Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

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LawrenceCooper
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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:04 pm

Neil Graham wrote:Congratulations to 85 point scorer Lawrence Cooper our number one of the week
:shock:

To think that my only aim for the week was to have eleven players available taking into account the five postponements :)

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:53 pm

Week 31 Report

The most beautiful thing I experienced in Barcelona was the response after winning the Liga in 1974. I was used to being congratulated, but here the people said ‘Thank you’. That was strange, but I’ll never forget it. - Johan Cruyff. Thanks Johan.


1 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 68 1,819
2 Bacuna-Mata-Ta Gareth Yeo 73 1,795
3 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 79 1,769
4 Barca Loner James Friar 84 1,757
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 79 1,739

No change in the top five in a big-scoring week where all the favourite players did well. Both Alan Tate (91 points) and John Garnett (90 points) reached the 90 point mark ; it goes without saying that Harry Grieve was the low scorer of the week on 23 whilst bottom club manager Sam Herring reaches the 1,000 point mark and is in position 3,415,912.

And a team name for you Man City fans - sterling silva - can they make the top four??

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:42 pm

Week 32 Report

"I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am." Zlatan Ibrahimovic Unless you're taking a penalty! :lol:

1 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 62 1,881
2 Bacuna-Mata-Ta Gareth Yeo 78 1,873
3 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 74 1,843
4 Barca Loner James Friar 52 1,809
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 51 1,790

Well absolutely no change at the top - other than a swift shuffle! Best score of the week was Nathan Cragg with 85 points; Sam Herring's 11 points cemented his team to Position 67 in the League - someone tell Sam that Luke Shaw is injured.

With 6 weeks to go time to have a look at the top teams in Fantasy Football; it's Lawro's Lions on 2009 points with second place Pooey Van Gaal on 2006. These are the only two teams to have broken the 2000 point barrier to date.

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Thu Apr 14, 2016 2:35 pm

Week 33 Report

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won. Lionel Messi

Well - no Barcelona - but who will win the Premier Chess title - read on!

1 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 77 1,958
2 Bacuna-Mata-Ta Gareth Yeo 79 1,952
3 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 56 1,899
4 Barca Loner James Friar 81 1,890
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 86 1,876

The top two are pulling away - who will win Mark or Gareth? The remainder must try and keep hold of their places with the top five teams unchanged now for a sixth successive week. It was a further week of high scores although no-one could hit the 100+ mark (expected in Week 34) there were three teams that scored 90 points or more. Top scorer was Paul Spiller now back in sixth place. The lowest score was from Justin Hadi with 22 points; having three Villa players, including Brad Guzan, in your team is not recommended. Whilst top place isn't decided Sam Herring must be assured of 67th and last place - even the rapidly falling Harry Grieve (66th place) isn't likely to bridge the gap.

Nothing like dismissing the opposition - two team names Substandard Liege or Pathetico Madrid though Lionel might disagree with the latter.

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:18 am

Week 34 Report

'I'm not saying he's going to field a weaker team; it just won't be as strong.' Mark Lawrenson Should have taken his advice last week - in come three Liverpool players who didn't play till the Mersey derby! :oops:

1 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 156 2,110
2 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 158 2,106
3 Dann Tchoyi Juanmi Paul Spiller 157 2,018
4 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 110 2,009
5 Check This Richard Pert 158 1,987

Well there you have it - 24 players scored 100+ last week aided by several teams playing two matches and the use of "Bench Boost" & "Triple Captain" wild cards. As a result we lose both James Friar and Barry Redburn, regain Paul Spiller and welcome Richard Pert to the top five. where four of the top scoring teams feature. Gareth Yeo has changed his team name yet again and his head-to-head with Mark Leonard continues but Gareth still has both his Triple Captain and All-out-Attack cards to play! At the foot of the table Sam Herring's score will soon be half that of the two leaders.

The overall leader is now Dimitris Gavles with 2,229 points - the top 81 teams all scored 100+ points demoting the leader of a fortnight ago Lawro's Lions to 82nd place. Best score of the week was 226 points that moved Savage Strikers up a massive 800,000 places. Team captain was Robbie Savage (honest)!

