FSA Premier League Thread 15/16

Sooner or Later

8 points behind Donal

He has 10 left I have 5

Not looking good

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Good chance that I'll do me old pal Lemlin a big favour here, he looks like winning and it looks like they could be close enough on points next week as well, this could be our super sunday.

Ye it's looking like we will be neck and neck going into gw38.

Lemlin

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Ye it's looking like we will be neck and neck going into gw38.

My team is very poorly setup for next week. Although I do have the AOA chip left if I want to use it.

FHFC

Leading iroced by 6 with only Sturridge left vs Hazard, Rashford, Fosu-Mensah and Carroll. Doubt it will be enough. Maybe he'll even come back from hibernation to celebrate!

CSF

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Good chance that I'll do me old pal Lemlin a big favour here, he looks like winning and it looks like they could be close enough on points next week as well, this could be our super sunday.

Cool, you've done enough favours for the season now. GW38 is the time for you to relax.

Swiper the fox

CSF wrote: »

Cool, you've done enough favours for the season now. GW38 is the time for you to relax.

Hate to see you go down pal but I'll fight for every last point when Sunday comes :pac:
Also, Busts, I assume it has been talked to death about in other threads that I've avoided due to my miserable season but triple Sunderland defence????:pac:

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Hate to see you go down pal but I'll fight for every last point when Sunday comes :pac:
Also, Busts, I assume it has been talked to death about in other threads that I've avoided due to my miserable season but triple Sunderland defence????:pac:

You will understand why at 10 on Wednesday night.☺

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Hate to see you go down pal but I'll fight for every last point when Sunday comes :pac:
Also, Busts, I assume it has been talked to death about in other threads that I've avoided due to my miserable season but triple Sunderland defence????:pac:

Ive made so many poor decisions of late and the frightening thing is thats far from the worst one. After all these years playing this game I really shouldnt be making so many bad decisions.
I got the 3rd sunderland player in kone to free up money for payet due to changes in prices early in the week. Come the friday Id made another two moves so could have afforded a utd defender over kone anyway.
My thinking on the 3 sunderland is id expect one clean sheet from the 3 games chelsea, everton and watford if that happens it will have worked out alright.
I majorly messed up by not getting ddg and smalling for a hit before gw34. I consistently advised people on wildcard of that move but chose to ignore my own advise for stupid cheaper punts.

Sooner or Later

The Payet and Martial show has given me a lifeline. Now 10 ahead of Donal with Coutinho left for me and Firmino and Defoe left for him ( we both have PVA and Hazard). Our match will probably be decided by Jurgen Klopp!

Swiper the fox

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

You will understand why at 10 on Wednesday night.☺

:eek::eek: From where I am looking right now I think you will scrape this.

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

:eek::eek: From where I am looking right now I think you will scrape this.

Ye unbelievable stuff if mannone gets the bonus over pva I win.

Iused2likebusts

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Ye unbelievable stuff if mannone gets the bonus over pva I win.

A draw in the end.

Sooner or Later

Held on for the win against Donal.

Think I am now safe. Waiting for the results to come in to confirm it

KevIRL

4th win on the bounce and out of the drop zone I think. Far from safe though..

CSF

Yeah I need to beat Swiper next week to stay up barring the 2 guys behind me both losing. I see 2 Liverpool players in there and Andy Carroll, not to mention the Newcastle players who'll have nothing to play for. Surely that's at least a 16 point hit this week?

Pray for mojo.

Lemlin

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

A draw in the end.

Leaves me with a chance on Sunday if you lose.

Iused2likebusts

Lemlin wrote: »

Leaves me with a chance on Sunday if you lose.

I easily could im up against a strong squad this week.

CSF

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I easily could im up against a strong squad this week.

Please don't.

Iused2likebusts

CSF wrote: »

Please don't.

If ozil is fit I've a decent squad myself. Not sure my 3 Sunderland defs will be keeping a cleanie though.

CSF

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

If ozil is fit I've a decent squad myself. Not sure my 3 Sunderland defs will be keeping a cleanie though.

Gulp, I did not expect to even be in the relegation battle on the last day, almost everyone behind me won this week.

Sooner or Later

Officially safe for another year.

Can sit back now and watch busts and Lemlin duke it out on the last day for the title

Iused2likebusts

Sooner or Later wrote: »

Officially safe for another year.

Can sit back now and watch busts and Lemlin duke it out on the last day for the title

Im the godfather at a christening on sunday going to miss all the excitement. Well probably not no doubt ill spend most of the time hiding out in the toilet checking my phone.

