General Fantasy Football Chat 2012/2013

Mr Moon

I've closed the old thread to make way for the new one starting this season.

Keep all general chat to this thread please.

Fizman

A bit early for this thread in fairness! A lot can happen in a year!

FutureGuy

Fizman wrote: »

A bit early for this thread in fairness! A lot can happen in a year!

Welcome to the fuuutttuuurreeeee!!!!!!!! I for one welcome our new insect overlords!

thewools

Paul Green will be the star man in 13/14 season.... just wait and see!!! :rolleyes:

Posada

Just wondering which paid league will have more entries (in effect asking which will have the bigger prize money pool), the FSA one or the Soccer one?

From what I can gather each have about 35 entries at the moment?

Lemlin

Posada wrote: »

Just wondering which paid league will have more entries (in effect asking which will have the bigger prize money pool), the FSA one or the Soccer one?

From what I can gather each have about 35 entries at the moment?

I thought there was just one paid league run by mrwillbeback?

Mr Moon

Getting a little ahead of myself there lol

SpaceCowb0y

thewools wrote: »

Paul Green will be the star man in 13/14 season.... just wait and see!!! :rolleyes:

And Liverpool are going to win the league!!! :pac::pac::pac:...

Cantona's Collars

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

And Liverpool are going to win the league!!! :pac::pac::pac:...

Next year;):pac:

Anybody know how long it takes the FF site to update teams after a new player is signed?

carlcon

zerks wrote: »

Next year;):pac:

Anybody know how long it takes the FF site to update teams after a new player is signed?

Depends on the player. Took about a week for them to add Vlaar to Villa after signing, whereas Carzola will probably be in the Arsenal squad in a day or 2.

SpaceCowb0y

Just wondering what peoples thoughts would be on an "off-topic" thread? Just for general banter, not necessarily FF or football related (although i'm sure it would inevitably end up mainly that way) or whatever? I know they have one in the health and fitness forum that's popular?

Anyway if people think its a good idea maybe the Mods can put it together??:)

Panthro

Anyone else having trouble logging in?
Boooo!

carlcon

I deleted all my bookmarks at the end of last season, and can't find the one site I used that showed the upcoming fixtures, colour-coding each fixture by difficulty. I checked the resources page and couldn't find it.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

Even a link to any *correct* spreadsheet-type-thing would be useful.

dahat

carlcon wrote: »

I deleted all my bookmarks at the end of last season, and can't find the one site I used that showed the upcoming fixtures, colour-coding each fixture by difficulty. I checked the resources page and couldn't find it.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

Even a link to any *correct* spreadsheet-type-thing would be useful.

http://www.fantasyepl.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=&id=&Itemid=464

This it?

carlcon

dahat wrote: »

http://www.fantasyepl.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=&id=&Itemid=464

This it?

It's not, but it looks useful. Cheers!

modmuffin

carlcon wrote: »

I deleted all my bookmarks at the end of last season, and can't find the one site I used that showed the upcoming fixtures, colour-coding each fixture by difficulty. I checked the resources page and couldn't find it.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

Even a link to any *correct* spreadsheet-type-thing would be useful.

Sounds like the fantasy football scout's season ticker, login in to their members page and you should be able to see it

dahat wrote: »

http://www.fantasyepl.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=&id=&Itemid=464

This it?

This is a great site, thanks

keithyob

Hi guy can yous please help me.. this is my final team i have so far for gameweek 1 let me know what yous think?

Krul £5.5 sub – (Cerny £4.0)

Evra £7.0 Clichy £6.0 Walker £6.5 Williams £5.0 sub – (Clyne £4.0)

Valencia£9.0 Yaya Toure£8.0 Cabaye£7.0 subs – (Guthrie£ 4.5) (Britton £4.5)

Pogrebnyak £5.0 Torres£10.0 Aguero£11.5

i have 2.5 in the bank

I want to change torres for rooney in gamie week 2 and i want to get kawaga for valancia but ino kawaga isnt going to start at everton so will i wait or just get him in now incase the money goes up or him?

SpaceCowb0y

What is the general consensus for this double gameweek first week of the season?? Are people stocking up on Chelsea and Reading players only to be left with them or are they not taking it too much into consideration??

I currently have A Cole, Hazard, Torres, and Pogrebnyak

But after a bit of consideration i'm thinking of replacing Hazard with either Bale or VDV...

kennyb3

Right a burning issue - what way are these going to be worked out this year? Early on in the season it was all about goals - hence imo some of the super high scores for forwards. However towards the end of the season it appeared to be more about all round play with defenders and goalies getting some points.

