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GW 26 Matchday Thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭garra


    iroced wrote: »
    Suarez (C) hurt. For the first real time this year. Really considered Sturridge (had it vice for all week until I switched to Yaya afraid of the tube strike to take place). But just couldn't ignore the 50+% of captaincy from FFS (C) poll... I'm sure over the course of the season it is the right method. But when such a GW happen I'd love to have more balls :D.

    Anyway it's turning like a great GW for me (should be over 50 pts) but could have been even better and I know from previous years that when you can score big you have to score big. Not all GWs are turning in your favour.



    For the ones who watched the full game, was that the case?

    Put on the last 15 min and Suarez was pretty much upfront. Had he been a bit more selfish at times he could have nicked one.

    He was playing on the right hand side of a front 3 for the most part, hit the post and was heavily involved in Pool's attacking play, as usual.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭garra


    68 from 10. Like a lot of posters I considered Sturridge for arm-band but didn't commit.
    Defence of Fonte, Marshall, Kosc returned 34 pts.. which was nice.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    79 (-4) from 9 players. Great score, up to 309k from 454k. With Suarez as a captain.
    The captaincy choice was the only thing i did "wrong" - Suarez and Hazard as vice. Suarez was an active player tonight and created lot of chances for both himself and his team. Pretty sure he will get tired of passing the ball and provide us with great return very soon. So glad i wasn't heavily loaded with City. Bringing Sturridge for a hit to replace RVP did the trick, too.
    5 out of 9 players with 3 bonus points:D Good result:D
    All done with Marshall, Koscielny, Fonte, Lallana, Sterling, Hazard, Sturridge, Adebayor and Suarez(c). Coleman and Silva did not play, so did my bench...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭HighClass


    65. Delighted :D. Wish I'd captained either Ade or Sturridge though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭sanket


    59 from 9 players..If negredo silva and coleman had played.it would have been one of the best GWs ever for me. was betting high on silva and negredo as diffrentials..cant imagine my luck on the weather. Everyone had discarded city players due to their upcoming blank gws and i was trying to gain something on that.

    Guess i would have to resign to the fact that i cant go below 50k rank this year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    70 points from 10 players. Delighted with that. Finally have broken the 100k mark and done so with style sitting at 70k.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭narfsnonsense


    53 moves me into the top spot in my money league....by 3 points, but still top! Just gotta widen that gap now.

    J Rods performance of late isn't helping though and it will require points hit and downgrading midfield or defence to sort it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭The Wild Bunch


    78 from 8

    GERRR IN


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,256 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    75 for the week despite captaining Suarez. Up to 397 in the world.

    Now 66 points ahead in one competitive private league. 36 ahead in the other.

    Top of the PL in the FSA Pre Qualifier Rankings (and yes, despite the season not being nearly over I will gloat about this because I don't expect it to last ;))

    Perfect time to have a ten day break from the game.

    Great success :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    30 points. What a disaster of a night.

    Think I'll go Suarez -> Sturridge and Mata -> Lallana


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭Dubliner28


    24 for me. Disaster

    Howard Coleman Mirallas Negredo no game and also brought in Zabletta


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭SantryRed


    I've had a ridiculous run the past 3 weeks.

    Scores of 73, 76 and then 80 last night has seen me go from 280k to 56k in the world! Was also 60th in the FSA Qualifiers but now 33rd and in touching distance of 20th!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    up to 23k after 9 weeks of green arrows now. Made it into the fsa premier league now aswell after starting off in league 1.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭RedPeppers


    79 pts has me jump from 25,800 to 10,188. Yaya not playing meant Kos in off the bench :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,268 ✭✭✭IsMiseMyself


    Took quite the tumble to 16,000. I was 16,000th three weeks ago. :'(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,146 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    Down 12K. People ahead of me pulling away, people behind me making good ground. This could be the start of the end to my season.

