FFI Fantasy Football 2007

[Brother]

I forgot to sort out all the results for last year. In fact I stopped checking a couple of weeks before the end of the season. I think it's safe to say that Tristan won though and Nem came second but the bloody reset messed things up.

So, are we doing another one this year? There's plenty of preparation time. Do we want to go with (http://fantasy.premierleague.com/) again or is there a better online one that we could use because I remember some people saying that they were using other teams last season too? Any suggestions welcome.

[Enemy Airship]

I chased Nem right down to the wire! I finally got ahead of him in the penultimate week and then lost :( I'll sign up again, but I wont pick my team until much closer to kick off!

[Earl Of Slander]

I'd like to sign up, and can also volunteer to check on scores if you needed more than one person to do it.

That site looks pretty good - what sort of prizes are there for winning?

[enfilade]

Personally, I always really liked the Yahoo! version. There was much less emphasis on the team you began the year with, which was nice.

But sign me up to whatever, I might actually check beyond the first week this year. If my starting team doesn't perform appallingly, I mean.

[Dark Mandy]

Is there a league set up for this yet?

[Brother]

http://fantasy.premierleague.com
JOIN CODE: 345609-58308

[SgtToppin]

can anyone use that join code?

[Enemy Airship]

Anyone from FFI!

[Brother]

The prices are quite tough this year aren't they? I had to pick a randomly generated team to set the league up so I haven't gotten around to selecting a proper one yet, but just looking at the cost of certain players is making me wince.

[Dark Mandy]

At least it stops people from filling their squads with players from only the top 4 clubs. The prices are quite steep in some cases (like 14 for Henry), but it just means you have to use players from some of the lower-ranked sides. I've still been able to field a side featuring Rosicky, Van Der Sar and John Terry, without having to bring in donkies like Heskey.

[Enemy Airship]

I seem to remember starting last season with Rooney and Henry upfront with Lampard and Gerrard in midfield, such were the prices then.

Had a dream midfield just now! Sadly I was .5mil over though, so I had to bring in Campo instead :(

[Earl Of Slander]

The Grog Monkeys have been entered. I'm liking my team, and having Smith classed as a Midfielder could be a huge payoff when he comes back from injury.

[Dark Mandy]

Once you've got a team, click on leagues on the side and put it in the private league box.

[Final Jonathan]

Click on Leagues and it'll have a box for you to put it in.

So there's only 7 people!

[Enemy Airship]

Seven people is more than we had last year. Tristian isn't entering this time either, so we might be in with a chance!

Isn't Alan Smith still injured for about a month? Surely having him in your team would be a pretty bad idea. He also plays in midfield for Man Utd, that's why he's a midfielder!

[Earl Of Slander]

Alan Smith gets back in September, yeah. I like to put a lot more focus onto my initial team - and besides Smith is very much the substitute midfielder - I'm sure the rest can do fine on their own.

With the departure of Nistelrooy, the chances of Smith being played in an attacking role is good so that could equal more points.

[Enemy Airship]

If he was a good striker that is :thumbsup:

I've just spend the last few minutes kicking out Carrick. Useless sack of...

[Earl Of Slander]

Haha, I got Carrick in my midfield actually. It'll be interesting to see how varied the teams are. I'm willing to bet that the Goalkeepers and Strikers are going to similar, not so sure about the rest though.

And Smith is just fine :)

[Brother]

I had Carrick too. Now I've got to rethink my midfield. I haven't got Henry in my squad for the first time in about five years. Has anyone else managed it?

[Enemy Airship]

For goodness sake, I did some jiggling and replaced Carrick with Joe Cole :rolleyes:.

I went with Henry as he's guaranteed points. In fact, my front line is pretty bad ass (at the expense of my defence :sweat: ).

Actually, I've 'pulled a Nem' this year and made two teams just in case!

