2014-2015 Boards FSA Champions Cup Discussion Thread

Lemlin

Right lads

The Boards FSA Champions Cup is back to give Boots234 a chance to regain his title. Sadly, I can't run it as long as last year due to stupidly getting myself banned back when the CL was starting. Therefore, it's a slightly rushed version this year. However, the greatness of winning the title is no less reputable

The fixtures:

Match 1 - GW22
Match 2 - GW23
Match 3 - GW24
Match 4 - GW25
Match 5 - GW26
Match 6 - GW27
GW28 will be for any potential play offs.

Round of 32 (2 legs) - GW29 & 30
Round of 16 (2 legs) - GW31 & 32
Quarter Final (2 legs) - GW33 & 34
Semi Final (2 legs) - GW35 & 36
Final x 1 - GW38

You get 3 points for a win and one for a draw as per a normal football table in the group stages. Groups will always be sorted in 4 teams. 2 teams from each group will go through to the knockout stage.

Now to the rules:

1. Like the actual Champions League, teams will be seeded for the draw so everyone will need to provide their rank from last year. They will also be seeded in the first part of the second round knockout stage, just like the CL. From there on, its open draw. I think seeding based on last year alone is the fairest way to do it as some people are playing longer than others.

2. The closing date for entries will be Sunday 11th January at 12 midnight.

3. If two teams are equal on points after the group stages, like the CL it goes to head to head record against each other (e.g. who won the most of their two games against each other). If both won one game against each other, then there'll be a final play off round in Gameweek 28. This will not go to aggregate scores between their two games.

4. From the second round onwards, games will be aggregate based over two gameweeks like the real CL.

5. For future rules we need, I will try to go with general consensus and what people want but if agreement can't be reached then the mods (FutureGuy and Nody) have final say, unless a decision directly involves them if they enter.

6. I can only fit in 64 teams in 16 groups of 4.

7. You need to post your entry below in the following format:

Boards name: Lemlin
Team Name: Cavan Commandos
Team id: 3266
13/14 Ranking: 1557
Amount of posts on FSA forum: 7,720

8. Now, to the interesting part, I need to cut entries at 64 posters. Therefore, the 64 users with the most posts on FSA will be entered. This is the fairest way IMO of ensuring that the forum regulars who interact the most are involved.

GLaDOS

Should I use my regular boards name or my current abomination :pac:

dahat

No. 1 One Direction Fan wrote: »

Should I use my regular boards name or my current abomination :pac:

I wondered about the name! Explanation please.

Lemlin

Any posters want to offer a prize for the winner, please feel free to pm me.

Next year I think we'll go for a €10 entry fee and then have prizes for winner etc.

GLaDOS

dahat wrote: »

I wondered about the name! Explanation please.

Auctioned it off for Santa Strike Force, will change it back at the end of the month

CSF

Think you need to clarify in thread if it's 12/13 or 13/14 before too many people post for it to be changed easily

KevIRL

Anyone interested in a tenner a man last longest side? Whoever is the last team standing in the comp scoops the pot. If say 2 or more are the last standing and knocked out in the same round then the pot is split

KevIRL

Could someone tell me my number of posts on here pls, don't think o can see it on the mobile site

GLaDOS

KevIRL wrote: »

Could someone tell me my number of posts on here pls, don't think o can see it on the mobile site

5,074

jimmii

People posting their 12/13 rank you start on minus points in the group stage!

jimmii

KevIRL wrote: »

Anyone interested in a tenner a man last longest side? Whoever is the last team standing in the comp scoops the pot. If say 2 or more are the last standing and knocked out in the same round then the pot is split

Yeh i'm in. Happy to do more if only a few people show interest.

Ziegler1988

Hope I make the 64 team cut; I'm sure to be in Pot 4 based on last year's ranking

jimmii

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Hope I make the 64 team cut; I'm sure to be in Pot 4 based on last year's ranking

Yeh be interesting to see the cut off point. I hope you make it by a huge margin seeing as I am 600 posts behind you! Might get very involved posting the next few days and update my number if its looking close!!

GLaDOS

I'll be struggling to qualify going by the post numbers so far

Copper_pipe

If things are looking bleak for my post count, I may have to put in every small detail in the match-day thread.

Corner Chelsea,


Burnley throw in


Free Kick spurs


etc...



:pac:

Lemlin

CSF wrote: »

Think you need to clarify in thread if it's 12/13 or 13/14 before too many people post for it to be changed easily

I've already edited the original post to 13/14. My bad for copying and pasting from last year.

Hackers

Wrong thread, post edited

Hackers

I will go for this as well but obviously subject to me getting in in the first place as post count here will be low compared to a lot of others!

