Signs you're a FPL addict - Boarsie edition - Please read first post

FutureGuy · 05-11-2014 11:33am #1

I'm robbing the excellent idea from FantasYIRMA article to see what are the signs from a boarsie perspective...

http://fantasyyirma.com/2014/11/04/27-signs-that-youre-addicted-to-fantasy-football/

So it's a case of posting to finish the following sentence...

You know you are addicted to FPL when...

...you relate Fantasy Football occurances to places when you revisit them at a later date.

-Bunratty Castle when Stephen Ireland got 19 fecking points for my rival.
-Tesco Car park when Carlton Cole scored and got sent off.
-Random petrol station when Darren bent finally scores on the day I sold him.
-Homestore and More in Limerick when RVP score 2 and assisted 3

jimmii · 05-11-2014 11:37am

I remember the day the Yak scored 4 fondly I had taken a hit to get him in that week which made it especially sweet!

KevIRL · 05-11-2014 11:43am

Trying to keep these forum related as opposed to general game related

I say to myself that Parlance/Mr prodston/insert username as appropriate will be thrilled with that goal.

I fistpump when I get in ahead of finnharpsboy with an update from a live match

Random Internet peoples scores matter way more than they should to me

I miss roryc even with his moans

I still want to see that mickey turner goal gif.....

I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

FutureGuy · 05-11-2014 11:47am

When you walk into a pole when checking if Liverpool conceded...

Menas · 05-11-2014 11:51am

FutureGuy wrote: »

When you walk into a pole when checking if Liverpool conceded...

Thats a lot of poles to walk in to every weekend. You should buy a helmet!

Swiper the fox · 05-11-2014 11:54am

My captain Yaya toure scoring a free kick in injury time during communion at my cousins wedding August 31 2013.
Michu(c) blanking after Swansea scored 4 during my nephews (and Godsons) christening.
Stag in Galway last year when Mata came on late in the second half and scored twice. Most of my mates have no interest in FPL and I would be well known as being a non-lover(to put it mildly) of Man U but Mata and Rooney were in my team that day.

Far too many to mention.

Scorpion Sting · 05-11-2014 11:56am

KevIRL wrote: »

I fistpump when I get in ahead of finnharpsboy with an update from a live match

Hahaha brilliant!

KevIRL · 05-11-2014 11:56am

Its 16:40 on Saturday afternoon and you have 3 defenders on a clean sheet, yer away from a TV and relying for FSA for game updates. You refresh the page on your phone and see the latest post on thread is from finnhaprsboy

One or more cleanies gone

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Yellow card for a randomer like Cattermole

Mr.Prodston · 05-11-2014 12:09pm

- When you wake up one morning and realise that you actually support Norwich

- When everyone waits patiently for you every Saturday at 2pm for whatever witty title I come up with for the line-ups

- When you realise that you might have an unhealthy obsession with a number of players such as Yaya and Ramsey

- When you realise that you have an extremely healthy obsession with a man called Mickey Turner

- When you're in the heart of the Vietnamese countryside with no access to wifi and all you can think about is whether or not you should transfer in Rickie Lambert. Not that it matters because you have no wifi anyway

- When you realise that without the FSA you probably wouldn't care half as much about the game and that you consider a number of people you've never met to be friends

scouttio · 05-11-2014 12:12pm

When your third substitute gets a hat-trick

alchemist33 · 05-11-2014 12:17pm

When you take the family shopping because Aguero is home to Burnley, you don't have him, and YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!

FutureGuy · 05-11-2014 12:21pm

When you want your team to win 5-1 when you have their attacking players but not defeders, and 1-0 when the opposite is true

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 12:29pm

KevIRL wrote: »

I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

Hahaha got a good laugh out of that!

I often wonder about this myself!

When you secretly (and sometimes not so secretly) feel delighted knowing your captain has scored... against your own team

Iused2likebusts · 05-11-2014 12:38pm

Some highlights
Walcott (C) while being at a family function one xmas think it was 52 pts.
Pushing my son on the swings while checking my phone the day M Turner scored for Norwich.
Being up in Belfast with the OH dropping into a pub to check the score and spurs have scored 4 goals. I have ade in my team ask a randomer who scored for spurs ade hasnt scored. Go back out to the OH pretty grumpy my mate texts me 5 mins later you jammy so and so ade has 4 assists. Oh how the mood changed.

