World Cup of FSA - 2016/2017 (FPL)

Mr.Prodston

World Cup you say? Well let me explain

I've been toying with this idea for a couple of seasons now and it's purely a bit of fun like the draft we had running two season ago. The idea is pretty simple and mostly influenced by Emmet02's Ireland vs England epic saga.

While that was simply Ireland vs England it got me thinking. What about a bigger scope, the entire world perhaps. It is after all the global fantasy game right?

So I present to you:

The inaugural World Cup of FSA - 2016/2017

I've been working the logistics and I can just about figure out about 9 teams:

1. England
2. Celtic Nations (Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. EU countries - without the aforementioned nations numbered 2-5 (Heh I made a political joke :cool:)
7. Africa
8. South America
9. Rest of the World (Non-EU European countries, Asia, North and Central America, Oceanica etc)

Perhaps both the EU and Rest of the World could be constructed differently to make fielding teams easier? Also there are issues over goalkeepers for Africa and Forwards for a couple of teams but we could iron those out - Possible solution allowing uncapped English players or English players below a certain price threshold.

Obviously this would be for regular FSA posters who would actually contribute to the thread throughout the year rather than silent and ruthless partners in an ideal world.

- Random draw for teams
- The setting up of a second throwaway account for league and ease of competition (None of these teams are going to win anything :pac:)
- I'd suggest 2 iterations of each team, at most. So probably 18 max, although it'd be interesting to see if 2 people would set up the same crop of players differently or more if the demand was off the scale.
- Decide on transfers, captaincy, chips before competition begins.

What are people's thoughts? Is there an interest? I have little love for admin duties so I want this to run as straightforward as possible if at all :pac:

I'm not taking names or anything just yet. I just want to see what ye think and there'll be no cash involved this is purely good clean fun folks. I'm the Anti-Blatter

KevIRL

In

bezuaua

Me likes! IN

Invincible

Sure why not!

alchemist33

Nice idea and would consider it. A second account would need another email address, I presume? I also presume the FPL overlords still frown on second teams but surely this is harmless stuff and many people have second teams for novelty leagues.

T-b0n3

I'd be interested too.

Cheers

stephenl15

Me too

jimmii

Sounds fun. I'm in. I'll be England save someone else the hassle!

hurlingman97

I'm in too.ðŸ‘

bezuaua

In order to count with my 2 European Champions (Cedric & Fonte) I must get EU countries...

Invincible

jimmii wrote: »

Sounds fun. I'm in. I'll be England save someone else the hassle!

Random draw for teams stated.

jimmii

Invincible wrote: »

Random draw for teams stated.

Yeh I saw. But sure who wants to be England like!

MarkSRFC21

Really interesting idea

eagle eye

In if there's still room.

Scorpion Sting

I'm in if there's still space.

FHFC

Sounds great. But I think if I had anything more than 1 FPL team to obsess over my head would explode.

mectavba

In if there is space

Dearg81

I'd be up for this. I did a Spain vs Belgium&France with a mate a couple of years ago and it was good craic, it was level going into the last gameweek and my Spain won it in the end.

AdpRo

interested as well

iroced

Definitely interested.


But would decline if random draw gives me Portugal :pac:...

finnharpsboy

I'm in if there's room

Mr.Prodston

Ok we currently have:

1. Mr.Prodston
2. KevIRL
3. bezuaua
4. Invincible
5. alchemist33
6. T-bon3
7. stephenl15
8. jimmii
9. hurlingman97
10. MarkSRFC21
11. eagle eye
12. Scorpion Sting
13. mectavba
14. Dearg81
15. AdpRo
16. iroced
17. finnharpsboy
18. ?

If FHFC decides he's not playing then we have one spot remaining. Unless another 9 people want in for a 3rd replication? But that's overkill I reckon.

Africa have no goalkeepers and the rest of the world's best forward is Okazaki by my reckoning so I must devise a system to plug those gaps. Probably cheap English players.

Teams will be randomly assigned whenever I get around to doing it. Some will have selection headaches due to surplus players, mainly whoever gets England and pretty much everyone else will have 20 players to choose from if they're lucky :pac:

Scorpion Sting

Steve Mandanda was born in Africa so he could be used.

Mr.Prodston

Welcome all to the draw for managers and their teams for the inaugural World Cup of FSA exclusive to the Fantasy Sports Arena and their media partner FSA Network News.

