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General FPL Chat 2014/15 MOD WARNING POST 1839

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    CSF wrote: »
    4 is alot, I think. Especially for people who've played a wildcard, which is the majority I think
    Maybe. I screwed up playing my wildcard to be honest. Think I made my team worse.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,762 ✭✭✭jive


    Foster, Krul, Chambers, Moore, Duff, Hazard, Costa, Marney = 8 from GW1

    Seems mad to have 8 but 2 GK + 3 Def + 1 bench fodder makes it seem less extreme.

    Def has been a minefield this year really so haven't felt the need to chop and change my cheap defenders, or GKs, as it'd just be a horizontal move with any benefits being marginal.

    Still have the wildcard, haven't needed it yet although could have used it last week as I had 5 'doubtfuls'


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    jive wrote: »
    Foster, Krul, Chambers, Moore, Duff, Hazard, Costa, Marney = 8 from GW1

    Seems mad to have 8 but 2 GK + 3 Def + 1 bench fodder makes it seem less extreme.

    Def has been a minefield this year really so haven't felt the need to chop and change my cheap defenders, or GKs, as it'd just be a horizontal move with any benefits being marginal.

    Still have the wildcard, haven't needed it yet although could have used it last week as I had 5 'doubtfuls'

    8 is pretty crazy! Have you carried transfers over a lot so far?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,762 ✭✭✭jive


    jimmii wrote: »
    8 is pretty crazy! Have you carried transfers over a lot so far?

    Only 3 GWs where I havent made a transfer so far. 15 made in total, only 2 defensive transfers (Azpil -> Bertrand GW6, Jones -> Baines GW5).

    4 transfers involving Eriksen :o Still haven't gotten any returns from him though, missed ALL his big hauls!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,121 ✭✭✭G1032


    Just Fabregas, Coloccini and Duff although I sold Duff and bought him back again so not sure if that counts.
    I had Cahill in GW1 and will probably buy him back this weekend.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,557 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Earthhorse wrote: »
    Maybe. I screwed up playing my wildcard to be honest. Think I made my team worse.
    I would say more is a good thing, in most cases.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    Matty Etherington has retired. Usually got a run in my teams for a few weeks every year. Must have been before I found this place and was firmly a casual. He served me well enough though :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,579 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Speaking of past heroes, where is Morten gamst Pedersen these days?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Speaking of past heroes, where is Morten gamst Pedersen these days?

    signed up with rosenborg in march


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    signed up with rosenborg in march

    He was actually in Shannon over the Summer. Rosenberg were flying somewhere and stopped off there.

    He's a Blackburn legend as well as an FF legend for me.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭scouttio


    Every time I captain Aguero..2 points
    Every time I captain someone else...at least 2 goals for Aguero


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    I had Baines weeks 1-3 and 13-14 (5 weeks). Total score = 5 points (1pt/week)
    I didn't have him weeks 4-12 (9 weeks). Total score = 66 points (7 pts/week)


  • Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭hjkl


    Lemlin wrote: »
    He was actually in Shannon over the Summer. Rosenberg were flying somewhere and stopped off there.

    He's a Blackburn legend as well as an FF legend for me.

    He played against Sligo in the Europa League in July.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    frimpong wrote: »
    He played against Sligo in the Europa League in July.

    That explains why he was in Shannon. I just saw a few people got selfies with him. Once dubbed the "Norwegian Beckham".


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭qwabercd


    Lemlin wrote: »
    That explains why he was in Shannon. I just saw a few people got selfies with him. Once dubbed the "Norwegian Beckham".

    It was knock airport they went through. We could've easily gone through in that tie and all, taking the lead in the home league so early to go 3 - 1 up in the tie was probably our undoing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,424 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Lemlin wrote: »
    He was actually in Shannon over the Summer. Rosenberg were flying somewhere and stopped off there.

    He's a Blackburn legend as well as an FF legend for me.

    For me as well. My favourite Rovers player of all time.

    Would love if he was back at Rovers in some sort of capacity in the future :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    Out of curiosity lads, what kinda scores are leading yere main/cash leagues?

    775 leads mine and I'm second on 763. Then there's 2 behind me on 762. Tis fairly bunched up!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,830 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    809, 19 ahead of second and big gap back to third.

    Thought it was a soft one but lad in second is proving a tough opponent, ends on Xmas day so all too close really


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    dahat wrote: »
    809, 19 ahead of second and big gap back to third.

    Thought it was a soft one but lad in second is proving a tough opponent, ends on Xmas day so all too close really

    Fairly high standard set by yourself!

    I notice I'm the only person in my main league with George Boyd!

    FSA forum info prevails :)


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


    Out of curiosity lads, what kinda scores are leading yere main/cash leagues?

    775 leads mine and I'm second on 763. Then there's 2 behind me on 762. Tis fairly bunched up!

    834 leads the one I really want to win so I have my work cut, currently in 7th with 792.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    865 leads the Finn Harps Paid League which is my Holy Grail. I've just dropped to third on 825.

    I'm in a good free on in a local newspaper which I've been leading for a while, but lost that lead this week too. Top score 828.