I find myself when I have aguero in my team constantly updating the man city page from 145 till 2 to see if he is starting.
I often pretend to need to go to the toilet when doing family stuff at the weekend so I can check the forum.
That buzz you get when a player your not keeping goes up .2 when on wildcard.
Hoping that the team you support will concede a goal.
I was in hospital a few years back with burst appendix rang a mate just as I was going in for the OP to make a transfer for me.

05-11-2014 12:41pm

Double game week. Dempsey for Fulham as captain. Two points first game, but then scored two goals in the second half of the second game and got the bonus.

FutureGuy · 05-11-2014 12:53pm

MOD: GUYS, CAN WE KEEP THESE ON TOPIC - So it's a case of posting to finish the following sentence...

You know you are addicted to FPL when (enter your own personal symptom here ).

Earthhorse · 05-11-2014 1:03pm

You think to yourself, "No way Lemlin is right about that. I know my team better and his advice doesn't apply to me." And then it turns out he's right.

Boots234 · 05-11-2014 1:48pm

You know you are addicted to FPL when Aguero(c) scores 4 against Spurs but you are still angry that he missed a penalty

AdpRo · 05-11-2014 1:54pm

KevIRL wrote: »

I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

Was checking out the Boards.ie FSA league table there a couple of weeks ago and spotted his name, just checked there and he is in 116th place in the league!

Swiper the fox · 05-11-2014 1:54pm

With the exception of boards your browsing and search history seems to only recognise sites beginning with the letter F.

You will happily settle down in front of the box at 8 o clock on a Monday night hoping for a nil-nil and switch to fair city when there's been a few early goals and the game is looking like it's gonna be a cracker.

FHFC · 05-11-2014 1:58pm

You know you are addicted to FPL when your google search history consists almost entirely of Aguero/Sanchez/Costa/etc followed by the word 'injury'...

CSF · 05-11-2014 2:02pm

When the first thing you do when you wake up at 7:30 in the morning is check the Price Changes thread.

dahat · 05-11-2014 2:05pm

I have spent the last two days working about the price of Tim Krul, need him to stay at 4.5 till sat.

Checking over and back at the site like a Wall Street trader with millions at stake.

Iused2likebusts · 05-11-2014 2:07pm

CSF wrote: »

When the first thing you do when you wake up at 7:30 in the morning is check the Price Changes thread.

When doing a night feed with the baby you get excited that there is a new post in the price change thread at 330 in the morning.

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 2:21pm

You know you're addicted to FPL when:

You're on holidays somewhere and offer to take your child for a stroll in the buggy so that you can go for a sneaky pint when she falls asleep and read FSA!

A shopping trip on a Saturday or Sunday usually ends in your wife losing the plot because you are walking 4-5 steps behind her, trying to keep up while reading your phone!

FutureGuy · 05-11-2014 2:25pm

...when you are watching Swansea vs Leicester instead of El Classico because you have Neil Taylor and Gylfi Sigurdsson playing.

...when you can actually spell Sigurdsson correctly from memory.

...when you know his first name is Gylfi.

...when you can compare the merits of each Talyor playing in the Premier League.

FHFC · 05-11-2014 2:25pm

when you are sitting in a meeting in Dublin supposed to be sensible and professional and you have FSA open on your laptop and are posting in a "you know when you are addicted to Fantasy Football" thread. *

* this may or may not be happening right now.

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 2:28pm

When you have the name of a peno taker followed by the word GOAL!!!! already typed out and are fúcking delighted with yourself when you're the first to get it posted in the match day thread!

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 2:32pm

When you're watching Hull vs Stoke on a Saturday evening and you don't even own any players but you're praying Stoke score because your key rival has Chester!

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 2:36pm

When your mind is usually occupied on a 10k run by the various connotations of what transfer you should make!

Iused2likebusts · 05-11-2014 2:37pm

When you know the next 3 or 4 fixtures of teams like wba hull and Burnley and when you have a fixture booklet beside your bed with all the fa cup and cl dates filled into it and can more or less predict when the dgws will take place.

FantasyYIRMA · 05-11-2014 2:42pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

I'm robbing the excellent idea from FantasYIRMA article to see what are the signs from a boarsie perspective...

Thanks for adding - some cracking responses

I think I had to reflect on exactly how many of the original 27 i nodded my head and agreed with - frightening!

Thanks again for adding - the article has had a great response an it's great to see folk running with it and posting their additions - I'm sure there's 100s more out there.

All the best,

FY

Sitting in a Car park whilst the Mrs is in Tesco's listening to a Hull game in the hope of a clean sheet has also left me questioning myself!! ha

manual_man · 05-11-2014 2:53pm

when... you have 4 different women FPL games on the go, and are trying desperately to keep them all happy...

