kelbcfc Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Hunt vc (Marriapa) Best of. capt Martin (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citywest30 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Vs PNE Def - Hunt (Kalas) Mid - Nagy vice capt (Bakinson) Att - Wells capt (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Hunt (Vyner) COD (Nagy) Martin C (Wells VC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbert Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Kalas (Vyner) Nagy (Bakinson) Martin C (Wells) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Preston Hunt C. (Rowe) Nagy (massengo) Wells VC (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessels Chick Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Mariapa (Hunt) Odowda (Nagy) Wells C (Martin VC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Rowe (Mariana) Nagy VC (Bakinson) Semenyo C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nest Egg Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Mariappa (Moore) Best Of (C) Diedhiou (VC) (Wells) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prankerd Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Moore/ mariappa Nagy/ bakinson Vc Best of chip C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownendRed97 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Vs PNE Rowe (Hunt) COD C (Nagy) Wells VC (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette23 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Mariappa (Vyner) Nagy vc (Bakinson) Semenyo C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Hunt (C) (Rowe) Paterson (Nagy) Wells vc (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissellredhead Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 For Wycombe Vyner (c)(moore) Nagy (vc) (bakinson) Semenyo (fammy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Apologies for my COVID-induced absence - I’ll at least give a rundown of the points before the match today, so we know our finalists...! PEU v Wycombe @citywest30 - cannot select Hunt @wayne allisons tongues - cannot select Rowe @CheddarReds - cannot select O’Dowda @prankerd - cannot select Martin @Chessels Chick - cannot select Wells @Rocking Red Cyril - cannot select Hunt or Wells @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap - cannot select Hunt, O’Dowda or Wells Boxing Day choice for everyone else (@bissellredhead, @Dogbert, @DownendRed97, @jrt55555, @kelbcfc, @Newquay-Red, @Oubliette23, @Redstart) Deadline at 2pm. Maybe we’ll see some goals this time? Maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbert Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 minute ago, RedYoshi said: Apologies for my COVID-induced absence - I’ll at least give a rundown of the points before the match today, so we know our finalists...! Hope you are well on the road to recovery. Rowe (Kalas) O'Dowda (Nagy) Martin C (Diedhiou) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelbcfc Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Kalas (Hunt) Patterson vc (Nagy) Wells c (Martin) Hope you're feeling better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Kalas C (Vyner) Paterson (Nagy) Semenyo VC (Wells) COYR and merry Christmas fellow reds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownendRed97 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Vs Wycombe Kalas C (Hunt) COD (Nagy) Wells VC (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Vs Wycombe Kalas VC (Rowe) O'Dowda (Nagy) Wells C (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Kalas (Hunt) Nagy VC (o dowda) Best of as captain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citywest30 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Hope you are OK post covid @RedYoshi Just shows, if you can get it, anyone can.. Vs Wycombe Def - Kalas (Mariappa) Mid - Nagy vice capt (Bakinson) Att - Wells capt (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessels Chick Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Hunt C (Kalas) Bakinson (Odowda) Semenyo VC (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt55555 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Overload chip time Martin VC Semenyo (Diedhiou) Wells C (Weimann I guess haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette23 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Triple Captain please! Kalas (Mariappa) Nagy (Bakinson) Wells (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Hunt (Rowe) Paterson (O’Dowda) Wells (C) (Martin vc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RedYoshi Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Gameweek 19 Update (Millwall H) - Wrong Kind of Birthday Card Happy Birthday Fam, hope you had a nice bath... Not a lot of waffle, let’s get ourselves