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  • #452
    Thanos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,389 ✭✭✭Thanos


    Maybe I will just give the DGW teams a miss altogether and go for Dempsey!


  • #453
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Kompany to be fit within 2 weeks
    Mancini wrote:
    "I hope he can recover in 10 days, two weeks maximum."

    Looks like I'll hold onto him


  • #454
    roryc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,600 ✭✭✭roryc


    Walcott is down as doubtful...


  • #455
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    The soccer forum thread went 3 days without a post. People now asking how to find us... which I guess is good for the forum. I've linked them to us, with a number of "ads" for some of our threads.


  • #456
    OneColdHand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,347 ✭✭✭OneColdHand


    Need to decide whether to play Sigurdsson or McClean. Any opinions?

    Sigurdsson in better form probably, but City probably more solid than Liverpool, even without Kompany.


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  • #457
    Jax Teller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    Does anyone subscribe to Fantasy Football Scout ?

    I listen to their podcast , don't think I'd pay for their services though .


  • #458
    Mr. Guappa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭Mr. Guappa


    carlcon wrote: »
    If you're a regular user of the Soccer forum beyond FF, I'd be wary of doing this. I just got a warning for the post in question from a soccer mod, with the warning of "once more and it's a ban".

    Of course, I told them exactly where to stick their warning, but then again, I'm not a regular soccer poster, so I don't care. Just a heads up. They're warning/banning under the grounds of "complaining about modding" if you inform people of the new forum now. As you'll see from my post, I was simply answering the questions of a few confused members, wondering where everyone was, not knowing about us... and that's liable to get me banned, apparently.


    I'd imagine you got the warning for having a pop at them in this part of your post:
    Unfortunately, the mods here in Soccer have declined the offer to close this thread, sticky it, and just link to the forum instead. So we'll just have to keep this bumped as often as we can until the mods accept having all FF chat in one place is the best option.

    Will you ever just get down off your high horse.


  • #459
    Mr. Guappa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭Mr. Guappa


    carlcon wrote: »
    Congrats on your first triumphant post here.
    Thanks - 2nd actually
    Quoting out of context is wonderful and all, but previously in the thread someone said this forum was "news to them", another agreed and asked where it was, and a third was wondering why the thread was quiet, oblivious to this forum.

    I gave them a statement of fact (which was only part of the post, but again, nice quoting out of context) to answer their wonderings. Considering the kind of nonsense that gets ignored in that forum, of course the mod in question was just being difficult.

    If you want to take my defence of what was essentially a helpful post full of links, answers, and advice and suggest that puts me on a "high horse", that's fair enough. Just keep it to yourself, or I'll be happy to take your PMs should you want to educate me more about myself in the future.

    This forum is mentioned in the thread title and linked in the OP of that thread. You could have easily pointed the "lost" posters here without taking a swipe at the soccer mods but you chose not to. Why the whole "them against us" attitude anyway?

    I didn't take anything out of context either, seeing as you linked to the offending post in your own post which I quoted.

    Anyway.. on topic:

    Used my two free transfers this week on Aguero -> Rooney and Kompany -> Skrtel. I might take a 4-point hit to transfer out Sess in the morning but probably not. Currently going with:

    Vorm
    Skrtel - Evans - A.Cole
    Silva - Bale - Dempsey - Moses
    Rooney - Graham - RVP (C)

    Krul, Kelly, Sessegnon, Simpson

    0.6 in the bank to replace Sess. I'm worried about Moses not starting again. I considered taking a punt on Henderson but I don't want to be stuck with him for any period of time after the DGW.


  • #460
    Roonbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭Roonbox


    carlcon wrote: »
    Congrats on your first triumphant post here.

    Quoting out of context is wonderful and all, but previously in the thread someone said this forum was "news to them", another agreed and asked where it was, and a third was wondering why the thread was quiet, oblivious to this forum.

    I gave them a statement of fact (which was only part of the post, but again, nice quoting out of context) to answer their wonderings. Considering the kind of nonsense that gets ignored in that forum, of course the mod in question was just being difficult.

