General FPL Chat 2014/15 MOD WARNING POST 1839

jimmii

Lemlin wrote: »

Number 1 in the FFS hall of fame Ville Ronka:

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/366766/history/

2008/09 2078 4266
2009/10 2466 569
2010/11 2225 362
2011/12 2243 1631
2012/13 2248 4668
2013/14 2534 90

He finished at 227 this year.

He is unreal it just doesn't seem like it should be possible to do that.

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Very impressive. Who's top dog for consistency in this parish?

I think its impossible to quantify that we have a lot of very consistent players.
Im at 149 in the FFS live hall of fame I was 347 last year they put a lot of scope on your most recent finish so mine being 1.6k jumped me up a fair bit. Im not sure I agree with how the work out the rankings I personally think all your finishes over the past 4-5 years should be weighted the same.
I checked the FSA premier league players and there is a lot of consistent players in there a good few with top 20k finishes each year over the last 4-5 years. Then there is the likes of swiper and fhfc with 2 good finishes in the 2 years they have played the game. That's just from the 20 players in the premier league there will be regular posters from outside those leagues with similar stats aswell.
My stats are
09/10 8k
10/11 50k
11/12 1.1k
12/13 5.5k
13/14 11.6k
14/15 1.6k
I was in hospital for 3 weeks over xmas of that 2010 season with a burst appendix. For a fantasy football addict it came at the worst time possible. 5 gameweeks where I couldn't change my team.

Swiper the fox

busts, i'm picturing you with the dirty overcoat over the pyjamas pulling the drip behind you as you "check yourself out"

Lemlin

My stats:

2010/11 12638
2011/12 324
2012/13 7856
2013/14 1557
2014/15 16299

This year is a bit of a disappointment so hoping to bounce back next year.

Swiper the fox

busts and Lemlin showing excellent consistency there barring the one blot on busts copybook due to what must have been very severe medical reasons:p
It'll be years before I can compare my results with those. Anybody else care to share/compete?

finnharpsboy

My stats:

2011/12 872984
2012/13 2003371
2013/14 133100
2014/15 28582

not the most impressive by any means :pac:

iroced

Mine :cool:.

# | Points | Rank
2010/11 | 1591 | 1428913
2011/12 | 2143 | 19111
2012/13 | 2188 | 16044
2013/14 | 2460 | 1663
2014/15 | 2201 | 9152
| | |
average | 2248 | 11492.5

I deliberately don't include my first season since I started it on GW11 (finished 7th in the GW11 league).
As I said several times lately, I'm particularly proud to have made the top10k this year. I feel it was a season where I could (should?) easily have finished 50k ± 10k.
Obviously I'd now like to get consistent top10k finishes and make my average a 4 digits number ..

Invincible

[quote="Swiper the fox;956562Anybody else care to share/compete?[/quote]

Year.....Points..... Rank.

06/07......1914.....29150
07/08.....2112.....48147
08/09.....1985.....28817
09/10.....2211.....66189
10/11.....2097.....13444
11/12.....1944.....294838
12/13.....2140.....36026
13/14.....2434.....3700
14/15.....2179.....13982

FHFC

Swiper the fox wrote: »

busts and Lemlin showing excellent consistency there barring the one blot on busts copybook due to what must have been very severe medical reasons:p
It'll be years before I can compare my results with those. Anybody else care to share/compete?

It was my main aim this year to achieve a final rank at least nearly as good as my first year. I started that year with ZERO knowledge about the game so I wanted to see this year if finishing 8k was a fluke. I'm happy to have bettered it this year and being a bit of a perfectionist I'd like to keep my history nice and neat with hopefully no blow out 6 figure season.

Btw, Busts 50k with a burst appendix is not half bad I reckon!! Nowadays a decent mobile app avoids that problem. Thanks to Differential FPL I managed to make one of my worst transfers of this season in a field in Roscommon with one bar of 3G!!

Iused2likebusts

FHFC wrote: »

It was my main aim this year to achieve a final rank at least nearly as good as my first year. I started that year with ZERO knowledge about the game so I wanted to see this year if finishing 8k was a fluke. I'm happy to have bettered it this year and being a bit of a perfectionist I'd like to keep my history nice and neat with hopefully no blow out 6 figure season.

Btw, Busts 50k with a burst appendix is not half bad I reckon!! Nowadays a decent mobile app avoids that problem. Thanks to Differential FPL I managed to make one of my worst transfers of this season in a field in Roscommon with one bar of 3G!!

Id an old Nokia back then no Internet and couldn't get out of the bed for 10 days. I was in A and E on Stephens day and my main concern was I forget to change my captain before I left the house.

