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19-08-2014 3:06pm

When is the first Lemlin Roryc match?

Iused2likebusts · 19-08-2014 3:21pm

Dónal wrote: »

When is the first Lemlin Roryc match?

gw 6

Swiper the fox · 19-08-2014 3:41pm

I'm second from bottom (thanks to los pollos hermanos:o) so i'm putting week 1 behind me, it's a marathon blah, blah, blah.
Playing Iago this week coming, he's done a lot better this week but hopefully i'll get the win, wouldn't like to be on 0 points after two weeks.

CSF · 20-08-2014 12:58am

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I'm second from bottom (thanks to los pollos hermanos:o) so i'm putting week 1 behind me, it's a marathon blah, blah, blah.
Playing Iago this week coming, he's done a lot better this week but hopefully i'll get the win, wouldn't like to be on 0 points after two weeks.

You're welcome.

FHFC · 20-08-2014 1:16am

CSF wrote: »

You're welcome.

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I'm second from bottom (thanks to los pollos hermanos:o) so i'm putting week 1 behind me, it's a marathon blah, blah, blah.
Playing Iago this week coming, he's done a lot better this week but hopefully i'll get the win, wouldn't like to be on 0 points after two weeks.

Thank you both!

Sooner or Later · 20-08-2014 2:40pm

I wonder what the equivalent of the proverbial 40 points = safety will be in this league? There will be a lot less draws in this so the target would presumably be higher. 50 maybe even 60 points?

Iused2likebusts · 20-08-2014 2:50pm

Was thinking that myself it certainly won't be 60 pts as that's 20 wins. 14 wins 42 pts maybe.

roryc · 20-08-2014 3:02pm

Pffff safety.

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zarquon · 20-08-2014 3:13pm

Being first would be nice but i'd rather win the paid H2H

roryc · 22-08-2014 9:57am

Yeah I didn't enter the paid H2H as it's too distracting. This league is good for a bit of fun but it won't have any affect on my transfers or captain. I learned from previous seasons once you start changing your team to beat each new rival it will negatively affect your overall score as you start playing week to week instead of looking ahead.

I'm up against Syria Ah in this weeks PL H2H - he has no Costa!

Lemlin · 23-08-2014 9:54am

Boots234 and I have fairly similar teams this week. I see he has taken a hit with 2 transfers so that -4 may have a say in how things go.

Swiper the fox · 23-08-2014 12:05pm

Fair play to you Iago, no transfers this week. I make myself slight favourite after a quick look at your team. Good luck but I really need to win this one:o

Iused2likebusts · 23-08-2014 12:47pm

up against zarquon similar teams and same captain

Differences are

Busts -Begovic,collocinni, chambers, hazard, sterling
Zarquon - DDG, Terry, Pieters, Mata, Bojan
Id fancy Terry for a CS so I reckon Ill need hazard to outscore Mata.

Iago · 23-08-2014 1:02pm

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Fair play to you Iago, no transfers this week. I make myself slight favourite after a quick look at your team. Good luck but I really need to win this one:o

You've got to have the courage of your convictions

In saying that, if Ward Prowse has a stormer I'm going to be very unhappy, he was the only one I was close to bringing in.

Sooner or Later · 23-08-2014 5:33pm

Advantage thunderdog after round one 38-35 plus his three bps for Hazard and Taylor yet to be added

We both have Mata, Rooney, De Gea and Ramsey so it is down to my Pieters and Fletcher (gulp) against his Bojan plus six

Not looking good

Jeju · 23-08-2014 7:51pm

Erzgebirge Scrooge 52 - 48 (-4)FriendsInLoewPlaces leaves me in a strong position going into tomorrows games.
Both have Mata & Rooney but FriendsInLoewPlaces managed by FHFC also has Fletcher.
I also have Van Aanholt & Hulls Robertson so barring Fletcher scoring 1 or 2 against Man Utd I should pull through.
Amazingly neither of us have Liverpool or City players on our teams, so this will be decided tomorrow by 6 Pm.

