** FTR Fantasy Football (Soccer) 09/10 Season **

[WillburForce]

Robb's idea! Thought I 'd steal his thunder...

who would be interested?

we could do for a wager (say $10 or $20) or just for fun. If doing for money we could work out a structure with manager of month prizes etc depending on numbers.

Suggestions for which league to use would be good, though the Times one Robb suggested would be fine.

Post in this thread if you're interested ASAP as not long to go before life, sorry the football season, starts again.

[Muzzard]

In!

[kevster]

I'm in. Haven't done one for 3 or 4 years now. The telegraph one was always pretty good.

Oh and RIP Bobby Robson. A real man and genuine legend. I would've started a thread for this but most people wouldn't get it.

[WillburForce]

yeah real shame about Sir Bobby - he was one of the good guys.

[chrisa]

In.

I've always liked the fantasy on the official EPL site.

[bigred]

dibs on TOM BRADY

[Robb]

dibs on TOM BRADY

I'm in, and I vote for bigred gettin' a team at a discount.

The London Times "Play the Game" fantasy league link - I like havin' a draft (so not every team has the same players), but I'll play anything y'all want and can agree on. I tried the Telegraph fantasy league a couple years ago, but let my team go after November when I got busy. It was solid, too. Both sites let you set up a private league.

Telegraph allows everyone to use the same pool of players. Times has a draft.

Thoughts from y'all?

[chrisa]

Never played in a league with a draft before. How does it work?

[Robb]

Never played in a league with a draft before. How does it work?

You set your preferences for players, 1st to worst, and then the picks rotate until everyone has 20. To help with this, they have them listed in the software based on last year's stats, best players at the top, but you can move players up or down per your own ratings. After the draft, anyone can pick up any free agents that are left since your team may be unbalanced, or some decent player might be left. You can only have 20 players on the squad. So after the draft everyone will have a unique squad. 1st pick in 1st round is usually last pick in 2nd round, and so on.

The drafts usually have a start time and a 2 minute limit for each pick - if you're online when the draft happens live, you can manually select your picks (maybe grab a defender higher than you rate him 'cuz you already have 3 strikers you rate). If not, the computer picks your highest rated player in each round.

I'm pretty sure in private leagues you can choose when you want your draft to happen so everyone can be online for it.

Trades are legit, too - but no cash changes hands in the London Times version. You have to make some kind of package deal to trade players between teams.

[kevster]

The Times one sounds interesting. If not, the Telegraph is a pretty safe bet.

[bigred]

The Times one sounds interesting. If not, the Telegraph is a pretty safe bet.

The telephone will be arriving to the UK in a few months, you Brits are going to love it...

[kevster]

The Times one sounds interesting. If not, the Telegraph is a pretty safe bet.

The telephone will be arriving to the UK in a few months, you Brits are going to love it...

A poor effort by your standards friend.

[Robb]

Times "play the game" fantasy league is basically a Rotisserie league. Here's the FAQ's that should answer any question. The drafts must be either 100% automated based on preset wish lists for each team, or the individuals have to "meet" for a draft themselves.

FAQ's for Play the Game

I like this style probably because it's very American and I'm familiar with it. If the guys in the UK have a different preference, I'm up for learning something new.

[chrisa]

Looks pretty good imo. Something I've not done before so it should be fun. I don't really mind, I'll go with the flow.

[WillburForce]

only 5 confirmed....

is it worth it? Season starts pretty soon!

[Shifubowa]

In. Come On You Irons!!

[WillburForce]

In. Come On You Irons!!

well i guess that makes 6.

c'mon u Irons indeed!

lets get this sorted.

[Toadstool]

I've already got a team.

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ is a good, free one.

[WillburForce]

ok, I've set up a league.

as Toadstool said below, this is a good one (i've also used before).

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Set up your team, then join the FTR league!

League name: FTR
Password/code: 814318-169060

do people want to have any money on it? I'm happy to play for fun or have $10/$20 on it.

[chrisa]

ok, I've set up a league.

as Toadstool said below, this is a good one (i've also used before).

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Set up your team, then join the FTR league!

