Bala Rinas 2013/14
Posted: September 10, 2013 Filed under: Lewis (treasurer), Managers | Tags: fantasy football, premier league, soccer, sports Leave a commentManager: Lewis (Wales)
Twitter name: @jsl105
Since: 2007 (committee member – treasurer)
Last season: 13th
Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – 8th in 2011/12)
Sympathies: Wrexham
Darts music: C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
Outlook (on 10 September 2013): The treasurer has long tried to impose his tactics on the field, but his record is not a rosy one. The second-least successful manager in league history, it took him three seasons in the wilderness to overcome the ignominy of steering The Trinny Men to last place in his debut campaign. Returning at the helm of Bala Rinas in 2011, his team’s performances on the pitch have been eclipsed by his realpolitik at Kenna HQ. Elevation to the league committee in July last year led to fierce criticism from Kenna managers who questioned the appointment’s probity.
Rumours were flying in the build up to August’s auction that the Bala Rinas boss had turned his expansive accountancy skills to squad selection and he’d devised an ingenious balance sheet to identify Kenna-winning talent. The manager’s homework appears to be paying off. In what’s being touted as a Kenna first, all eleven of the Bala Rinas team turned out for the first two competitive weeks of the season.
Another 35 weeks to go and all’s well, but with Paulinho the most expensive player at £17m, will the Bala Rinas manager live to regret his decision not to make some bigger signings? And who will he choose to jettison between Foster and Sessegnon come the October transfer window?
Mannone, V | SUN | £0.5m |
Monreal, N | ARS | £8m |
Shaw, L | SOT | £5.5m |
Collins, J | WHM | £0.5m |
Heitinga, J | FUL | £2.5m |
Fellaini, M | MUN | £0.5m |
Nasri, S | MCY | £2m |
Sissoko, M | NEW | £10m |
Paulinho | TOT | £17m |
Chamakh, M | CRY | £14m |
Lukaku, R | EVE | £3m |
£63.5m |
First transfer window – 5 October 2013
Starting budget: £6m, remaining budget: £6m, net profit/loss: broken even
(Hyperlink denotes club to which player was sold)
Out | In | ||||||
Pos | Player | Team | Sold | Pos | Player | Team | Value |
GK | Foster, B | WBA | £0.5m | GK | Stockdale, D | FUL | £0.5m |
Second transfer window – 7 February 2014
Out | In | ||||||
Position | Player | Team | Sold | Position | Player | Team | Paid |
GK | Stockdale, D | FUL | Free | GK | Mannone, V | SUN | £0.5m |
DEF | Luna, A | AVL | Free | DEF | Monreal, N | ARS | £8m |
DEF | Agger, D | LIV | £5m | DEF | Heitinga, J | FUL | £2.5m |
MID | Sessegnon, S | WBA | Free | MID | Fellaini, M | MUN | £0.5m |
MID | Routledge, W | SWA | £1m | MID | Nasri, S | MCY | £2m |
STR | Crouch, P | STO | £10m | STR | Chamakh, M | CRY | £14m |
Bala Rinas
Posted: August 23, 2012 Filed under: Lewis (treasurer), Managers | Tags: auction, bala, daniel agger, djibril, fantasy football, fantasy premier league, football, grant holt, james mcclean, jussi jaaskelainen, nani, phil neville, soccer, sports, stefan savic, sylvain marveaux, titus bramble, treasurer, victor moses, wrexham, wu tang clan, younis kaboul Leave a commentManager: Lewis (Wales)
Twitter name: @jsl105
Since: 2007 (committee member – Treasurer)
Last season: 8th
Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – last season)
Sympathies: Wrexham
Darts music: C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
Outlook: Scarred by relegation in his debut at the helm of The Trinny Men in 2007/08, the Welshman took time out from the pressure of Kenna management before assuming the reins of Bala Rinas last season, and with some success. His follow up campaign began with some respectable business, but with a red card for Agger already and the fire of Grant Holt and Djibril Cisse up front, discipline could be an issue.