caught up nice and quickly. Quarterfinal 1: @Redstart 9 - 7 @Oubliette23 Scuppered by the draw, our 4th highest scoring quarter-finalist is out. Both successfully avoided Diédhiou, though, with Kalas helping Redstart to the victory. (Kalas-O’Dowda-Wells) v (Mariappa-Bakinson-Wells) Quarterfinal 2: @CheddarReds 0 - 1 @DownendRed97 Neither avoided Diédhiou. Downend captained him, Cheddar wanted to but couldn’t (you’re welcome), but still lost out. Low scoring thriller. (Rowe-O’Dowda-Diédhiou) v (Kalas-Nagy-Diédhiou) Quarterfinal 3: @citywest30 -1 - 9 @prankerd Ah, the ol’ red card captain blowout. Hunt & O’Dowda not enough to get citywest back to positive figures, with prankerd sitting pretty on a Kalas boosted 9pts. (Hunt-O’Dowda-Diédhiou) v (Kalas-O’Dowda-Martin) Quarterfinal 4: @RedYoshi -1 - 9 @kelbcfc See above. Oof. (Rowe-Bakinson-Diédhiou) v (Kalas-O’Dowda-Wells) Reverse Quarterfinals: RQF1: Nathandao 5 - 7 @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap auto-pick (Vyner-O’Dowda-Martin) v (Hunt-O’Dowda-Wells) RQF2: @wayne allisons tongues 5 - 2 @Dogbert Overload (Rowe-Mariappa-Hunt) v (Hunt-O’Dowda-Diédhiou) RQF3: @Chessels Chick 9 - 6 @bissellredhead (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) v (Moore-Nagy-Semenyo) RQF4: @Rocking Red Cyril 5 - 7 @jrt55555 auto-pick (Hunt-O’Dowda-Wells) v auto-pick (Hunt-O’Dowda-Martin) @Newquay Red: 0pts (Hunt-Bakinson-Diédhiou). One of us. Which left the table looking a little something like this... Triple century! And the semi-final draw: @Redstart v @DownendRed97 @prankerd v @kelbcfc (Reverse semi-finals): @Oubliette23 v @CheddarReds @citywest30 v @RedYoshi (Double reverse semis): @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap v @wayne allisons tongues @Chessels Chick v @jrt55555 (Triple reverse semis): Nathandao v @Dogbert @bissellredhead v @Rocking Red Cyril GW19 Dream Team: Kalas (4) - Bakinson (2) - Martin/Wells (2) Points Breakdown Kalas 4 (3bp - 2gc) Moore 3 (2bp - 2gc) Bakinson 2 Hunt 2 (1bp - 2gc) Martin 2 Wells 2 Edwards 1 Mariappa 1 Massengo 1 (yc) Nagy 1 O’Dowda 1 Rowe 1 (2gc) Semenyo 1 Diédhiou -2 (rc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Gameweek 20 Update (Preston A) - Goalless Cup Three rounds, no goals. Merry Christmas Cup. Semi-finals A: @Redstart 6 - 8 @DownendRed97 Simply a case of more minutes, more points. Semenyo’s half-time appearance not enough for Redstart to take down Downend’s 90min warriors. (Rowe-Nagy-Semenyo) v (Rowe-O’Dowda-Wells) B: @prankerd 7 - 11 @kelbcfc Battle of the Best Ofs, but decided in defence, kel’s triple bonus Hunt seeing off prankerd’s 45min Moore. (Moore-Nagy-Martin) v (Hunt-O’Dowda-Martin) So our Boxing Day grand final today is between: @DownendRed97 v @kelbcfc Good luck! @Redstart & @prankerd still playing off for the 5pts available for 3rd place. As for all the reversing... RSFA: @Oubliette23 6 - 11 @CheddarReds (Vyner-Nagy-Semenyo) v (Hunt-O’Dowda-Martin) RSFB: @citywest30 11 - 14 @RedYoshi (Hunt-Nagy-Wells) v (Hunt-Nagy-Wells) RRSFA: @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap 11 - 6 @wayne allisons tongues (Hunt-O’Dowda-Wells) v (Rowe-Nagy-Semenyo) RRSFB: @Chessels Chick 11 - 8 @jrt55555 (Hunt-O’Dowda-Wells) v auto-pick (Kalas-Nagy-Diédhiou) RRRSFA: Nathandao 6 - 9 @Dogbert auto-pick (Vyner-Paterson-Martin) v (Kalas-Nagy-Martin) RRRSFB: @bissellredhead 7 - 14 @Rocking Red Cyril (Rowe-Bakinson-Wells) v (Hunt-Nagy-Wells) @Newquay-Red: 7pts Best Of (Moore-O’Dowda-Wells) So, if anyone’s been paying attention... 5th/6th place playoff: @CheddarReds v @RedYoshi 7th/8th place playoff: @Oubliette23 v @citywest30 9th/10th place playoff: @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap v @Chessels Chick 11th/12th place playoff: @wayne allisons tongues v @jrt55555 13th/14th place playoff: @Dogbert v @Rocking Red Cyril 15th/16th place playoff: Nathandao v @bissellredhead Enjoy! Our table looks like this: Let’s score a goal, eh? GW20 Dream Team: Hunt (5) - Nagy/O’Dowda (2) - Martin/Wells (2) Points Breakdown Hunt 5 (3bp) Kalas 3 (1bp) Martin 2 Nagy 2 O’Dowda 2 Rowe 2 Vyner 2 Wells 2 Bakinson 1 Massengo 1 Moore 1 Semenyo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 We scored a goal! We scored two! We won a game! Just in time for the cup final too... Everyone still seems to hate everything, but hey, don’t wanna go changing too much all at once I suppose. As we await the update (tomorrow after I’m done celebrating feeling somewhat alive again), here’s your last PEU of the year... PEU v Luton @Chessels Chick - cannot select Hunt @Oubliette23, @prankerd, @Rocking Red Cyril, @wayne allisons tongues - cannot select Nagy @Newquay-Red - cannot select O’Dowda @Dogbert - cannot select Martin @RedYoshi - cannot select Hunt or Wells @citywest30 - cannot select Nagy or