League name: FTR
Password/code: 814318-169060

do people want to have any money on it? I'm happy to play for fun or have $10/$20 on it.

10 or 20 is fine by me.

[Robb]

ok, I've set up a league.

as Toadstool said below, this is a good one (i've also used before).

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Set up your team, then join the FTR league!

League name: FTR
Password/code: 814318-169060

do people want to have any money on it? I'm happy to play for fun or have $10/$20 on it.

10 or 20 is fine by me.

OK, I'm in for either amount, but I can't get my web browser to quit showing the damn user agreement, save my team and/or join a league - I'm in when I can get this sh!t worked out - probably massive user error, but who knows?

[chrisa]

Just save a complete team, save it, then change it later. I had trouble with that before, I'm not sure if it's the same issue.

[Robb]

Just save a complete team, save it, then change it later. I had trouble with that before, I'm not sure if it's the same issue.

I'm rollin' now - thx!!

[WillburForce]

BUMP!!!

Theres 4 of signed in (Chrisa, Robb, myself - sorry, unsure who Newcastle_LOl is???) and ready. The rest of you, get it sorted ASAP!

I'll PM the people who've posted in here.

[Shifubowa]

unsure who Newcastle_LOl is???

That would be me!

Question - Not that I am into plagiarism but I cannot see what players you guys have selected. Am I missing something? Oh, and I am in for whatever you guys decide on the $$ front.

[chrisa]

The site never lets you see the players of other teams before the season's started. You'll see them when gameweek 1 commences.

[kevster]

I'm definitely in for this but won't have time to sort out a team until next week. Presume that is ok.

Suggest we ship $10 to Robb on Stars or someone neutral on FTR if preferred.

[chrisa]

I can ship on FTP, but don't have an account on Stars.

[Muzzard]

I can ship to whoever on stars.

My team is Bummers are Deaf!

Woudl like to do a monthly and season prizepool.

$5 each month + $10season probably equates to about $50, but I'm cool with w/e!

[WillburForce]

I can ship to whoever on stars.

My team is Bummers are Deaf!

Woudl like to do a monthly and season prizepool.

$5 each month + $10season probably equates to about $50, but I'm cool with w/e!

i'm down with whatever. though $50ish is my limit. I seem to have £300 riding on fantasy football and i'm rubbish!

[Muzzard]

c'mon guys, lets sort the monies out. Season starts this weekend.

[kevster]

I'm in.

I reckon $20 should be the limit. I'm not comfortable with anymore than that as I'm not expecting to win!

We need to ship to someone soon. Only a few days to go.....

[WillburForce]

$20 is prob best all round.

I'm not going to be able to ship any monies for a couple weeks though. I'm moving house tomoz and won't have tinternet in new place for a couple of weeks (no!!!!!!! no poker!!!!!).

I'm good for it though and will ship my $20 to whoever (Robb?) as soon as poss.

[chrisa]

$20 is fine by me.

I need to ship to someone on Full Tilt though!

[kevster]

I've PM'd Nakamura (SNG forum reg) to take care of these funds for us and await his reply. It makes sense to have a non-participant holding the cash, even though I trust you all - honest!!!

We can all ship to him on Stars and if he doesn't have an FTP account, Chris can ship to me on FTP and I'll ship Naka on Stars.

[chrisa]

$20 right? What's your FTP username?

[Nakamura]

Ship all your monies to me .... yes, all of them.

to eNakamura on Stars or FTP, then PM me so I can keep a tab .... so this is what it feels like to be a bookie .... Pay up or the heavies are coming around.

[WillburForce]

Ship all your monies to me .... yes, all of them.

to eNakamura on Stars or FTP, then PM me so I can keep a tab .... so this is what it feels like to be a bookie .... Pay up or the heavies are coming around.

as above i'm unable to ship the monies for 2 weeks. no internet at new house. Virgin recon i'll be running again 26th/27th.

hold of the heavies until then!

(if anyone does have any real objections to this, I'll get a friend to ship it for me tomorrow).

[chrisa]

Shipped $20 to eNakamura on FTP.