Shedite27 · 05-11-2014 2:54pm

...Saturday mornings 10.30 - 11.30 are the most stressful part of your week.

OneColdHand · 05-11-2014 2:58pm

When someone on boards mentions a new FPL related website (eg. FF Fix) that you haven't heard of, and you panic, thinking 'oh crap, EVERYONE has a HUGE advantage over me.' And you then spend the next hour trawling through this new website trying to 'catch up'!

FutureGuy · 05-11-2014 3:04pm

...when you are 2 miles into a 19 mile run and you spend the next 9 miles checking the score in the Liverpool - Arsenal game because you don't any attacking Pool players and are sh!tting yourself because they are running riot after 20 minutes.

dublinhead · 05-11-2014 3:19pm

Quote:
Originally Posted by KevIRL View Post
I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

Was checking out the Boards.ie FSA league table there a couple of weeks ago and spotted his name, just checked there and he is in 116th place in the league!

I had a great battle with carlcon for the 2011/12 season, for the top of the boards.ie league. I won on the last day of the season thanks to aguero. He finished 251 in the world. I finished 227. Good player of the game. He was the Lemlin of the day!

You know you are addicted to FPL when you can't wait for snow/ice at christmas and knowing which clubs have undersoil heating gives you an advantage!

km79 · 05-11-2014 3:27pm

when van aanholt assists a goal and you shriek with delight only for a few minutes later to squeal in anguish when he injures himself

AdMMM · 05-11-2014 4:42pm

...when you're more interested in the foreign commentary streams you have set-up featuring the relegation fodder, praying for clean sheets because you cunningly have some of their 4.0 defenders in your Fantasy team instead of your own team playing in HD on the main TV in front of you!

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 6:37pm

dublinhead wrote: »

Quote:
Originally Posted by KevIRL View Post
I wonder often if carlcon still plays the game and lurks here

Was checking out the Boards.ie FSA league table there a couple of weeks ago and spotted his name, just checked there and he is in 116th place in the league!

I had a great battle with carlcon for the 2011/12 season, for the top of the boards.ie league. I won on the last day of the season thanks to aguero. He finished 251 in the world. I finished 227. Good player of the game. He was the Lemlin of the day!

You know you are addicted to FPL when you can't wait for snow/ice at christmas and knowing which clubs have undersoil heating gives you an advantage!

I was third that season. Had Aguero captain and was in a City pub in Manchester on a stag - what a day.

Hackers · 05-11-2014 6:47pm

Been there done that! She is 3 months old now so that has stopped in the last week or so.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

When doing a night feed with the baby you get excited that there is a new post in the price change thread at 330 in the morning.

Hackers · 05-11-2014 6:54pm

.....or running her over with the trolley because she has stopped to root around the back of a shelf looking for the longest best before date on a tin of beans while you are on autopilot with head buried in the phone

Lemlin wrote: »

You know you're addicted to FPL when:

A shopping trip on a Saturday or Sunday usually ends in your wife losing the plot because you are walking 4-5 steps behind her, trying to keep up while reading your phone!

dahat · 05-11-2014 7:00pm

When you look for bonus points after lasting beyond your usual ejaculation point.......

sneachtafear · 05-11-2014 7:20pm

When you volunteer to jump out of bed to feed the baby at night just to have a look at price rises!!

Mint Sauce · 05-11-2014 11:01pm

When I find my self cheering on Man Utd, City, and Chelsea.

FHFC · 06-11-2014 12:01am

....when you and another seemingly sane and mature adult and parent trade insults on an Internet forum ahead of a H2H match.

wonski · 06-11-2014 2:14am

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

When doing a night feed with the baby you get excited that there is a new post in the price change thread at 330 in the morning.

You should reset your alarm clocks as the changes are at 2am now;)

Might not be as easy as it sounds when you have to reset your baby's clock too.

Edit:

You're an FPL addict when you try to change your kids eating routine to fit it into price change updates

alchemist33 · 06-11-2014 2:13pm

When your key phone charging time is 2.05 to 3 pm, Saturday.

Swiper the fox · 06-11-2014 6:15pm

you use the word "algorithm" on a daily basis despite having no idea what it actually means!

:pac:

Earthhorse · 06-11-2014 7:17pm

Nah, that just means you work in IT.

FHFC · 08-11-2014 2:47pm

...when you see 'Cahill goal / Matic assist' and your first thought is "what kinda pointless f***ing goal is that! "

Signs you're a FPL addict - Boarsie edition - Please read first post

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