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ianp1970 wrote:

Durhamfootman wrote:

ianp1970 wrote:The top eleven players in the list (either amended each week or the same from the start) that actually play will be selected.

will you explain this bit to me, ian. does this mean that the top performing XI plyaers in my squad in a particular round of matches are automatically selected on my behalf, and the points they accrued awarded to me?

You will have the option to list your squad in preferred order for each matchweek. The spreadsheet will then take from your list the first eleven players that actually play in that week. These may or may not be the highest scorers.

Good on you DFM!

sussexpob wrote:
Can we say any players who are not on the list have a base value of 50k?

I will go through the cricinfo squads and cross reference with the players already valued, then produce a list of these. As a general principle I have no problem with a standard £50K (as last year's players will know the valuations become redundant after the auction) but I think that these players should only come into effect in the second round of the auction, as some people have already submitted their initial bids.

does that mean that players who are not the subject of any bid in the auction, could be bought later for less than the list price?

Durhamfootman wrote:does that mean that players who are not the subject of any bid in the auction, could be bought later for less than the list price?

After the auction and lottery stage all of the valuations are dispensed with.

During the transfer windows managers can release players (my current thinking is up to 5 players in each of the 3 windows - last year it was 2 players each week) then pick replacements from the pool of unallocated players.

This is done on a draft basis with the manager bottom of the league having first pick and top of the league selecting last.

I have already had first round bids in from 5 managers

Just leaves DFM, CF90 and yours truly...

I'm working on mine

by working, I do, of course, mean sitting in the corner of an empty room, hugging myself and rocking backwards and forwards.

I'll pm it tomorrow

thank you for your patience and for replying so promptly to my stupid questions

ianp1970 wrote:So we have 8 managers for the second CFM season:

Ntini
Red Devil
Durhamfootman
SaintPowelly
St_Brendy
sussexpob
cricketfan90
ianp1970

2 further "dummy" squads will be selected during the lottery.

Please can you post your preferred team name and choice of colours on here

'Footmen in Black'
Black seems appropriate


as does FIB, in truth.

Durhamfootman wrote:I'm working on mine

by working, I do, of course, mean sitting in the corner of an empty room, hugging myself and rocking backwards and forwards.

I'll pm it tomorrow

thank you for your patience and for replying so promptly to my stupid questions

No problem at all, hope it is starting to make sense and there is no such thing as a stupid question!

Apologies for not getting these done last night - the site was down

My bids:



I will post all of the PMs now, then tidy things up after work today

Sent: Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:02 pm
From: ntini77
To: ianp1970
Onions - £115k
Allenby - £100k
S Patel - £95k
Rogers - £90k
Rashid - £85k
Borthwick - £85k
Roland-Jones - £85k
Bairstow - £80k
Willey - £75k
Barker - £75k
Meaker - £65k
Jarvis - £65k
Jaques - £60k
Ten Doeschate - £60k
Thakor - £60k
T Mills - £50k
Rankin - £50k
Hamilton- Brown - £45k
C Hughes - £45k
Sibley - £45k
Rafiq - £40k
Braithwaite - £30k

Total: £1.5m

I hope I've done this right.


Sent: Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:38 pm
From: SaintPowelly
To: ianp1970
Team name : Powellys XI, colour yellow or Gold...whichevers easiest/least used

Groenewald - 70,000 ( Derby )
Tremlett - 60,000 ( Surrey )
Freckingham - 50,000 ( Leics )
Tomlinson - 80,000 ( Hants )
Stoneman - 60,000 ( Durham )
Carberry - 100,000 ( Hants )
Goodwin - 70,000 ( Glamorgan )
Shrek - 60,000 ( Leics )
Wagg - 50,000 ( Glamorgan )
Sibley - 30,000 ( Surrey )
Griffiths - 50,000 ( Kent )
Jennings - 40,000 ( Durham )
Pettini - 40,000 ( Essex )
Porterfield - 40,000 ( Warks )
Howell - 60,000 ( Gloucs )
Eckersley - 80,000 ( Leics )
Moore - 60,000 ( Derby )
G.Jones - 50,000 ( Kent )
W.Smith - 70,000 ( Hants )
Vince - 100,000 ( Hants )
Finn - 100,000 ( Middlesex )
Dent - 80,000 ( Gloucs )
Williamson - 100,000 ( Yorks )

I believe that comes to a combined 1.5mil, cheers


Sent: Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:25 pm
From: sussexpob
To: ianp1970
Get ready for this....

