Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 12
Here at FF247 towers we’ve often wondered what driving forces hide behind a comment or a rate my team reply, do we really know the mindset and the persona of the people we are conversing with?! To find the answers to these questions we have lured some regulars from out of their caves and got them to endure a simple Q&A session.
Hopefully this will help us to uncover whether each member can be viewed as a ‘fellow sports enthusiast’, ‘colleague’, ‘fantasy friend’, ‘internet troll’ or indeed ‘sociopath’! Let’s take a look inside the minds of our latest two ‘victims’ then and see whether, hiding behind the cute monkey gravatars, lurks a sadistic, megalomaniacal, psychotic keyboard warrior. Or just a normal guy or gal who likes to play fantasy football…
We will add a disclaimer here – we have resolved to not edit what is sent in at all. What you see is what you (we) get. FPL ranks were correct at the time of sending as well so may be much worse by now! Or better…
Next up to the examination table are the swirly and Horse.
the swirly
THE BASICS
Members name:…… theswirly
Real name:…… Nick Sturdy
Occupation:……. Graphic Designer
Age:……….. 29
Country of residence:…… UK
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game:…….. 14,613 (last season)
Current position for the season………. 3,231
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:…… Top 10,000
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:…… Top 10,000
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words:…… I live and work in Worcester; currently engaged and getting married in November 2015. Support Aston Villa (for my sins) and I’m also a season ticket holder at rugby union side Worcester Warriors. I enjoy travelling, photography and going out for a drink or two.
FAVOURITES
Food:….. Chicken cobbler
Drink:….. Guinness
Band/Type of music:….. I’m in to too many types of music to pick a specific one!
TV Programme:…… Again, too many to count – comedy is my favourite genre though
Films:…… Bourne trilogy
Book/Author:…… Alan Partridge: Let’s Talk About Alan
Joke…………. I’ve decided to sell my Hoover … well, it was just collecting dust
Country visited (and state why!):…… Iceland – stunning scenery. Want to go there again!
Country would most like to visit (and state why!)……… USA
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport:…… Football
Sporting Team:……. Aston Villa
Sporting Personality:……. Jamie Redknapp
Sporting moment on TV:…… England winning the Rugby World Cup
Sporting moment witnessed live:……. Barcelona beating Real Sociedad 4-1 at Camp Nou last year
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit:……. Wembley (I’ve still not been there since it was rebuilt!)
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about………… I got a silver medal in a swimming race when I was seven!
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are……………. I have been likened to Robin Van Persie. Can’t see it myself!
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party:…… Winston Churchill, Jeff Stelling, Chris Kamara, Robert Winston, Professor Iain Stewart, Guy Martin
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!):……. Phone/iPod for the music (if you could charge it anywhere, ha), Kindle and…er… a fully stocked bar perhaps?!
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it:……… Decorate house we’re buying, round the world holiday for the two of us, Audi A3
The perfect afternoon would be spent:…….. Hot tub in an alpine resort (after a day of skiing), with football on a big screen and plenty of beers.
My Epitaph would read:…… Always did what he could to keep people happy
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Horse
THE BASICS
Members name: Horse
Real name Harry Vernon
Occupation I run a business tutoring maths and English, which is funny considering my poor spelling
Age: 48
Country of residence: Isle of Wight, England
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game: 18k
Current position for the season: 86k
Planned finish (at the start of the season) for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: Top 10k
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: I would be disappointed if I don’t make the Top 1%
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words: Well travelled Pompey fan living on Isle of Wight. Got into sailing this year and race whenever I can. Done loads of trekking and scuba diving. Had season ticket for Pompey for 9 years, been to over 60 grounds.
FAVOURITES
Food: Curry
Drink: Green tea
Band/Type of music: REM Faithless Muse. Two tone/ska music and blues music.
TV Programme: Big fan of The Bridge, Match of the Day
Films: I am into Zhang Yimou at the moment so Hero, The Road Home, Ju Dou. Also like Shawshank Redemption, Tokyo Story, The Usual Suspects and Se7en.
Book/Author: The Alchemist (Pablo Coelho) Amsterdam (Ian McEwan) China Road (Rob Gifford) The Firm (John Grisham)
Joke: An Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman and Welshman were on holiday together in Spain boasting about the pubs back home. The Englishman speaks first. “In London there’s this rather nice pub where you can buy a pint of lager and get a complimentary gin and tonic.”
Taffy pipes up “In the valleys there’s a pub where you can a pint of Brains bitter and you get a shot of Welsh whisky for free.”
Jock was having none of it. “In Glasgow there’s this pub where you can buy a pint of heavy and you get the finest double malt Scottish whisky completely free”
Finally Paddy spoke, “In Dublin, there’s this pub where you buy a pint of Guinness and you get another for free. Then you get another pint of Guinness completely free. Then another pint of Guinness completely free. Then you get a fine Irish double malt whiskey completely free. Then you go outside and you get shagged.”