(B) = player awarded under the Titus Bramble ruling
Jaaskelainen, J | WHM | £0.5m |
Agger, D | LIV | £15m |
Neville, P | EVE | £4m |
Koscielny, L | ARS | £0.5m |
Fabio | QPR | £0.5m |
Hernandez, P | SWA | £10m |
Duff, D | FUL | £16m |
Johnson, B | NOR | £1m |
Bale, G | TOT | £26m |
Ba, D | CHE | £42m |
Di Santo, F | WIG | £0.5m |
Total | £116m |
Second transfer window – 1 February 2013
Out | In | ||||
Hooiveld, J | SOT | £0.5m | Fabio | QPR | £0.5m |
Nani | MUN | £15m | Hernandez, P | SWA | £10m |
McClean, J | SUN | £14m | Johnson, B | NOR | £1m |
Holt, G | NOR | £9m | Ba, D | CHE | £42m |
First transfer window – Friday 26 October 2012
Out | In | ||||
Savic, S (B) | MCY | £10m | Koscielny, L | ARS | £0.5m |
Kaboul, Y | TOT | £6.5m | Hooiveld, J | SOT | £0.5m |
Moses, V | CHE | £12m | Duff, D | FUL | £16m |
Marveaux, S | NEW | £2m | Bale, G | TOT | £26m |
Cisse, D | QPR | £12m | Di Santo, F | WIG | £0.5m |
Bala Rinas (second window)
Posted: February 8, 2012 Filed under: Lewis (treasurer), Managers | Tags: angel rangel, antonio valencia, brad freidel, david luiz, gabby agbonlahor, james milner, jamie carragher, laurent ko, stephane sessegnon, steven pienaar, the yak Leave a commentManager: Mr Seimon Lewis
Since: 2006
Trophy cabinet: empty
Sympathies: Wrexham
Freidel, B | TOT | £4m |
Luiz, D | CHE | £21m |
Carragher, J | LIV | £9m |
Rangel, A (B) | SWA | £1.5m |
Koscielny, L | ARS | £0.5m |
Sessegnon, S | SUN | £2m |
Milner, J | MCY | £7m |
Valencia, A | MUN | £0.5m |
Pienaar, S | EVE | £12m |
The Yak | BLR | £16m |
Agbonlahor, G | AVL | £10m |
£86m |
Bala Rinas (first window)
Posted: October 26, 2011 Filed under: Lewis (treasurer), Managers | Tags: angel rangel, antonio valencia, brad freidel, david luiz, gabby agbonlahor, james milner, jamie carragher, laurent koscielny, steven pienaar, the yak, wrexham Leave a commentManager: Mr Seimon Lewis
Since: 2006
Trophy cabinet: empty
Sympathies: Wrexham
Freidel, B | TOT | £0.5m |
Luiz, D | CHE | £21m |
Carragher, J | LIV | £9m |
Rangel, A (B) | SWA | £1.5m |
Koscielny, L | ARS | £0.5m |
Sessegnon, S | SUN | £2m |
Milner, J | MCY | £7m |
Valencia, A | MUN | £0.5m |
Pienaar, S | EVE | £12m |
The Yak | BLR | £10m |
Agbonlahor, G | AVL | £10m |
£86m |
Bala Rinas
Posted: August 8, 2011 Filed under: Lewis (treasurer), Managers | Tags: insomnia, sheep shagger Leave a commentManager: Mr Seimon Lewis
Since: 2006
Trophy cabinet: empty
Sympathies: Wrexham
Jaaskelainen, J | BOL | £4m |
Luiz, D | CHE | £21m |
Carragher, J | LIV | £9m |
Rangel, A (B) | SWA | £1.5m |
Bardsley, P | SUN | £11m |
Arshavin, A | ARS | £14.5m |
Milner, J | MCY | £7m |
N’Zogbia, C | AVL | £15m |
Cahill, T | EVE | £9m |
Owen, M (B) | MUN | £0.5m |
Pavlyuchenko, R | TOT | £4m |
£96.5m |