01 SEASON 2016-17 START

Aug 16:

And with Chelsea defeating West Ham we have finished match week 1 of 2016-17.

W	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
1	1	Arsenal	v	Liverpool	3	4	A
	2	Chelsea	v	West Ham	2	1	H
	3	Cardiff	v	Q P R	0	2	A
	4	Chicago	v	Orlando	2	2	D
	5	A Fukuoka	v	Kashima A	1	2	A
	6	Nice	v	Rennes	1	0	H
	7	Marseilles	v	Toulouse	0	0	D

The tables - if they mean anything after 1 week.

DIVISION ONE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT	MR
1	@J_Foreigner	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	3	100
2	@Amul82	1	1	0	0	4	3	1	3	100
3	@Andrewm_81	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	100
4	@NaylorMichael	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	50
5	@Harri_Chas_17	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	50
6	@DemP_9	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	50
7	@Supermercado99	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	50
8	@Hardsy05	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	50
9	@CapitalCityCody	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	50
10	@Ethan_Meldrum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	@Sjhross	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1	0	0
12	@BenCuzzupe	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0
13	@Footy_Maths	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	0
DIVISION TWO
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT	MR
1	@RudiEdsall	1	1	0	0	5	2	3	3	100
2	@Lucrious	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	3	100
3	@GlennValencich	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	3	100
4	@MattGoss_	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	3	100
5	@NickTheStatsGuy	1	1	0	0	4	3	1	3	100
6	@melatonii	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	100
7	@Smithj_43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	@ASpeedingCar	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0
9	@TheTipsGuru	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1	0	0
10	@LaurenceRosen	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	0
11	@kosifantutti	1	0	0	1	3	5	-2	0	0
12	@BrotherAmos	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	0
13	@cmrnmnning	1	0	0	1	2	5	-3	0	0

Aug 14:

OK, we are away.

HOME

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Aug 12:

So the Premiership starts this week, so I need to get this rolling.
We have a 26 team roster, which is not ideal, but we get to sort out what we have.

So the idea is this.

LEAGUE
Split it into 13 x 2 divs. Yep, we have byes.
13 players / pool = 26 week season.
Will have break over Xmas / New Year.

At the end of the year the top 2 from Division 2 will automatically go up. Third place will enter a ply-off.
With promotion comes relegation, so for the automatic drop are 12th and 13th from Division 1, and 11th plays-off with D2's 3rd placegetter.

This still leaves a few weeks (out of 38 game EPL season) un-played, but we will have dedicated 'Cup rounds instead.

CUP
Will be run in a Champions League format.
5 players x 5 pools, with the top 3 from each pool progressing.
Yep thats 15 in total in to the round of 16. There they will meet last years Cup winner to complete the 16. Then its elimination down to 8, 4 and the 2 finalists as normal.


Sounds like a plan?

Cool - LETS DO THIS THING
(and apologies for late start notice, but here goes).

Firstly, the Divisional Splits based on last years table.

DIVISION ONE			DIVISION TWO
	PLAYER			PLAYER
1	@Sjhross		1	@TheTipsGuru
2	@Harri_Chas_17		2	@MattGoss_
3	@NaylorMichael		3	@kosifantutti
4	@Footy_Maths		4	@ASpeedingCar
5	@Ethan_Meldrum		5	@Smithj_43
6	@Amul82		6	@NickTheStatsGuy
7	@J_Foreigner		7	@melatonii
8	@DemP_9		8	@BrotherAmos
9	@BenCuzzupe		9	@cmrnmnning
10	@Supermercado99		10	@LaurenceRosen
11	@CapitalCityCody		11	@Lucrious
12	@Andrewm_81		12	@RudiEdsall
13	@Hardsy05		13	@GlennValencich

Will allocate players to the Cup pools based on a system using above seedings.


OK to the games to tip...

W	M	HOME		AWAY
1	1	Arsenal	v	Liverpool
	2	Chelsea	v	West Ham
	3	Cardiff	v	Q P R
	4	Chicago	v	Orlando
	5	A Fukuoka	v	Kashima A
	6	Nice	v	Rennes
	7	Marseilles	v	Toulouse

Note games are primarily chosen on the basis of being at the back end of this weekend to allow for players to catch-up with this post which is remarkably late.

Will resume normal transmission next week.


Draw will be updated, later but for this week it is:

13 Aug			MATCH WEEK		1
@BenCuzzupe		,	@Andrewm_81			@cmrnmnning		,	@RudiEdsall
@Hardsy05		,	@DemP_9			@GlennValencich		,	@BrotherAmos
@NaylorMichael		,	@CapitalCityCody			@kosifantutti		,	@Lucrious
@Harri_Chas_17			@Supermercado99			@MattGoss_			@LaurenceRosen
@Sjhross			@Amul82			@TheTipsGuru			@NickTheStatsGuy
-BYE-		,	@Ethan_Meldrum			-BYE-		,	@Smithj_43
@J_Foreigner		,	@Footy_Maths			@melatonii		,	@ASpeedingCar

So, go to it and tip via the old linkeroo.

And for our newbie Glenn-o, its a simple H, D, or A tip.

STAND UP, FOR 2016-17, STAND UP

So for those that saw these tweets, the process continues.

Open call.

Not sure if this comp will be back in 2016-17.

Also not all that happy with he current format and structure#TakingYourCalls

— FMIChampsLeague (@FMI_CL) July 16, 2016

Takes a fair chunk of time to organise, select games.
Will need simplification.

Possible less divisions and fiddling around.

— FMIChampsLeague (@FMI_CL) July 16, 2016

Current thinking is to run the comp for another year.
But under altered terms.


Under consideration.
 - Running the comp with 2 bigger divisions.
 - Split 50/50 (or nearest even break) between total players, returning and new. Max 20 per div.
 - Possible Christmas/New Year break, but no reshuffle via promotion/relegation at that time.
 - Cup to run, but on specific dates with all ties per cup round happening then.


As to scoring / tipping modes, the Cup with the margin tipping works really well and produces more results than not. Actual data, 6 draws in 31 games. But with a second method of splitting winners (using the aggregate difference in margin tipped), there was only one game that ended in a full draw.

The alternate system of picking H, D, A used in the League, produced a total of 128 draws from 576 matches. So on the whole most games were ending in results, which is good.

And more importantly, the HDA method is so much easier here at FMICL central to set-up and manage.


Also, to make things easier, I am considering dumping the Player of the Month and the Belts. Is just more stuff to manage, and time is against me now.



So with all that in mind I need a hands up on who is returning.

As per the rest of the competition - hit me up with your answer on THE LINK HERE.

With the EPL season starting on 13 August (Championship a week earlier!), I will need your confirmations asap.

And invite a friend or two as well...