Fantasy Football 06/07

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as JtN has started a (strangely-titled) Premiership 06/07 thread, it seemed only right and proper that the fantasy league should start up again.

as usual it is here: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

and your ILX League of Champs is 149287-29014

my auto-complete team contains both Walcott and Jon Obi Mickel, are they taking the p!ss???

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 16 July 2006 10:49 (nineteen years ago)

also, everyone seems just that little bit more expensive this year, extreme cunning is going to be needed to have 11 decent players each week...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 16 July 2006 11:15 (nineteen years ago)

ok, maybe sunday afternoon wasn't the best time to post this...

then again maybe 5pm on a work day isn't the best time to bump it either...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

Les Coups des Boules are in! I will continue my streak of not being very good at this!

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

35 minutes well spent there...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

lalalalala

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:11 (nineteen years ago)

i'll read the rules before i start this time.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:19 (nineteen years ago)

I'm in and prepared for my usual slow start.

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Bump.

Sporting Redcliffe's pre-season tour of the Faroe Isles has set them up for a championship challenge.

― Ranking Rupert (Ranking Rupert), Saturday, 29 July 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

only 18 teams? blimey, where are the others??

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 31 July 2006 13:00 (nineteen years ago)

Still a couple of weeks away from the start of the season though.

My team looks quite exciting on paper.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 31 July 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

there are also the inevitable pre-season injuries to watch out for, it's going to take a fair degree of luck to keep 11 scoring players week in, week out i'd say...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 31 July 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone else decided that Henry REALLY IS too expensive this time and it would be more fun to avoid picking him all season?

I was tempted to suggest a 'No Henry' league-wide pact!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 31 July 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

could we have a thread about FIGHTING FANTASY FOOTBALL, in which armed with a sword you get to try and fight your way to the goal on the other side?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

or a fantasy league in which liverpool will win the premiership?

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

MICHAEL CARRICK

SKILL: 8
STAMINA: 7
COURAGE: 6

If you defeat the Carrick turn to page 312. If you lose turn to page 75. if your gonads are crushed by a rampant Rooney turn to page 400.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Oh, Ashtonpaws!

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

im consoling myself with the thought that everyone had ashton, so makes little difference

― -- (688), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

Really? I thought Ashton was my unique secret weapon.

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

who's ashton?

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

Cech is also injured. Won't play this weekend.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

Everyone had Ashton as their Unique Secret Weapon. I am now putting faith in, of all people, James Beattie. This may well prove to be misguided.

Anyway, bump. Needs more players - this is still quite small by ILE FFL standards.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 18 August 2006 12:03 (nineteen years ago)

i've had to go with Harewood as Ashton replacement :/

no Terry, Lampard or Henry this time so it's a transitional phase for us, Maniche

didn't want to gamble on Berbatov this soon. ditto Van Persie. Andy Johnson otoh...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 18 August 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

I added Blizzard from Watford to my squad. His name is Blizzard, c'mon!

My Ashton replacement is actually... Helguson. But he's my sub. For now.

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Friday, 18 August 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

Cech is also injured. Won't play this weekend.

Is this confirmed? I've had to sell him as well now. I have a new unique secret weapon which I will keep secret.

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Friday, 18 August 2006 12:35 (nineteen years ago)

My sub keeper has already been loaned out to bloody Leeds.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 18 August 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

Cech def out. he can't raise his arm above his shoulder or something.

― Pete W (peterw), Friday, 18 August 2006 12:46 (nineteen years ago)

I have joined, with almost the same strip as Ailsa. You lot and your team colours :)

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Friday, 18 August 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

I have a new unique secret weapon which I will keep secret.

Yeah I thought about Samaras and Saha as well.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 18 August 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

you shouted me down for suggesting samaras. i think city might play him out wide though?

― -- (688), Friday, 18 August 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't shout you down, I laughed at you. Then I heard Motty mention his recent scoring record and began to reconsider. I'll give him a couple of games though. Andy Cole looks worth a punt as well, but I think Man City are going to start the season badly.

Defoe's potentially a good pick, he's got the bit between his teeth right now and will need to seize the moment in order to win back his place in the team.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 18 August 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

oh ballacks.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 August 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

I HAVE PICKED CURTLY AMBROSE FROM CHARLTON.

(humourous nickname only cos I can't remember his proper first name - Darren is it?)

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Friday, 18 August 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

OH ROSICKYPAWS

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Friday, 18 August 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

England could have done with King Curtly today instead of Grievously Bollocks Harmison.

It is Darren, and you have chosen wisely. :-)

― Scourage (Haberdager), Friday, 18 August 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

I feel naked without at least one Charlton player, it's true.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 18 August 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone put a team into the Metro one? Me and Onimo are in, is it worth starting an ILX league?

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 18 August 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

You don't need secret weapons when you've got Bobby Convey.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 18 August 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone put a team into the Metro one? Me and Onimo are in, is it worth starting an ILX league?

Let me know if you do.

