Team Balance

When you select your team for an individual match, there are a few important rules that you must adhere to -

  1. All teams MUST have one GK, at least two DF’s, MF’s and FW’s playing in each position. (Your two forwards could be a DF playing out of position [see Playing Out of Position] and a UT, as long as you had them playing AS forwards in a particular game).
  2. The use of a SW is optional, but he can also play as a DF without any loss of performance levels. A SW playing in a Sweepers role DOES NOT count towards the minimum of two players in Defence.
  3. No outfield area (that is, DF/MF/FW) may have more than five players or less than two.
  4. A GK or a SW (if selected) must be GK or SW; no other player category can fill these two positions.
  5. No outfield area may have players whose total skill levels added together are more than 3 times that of any other outfield area, both before and after other additions. If, for example, your DF totals 7, then neither your MF nor FW could total more than 21 each. Please bear this in mind because if you exceed these limits then our computer will re-arrange your team by moving the highest performance player from the offending area to the offended one! This may radically alter the make-up of your team as a result.

To check whether your team conforms to this rule you must check the ‘Sub Totals’ and ‘Totals’ box on your turn sheet. If EITHER of these sets of outfield totals fails to conform to the rule then your team will be re-arranged as per the above method. Don’t do it!!!!!

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