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The management reserve the right to incorporate any changes for the benefit of the
compeitition during the course of the season. The management aslo has the final
decision of any irregular issues that may arise during the course of the season.
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HOW TO SCORE IN FULL: 12 EASY STEPS
1. Players who appear in the official Dream Team list score points in Premiership,
Champions League, UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Carling Cup matches from Saturday August
14 2006 until the final game of the season. Qualifying rounds for the Champions
League do NOT count - neither does the Intertoto Cup or any other fixtures. Players
not picked for any reason score zero points for each game they miss.
2. Three points are awarded to a player given a mark of seven or more in The Sun
newspaper's individual ratings carried with every match report. A five-point bonus
is awarded to The Sun's Star Man.
3. Five points are awarded for a goal scored. A player scoring three or more goals
per game gets five additional bonus points. A player who has been awarded points
as described above will retain those points regardless of whether a goal is attributed
to another player at a later date. Any player who is subsequently awarded a goal
will not receive the points retrospectively, nor will the original scorer lose points.
4. A goalkeeper or a defender who keeps a clean sheet scores five points. If they
concede one goal, they score no points, two goals -1, three goals -2 and so on.
5. A midfielder whose team keeps a clean sheet scores two points. Midfielders are
not penalised if their side concedes goals.
6. Any player who is booked loses a point. A player sent off loses three points
in total. Any player that loses points for a booking or sending off will not have
those points reinstated if the offence is rescinded on appeal.
7. A goalkeeper who saves a penalty scores three points. A ‘save' is defined as
a goal not being scored directly from the penalty spot (e.g. if the ball rebounds
off a post then that is a 'save'). Penalty save points are awarded even if a goal
is scored subsequently (e.g. from open play after the ball has rebounded off a post).
8. Any player who comes on a substitute at any time scores or loses points as if
he had played all 90 minutes. Players subbed off also score or lose points in normal
fashion regardless of how long they were on the pitch.
9. The season's top individual scorer earns a 20-point bonus. In the event of a
tie, each of the tied top-scorers will get 20 points.
10. There will be ONE Transfer Window. During which you can swap up to three players
providing you do not break any of the existing rules, it will be the whole month
of December. Details will be announced nearer the time.
11. Any player transferred from one Premiership club to another continues to score
points. For the purposes of the game, he stays registered with his original club.
If a player leaves the Premiership, his points are frozen until such a time that
he returns.
12. The rules remain the same for games involving extra-time. A match that is 0-0
after 90 minutes must be 0-0 after extra-time for keepers and defenders to keep
clean sheets. Penalty shootouts do not count. Replays are counted as separate games.
MORE ON SUNSPORT'S PLAYER RATINGS & STAR MAN AWARDS
A unique component of Dream Team scoring is the points awarded based on the player
ratings published with match reports in The Sun. At the beginning of the season
each reporter is issued with strict guidelines - and for the first time we publish
them here. Any player given a mark of seven or more by our reporters gets three
points in Dream Team. And the Star Man (i.e. the reporter’s man of the match) picks
up a five-point bonus. But what are the criteria used by our reporters in calculating
those all-important player ratings?
The player ratings are calculated taking both general and specific positional considerations
into account. The criteria are:
1. Involvement in the game. If during the overall course of a game a player does
not make a positive contribution to his team, then he should not normally get a
rating greater than 6.
2. Inspirational play. A positive effect on other team members merits a higher rating.
Because Dream Team points are allocated for specific events - goals, cautions, clean
sheets etc. - there is no need to take these into account in the player rating,
unless they stem from the specific positional consideration given below. By way
of example, a striker might score two goals in a single game and gets ten Dream
Team points for doing so. However both goals could have been complete flukes and,
those aside, the striker had no other material involvement in the game. In this
case he would not merit a rating of seven or more.
3. Goalkeepers. Ratings for goalkeepers additionally take the following specific
positional criteria into consideration: · Confidence and concentration · Command
of the box and set piece control · Aerial effect · Shot stopping · Minimising the
goal as a target · Building offence from defence
4. Defenders. Ratings for defenders additionally take the following specific positional
criteria into consideration: · Protection given to the goal · Confidence · Clearing
the ball from the danger area · Set piece performance · Aerial ability · Tackles
made and possession won · Building offence from defence
5. Midfielders. Ratings for midfielders additionally take the following specific
positional criteria into consideration: · Defensive contribution · Winning and retaining
possession · Offence building and creation of goal scoring opportunities · Work
rate and work off the ball · Attacking power · Goal attempts
6. Strikers. Ratings for strikers additionally take the following specific positional
criteria into consideration: · Work rate and work off the ball · Offence creation
· Positional awareness · Creation of goal scoring opportunities · Achieving one-on-one
situations · Attacking power · Goal attempts
All criteria have both positive and negative elements and the final rating awarded
by a reporter is a combination of these. The Star Man award goes to the player deemed
to have made the greatest contribution to the performance of the team.
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