Wells @DownendRed97 - cannot select O’Dowda or Wells Free for all for @bissellredhead, @CheddarReds, @jrt55555, @kelbcfc, @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, @Redstart. And don’t forget, all three chips get reinstated after this match for the new year, so if you’ve got any left it’s your last chance to use one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownendRed97 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Vs Hatters Rowe (Kalas) Bakinson VC (Nagy) Diedhiou C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Hunt (Rowe) Bakinson (Nagy) Martin C (Wells VC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prankerd Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Kalas/ rowe c Bakinson/ massengo Wells /martin vc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessels Chick Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Overload chip Diedhiou C (Wells) Martin (Bell*) Semenyo VC (Pearson*) * presuming they are forwards! Struggle to fill all six spots in any position - shows how thin our injury hit squad is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelbcfc Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hunt vc (Kalas) Nagy c (Bakinson) Wells (Fammy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citywest30 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Vs Luton Def - Kalas (Hunt) Mid - O'Dowda vice capt (Bakinson) Att - Martin capt (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nest Egg Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Rowe (Kalas) Bakinson VC (Nagy) Diedhiou C (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissellredhead Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Haven't used any chips! So today I will use best of! Vyner (moore) Nagy (vc) (bakinson) Best of (c) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt55555 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Triple captain Hunt (Kalas) Odowda (Nagy) Diedhiou (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJohnsonsFlatCap Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hunt (Kalas) Bakinson (Nagy) Wells TC (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Kalas TC (Hunt) Bakinson (Massengo) Fammy VC (Wells) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbert Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Overload (praying for a clean sheet!) Hunt C (Moore) Kalas (Vyner) Rowe VC (Mariappa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Vs Luton - Triple Captain Hunt (Rowe) O'Dowda (Nagy) Fam (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette23 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Overload please! Wells C (Semenyo) Martin VC (Bell) Diedhiou (Pearson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Triple Captain time for me too... Rowe (Kalas) Paterson (O'Dowda) Martin (Semenyo) 5 hours ago, LeeJohnsonsFlatCap said: Hunt (Kalas) Bakinson (Nagy) Wells TC (Martin) 4 hours ago, wayne allisons tongues said: Kalas TC (Hunt) Bakinson (Massengo) Fammy VC (Wells) Just a heads up folks, Triple Captain is a bit of misnomer and isn't the typical fantasy "captain gets triple points" version. Instead, all three of your players are captained (so that version of Triple), essentially doubling all your points. So you don't need to change anything really, it's just to let you know you'll have your whole team doubled instead of triple points for Wells / Kalas. Hope that makes sense! Also, @Rocking Red Cyril - a first half which included a bit of an injury left 'til the deadline (48 minutes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Kalas (Hunt) O dowda. (nagy) Semenyo. (fammy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RedYoshi Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Gameweek 21 Update (Wycombe H) - Cup Final Day Doesn't Disappoint Knew I should've written this before tonight's match, 'cos now I'm just a bit grumpy... Ah well, guess it can cheer me up a bit... *breathes* Wait three games for a goal, and then Famara breaks the net so no-one can ever score in it again. Woohoo! Maybe not the most convincing, admittedly, but we had chances to win more comfortably, and if we can ever just find a bit more composure at the end of moves, we might just have a chance, y'know? But this isn't a place for opinions that ultimately don't make a damned bit of difference to the outcome of some games played by an unconnected group of 20+ young men (none of us will ever be proven right, really) - this is a place for fantasy and the occasional taste of success amid the maelstrom of Championship football supporting. Here, some of us can be proven right, simply by writing a name of someone in a little box on a little box. And boy, was there some successful right people this week. Before the BIG EVENT reveal of the 3rd place playoff and GRAND BOXING DAY FINAL DAY, on which rested extra bonus points, let's sort the rest of us ruffians into some sort of order... 