    If you want to take my defence of what was essentially a helpful post full of links, answers, and advice and suggest that puts me on a "high horse", that's fair enough. Just keep it to yourself, or I'll be happy to take your PMs should you want to educate me more about myself in the future.

    Always with the drama Carlcon...

    Guappa is dead right, your attiute towards the Mods and sly digs are doing you no favours


  • #461
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    I give up. Now posts that are actually helping people are being criticised. I thought we moved away from the unconditional ass-kissing of the mods that comes with the Soccer forum.

    If I'm the bad guy here, and it's "drama" if I give members here a head-up to pissed-off mods, then there really isn't any point in me trying any more.

    And "sly" digs? FFS, I've been blatantly up-front with my issues with the mods. If anything, I could be accused with being too up-front. Why would I need sly digs? That was a perfectly innocent post... and if it was made in any other forum, about anything else, nobody would have looked twice.

    This kind of blindness to what's going on here is infuriating at times.

    --

    *Edit*
    I just deleted all of my replies to your off-topic comments that are simply attacking me (both before and after this was posted). I can't be arsed defending myself any more. Especially now that people are actually making up lies about me to make their points. If you're (plural, to all) the one using an open forum to make posts entirely dedicated to ridiculing one other person, I really don't think I have much to worry about. I posted with good intentions to help people - end of story.


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  • #462
    Nuri Sahin
    Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    If you do have a legit issue with how a forum is run, take it to PM or take it up in the Feedback Forum. This thread nor any other here shouldn't contain discussion or posting of grievances about a mod in the soccer forum, here or wherever else. Cheers.


  • #463
    lassykk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭lassykk


    For God sake logged on to read the latest musings by the fantasy football experts and stuck reading ye bitching at each other.

    Would ye both just shut up and move on


  • #464
    BobbyD10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭BobbyD10


    Played my wildcard and now cant see my team - any ideas.?
    Thanks


  • #465
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    With less than 15 minutes to go, RVP has definitely won the captain poll. Rooney and Suarez only have a couple of votes between them, but still a good bit off RVP.

    I guess that shows little confidence in the DGW this time. It's always harder when you don't have a stand-out team like Spurs to pick from. Can't see anything comparing to that one, with BAE's 24 points, and Bale's 12, who practically everyone had.

    So that either means this DGW will be a dud, or be a super differential. Should be interesting!


  • #466
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    BobbyD10 wrote: »
    Played my wildcard and now cant see my team - any ideas.?
    Thanks

    How do you mean? The site isn't working, or the site is working but it's showing an empty team?

    Either way, I'd spend the next 10 mins trying to refresh and sort it out... not much else you can do beyond keep trying.


  • #467
    Rikand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    RVP to be a dud this week so ;) ( I also have him as captain )

    Brought in Young and Evans this week in place of Kompany and Sess. Looking for something/anything to make up the 30 point gap I am behind in my money league.


  • #468
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭Shane732


    Quick Quick.... I've played my WC... Opinions on my team??!

    fantasy111228.jpg


  • #469
    JR6
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭JR6


    looks ok to me.... maybe pogregneak for the Yak but they both ok.


  • #470
    JR6
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭JR6


    actually NANI for Young!!!


  • #471
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    Shane732 wrote: »
    Quick Quick.... I've played my WC... Opinions on my team??!

    Like it. Especially Yakubu in there.

    Bogdan will be a waste, almost definitely. So unless he's just there to free up cash and warm the bench all season, I'd be looking for better. Mignolet or Begovic?

    But that's my only criticism.


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  • #472
    Rikand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    nani is really inconsistent - dempsey is better than both


  • #473
    iroced
    Registered Users Posts: 6,262 ✭✭✭iroced


    Is benching Ba a crazy idea ?


  • #474
    Rikand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    depends who you're benching him for, lol :D


  • #475
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭Shane732


    carlcon wrote: »
    Like it. Especially Yakubu in there.