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:05 pm

Week 35 Report

Written in haste!

1 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 48 2,154
2 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 42 2,140
3 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 56 2,061
4 Dann Tchoyi Juanmi Paul Spiller 45 2,055
5 Check This Richard Pert 35 2,018

No change in the top five - the gap between Mark & Gareth 14 points. A more comprehensive report next time!

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu May 05, 2016 4:49 pm

Guess who only just realised that the Wildcard, Triple Captain and Bench Boost can't be used in the same week :oops:

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by David Shepherd » Thu May 05, 2016 6:53 pm

Claudio Ranieri ?

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Sat May 07, 2016 10:59 am

Week 36 Report

Once in a life it can happen.That is football. Claudio Ranieri

Dilly Ding, Dilly Dong - my wildcard selections turned out wrong.
In came Alex Mitrovic - who spent just 45 minutes on the pitch

Some disastrous wild card transfers and bench boost decisions have seen me drop 200,000 places in four weeks :oops: Can it get any worse?

1 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 51 2,187
2 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 32 2,186
3 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 59 2,120
4 Dann Tchoyi Juanmi Paul Spiller 53 2,104
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 60 2,070

For the first time Gareth Yeo goes top but by a single point! Norwich, Newcastle & Sunderland could well need that point at the season's end. Top Scorer was Paul Talbot's Loserpool Divers with 64 points - you will not be surprised to see that Paul is a Manchester United supporter! Justin Hadi's TheHad low scored on 14 points and drops to 66th place out of 67.

Overall Dimitris Gavles still leads with 2,341 points amongst his closest challengers are now For Fuch's sake, Digestive Busquets and Bayer Neverlusen. We'll catch up on the Cup Semi-Final next time.

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Fri May 13, 2016 10:25 pm

Week 37 Report

I'll get you into the Champions League Roberto Martinez on being appointed Everton Manager. Goodbye Roberto, Goodbye Norwich, Goodbye Newcastle and Goodbye Flores!

1 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 95 2,282
2 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 90 2,268
3 Dann Tchoyi Juanmi Paul Spiller 94 2,190
4 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 59 2,179
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 83 2,149

The gap, as we enter our final week, is now 14 points in Gareth Yeo's favour. He has progressed in 20 of the last 25 weeks and still has a card to play. They think it's all over - can Mark Leonard find a winning formula in Week 38?

High scorer last week was Grant Bucher whose team Turner and Huth was the only one in a high scoring week to reach triple figures on 110 points whereas Dominic Rabbitte's team DepaybackClyne were caught in the headlights scoring just 32 points.

On now to news of the Fantasy Cup where 3,562 placed Krul and the Gang will face 2,283 placed Coyotes in the Final. Will the Gang's forward line of Deeney, Kane & Aguero do better than the Coyotes line-up of Rashford, Carroll and Kane? We'll know on Sunday.

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun May 15, 2016 3:11 pm

MATCH ABANDONED - Man Utd v Bournemouth
The game at Old Trafford has been abandoned.

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Tue May 17, 2016 12:25 am

LawrenceCooper wrote:MATCH ABANDONED - Man Utd v Bournemouth
The game at Old Trafford has been abandoned.
Scores with the Manchester Utd v Bournemouth game to play:-

1 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 23 2,305
2 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 38 2,302

Gareth had a disastrous weekend - 6 of his selected players failing to make it onto the pitch!

Tomorrow :- Gareth will score 2pts for Dummett (on the bench); plus any points for Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Man Untd) who is also on the bench
Mark has De Gea in goal - his only opportunity to score more points.

Will De Gea play and keep a clean sheet? Find out tomorrow.

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue May 17, 2016 9:53 pm

My season ended in pantomime style with a Smalling own goal costing me two clean sheets :roll:

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Thu May 19, 2016 3:50 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:My season ended in pantomime style with a Smalling own goal costing me two clean sheets :roll:
92 minutes and 35 seconds

The Premier Chess Fantasy Football League was decided with twenty five seconds of the last match remaining.