17th: @Newquay-Red: 18pts auto-pick (Mariappa - O'Dowda - Diédhiou) - never quite troubled the Non-Qualifier Bonus Challenge scorers in the earlier rounds, but what a way to finish. Slight #SpoilerAlert, but you did outscore the finalists (and near everybody else), earning the third highest score of the week. Maybe auto-pick is the way to go? 15th/16th place playoff: Nathandao 14 - 16 @bissellredhead The bottom end of the playoffs, but the only two teams to include our one clean sheet earning defender, thanks(?) to Vyner's early injury. Nathan's auto-pick left the team rudderless without a captain however, so while O'Dowda earned the assist, bissell's bold choice of giving Zak the armband nudged them up to the pride-saving 15th place. auto-pick (Vyner-O'Dowda-Semenyo) v (Vyner-Nagy-Semenyo) 13th/14th place playoff: @Dogbert 26 - 6 @Rocking Red Cyril It may have only earned 13th place in the cup, but Dogbert smashed this week with the highest score by quite a way, one of only two to score over 20. Mainly down to the captaining of scorer and triple bonus point Martin, but an O'Dowda assist didn't go amiss, and with Cyril being left leaderless and returnless by their auto-pick it ended up pretty one-sided. (Rowe-O'Dowda-Martin) v auto-pick (Rowe-Nagy-Semenyo) 11th/12th place playoff: @wayne allisons tongues 24 - 15 @jrt55555 Again, don't let anyone tell you these lower place playoffs don't mean anything. 11th place, but the second highest score of the week, and the highest scoring match overall. Another helping hand from Martin, wayne captaining him courtesy of the Best Of chip, while he formed part of jrt's Overload. The choice to go with Wells as captain made the difference, though, as well as Kalas boosting wayne's score with a couple of bonus points for good measure. Best Of (Kalas-Nagy-Martin) v Overload (Martin-Semenyo-Wells) 9th/10th place playoff: @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap 15 - 8 @Chessels Chick Top two in the league, but forced to face off for the right to be single-digitly-placed in the cup. That honour ended up in the hands of the lower placed in the league, who actually had a captainless auto-pick so may be left thinking "what-if?". Still, the Kalas-Martin synthesis was enough to nearly double the score of Chessels' returnless trio. Back to the league now, folks. auto-pick (Kalas-Nagy-Martin) v (Hunt-Bakinson-Semenyo) 7th/8th place playoff: @Oubliette23 16 - 10 @citywest30 Last season's league champion and New Year cup holder at least finishes this year's Christmas Cup with a victory, even if it's just for 7th place. Our 3rd-place league sitter citywest put up a decent fight though, with the same exact line up, but Oubliette had held on to the Triple Captain chip just for this sort of eventuality, so ultimately couldn't be bested. (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) v Triple Captain (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) 5th/6th place playoff: @CheddarReds 12 - 12 @RedYoshi The tightest match-up of the lot. Cheddar, it was an honour. Quite different approaches, Cheddar cleverly captaining 2nd-best player Kalas but not getting much else, while I captained the wasteful Wells but at least had assister O'Dowda to help me out. This brought our subs into action and, as both of us needed our midfield sub anyway, Cheddar initially took the early shootout advantage courtesy of Vyner's clean sheet. But 9-point Martin slammed home the decisive penalty for me, up against the aforementioned wasteful Wells. Truly, the type of match that should always grace the, er, 5th/6th place playoff... (Kalas[Vyner]-Nagy-Semenyo[Wells]) v (Hunt[Rowe]-O'Dowda-Wells[Martin]) 3rd place playoff: @Redstart v @prankerd Now. Now, now, now. The first of our points-at-stake games. 5 bonus points to the victor, to be exact. And prankerd left it up to chance, in the hands of an auto-pick, hoping for a fairytale "12th place beats 4th place into 4th place" story. Both captained a 2-pointer, Redstart going up top with Wells, while prankerd stayed in the middle with our Ádám. Back to defence, and Redstart ekes out a 3 point advantage, with Kalas outscoring Vyner-replacement Mariappa. So it all came down to Redstart's midfielder v prankerd's forward... Martin would likely see the fairytale come true, Diédhiou would make it interesting, anyone else would leave the door gaping for Redstart to emphasise their league standing. Especially as they had Mr. Assist O'Dowda in the middle. Which actually means prankerd needed Martin to take it to the substitute shootout... Nope - Semenyo. And only because Martin was ineligible having