Swiper the fox

Good luck to two legends of the forum battling for the most prestigious no prize competition in FPL:)

Sorry CSF, I hope I don't send you down but I'll not be throwing any points away, and i'm sure that's how you would like it to be :pac:

Whoa, I'm one point off relegation! Damn real life that's been getting in the way.

CSF

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Good luck to two legends of the forum battling for the most prestigious no prize competition in FPL:)

Sorry CSF, I hope I don't send you down but I'll not be throwing any points away, and i'm sure that's how you would like it to be :pac:

I would. But I'm still waiting patiently for you to f*cking post in the transfers and captain threads 😂

CSF

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Good luck to two legends of the forum battling for the most prestigious no prize competition in FPL:)

Sorry CSF, I hope I don't send you down but I'll not be throwing any points away, and i'm sure that's how you would like it to be :pac:

Also, I'm led to believe there was prizes. I'll have to check back with the provider but they were originally offered so I'm assuming all is ok.

Scorpion Sting

Any plans to make it into a head to head pay league structure?

CSF

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Any plans to make it into a head to head pay league structure?

If that's what the people wanted, absolutely. I'm only here to do admin and make decisions that I feel meet the general consensus of the forum, rather than my own opinions. If people wanted that to be a thing, it could absolutely be a thing but it would ultimately depend on how many people wanted it, there'd be people who like having a free to enter league too.

Answers on a postcard people.

Swiper the fox

CSF wrote: »

I would. But I'm still waiting patiently for you to f*cking post in the transfers and captain threads 😂

Sorry mate, to my shame I haven't even spent a minute thinking about it, I've nothing to play for so haven't even looked at those threads,
I'd be surprised if I didn't take a 4 point hit and Aguero wasn't my captain.

CSF

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Sorry mate, to my shame I haven't even spent a minute thinking about it, I've nothing to play for so haven't even looked at those threads,
I'd be surprised if I didn't take a 4 point hit and Aguero wasn't my captain.

I'd say I'm less likely to take a hit. Aguero is also in my captain thoughts but I'm chasing in other leagues so may have to punt.

CSF

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Any plans to make it into a head to head pay league structure?

On another note on that same topic, how would you work a hierarchical structure within a pay league?

Scorpion Sting

CSF wrote: »

On another note on that same topic, how would you work a hierarchical structure within a pay league?

How'd you mean exactly?

wonski

CSF wrote: »

Also, I'm led to believe there was prizes. I'll have to check back with the provider but they were originally offered so I'm assuming all is ok.

There were prizes offered iirc. There was some split between leagues and few sponsors.

Would be nice to get something for winning league1, but given it is free league, and the top priority was sporty, yet pleasant opportunity to kick other boardsies right in the balls , I am not that concerned about prizes or lack of them

CSF

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

How'd you mean exactly?

Typically pay leagues work in an equal structure ie. Everyone pays the same amount in and can therefore win the same amount. So how do you make the Premier League more prestigious than League 2?

CSF

wonski wrote: »

There were prizes offered iirc. There was some split between leagues and few sponsors.

Would be nice to get something for winning league1, but given it is free league, and the top priority was sporty, yet pleasant opportunity to kick other boardsies right in the balls , I am not that concerned about prizes or lack of them

Leave it with me, I'll check the prizes situation with the person who offered them at the start of the year.

Scorpion Sting

CSF wrote: »

Typically pay leagues work in an equal structure ie. Everyone pays the same amount in and can therefore win the same amount. So how do you make the Premier League more prestigious than League 2?

Oh ... hadn't thought of that! That makes it more tricky to organise. The current prize setup may work better.

CSF

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Oh ... hadn't thought of that! That makes it more tricky to organise. The current prize setup may work better.

There's another option, a more informal one. All the people in a league who want to pay in to a pot with the highest finisher taking the pot. So it could be that 10 want to do it that way and 10 don't, and only the 10 that pay in can take the pot, whoever finishes highest. If everyone enters, excellent, but I want this to be first and foremost about the interest in competing against mammoths like Lemlin, busts, FHFC, and Swiper the Fox, although I hope he'll be taken off his perch this weekend rather than the simple financial gain of winning what'd be a comparatively easier (sorry guys) pot in League 1 or 2.

As usual, answers on a postcard guys, cause I plan to finalise plans early in the off-season on the finer points of format and structure.