*highlights montage of classic FSA Moments such as KevIRL's youtube downfall spoof of roryc, Futureguy reprimanding an unruly guest, FHFC and Busts engaging in some dusty debate about theory, Iroced enlightening us about all things French and PVA scoring a freekick whilst having a Triple captain armband*

Firstly lets remind you all of the teams involved in the World Cup of FSA:

1. England
2. Celtic Nations (Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland)
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. EU (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden)
7. Africa
8. South America
9. Rest of the World (Non EU countries, Asia, Central and North America and Oceanica plus the entire universe)

And now for the managers:

1. Mr.Prodston
2. KevIRL
3. bezuaua
4. Invincible
5. alchemist33
6. T-bon3
7. stephenl15
8. jimmii
9. hurlingman97
10. MarkSRFC21
11. eagle eye
12. Scorpion Sting
13. mectavba
14. Dearg81
15. AdpRo
16. iroced
17. finnharpsboy
18. Copper Pipe*(added)

Once it's established whether or not FHFC is in or out we'll announce it on FSA Network News. Our intrepid reporter was hoping he'd see the thread and confirm if he was in or out.

*Mickey Turner and Graz Pelle join us on the stage for our draw*

The draw was conducted earlier through the first website on a google search that would draw numbers in random order and was entered on Excel. But now the draw:

Teams: Managers:

England 6. T-bon3
Celtic Nations 3. bezuaua
Spain 16. iroced
France 11. eagle eye
Belgium 12. Scorpion Sting
EU countries 10. MarkSRFC21
Africa 17. finnharpsboy
South America 4. Invincible
Rest of the World  13. mectavba
England 14. Dearg81
Celtic Nations 1. Mr.Prodston
Spain 18. Copper Pipe*added
France 5. alchemist33
Belgium 8. jimmii
EU countries 15. AdpRo
Africa 2. KevIRL
South America 9. hurlingman97
Rest of the World  7. stephenl15



So there you have it folks the draw is out and teams and managers are allocated.

Go nuts picking your teams and I'll set up a league at somestage with a pin. Any issues and we can thrash them out on the thread. FHFC has Spain if he's in and if he's out it should entice another poster to join the fold.

That's it from the draw in Prodston Towers. Remember that together we are the world :cool:

FHFC

Sorry Mr P. Not been following this thread. That was a no from me.

I want nothing to distract me from me campaign for FPL world domination.

Mr.Prodston

FHFC wrote: »

Sorry Mr P. Not been following this thread. That was a no from me.

I want nothing to distract me from me campaign for FPL world domination.

I was assuming it was but I was too lazy to check until I realised I needed to do the draw :pac: Once a team is set up there'll be no real work involved though

*1 Additional Poster Required To Manage Spain*

finnharpsboy

must dig out the vuvuzela's to warm up my Africans

Copper_pipe

In if theres room

hurlingman97

Steps towards fsa world champion

Step 1. Manage South America

Step 2. Entice Suarez back to epl to lead us to glory.

alchemist33

Vive la France! Vive la liberté! Vive l'égalité....


Non, non, attendez. Mort a l'égalité! Vive la victoire Francais!

Mr.Prodston

Copper_pipe wrote: »

In if theres room

Hola.

Bienvenido a la Copa del Mundo de la FSA mi amigo Tuberías de Cobre

Edit to translate: Yes you're in :pac:

finnharpsboy

Only 1 african gk in the game.... who do i pick as a second?

Mr.Prodston

finnharpsboy wrote: »

Only 1 african gk in the game.... who do i pick as a second?

It's one more than i found :pac:

Scorpion Sting suggested Mandanda but as he's well capped by France I think it's probably best we go down the young cheap English players route possibly.

It's open to the floor though

ElTel

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Hola.

Bienvenido a la Copa del Mundo de la FSA mi amigo Tuberías de Cobre

Ha!!
Follows thread.
Good luck to you all.
Great stuff Mr. P.

jimmii

I'll be looking to get Belgium to bounce back from the Euros is impressive fashion!

alchemist33

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

It's one more than i found :pac:

Scorpion Sting suggested Mandanda but as he's well capped by France I think it's probably best we go down the young cheap English players route possibly.

It's open to the floor though

English U-23s for anybody who cant fill a spot?

We might have to appoint a jury to deliberate on some nationalities. If capped, easy enough. If not, country of birth. If born in one but has declared for another, provide a link?

finnharpsboy

alchemist33 wrote: »

English U-23s for anybody who cant fill a spot?

We might have to appoint a jury to deliberate on some nationalities. If capped, easy enough. If not, country of birth. If born in one but has declared for another, provide a link?