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

u_u are ready to play total acid football

: hahnemann
shorey-gabbidon-assouekotto
hleb-ronaldo-arteta-davies
berbatov-shevchenko-henry

― -- (688), Saturday, 19 August 2006 09:36 (nineteen years ago)

I'm in. Start up the ILX league someone.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Saturday, 19 August 2006 09:54 (nineteen years ago)

this doesnt look good, for...anyone!

― -- (688), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Thank goodness for Leroy Lita, I'd be somewhat stuffed otherwise. Still, three Chelsea players to come. Plus, given Crouchy's non-participation, I think that means I get Michael Tonge subbed on and apparently he got an assist. Which is good.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

For some reason Gerrard's score has been changed, rescuing me in the process. My UNIQUE SECRET WEAPON in place of Ashton was Benny McCarthy. Carragher off injured and Lucas Neill sent off.

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Lucas Neill is about to pull a Gary Breen on us. Great WC followed by wretched, disastrous domestic season.

Djimi, I shall enjoy yelling at you during MOTD tonight.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

This yank has joined your league is now in 7th place.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

the bonuses have been added, thats why the score has changed

― -- (688), Saturday, 19 August 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Nyaaaaagh, way to underperform/fuck up everyone in my team!

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Saturday, 19 August 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

This yank is also drunk and has trouble with grammar.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Saturday, 19 August 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

ILX Allstars are go in the Metro League. Password/PIN is 10763.

I appear not to have any points yet, oh well.

Proper Fantasy League will get better once subs are done and 12 point Bobby Zamora hauls his sorry ass off my bench.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 20 August 2006 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

Skipping 133 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

i can't believe how little everyone else cares about this this season, harrumph ;)

i'm still not sure how i managed to squeeze both henry and drogba into my team...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 February 2007 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

by not having any good defenders, seems to have worked v well tho!

i just need to figure out how to accommodate Ronaldo back into my team now that he is scoring every game (unlike first few months of the season) alongside Lampard and hopefully i can finally break top 4...

― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 5 February 2007 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

ronaldo/drogba are the new lampard/henry

e.g. i shouldn't have moved captaincy to drogba last weekend (i thought chelsea had a much easier game like!!!)

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 5 February 2007 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

I can't see myself challenging for the title, but I'm looking good for the final champions league place. Mind you, Ronaldo as captain has single-handedly been scoring most of my points for the last couple of months.

― Sir Tehrance HoBB (the pirate king), Monday, 5 February 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

I finally got bumped out of the cup after 7 weeks (by four points, because I left Shorey on the bench); still happy with my 2nd place though1

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

the problem is most people on the top 8 (by now) have ronaldo as captain!!

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

but you get more points, more consistantly with good attackers than good defenders, unless they freakishly start scoring goals (eg linvoy primus) yr looking at 6 points a week max and it's very hard for a single defenders to influence the game in the way midfielders or attackers do.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

Yer Matt Taylors and other "defenders" who tend to play midfield are handy for this, although Huddlestone has yet to bring me the sudden mega haul I hoped. On the other hand, part time midfielder G Barry would have even more points if he was classed as a defender, which he largely has been.

I am pleased to see I am not quite bottom of the ILX league, despite being 8 weeks behind.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

I am very disappointed that having swooped for Ronaldo he did not subsequently pick up a season-ending injury. Perhaps I should get round to making him captain.

― Pete W (peterw), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

depends on your defenders - john terry used to be ace because he gets 'em 'eaders at the corners.

your strikers need to score more than 1 (or have assist) to get megapoints

scoring midfielders e.g. ronaldo, lampard seem to do the best overall, with their cleansheet bonus and extra point for each goal and usually aren't as expensive than the top strikers and thus are the best buys

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

I was doing so well until Doyle got hurt. Bloody Lampard and Ronaldo.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

Cor, I am teh bestest on ILX this week. Shame I have been so shite (mostly due to not caring) for the rest of the season.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone put a team into the Metro one? Me and Onimo are in, is it worth starting an ILX league?

Are you still doing this Ailsa? I'm doing it as well as the FA one, but it's a bit rubbish.

― Sir Tehrance HoBB (the pirate king), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, I am, but I had completely forgotten about it (hence doing shite by having John Terry and William Gallas in my team gaining bugger all in the way of points, also I inexplicably appear to have a forward line of Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson).

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

DAMN YOU CIBULA!!!!

[shakes fist]

― CarsmileSteve, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

and so we enter...END GAME...

― blueski, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

75pts is my best gameweek score so far this season. it's been a long hard slog frankly.

― blueski, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

How weird is that? I'd just remembered there were extra games last night, and checked my scores, and then thought to myself "I'll revive that long-lost fantasy football thread and see if anyone else still cares about it", and when I clicked on ILX it was there waiting for me at the top of the new answers page.

One point in it at the top then a near-sixty point gap then just 6 in it between 3rd and 4th. Squeaky bum time.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Progress at last! I'm up to third.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 17 March 2007 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

still damn you cibula!

last "week" was a shocker, but wholesale changes at Juve Fire Sale will hopefully get us back on track...