    In paper I have a strong team for GW27, but really bad to have your worst week of the season in Feb after using 2 wildcards


  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,239 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    54 points moves me up to 53k from 60k, happy enough given the game week

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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


    Despite getting shafted by the postponed games and having Suarez as captain, I got a decent stroke of luck with Arsenal keeping a clean sheet and jumped a lot higher in the rankings than I thought I would. 71 points from 9 players bangs me up to 3,185th. The last four weeks I've been on a massive heater scoring just shy of 300 points!
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    Have two free transfers going into the next set of games, hopefully I'll use my last bit of luck and Chelsea will knock City out of the FA Cup at the weekend. Have a lot riding on the result of that game. City winning will mean having to dump my City players and therefore won't benefit from their Sunderland DGW as I'll be in the same position as people who don't currently have them by the time the game comes around.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,206 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    I've gone the opposite way :(
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭Easy Rod


    Finished on 59 points but I managed to field 11 so relatively disappointing result. Snuck into top 10k though


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


    Ouch Lucas... you've gone from 8 points ahead to 60 points behind me in 4 weeks! This game can be cruel.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭carraig2


    x43r0 wrote: »
    I forgot to change my team so still have RVP captained :o
    carraig2 wrote: »
    He won't score tonight. I can personally guarantee it.
    CSF wrote: »
    Such a guarantee requires a forfeit.

    What did i tell you. The Carraig jinx strikes again


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,077 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    As you all dream of guaranteeing FSA Premiership football im consigned to league 2 football


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,231 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    As you all dream of guaranteeing FSA Premiership football im consigned to league 2 football
    I can't seem to break free from the 28th-33rd spots. Had I held off on bringing in Dzeko for Adebayor before the Norwich/Everton games for a 4 point hit, I would be in the top 20 though. Such is life :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,262 ✭✭✭iroced


    Lemlin wrote: »
    75 for the week despite captaining Suarez. Up to 397 in the world.

    Now 66 points ahead in one competitive private league. 36 ahead in the other.

    Top of the PL in the FSA Pre Qualifier Rankings (and yes, despite the season not being nearly over I will gloat about this because I don't expect it to last ;))

    Perfect time to have a ten day break from the game.

    Great success :D


    14 pts behind you. "Joint 2nd" in the FSA PQR. And first time ever I break into the 3 digits club. 773 in the wolrd :eek: :D. Sounds almost too good to be true!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,146 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    roryc wrote: »
    Ouch Lucas... you've gone from 8 points ahead to 60 points behind me in 4 weeks! This game can be cruel.

    In GW 21 I remarked that you and I had exactly the same amount of points. I went ahead of you in week 22 but since then I've bombed and you've flown!

    The gap is now 70pts! So I'm glad you're not in any of my leagues!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    59 points from 10 players, despite captaining Suarez.
    8 came off the bench for players who didn't play due to postponements.

    In to the top 300,000 from a lowly 800,000 in mid December.
    Currently on 1471 points.
    2 FTs waiting for the next GW


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭shayno90


    Finished on 80 and moved up over 107k places. After captain Hazard fail and shaky start to Tuesday night, a great result overall. The differentials made the difference this week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    If one is left with 2FT now i assume 1 has to be used before next gameweek to have 2 FT again after next deadline? Am i right?
    Also my only differential that somehow slipped under the radar for a while will be gone next week - Adebayor brought a lot of attention to himself after last night...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    It wasn't just last night,
    Ade has been playing a blinder lately


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,231 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    wonski wrote: »
    If one is left with 2FT now i assume 1 has to be used before next gameweek to have 2 FT again after next deadline? Am i right?
    Also my only differential that somehow slipped under the radar for a while will be gone next week - Adebayor brought a lot of attention to himself after last night...
    No you would still have 2 transfers, you just wouldnt have 3.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭Rosco79


    As you all dream of guaranteeing FSA Premiership football im consigned to league 2 football

    Whats FSA Premiership guys? Up to 127k having started at GW2, really annoyed with having started late


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,749 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Rosco79 wrote: »
    Whats FSA Premiership guys? Up to 127k having started at GW2, really annoyed with having started late

    Great going, especially since GW 1 was a DGW (Che, Villa I think) and a fairly high scoring one.

    There is a thread or two on the league if you have a quick look back (on the phone so can't link and it takes a bit of explaining)

    Quick explaination: 80 active guys from this forum (FSA) in a league at present.

    Its pretty competitive, I'm 170k and in 56th out of 80. So I'm in the 3 tier at present.
    Think you need to be in top 25k to be in the top 20 (Prem League/Top division)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭the incredible pudding


    70 points despite not having a goal scoring defender, so i'm pretty happy with that.
    8th successive rise (thank you early wildcard) for me so i'm now #1711 and in a pretty good position in my private leagues.
    Yesterday could have been terrible, I'm happy it turned out pretty great!