Fletcher!:pac::pac::pac::pac:

FHFC · 23-08-2014 9:21pm

Jeju wrote: »

Erzgebirge Scrooge 52 - 48 (-4)FriendsInLoewPlaces leaves me in a strong position going into tomorrows games.
Both have Mata & Rooney but FriendsInLoewPlaces managed by FHFC also has Fletcher.
I also have Van Aanholt & Hulls Robertson so barring Fletcher scoring 1 or 2 against Man Utd I should pull through.
Amazingly neither of us have Liverpool or City players on our teams, so this will be decided tomorrow by 6 Pm.

Fletcher!:pac::pac::pac::pac:

Ah now. You're being kind. It was all over as soon as Rambo scored. I was ahead despite the hit till then. Fletcher out scoring van Ann and Robertson combined by 7 ain't happening.

Ramsey has single-handedly cost me my match this week and last. It's 55-52(-4) after bonus. If I had Ramsey instead of Sanchez I'd lead by a point and have a shout.

Guess what my transfer this week will be?

Lando Griffin · 23-08-2014 9:27pm

FHFC wrote: »

Ah now. You're being kind. It was all over as soon as Rambo scored. I was ahead despite the hit till then. Fletcher out scoring van Ann and Robertson combined by 7 ain't happening.

Ramsey has single-handedly cost me my match this week and last. It's 55-52(-4) after bonus. If I had Ramsey instead of Sanchez I'd lead by a point and have a shout.

Guess what my transfer this week will be?

Thought myself it should have been Ozil subbed, Sanchez was very good in the first half.
Going to stick with this team for a while but thinking is Giourd going to get game time now?

23-08-2014 10:00pm

Am down by double figures with a similar team still to go, not looking like a good start so far.

irish son · 24-08-2014 1:10am

Dónal wrote: »

Am down by double figures with a similar team still to go, not looking like a good start so far.

Yeah looking very good for me, you need Wilson and Van Aanholt to make back 18 points, not impossible but very unlikely.

iroced · 24-08-2014 1:22am

FHFC wrote: »

Ramsey moves Monkey Business back into the lead. Both have three Chelsea left so it's down to Coutinho to save the tie for me.

So I'm basically screwed....

FHFC wrote: »

Thanks for that Couts old buddy.

Unless John Terry scores an OG and gets sent of I shall start the season pointless.

Third lowest score of the gang so far. Early favourite for the drop I fear.

Was away in the Alps last week. Just realised I'd won this first game this worning while making up my GW2 selection.

As for the bold part waaaayyyyyyyyyyyy too early for that

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Now 2 pts behind (due to the bonii) in my second game. A lot will depend on Eriksen performance.

CSF · 24-08-2014 3:56pm

I'm going to lose again, but I'm gonna get off the bottom at least!!!

FHFC · 24-08-2014 4:45pm

CSF wrote: »

I'm going to lose again, but I'm gonna get off the bottom at least!!!

Probably me is it?

roryc · 24-08-2014 7:18pm

Looks like I've lost despite my rival benching Mata! Insane decision, if you have a £9m player you play him!

GLaDOS · 24-08-2014 7:49pm

Hutton will come off the bench to seal my victory, first 3 points on the board

daithijjj · 24-08-2014 8:13pm

roryc wrote: »

Looks like I've lost despite my rival benching Mata! Insane decision, if you have a £9m player you play him!

"Insane decisions" were the reason i finished top of the pile in the qualifiers last year :pac: . I will be playing fast and loose this year too, probably a good few 'funky' captaincy choices.

I benched him because he was rubbish last week, in a rubbish team at the moment, and he was largely rubbish today tbh.

Having said that, im lucky and unlucky this week in regards this league, got my first 3pts in this sealed, Dzeko left to play still but with 18pts tied up in first 2 subs.

Nib · 24-08-2014 8:22pm

Dónal wrote: »

When is the first Lemlin Roryc match?

Can't wait for this.

God I'm sad.

Iused2likebusts · 24-08-2014 8:42pm

60 60 in my game against zarquon his eleven have played and I have sterling left so only a sterling red card or missed peno can prevent the win.

zarquon · 24-08-2014 9:24pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

60 60 in my game against zarquon his eleven have played and I have sterling left so only a sterling red card or missed peno can prevent the win.

