Fantasy Premier league 2014/15 Official Thread

[TheDazzler]

might be losing the plot - I've been drawn against Dino1980 in the league cup, but I can't find his team ( and score) in the leagues?

Any help?

EDIT - dino1980 - bobbinsFc

rather I'd not looked now! lol - need 17points from tonight's game.....Sterling, Lovren, and Sturridge..mmhhh

Waz, the League Cup 1st round is in gameweek 4, you're still in!
All the 1st round GW dates are posted under the draws.

GW4 is just after the international break and after the transfer window has closed so everybody has time to get their teams into shape.
So that week will be the 1st Cup games of the season. Cup games and European games will come thick and fast after that though
We'll be posting up the relevant Cup draws in the thread in the week leading up to the games.

[Waz1892]

might be losing the plot - I've been drawn against Dino1980 in the league cup, but I can't find his team ( and score) in the leagues?

Any help?

EDIT - dino1980 - bobbinsFc

rather I'd not looked now! lol - need 17points from tonight's game.....Sterling, Lovren, and Sturridge..mmhhh

Waz, the League Cup 1st round is in gameweek 4, you're still in!
All the 1st round GW dates are posted under the draws.

GW4 is just after the international break and after the transfer window has closed so everybody has time to get their teams into shape.
So that week will be the 1st Cup games of the season. Cup games and European games will come thick and fast after that though
We'll be posting up the relevant Cup draws in the thread in the week leading up to the games.

Great news!! Thanks.

[TheDazzler]

The next gameweek (which is actually in 2 weeks time due to the international break) will be Game Week 4 and will feature the 1st Cup football of the season. Best of luck all!


League Cup (£10 league):

1.  Karabiner vs George2Loose
2.   (Bye8) vs Killer River                                                  Killer River
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3.   Rubbish2407 vs Nakor
4.   (Bye12) vs The Fruitbat                                               The Fruitbat
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5.    RobM vs bagel
6.    rinswun vs (Bye13)                                                   rinswun
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7.    class vs (Bye17)                                                       class
8.     (Bye3) vs TL900                                                      TL900                                                                                 
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9.     Junior Senior vs claypole
10.    Ace2M vs Mark_Porter
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11.     LB44 vs ForthThistle
12.     c4ught vs degston77
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13.     WellChief vs (Bye4)                                             WellChief
14.      (Bye2) vs The Baron                                          The Baron
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15.      dino1980 vs Waz1892
16.       Numpty Dumpty vs (Bye16)                             Numpty Dumpty
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17.      ChipRich vs (Bye7)                                              ChipRich
18.       sweet potata! vs (Bye5)                                   sweet potata!
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19.      (Bye10) vs The Dazzler                                      The Dazzler
20.       Sunday8pm vs Sherriff Fatman
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21         Baldock92 vs Soviet Song
22.        Yian vs (Bye11)                                                    Yian
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23.         maldini32 vs (Bye1)                                          maldini32
24.         (Bye15) vs toddswain                                       toddswain
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25.         Graham C vs Gazza
26.          Horneris vs (Bye14)                                          Horneris
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27.         (Bye9) vs BorntoBubble                                  BorntoBubble
28.         tikay vs DropTheHammer
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29.       MassiveFish vs (Bye18)                                       MassiveFish
30.      bergeroo vs Tiger-flash
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31.     Linux vs Mitch
32.     (Bye6) vs Teacake                                              Teacake

The winner of tie 1 plays the winner of tie 2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8, etc, etc.
This format will continue for the remainder of the competition.
All teams that draw a (randomly selected) bye progress to the next round.
The remaining teams in the 1st round will play each other in GW4

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If anyone is thinking about wildcarding, tonight is the time to do it.
Unfortunately the price rise site I linked is having trouble accurately predicting rises/falls at the moment as FPL has changed their formula this year. But you have a 2 week window now until the next GW and it's still relatively easy to guess.
Buy the players that are going to rise by at least £0.2m (Costa/Naismith/Siggy/Ivanovic, etc), sell the players you have that may drop (Mata/Rooney/Bojan/Giroud, etc) and then the night before the next GW, sell the players you don't want, buy back the players you do want and you have your brand, spanking new team and some extra money in the bank.
Obviously it goes without saying, don't wildcard if you're happy with your team.

[Teacake]

Daz, I'm assuming point hits count in the cups, eg if you have 1 free transfer but use 2 then 4 points will be deducted from your weekly score?

[TheDazzler]

Daz, I'm assuming point hits count in the cups, eg if you have 1 free transfer but use 2 then 4 points will be deducted from your weekly score?

No, points hits will not count against your score in any cup or European games.
The reason for this is simple. I can't be arsed individually going into 32 teams and seeing how many hits people took. Too much admin.
Your weekly score as it appears on league table will be your Cup/Euro score.