    Bohs FPL leader on 865 also (same fella as Harps one) but I'm back in 8th there so a higher standard.

    I lead the league in my office (with €80 in the pot) by 127 points at this stage. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭tom_k


    Out of curiosity lads, what kinda scores are leading yere main/cash leagues?

    775 leads mine and I'm second on 763. Then there's 2 behind me on 762. Tis fairly bunched up!

    844 leads my main cash and bragging rights league, I'm currently 2nd on 823 with everyone in the top 5 over 800. It's a fairly competitive league with 66 entrants.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,193 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    I'm on 839 and have a 75 point lead in my private league. I'm the only Boyd owner in my league as well but I bet a few lads will bring him in this week after his recent impressive displays.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭amber69


    811 and leading by 21 points


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,830 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Fairly high standard set by yourself!

    I notice I'm the only person in my main league with George Boyd!

    FSA forum info prevails :)

    I have had Boyd and Aguero since my gw3 wildcard, proving great buys. Gotta love Boyd,played him 3 times and scores twice.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭Missing Links


    FHFC wrote: »

    Bohs FPL leader on 865 also (same fella as Harps one) but I'm back in 8th there so a higher standard.
    :D

    :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭Ziegler1988


    I'm on 846 points and lead one of my money leagues by 31 points. Other one by 126 :D. Boards Pay League leader is on 865 points


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,579 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    I lead 5 of my cash leagues on 815 points. The other 3 cash leagues I'm in - boards.ie (leader 865, my position 10th), IPB (leader 832, my position 4th), exec game (835, my position 3rd)

    Cash H2H leagues I lead 2 of them with 40 and 33 points respectively.
    In the other 2 leader has 31 points (boards.ie H2H, 25 pts for me and 8th place), next the leader has 31pts also (IPB H2H, 24 pts for me and 4th place)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    834 leads the one I really want to win so I have my work cut, currently in 7th with 792.

    You don't have your work cut out at all. There's loads of time to go. 836 leads my work one and I'm on 795. I'm actually delighted with where I am given the time of season.

    Xmas will sort the men from the boys.

    I'm 2nd in my main personal cash league on 795. It's okay though because the missus' team is winning it on 803! Next closest to us in on 763.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭kennyb3




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    kennyb3 wrote: »

    Di Maria won't be apparently. It'll be the Liverpool game he hopes to get back for.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Some pretty impressive scores being posted here.

    Currently, I'm on 682. But I'm confident that with all the time left in the season I can drop even further off the pace.


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    FHFC wrote: »
    865 leads the Finn Harps Paid League which is my Holy Grail. I've just dropped to third on 825.

    I'm in a good free on in a local newspaper which I've been leading for a while, but lost that lead this week too. Top score 828.

    Bohs FPL leader on 865 also (same fella as Harps one) but I'm back in 8th there so a higher standard.

    I lead the league in my office (with €80 in the pot) by 127 points at this stage. :D

    This is the one I'm after aswell and the past 6 weeks has got me back in with a chance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    This is the one I'm after aswell and the past 6 weeks has got me back in with a chance.

    Always knew I was likely to regret promoting it on here! :(

    Gillespie Road is breathing down my neck in the Letterkenny Post one, trip to a PL match for the winner there. Ye hoo-ers will be all over that next year too I suppose!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭Swiper the fox


    FHFC wrote: »
    Always knew I was likely to regret promoting it on here! :(

    Gillespie Road is breathing down my neck in the Letterkenny Post one, trip to a PL match for the winner there. Ye hoo-ers will be all over that next year too I suppose!!

    The Limerick Leader used to run a very good FPL competition with fantastic prizes but they stopped because most of the entrants and winners hadn't even heard of the newspaper, don't let the same happen to yours.

    After last night I've made huge jumps in all my leagues, even the boards pay league seems like an achievable goal now, my team value is gonna kill me but I've decided that I'm not going to chase value or make early transfers this year, I'm hoping to offset that by taking occasional points hits to ensure good short term fixtures


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    The Limerick Leader used to run a very good FPL competition with fantastic prizes but they stopped because most of the entrants and winners hadn't even heard of the newspaper, don't let the same happen to yours.

    After last night I've made huge jumps in all my leagues, even the boards pay league seems like an achievable goal now, my team value is gonna kill me but I've decided that I'm not going to chase value or make early transfers this year, I'm hoping to offset that by taking occasional points hits to ensure good short term fixtures

    The Harps one is a fundraiser, any man who pays his €20 wont be turned away.

    The newspaper free on will hardly be on too many radars come next August.....hopefully.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭Swiper the fox


    FHFC wrote: »
    The Harps one is a fundraiser, any man who pays his €20 wont be turned away.

    The newspaper free on will hardly be on too many radars come next August.....hopefully.

    It was the newspaper one I meant, a prize of a trip to a premier league game is fantastic, they mightn't be too happy when the winner turns out to be from West Kerry


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,345 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Just got a text from my best mate "one more year at Fantasy before I pack it in for good, Jesus I'm f***ing useless at it"

    I normally take great joy in his uselessness :) but that text actually makes me feel a tiny bit sorry for him.