KevIRL wrote: »

Anyone interested in a tenner a man last longest side? Whoever is the last team standing in the comp scoops the pot. If say 2 or more are the last standing and knocked out in the same round then the pot is split

AdMMM

I'm just astounded that I only have 300 odd posts in the forum! It's pretty much the only place where I post nowadays!

Lemlin

18 entrants so far. Average finishing position last year is 130,843 and average post count in FSA is 2212.

jimmii

Lemlin wrote: »

18 entrants so far. Average finishing position last year is 130,843 and average post count in FSA is 2212.

How many applied last?

Lemlin

jimmii wrote: »

How many applied last?

There'll be 64 entrants.
16 groups of 4.

jimmii

Lemlin wrote: »

There'll be 64 entrants.
16 groups of 4.

Was it just the first 64 to out their names down last year?

Lemlin

jimmii wrote: »

Was it just the first 64 to out their names down last year?

Yep, it was the first 64 last year.

Boots234

I'd like to be back to retain my title (after my hard work winning it last year!) but I don't think I'll get in based on my low number of posts. How do I check my exact number? Could an exception be made for the reigning champion??? If not, no hassle

Lemlin

Boots234 wrote: »

I'd like to be back to retain my title (after my hard work winning it last year!) but I don't think I'll get in based on my low number of posts. How do I check my exact number? Could an exception be made for the reigning champion??? If not, no hassle

I actually meant to add that and have now:

"Please note that the current champion Boots234 is exempt from the post count rule as the current champion must be given the chance to defend their title".

FHFC

How do you find your number of post on this forum as opposed to on boards.

I'm fairly sure the numbers are identical in my case, however just want to check....

Also, didn't know you could change the boards name on your account! How do you do that?

When I first registered here last year I just fired in the first thing that came into my head as I didn't really expect to be hanging around! Didn't use any of the regular 'handles' I'd be used to using on forums over the years, still can't get used to 'being' FHFC but didn't want to start all over again!

jimmii

FHFC wrote: »

How do you find your number of post on this forum as opposed to on boards.

I'm fairly sure the numbers are identical in my case, however just want to check....

Also, didn't know you could change the boards name on your account! How do you do that?

When I first registered here last year I just fired in the first thing that came into my head as I didn't really expect to be hanging around! Didn't use any of the regular 'handles' I'd be used to using on forums over the years, still can't get used to 'being' FHFC but didn't want to start all over again!

Amazingly it looks like you have only ever posted in FSA so 3564 is your count!

Click on your SN on the top left and click statistics then find all posts by "your SN" and it will list the forums you use by numbers of posts.

FHFC

jimmii wrote: »

Amazingly it looks like you have only ever posted in FSA so 3564 is your count!

I did a search forum for my posts if thats how yis were doing it and I got 3563, I must have posted once somewhere else. No idea where!

I'm nothin if not loyal!

jimmii

FHFC wrote: »

I did a search forum for my posts if thats how yis were doing it and I got 3563, I must have posted once somewhere else. No idea where!

I'm nothin if not loyal!

I think the post you made asking wasn't included or something maybe? Or maybe you made one post in one those dodgy forums and it doesn't count them!!

GLaDOS

It can sometimes take a bit for posts to show up in search, if you searched right after making a post you probably missed it.

FHFC

jimmii wrote: »

I think the post you made asking wasn't included or something maybe? Or maybe you made one post in one those dodgy forums and it doesn't count them!!

Thanks, I see it now yeah. Looks like I am a one forum man all right.

FHFC

Signed up now.

@ Lemlin, we never followed it up when it was discussed on another thread, but there was a bit of interest in doing this competition with a small entry fee and the pot going to a charity nominated by the winner.

Would you still be interested in doing that if I arranged collection of money etc?

Understand if you don't want to get bogged down in it at this late stage, but if you are willing and the majority of interested participants are willing I'd be happy to do the treasurer side of it thru a paypal or something....

AdpRo

FHFC wrote: »

How do you find your number of post on this forum as opposed to on boards.

I'm fairly sure the numbers are identical in my case, however just want to check....

Also, didn't know you could change the boards name on your account! How do you do that?

When I first registered here last year I just fired in the first thing that came into my head as I didn't really expect to be hanging around! Didn't use any of the regular 'handles' I'd be used to using on forums over the years, still can't get used to 'being' FHFC but didn't want to start all over again!

