Ultimate Premier League 2014/15

Copper_pipe · 16-08-2014 9:43pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

If you have Sturridge and Costa then it probably is worth the risk in my opinion. Both of them are odds on to score so that means it's over 3/1 that both of them will blank.

Dont have sturridge but have Costa, Have 4 chelsea lads on the bench to come in monday

Hackers · 16-08-2014 9:44pm

Is it not 1.15pm?

49 today but means nothing really as will change captain off Rooney and will be subbing out 4 players tomorrow and will have 3 more available to sub in for Mondays game.

Dearg81 wrote: »

Yea I think you can make changes before the kickoff of the first match so 130pm is tomorrow's deadline.

Copper_pipe · 16-08-2014 9:46pm

The owner of the "Mashed Progheads" who is leader of the Boards FSA league is also currently ranked 9th overall!

Dearg81 · 16-08-2014 9:51pm

Hackers wrote: »

Is it not 1.15pm?

49 today but means nothing really as will change captain off Rooney and will be subbing out 4 players tomorrow and will have 3 more available to sub in for Mondays game.

Yea you're right it is 1:15pm.

PopTarts · 17-08-2014 8:17am

Can't remember from last year but will we be able to swop players out again today after the matches for Chelsea's game tomorrow?

F1ngers · 17-08-2014 9:11am

PopTarts wrote: »

Can't remember from last year but will we be able to swop players out again today after the matches for Chelsea's game tomorrow?

Yes.

manual_man · 17-08-2014 12:35pm

Ramsey 9ptsx2

Henderson, Lovren, Coutinho, Sturridge, Navas, Jovetic

Stick or twist?

Have 4 Chelsea tomorrow so could change again if doesn't work out

Copper_pipe · 18-08-2014 10:44pm

64 points for me

manual_man · 18-08-2014 11:01pm

Copper_pipe wrote: »

64 points for me

not much better on 70. siggy in reserves biggest d'oh

3WiseMonkeys · 19-08-2014 12:26am

Just found this thread....I joined the boards league but a week behind...does my score start from 0 next week... just started it this year and really enjoying it... scoring is a bit different but i think it is more strategic when you have to pick your players at the start of the year... transfering players in for 5 months has me second guessing myself... :-)

Dearg81 · 19-08-2014 1:04pm

Solid start for me with 71. I need to get Fab in this week. I like the way the prices dont change, it means you can just do the transfers on friday/sat. I'm liking it so far.

retalivity · 19-08-2014 2:23pm

Question on AUtomatic substitutions:

I had Cameron in my first 11, he didn't play and wasn't automatically substituted either. I had Mangala & Clyne as my 2 defenders on the bench - in positions 2 & 3.
As Mangala is injured, shouldn't Clyne have come in?

Hackers · 19-08-2014 2:28pm

Automatic subs only work if you don't make any changes at all over the course of all 3 Matchdays. I think you either subbed out others players and/or changed your captain?

Extract from rules as below:
"Automatic substitutions
If no manager substitutions or captain changes are made, automatic substitutions are processed at the end of the Gameweek as follows:

If your Goalkeeper plays 0 minutes in the Gameweek, he will be substituted by the highest priority Goalkeeper on your bench (if you have one) who played in the Gameweek.
If any of your outfield players play 0 minutes in the Gameweek, they will be substituted by the highest priority outfield substitute who played in the Gameweek and doesn't break the formation rules (eg. If your starting team has 3 defenders, a defender can only be replaced by another defender).
If your captain plays 0 minutes in the Gameweek, the captain will be changed to the vice-captain. If both captain and vice-captain play 0 minutes in a Gameweek, then no player's score will be doubled."

Also from the rules:

"If a manager substitution or captain change is made then no automatic substitutions or vice captain changes will take place on your team that Gameweek."

retalivity wrote: »

Question on AUtomatic substitutions:

I had Cameron in my first 11, he didn't play and wasn't automatically substituted either. I had Mangala & Clyne as my 2 defenders on the bench - in positions 2 & 3.
As Mangala is injured, shouldn't Clyne have come in?

retalivity · 19-08-2014 4:33pm

Yeah I changed my captain yesterday morning to Terry, so that explains it.
So you can only transfer out players who play then? When I looked at it yesterday I couldn't transfer him out, and I assumed that it would sort itself out afterwards like it does in the regular game

8-10 · 19-08-2014 5:14pm

retalivity wrote: »

Yeah I changed my captain yesterday morning to Terry, so that explains it.
So you can only transfer out players who play then? When I looked at it yesterday I couldn't transfer him out, and I assumed that it would sort itself out afterwards like it does in the regular game

No you can transfer out players who don't play. Did you have a player on your bench playing last night that you could have transferred in for him? The bench player can't have played already so Mangala or Clyne wouldn't have been options yesterday.