[Earl Of Slander]

I didn't even consider going with Henry this time around - the 14 million thing completely deterred me and I wasn't too impressed with his World Cup form anyway. Having said that, he really is guaranteed a good 20 goals this season. Still, my front line isn't anything to laugh about :)

What's with the sudden rush to replace Carrick, anyway?

[Enemy Airship]

He's injured as well.

Putting injured players in your team really is like shooting yourself in the foot, especially when you can replace players at any time.

[Earl Of Slander]

...
Well, thanks for telling me because the news coverage out here in the States is apparently dire. Yahoo don't show him as injured either ... but whatever. Time to tinker around then.

[Enemy Airship]

He twisted his ankle in a friendly. Should be back in August. I think Joe Cole is out until November/December time too. As much as it pleases me that our rivals are losing star players, I wish they'd be considerate to my dream team :(

[Dark Mandy]

What's with the sudden rush to replace Carrick, anyway?

He's shit. £18.6m? Spurs must have been laughing all the way to the bank.

[Brother]

I've just swapped Carrick, Van Der Sar and Rosicky. I'm a bit gutted about letting Rosicky go and it may come back to bite me in the arse but this way I've been able to get Gerrard in. Out goes Lennon too.

[Sensei Reno]

ive registered but i cant seem to find how to join the FFI league

[Brother]

http://fantasy.premierleague.com
JOIN CODE: 345609-58308

Click on leagues and put the code in. :rolleyes:

[Sensei Reno]

ah thanks BH i think this will be fun i think i have chosen i good team you guys watch out :P

ive chosen the guy joe hart in goal he used to play for my dads team lol

[Spike Marshall]

The Vesparels have joined.

Kinda uninspired but it'll have to do.

[Earl Of Slander]

ah thanks BH i think this will be fun i think i have chosen i good team you guys watch out :P

ive chosen the guy joe hart in goal he used to play for my dads team lol

Why would you pick a second choice keeper? Your tactics baffle me.

[Brother]

That's ten people now. Much better than last year. :)

[Enemy Airship]

I remember last year, I made the tactical masterstrokes of replacing Drogba with Michael Owen.

Then Darren Bent with Luke Moore.

Oh God, what was I thinking?

[Sensei Reno]

Why would you pick a second choice keeper? Your tactics baffle me.

dude if you have seen him play in goal you like me would believe that he is better than james trust me on this one he is a very good goal keaper

[Earl Of Slander]

That doesn't mean that he's going to play. Please tell me that he is your second choice goalkeeper.

[Sensei Reno]

i know it doesnt but rumour has it that david james is going to portsmouth and personally all the people who used to be good go there so i think he will. but i may edit my team

[Earl Of Slander]

I think that would be very wise considering you have an unlimited number of transfers right now. If it backfires you will lose a lot of points and if James does go then you can make the change whenever you want.

[Enemy Airship]

I'm better than David James in goal, but they're still going to pick him because of his vast experience. If he's your first choice keeper, you've either made a tactical masterstroke of freeing up money for other players, or you're going to go from week to week having a GK that isn't winning you any points :(

[Sensei Reno]

ive editted my team feel free to check it out :) i see your point guys im just being a bit over the top signing a 19 year old who i remember being on the bench for shrewsbury since he was 15

[Dark Mandy]

I'm better than David James in goal

Hah, he's still better than Barthez, though.

[Final Jonathan]

I'm going 2 kik ur buts

I thought I was never going to be satisfied. But now I think I'm ready, I'll just probably change my team another 3 times before the 19th.

[Mordgrool]

Mighy Penguins are in!

[Nem]

Woo, I'm in. With 40 minutes to spare until deadline.

Managed to get a spine of Henry, Ronaldo, Terry and Given. At the expense of my defence. Fear my mighty Kishishev!

[Dark Mandy]

Shit fuck fuck fuck! I didn't realise Rosicky was injured, but I managed to ship him out for Morten Gamst Pedersen just seconds before the deadline.