had him in the team the previous two matches. But either way, it means Redstart's Kalas-O'Dowda axis secures 3rd place, and a bonus 5 points to boot. Top work! (Kalas-O'Dowda-Wells) 14 - 7 auto-pick (Mariappa-Nagy-Semenyo) GRAND FINAL: @DownendRed97 v @kelbcfc These two, simply by reaching the final, can already relax in the knowledge that they've earned at least a bonus 10 points. It's been a hell of a run for kel, who's pretty much been top of the December charts all month so far and soared up the table in the process, while Downend's also been there or thereabouts for quite a while, earning all manner of PotW mentions and nominations. Wonderfully (for the magic of the cup, at least), it's a showdown between 6th and 10th in the league, giving perfect justification - if I say so myself - for the introduction of the bonus points. This is what they're there for, giving hope of those fairytale runs to launch people into league contention too. So, before anything else, congratulations to both. But now the real business. Both had the rock Kalas at the back, earning them the two bonus, and both had Wells up top. It's a final for the ages. They varied in the captaining, they contrasted in midfield. Downend took a narrow lead in the middle, O'Dowda's assist giving an advantage over Nagy for kel. Into the last minutes, and kel is throwing everything forward to force extra-time... So much so, Wells gets entrusted with the armband, while Downend goes into defensive mode - bodies on the line for the cup, and the biggest body is captain Kalas. And that's enough. Kalas' 4 points doubled, up against kel's Wells' 2, means Downend catches them on the break after a backs to the wall last 10 minutes, and ends up with quite a convincing win in the end. But kel played a huge part in an entertaining final, and more generally a great cup run, more than deserving the 10 bonus points that come along with the runner up medal. However, there can only be one winner, so please stand and applaud our Fantastical Fantasies Christmas Cup Champion: @DownendRed97!! *fireworks and ticker tape explode in something of an underwhelming display* (Kalas -O'Dowda-Wells) 16 - 10 (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) Some goals at last, high scores in low positions, and a tight, well-played final. What a cup final day. Stunning work everyone. But what's it done to the league?? Well, well, well. Our cup champion @DownendRed97 up to 4th, just 15pts off the top thanks to the total 31pts earned when the cup reward is taken into account. That top spot, meanwhile, is taken by the single-digitly-cup-placed @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, proving that the 9th/10th showdown against @Chessels Chick was about more than pride. It's still desperately tight, though, so a long way to go in that particular battle. @Redstart's 3rd place finish is echoed in the table, dropping @citywest30 down to 5th, as runner up @kelbcfc continues their astounding rise - now into a share of 8th. @Oubliette23 maintains 6th having finished 7th, and @CheddarReds claims 7th having narrowly been beaten into 6th, staying 3pts ahead of opponent yours truly, who took 5th but stays 8th. High scores for @Dogbert, @wayne allisons tongues & @Newquay-Red bump them all up the table at least a bit, giving hope of following in @kelbcfc's footsteps as we move into the new year. Slight slips in the other direction for @bissellredhead & @prankerd, as @jrt55555 & @Rocking Red Cyril stay pretty much where they were... But with near everybody above 250, there really is no way of predicting anything, even if that's what we try to do every game. Merry Bleedin' Christmas, folks. GW21 Dream Team: Vyner (6) - O'Dowda (6) - Martin (9) Points Breakdown Martin 9 (g, 3bp) O'Dowda 6 (a, 1bp) Vyner 6 (cs) Diédhiou 5 (g) Edwards 4 (a) - special mention - first of the young guns to earn some actual points Kalas 4 (2bp) Bakinson 2 Hunt 2 Nagy 2 Rowe 2 Semenyo 2 Wells 2 Mariappa 1 I'll probably do some retrospective PotW in a separate post at some point, to make up for my fever-addled absence and confusion during recent matches..! Thanks for the well wishes etc - normality seems to be back after a pretty horrible (and frankly BORING) two+ weeks. Stay safe out there, kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownendRed97 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 12 hours ago, RedYoshi said: Gameweek 21 Update (Wycombe H) - Cup Final Day Doesn't Disappoint Knew I should've written this before tonight's match, 'cos now I'm just a bit grumpy... Ah well, guess it can cheer me up a bit... *breathes* Wait three games for a goal, and then Famara breaks the net so no-one can ever score in it again. Woohoo! Maybe not the most convincing, admittedly, but we had chances to