J Allenby - 100k
Steve Magoffin - 80k
Ed Joyce - 80k
Jordan - 80k
Kyle Abbott - 80k
Chris Woakes - 100k
Scott Meaker - 50k
Boyd Rankin - 50k
Nick Compton - 70k
Chris Wood - 60k
Ryan ten Doeschate - 60k
Michael Yardy - 50k
Kyle Jarvis – 60k
Saaed Ajmal – 70k
Steve Thackor – 50k
Rory Hamilton Brown – 40k
Mike Machan – 40k
DJ Bell-Drummond – 30k
Myburgh JG – 30k
Ben Foakes – 30k
Gordon Muchall – 30
Ben Godleman – 30k
J Harrison – 40k
Moin Ashraf – 40k
Luke Procter – 40k
Alex Lees – 40k
Tom Milnes – 10k
Callum Jackson – 10k
Fabien Cowdrey – 10k
Stewart Walters - 20k
William Tavare - 10k


Sent: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:25 pm
From: st_brendy
To: ianp1970
My bids

G Smith - Surrey - £150,000
G Onions - Durham - £200,000
M Klinger - Gloucs - £150,000
J Vince - Hants - £120,000
C Woakes - £110,000
D Masters - £100,000
D Willey - Northants - £70,000
J Tomlinson - Hants - £80,000
C Wright - Warks - £80,000
D Sibley - Surrey - £30,000
U Arshad - £20,000


Sent: Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:38 am
From: Durhamfootman
To: ianp1970
I hope I've done this right

player..... county.....list...bid
Tomlinson..Hant.......60....80
Terry.........Hant......10....10
Harmison....Kent.......40...40
Ball...........Kent......10....10
Cowdrey.....Kent.......10...10
Brooks..... ..York.......50...70
Lees..........York.......40...60
Shantry......Worc.......50...50
Groenewald.Derb.......50...70
Hughes CF...Derb.......40...60
Wagg.........Glam......40....40
Reed.........Glam.......50...50
Mickleburgh.Ess.........50...50
Foakes.......Ess.........40...40
Wells.........Suss........50...50
Wilson........Sur........40...60
Reece........Lanc.......30...50
Proctor.......Lanc......40...40
Crook.........Nort.......60...80
Spriegel......Nort.......20...20
Poynter......Dur.........10...10
Arshad.......Dur.........10...40
Richardson..Dur.........30...30
Evans........Wark........50..70
Barker.......Wark........60..80
Gidman W..Glos.........60...80
Fuller.......Glos.........50...60
Berg.........Midd........50...50
Adams......Nott.........40...50
Jaques......Nott.........50...70

total................... 1190..1480

regards, Andrew


Sent: Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:38 pm
From: Red Devil
To: ianp1970
Jeetan Patel 100
Napier 100
Allenby 100
Hogan 100
Stevens 100
W Gidman 90
Siddle 110
Murtagh 90
Ajmal 110
Barker 80
Magoffin 100
Samit Patel 100
Borthwick 80
Plunkett 80
Rashid 80
Hall 80


I don't appear to have any PMs from CF90.

i sent mine,,the night before last....i only sent 6 bids which totalled £340k..... but i defo sent them, because i posted on here afterwards, and that appears to have gone missing as well :/ shall i re-send them or not?

cricketfan90 wrote:i sent mine,,the night before last....i only sent 6 bids which totalled £340k..... but i defo sent them, because i posted on here afterwards, and that appears to have gone missing as well :/ shall i re-send them or not?

might as well just post them up here

Ntini... all your bids rounded to the nearest 5k are not valid!!! You have to bid in 10k instalments!!

Red has also bid for Siddle in the first round, I am happy to let that one stand tbh as he has put well over the 50k suggested.

sussexpob wrote:Ntini... all your bids rounded to the nearest 5k are not valid!!! You have to bid in 10k instalments!!

Red has also bid for Siddle in the first round, I am happy to let that one stand tbh as he has put well over the 50k suggested.

Are they all void then?

Silly me for not reading the rules properly.