Boards.ie Premier League Fantasy Football 08/09

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DmanDmythDledge wrote: »

Just drop a defender and put in another player.

Cheers, I'm blocked in work but i'll try later.

TripleAce

I keep changing mine :P :

1: Friedel

2: Gallas
3: O'Brien A
4: Carragher

5: Fabregas
6: Nolan
7: Modric
8: Gamst Pedersen

9: Yakubu
10: Adebayor (C)
11: Santa Cruz

12: Jaaskelainen
13: Ricketts
14: Halmosi
15: Ben Haim

With Halmosi and Jaaskelainen in for Gamst Pedersen and Friedel in Day 1.

Team subject to further changes though

shockwave

Must have changed my team 5 or 6 times already, heres the latest version.

Reina

G Johnson, R Ferdinand, Carragher, Clichy

Ireland, Fabregas, Davies, Jenas

Van Persie, Keane

Subs: Green, Butt, Dunne, Kitson

Necronomicon

Right, I think I finally have a team I want to put out (subs in italics).

Goalkeepers

James -- Gordan

Defenders

Vidic--Distin--Carragher--Meite--Hoefkins

Midfield

Bentley--Fabregas--Petrov--A.Young--Reo-Coker

Forward

Tevez--Bent--Bojinov

I've no doubts there will be some early season tinkering - United miss Gameweek 3, Bojinov and Petrov currently have knocks, whether Neville will stay fit and get his place back from Brown, not to mention the question of whether or not to bring back Ronaldo when he gets fit...but for now I'm relatively happy

My team for the Santa Strike Force league (which, in case anyone missed it, you can sign up for here ) is:

Goalkeepers

James--Friedel

Defenders

Lescott--Laursen--Dunne--Wheater--Scharner

Midfield

Bentley--Petrov--Modric--Young--Arteta

Forward

Ashton--Alves--Defoe

eirebhoy

Bentley's straight into my team.

PHB

After watching Portsmouth today I'm wary about putting any of them in my team.

Bounty Hunter

Just completly changed my team

..................B.Friedel

....G.Johnson...M.Laursen...P.Evra

S.Ireland..S.Gerrard..N.Kranjcar..A.Young

..........A.Alves...F.Torres...V,Bojinov

Subs: Turnbull, Wheater, Parker, Scharner

anyone know if Bojinov is going to be starting for city at the bigging of the season or is he still not fit enough ?

still not sure wether to play Ireland or Parker either, leaning towards Ireland

Handsome Bob

Get ready people be dominated by this fearsome starting 11:pac:

Reina

Agger
Huth
Knight

Modric
Fabregas
Deco
A. Young

Ashton
Torres (c)
Defoe

Yeeeeeeessssssssssss!!!!!

Bounty Hunter

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Get ready people be dominated by this fearsome starting 11:pac:

Reina

Agger
Huth
Knight

Modric
Fabregas
Deco
A. Young

Ashton
Torres (c)
Defoe

Yeeeeeeessssssssssss!!!!!

very nice team but you should know i dont expect knight to play much this season, Laursen & Davies will/should be Villa's first choice CB's and atm we are supposed to also be looking for cover in CB also, hense the links to Kaboul (though he seems Portsmouth bound).

Handsome Bob

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

very nice team but you should know i dont expect knight to play much this season, Laursen & Davies will/should be Villa's first choice CB's and atm we are supposed to also be looking for cover in CB also, hense the links to Kaboul (though he seems Portsmouth bound).

Aw crap, for real? Back to the drawing board....

Bounty Hunter

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Aw crap, for real? Back to the drawing board....

yeah Knight is fairly ****e decent 4th choice though and a local lad but not a fantasy footballer

Handsome Bob

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

yeah Knight is fairly ****e decent 4th choice though and a local lad but not a fantasy footballer

I had him last year, I thought he did a decent job, or he at least started the season with promise. Maybe that's why I did bad last year. Or maybe it's because I was the only one in my league who refused to buy Ronaldo!:D

Muff_Daddy

OK.....I've completely sacrificed my bench to go for a strong starting XI. I'm hoping it pays off.