    He was a cracking footballer, knows his football inside out but when it comes to Fantasy he's just diabolical.... the fact that he knows his football makes it all the worse/better.

    I was half tempted to tell him about this forum.... I'm nearly 200 points ahead of him already this year, and it kills him.
    I don't want to "lose" him as it's my go to put down for him ;) if he steps out of line there's always the " didn't I beat you by 300 points last year" card.

    What would you do?
    Might tell him about fantasy football scout or something like that. Decisions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    PARlance wrote: »
    Just got a text from my best mate "one more year at Fantasy before I pack it in for good, Jesus I'm f***ing useless at it"

    I normally take great joy in his uselessness :) but that text actually makes me feel a tiny bit sorry for him.

    He was a cracking footballer, knows his football inside out but when it comes to Fantasy he's just diabolical.... the fact that he knows his football makes it all the worse/better.

    I was half tempted to tell him about this forum.... I'm nearly 200 points ahead of him already this year, and it kills him.
    I don't want to "lose" him as it's my go to put down for him ;) if he steps out of line there's always the " didn't I beat you by 300 points last year" card.

    What would you do?
    Might tell him about fantasy football scout or something like that. Decisions.

    Yeh sometimes football people just don't get it! I used to work in Paddy Power and I remember one of the football traders showing me his team and he was like look how well balanced it is he didn't mean that he spent the money evenly he had it set up to play 442 with players playing in their correct positions he even had a holding midfielder!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,579 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    PARlance wrote: »
    Just got a text from my best mate "one more year at Fantasy before I pack it in for good, Jesus I'm f***ing useless at it"

    I normally take great joy in his uselessness :) but that text actually makes me feel a tiny bit sorry for him.

    He was a cracking footballer, knows his football inside out but when it comes to Fantasy he's just diabolical.... the fact that he knows his football makes it all the worse/better.

    I was half tempted to tell him about this forum.... I'm nearly 200 points ahead of him already this year, and it kills him.
    I don't want to "lose" him as it's my go to put down for him ;) if he steps out of line there's always the " didn't I beat you by 300 points last year" card.

    What would you do?
    Might tell him about fantasy football scout or something like that. Decisions.

    Tell him nothing.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Tell him nothing.

    :D

    Vicious Kev, vicious. I like it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭El festino


    PARlance wrote: »
    Just got a text from my best mate "one more year at Fantasy before I pack it in for good, Jesus I'm f***ing useless at it"

    I normally take great joy in his uselessness :) but that text actually makes me feel a tiny bit sorry for him.

    He was a cracking footballer, knows his football inside out but when it comes to Fantasy he's just diabolical.... the fact that he knows his football makes it all the worse/better.

    I was half tempted to tell him about this forum.... I'm nearly 200 points ahead of him already this year, and it kills him.
    I don't want to "lose" him as it's my go to put down for him ;) if he steps out of line there's always the " didn't I beat you by 300 points last year" card.

    What would you do?
    Might tell him about fantasy football scout or something like that. Decisions.

    Say nothing - come august he wont be able to resist the lure of playing :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭Swiper the fox


    Interesting quandary, I'd be very interested to know how many of us are open about our boards lives, or is a dirty little secret like mine. I'm sure there are lurkers who might have figured out who I am from other forums but I don't think my FSA persona gives away anything except that I'm a Spurs fan who likes an argument:o My real name is on my team of course but would anybody really care??
    So, do other people in the real world know you post here??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,557 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Interesting quandary, I'd be very interested to know how many of us are open about our boards lives, or is a dirty little secret like mine. I'm sure there are lurkers who might have figured out who I am from other forums but I don't think my FSA persona gives away anything except that I'm a Spurs fan who likes an argument:o My real name is on my team of course but would anybody really care??
    So, do other people in the real world know you post here??

    I think so, I've had instances that have led me to believe so, but no concrete indications.


  • Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Arbitrary


    Quick Q, what are people's thoughts on Siggy v Boyd this week, I have to bench one of them...

    They both seem to pretty useless away this season, value dictates I should play Siggy but I think Burnley have the better fixture.


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


    I just went to log in to FPL, and before the page loaded, a landscape background covered in snow appeared, momentarily. Is this a sign there is a big freeze on the way? :-/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,352 ✭✭✭OneColdHand


    Arbitrary wrote: »
    Quick Q, what are people's thoughts on Siggy v Boyd this week, I have to bench one of them...

    They both seem to pretty useless away this season, value dictates I should play Siggy but I think Burnley have the better fixture.

    I have both. It's Siggy for me, regardless of fixtures. They have the same number of goals, but Siggy has 8 assists to Boyd's 0!


  • Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Arbitrary


    I have both. It's Siggy for me, regardless of fixtures. They have the same number of goals, but Siggy has 8 assists to Boyd's 0!

    Good point, note to self, use soccerway and FPL for stats. Cheers, decision made.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    manual_man wrote: »
    I just went to log in to FPL, and before the page loaded, a landscape background covered in snow appeared, momentarily. Is this a sign there is a big freeze on the way? :-/

    Winter is coming :eek:


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


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Tell him nothing.

    I agree. All's fair in love and war...and fantasy football!


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