It could have significant bearing given the likes kompany and vidic could hoover up some points this year and therefore having 4/5 cheap defenders might not be the way to go.

Thoughts welcome.

carlcon

While I won't touch him myself, Allen's move to Liverpool means Gerrard should pretty much being playing right off the strikers most of the season.

I'm guessing Allen and Lucas will be in charge of the middle, allowing Gerrard to wander and attack as he sees fit.

Makes him a better choice than last season, but no Liverpool player is worth 9.5m, IMO.

spurskiely

Anyone have a list for teams playing home and away in opp fixtures this season . For example Spurs -Ars Man City -Utd Liv -Eve .Had one for last year was very helpful . Thanks

Benimar

Home/Away matchups:

Arsenal - Spurs
Villa - WBA
Chelsea - Fulham
Everton - Liverpool
Man City - Man Utd
Newcastle - Sunderland
Norwich - Wigan
QPR - Southampton
Reading - Swansea
Stoke - West Ham

spurskiely

Benimar wrote: »

Home/Away matchups:

Arsenal - Spurs
Villa - WBA
Chelsea - Fulham
Everton - Liverpool
Man City - Man Utd
Newcastle - Sunderland
Norwich - Wigan
QPR - Southampton
Reading - Swansea
Stoke - West Ham

Thanks Benimar

dahat

spurskiely wrote: »

Anyone have a list for teams playing home and away in opp fixtures this season . For example Spurs -Ars Man City -Utd Liv -Eve .Had one for last year was very helpful . Thanks

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80178339&postcount=12

Taken from here....... http://www.fantasyepl.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=&id=&Itemid=464

darego

is the ff scout site down? fantasyfootballscout.co.uk i haven't been able to get on it in weeks. never loads for some reason

Fowler87

darego wrote: »

is the ff scout site down? fantasyfootballscout.co.uk i haven't been able to get on it in weeks. never loads for some reason

Was on there yesterday no problems

darego

loads on my phone but not on my laptop, wtf :pac:

Fowler87

carlcon wrote: »

While I won't touch him myself, Allen's move to Liverpool means Gerrard should pretty much being playing right off the strikers most of the season.

I'm guessing Allen and Lucas will be in charge of the middle, allowing Gerrard to wander and attack as he sees fit.

Makes him a better choice than last season, but no Liverpool player is worth 9.5m, IMO.

Fixtures wise I agree but once the big games are out of the way depending on how Liverpool are playing, Gerrard, Suarez and maybe Borini will be worth considering

Fowler87

darego wrote: »

loads on my phone but not on my laptop, wtf :pac:

No expert but delete cookies perhaps??

darego

Fowler87 wrote: »

No expert but delete cookies perhaps??

already tried that mate, still doesn't load on the laptop. weird

SpaceCowb0y

Benimar wrote: »

Home/Away matchups:

Arsenal - Spurs
Villa - WBA
Chelsea - Fulham
Everton - Liverpool
Man City - Man Utd
Newcastle - Sunderland
Norwich - Wigan
QPR - Southampton
Reading - Swansea
Stoke - West Ham

I don't understand... what exactly is is this?? sorry for being redundant! The first Derby matches of the season?

T-b0n3

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I don't understand... what exactly is is this?? sorry for being redundant! The first Derby matches of the season?

When one team is at home the other team is away. Therefore if you have one of each they will rotate well together and always have a home game between them.

Thatsfootball

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I don't understand... what exactly is is this?? sorry for being redundant! The first Derby matches of the season?

I've heard that in particular Utd and City rotate perfectly every week for the season.... Not giving away my plans or anything :cool:

Posada

Thatsfootball wrote: »

I've heard that in particular Utd and City rotate perfectly every week for the season.... Not giving away my plans or anything :cool:

It's for Policing reasons. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, London (North and West) and Newcastle/Sunderland have to do it when possible.

Jax Teller

Has anyone subscribed to fantasy football scout this year ?

Thatsfootball

Posada wrote: »

It's for Policing reasons. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, London (North and West) and Newcastle/Sunderland have to do it when possible.

True man!
Its clear enough too when ya think of it. Same happens with CL games being organised on Tues/Wed for different city teams!
Some amount of preparation given to the fixture computer!!

thewools

Just had a quick look over my final ranking position over the seasons which I played - bar 09/10 I have been rather consistant.

An average of 34,463 over the six seasons... :rolleyes:

Season Points Rank
2006/07 1895 38491
2007/08 2128 37659
2008/09 2072 4895
2009/10 2171 105062
2010/11 2100 12559
2011/12 2182 8116

How does everyone elses look like?