Fantasy Madrid

Schwarzer


Bosingwa
Vidic
Carragher
Lescott


Gerrard
Modric
Reo-Coker


Torres (c)
Van Persie
Walcott


Subs: Turnbull, McShane, Hamman, Barmby

suckslikeafox

Just done some more tweaking:

James

Laursen
Ferdinand
Distin

Fabregas
Duff
Diarra
Ballack
Ireland

Van Persie
Keane


Bench:
Gordon
McCartney
Wheater
Kitson

Im_No_Superman

Ok I think Ive settled on my final team, although no doubt I will end tinkering with it again Friday evening!

Green
Woodgate Ferdinand Evra
Young A Fabregas Alonso Bentley
Tevez Keane Ashton

Subs: Schwarzer, Little, Davies C, Melchiot

Invincible

suckslikeafox wrote: »

Just done some more tweaking:

James

Laursen
Ferdinand
Distin

Fabregas
Duff
Diarra
Ballack
Ireland

Van Persie
Keane


Bench:
Gordon
McCartney
Wheater
Kitson

That's a big investment in Portsmouth !??

Invincible

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Ok I think Ive settled on my final team, although no doubt I will end tinkering with it again Friday evening!

Green
Woodgate Ferdinand Evra
Young A Fabregas Alonso Bentley
Tevez Keane Ashton

Subs: Schwarzer, Little, Davies C, Melchiot

No game for utd week 3 !

suckslikeafox

Invincible wrote: »

That's a big investment in Portsmouth !??

They're a solid team, dont concede many and they score a decent few as well. Might not keep Diarra though, im looking at the like of Fulham and Bolton for a decent alternative

Mr.Nice Guy

I still haven't decided on my team yet. I've spent way too long analysing and tweaking. I honestly must have about thirty different combinations in mind.

Wes Brown was in my thoughts but with Gary Neville starting today I now question whether I should have him on board.

I'm probably not going to decide until the very last minute. Decisions, decisions...

OPENROAD

Much harder this year to pick a squad.

BaZmO*

OPENROAD wrote: »

Much harder this year to pick a squad.

I think that's a good thing and this year I think you'll have the most varied team selections for a few years which will make it very interesting.

Invincible

I have settled on these,for now:D
RossiesRenegades:
Howard
Carvalho,Clichy,Cahill
Lampard,Fabregas,Petrov,Taylor
Adeybayor,Ashton,Bent
Subs: Def -Young,Figueroa
Mid- Kim do heon

Mr. Incognito

They're a solid team, dont concede many and they score a decent few as well. Might not keep Diarra though, im looking at the like of Fulham and Bolton for a decent alternative

Yes and are playing chelsea and man utd for their opening fixtures.

Bent got another brace against Roma- had to bring him in for Modric. His form is too good to ignore.

1. Howard

2: Lescott
3: Carragher
4: Ferdinand
5: Laursen
6: Brown

7: Fabregas
(C)
8: Young A
9: Bentley

10: Van Persie
11: Bent

Mr.Nice Guy

SetantaL wrote: »

Bent got another brace against Roma- had to bring him in for Modric. His form is too good to ignore.

Yeah he's provided me with a right headache. Carew had been in my thoughts but with Bent's form I'm thinking he's ahead of him.

Yakubu's form in contrast has been poor which is a problem for me as Everton's fixtures had looked very enticing.

I'm really all over the place up front and at the back. I think my keepers and midfield are sorted though thankfully.

suckslikeafox

SetantaL wrote: »

Bent got another brace against Roma- had to bring him in for Modric. His form is too good to ignore.

But will he start every week?

Invincible

suckslikeafox wrote: »

But will he start every week?

Suppose that depends if Berbatov departs or not.

20 Times 20 Times

I Have a fairly strong squad that I'm not going to post up , Im fairly confident

Invincible

Sarge wrote: »

I Have a fairly strong squad that I'm not going to post up , Im fairly confident

Are you afraid we'll copy ya ? :D

20 Times 20 Times

Invincible wrote: »

Are you afraid we'll copy ya ? :D

Slightly....

happydayz182

okay here we go:D

Reina

A.Cole- G.Bale- G.Johnson- Evra

Bentley-Arteta?-j.Cole

Torres-A.Johnson-D.Bent

Subs---Jussi(gk)......Greening...Little...Simpson

i thinks its decent.....i went fr backs who have a decent chace of gettin goals/assists which they get loads for i think

Invincible

According to Sky sports:
Man city have stated that Corluka is staying at the club and not moving to Spurs.
West Brom have completed the transfer of Meite from Bolton.
Portsmouth confirm that they will conclude the transfer of Kaboul from Spurs on Monday.