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


    1st: 1,795
    Top 100: 1,715
    Top 1k: 1,670
    Top 5k: 1,633
    Top 10k: 1,615
    Top 50k: 1,562
    Top 100k: 1,533
    Top 250k: 1,483
    Top 500k: 1,428
    Oblivion: <1,427

    Going by previous years the end score should be pretty high. 2 years ago I finished 4,500th with a score of 2,206. This is an average of 58 points per week. 59.5 points per week would see you safely inside the top 1,000. Last season I finished 9,000th with a score of 2216 which is an average of 58.3 points. You would have needed an average of 61 points to see you into the top 1,000. This season we're only 26 weeks in and you would already need an average of 64.2 to make the top 1,000! And we haven't even hit the DGW madness yet...

    We could start seeing stupidly high scores of 2,400+ like in the Ronaldo years. Think the winner in 09/10 scored over 2,500.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,256 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    iroced wrote: »
    14 pts behind you. "Joint 2nd" in the FSA PQR. And first time ever I break into the 3 digits club. 773 in the wolrd :eek: :D. Sounds almost too good to be true!

    It's great to be going into the break on the back of a good run. You can just sit back and relax. For those who have had poor weeks, it's a killer though because you're left contemplating where to go for the next ten days.

    I've only had two red arrows since GW9. I was at 376k then. Those two arrows were also IMO because I delayed my wildcard. I lost 4k places but the minute I played it I bounced back up.

    The problem now is I'm running out of places to go. I've never been this high, this early, before. Even two seasons ago when I finished top 500 I wasn't near this high at this stage from what I remember.

    I like to have the momentum of gaining places week-on-week but that's going to disappear soon. I'm not expecting to win the thing at all but if I'm at 397 now it's alot more likely I'll go down than up to be honest. My aim now is to play it safe and remain in the top 1k if possible.

    My private leagues are what matters and the two remaining competitive ones I'm 36 points ahead in one and 66 in the other. My opponents now have ten days left to stew over and wonder how they can try to make that up. They've been trying to since before Xmas and haven't yet so it has to be hitting their confidence.

    Can't remember who the poster was that disagreed with me when I said that this game hits people psychologically. Have a read of this thread last night for all the proof that's needed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,256 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    roryc wrote: »
    1st: 1,795
    Top 100: 1,715
    Top 1k: 1,670
    Top 5k: 1,633
    Top 10k: 1,615
    Top 50k: 1,562
    Top 100k: 1,533
    Top 250k: 1,483
    Top 500k: 1,428
    Oblivion: <1,427

    Going by previous years the end score should be pretty high. 2 years ago I finished 4,500th with a score of 2,206. This is an average of 58 points per week. 59.5 points per week would see you safely inside the top 1,000. Last season I finished 9,000th with a score of 2216 which is an average of 58.3 points. You would have needed an average of 61 points to see you into the top 1,000. This season we're only 26 weeks in and you would already need an average of 64.2 to make the top 1,000! And we haven't even hit the DGW madness yet...

    We could start seeing stupidly high scores of 2,400+ like in the Ronaldo years. Think the winner in 09/10 scored over 2,500.

    I finished 324 two years ago with a score of 2293 so the average points per week for a top 500 finish would have been 60.34 points a week.

    This season I'm at 397 with 1689 points after 26 GWs so that's an average of 64.96 or nearly 65 points.

    This season there have been alot of players giving regular returns though - Suarez, Ramsey, Yaya, Coleman for example. That hasn't happened in previous years. Also, RVP was the key captaincy choice two years ago but he established himself later in the game due to injuries at the start of the season iirc. Suarez has been providing decent scores for a captain choice from early on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,891 ✭✭✭Mr. Guappa


    Only getting around to checking the updated positions now. A score of 63 sees me rise almost 30 places to 63rd overall. I would have expected to fall with that score so delighted to rise.

    Sturridge and Adebayor were the heroes, with Adrian, Sagna and Lallana chipping in with decent points. I managed to field XI, not that it meant much given that Olsson (0) and Bradley Johnson (1) were the 2 subs that came in for Yaya and Evans.