The scores as we started the last match were:-

1 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 23 2,305
2 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 38 2,302

as you can see below. Gareth had two points from players on his bench for 2,307 - Mark meanwhile waited for David de Gea with a clean sheet to move him to 2,308. Deep into injury time twenty five seconds to go - Chris Smalling sticks out a leg and an own goal. Six points reduced to two and the final result :-

1 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 25 2,307
2 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 40 2,304

They thought it was all over - it is now!

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Re: Premier League Fantasy Football 2015-16

Post by Neil Graham » Wed May 25, 2016 1:21 pm

Here are the final results of Premier Chess Fantasy Football League 2015-16 - some fuller comments to follow:-

1 UKnowNuthnJohnStones Gareth Yeo 25 2,307
2 ARM and Hammers Mark Leonard 40 2,304
3 Dann Tchoyi Juanmi Paul Spiller 43 2,233
4 Rash Rangers Robert Ashworth 31 2,210
5 Check This Richard Pert 52 2,177
6 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 26 2,175
7 Good Vibes Richard Beach 45 2,148
8 Hardly Athletic Nathan Talbot 58 2,127
9 Barca Loner James Friar 36 2,119
10 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 41 2,115
11 Hammered Again Graham Ives 50 2,109
12 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 50 2,096
13 Goalsmiths Peter Roberson 33 2,092
14 Coleman's Muster Matthew Lunn 37 2,089
15 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 33 2,087
16 I give up Alan Tate 58 2,083
17 Where Angels Play John Garnett 58 2,074
18 Zugzwang Thomas Rendle 57 2,066
19 El Saalys FC Mike Swanwick 50 2,063
20 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 24 2,061
21 Pebworth Linos Daniel Lambourne 58 2,059
22 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 35 2,052
23 Sporting Ramblas II Simon Brown 54 2,047
24 ForestFC Nathan Cragg 42 2,037
25 Gen George Custard Neil Graham 40 2,035
26 Enter team name Steven Smith 88 2,034
27 Beginner's Pluck Kevin Williamson 28 2,028
28 supa strikas Onos Kofi-Ofuafor 41 2,024
29 Milsopolis Samuel Milson 30 2,015
30 Fiorentina Turner Mark Talbot 36 2,012
31 George's best George Georgiou 42 2,008
32 Slumdog Mignolet Andrew Garside 34 1,998
33 Frying High joe friar 45 1,995
34 Sisu Out Mark Page 43 1,957
35 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 36 1,953
36 SHOW ME THE MONEY Adrian Matthews 22 1,936
37 the swervers jim friar 48 1,934
38 GoalLess Peter Staneland 25 1,933
39 bubbles utd david grobler 56 1,923
40 Scored Again James Redburn 33 1,918
41 Spartak Wash Common Paul Cooksey 37 1,910
42 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 35 1,907
43 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 46 1,903
44 Loserpool Divers Paul Talbot 62 1,896
45 Bantertoly Konechny Adam Bremner 55 1,891
46 Enter Team Name Graham Mill-Wilson 42 1,890
47 Brentford Mods Jonathan Tait 47 1,879
48 Phoenix Rising Paul Colburn 32 1,866
49 cheeky one robert taylor 23 1,850
50 Heanor Town Nigel Wright 53 1,849
51 OFK Belgrade Nino Pesic 46 1,840
52 Holy BeardHair Dave Ledger 26 1,821
53 The Knight is Dark Peter Musgrove 33 1,780
54 Villaplus Robert Dale 29 1,765
55 Richard's Rockets Richard Weaving 33 1,742
56 The Krell Richard Dineley 43 1,725
57 Arselona FC David haydon 50 1,718
58 Morningstar Akmal Lathif 21 1,666
59 AnfieldAttackers Matthew Payne 29 1,649
60 Bantams Bouncing ihor lewyk 55 1,619
61 Juanmi Cornetto Rob Ensor 36 1,588
62 The Poofters Sabrina Chevannes 30 1,556
63 DepaybackClyne Dominic Rabbitte 35 1,461
64 neiley united Neil Milson 20 1,454
65 YOLO Harry Grieve 23 1,402
66 TheHad Justin Hadi 18 1,359
67 Smerring's Lads Sam Herring 28 1,277

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