The 2014/2015 Fantasy Football Thread

[Ch3tan]

I had di Maria captain, erikson, cesc snd gylfi in midfield and beranhio and costa upfront. This is what happens when you remember to change your team for the first time in four weeks

 

[miri]

Eat a dick @Vae! Back on top!

(enjoying it while it lasts ;D)

 

[caLLous]

@Vae had a bit of a 'mare by all accounts. Oh well!

I predict some heavy scoring next week - lots of matches with "big" teams against "small" teams. It was definitely a midfielders' week this time around.

 

[Vae]

Yeah really not a good week My captain choice was OK but not great (I decided that Sterling had a greater upside than Costa particularly vs Arsenal). No clean sheets hurt as well. My week would have been quite a bit different if Baines had scored that penalty. Probably another 11 points (6 for the goal, 2 for not missing a penalty and 3 bonus). My last couple of moves (Ramsay to Tadic and Rooney to Pelle) were with a longer term view than just this game week so hopefully will work out in the long run. Just got to decide where to spend all the money leftover now!

 

[caLLous]

I've still got Rooney sitting on my bench from last week. I just couldn't see anybody that I thought would get me decent points in the matches in Gameweek 7 so I stuck him on as last sub and pretended he wasn't there.

I'm tempted to work Di Maria into the team as his replacement but that would mean at least a 4 point hit to wiggle things around (maybe in place of Eriksen or Downing) and then I've no idea who I would put up top. Maybe Pellè actually... or Berahino...

edit - Dammit I want Pellè but I've already got 3 Saints players so that would mean that the wiggle would cost me 8 points not 4.

 

[Billargh]

I'm really considering ditching Naismith and getting Cissé/Pellè/Berahino in.

Also everyone can suck it, I'm still #1 in the H2H league, that's what really matters

 

[Vae]

I shouldn't be giving advice.... But look at Everton's upcoming fixtures before making that decision. There are several cheap forwards who are making a mockery of their price in comparison to the more 'elite' (at least in price) forwards.

Also for @caLLous Di Maria is undoubtedly a good player and has scored well but that was in a run of very good fixtures which has now, more or less, come to an end. I'm not convinced Utd have turned any kind of corner yet so I'd be cautious.

One thing making this season more interesting so far (and also more difficult) is that there is not yet a standard template team of must-haves.

 

[caLLous]

Who else has Pelle as captain?

 

[Vae]

Sadly Welbeck. Not unhappy but slightly ruing deciding to do Rodwell - Milner rather than Costa to Aguero (C). Wasn't convinced Costa was injured (as earlier in the season) so played it safe given his huge ownership.

 

[caLLous]

I wasn't even looking at Aguero tbh, he's just so pricey (I only want one £10+m and unless Aguero starts banging them in every game, I'm sure Costa will amass more points). I shipped Rooney and Fonte out this week in favour or Pelle (C) and Baines (I can't say I'm unhappy with those decisions with hindsight ) and had Costa in my starting 11. I'll get 9 points for Eriksen at the end of the week when the autosubs get sorted out because Mahrez didn't play either.

Now I just need Siggy to have a blinder against Stoke tomorrow (and a nice clean sheet and some goals and/or assists for Lovren, assuming he plays) and I'll be a happy bunny.

 

[Madmaxx]

wow last year I barely kept up with FF until during/after x-mas, so I was always bottom to middle table; now this week I'm top for the Head to Head league and 4th-5th in regular league .

 

[Moriath]

wow last year I barely kept up with FF until during/after x-mas, so I was always bottom to middle table; now this week I'm top for the Head to Head league and 4th-5th in regular league .

You just fishing for someone to call u a cunt..?

 

[Billargh]

I had a bloody shocker this week!

 

[Lethul]

I've given up on Lovren, he is useless!

 

[caLLous]

Well, fuck me. I went from scraping together an acceptable week to losing it all in the space of about a minute thanks to Ivanovic and Van Persie.

Also, I was banking heavily on an Everton clean sheet.

FUCK.

 

[Ch3tan]

Yeah Ivan cost me, but I'm quite happy about it!

 

[caLLous]

This week's dream team. Tis a thing of beauty.

 

[Billargh]

 

[caLLous]

Six of my players have played today, including my captain. I have a total of 9 points. :\

 

[Billargh]

8 players, 21 points, fuck sake.

 

[caLLous]

Fucking lol, now Fabianski has a red as well.

 

[caLLous]

My captain choices have been absolutely hilarious for the past 5 weeks straight. I've prepared a table:

GW   Captain   Total Points
15   Costa     2
16   Pelle     2
17   Eriksen   4
18   Bony      4
19   Austin    4 (might get bonus points)

Load of rubbish.

God fucking damnit Wenger brought Chambers on for one fucking minute so I won't even get points for Mahrez.

 

[Billargh]

This is shaping up to be the shitest week ever.

 

[Moriath]

Today not so good. Friday was great tho.

 

[caLLous]

Well one things for sure, everyone's fantasy teams are going to do shit this week (fingers crossed).

Load of bollocks, I've had my best week of the season I reckon. Turns out Cazorla was a good pick for captain.

 

[Billargh]

Load of bollocks, I've had my best week of the season I reckon. Turns out Cazorla was a good pick for captain.

95 points man, fucking hell Today would've been a bit better if Forster and Clyne kept their clean sheet.

 

[caLLous]

Yeah a Saints clean sheet would've been ideal (and Pelle achieving something as well). And obviously Bertrand not getting sent off.

On the one hand I'm glad I didn't switch Fabianski out for Krul (I was kicking myself after the Newcastle game because I was sure Southampton would score) but on the other I'm annoyed I didn't switch Ivanovic for Jagielka (one of those last minute decisions where you just think fuck it and click "confirm team").

 

[caLLous]

From being the highest scorer in the league in weeks 23 and 24, this week has been an absolute clusterfuck.

 

[Moriath]

From being the highest scorer in the league in weeks 23 and 24, this week has been an absolute clusterfuck.

Goes to check it out. Which one are you. I got 50 plus points

 

[caLLous]

I was kicking myself because I forgot to do my team and I had two Liverpool players sitting on my bench for a double gameweek but it honestly didn't affect me much. In fact, thinking about it, I would probably have dropped Chadli and Pelle to accommodate Henderson and Sterling, so I would've been 11 points worse off had I remembered. Liverpool.

Also,

it might be someone else's year!

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