win more comfortably, and if we can ever just find a bit more composure at the end of moves, we might just have a chance, y'know? But this isn't a place for opinions that ultimately don't make a damned bit of difference to the outcome of some games played by an unconnected group of 20+ young men (none of us will ever be proven right, really) - this is a place for fantasy and the occasional taste of success amid the maelstrom of Championship football supporting. Here, some of us can be proven right, simply by writing a name of someone in a little box on a little box. And boy, was there some successful right people this week. Before the BIG EVENT reveal of the 3rd place playoff and GRAND BOXING DAY FINAL DAY, on which rested extra bonus points, let's sort the rest of us ruffians into some sort of order... 17th: @Newquay-Red: 18pts auto-pick (Mariappa - O'Dowda - Diédhiou) - never quite troubled the Non-Qualifier Bonus Challenge scorers in the earlier rounds, but what a way to finish. Slight #SpoilerAlert, but you did outscore the finalists (and near everybody else), earning the third highest score of the week. Maybe auto-pick is the way to go? 15th/16th place playoff: Nathandao 14 - 16 @bissellredhead The bottom end of the playoffs, but the only two teams to include our one clean sheet earning defender, thanks(?) to Vyner's early injury. Nathan's auto-pick left the team rudderless without a captain however, so while O'Dowda earned the assist, bissell's bold choice of giving Zak the armband nudged them up to the pride-saving 15th place. auto-pick (Vyner-O'Dowda-Semenyo) v (Vyner-Nagy-Semenyo) 13th/14th place playoff: @Dogbert 26 - 6 @Rocking Red Cyril It may have only earned 13th place in the cup, but Dogbert smashed this week with the highest score by quite a way, one of only two to score over 20. Mainly down to the captaining of scorer and triple bonus point Martin, but an O'Dowda assist didn't go amiss, and with Cyril being left leaderless and returnless by their auto-pick it ended up pretty one-sided. (Rowe-O'Dowda-Martin) v auto-pick (Rowe-Nagy-Semenyo) 11th/12th place playoff: @wayne allisons tongues 24 - 15 @jrt55555 Again, don't let anyone tell you these lower place playoffs don't mean anything. 11th place, but the second highest score of the week, and the highest scoring match overall. Another helping hand from Martin, wayne captaining him courtesy of the Best Of chip, while he formed part of jrt's Overload. The choice to go with Wells as captain made the difference, though, as well as Kalas boosting wayne's score with a couple of bonus points for good measure. Best Of (Kalas-Nagy-Martin) v Overload (Martin-Semenyo-Wells) 9th/10th place playoff: @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap 15 - 8 @Chessels Chick Top two in the league, but forced to face off for the right to be single-digitly-placed in the cup. That honour ended up in the hands of the lower placed in the league, who actually had a captainless auto-pick so may be left thinking "what-if?". Still, the Kalas-Martin synthesis was enough to nearly double the score of Chessels' returnless trio. Back to the league now, folks. auto-pick (Kalas-Nagy-Martin) v (Hunt-Bakinson-Semenyo) 7th/8th place playoff: @Oubliette23 16 - 10 @citywest30 Last season's league champion and New Year cup holder at least finishes this year's Christmas Cup with a victory, even if it's just for 7th place. Our 3rd-place league sitter citywest put up a decent fight though, with the same exact line up, but Oubliette had held on to the Triple Captain chip just for this sort of eventuality, so ultimately couldn't be bested. (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) v Triple Captain (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) 5th/6th place playoff: @CheddarReds 12 - 12 @RedYoshi The tightest match-up of the lot. Cheddar, it was an honour. Quite different approaches, Cheddar cleverly captaining 2nd-best player Kalas but not getting much else, while I captained the wasteful Wells but at least had assister O'Dowda to help me out. This brought our subs into action and, as both of us needed our midfield sub anyway, Cheddar initially took the early shootout advantage courtesy of Vyner's clean sheet. But 9-point Martin slammed home the decisive penalty for me, up against the aforementioned wasteful Wells. Truly, the type of match that should always grace the, er, 5th/6th place playoff... (Kalas[Vyner]-Nagy-Semenyo[Wells]) v (Hunt[Rowe]-O'Dowda-Wells[Martin]) 3rd place playoff: @Redstart v @prankerd Now. Now, now, now. The first of our points-at-stake games. 