Jump to content
IGNORED

Fantastical Fantasies - Season Two (20/21)

RedYoshi

By RedYoshi
in Football Chat

Recommended Posts

RedYoshi

RedYoshi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

@prankerd - sorry, for the purposes of this game Weimann is listed as a forward, so might wanna reshuffle a bit!

Reminder that the deadline is 12pm today, folks, so this is your traditional 2hr 43min warning!

(@bissellredhead, @citywest30, @Dogbert, @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, @Nathandao)

 

DEF: Rowe vc (Hunt)

MID: Bakinson (Massengo)

FWD: Martin (C) (Wells)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
prankerd

prankerd

Posted
Posted
37 minutes ago, RedYoshi said:

@prankerd - sorry, for the purposes of this game Weimann is listed as a forward, so might wanna reshuffle a bit!

Reminder that the deadline is 12pm today, folks, so this is your traditional 2hr 43min warning!

(@bissellredhead, @citywest30, @Dogbert, @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, @Nathandao)

 

DEF: Rowe vc (Hunt)

MID: Bakinson (Massengo)

FWD: Martin (C) (Wells)

Ok, fair enough i swap him for massengo and bakinson starter just like yours

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RedYoshi

RedYoshi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Gameweek 3 Update (Sheffield Wed H) - Top of the League

Top of the league! Manager of the month? Toast of the city.

Sure, that's all Bristol City (and Reading, but shh), but it's also one of us. Well, the first two, at least.

 

It's been quite the remarkable start and, with only two players averaging under 20pts a game so far, our little fantasy island is no exception. With nobody averaging above 17ppg last season, even those two would have been good enough to bag runner up & top 6 respectively.

Which brings me quite neatly on to...

:trumpet:Pick of the Week:trumpet:

(trumpets are silent on account of no lungs)

After the Halloween incident of '93, I vowed never again to pick myself, and I'm not going to start now. Sorry Tommy. Instead, this week's not-at-all-prestigious award goes to:

@Nathandao, whose second consecutive auto-pick earned a place in Fantastical Fantasies folklore - lowest ever score, & fewest minutes played! There's been so much success going on recently, achievements such as these must be celebrated in kind. Be proud, oh forgetful one!

With a second auto-pick requiring all substitutes to be used (and forfeiting captain choices), @Nathandao was left with Dasilva (on the bench, at least, but didn't make it to the pitch), Massengo (not even squad-worthy), and Diédhiou (hoorah, an appearance! ... from the bench ... in the 90th minute...).

Never in the field of fantasy football was so little earned by so many (or just Diédhiou).

Nathan, I salute you.

 

Of course, Famaral did come on early enough to witness Paterson sealing the win in style, which was a late bonus for the only four who could (and duly did) still pick him. They didn't all captain him, though... in fact, there was just one who did.

Let's find out who:

 

@Nathandao: 1pt auto-pick (Dasilva - Massengo - Diédhiou)

@Oubliette23: 13pts (Moore - Bakinson - Wells)

@Redstart: 13pts (Moore - Bakinson - Wells)

@bissellredhead: 16pts (Moore - Bakinson - Martin)

@citywest30: 18pts (Hunt - Bakinson - Martin)

@DownendRed97: 18pts (Hunt - Bakinson - Martin)

@jrt55555: 18pts (Moore - Bakinson - Weimann)

@LeeJohnsonsFlatCap: 18pts auto-pick (Mawson - Bakinson - Martin)

@prankerd: 18pts (Mawson - Bakinson - Martin)

@Rocking Red Cyril: 18pts (Moore - Bakinson - Weimann)

@wayne allisons tongues: 18pts (Mawson - Bakinson - Martin)

@Dogbert: 19pts (Moore - Bakinson - Martin)

@CheddarReds: 20pts (Mawson - Paterson - Wells)

@kelbcfc: 24pts (Mawson - Paterson - Wells)

@Newquay-Red: 27pts (Moore - Paterson - Martin)

@RedYoshi: 29pts (Rowe - Bakinson - Martin)

@Chessels Chick: 31pts (Mawson - Paterson - Martin)

 

No surprise to see the four Paterson picks up near the top, with only high-scoring Rowe disrupting them and helping me to nuzzle into second place. But congratulations to @Chessels Chick who tops the gameweek as that only manager to hand Paterson the all important armband.

Elsewhere, @kelbcfc continues their recovery from the first week, while the auto-pick wasn't as harsh on @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, matching table-topper @jrt55555 in mid-table. That means second placed @bissellredhead falls ever so slightly further back, and reigning champion @Oubliette23 is feeling the bad luck of 13 - despite several attempts at bribery and match-fixing :fear:. Scandalous!

 

Fear not, however, for the brown envelope never made it into my hands, and it turned out to merely be a sting operation to double check the integrity of the league. We should always trust our champions to keep us on the straight and narrow. Stand down, angry mob!