SantryRed

Joined:D

My Team:

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Reina

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Bosingwa--Ferdinand--Campbell--Upson
Bullard

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Cahill

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Essien----Modric

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Adebayor---Torres

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Subs: Mvuemba, Pantsil and Harewood.

Mr. Incognito

But will he start every week?

They only have Bent and Berbatov so unless they go the lone striker route- I'd expect him to start.

Bounty Hunter

people seem to think that Bent only starts if Berbatov leaves... that may be true if they sign another striker, but as it stands Bent has been starting all the preseason games with Berbatov

Fanfan

My team any advice I would be grateful as it probley wont be my final selection....

Gk) Hart

Df) Bosingwa
Df) Evra
Df) Rio Ferdinand

Mid) Fabregas
Mid) Ashely Young
Mid) Duff
Mid) Bentley/Modric (not sure which one to pick)

Fwd) Andy Johnson
Fwd) Torres
Fwd) D. Bent

Subs: Gk) Schwarzer
Def) Meite
Def) Wilkinson (stoke)
Mid) Mendes

PHB

Defenders imo make more money per points than attackers.

BaZmO*

PHB wrote: »

Defenders imo make more money per points than attackers.

Well actually, there's no need to say "in your opinion" it's fact.
Here's last season's stats. and it proves your assumption.

Can someone tell be how to do a table so I can tidy it up please?


Value Points Avg.
James PO 6 167 27.83
Reina LI 6 159 26.50
Friedel AV 5.5 149 27.09
Howard EV 5.5 147 26.73
Green WH 5 144 28.80
Kirkland WI 4.5 132 29.33
Van der Sar MU 6 126 21.00
Cech CH 6 120 20.00
Almunia AR 6 117 19.50
Carson WB 5 113 22.60


Lescott EV 7.0 196 28.00
Ferdinand MU 7.0 171 24.43
Laursen AV 6.0 163 27.17
Clichy AR 6.5 146 22.46
Vidic MU 7.0 145 20.71
Brown MU 6.0 142 23.67
Johnson PO 5.5 136 24.73
Carragher LI 6.5 136 20.92
Scharner WI 5.0 135 27.00
Neville 6.0 135 22.50


Ronaldo MU 14.0 283 20.21
Fabregas AR 10.0 205 20.50
Gerrard LI 11.5 200 17.39
Barry AV 8.5 178 20.94
Young A AV 8.5 177 20.82
Bentley TH 8.0 169 21.13
Downing MI 7.5 166 22.13
Petrov MC 7.5 153 20.40
Lampard CH 11.0 149 13.55
Elano MC 8.5 149 17.53


Adebayor AR 11.0 200 18.18
Torres LI 12.0 193 16.08
Santa Cruz BR 9.0 182 20.22
Berbatov TH 9.5 177 18.63
Keane LI 9.0 162 18.00
Tevez MU 10.0 161 16.10
Agbonlahor AV 8.0 158 19.75
Benjani MC 7.0 150 21.43
Rooney MU 11.0 148 13.45
Jones SU 7.0 138 19.71


Added in the goalkeepers too.

So using the top ten of each type of player...

A GK gives an average of 25pts. per million spent
A DF gives an average of 24pts. per million spent
A MF gives an average of 19pts. per million spent
A FW gives an average of 18pts. per million spent


So therefore your best bet is to work out a way to field 11 Goalkeepers.

Vokes

Player Values flucuate over the season. Isn't the above data a rather simplistic way of looking things? Or those are last season's starting values?

BaZmO*

SofaK wrote: »

Player Values flucuate over the season. Isn't the above data a rather simplistic way of looking things? Or those are last season's starting values?

Yeah but it gives you an idea of the points gained per every million spent. You could add in a billion other factors but it's only a game. :pac:

TripleAce

Is Mordic back from injury? Will he play the opening game on Saturday?

BlueBandit

Im in,

Friedel

Lescott
Gallas
Woodgate
Skrtel

Arteta
Bently
J Cole

Wlacott
Defoe
Torres (C)

Ward
McShane
Miller
Fletcher

usually good craic

Vokes

BaZmO* wrote: »

Can someone tell be how to do a table so I can tidy it up please?


||Value|Points|AVG
James|PO|6|167|27.83
Reina|LI|6|159|26.50
Friedel|AV|5.5|149|27.09
Howard|EV|5.5|147|26.73
Green|WH|5|144|28.80
Kirkland|WI|4.5|132|29.33
Van der Sar|MU|6|126|21.00
Cech|CH|6|120|20.00
Almunia|AR|6|117|19.50
Carson|WB|5|113|22.60


||Value|Points|AVG
Lescott|EV|7.0|196|28.00
Ferdinand|MU|7.0|171|24.43
Laursen|AV|6.0|163|27.17
Clichy|AR|6.5|146|22.46
Vidic|MU|7.0|145|20.71
Brown|MU|6.0|142|23.67
Johnson|PO|5.5|136|24.73
Carragher|LI|6.5|136|20.92
Scharner|WI|5.0|135|27.00
Neville|EV|6.0|135|22.50


||Value|Points|AVG
Ronaldo|MU|14.0|283|20.21
Fabregas|AR|10.0|205|20.50
Gerrard|LI|11.5|200|17.39
Barry|AV|8.5|178|20.94
Young A|AV|8.5|177|20.82
Bentley|TH|8.0|169|21.13
Downing|MI|7.5|166|22.13
Petrov|MC|7.5|153|20.40
Lampard|CH|11.0|149|13.55
Elano|MC|8.5|149|17.53


||Value|Points|AVG
Adebayor|AR|11.0|200|18.18
Torres|LI|12.0|193|16.08
Santa Cruz|BR|9.0|182|20.22
Berbatov|TH|9.5|177|18.63
Keane|LI|9.0|162|18.00
Tevez|MU|10.0|161|16.10
Agbonlahor|AV|8.0|158|19.75
Benjani|MC|7.0|150|21.43
Rooney|MU|11.0|148|13.45
Jones|SU|7.0|138|19.71

There ya go!

kronsington

ive set up a "i know the score league" on the premierleague website.

it's titled "Boards Prediction league" and the code is FBE3A-LRT

please join!

kronsington

just to be clear it's not another fantasy league but one where you try guess the score of each match every week.

nobody went for my game on the guardian website so i went with this option

wardie

kronsington wrote: »

ive set up a "i know the score league" on the premierleague website.

it's titled "Boards Prediction league" and the code is FBE3A-LRT

please join!

This is good crack, I'm in.

Note, that the same login and Password from the Fantasy Footie works in this game too.

dannydiamond

Inski. 'TheDisposableHeroes' Bring it on!!!!

Spud83

My team for the first weekend.

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Howard

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Evra----Johnson

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Richards
Bentley--Fabregras---Arteta-Modric
Yakubu---Bent----Adebayor

Schwazer/Lauren/Melchiot/Barmby.

Probably gonna end up using the wild card early. Seems like most people are thinking Torres is the man to fill the points gap left by ronaldo.

TripleAce

kronsington wrote: »

ive set up a "i know the score league" on the premierleague website.

it's titled "Boards Prediction league" and the code is FBE3A-LRT

please join!

Joined

Bounty Hunter

can anyone explain the wildcard to me, I also cant find any reference to it on the site (prob not looking in the right place though) and will prob need to know if boards.ie fc is going to do as expected and represent the boards league at the top of the overall leaderboard this year.

Spud83

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

can anyone explain the wildcard to me, I also cant find any reference to it on the site (prob not looking in the right place though) and will prob need to know if boards.ie fc is going to do as expected and represent the boards league at the top of the overall leaderboard this year.

Normally you are only allowed one transfer per gameweek for free, any transfers after that cost you points.

The wildcard allows you to make as many transfers as you like without costing you any points. You only get one wildcard a season. So it should be used carefully if things are going really bad.