5 bonus points to the victor, to be exact. And prankerd left it up to chance, in the hands of an auto-pick, hoping for a fairytale "12th place beats 4th place into 4th place" story. Both captained a 2-pointer, Redstart going up top with Wells, while prankerd stayed in the middle with our Ádám. Back to defence, and Redstart ekes out a 3 point advantage, with Kalas outscoring Vyner-replacement Mariappa. So it all came down to Redstart's midfielder v prankerd's forward... Martin would likely see the fairytale come true, Diédhiou would make it interesting, anyone else would leave the door gaping for Redstart to emphasise their league standing. Especially as they had Mr. Assist O'Dowda in the middle. Which actually means prankerd needed Martin to take it to the substitute shootout... Nope - Semenyo. And only because Martin was ineligible having had him in the team the previous two matches. But either way, it means Redstart's Kalas-O'Dowda axis secures 3rd place, and a bonus 5 points to boot. Top work! (Kalas-O'Dowda-Wells) 14 - 7 auto-pick (Mariappa-Nagy-Semenyo) GRAND FINAL: @DownendRed97 v @kelbcfc These two, simply by reaching the final, can already relax in the knowledge that they've earned at least a bonus 10 points. It's been a hell of a run for kel, who's pretty much been top of the December charts all month so far and soared up the table in the process, while Downend's also been there or thereabouts for quite a while, earning all manner of PotW mentions and nominations. Wonderfully (for the magic of the cup, at least), it's a showdown between 6th and 10th in the league, giving perfect justification - if I say so myself - for the introduction of the bonus points. This is what they're there for, giving hope of those fairytale runs to launch people into league contention too. So, before anything else, congratulations to both. But now the real business. Both had the rock Kalas at the back, earning them the two bonus, and both had Wells up top. It's a final for the ages. They varied in the captaining, they contrasted in midfield. Downend took a narrow lead in the middle, O'Dowda's assist giving an advantage over Nagy for kel. Into the last minutes, and kel is throwing everything forward to force extra-time... So much so, Wells gets entrusted with the armband, while Downend goes into defensive mode - bodies on the line for the cup, and the biggest body is captain Kalas. And that's enough. Kalas' 4 points doubled, up against kel's Wells' 2, means Downend catches them on the break after a backs to the wall last 10 minutes, and ends up with quite a convincing win in the end. But kel played a huge part in an entertaining final, and more generally a great cup run, more than deserving the 10 bonus points that come along with the runner up medal. However, there can only be one winner, so please stand and applaud our Fantastical Fantasies Christmas Cup Champion: @DownendRed97!! *fireworks and ticker tape explode in something of an underwhelming display* (Kalas -O'Dowda-Wells) 16 - 10 (Kalas-Nagy-Wells) Some goals at last, high scores in low positions, and a tight, well-played final. What a cup final day. Stunning work everyone. But what's it done to the league?? Well, well, well. Our cup champion @DownendRed97 up to 4th, just 15pts off the top thanks to the total 31pts earned when the cup reward is taken into account. That top spot, meanwhile, is taken by the single-digitly-cup-placed @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, proving that the 9th/10th showdown against @Chessels Chick was about more than pride. It's still desperately tight, though, so a long way to go in that particular battle. @Redstart's 3rd place finish is echoed in the table, dropping @citywest30 down to 5th, as runner up @kelbcfc continues their astounding rise - now into a share of 8th. @Oubliette23 maintains 6th having finished 7th, and @CheddarReds claims 7th having narrowly been beaten into 6th, staying 3pts ahead of opponent yours truly, who took 5th but stays 8th. High scores for @Dogbert, @wayne allisons tongues & @Newquay-Red bump them all up the table at least a bit, giving hope of following in @kelbcfc's footsteps as we move into the new year. Slight slips in the other direction for @bissellredhead & @prankerd, as @jrt55555 & @Rocking Red Cyril stay pretty much where they were... But with near everybody above 250, there really is no way of predicting anything, even if that's what we try to do every game. Merry Bleedin' Christmas, folks. GW21 Dream Team: Vyner (6) - O'Dowda (6) - Martin (9) Points Breakdown Martin 9 (g, 3bp) O'Dowda 6 (a, 1bp) Vyner 6 (cs) Diédhiou 5 (g) Edwards 4 (a) - special mention - first of the young guns to earn some actual points Kalas 4 (2bp) Bakinson 2 Hunt 2 Nagy 2 Rowe 2 Semenyo 2 Wells 2 Mariappa 1 I'll probably do some retrospective PotW in a separate post at some point, to make up for my fever-addled absence and confusion during recent matches..! Thanks for the well wishes etc - normality seems