Thatsfootball

thewools wrote: »

Just had a quick look over my final ranking position over the seasons which I played - bar 09/10 I have been rather consistant.

An average of 34,463 over the six seasons... :rolleyes:

Season Points Rank
2006/07 1895 38491
2007/08 2128 37659
2008/09 2072 4895
2009/10 2171 105062
2010/11 2100 12559
2011/12 2182 8116

How does everyone elses look like?

Good going mate!

2009/10 2145 137228
2010/11 2030 51498
2011/12 2117 31139

NOt as good as yourself, but if I improve on last season's rank I'll be happy!

Jimmy Iovine

In my first season I did very well. Hadn't a clue about the game and made a load of stupid transfers. Ended up missing out on top spot in our club league and winning a couple of hundred because of those transfers.

Next season I made more stupid transfers and essentially gave up on the game due to a rubbish team and college.

Last season I made one extra transfer and had my best season by far. Got top spot in our club league at Christmas and stayed there till the end. Of course there was no money on offer this time round.

It's interesting to see that I had 59 more points 2 years ago but I finished 24,000 places lower. If I had that score last season I wouldn't have been too far off the top I'd say.

Season Points Rank
2009/10 2269 30565
2010/11 1828 524931
2011/12 2210 4087

thewools

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

It's interesting to see that I had 59 more points 2 years ago but I finished 24,000 places lower. If I had that score last season I wouldn't have been too far off the top I'd say.

That year 09/10 was the year Ronaldo ran riot in every game. Everyone had him captain for almost every game and it brought the scores way up...

Thatsfootball

thewools wrote: »

That year 09/10 was the year Ronaldo ran riot in every game. Everyone had him captain for almost every game and it brought the scores way up...

Back in the lamps, Gerrard and Ronaldo days when 1 if not 2 were a must have!

Jimmy Iovine

thewools wrote: »

That year 09/10 was the year Ronaldo ran riot in every game. Everyone had him captain for almost every game and it brought the scores way up...

No it wasn't. He moved the year before that. I never had Ronaldo on my team.

It was the year that Rooney scored all the goals. I was over at the Hull game where he scored 4 goals. He had a DGW that week and I had him as captain. Ended up with 64 points from him and 140 overall. My best week ever by a long shot.

thewools

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

No it wasn't. He moved the year before that. I never had Ronaldo on my team.

It was the year that Rooney scored all the goals. I was over at the Hull game where he scored 4 goals. He had a DGW that week and I had him as captain. Ended up with 64 points from him and 140 overall. My best week ever by a long shot.

Awww cheers for ther correction... yes I remember now!

Munster Magic

thewools wrote: »

Just had a quick look over my final ranking position over the seasons which I played - bar 09/10 I have been rather consistant.

An average of 34,463 over the six seasons... :rolleyes:

Season Points Rank
2006/07 1895 38491
2007/08 2128 37659
2008/09 2072 4895
2009/10 2171 105062
2010/11 2100 12559
2011/12 2182 8116

How does everyone elses look like?

Last season was my first good season, will be shocked if I can back it up this season

Season Points Rank
2006/07 1481 622097
2007/08 1472 1139628
2008/09 1480 1168675
2009/10 2003 419452
2010/11 1904 278383
2011/12 2262 910

PerrinV2

Up and down but my rank has being improving every season

Season Points Rank
2007/08 1978 209071
2008/09 1849 173281
2009/10 2139 145766
2010/11 1995 90556
2011/12 2296 290

Thatsfootball

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Up and down but my rank has being improving every season

Season Points Rank
2007/08 1978 209071
2008/09 1849 173281
2009/10 2139 145766
2010/11 1995 90556
2011/12 2296 290

Good stuff! 290 ain't a bad rank :P.. what's the secret?

Jimmy Iovine

Thatsfootball wrote: »

Good stuff! 290 ain't a bad rank :P.. what's the secret?

Performance enhancing drugs probably.

PerrinV2

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Performance enhancing drugs probably.

Can't get enough of them

Jimmy Iovine

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Can't get enough of them

Eating them like Smarties yea?

Thatsfootball

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Performance enhancing drugs probably.

I see his points total went down 2 seasons ago, got caught out it seems! :cool:

massdebater

Season - Points - Rank
2008/09 - 1927 - 70190
2009/10 - 2157 - 122194
2010/11 - 2171 - 1984
2011/12 - 2210 - 4130

My points have gotten higher each year but not my rank although the last couple of years have been pretty good. I'm always on holidays for the first few weeks of the season which starts me on the back foot and it's catch up after that. This years no different, on holiday from Saturday until GW4 with limited internet access. Looking to hit the top 1000 this year hopefully!