    This little break is very welcome, and I've 2 FT heading into the next GW.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,256 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    Mr. Guappa wrote: »
    Only getting around to checking the updated positions now. A score of 63 sees me rise almost 30 places to 63rd overall. I would have expected to fall with that score so delighted to rise.

    Sturridge and Adebayor were the heroes, with Adrian, Sagna and Lallana chipping in with decent points. I managed to field XI, not that it meant much given that Olsson (0) and Bradley Johnson (1) were the 2 subs that came in for Yaya and Evans.

    This little break is very welcome, and I've 2 FT heading into the next GW.

    Keep it up lad. Yourself and Steven81 are top 100 so would be great to see a Boardsie win it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Steven81


    Lemlin wrote: »
    Keep it up lad. Yourself and Steven81 are top 100 so would be great to see a Boardsie win it.

    Your not far behind and with these DGWS and cup coming up it will make or break people, bit of luck and one of us could do it. I am still left in cup too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,256 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    Steven81 wrote: »
    Your not far behind and with these DGWS and cup coming up it will make or break people, bit of luck and one of us could do it. I am still left in cup too.

    I'm the little horse like Chelsea!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Steven81


    Lemlin wrote: »
    I'm the little horse like Chelsea!

    I am the Chihuahuas like Liverpool


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    I'm alive!! Literally.

    However my FPL hopes got blown away, I'm glad the power just came back as I'd have been on Ade -> Dzeko transfer meltdown last night otherwise, as it was I cried myself to sleep on my own. I've got a lot to catch up on it seems.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Santi101


    Up to 38k now from 125k 4 gw's ago. Wildcard and transfers after have almost all worked bar jrod and eriksen which hopefully will be changed soon.

    i've clawed my money league back from 100 pts to 29 so hoping to keep going until the end now. the other lad appears to be losing interest but i think he's simply getting it less easy at this stage!

    havent thought alot about these blank & dgw's though, seems like that could make or break the rest of the season.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭Swiper the fox


    I'm actually far too busy with various things going on in my life to care too much about FPL at the moment which is just as well. Those cancellations last night really fúcked me up, Coleman, Yaya, Mirallas, Ward and Dzeko (add Eriksen to that list), left me with 8 scoring players, goalie and 3 defenders got me 35, 4 attacking players got me 11:(. Pushes me close to dropping out of the championship in that FSA head to head qualifier.
    At least Spurs won, oh and Dawson was dropped, I caught that smart comment directed at me while flicking through this on my phone last night:P
    81k overall now
    Cheerio for a while.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    I'm actually far too busy with various things going on in my life to care too much about FPL at the moment which is just as well. Those cancellations last night really fúcked me up, Coleman, Yaya, Mirallas, Ward and Dzeko (add Eriksen to that list), left me with 8 scoring players, goalie and 3 defenders got me 35, 4 attacking players got me 11:(. Pushes me close to dropping out of the championship in that FSA head to head qualifier.
    At least Spurs won, oh and Dawson was dropped, I caught that smart comment directed at me while flicking through this on my phone last night:P
    81k overall now
    Cheerio for a while.

    I'm joining you there with the poor form for sure 37 (-4) myself. Hope everything calms down a bit for you soon and check in whenever you can man :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,123 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Only logged into the site today for the first time since Wednesday afternoon, been trying to block all things FPL out of my mind. Had a right stinker of a couple of weeks and down to 17K overall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭SpaceCowb0y


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Only logged into the site today for the first time since Wednesday afternoon, been trying to block all things FPL out of my mind. Had a right stinker of a couple of weeks and down to 17K overall.

    My heart bleeds for you....

    285K after last week :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭remoteboy


    I've been avoiding the site since the last game week. Lowest score I've had this season - 37. Lowest game week ranking if the season - 1.7m. Dropped from 19k to 29k overall. A solid season is being slowly derailed post-wildcard.


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


    Some people have had a pretty unlucky run the last few weeks - I think a lot of it is down to the fact that if your team struggled in GW25 you probably struggled in GW26 too. Sturridge, Adebayor, Lallana, Gerrard, Ivanovic all performing again for the second week running, and Marshall pulling 11 points out of nowhere while Mig got an unlikely 1. Bony, Giroud, Ozil, RVP etc all failing too.


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