Yeah, bojan screwed me over :mad:

Came very close to captaining Mata for the laugh due to the banter here this week and the fact that i thought he could genuinely get double digits this week but i was fearful that costa could have rampaged against Leicester so reneged on friday. That cost me 4 points and my H2H games. If Sterling gets a red then God himself is smiling down on me and i'll do the lotto to this week.

Lemlin · 24-08-2014 9:43pm

Well done to Boots234. He's ten ahead and I only have Sterling left so he has the win IMO.

Scorpion Sting · 24-08-2014 10:05pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Well done to Boots234. He's ten ahead and I only have Sterling left so he has the win IMO.

Sterling could easily get 10 points the form he's in.

Sooner or Later · 24-08-2014 10:34pm

Sooner or Later wrote: »

Advantage thunderdog after round one 38-35 plus his three bps for Hazard and Taylor yet to be added

We both have Mata, Rooney, De Gea and Ramsey so it is down to my Pieters and Fletcher (gulp) against his Bojan plus six

Not looking good

Fletcher to get the bullet - Congrats to thunderdog

zarquon · 24-08-2014 10:37pm

jebforever wrote: »

Sterling could easily get 10 points the form he's in.

Against Man City! Not likely.

Lemlin · 24-08-2014 10:55pm

jebforever wrote: »

Sterling could easily get 10 points the form he's in.

I can't see it tbh.

daithijjj · 24-08-2014 11:02pm

Sterling was robbed last season in this fixture...

Jeju · 24-08-2014 11:03pm

Very unlucky for FHFC where 61 points in manys the match would have been good enough to secure the points.
Delighted to have 100% so far, but I know only too well things can change on the giving of a bonus point or a sub waiting on the bench.
Next up is The Bottlers, also on 6 points ( correct me if I am wrong ) so one of the 100% records will have to go.
Overall, I am delighted with my start ( 39700 overall )and for the second year in a row have laid down an early marker.:)

zarquon · 24-08-2014 11:10pm

Decent standard in the H2H Premier league with tight margins. Looks like it will be a very competitive league.

daithijjj wrote: »

Sterling was robbed last season in this fixture...

His red card tomorrow will be equally unfortunate.

FHFC · 25-08-2014 12:17am

Jeju wrote: »

Very unlucky for FHFC where 61 points in manys the match would have been good enough to secure the points.
Delighted to have 100% so far, but I know only too well things can change on the giving of a bonus point or a sub waiting on the bench.
Next up is The Bottlers, also on 6 points ( correct me if I am wrong ) so one of the 100% records will have to go.
Overall, I am delighted with my start ( 39700 overall )and for the second year in a row have laid down an early marker.:)

Well played. Glad that it wasn't my points hit that cost me, but it was Ramsey in the end....

Lost by tight margin twice now, need to get some points on the board next week.

iroced · 25-08-2014 1:58am

iroced wrote: »

Was away in the Alps last week. Just realised I'd won this first game this worning while making up my GW2 selection.

As for the bold part waaaayyyyyyyyyyyy too early for that .

Now 2 pts behind (due to the bonii) in my second game. A lot will depend on Eriksen performance.

Eriksen didn't do much but Bruce not playing coupled with my badly ordered bench cost me a second win. Well done GillespieRoad

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Lemlin · 25-08-2014 5:37pm

Nib wrote: »

Can't wait for this.

God I'm sad.

I really don't get the fixation of some with the tie between me and RoryC to be honest. I'm sure he's the same.

This is a good competition and I'm enjoying being involved but I'll be keeping 100% of my attention on the main game and results in this against any player won't be particularly troubling me.

The one thing I would try to avoid is relegation because there is a certain premium tag to being in the PL of this competition on the forum.

Now for Sterling to make up my 10 point deficit tonight :rolleyes:

CSF · 25-08-2014 5:48pm

Lemlin wrote: »

I really don't get the fixation of some with the tie between me and RoryC to be honest. I'm sure he's the same.

This is a good competition and I'm enjoying being involved but I'll be keeping 100% of my attention on the main game and results in this against any player won't be particularly troubling me.

The one thing I would try to avoid is relegation because there is a certain premium tag to being in the PL of this competition on the forum.