to be back after a pretty horrible (and frankly BORING) two+ weeks. Stay safe out there, kids. When I captained Fam vs Millwall I thought that was me done for the cup...gotta be in it to win it! Lifting my virtual trophy as we speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Do we actually have a match tomorrow? Can’t be sure these days... Anyway, it’s been a while! Dunno how I haven’t updated the Luton match yet, two whole weeks into the new year, but we’ll get there. For now... PEU v Preston @citywest30, @wayne allisons tongues - cannot select Kalas @Dogbert - cannot select Rowe @Newquay-Red - cannot select Diédhiou @Chessels Chick, @Rocking Red Cyril - cannot select Semenyo @Oubliette23 - cannot select Wells @bissellredhead - cannot select Vyner or Nagy @kelbcfc - cannot select Nagy or Wells Free choice for @CheddarReds, @DownendRed97, @jrt55555, @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, @prankerd & @Redstart. We’re back, with a traditional Saturday 2pm deadline - good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nest Egg Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Vyner C (Mawson) Nagy (Massengo) Semenyo VC (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas C. (Mawson) VC Nagy (Palmer) Diedhiou (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissellredhead Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas (mawson) Bakinson (vc) (massengo) Martin (c) (fammy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt55555 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas c (Vyner) Nagy (Massengo) Diedhiou VC (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessels Chick Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas (Mawson) Bakinson VC (Nagy) Diedhiou C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citywest30 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Vs Preston Def - Mariappa vice capt (Mawson) Mid - Nagy (Massengo) Att - Martin capt (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Mawson VC (Rowe) Nagy (Bakinson) Fammy C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 v Preston Kalas (Hunt) Nagy VC (Bakinson) Diedhiou C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas (Vyner) Nagy (Bakinson) Martin C (Semenyo VC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelbcfc Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas c (Mawson) Bakinson (Palmer) Fammy vc(Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prankerd Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Rowe/kalas vc Bakinson/ nagy Martin/wells c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette23 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas (Mariappa) Nagy vc (Bakinson) Diedhiou C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Mawson (Hunt) Nagy vc (Bakinson) Martin (C) (Semenyo) @Dogbert, @DownendRed97 & @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap, to paraphrase the So Solid Crew, you got 21 minutes to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownendRed97 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Vs PNE Rowe (Kalas) Nagy VC (Bakinson) Martin C (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJohnsonsFlatCap Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kalas (Mariappa) Palmer VC (Nagy) Wells C (Fammy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RedYoshi Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Uh oh, getting behind again... apologies. Got a day off tomorrow, so hopefully should be able to catch up! In the meantime... PEU v Norwich (Deadline 5pm) @Dogbert - cannot select Hunt @Rocking Red Cyril - cannot select Kalas @DownendRed97 - cannot select Rowe @prankerd - cannot select Bakinson @Chessels Chick, @Oubliette23, @wayne allisons tongues - cannot select Diédhiou @citywest30, @RedYoshi - cannot select Martin @LeeJohnsonsFlatCap - cannot select Wells @jrt55555, @Redstart - cannot select Nagy or Diédhiou So only @bissellredhead, @kelbcfc & @Newquay-Red with free choice today.. Also, a reminder that 2021 has already given us the gift of all chips being available again. Huzzah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Rowe VC (Kalas) Nagy (Palmer) Martin C (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nest Egg Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Vyner (C) (Rowe) Nagy (Massengo) Diedhiou (VC) (Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelbcfc Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Vyner c ( Kalas) Palmer vc (Nagy) Fammy ( Semenyo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownendRed97 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Vs Canaries Vyner (Kalas) Adelakun VC (Palmer) Diedhiou C (Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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