    Bogdan will be a waste, almost definitely. So unless he's just there to free up cash and warm the bench all season, I'd be looking for better. Mignolet or Begovic?

    But that's my only criticism.

    Well at this stage of the season I'm not overly concerned with trying to add value to my team.

    If I was adding value to the team I would have brought Pog in as opposed to the Yak, but the Yak has some nice fixtures and if he knocks a few goals in then he'll jump a bit in value.

    I had Mignolet in but I dropped him to Bogdan as I'll play Vorm most weeks and want to have cash to upgrade from the Yak if I need to.

    I changed Sig to Drenthe just for the DGW as but I'll go back to Sig once the DGW is over.


  • #476
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    Shane732 wrote: »
    Well at this stage of the season I'm not overly concerned with trying to add value to my team.

    If I was adding value to the team I would have brought Pog in as opposed to the Yak, but the Yak has some nice fixtures and if he knocks a few goals in then he'll jump a bit in value.

    I had Mignolet in but I dropped him to Bogdan as I'll play Vorm most weeks and want to have cash to upgrade from the Yak if I need to.

    I changed Sig to Drenthe just for the DGW as but I'll go back to Sig once the DGW is over.

    I didn't mean it in terms of value, just points earned. Can't see Bogdan having many more clean sheets this season.

    But yeah, fair enough, if you needed the cash and fancy Vorm for most of the season, it'll be fine.


  • #477
    iroced
    Registered Users Posts: 6,262 ✭✭✭iroced


    iroced wrote: »
    Is benching Ba a crazy idea ?
    Rickylovesuall wrote: »
    depends who you're benching him for, lol
    Well that's the thing...

    Striking force is : Surman - McClean - Silva - Bale - Dempsey
    __________________ Suarez (C) - Van Persie

    I gambled on Suarez this week (plan is to get Rooney next week) but I'm far behind in money league for the overall prize and teams are getting similar. So it's double or quits this week...


  • #478
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭Shane732


    carlcon wrote: »
    I didn't mean it in terms of value, just points earned. Can't see Bogdan having many more clean sheets this season.

    But yeah, fair enough, if you needed the cash and fancy Vorm for most of the season, it'll be fine.

    I know that - I was referring to the Yak decision when I was talking about adding value.

    I agree that Bogdan won't keep many clean sheets for the rest of the season but having the extra cash to play with was more important to me.

    Thanking you kindly for the help.


  • #479
    thegreengoblin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭thegreengoblin


    I feel suddenly nervous because I brought Rooney in instead of Suarez, meaning I have Enrique as my only DGW player....I have a strange feeling about this GW.


  • #480
    JR6
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭JR6


    Rickylovesuall wrote: »
    nani is really inconsistent - dempsey is better than both

    ya but have you seen man utd's run in? easy games for the next 6 or so. alot of points to be picked up by United players!


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  • #481
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    Possibly interesting factoid: Nobody in the top 5 in the Boards league has Suarez. You have to go down to 8th to find him.

    A couple have Enrique.

    RVP captained by all but one, who has Rooney.


  • #482
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭Shane732


    carlcon wrote: »
    Possibly interesting factoid: Nobody in the top 5 in the Boards league has Suarez. You have to go down to 8th to find him.

    A couple have Enrique.

    RVP captained by all but one, who has Rooney.

    Another interesting factoid is that only one of the 6 top have any of the DGW players.


  • #483
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    thegreengoblin wrote: »
    I feel suddenly nervous because I brought Rooney in instead of Suarez, meaning I have Enrique as my only DGW player....I have a strange feeling about this GW.

    Suarez is either going to make a lot of people very happy this week or cause a lot of tears. Im just hoping that over the two games he manages to at least score the same as Rooney or RVP had I gone with them as captain, anything else he gets on top is a bonus and the reason for taking the gamble.

    Knowing my luck though he will play 15 minutes in the first game and break his leg :pac:


  • #484
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    I love it when my opponents take points hits to bring in players. Makes my life that bit easier.