[Nem]

I did have Gamst Pedersen, but i culled him at the last minute in favour of Boa Morte, so i could include Ronaldo.

[Wampercycle]

Ha, shit, I forgot I had Rosicky too, oh well. I would say that Nem will run away with this, but unfortunately for him, I have Kishishev too.

[Brother]

Rosicky's in my back-up side and I forgot to take him out too. Has anyone else got two sides in our league, bacause if so I'm just going to enter my back-up side too.

[Nem]

I've only got one. Kevin Davies :heart:

[enfilade]

Holy crap, Lucas Neill was on my subs bench. Now that's a relief.

At least Shola produced the goods :)

[Dark Mandy]

I've only got one. Kevin Davies :heart:

Leroy Lita served me rather well.

Still got Man Utd and Chelski to play tomorrow, so I'm expecting points for Van Der Sar and Terry.

[Enemy Airship]

I've got rid of Campo, Downing and Olof Mellberg in my run up to the deadline :(

Fuck you Rosicky!

I took my awful team out for my new improved one, but my awful team bagged 35 points :(

[Wampercycle]

I thought subs automatically went through? So if Rosicky didn't play for me, Kevin Davies should have come through, no? Or does that happen after all the matches are done?

Edit: For that matter, 3 of my players didn't play, so shouldn't all of my subs automatically come on? I'm really hoping so, because I've got another 18 points on the bench. :(

Edit again: Checked the help bit of FPL, and thank god, substitutions come in at the end of the week. So, I didn't do quite as shit as I thought. Obviously Fulham will get a clean sheet too, so I'll be fine.

[Dark Mandy]

Obviously Fulham will get a clean sheet too, so I'll be fine.

At Old Trafford? I think not. I reckon Fulham will continue their dreadful away form over from last season.

[Nem]

Hooray, Leroy Lita will get subbed in for me, as Chimbonda didn't play.

[Dark Mandy]

At Old Trafford? I think not. I reckon Fulham will continue their dreadful away form over from last season.

And I'm right. After twenty minutes, Fulham were 4-0 down.

[Wampercycle]

At Old Trafford? I think not. I reckon Fulham will continue their dreadful away form over from last season.

Dude, you know I'm not an idiot, I was being sarcastic.

[Dark Mandy]

Yeah, sorry about that. I wasn't expecting quite such a spectactular fuck up, though.

I am of course talking about Rio 'Duckfaced Twattypus' Ferdinand, who denied himself and Van Der Sar some well-deserved clean sheet points. >:(

[Wampercycle]

I did pretty below average overall, but I would have done absolutely awful had I not had two decent subs coming in. I'm trying not to get too into this fantasy football thing again, though I probably will. I end up being so bothered about how my players are doing rather than just enjoying the football.

[Enemy Airship]

It's a marathon, not a sprint, right guys?


:(


The team I took out got more points. Henry as captain... never again!

[Brother]

Fourth place and Berbatov's got me another nine points tonight. :cool:

[Automated Responce]

I'm going to join the league if that's ok.
My team is called Team B, and my user name is Master_Keeper.

[Haku]

I want Tristan to be back in the league. :angry: He'd be good competition.

[enfilade]

Hey shut up man, you're riding a wave of luck right now.

[Brother]

Another good week for The Einherjar. Let's hope Campbell picks up some points for me tomorrow. Hey Malice, you look good down there! :thumbsup:

I really kicked myself in the teeth by forgetting to swap players who weren't playing over the last two weeks. :(

[Enemy Airship]

You were ahead of me last time too until I beat you by over 100 points at the end of the season!

I've got rid of Zamora and Johnson so far, not my best moves I must say. I wish Arsenal weren't shit too :thumbsup:

[Final Jonathan]

I'm not doing that bad, thanks to all of my Chelsea players and Zamora.