Now for Sterling to make up my 10 point deficit tonight :rolleyes:

Look at Lemlin, like a manager in a football manager press conference trying to play down the importance of the upcoming derby.

The winner will be doing Di Canioesque slides once the Monday night bonus points have been confirmed that week.

Jeju · 25-08-2014 7:27pm

CSF wrote: »

Look at Lemlin, like a manager in a football manager press conference trying to play down the importance of the upcoming derby.

The winner will be doing Di Canioesque slides once the Monday night bonus points have been confirmed that week.

As one of the less vocal managers I have to agree, but IMO both teams will be fighting for honours towards the seasons end.
As for me back home after 3 points, well Im just trying to keep a realistic view on things and not to be thinking think too much about the big European nights next season.

zarquon · 25-08-2014 7:45pm

Lemlin wrote: »

This is a good competition and I'm enjoying being involved but I'll be keeping 100% of my attention on the main game and results in this against any player won't be particularly troubling me.

The one thing I would try to avoid is relegation because there is a certain premium tag to being in the PL of this competition on the forum.
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Have to agree with this. Don't really care about winning the premier league as there are no prizes buts it nice to be competing against good opposition and i would be happy with just retaining my place in the league. On the other hand i care greatly about the paid H2H and thats where my H2H focus will be

Mr.Prodston · 25-08-2014 7:57pm

Oh look at the big-timers only caring about the money, what a surprise.

Ye should pay a visit to some League 1 matches where we even have our own local news reporter and paper. For shame lads, what has happened FPL in recent years? I remember when it was more than just a money driven industry :pac:

*wanders off shaking his head*

Lemlin · 25-08-2014 7:58pm

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Oh look at the big-timers only caring about the money, what a surprise.

Ye should pay a visit to some League 1 matches where we even have our own local news reporter and paper. For shame lads, what has happened FPL in recent years? I remember when it was more than just a money driven industry :pac:

*wanders off shaking his head*

I send the deputy scout to your games. Might pick up a lower league cheapie.

Iused2likebusts · 25-08-2014 11:37pm

won my tie 62 60. 2 wins out of 2. Up against my old pal Swiper this week who has lost the first 2. Trying some mind games I see with your 6 transfers and no wildcard activated yet;)

Swiper the fox · 26-08-2014 9:09am

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

won my tie 62 60. 2 wins out of 2. Up against my old pal Swiper this week who has lost the first 2. Trying some mind games I see with your 6 transfers and no wildcard activated yet;)

I was away for a couple of days and was playing on my phone. It was such a shít weekend for me again (FPL wise) that at some stage on Sunday evening with no players left and 44 points scored (after 42 last week) that I kind of panicked and starting fiddling around, I thought for a second before the confirm transfers and then just hit the button out of pure annoyance with everything. Of course I immediately regretted it and was lying in bed on Sunday night goading myself with all the reasons why I should have been patient. My team wasn't that bad, the only reason I am doing so poorly is that I hadn't Siggy or Ramsey,(30 points difference between them and Sanchez and Arnie) that could have been rectified without the wildcard(which I will obviously use now).
Anyway it's top vs bottom this weekend. I really need to win this one very badly.

GillespieRoad · 26-08-2014 10:36am

2 from 2. Next week is Sooner or Later so should be good tie!

Jeju · 26-08-2014 12:57pm

With my tie over by Sunday some might think that the extra day between game time may be an advantage, but sometimes these things can work against you.
If I was being interviewed the question might be
“ With 2 games played in the season and both The Bottlers and Erzgebirge Scrooge are on maximum points, is this too early to be talking about title winning 6 pointers?”
My reply would be that every game whether top or bottom are potential 6 pointers at this stage of the season, but I would think that The Bottlers managed by Iago ( Brazilian no doubt with a name like that) are set up as a title 6 pointer; whereas my Erzgebirge Scrooge are keeping feet on Terra Fermi and just thinking about safety.

Sooner or Later · 27-08-2014 3:21pm

GillespieRoad wrote: »

2 from 2. Next week is Sooner or Later so should be good tie!

Obviously the boy Gillespie is the odds on favourite but I know the lads are going to give it 110% out there. We only know how to play football one way and that's to go out there and play football .

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