  • #485
    SickBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    Shane732 wrote: »
    Another interesting factoid is that only one of the 6 top have any of the DGW players.

    That's probably one of the reasons 5 of them are in the top 6...


  • #486
    Charlie Haughy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭Charlie Haughy


    Just noticed the pobregnayak bandwagon is in full effect!

    Glad I got him last week before the wolves game.


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  • #487
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    It's a bit early to be making a thread about it, but figured I'd ask in here what people thought about a bit of a "Fantasy Football Awards" thing?

    Maybe in April, we could start gathering opinions on what kind of awards we want to give out (things like GK of the season, DEF of the season, etc, along with overall player of the season, and most disappointing player... and so on).

    Nothing serious, obviously, would just be an added extra towards the end of the season.


  • #488
    thegreengoblin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭thegreengoblin


    Well, my vote for Bargain of the Season is Jonny Evans


  • #489
    OneColdHand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,347 ✭✭✭OneColdHand


    thegreengoblin wrote: »
    Well, my vote for Bargain of the Season is Jonny Evans

    Really? Ryan Taylor started at .5m cheaper, and has almost double the points.

    Edit: Almost double is a bit of a stretch. He does have 40 more points.


  • #490
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    Gotta be Vorm. I got him in at 4.6 but he was 4 at the start. 123 points so far.


  • #491
    thegreengoblin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭thegreengoblin


    OneColdHand wrote: »
    Really? Ryan Taylor started at .5m cheaper, and has almost double the points.

    Edit: Almost double is a bit of a stretch. He does have 40 more points.

    Fair enough, that is a bit of a points difference. But what I meant is Evans is only playing because of Vidic's injury and you rarely get a player who's that cheap playing regularly for the best team in the league. Come the end of the season, I expect that gap of 40 points to have closed quite a bit.


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  • #492
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    Ba was 6.1 when I got him. So for a period of time pre-Xmas, he was probably the best points-per-game-per-million (?) player. Being away, then not coming back as prolific will probably go against him overall though.

    It's a tough one to call overall, but there'll definitely be a good few up for it.


  • #493
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    thegreengoblin wrote: »
    Fair enough, that is a bit of a points difference. But what I meant is Evans is only playing because of Vidic's injury and you rarely get a player who's that cheap playing regularly for the best team in the league. Come the end of the season, I expect that gap of 40 points to have closed quite a bit.

    I think in terms of picking players to have in your team right now, Evans is probably the best bargain, and someone we all want in out teams for that reason. But I can't imagine a lot would go for him in terms of "best bargain over the while season".

    But yes, you're right... still a lot to play. 5 or 6 clean sheets more and he'll definitely be up there.


  • #494
    grohlisagod
    Registered Users Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭grohlisagod


    I've said this before and I'll say it again. RVP at 11.9 was the bargain of the season. For the sheer level of explosive consistency he's offered I'd have paid upwards of 15m.


  • #495
    carlcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭carlcon


    grohlisagod wrote: »
    I've said this before and I'll say it again. RVP at 11.9 was the bargain of the season. For the sheer level of explosive consistency he's offered I'd have paid upwards of 15m.

    I get what you're saying, but I'm not sure that the highest priced player scoring the most amount of points is really in the spirit of "bargaining" though, is it?

    I do see that technically, you're right... I guess I'm just using a different definition of "bargain" in this case.


  • #496
    irish_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭irish_man


    a great little budget player is James McClean. He's about 4.7 or so and has got me a rake of points


  • #497
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    irish_man wrote: »
    a great little budget player is James McClean. He's about 4.7 or so and has got me a rake of points

    hes gone quite of late though, I think Andrews at westbrom could be a better option, I assume you already have sigoursson


  • #498
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    1562 so far for me


  • #499
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    1,580 with 3 points for Sigurdsson from the bench. Have RVP, Enrique and Suarez (captain) still to go.


  • #500
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,826 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Pointless thread surely?


  • #501
    pah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,606 ✭✭✭pah


    dahat wrote: »
    Pointless thread surely?

    Not really, 3142 so far :D


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