[Earl Of Slander]

Maybe another couple of transfers are on the way :( I think if Ashley Cole signs for Chelsea then that's Bridge's well earned place lost.

At least with Tevez coming into the Premiership I have a good backup.

[Brother]

42 points today and I forgot to swap Berbatov for Johnson :(!

[Enemy Airship]

Another abysmal performance from my dream team :(

Hat's off to Earl, you've a defence made of steal!

[Haku]

Brotherhood, FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKING 21 POINT FRIEDEL! :angry:

Now I have some rivalry. ;)

[Wampercycle]

This isn't turning out too pretty for me or Malice. :(

I'm throwing my wildcard out there and changing my entire team.

[Brother]

I'm really gutted I forgot to take Berbatov out for Johnson though. I was honestly going to do that and I didn't remember until 12PM yesterday. Several other players that I was going to bring in scored well yesterday too. I guess that shows me something. :(

[Wampercycle]

I've no excuses for mine, I wasn't going to change any players or anything. I'm hoping my revamped team will do the job.

[Brother]

Ah, up to 50 and I still have two to play today. :)

Who's in your revamped squad? Or don't you want to let on? ;)

These transfer points are killing me this year. I'm waiting to see how the Argentinians do today but I definitely need to take Bridge and Berbatov out this week at least. Shevchenko's disappointing too. If I'd have brought Johnson in I'd have been top now!

Primus is having a great season and Cole's still relatively cheap. Giggs I was going to bring in, maybe Zamora or Saha but I could do with swapping both of my shit strikers really. I hope Tevez impresses today.

[Enemy Airship]

I made some transfers this week too so I expect my team to fall even further behind :(

Malice Palace is doing (slightly) better than the team I took it out for. I've really squandered my captaincy recently opting for players like Henry and Gerrard. How was I to know!

[Brother]

Did everyone remember that Liverpool and Newcastle are playing two games this week? My rock-solid defence has done me proud today. :cool:

[Haku]

God brotherhood, you might actually over take me with the luck of yours. :(

[Brother]

Luck?! :mad:

It all depends on how your 'Pool and Newc' players do. I wanted to put some more in but I already had to make two substitutions because Berbatov's injured and Bridge won't play. That's four points already and with another four for each other sub it's just not worth the risk.

If Shevchenko doesn't get a goal this week he's dropped. :o

[Haku]

God, good thing I have 5 players that would play double. :D
Hopefully Reina could get good points and get it doubled.

[Enemy Airship]

Oh Andy, you came and you gave me a Goal-Y
I knew you'd be a better captain than Henr-Y

etc etc. Don't count your chickens yet boys, Airship Malice is steaming forwards!

(Come on guys, give me a break :()

[Brother]

Top, but not for long :(!

I have a feeling that Liverpool/Newcastle thing might kill me this week. You all seem to have a fair few of them in your sides. :/

[Dark Mandy]

Oh Andy, you came and you gave me a Goal-Y
I knew you'd be a better captain than Henr-Y

:D

I must say, it's fantastic to see so many Portsmouth (top of the league!) defenders in people's squads. I wouldn't have expected that at the start of the season.

As Frankie Howerd might have said, Up Pompey!

[Enemy Airship]

With a clean sheet from Given and a goal from Duff, I should've done pretty well this week! Adebayor might have to be transferred into the team too, just because he's a total legend.


Ok, let's not get carried away.

[Brother]

58 points this week, not too shabby. Let's hope Gerrard bags a couple against Newcastle. :cool:

[Earl Of Slander]

Well this was just a dark weekend of football all around for me. Chelsea winning, United losing against Arsenal and to top it off my Fantasy week was crap.

Neither goalkeeper played which is just retarded, Ronaldo single handedly lost us the game, all 3 of the strikers I put up had the worst games of their season. At least Portsmouth did the business though.

I just made some transfers anyway, Bridge out - Essien in. I took Downing out too, and Powell for a couple of decent defenders because none of my substitues were even playing.