You need to subscribe to boards.ie for a minimum of 1 month (€5), once subscribed you can request a username change. More information here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/faq.php?faq=bie_faq_im_new_here#faq_bie_faq_im_new_here_subscriberbenefits

Boots234

Lemlin wrote: »

I actually meant to add that and have now:

"Please note that the current champion Boots234 is exempt from the post count rule as the current champion must be given the chance to defend their title".

Thanks Lemlin, as a sign of gratitude I'll do a few transfers this week to give you a headstart in our head to head game at the weekend!

jimmii

FHFC wrote: »

Thanks, I see it now yeah. Looks like I am a one forum man all right.

Thats a crazy number of posts in one forum in 15 months! You FSA degen!

GLaDOS

In retrospect I should have waited til Saturday to sign up and built up a few more posts

Swiper the fox

boots, you should really have that in your sig, FSA Champions league champ.

You can be damn sure I'll be announcing it to all and sundry if I win the FSA premier:pac:

Interesting to see other peoples post count here, I'm averaging about 4 a day since I started here 25 months ago.

jimmii

Swiper the fox wrote: »

boots, you should really have that in your sig, FSA Champions league champ.

You can be damn sure I'll be announcing it to all and sundry if I win the FSA premier:pac:

Interesting to see other peoples post count here, I'm averaging about 4 a day since I started here 25 months ago.

Absolutely! I changed my FFS name when I won there! If I won the whole of FPL I think I would get my name changed to have Official FPL Champion as my middle name.

Iused2likebusts

AdpRo wrote: »

You need to subscribe to boards.ie for a minimum of 1 month (€5), once subscribed you can request a username change. More information here:

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I might look into that. I hate my username.

CSF

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I might look into that. I hate my username.

You mean you.................used2likebusts but now you've changed your mind?

Lemlin

FHFC wrote: »

Signed up now.

@ Lemlin, we never followed it up when it was discussed on another thread, but there was a bit of interest in doing this competition with a small entry fee and the pot going to a charity nominated by the winner.

Would you still be interested in doing that if I arranged collection of money etc?

Understand if you don't want to get bogged down in it at this late stage, but if you are willing and the majority of interested participants are willing I'd be happy to do the treasurer side of it thru a paypal or something....

My thinking was we'll hold that off until next year. The cup is a bit rushed this year.

FHFC

Lemlin wrote: »

My thinking was we'll hold that off until next year. The cup is a bit rushed this year.

No problem, would be scarce of time myself but would have given it a go.

Swiper the fox

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I might look into that. I hate my username.

Feckit, we don't even watch Dora anymore but around here I'm Swiper the Fox,
You are who you are, even if you change we'll all call you busts anyway and it'll just be confusing for the newbies:p


Who is/was the one direction fan?? I've noticed him on the threads recently.

FHFC

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Feckit, we don't even watch Dora anymore but around here I'm Swiper the Fox,
You are who you are, even if you change we'll all call you busts anyway and it'll just be confusing for the newbies:p


Who is/was the one direction fan?? I've noticed him on the threads recently.

Yeah, questioning whether its worth the effort (and the fiver) myself.

I'm FHFC here and always have been, its just that anywhere else I would have been online over the years I'd have usually been Mr T....right back to the Johnny Ward Eircom League message board back in the early 2,000s if anyone remembers it! Although with a Mr P already on FSA that could get even weirder!

Mr.Prodston

FHFC wrote: »

Yeah, questioning whether its worth the effort (and the fiver) myself.

I'm FHFC here and always have been, its just that anywhere else I would have been online over the years I'd have usually been Mr T....right back to the Johnny Ward Eircom League message board back in the early 2,000s if anyone remembers it! Although with a Mr P already on FSA that could get even weirder!

I pity the fool who changes his name :pac:

CSF

CSF 4 lyf

Iused2likebusts

CSF wrote: »

You mean you.................used2likebusts but now you've changed your mind?

It was a stupid name I came up with at the start of the recession. I was embarrassed enough when my wife discovered I was posting ff stuff to random people on the Internet she was even more concerned when she saw my username.

GLaDOS

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Feckit, we don't even watch Dora anymore but around here I'm Swiper the Fox,
You are who you are, even if you change we'll all call you busts anyway and it'll just be confusing for the newbies:p


Who is/was the one direction fan?? I've noticed him on the threads recently.

I was once known as ScienceNerd

And he shall rise again!

Swiper the fox

No. 1 One Direction Fan wrote: »

I was once known as ScienceNerd

And he shall rise again!

Ah, I remember ScienceNerd, he had a grand username;)
For some reason I took his posts a lot more seriously than yours.:p

dahat

No. 1 One Direction Fan wrote: »

I was once known as ScienceNerd

And he shall rise again!

Your a bigger nerd now!