[Nakamura]

Ship all your monies to me .... yes, all of them.

to eNakamura on Stars or FTP, then PM me so I can keep a tab .... so this is what it feels like to be a bookie .... Pay up or the heavies are coming around.

as above i'm unable to ship the monies for 2 weeks. no internet at new house. Virgin recon i'll be running again 26th/27th.

hold of the heavies until then!

(if anyone does have any real objections to this, I'll get a friend to ship it for me tomorrow).

Right, 26th or 27th ... or else

[Nakamura]

Shipped $20 to eNakamura on FTP.

Received

[kevster]

Shipped $20 to eNakamura on Stars.

Thanks for doing this Rob.

[kevster]

as above i'm unable to ship the monies for 2 weeks. no internet at new house. Virgin recon i'll be running again 26th/27th.

hold of the heavies until then!

(if anyone does have any real objections to this, I'll get a friend to ship it for me tomorrow).

I see no real problem with this. You can't collect if you don't put in.

[Nakamura]

Shipped $20 to eNakamura on Stars.

Thanks for doing this Rob.

Received

[WillburForce]

as above i'm unable to ship the monies for 2 weeks. no internet at new house. Virgin recon i'll be running again 26th/27th.

hold of the heavies until then!

(if anyone does have any real objections to this, I'll get a friend to ship it for me tomorrow).

I see no real problem with this. You can't collect if you don't put in.

cool and the gang.

[kevster]

Just been pouring over the stats and fine tuning my squad.

Damn it's tough to find value with their prices based on last season. There just aren't enough cheapies around. Gerrard and Lamps look too expensive too.

[chrisa]

2 more days everyone. Hope you have your teams finalised.

[Nakamura]

So far I have only received money from chrisa, toadstool and kevster ... money, the rest of you????

[kevster]

So far I have only received money from chrisa, toadstool and kevster ... money, the rest of you????

Yeah this. We need the money asap really or people will start dropping out if they start the season badly. I'll PM some people.

[Shifubowa]

Shipped.

[kevster]

Part of the problem here is not knowing everyone's real names.....

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevin Hamer - PAID
Willburs11 - Will Lacey - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Robert Blackmore
Team Funkalicious - Chris Amirinia - PAID
Scuffed - Robb Sinn
Bummers are Deaf - Ian Murray
Death Eaters - Aaron Gordon
Rarted Bumbaclarted - david Lupton

Which team's belong to 'toadstool' and Shif then?

And the rest of you - pay up!!

[chrisa]

If people haven't paid by the start of Gameweek 4, kick them?

Another thing, is it winner takes all or?

[Toadstool]

aaron gordon. im feeling pretty confident because i've got darren bent.

[kevster]

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevin Hamer - PAID
Willburs11 - Will Lacey - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Robert Blackmore
Team Funkalicious - Chris Amirinia - PAID
Scuffed - Robb Sinn
Bummers are Deaf - Ian Murray
Death Eaters - Aaron Gordon - PAID
Rarted Bumbaclarted - david Lupton

I've PM'd Robb & Muzz. Shif just needs to let us know if he's Newcastle_LOL or Rarted Bumbaclarted. Still leaves 1 unclaimed team.

[kevster]

Another thing, is it winner takes all or?

My presumption was winner takes all but I guess we could do 1st and 2nd. What does everyone else think?

[rong]

I want in! I want in!

Not too late I hope, as I just joined the league anyway.

But down to my last 2x $5 sng tables on stars, so if I win I'll chuck 20 to Naka, if not, I think I'm gonna try FTP so will cough up on there instead.

Arrgggggg!!!!! And my cowboys just lost to queens all in pf. Down to one table, think its gonna be FTP.

[Robb]

Shipped $20 to Naka on FTP - in before kickoff (thanks for PM, btw, FTR stopped sending me update emails on this thread).

[Muzzard]

I'll sort this out tomo, shifu is newcastle_lol though!

[badgers]

in in the nick of time?

[badgers]

shipped $20 to naka, hope I'm not too late. I am asdfasdf FC (thats what happens when you start making the team 20 mins before deadline

toyed with buying stephen hunt and when he scored I thought I had him. dammit.