― CarsmileSteve, Saturday, 14 April 2007 10:29 (nineteen years ago)

I shipped out Fat Frank for Ronaldo, then somewhat overexcitably put him straight in as captain despite the fact that he is playing in the FA Cup this weekend. This will annoy for the next eight weeks, and perhaps belongs on the popular "Daft Petty Bullshit That Makes The Veins on Your Neurotic Menk Forehead Explode" thread.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Saturday, 14 April 2007 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

i brought in arbeloa this week

for matty taylor:(

― 600, Saturday, 14 April 2007 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

i put in crouch for drogba because i thought he'd be playing both games, NO NOT OUR DELICATE FLOWER

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, 14 April 2007 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

A ray of sunshine after the Middlesbro debacle: I've stolen second place. Just four points separating 2nd-4th.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 April 2007 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

eff me what a shocker of a week, where did it all go wrong?? oh hold on, none of you lot have got cheslea players, drogba/fat fwank hat-trick and everything will be back to normal ;)

― CarsmileSteve, Sunday, 22 April 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Chelsea's 0-0 shocka means the Carsmile Recovery remains the stuff of fantasy and I consolidate my lofty second place. It might never get this good again, so I'll milk it while it lasts. Milk, milk...

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 22 April 2007 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

GAH! if ONLY i'd bought berbatov and taken the 4 point deduction for having to transfer 2 plaers at once. still, good thing drogba didn't play so arteta got subbed in...

that top of the table clash in full:

1 Les Coups des Boules Matt C!bul4 61 1929
2 Blind Fury FC Jamie Fake 69 1856
3 Deportivo L'Acadie Infinite Cow 59 1849
4 Juve Fire Sale CarsmileSteve 67 1842
5 Goodfeetforabigman David M 60 1840
6 ^_^ charlton lido 99 1833
7 The Happy Chaps Billy Dods 101 1795

Billy is coming up on the rails to challenge for a champions league slot, but Matt has got the title i reckons

― CarsmileSteve, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

down to 11th WTF WTF

― blueski, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno, my lead is very vulnerable!

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 11 May 2007 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

if id chosen mccarthy instead of roberts id be looking at possibly 2nd now

― 696, Friday, 11 May 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

esp if id remembered to swap bridge in for arbeloa

― 696, Friday, 11 May 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

oh haha i went for keane in the end anyway, not roberts or mccarthy. still a champions league place still a possibility after a frankly dreadful campaign

― 696, Friday, 11 May 2007 05:15 (nineteen years ago)

final game of season

cibula has it all sewn up, but 2nd place is wide open. my cause has not been helped by liverpool conceding already, and ronaldo on bench

― 696, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

though jenas setting up keane makes up for that

― 696, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

yay berbatov

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

oh! i forgot about you!

― 696, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

as i had you until a couple of weeks ago

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

I think second might have slipped away from me...

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

ooh, you might just hang on y'know...

― CarsmileSteve, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

might come down to bonus points...

― CarsmileSteve, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

2nd should be in the bag for you. bonuses still to come, looks like 5th for me, not quite enough for a cl place

xpost

― 696, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

Erk, I've been terrible at this, but somehow still end the season above Mystic Matt DC.

― ailsa, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

a late run makes 5th, just short of carsmile

― 696, Sunday, 13 May 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

1 Les Coups des Boules M** C** 45 1970
2 Blind Fury FC J** F** 47 1903
3 Deportivo L'Acadie Infinite Cow 40 1889
4 Juve Fire Sale S** H** 49 1887
5 ^_^ charlton lido 50 1883
6 Goodfeetforabigman D** M** 40 1880
7 The Happy Chaps B** D** 56 1851
8 Thierry Henry Aaron A** W** 56 1840
9 Mentalist FC P** B** 45 1840
10 Clapton Wanderers s** m** 47 1826

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

they haven't done the subs yet tho right? i should have Davies in for De Merit - not that it should make any difference really.

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

theyve done the subs

― 696, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

De Merit didn't play but he's still in my XI.

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

ooh yes, that's odd isn't it?

oh no, hold on! if you had davies you'd have an invalid formation, you have to have three defenders innit.

― CarsmileSteve, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah

― blueski, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

I'd just like to thank my competitors; it was an honour just to be in the same league as such hard-working, football-savvy fantasists. I'd also like to thank the players that helped me ascend to the league championship for the very first time: Ronaldo, Lampard, Arteta, Lescott, Primus, Drogba (till I dropped ya), and the revolving door of other strikers and midfielders whom I employed. This Yank would also like to grant special favours to two of my countrymen who had surprisingly great seasons in the EPL and on my team: Brian McBride and Tim Howard.

If Manchester City hadn't made a right haimes of it I'd be sitting pretty in the catbird seat. As it is, I'm satisfied, grateful, and cognizant of my good fortune. It was fun, y'all.

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 13 May 2007 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

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