game Week 6 Complete


A pretty low scoring week really. Costa is owned by such a large amount any points he does get are not a differential against other players. Rooney is now banned for being a dumb ass and blatantly kicking out at a player. Southampton seem to be going very well even after selling all their best players to Liverpool and Liverpool continue there bad start to the season after a thunderbolt of a goal in the last seconds by Jag's.

Ross has put up $100 of advertising spend which is very cool and the top points tally is Manfap on 56 points so tomorrow is the deadline to claim your prize :thumbsup

Woo hooo! I thought I had a shit week. Saved by Stoke.

Yeah the Monday night game (Begovic 7pts) got you there to beat 100%lessbiting who finished 3 points behind on 53. All you need to do now is keep those green arrows week on week as 35th place is long way off the top :upsidedow

Yep I've had 2 bad weeks (25 points) I need to have a think re strikers, and consider the wildcard.

And my slide down the table continues yet again. Relegation is looming...

After game week 7 is the international break so IMO i wouldn't use that wild card till after GW7 incase of injuries etc while the players or on international duty. Strikers are not so easy right now as Costa seems to be a must have but everyone has him so doesn't allow you to make gains with him. Aguero seems to not be totally match fit as he is the best striker in the EPL when he is but the last weeks his points have been low for 12+ million. Southampton's Pele looks like an interesting option, Dzeko grabbed two last week but will he retain his place week in week out with Jovetic coming back. Welbeck just seems to be same old same old and missing chances but in the Arsenal team anything can happen if he clicks and gets it right. With Rooney out Falcao could get a better run at things and RVP will set you back a fair few $'s as well.

For me apart from Costa its too early to look at the Forwards scoring table and say he is a good choice i would recommend playing the fixtures in front of you and not jumping on bandwagons from games that have passed :winkwink: