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Fantasy Rafa Returns

  • 15-08-2008 1:02pm
    #1
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,098 ✭✭✭✭


    Fantasy Rafa is back!
    www.fantasyrafa.com

    Just made a boards league;
    League name; Boards.ie
    Password; boards

    Simple in theory, fiendishly difficult in practice, the aim of the game is to guess Rafa's starting 11 for each match. Hopefully it'll be a little simpler this year then last!


Comments

  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Not sure I have the fortitude for this.

    Mike.


  • #3
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    The guy who won it last year was called...Madman?!?


  • #4
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,098 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    mike65 wrote: »
    Not sure I have the fortitude for this.

    Mike.

    thinking i might just put in the next 10 teams every few weeks this year. if i get a chance up update any of them well and good, but at least something will be entered.

    Last year i was just doing it week by week and doin pretty well, but inevitably eventually missed a week.


  • #5
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I've signed up (and signed in)

    Mike.


  • #6
    Hero Of College
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    This is a disgusting concept. How much more did Benitez "rotate" than Arsenal or United???


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  • #7
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Hero Of College wrote: »
    This is a disgusting concept. How much more did Benitez "rotate" than Arsenal or United???

    Funny.


  • #8
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,098 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    Hero Of College wrote: »
    This is a disgusting concept. How much more did Benitez "rotate" than Arsenal or United???

    ffs "disgusting"?!?! lighten up guy! its done BY liverpool fans.

    And for what its worth, the top people were only averaging 9correct picks per game.
    I myself was in the top 5 or 10 for a good while, and in that time didn't pick the exact 11 once.

    Its a bit of fun.


  • #9
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    It's a good game.

    What makes it work, is that while Rafa didn't rotate any more than any other manager, he rotated from the start in a consistent fashion.


  • #10
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Bump - c'mon chaps, we have only 8 members atm.

    Mike.


  • #11
    MementoMori
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,492 ✭✭✭MementoMori


    Bump - come on people join in.

    Also please let the record show I am top - Hurrah!!!

    Sadly this is not going to last so I want to bask in the magnificence of my achievement. :p


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  • #12
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    You say you are top. I see no evidence to support the claim! Teeth_or_Feet???

    Mike.


  • #13
    Frisbee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,570 ✭✭✭✭Frisbee


    Hero Of College wrote: »
    This is a disgusting concept. How much more did Benitez "rotate" than Arsenal or United???

    Spot the Scouser


    Joined


  • #14
    Dirk Gently
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭Dirk Gently


    I gave up after less than 10 games last season. Not putting myself through that again.

    How to play:
    You start off with the strongest team, adjust it to what you think Rafa will put out on the day, adjust it again to allow for a few wildcards and then close your eyes and stick a pin in the squad sheet for the last one or two players. This method should get you around 9 or 10 right every week.


  • #15
    MementoMori
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,492 ✭✭✭MementoMori


    mike65 wrote: »
    You say you are top. I see no evidence to support the claim! Teeth_or_Feet???

    Mike.

    Mockadious :D - for further proof check the team I selected on the fantasy rafa site and check the team I selected on the Liverpool supertread on Friday -
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56910215&postcount=2107
    Surprisingly they match ;)- I think it was my selection of Plessis that got me the ten points.:)
    Shockingly no-one got the correct eleven. out of almost 1500 players.

    A shocking numbr of people selected Babel (65) and Mascherano (83) :confused:

    2 people even selected Cavailieri to start :eek: :rolleyes: :confused::D

    On the teeth or feet thing, comes from seeing one nasty team playing and thinking they didnt know whether to use their teeth or feet to play. Use it for fantasy football as well.


  • #16
    Tusky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,067 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    I signed up. Missed the first game so I have some ground to make up.


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