[kevster]

So by my reckoning, we have ten teams as follows.....

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevster - PAID
Willburs11 - Willbur Force - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Shifubowa - PAID
Team Funkalicious - chrisa - PAID
Scuffed - Robb - PAID
Bummers are Deaf - Muzzard - Money Pending
Death Eaters - Toadstool - PAID
Rarted Bumbaclarted - david Lupton ??
? - DanArong - ?
asdfasdf FC - Badgers - PAID

Just need to know who David Lupton is and for him and DanAroung to pay Naka. Need to know DanArong's team too - can't access the league at the mo.

What do people think about payout structure?

[rong]

Im Donk FC, will pay in a few days if thats ok, say def by wed. That ok?

[Muzzard]

shipped

[Muzzard]

Rarted Bumbaclarted david Lupton = sil639

[rong]

What do people think about payout structure?

Either winner takes all or maybe a standard 10 msn SnG payout ie 20/30/50 %

[chrisa]

I was thinking winner takes all or 80/20 for first and second.

[rong]

will pay naka now, once I figure out how anyway.

[Nakamura]

Ok just to say I've been away and received several more payments. I will try figure out who these folks are, since some of have not sent a PM indicating your PS or FTP username and the fact you paid... despite popular thought, I'm not telepathic

I'm a pretty hammered tonight, but I will check and post first thing tomorrow morning.

[badgers]

badgers_uk = badgers

[rong]

paid and displayed

[kevster]

Update.....

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevster - PAID
Willburs11 - Willbur Force - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Shifubowa - PAID
Team Funkalicious - chrisa - PAID
Scuffed - Robb - PAID
Bummers are Deaf - Muzzard - PAID
Death Eaters - Toadstool - PAID
Rarted Bumbaclarted - sil639
DonkFC - DanArong - PAID
asdfasdf FC - Badgers - PAID

[rong]

With Naka being as good a multitable SnGer as he is, I bet he could turn that $200 into a fair old sum by the end of the season.

[Robb]

Ok just to say I've been away and received several more payments. I will try figure out who these folks are, since some of have not sent a PM indicating your PS or FTP username and the fact you paid... despite popular thought, I'm not telepathic

I'm a pretty hammered tonight, but I will check and post first thing tomorrow morning.

4gooner4 = robb

[Nakamura]

So by my reckoning, we have ten teams as follows.....

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevster - PAID
Willburs11 - Willbur Force - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Shifubowa - PAID
Team Funkalicious - chrisa - PAID
Scuffed - Robb - PAID
Bummers are Deaf - Muzzard - Money Pending
Death Eaters - Toadstool - PAID
Rarted Bumbaclarted - david Lupton ??
? - DanArong - ?
asdfasdf FC - Badgers - PAID

Just need to know who David Lupton is and for him and DanAroung to pay Naka. Need to know DanArong's team too - can't access the league at the mo.

What do people think about payout structure?

Ok, with my brain in better condition, here is the list of folks I think have paid.

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevster - PAID
Willburs11 - Willbur Force - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Shifubowa - PAID
Team Funkalicious - chrisa - PAID
Scuffed - Robb - PAID
Bummers are Deaf - Muzzard - PAID (I think)
Death Eaters - Toadstool - PAID
Rarted Bumbaclarted - david Lupton ??
Dnk FC - DanArong - PAID
asdfasdf FC - Badgers - PAID

[Muzzard]

Ok, with my brain in better condition, here is the list of folks I think have paid.

Can We Not Knock It? - Kevster - PAID
Willburs11 - Willbur Force - Money Pending
Newcastle_LOL - Shifubowa - PAID
Team Funkalicious - chrisa - PAID
Scuffed - Robb - PAID
Bummers are Deaf - Muzzard - PAID (I think)
Death Eaters - Toadstool - PAID
Rarted Bumbaclarted - david Lupton ??
Dnk FC - DanArong - PAID
asdfasdf FC - Badgers - PAID

Yah I paid, I'm poker_muzz

Slip a PM to sil693 on FTR he's David Lupton.