English Premier League VIII | Round 13

[Varun]

Trade with Birmingham:

Maddy and Harbhajan for Lumb and Mendis.

Comfirmed.

 

[Sartaj]

FA trade:
Steven Smith in.
Ajantha Mendis out.

 

[Iridium]

Should we just not bother with a draft and just have unlimited trades instead?

 

[Haarithan]

FA trade :

Umar Gul OUT
Ajantha Mendis IN

@ Truman : Not sure , drafts are required for some of the managers , but that maximum 3 FA trades rule can certainly be scrapped off .

 

[Aussie Team]

I'm done with it. The team looks pretty good and probably I won't release players.

 

[Haarithan]

Yea my 4 overseas players in the xi seems to have been sorted . Locals need some reshaping though . And I'm not releasing players either .

 

[Iridium]

Yea, ok we're ditching the draft. Unlimited trades for all.

 

[Sartaj]

Gul in.
Smith Out.

 

[Sartaj]

Yeah,that's not a bad idea at all as we EPL managers are as lazy as they get.

 

[Iridium]

Is it mandatory to have at least 2 wk options?

Yes, just to keep your options open if one is doing poorly.

 

[Sartaj]

Yes, just to keep your options open if one is doing poorly.

Ok,this means that a couple of forced changes need to be made,so...
Ramprakash and Hamilton-Brown make way for Tim Ambrose and Glenn Chapple.

And I'm hopefully done trading.

 

[Sartaj]

Final squad:

Tim Ambrose
Robert Key
Michael Lumb
Anthony McGrath
Kevin Pietersen
Kumar Sangakkara
Cameron White

Angelo Mathews
Samit Patel
Shane Watson

James Anderson
Stuart Broad (c)
Glenn Chapple
Umar Gul
Dale Steyn

Danny Briggs
George Dockrell
Imran Tahir

 

[Haarithan]

Its gonna take some performance from our boys to defend the title , Notts definitely start as favorites .

 

[Haarithan]

My final FA trade in the bowling department :

Simon Jones OUT
Lewis Gregory IN

 

[CG123]

Gay, I would prefer to have a draft and no trading...

I was planning to just get rid of most of my team in the draft, that's why I wasn't bothered doing any trading now, as I'd just be strengthening other teams while I'll just release the players they trade me.

If we're not going to have a draft, pretty much my whole team's up for trade, considering how they all more or less underperformed last season.

I guess most of you guys are done trading now, so I'm going to be left with a weaker team than last season, considering my best domestic bowler is no longer eligible.

Some of you guys made some really stupid trades as well, not sure how bcvs has ended up so strong...