General Chat 2021/22

bmorrissey

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623409#Comment_117623409

Speaking of Nuno with Spurs, would it be a good reason to go with Doherty for a bit again?

Hey McBain.

You can request soccer access here

https://boards.ie/discussion/2058199546/soccer-group-access-request-thread

GetWithIt

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631010#Comment_117631010

He's in my provisional team, but only really as a reminder. Will need to see him nailed on. City first up too.

nullObjects

Didn't realise Patricio left Wolves. Is Ruddy the first choice? (he's 4.5)

They've a decent run from 4-7, could be a rotation with another cheap keeper

eh i dunno

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631559#Comment_117631559

They bought a new keeper from greece. Jose sa

nullObjects

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631581#Comment_117631581

Ah cheers, I didn't spot him when I was checking the prices, he's priced more expensive too so I guess they expect him to start

tranquilo

Anyone any recommendations for a good 4.0 value player? I know it's hard to tell at the moment with pre season only starting. A new John Lundstram find would be brilliant!

Lucas Hood

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631992#Comment_117631992

Brandon Williams maybe if he gets his loan to Southampton from Man United.

eh i dunno

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631687#Comment_117631687

He'll definitely be starting

Scorpion Sting

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117632098#Comment_117632098

He won’t be a starter as they signed a new left-back and KWP is the first-choice right-back.

in case of emergency have ye all bookmarked

gubu.ie

?

nullObjects

Website to be down for "an hour" tomorrow. Fool me once, etc etc

Ace2007

Whatever chance we had of getting KM79 back on board this year, news of his favourite fpl player being arrested coupled with this new site means that probably dead in the water

jimmii

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117635864#Comment_117635864

I signed up could be a back up option. Has a nice familiar look to it! Looks like it could easily slip into just being a home for banned users here they need to nip that in the bud quickly.

Father Hernandez

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117635864#Comment_117635864

Is Gubu the new boards.ie?

Not liking this new layout at all and have found myself coming here less and less. Hopefully just a phase of getting used to it.

jimmii

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117636367#Comment_117636367

Thats pretty much their aim.

Ace2007

I might have missed something but was boards.ie sold or why has this new site appeared?

patmac

With the UK opening up, there was 346000 at Silverstone over the 3 days and with the darts in Blackpool sold out, I think having 15 will be vital this season. God this site is brutal since the upgrade.

km79

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117636249#Comment_117636249

I got a load of texts last night as I’m also gone off twitter (only used it for fpl updates ) so I was completely unaware !

Its a good thing GettinSiggyWithIt from FPL retired alright :(

it’s funny that I still checked here too though :)

I won’t be back this year anyways . Maybe when things settle down a bit with fixtures after pandemic passes .

also yes the site is an abomination at the moment

jimmii

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117636443#Comment_117636443

Guessing this is much cheaper to run than whatever is being done under the old format. Saving money seems to be the most obvious reason yo ditch something perfectly good for something so untested.

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117636367#Comment_117636367

Looks like a few heads set it up trying to take advantage of the discontent of the users from this new ‘upgrade’.

would hope these guys get it together though.

HenrysLeftHand

Anyone else concerned that the English players involved in the euro's will not be involved for their clubs for the first couple of weeks of the season?

extra gravy

Had a quick look at Gubu there, tis easier on me old eyes anyway. Hate all this white space on the boards mobile site now, especially when so used to dark mode on Android.

macraignil

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117638836#Comment_117638836

Just went to **** and did not find the FPL section so as another potential back up community in case the boards.ie site remains less usable I have set up a reddit.com community called irishfpl in case that would be of any use. I have found the existing reddit FPL community to be less than friendly at times in the past and it has a lot of re-posting content from twitter. The functionality of notifications seem to be better set up on reddit than the new boards.ie format. Never set up a reddit community before but if you want to join then the community is just set up at: https://www.reddit.com/r/irishfpl/

jimmii

I find reddit horrific. Can't imagine it would be hard to set up an fpl section on gubu.

Edit: there's actually a thread up and running with a few posts already.

Trimm Trabb

On the iPad the new site is comparable to the old one though missing the touch layout. If they can sort the mobile site maybe things will become active again before the season starts.

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643045#Comment_117643045

Agree with this.

I also find reddit to be a horrible read.

would have thought it would be easy enough to set something up on gubu in case of emergency.

fairly worrying the lack of posting in here so the prospect of filling up leagues isn’t looking good.

the ‘upgrade’ is jaw-droppingly bad so I don’t blame anyone for not posting.

It’s only 3 weeks to kickoff and that will tip by fairly swiftly. I don’t see any reason that boards would be sorted by then.

jimmii

Who has signed up? I've the same name on there. Today so rare had an update that went wrong been interesting to see how well they've managed it compared to how things have gone here! Granted it's not been quite as dramatic a front end change but still interesting to see how different organisations manage it when things go wrong.

I haven’t joined gubu yet.

I really just wanted to find a place we could all go to in case this site falls apart.

Even if it’s just for the money leagues I think we should all be on the same page for whatever alternative is needed.

Gubu currently looks like the easiest place to go and set up a new forum.

Again, other suggestions are welcome.

jimmii

Yeah good to have a back up option especially for cash leagues as you say. Having used discord for a little bit now actually think it's pretty good.