 

So to the table, and the crowning of our first manager of the month. Surely it's @jrt55555's for the taking?

IMG_B3D74A3B09E5-1.thumb.jpeg.551663c2a0a3113a0c1ab1f611178acc.jpeg

No! @Chessels Chick's excellent week is enough to jump from 3rd to 1st, and claim the title of September's Manager of the Month. Congratulations!

@Newquay-Red also benefits, gaining three spots to split our former top two, in what is already looking like a very competitive league - only 25pts separating the top 15.

Can we maintain such pace? Buskin' badgers, I hope so.

 

GW3 Dream Team: Rowe(17) - Paterson(10) - Martin(5)

Points Breakdown

  1. Rowe 17 (g, a, cs + 2 bonus)
  2. Paterson 10 (g, cs + 3 bonus - yc)
  3. Moore 7 (cs + 1 bonus)
  4. Hunt 6 (cs)
  5. Mawson 6 (cs)
  6. Vyner 6 (cs)
  7. Martin 5 (a)
  8. Bakinson 2 (cs - yc)
  9. Weimann 2
  10. Wells 2
  11. Diédhiou 1
  12. Semenyo 1
  13. Sessegnon 1

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RedYoshi

RedYoshi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Gameweek 4 Update (Nottingham Forest A) - Can Winning Get Old?

This has been a weird year, so I suppose City getting off to their best league start in nigh on a century makes some sort of sense. At least the last half hour or so against Forest gave us a semblance of normality, with that reassuring terror of conceding a last minute equaliser welcoming itself back into my veins.

Still, two weeks without a win? Sort it out, Holden.

 

Ok, let's get a move on. A short(ish) summary this time. My plan was to fill our football-less weekend with this update, but then the internationals put me to sleep and now all of a sudden it's Friday. Friday. Gotta get down on Friday.*

Tell ya what, though, games like this are made for the Overload chip. Anyone who chucked in Martin, Weimann & Wells as a triple threat up top would be laughing all the way to the bank, or wherever they keep fantasy points.

Of course, nobody did.

Ah well, we still had picks of note...

:trumpet:Pick of the Week:trumpet:

And for the first time ever, you can add an 's' to that pick. That's right, we have a SHARED PotW KLAXON. Double trouble, courtesy of double points for the double assist master. Rarely will this section be devoted to those who are also highest scorers, but this deserves a tip of the cap.

Our two intrepid competitors who slapped the treasured armband on Chris Martin's bulging bicep were:

- table-topping & manager-monthing @Chessels Chick, adding "curse-crushing" to the list of hyphenated achievements, and

- now two-time PotW winner @kelbcfc, once for being bottom, now for being top.

Just that pick alone had them ahead of the vast majority of us. Stunner.

Speaking of the rest of us:

 

@Dogbert: 11pts (Hunt - Bakinson - Wells)

@Nathandao: 12pts (Mawson - Paterson - Wells)

@wayne allisons tongues: 12pts (Mawson - Paterson - Wells)

@bissellredhead: 13pts (Mawson - Paterson - Weimann)

@DownendRed97: 13pts (Rowe - Paterson - Wells)

@LeeJohnsonsFlatCap: 13pts auto-pick (Moore - Paterson - Wells)

@prankerd: 13pts (Rowe - Paterson - Wells)

@Redstart: 13pts (Rowe - Paterson - Wells)

@Rocking Red Cyril: 14pts (Mawson - Bakinson - Martin)

@jrt55555: 16pts (Moore - Paterson - Martin)

@CheddarReds: 17pts (Hunt - Bakinson - Wells)

@citywest30: 18pts (Vyner - Paterson - Wells)

@Newquay-Red: 18pts (Vyner - Bakinson - Wells)

@Oubliette23: 18pts (Moore - Paterson - Wells)

@RedYoshi: 21pts (Hunt - Bakinson - Weimann)

@Chessels Chick: 24pts (Vyner - Bakinson - Martin)

@kelbcfc: 24pts (Moore - Bakinson - Martin)

 

Unsurprising to see the top 7 made up of those who captained their forward; slightly more surprising to see that only two of them had Paterson; most surprising that our Nath did no better than had he stuck with another auto-pick. Ain't it always the way?! Almost didn't want to point it out, but those sort of eye-roll inducing twists of fate are exactly what fantasy football was made for, right?

IMG_3827.thumb.jpg.a880c83c6ed1f09ed97e74e5df110006.jpg

Century up for Chessels, consolidating that top spot for now, with a little shuffle in the playoff/European/pointless (delete as appropriate to your mindset) spots behind. At the other end... well, sure, Nathan has ended up on the bottom immediately after celebrating not being there, but if we don't hit the floor we can't bounce back up, or some other clichéd statement of optimism.

Still, platitude or not, there is a long way to go, and thus it is still all to play for, even if I'm not entirely sure what the stated "all" actually is.

I'll sure as hell keep playing for it though. It's what we do.