KevIRL

CSF wrote: »

There's another option, a more informal one. All the people in a league who want to pay in to a pot with the highest finisher taking the pot. So it could be that 10 want to do it that way and 10 don't, and only the 10 that pay in can take the pot, whoever finishes highest. If everyone enters, excellent, but I want this to be first and foremost about the interest in competing against mammoths like Lemlin, busts, FHFC, and Swiper the Fox, although I hope he'll be taken off his perch this weekend rather than the simple financial gain of winning what'd be a comparatively easier (sorry guys) pot in League 1 or 2.

As usual, answers on a postcard guys, cause I plan to finalise plans early in the off-season on the finer points of format and structure.

This is the most straightforward and sensible way to do it. Essentially a sidebet on the league between whoever wants in.

The title glory, relegation and promotion issues in each division is a seperate matter.

Scorpion Sting

CSF wrote: »

There's another option, a more informal one. All the people in a league who want to pay in to a pot with the highest finisher taking the pot. So it could be that 10 want to do it that way and 10 don't, and only the 10 that pay in can take the pot, whoever finishes highest. If everyone enters, excellent, but I want this to be first and foremost about the interest in competing against mammoths like Lemlin, busts, FHFC, and Swiper the Fox, although I hope he'll be taken off his perch this weekend rather than the simple financial gain of winning what'd be a comparatively easier (sorry guys) pot in League 1 or 2.

As usual, answers on a postcard guys, cause I plan to finalise plans early in the off-season on the finer points of format and structure.

Yeah I'm down with that.

FHFC

CSF wrote: »

There's another option, a more informal one. All the people in a league who want to pay in to a pot with the highest finisher taking the pot. So it could be that 10 want to do it that way and 10 don't, and only the 10 that pay in can take the pot, whoever finishes highest. If everyone enters, excellent, but I want this to be first and foremost about the interest in competing against mammoths like Lemlin, busts, FHFC, and Swiper the Fox, although I hope he'll be taken off his perch this weekend rather than the simple financial gain of winning what'd be a comparatively easier (sorry guys) pot in League 1 or 2.

As usual, answers on a postcard guys, cause I plan to finalise plans early in the off-season on the finer points of format and structure.

I was just going to suggest exactly this earlier when my 3 year old went off on one before i finished reading the thread.

This kind of optional pot i think is the only way to go as plenty across the leagues who might not want to pay in.

Add in the odd donated prize which could go to the winner (paid or not) and theres a decent prize fund.

Mammoths though?!?

skippy15

So after losing last week with a score of 102 im the feature game this week scraping relegation

playing busts in first v me in 18th

Busts could take down title with a draw even a loss. Im level on points with 19th ahead on points difference...grandstand finish

Iused2likebusts

Im all on for cash prizes but I think for this I really like the idea that it's more about the glory of winning a competition amongst all the regular posters on here. I'd prefer it the way it is and wouldn't like it to turn into a competitive cash h2h league.

Iused2likebusts

skippy15 wrote: »

So after losing last week with a score of 102 im the feature game this week scraping relegation

playing busts in first v me in 18th

Busts could take down title with a draw even a loss. Im level on points with 19th ahead on points difference...grandstand finish

You have a strong team this week probably the same fear of no gks playing as myself. We have the same front 3.

CSF

FHFC wrote: »

I was just going to suggest exactly this earlier when my 3 year old went off on one before i finished reading the thread.

This kind of optional pot i think is the only way to go as plenty across the leagues who might not want to pay in.

Add in the odd donated prize which could go to the winner (paid or not) and theres a decent prize fund.

Mammoths though?!?

Not gonna lie to you, it was just an excuse to take a swipe at Swiper

CSF

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Im all on for cash prizes but I think for this I really like the idea that it's more about the glory of winning a competition amongst all the regular posters on here. I'd prefer it the way it is and wouldn't like it to turn into a competitive cash h2h league.

You're right, hence why I won't be having anything to do with running side pots. I'd enter though because I'd gamble on a farting competition. Besides, depending on events this weekend, the focus of privilege in this hierarchy may shift to the Championship.

Sooner or Later

KevIRL wrote: »

This is the most straightforward and sensible way to do it. Essentially a sidebet on the league between whoever wants in.

The title glory, relegation and promotion issues in each division is a seperate matter.

Agreed. I have no interest in a pay league. I enjoy trying to beat boards legends head to head but I haven't a hope of beating them in a cash league

Swiper the fox

At half time both big matches are tight, nobody is doing well.

CSF

Swiper the fox wrote: »

At half time both big matches are tight, nobody is doing well.

Baines

Sooner or Later

If I read the subs in right I am three ahead of Tom K with my De Gea to his Valencia left.

Would be great to finish with three wins in a row

CSF

By my count I need De Gea and Rashford to total 11 points to stay up. Will this game go ahead? Will these guys play?