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Sky Sports Fantasy Football thread - 2019/20 Winner is Donegal1234

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,653 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    I’ll be making it 10 soonðŸ†


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Rules explanation, pasted from the general chat thread:

    The rules are different from official fpl but not difficult to understand. There's a few key differences:

    You don't have subs. You just select your best eleven from the 100m budget. You have 40 transfers for the whole season. These can be used at any time, with the exception that no more than 5 can be used in a single game week.

    You can set a captain for every day there's a league game on(granted you have a player playing on that day).

    Points are allocated for goals assists and clean sheets but there are also extra points on offer for passing, tackling and shooting counts(it makes some of the more defensive minded midfielders more viable for example).

    3 bonus points are given to whoever's awarded man of the match.

    The nature of how the transfer system works along with the ability to have multiple captains in a gameweek is a key part of the strategy. You can set your captains in advance for each gameweek so it's not so stressful - however if you make a transfer during the gameweek(which you can do, right up until the earliest kickoff on any given day), you may wish to change your captain as part of your strategy. Just for example, you may have Salah and captain him for the Saturday game. Then, before first kickoff on Sunday, you may transfer Kane in for him, thus having 2 really good captain choices over those 2 days.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,173 ✭✭✭Dearg81


    I like the captain every day rule, it makes watching games more interesting.

    This is my team at the moment:
    Ederson
    Coleman VVD Zinchenko Guilbert
    Jota(Wolves) Maddison Fraser
    Auba Salah Sterling

    It's much easier to make a strong team in this game if you sign up a cheap enabler like Guilbert.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Yeah I like the idea of a cheap enabler. Boly was good last season. This season I’m starting out with Norwood.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,173 ✭✭✭Dearg81


    Also worth noting you get a wild card in week 5 so you are only picking a team for the 1st 4 weeks now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    With the free wildcard gw5 I’ve changed my team up a little:

    Ederson
    VVD Zinchenko Coleman
    Grealish Tielemans Norwood KDB Jota
    Kane Sterling


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,800 ✭✭✭county


    Count me in,just joined!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,916 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    Big fan of the SS and have played it for about 10 years.

    ... but the motm points awarding drives me mad. There's no rhyme or reason to it and if your players happens to be playing in a sky televised match then good luck unless they happen to be the media's latest darling for the national side (insert Kane, Lingard, Rashford, Alli, TAA here) as it's decided by one of the match commentators/pundits.


  • Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭ItAintMeBabe


    Not letting me join, entering correct pin. Anyone else having issues?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    manual_man wrote: »
    With the free wildcard gw5 I’ve changed my team up a little:

    Ederson
    VVD Zinchenko Coleman
    Grealish Tielemans Norwood KDB Jota
    Kane Sterling

    I'm planning to have Salah for the Friday night game then swap him out for Sterling on the Sat. City have two games then before Pool play again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Latest effort

    Ederson
    TAA Digne Guilbert
    KDB Maddison Jota Norwood
    Kane Salah Vardy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Not letting me join, entering correct pin. Anyone else having issues?

    PIN 8430565


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Alright folks cmon let’s get a few more signups


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    14 entries good stuff folks keep em coming


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,916 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    I'm in.

    Team name: Hewty McHewtface


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    I'm in.

    Team name: Hewty McHewtface

    Happy enough with that name


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    My latest effort

    Alisson
    Zinchenko Stevens Coleman
    KdB Moura Grealish Tielemans Jota
    Aubameyang Sterling

    Given we have a free wildcard after gw4. Have captain options for every day available. No Salah. Strong attack overall though. No need to waste any transfers over these opening weeks. Though I do have 0.1 in the bank I have an eye on doing Grealish to Barkley gw3, if Barkley's a starter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,916 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    Hoping Barkley plays from the off personally.

    Might take a punt on Lamela. Poch defintely favours his fellow Argentinean and he's start him in a sort of free role the last 3 games.

    Son is suspended, Alli is out for a few weeks and Eriksen has seen very few mins in preseason as his contract situation rumbled on.

    I kinda like the SS version for getting my punt fix ... saves me from going full prodston in the FPL. Well that's the theory anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,653 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    Anybody having trouble signing in on laptop,phone ok

    lets talk about 6 are ready to go
    EDERSON

    ZOUMA DUFFY DIGNE

    KDB ANTONIO MADDISON MCGINN

    RASHFORD MO PEREZ


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭claw


    Without thinking too hard about it:

    Pope
    TAA Zinchenko Digne
    Sigurdsson Barkley Tielemans Grealish
    King Salah Sterling

    Will play around with it before Friday!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭pnpweirdo


    Code 8430565 not working for me either


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    pnpweirdo wrote: »
    Code 8430565 not working for me either

    I'm not sure why that is. It's definitely the code

    https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/leagues/8430565


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    To expand, click on the Leagues tab, click on Join +(on the right), then enter the league pin and click search, then scroll down and click on the team you want to enter in the league, then right below it click Join

    PIN 8430565

    League name Boards FSA


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,916 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    claw wrote:
    Will play around with it before Friday!