 

GW4 Dream Team: Moore/Rowe/Vyner (2) - Bakinson/Paterson (2) - Martin (10)

Points Breakdown

  1. Martin 10 (2a + 2 bonus)
  2. Weimann 9 (g + 3 bonus)
  3. Wells 7 (g + 1 bonus)
  4. Bakinson 2
  5. Moore 2
  6. Paterson 2
  7. Rowe 2
  8. Vyner 2
  9. Brunt 1
  10. Diédhiou 1
  11. Hunt 1 (yc)
  12. Mawson 1 (yc)
  13. Semenyo 1

 

*Alternative (& potentially preferable) lyrics: it's Friday, I'm in love.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RedYoshi

RedYoshi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

DEF: Hunt (Mawson)

MID: Paterson (C) (Brunt)

FWD: Martin vc (Wells)

 

Used to perfection @citywest30, but yeah quite slim pickings on the subs front. Unlikely to need them I’d imagine, but never know!

On that note, I’ve put it down as Martin (Diédhiou) & Wells (Semenyo) at the mo.. lemme know if you’d prefer to swap that round at all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
citywest30

citywest30

Posted
Posted
27 minutes ago, RedYoshi said:

DEF: Hunt (Mawson)

MID: Paterson (C) (Brunt)

FWD: Martin vc (Wells)

 

Used to perfection @citywest30, but yeah quite slim pickings on the subs front. Unlikely to need them I’d imagine, but never know!

On that note, I’ve put it down as Martin (Diédhiou) & Wells (Semenyo) at the mo.. lemme know if you’d prefer to swap that round at all.

Now I just need a goal fest from the strikers. ?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RedYoshi

RedYoshi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

PEU v Middlesbrough

@RedYoshi - cannot select Hunt

@CheddarReds - cannot select Bakinson

@Oubliette23, @prankerd, @Redstart - cannot select Paterson

@citywest30, @Newquay-Red - cannot select Wells

@bissellredhead - cannot select Mawson or Paterson

@jrt55555 - cannot select Paterson or Martin

@DownendRed97, @wayne allisons tongues - cannot select Paterson or Wells

@Nathandao - cannot select Mawson, Paterson or Wells

 

Apologies, there's a slight technical delay on the full update. WhoScored, in their infinite wisdom, have given Wells the assist for Hunt's goal, instead of Martin. Obviously, I ain't listening to that nonsense and have duly awarded the points to Martin, but it does mean that their player ratings are not reliable enough to dole out the bonus points.

Other sites also seem to have got their info from the same faulty source, and the one site I've found that is correct doesn't seem to do player ratings. D'oh! If anyone can point me in the direction of an alternative site/stats source for this week, it would be much appreciated!

Otherwise I'll just have to wait and hope they change it. I have sent a message, but they probably won't pay attention to me. I wouldn't.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jrt55555

jrt55555

Posted
Posted
23 hours ago, RedYoshi said:

PEU v Middlesbrough

@RedYoshi - cannot select Hunt

@CheddarReds - cannot select Bakinson

@Oubliette23, @prankerd, @Redstart - cannot select Paterson

@citywest30, @Newquay-Red - cannot select Wells

@bissellredhead - cannot select Mawson or Paterson

@jrt55555 - cannot select Paterson or Martin

@DownendRed97, @wayne allisons tongues - cannot select Paterson or Wells

@Nathandao - cannot select Mawson, Paterson or Wells

 

Apologies, there's a slight technical delay on the full update. WhoScored, in their infinite wisdom, have given Wells the assist for Hunt's goal, instead of Martin. Obviously, I ain't listening to that nonsense and have duly awarded the points to Martin, but it does mean that their player ratings are not reliable enough to dole out the bonus points.

Other sites also seem to have got their info from the same faulty source, and the one site I've found that is correct doesn't seem to do player ratings. D'oh! If anyone can point me in the direction of an alternative site/stats source for this week, it would be much appreciated!

Otherwise I'll just have to wait and hope they change it. I have sent a message, but they probably won't pay attention to me. I wouldn't.

Looks like this has now been corrected?

 

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1486305/Live/England-Championship-2020-2021-Barnsley-Bristol-City

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RedYoshi

RedYoshi

Posted
  • Author
Posted
2 hours ago, jrt55555 said:

Looks like this has now been corrected?

 

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1486305/Live/England-Championship-2020-2021-Barnsley-Bristol-City

Woohoo! So it has, cheers. Will now endeavour to get the update done at some point this evening (can’t promise it’ll be before kick off - got a meeting ‘til 6 :bored:)

20 hours ago, Chessels Chick said:

 Why not just go with WhoScored?? That's what I'd do ???

I will now...! :thumbsup:

 

Reminder it’s an 18.45 deadline tonight, folks!

(@Chessels Chick, @Dogbert, @DownendRed97, @Oubliette23, @prankerd, @Rocking Red Cyril)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...