Come on Parker! Hat trick against Liverpool plz.

[enfilade]

I want a 3-4 to Newcastle, with a couple from Sibierski and Parker, and a hat-trick from Bellamy.

It could totally happen.

I wish Yakubu and Schevchenko would fucking score for once.

[Brother]

Re: Re: will go top again come Wednesday, he's got five players playing and that's ten points at least. Shevchenko's out anyway, I can't risk him anymore.

[Earl Of Slander]

I took him out for Rooney last week. I think once he has a couple of games under his belt Rooney will be back to winning ways.

Aye, Re:Re is going to get a nice amount of points from that but hopefully we can pull that back come Chelsea/Man United double gameweeks.

I like how Lampard is still getting me points yet he's at the worst form I've seen him.

[Haku]

Wow, all this talk about me this season, like last season about Tristan. I feel loved. :heart:

I hope Reina can keep out as many goals as he can, double points pls :( He only gave me a 2 pointer (x2). He's not doing very well recently, even Kenny's doing better, and he's the substitute goalie for my team.

[Enemy Airship]

Oh no, Shay Given has ruptured his bowels :(

I've wasted a transfer getting someone else in already! Probably Freidel.

My patience is really wearing thin with Gerrard and Henry too at the moment, but the midfielder market isn't really inspiring.

[Dark Mandy]

Ronaldo single handedly lost us the game

Actually, I think you'll find it was more of a team effort. Ronaldo may have given the ball away which lead to the goal, but Arsenal were better throughout the whole game.

A cool 60 points for Mandave Town this week, bringing me up to a respectable 7th, despite the disappointing lack of Bobby Zamora wonder goal. I wish I'd kept hold of that Norwegian scamp Pedersen for a bit longer, too.

[Brother]

Shit, I forgot to give the captaincy back to Lampard after last week. Come on Andy :(!

[enfilade]

Luckily, I didn't ;)

Finally, a 'best of the league' week. Fuck ya.

[Wampercycle]

Hold your horses, the gameweek isn't over yet.

[Haku]

Ah shit. What happened to my John Terry? Couldn't they change a player of mine to become a captain? I didn't have double points! :angry:

[Final Jonathan]

I kicked major ARSE this week! Thanks to my random picking for captin and Cahill and Ameobi scoring.

[Haku]

So whats been happening so far in this fantasy league?
It seems that everyone has just forgotten about it.

This week should be major for me.

[Enemy Airship]

I had a very bad two weeks. The team I took out at the start is doing better than the one I replaced it with :(! I'd only be one place further up the table though.

My brother racked up 75 odd points this week! I need a major rethink I feel.

[enfilade]

Thank God for staying faithful to Lampard as my captain. To say I was majorly pissed off by Doyle's 84th minute goal for Reading is an understatement though, I bought David James just for that match :(

Still, my squad is looking tight now. Kanu and Agbonlahor are cheap forwards you can't argue with. And my midfield is as star-studded as they come. I think I might be leading a good charge for the top 3 pretty soon. Eyyyy.

Edit: I'm top for this month by 17 fucking points. Get in. :cool:

[enfilade]

So whats been happening so far in this fantasy league?
It seems that everyone has just forgotten about it.
Obviously YOU have bubba, 'cos you ain't top no more!

My awful choice of recent transfers is really costing me at the moment. I'm way back in 5th again and I've spent 12 points this week! I really need some big scores in GW16 and 17. My squad should be pretty tight by then though. Things is looking up :)

[Haku]

I've done shit. I'm back with the low lifes.
I need to revamp my team with my wildcard.
But atleast now I have some competition to play around with.

I can't seem to hit the jackpot anymore. I substitue players which then actually does some good on the day. But atleast I'm above the average scores everyweek.