    I wouldn't tinker too much. Solid team.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    BUMP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    manual_man wrote: »
    PIN 8430565

    League name Boards FSA

    18 members now. Filling up nicely. Keep 'em coming folks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    A reminder that the winner of the whole thing bags £50k(£5k for second £1k for third). £1k for the winner of the knockout cup. Manager of the month prize of a games console of your choice also


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Up to 20 entries now. Great to see


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Captain choices for gw1?

    I'm on Alisson, Sterling, and Aubameyang


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,916 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    manual_man wrote:
    I'm on Alisson, Sterling, and Aubameyang


    Couldn't possibly say. That's the beauty of SS. Captain choices 3 times a week can make or break ya.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Couldn't possibly say. That's the beauty of SS. Captain choices 3 times a week can make or break ya.

    I'm tinkering. I've now got Salah in alongside Auba and Sterling. Guilbert is a nice enabler


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    BUMP. Get your entries in folks :)

    Reminder: Boards FSA league PIN 8430565

    https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Not sure if it was mentioned, but you get to enter TWO teams into the main competition. With the free early wildcard after gw4 it might be no harm setting up a second more punty team and see how it goes over those first 4 gameweeks.

    But, if entering the Boards FSA league, PLEASE only enter one of your teams into this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    manual_man wrote: »
    BUMP. Get your entries in folks :)

    Reminder: Boards FSA league PIN 8430565

    https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/
    23 entered now last chance to enter :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,173 ✭✭✭Dearg81


    manual_man wrote: »
    Captain choices for gw1?

    I'm on Alisson, Sterling, and Aubameyang

    Thanks for reminding me. I had no captain selected for tomorrow. I'm on Salah, Sterling and Aubameyang.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Dearg81 wrote: »
    Thanks for reminding me. I had no captain selected for tomorrow. I'm on Salah, Sterling and Aubameyang.

    Yeah same


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    BTW for anybody wanting to enter a team, i think you can do so right up 'til kickoff, though the site seems to be having a few technical issues at present no doubt due to the last minute rush


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,653 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    manual_man wrote: »
    BTW for anybody wanting to enter a team, i think you can do so right up 'til kickoff, though the site seems to be having a few technical issues at present no doubt due to the last minute rush

    You dont have to have sat/sun cpt picked b4 8 and can change them either day b4 the 1st game,ie; if auba doesnt start u can put c on any other player, 23 players,thats my hopes of a top 20 gone so


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    You dont have to have sat/sun cpt picked b4 8 and can change them either day b4 the 1st game,ie; if auba doesnt start u can put c on any other player, 23 players,thats my hopes of a top 20 gone so

    Yeah you can change captain choice for any day right up until first kickoff on that day


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Trimm Trabb


    When do we find out who was MOTM?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Trimm Trabb


    Question re transfers/captaincy for next week..

    If I have a player like Auba as my captain on Saturday can I then buy someone like Vardy on Sunday morning who is playing that day v Chelsea and make him my Sunday captain?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭claw


    Question re transfers/captaincy for next week..

    If I have a player like Auba as my captain on Saturday can I then buy someone like Vardy on Sunday morning who is playing that day v Chelsea and make him my Sunday captain?

    Yes


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭claw


    127 points and 6719th overall, probably should have put in Auba today and captained him but very happy with that start. Probably my best start in playing Sky Sports ever since most teams at the top at the start seem to go for the monthly prize.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Finished up on 144 despite a Guilbert no show and Jota and double Leicester blank. Top 1k rank, all downhill from here!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,173 ✭✭✭Dearg81


    Finished up on 144 despite a Guilbert no show and Jota and double Leicester blank. Top 1k rank, all downhill from here!

    Ah don't be so negative! How much do you win when you come 1st? :-)
    I'm on 133points so delighted with that start.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    135pts. 94pts of that from the 3 captains :eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 SJIII


    manual_man wrote: »
    135pts. 94pts of that from the 3 captains :eek:

    Getting the captain spot on is the key! Foolishly went for Wilson over Sterling on the Saturday for a net loss of 17 points and had Jota today. Still though a score of 103pts isn't the worst I suppose. Seems like an enjoyable game, definitely like the more engaged aspect of it in comparison to FPL


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,173 ✭✭✭Dearg81


    Finished up on 144 despite a Guilbert no show and Jota and double Leicester blank. Top 1k rank, all downhill from here!

    How come you didn't join the boards FSA league? Also why is Matthew le Tissier in it :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Dearg81 wrote: »
    How come you didn't join the boards FSA league? Also why is Matthew le Tissier in it :-)

    I lost track of my Sky team halfway through last season because I was so focussed on fpl and the same thing will probably happen this year so I didn't bother joining any leagues! Is that the real Matt le Tiss?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    That is indeed Matt Le Tissier. Propping up the table! Haha it gave the option when setting up the league to add any of a number of Sky pundits. I chose Le Tiss due to fond memories of my first attempts at fantasy football :p


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