TaytoCrisps · 19-08-2014 5:46pm

80 Points week one, not too shabby

I was planning on not making any changes yet but no point holding onto players not starting. 1 made now , might carry over the rest to try and keep loans to a minimum

retalivity · 19-08-2014 7:52pm

8-10 wrote: »

No you can transfer out players who don't play. Did you have a player on your bench playing last night that you could have transferred in for him? The bench player can't have played already so Mangala or Clyne wouldn't have been options yesterday.

I had 3 at the back and only those 2 defenders on the bench so couldnt transfer in someone else. Mystery Solved!!!
So looks like it pays to put out a team for Saturday regardless, and put all Sun/Mon players on the bench just in case...late joining this league so not sure if already discussed

8-10 · 19-08-2014 7:57pm

retalivity wrote: »

I had 3 at the back and only those 2 defenders on the bench so couldnt transfer in someone else. Mystery Solved!!!
So looks like it pays to put out a team for Saturday regardless, and put all Sun/Mon players on the bench just in case...late joining this league so not sure if already discussed

That's pretty much the jist of it alright

KevIRL · 19-08-2014 10:36pm

Do price rises happen in Ultimate? I notice Siggy hasnt gone up?

8-10 · 19-08-2014 10:43pm

KevIRL wrote: »

Do price rises happen in Ultimate? I notice Siggy hasnt gone up?

No price changes

Dearg81 · 24-08-2014 11:37am

The standard is pretty high in the 2 boards leagues. I'm only 5/7 and 9/17 and I'm ranked 1960. I have a few good subs today though so hoping to keep moving up those tables.

Copper_pipe · 24-08-2014 12:04pm

Happy enough with my performance yesterday, Will put on Rooney but not sure about mata

8-10 · 27-08-2014 4:23pm

Anybody know why Emre Can (liverpool) is not listed as U-21 player?

Wamble · 30-08-2014 4:07pm

Hi,

I've a question about the transfer deadline that someone might be able to help me with.

Are we definitely able to leave it as late as 13 Sept to use our 15 transfers?

Rules...."Unused transfers are carried over but will be reset to 0 at the end of the August and January transfer windows. This means you have a maximum of 15 transfers to be used in August and 12 in January"

Is there anyway they mean its reset to zero on the real transfer deadline, which is Monday?

KevIRL · 30-08-2014 5:56pm

Transfer window runs up till 13th Sept in Ultimate

Dearg81 · 30-08-2014 8:48pm

Up to 93th in this with 4 to play tomorrow. I'm enjoying this game, much more straight foward than I thought it would be.

manual_man · 04-09-2014 9:47pm

how are we all looking in this with the transfer window looming? have 10 f/t left myself just figuring how best to use them and whether its worthwhile leaving a little in the bank for emergencies

Dearg81 · 04-09-2014 9:55pm

manual_man wrote: »

how are we all looking in this with the transfer window looming? have 10 f/t left myself just figuring how best to use them and whether its worthwhile leaving a little in the bank for emergencies

You lose them on sat week so don't save them. There's no price rises so might as well wait for team news on Friday week.

manual_man · 04-09-2014 9:56pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

You lose them on sat week so don't save them. There's no price rises so might as well wait for team news on Friday week.

Oh i know that. Just getting a bit of discussion going

You got off to a good start yourself where do you stand currently?

KevIRL · 04-09-2014 10:01pm

Just outside the top 1K overall, 14 transfers left to make. Made a few mistakes with team and squad selections but learning quickly. Really enjoying the game I must say

Dearg81 · 04-09-2014 10:02pm

manual_man wrote: »

Oh i know that. Just getting a bit of discussion going

You got off to a good start yourself where do you stand currently?

I had a disastrous Sunday and dropped to 701 but I would have taken that at the start of the season.

I only have 6 transfers left, Sterling will be one. The tough decision will be which united attackers to pick. I'm leaning towards Falcao and not di Maria as this game favours goalscorers more than fpl.

manual_man · 04-09-2014 10:18pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

I had a disastrous Sunday and dropped to 701 but I would have taken that at the start of the season.

I only have 6 transfers left, Sterling will be one. The tough decision will be which united attackers to pick. I'm leaning towards Falcao and not di Maria as this game favours goalscorers more than fpl.

just outside the top 1k myself. falcao will get more goals for sure, on the other hand di maria should do well for chances created, leaning towards di maria at the moment, thinking of something like this, but obv. will hold off til last minute like you said:

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this example leaves me with 0.5 in the bank, gives me ever so slightly better options should i need to get someone in on an emergency loan (costa-->falcao was the one that immediately came to mind)

Dearg81 · 04-09-2014 10:59pm

manual_man wrote: »

just outside the top 1k myself. falcao will get more goals for sure, on the other hand di maria should do well for chances created, leaning towards di maria at the moment, thinking of something like this, but obv. will hold off til last minute like you said:

this example leaves me with 0.5 in the bank, gives me ever so slightly better options should i need to get someone in on an emergency loan (costa-->falcao was the one that immediately came to mind)

Looks good. I might go with both of them given Uniteds fixtures.