FHFC

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Id an old Nokia back then no Internet and couldn't get out of the bed for 10 days. I was in A and E on Stephens day and my main concern was I forget to change my captain before I left the house.

Horrific!

AdpRo

2008/09 5645
2009/10 151762
2010/11 80469
2011/12 65588
2012/13 578
2013/14 70972
2014/15 14588

Each decent year is followed by at least 1 bad year although happy to have only 1 year outside top 100k! Need to get more consistent with at least a top 10k next year.

Lemlin

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Id an old Nokia back then no Internet and couldn't get out of the bed for 10 days. I was in A and E on Stephens day and my main concern was I forget to change my captain before I left the house.

As the broadband was so bad here in Cavan,I used to have a friend I'd text to do my transfers for me when needed!

Shedite27

Admittedly I gave up early most years once out of contention in money leagues, but definitely a marked improvement once I found this forum last Christmas '13

Season Rank
2006/07 553,800
2007/08 300,285
2008/09 468,649
2009/10 570,564
2010/11 635,584
2011/12 1,576,763
2012/13 324,491
2013/14 237,413
2014/15 49,946

CSF

Shedite27 wrote: »

Admittedly I gave up early most years once out of contention in money leagues, but definitely a marked improvement once I found this forum last Christmas '13

Season Rank
2006/07 553,800
2007/08 300,285
2008/09 468,649
2009/10 570,564
2010/11 635,584
2011/12 1,576,763
2012/13 324,491
2013/14 237,413
2014/15 49,946

This year in particular, you would see it the most. Top 20k has to be the aim for you.

I've been taking the game seriously for 3 years now and have gotten 3 top 20ks in that time (one top 5k). I think that's consistent enough. Would love to have one season that really sticks out though and hit the top 1k. That's my aim for next year, lofty as it might be.

Paully D

Any idea when the 2015/2016 game will be live lads? Generally around mid-July isn't it, no?

Only 2 weeks tomorrow until the fixture list is out! :eek:

km79

Paully D wrote: »

Any idea when the 2015/2016 game will be live lads? Generally around mid-July isn't it, no?

Only 2 weeks tomorrow until the fixture list is out! :eek:

earlier start and finish to season due to Euros!

jimmii

Paully D wrote: »

Any idea when the 2015/2016 game will be live lads? Generally around mid-July isn't it, no?

Only 2 weeks tomorrow until the fixture list is out! :eek:

It varies. Hopefully we get it a good bit earlier than last year given the much earlier start date. Its not only the England team that need time to prepare!

Paully D

Cheers lads. Aye, 8th of August we kick off this year. Only a week earlier but it feels much more than that.

Looking ahead to next season:

Goalkeeper: Tony Pulis will have a full pre-season with West Brom and to me, that screams clean sheets. Just thinking out loud now but I think I'll be going Foster/Myhill (or if he doesn't get a new contract, whoever the 2nd choice is) as my goalkeeping combination, hopefully coming in at £8.5m though I could see them pushing Foster up to £5m. Even at £9m that's value IMO.

Defense: A Chelsea defender is going to be the #1 priority here anyway (say Terry at £7m). I'm thinking a double up on West Brom here with the GK (£5m max). van Aanholt is probably going to be value again for his attacking returns at £4.5m and if Sunderland get in a defensively minded manager then especially so. A cheap rotating pair (£9m) would be ideal to round off the defence at £26.5m, possibly £26m.

That gives a goalkeeper partnership and defense at £35m, so £65m to work with for midfield/strikers.

Midfield: Meh, no real need to think this one out. I'd be a bit worried about his Copa America exploits but midfield needs to contain a big 3 of Sanchez, Hazard and Silva. I'm thinking we're probably looking at £11.5m, £11m and £10m respectively there for a total of £32.5m. Take what you think is the best £4.5m prospect to sit on the bench, probably someone from one of the promoted sides plus say, Sigurdsson at £6.5m? That gives a midfield total of £43.5m.

Strikers: Aguero plus 2 more. At a guess he'll come in at £13m.

Just a mess around anyway and I know I'm over budget/not feasible with only £9m left for 2 striker spots. Copa America could be a bit of worry for the likes of Sanchez and Aguero at the start of the season too, so you could even downgrade Sanchez to a Cazorla (probably £8.5m) for a while, cheap out completely on defence either, there's a few ways around it.

I think you can already plan a solid-ish base.

Lemlin

Mourinho has already said that Cuadrado, Willian and Filipe Luis will miss the start of next season due to the Copa. It doesn't bear well for others.

OneColdHand

Lemlin wrote: »

Mourinho has already said that Cuadrado, Willian and Filipe Luis will miss the start of next season due to the Copa. It doesn't bear well for others.