[Enemy Airship]

I wildcarded my team, and it seems to have breathed some life into them. I'm constantly remembering this Fantasy Football malarky because I'm in a league with my brother, and he's suitably kicking my arse despite his top team starting a week after mine :(

This week I took out Henry from my team, and it was so nice to have money! I'm not sure whether I should put him back in.


...what am I saying! He'll always get me the goals!

[enfilade]

Fucking hell. This week a I brought in Patrice Evra. I then took him out after learning that he probably wouldn't play today. He did, and he scored. My replacement for him, Vidic, did not feature.

That's a bare minimum of 12 points gone. Fucking gone :mad:

[Brother]

Is anybody still keeping up with this? Looks like it's turning into a four-horse race!

[enfilade]

Yes, but I've just throw the shit into the wind now. I made 8 transfers last week, I'm that desperate. My well-constructed teams repeatedly give me nothing. Nothing :(

[Brother]

Ho ho ho, 74 points! :cool:

[Enemy Airship]

I wildcarded my team around the beginning of December and it seems to have turned my season around. I was around about first or second highest points scorer for three consecutive weeks over christmas!

I wish I'd have opted for RvP instead of Anelka though. Such a high frequency of games, I just can't keep track!

[Wampercycle]

Not many things can piss me off as much as fantasy football can. I decided at the beginning of the week that I was only gonna make one change - Mcarthy for Larsson.

Then, for some dumbass reason I decide to bring in David Dunn for Arteta as well, costing me 4 points. Didn't even think to check on Dunn's fitness or anything, then 2 minutes later realise he's unfit and probably won't play for a couple weeks. Arteta scores a penalty today and things just go from bad to worse. I can't think of anything more infuriating than fantasy fucking football.

Edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGH HHHHHHHHH

[Enemy Airship]

Same here :( I think I dropped Arteta for Pedro Mendes so that I could shell out for a decent striker. Martins roped in a dismal 1 point (I think) despite the fact that he scored a goal. As for that clown Jaaskelainen... I put in Van Persie for Obafemi last week, then swapped them around this week... It's just one big piss take!

Shorey who has played every minute of the season so far for Reading was suddenly replaced too. Another 6 points lost.

[Wampercycle]

It's just taking the fun out of the premiership for me, or at least what fun is left. I'm more bothered about who's scored than who wins. :(

[Haku]

Oh fuck. I got knocked off the top spot. :(

What a disgrace. I was totally gonna have Lampard as my captain, but I had to be all pessimistic and say he couldn't score again this week. :(

I guess it's time to put down my loyal Portsmouth Defense.

[Wampercycle]

Only 91 this week? How disappointing.

[Dark Mandy]

I wish I'd kept hold of that Norwegian scamp Pedersen for a bit longer, too.

:(!

[Haku]

Gaha... Just scraped past the bastard back to the top.

[Wampercycle]

What a fall from grace you've had, Re:Re, all the way down to 4th! Also, I'm claiming the top 3 highest gameweek scores of 113, 111 and 91. (I think!)

If only I'd sorted it out earlier in the season!

[Nem]

Third! What a fantastic last month or two, I was bumbling around eighth for ages!

[Haku]

There should be an award for me being number one the longest. :(
Can't believe it. 4th.

[Enemy Airship]

One of my goals in life is to beat Nem at this infernal dream team game. This year I was four points behind. Unbelievable.I bet I beat his Rupert Bear team though! Why couldn't he have kept them in the league :(

[Brother]

Where did I finish? 6th? 7th? I gave up on it and haven't logged in in about five months.

[Dark Mandy]

I want Tristan to be back in the league. :angry: He'd be good competition.

Ho ho ho, how the mighty have fallen.

[Nem]

One of my goals in life is to beat Nem at this infernal dream team game. This year I was four points behind. Unbelievable.I bet I beat his Rupert Bear team though! Why couldn't he have kept them in the league :(

My Rupert Bear team was last year!

I only had Andernazionale this year.

Still they owned your bottom.