[degston77]

anyone else having difficulty accessing the premier league site through chrome? keeps telling me there is a privacy error with their site

[c4ught]

Yep also got trouble im accessing through Firefox though

[Karabiner]

Yep also got trouble im accessing through Firefox though

Same here, it says they haven't renewed their license or summat.

[Ironside]

Love it dropped my 3 city players sold one so I could drop my arsenal player too, but after making transfer I forgot to drop Wilshere  goal assit and mom phew

[TheDazzler]

League Cup (£10 league) 1st Round:                            2nd Round ties

1.        Karabiner (57) vs George2Loose (85)                 George2Loose
2.       (Bye8) vs Killer River                                          Killer River
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3.       Rubbish2407 (86) vs Nakor (43)                          Rubbish2407
4.       (Bye12) vs The Fruitbat                                     The Fruitbat
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5.       RobM (66) vs bagel (54)                                     RobM
6.       rinswun vs (Bye13)                                            rinswun
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7.       class vs (Bye17)                                                class
8.       (Bye3) vs TL900                                               TL900                                                                                 
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9.        Junior Senior (67) vs claypole (84)                      claypole
10.      Ace2M (89) vs Mark_Porter (54)                         Ace2M
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11.      LB44 (41) vs ForthThistle (72)                            ForthThistle
12.      c4ught (56) vs degston77 (67)                          degston77
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13.      WellChief vs (Bye4)                                           WellChief
14.      (Bye2) vs The Baron                                         The Baron
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15.      dino1980 (69) vs Waz1892 (30)                         dino1980
16.      Numpty Dumpty vs (Bye16)                               Numpty Dumpty
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17.      ChipRich vs (Bye7)                                            ChipRich
18.      sweet potata! vs (Bye5)                                    sweet potata!
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19.      (Bye10) vs The Dazzler                                       The Dazzler
20.      Sunday8pm (72) vs Sherriff Fatman (71)              Sunday8pm
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21       Baldock92 (72) vs Soviet Song (67)                     Baldock92
22.      Yian vs (Bye11)                                                Yian
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23.      maldini32 vs (Bye1)                                           maldini32
24.      (Bye15) vs toddswain                                        toddswain
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25.      Graham C (73) vs Gazza (73)
26.      Horneris vs (Bye14)                                           Horneris
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27.      (Bye9) vs BorntoBubble                                      BorntoBubble
28.      tikay (52) vs DropTheHammer (49)                      tikay
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29.     MassiveFish vs (Bye18)                                         MassiveFish
30.     bergeroo (64) vs Tiger-flash (49)                          bergeroo
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31.     Linux (30) vs Mitch (51)                                       Mitch
32.     (Bye6) vs Teacake                                              Teacake

The winner of tie 1 plays the winner of tie 2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8, etc, etc.
This format will continue for the remainder of the competition.

The 2nd round ties will be played in GW9.

Okay, we got a draw in tie 25. A couple of people expressed reservations about the 'virtual coin toss' way of resolving draws so we'll go with a replay next week for that tie. In the event of another draw in that tie, the virtual coin toss will be utilised. Hopefully we don't run into an admin nightmare of replays all over the place every week as it may be hard to keep track
Please check your own scores as I may have made an error somewhere. Apologies, if so.

Tikay somehow progresses with a score of 52 points! Is his name on the Cup?

[TheDazzler]

This weekend sees the 1st round of the FA Cup (£50 league) and here are your runners;
We'll be replaying the League Cup tie of Graham C (73pts) vs Gazza (73pts) this weekend too.
This is also the final weekend of qualifying for the group stages of the Europa League. At the end of the this GW, if you are in the top 18 teams in the £10 league, you've qualified for the group stages. If you are in the bottom 24 teams, you'll be playing a 2 leg playoff to qualify.
Best of luck all

1.    The Baron vs dino1980
2.    sweet potata! vs (Bye2)                                         sweet potata!
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3.    Junior Senior vs toddswain
4.    Sunday8pm vs (Bye1)                                           Sunday8pm
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5.    Gazza vs George2Loose
6.    Numpty Dumpty vs Tiger-flash
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7.    claypole vs Sherriff Fatman
8.    Sack it off vs (Bye3)                                             Sack it off
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9.    Karabiner vs c4ught
10.   Ace2M vs bergeroo
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11.   The Dazzler vs junior91
12.   Mitch vs Killer River
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13.   The Fruitbat vs pleno1
14.   Yian vs WellChief
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15.   BorntoBubble vs Teacake
16.   Pab vs RobM
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The winner of tie 1 plays the winner of tie 2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8, etc, etc.
This format will continue for the remainder of the competition.
All teams that draw a (randomly selected) bye progress to the next round.

[Junior Senior]

Incred organization!
Wp

[TheDazzler]

These are the results of the 1st round of the FA Cup (£50 league).
In the League Cup tie of Graham C (73pts) vs Gazza (73pts) that needed a replay, Gazza comes out victor with a score of 44-25.