Final is July 4th. That's only a month before the season kicks off. Not sure how long players normally get as a break (ie, if they aren't playing in a tournament) but would have assumed it's at least a month. Plus how long for pre-season - a month? So you could see how some players will miss at least a few weeks, especially if they get to the semis/final.

Iused2likebusts

OneColdHand wrote: »

Final is July 4th. That's only a month before the season kicks off. Not sure how long players normally get as a break (ie, if they aren't playing in a tournament) but would have assumed it's at least a month. Plus how long for pre-season - a month? So you could see how some players will miss at least a few weeks, especially if they get to the semis/final.

Usually 6 weeks off and 6 weeks pre season

Lemlin

Rumours abound that Costa hasn't settled and wants to move back to Madrid.

km79

Lemlin wrote: »

Rumours abound that Costa hasn't settled and wants to move back to Madrid.

and that aguero is Madrid's prime Galactico target....

jimmii

km79 wrote: »

and that aguero is Madrid's prime Galactico target....

But he's told friends!

Lemlin

km79 wrote: »

and that aguero is Madrid's prime Galactico target....

I've thought all season they'd go for him in the Summer to be honest. With Barca having Messi and Suarez, you're looking at Aguero as the next viable Galactico alongside Ronnie.

km79

Lemlin wrote: »

I've thought all season they'd go for him in the Summer to be honest. With Barca having Messi and Suarez, you're looking at Aguero as the next viable Galactico alongside Ronnie.

If they sin aguero I can see Ronaldo being sold
Will he be a mid or striker in fantasy

CSF

km79 wrote: »

If they sin aguero I can see Ronaldo being sold
Will he be a mid or striker in fantasy

Don't think he'd be a direct replacement for Benteke. Probably Sinclair that needs to be worried so I'd say mid based on that.

Dr. Bre

Walcott will be on my radar next season finished the last 2 games very well

km79

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Walcott will be on my radar next season finished the last 2 games very well

he is always on my radar ! had him for a spell over Xmas got a few goals but then Wenger rested him for 4 months !

PARlance

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Walcott will be on my radar next season finished the last 2 games very well

He'll be in my team if fit and still classed as a midfielder. Think he's a striker now in Wengers eyes

Paully D

Agree on Walcott. He could be a great alternative for Sanchez who will probably miss a bit of time or not be playing full games at the start due to the Copa America. Probably will come in at around £8.5m too which is great value.

Iused2likebusts

Leicester have signed a defender called fuchs. Straight into prodstons team no doubt.

Mr.Prodston

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Leicester have signed a defender called fuchs. Straight into prodstons team no doubt.

Aha excellent :pac:

I knew Schalke had released him alright. Doesn't bode well for Schlupperman though as he's a LB with decent enough crossing and set-piece ability in his locker.

FHFC

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Leicester have signed a defender called fuchs. Straight into prodstons team no doubt.

If they could only sign Nathan Ake on loan from Chelsea there's a team name in it!!

CSF

FHFC wrote: »

If they could only sign Nathan Ake on loan from Chelsea there's a team name in it!!

Do it even if they don't!!!

FHFC

Ok, ideally Leroy Fer gets a move back to the PL too.

Then it's......

Fer Fuches Aké

You heard it here first!!!

PARlance

Or if Shay hangs around.

No Fuchs Given

OneColdHand

PARlance wrote: »

Or if Shay hangs around.

No Fuchs Given

Fuchs Weimann

Dr. Bre

anyone fancy milner at pool to pick points up?

Copper_pipe

Swiper the fox

For feck sake, what a joke that is. I wish that fffix thing would just disappear.

alchemist33

Sure it'll be wrong most of the time anyway.

Mr.Prodston

Pfft I'd like to see it predict a Mickey Turner hat-trick.

Copper_pipe

alchemist33 wrote: »

Sure it'll be wrong most of the time anyway.

I'll turn on Fifa 15 on the xbox and set both teams to CPU and let it fire away! Might be more accurate :P

jimmii

I'd they've made a match sim better than the ones they've spent a fortune on in champ and football manager that is pretty impressive. I'm guessing that isn't the case though.

FHFC

Young Harry Arter looked lively on his Ireland debut today. One to watch depending on price. 9 goals last season I think.

8-10

FHFC wrote: »

Young Harry Arter looked lively on his Ireland debut today. One to watch depending on price. 9 goals last season I think.

Thought he looked muck tbh

manual_man

FHFC wrote: »

Young Harry Arter looked lively on his Ireland debut today. One to watch depending on price. 9 goals last season I think.

Matt Ritchie aside, i can't see myself taking a chance on any other attacker from the promoted teams starting off

Paully D

Fixtures out on Wednesday at 9am. Is anyone else way more excited than they should be about starting to plan rotations and for players with good runs at the start of the season or is it just me?