POKERKING · 05-09-2014 12:28pm

I didnt get into this in the end but how many players did they get at a fiver a head?

Thanks

Scorpion Sting · 05-09-2014 12:50pm

POKERKING wrote: »

I didnt get into this in the end but how many players did they get at a fiver a head?

Thanks

Not in it either but I saw someone mention on here 21k.

Copper_pipe · 05-09-2014 12:53pm

Total Players 21,662

My rank 3992

manual_man · 05-09-2014 1:26pm

POKERKING wrote: »

I didnt get into this in the end but how many players did they get at a fiver a head?

Thanks

over 21k but unfortunately the original £35k prizepool remains the same, a bit miffed since they took in 3 times this amount

Dearg81 · 05-09-2014 2:07pm

manual_man wrote: »

over 21k but unfortunately the original £35k prizepool remains the same, a bit miffed since they took in 3 times this amount

They are taking the piss a bit with prize money but there are running costs with setting up a new game in fairness. They have to hire new programmers etc for the game and to be fair they have done a very good job. Hopefully next year there will be a better prize structure though.

Dearg81 · 05-09-2014 2:14pm

Just saw that Spurs have had a lot of their matches changed to Sunday because of the Europa league so they have 8 games on Sunday now before Janaury.

zarquon · 05-09-2014 2:15pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

They are taking the piss a bit with prize money but there are running costs with setting up a new game in fairness. They have to hire new programmers etc for the game and to be fair they have done a very good job. Hopefully next year there will be a better prize structure though.

If the prize money doesn't change sufficiently next season it could bite them in the arse with much less participation.

manual_man · 05-09-2014 2:16pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

They are taking the piss a bit with prize money but there are running costs with setting up a new game in fairness. They have to hire new programmers etc for the game and to be fair they have done a very good job. Hopefully next year there will be a better prize structure though.

I thought that and I'm not saying anything against the game itself, but the whole thing is basically one big free advert for the premier league itself, they run the main game for free with feck all in prizes, I imagine 21k+ entrants well exceeded the expectations so they might bump up the prize fund to reflect

Dearg81 · 05-09-2014 2:25pm

manual_man wrote: »

I thought that and I'm not saying anything against the game itself, but the whole thing is basically one big free advert for the premier league itself, they run the main game for free with feck all in prizes, I imagine 21k+ entrants well exceeded the expectations so they might bump up the prize fund to reflect

Yea I'd say they're happy with the number of entries. Hopefully they'll make some changes next year espcially in prize payouts(at least top 5%) but I wouldnt hold my breath. They might be of the opinion that if it aint broke dont fix it.

8-10 · 05-09-2014 2:31pm

Payouts for 1 person is a bit mad alright, they'll say there's monthly prizes too but that's still just 1 person each time.

Top 3 or 5 minimum would be expected

Dearg81 · 09-09-2014 4:24pm

Updated fixture table.
Matchday 1 Matchday 2 Matchday 3
Tottenham 8 8 0
Everton 9 7 0
Man United 10 5 1
QPR 11 4 1
Chelsea 12 4 0
Man City 12 4 0
Southampton 12 3 1
West Brom 12 3 1
Arsenal 13 3 0
Aston Villa 13 2 1
Crystal Palace 13 2 1
Hull 13 2 1
Newcastle 13 2 1
Stoke 13 2 1
Sunderland 13 2 1
Burnley 14 2 0
Liverpool 14 2 0
Swansea 14 2 0
West Ham 14 1 1
Leicester 15 1 0

manual_man · 11-09-2014 10:26pm

We all set for our squads til the new year?

Waiting on last minute injury news but morealess decided on my 25, with 5 4.0M defenders :eek:

KevIRL · 11-09-2014 11:00pm

14 transfers to make tomorrow and Saturday morning

, cant wait

8-10 · 11-09-2014 11:06pm

Made all 15, delighted it's done with.

manual_man · 11-09-2014 11:07pm

KevIRL wrote: »

14 transfers to make tomorrow and Saturday morning , cant wait

very nice, 10 myself. am still bummed there's no overall prizes outside of first place, but i'd say with the limited numbers if you're to keep your eye on the ball you're in with every chance. i'm on 222pts and i think the leader is only 37 more than that currently

manual_man · 12-09-2014 5:58pm

ready 2go!

Hackers · 12-09-2014 6:17pm

Same here!! This weekend is a bit of a strange one, I only have 2 players available to come in after Saturdays games. A lot of hard choices to make for the 1st 11

manual_man wrote: »

ready 2go!

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