Butland and pickford the only 23 and under keepers i can see, just had a quick glance though

Kankan14

What about using any uncapped English players as a gap filler.

Mr.Prodston

They probably can't be players in the actual, say, England teams either. It's the sticking point really for a few countries. Diomande of Hull is Norwegian anyway for the Rest of the World managers I discovered :pac:

I used this to source premier league players from nations but other might have better sites. I just kept scrolling down and then just used the search function on chrome.

http://www.premierleague.com/players?se=54&cl=-1

Mr.Prodston

alchemist33 wrote: »

English U-23s for anybody who cant fill a spot?

We might have to appoint a jury to deliberate on some nationalities. If capped, easy enough. If not, country of birth. If born in one but has declared for another, provide a link?

If any of the wise elders of the forum who aren't involved wanted to weigh in like the dubious goals panel or something :pac:

KevIRL

Are we going with squads restricted once the EPL begins? I'd suggest we do, as it really helps the stronger teams if they can do transfers.

Allow subs and captaincy changes, and even use of TC, BB and AOA chips but your 15 to start are it for the for the competition is my thought.

Mr.Prodston

KevIRL wrote: »

Are we going with squads restricted once the EPL begins? I'd suggest we do, as it really helps the stronger teams if they can do transfers.

Allow subs and captaincy changes, and even use of TC, BB and AOA chips but your 15 to start are it for the for the competition is my thought.

My thoughts were that transfers/wildcard could be used up until the summer transfer deadline and then the week after the winter one closes. But absolutely a restriction on transfers is the only fair way to operate things.

MarkSRFC21

Managed to hobble together a decent looking EU squad. Though my attack is entirely reliant on a certain big swede...

Dearg81

Being manager of Ingerland is atcually pretty hard. I can see why nobody wanted the job!

finnharpsboy

Just need 2 keepers and my Africans are ready to roll

GK:
DF: Rahman Bailly Kone Schlupp Souare
MF: Ayew Bolaise Yaya Mahrez Mane
FD: Ighalo Ihenacho Diouf

The trophy is heading to Madagascar!!!

alchemist33

KevIRL wrote: »

Are we going with squads restricted once the EPL begins? I'd suggest we do, as it really helps the stronger teams if they can do transfers.

Allow subs and captaincy changes, and even use of TC, BB and AOA chips but your 15 to start are it for the for the competition is my thought.

Maybe the cutoff should be when the transfer window "slams shut" to give those with harder tasks the best chance of fielding 15? They'd also suffer most if one of their players was sold to China after the season kicks off.

Copper_pipe

alchemist33 wrote: »

Maybe the cutoff should be when the transfer window "slams shut" to give those with harder tasks the best chance of fielding 15? They'd also suffer most if one of their players was sold to China after the season kicks off.

The Italians are down a BUIB :pac::pac::pac:

KevIRL

alchemist33 wrote: »

Maybe the cutoff should be when the transfer window "slams shut" to give those with harder tasks the best chance of fielding 15? They'd also suffer most if one of their players was sold to China after the season kicks off.

Ya, this seems fair enough.

alchemist33

Les Quinze Baguettes (or France)

Lloris Mandanda
Koscielny Sagna Zouma (injured but this is for the season) Sakho (might get sold yet) Mangala
Payet Martial Kante Capoue Cabaye
Giroud Remy (I'm desperate) Mousset



I won't field 11 some weeks but that's part of the craic!

iroced

alchemist33 wrote: »

Les Quinze Baguettes (or France)

Lloris Mandanda
Koscielny Sagna Zouma (injured but this is for the season) Sakho (might get sold yet) Mangala
Payet Martial Kante Capoue Cabaye
Giroud Remy (I'm desperate) Mousset



I won't field 11 some weeks but that's part of the craic!

Ibra's arrival probably not a good news for Martial...
Then, the thing with France is there are so many African binationals who came out of the French academies, starting with last year PL player of the season!

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As for me, I thought Spain would give me luxury problems... But it's actually tougher than I tought. The 4 Chelsea spaniards don't help and anyway I'd like to know how Conte would line-up, Mourinho is a pain too (he's not Mata best fan) and the worst thing, the worst of them all, I'm gonna have to rely in attack on my absolutely-everything-he-represents-that-I-hate-in-football Diego Costa who's not even really spanish :rolleyes:...
Ah fortunately there's Merlin :cool:.

stephenl15

Feckin rest of world. I'll give a look tomorrow, should be fun :P