1.    The Baron (26) vs dino1980 (35)                            dino1980
2.    sweet potata! vs (Bye2)                                        sweet potata!
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3.    Junior Senior (41) vs toddswain (34)                       Junior Senior
4.    Sunday8pm vs (Bye1)                                           Sunday8pm
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5.    Gazza (44) vs George2Loose (27)                           Gazza
6.    Numpty Dumpty (27) vs Tiger-flash (33)                  Tiger-flash
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7.    claypole (48) vs Sherriff Fatman (64)                      Sherriff Fatman
8.    Sack it off vs (Bye3)                                             Sack it off
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9.    Karabiner (28) vs c4ught (40)                               c4ught
10.   Ace2M (41) vs bergeroo (41)------------------------------(Replay)
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11.   The Dazzler (36) vs junior91 (39)                         junior91
12.   Mitch (52) vs Killer River (73)                               Killer River
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13.   The Fruitbat (47) vs pleno1 (68)                         pleno1
14.   Yian (50) vs WellChief (70)                                 WellChief
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15.   BorntoBubble (60) vs Teacake (38)                     BorntoBubble
16.   Pab (38) vs RobM (57)                                      RobM
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The winner of tie 1 plays the winner of tie 2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8, etc, etc.
This format will continue for the remainder of the competition.

Congrats to all the winners.
The tie between Ace2M (41) vs bergeroo (41) will require a replay that will take place next week.

This week also saw the final week of qualifying for the Europa league. The top 18 teams in the £10 league are through to the group stages. The remaining 24 teams will playoff over the next 2 weeks for a place in the goup stages.
The playoff draw will be administered by Mere Novice and shall be posted here when completed.

[Teacake]

Daz, Europa League qualifying was supposed to finish after Gameweek 5 according to the original post. Makes no odds to me I'm not qualifying either way but not sure if it would knock all your plans out by a week.

[TheDazzler]

Daz, Europa League qualifying was supposed to finish after Gameweek 5 according to the original post. Makes no odds to me I'm not qualifying either way but not sure if it would knock all your plans out by a week.

Yeah I think we're still on track. And you're not out yet! Sorry if my language was misleading in the initial post but this is the way we were looking to do it.

The top 18 have qualified for the group stages. They are as follows;
       
   1   AC Dead People Rich Hare    
   2    Bunch of Punts    Brent Horner    
   3    Killer River    marc carnie    
   4    Premier Lead    Gareth J    
   5    TheDazzler    Tom McBennett    
   6    Cleverley Dunne    Thomas Kretschmer    
   7    The Mutts Nutts    Lewis Morton    
   8    Real Fruitbatz    Jack Allen    
   9    Daado United    George McDonald    
   9    Crystal Phallus    Ben Mayhew    
   11    Putin's Left Nipple    Billy Tyldesley    
   12    Todd Swain    Todd Swain    
   13    Degeneration X    Rehman Kassam    
   14    NoKanu, it'Sanogo    Greg Hill    
   14    Bobbins FC    Nicholas Wright    
   16    Valar Dohaeris FC    Curtis Ledger    
   17    Ghost Town    Rupinder Bedi    
   18    Ste Todds oddsn'sods    Simon Sharples    

The remaining 28 teams have a 2nd chance as they are all drawn against each other in a playoff for the remaining 14 places in the group stages. The draw was administered by Mere Novice and is;

       This is Sparta Praha   Andy Lade             v          Stevies Wonders      Stephen Donnelly   
       The Diamond Draxler   James moody       v          Yian iz I    yiannis Liperis   
       Reans FC   Warren Fenwick                    v          So long Suarez     Phillip Marsh   
       Showboats   Mitchell Johnson                 v          C'est La Vie F.C       Craig O'Brien   
       LeaveMyArsealona   George Baldock        v          Tigerflash Utd    simon gordon   
       16b United    Robert Moss                     v          liquor & poker     Chris Vickers   
       Pickpockets Union   Adam Downing        v          Soldiers FC        Graham Codd   
       Isambard's Kingdom   Tony Kendall         v          Typical Germans    Tom Rutter   
       FCk TheKnockers   Arsene Knows           v          Team Full of Tools    Ty Akram   
       Forth Thistle       David Blacklaw             v          Mark's Magicians     Mark Porter   
       Cleveland Arsenals    Tom Langley          v          Athletico Bergeroo    Phill Huxley   
       Plastic Geordies     Shaun Conning          v          Rubber Dingy Rapidz   Liam Batey   
       WITB   henry warner                           v          Fiorentina Turner    Aaron Cardoso   
       Kennedy Bakircioglu     Ollie Noonan       v          Morgan's Marvels   Callum Morgan

Actually in a change to scheduled events, this was going to be a 2 leg playoff. But as I'm doing this all by hand, I can see that being an admin nightmare and I'm bound to make a mistake.
So this is going to a 1 leg playoff taking place in GW6.