“That sounds like a cracking pub, Paddy. Have you been there?”
“No, I’ve not been there myself but my sister has.”
(Courtesy of Harry Redknapp)
Country visited (and state why!): I have been to many amazing places in Asia, Europe and Latin America but the Galapagos Islands were simply stunning.
Country would most like to visit (and state why!) I have never been to Africa and would love to travel to Ghana as they are really cool people and I love their music.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport: Football
Sporting Team: Portsmouth
Sporting Personality: Brian Clough.
Sporting moment on TV: Man Utd 0 Pompey 1 FA Cup QF 2008
This was the year we won the FA Cup but for me this was the Cup Final, an unbelievable defensive performance and our first victory at Old Trafford for 50 years.
Sporting moment witnessed live: There has been many but perhaps bizarrely Pompey 1 Arsenal 5 FA Cup QF 2004. In my years of watching football including 8 years in the Premiership this was the most awe inspiring display of football I have been privileged to witness. The Invincibles were simply majestic. As were the Pompey fans and magnanimous too. The noise was absolutely deafening. Each time we conceded a goal we sang twice as loud. ‘Can we play you every week?’ at 5 down was just class.
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit: Maracana.
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about: I climbed a 6000m mountain in the Bolivian Andes (Huanya Potosi)
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are: Arjen Robbin
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party. Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Ghandi and Daisaku Ikeda. Four would be plenty.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island? (no humans allowed!):
Well, I live on an island already. So a boat, a fishing rod and a decent internet connection.
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it?:
Give up my job and go travelling. Africa beckons.
The perfect afternoon would be spent: Out on the water. Force 4-5. Nice bit of sunshine. Then a pub roast with my girlfriend.
Why are you called Horse?
When I was younger I used to have a Mohican. When my hair wasn’t spiked up it looked like horse’s hair.
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Many thanks to both the swirly and Horse for being so candid! We hope you know your two fellow ‘fantasy friends’ a little better now.
If you feel that you would like to expose your inner self then please feel free to mail us at contact@fantasyfootball247.co.uk and we shall have peakydave interrogate you! If you have already submitted one, which many have, we are publishing them in the order received and hopefully yours will be along soon.
Any thoughts on either Sterling and Hazard or Fab and Di Maria?
Fab and Adm I would think. Wudnt like to not have Hazard though.
Pick the bits out of this motley crew dear members :-
Think u need Hazard elleff
Not sold on Sterling Elle. Convince me…
HE SCORED TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I said convince ME Elle!!!!!
You know what happened to that cat next in that particular video right Raz?!
Yeah, look at your avatar. You’ve been decapitated. :dance:
No seriously, nothing bad happened to that cat though? I LOVE CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a cat too. Not that one though obviously, given its demise. Those chickens can be nasty bstrds 😉
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Ffs Innit. Some things are better left unsaid. Sighs. Poor kitty.
You remind me of this acquaintance of mine. Always tells me jokes I don’t want to hear. Leaving me disgusted. Last time around I couldn’t even eat my supper.
I ate mine just fine Raz. Had a Kitty-Kat 😉
Hi Elle. I am on my WC too so asking myself the same questions.
Baird and Bellerin are bargains if they are nailed on.
But I hear Pulis is after Naylor and Arsenal may strengthen at the back too.
So the only thing to do is sit and wait.
Interesting option Defoe.
Sunderland’s fixtures look good and I am also looking at doubling up at the back.
Not sure triple Sunderland is the way to go.
I’ll leave that to Raz. :p
Hi elle. Looks a good squad but i would lose one of Terry/Cesc and get Hazard in for Sterling. It makes it a bit more template like but it’s hard to argue with the numbers that Hazard produces. Beast.
Except for when he doesn’t produce. 😉
Actually, if you add the Gerrard penalty’s to Sterling he’d be a bigger beast than Hazard and he is in poor form. STOP DISSING RAHEEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He’s the man with the plan. I postponed my wildcard because I wanted to see him shine versus WHU! :dance:
That being said, I probably wouldn’t have him in my wildcard team. A lot can change in 1 or 2 games though. Sturridge will be back very soon.
Hi NIN, just spent a good bit of time using that rotator thing on Fix and it’s helped, so thanks. I’ve actually purged all Spurs coverage again now as a result though! Back on Punch’em, Siggy and Elia with Defoe still up top.
Still not convinced with their mauve colour choices, it’s confusing as to what’s stronger and weaker but having met them in person let’s just say I’m not surprised by the choice! I prefer the more definitive RED, YELLOW, GREEN approach myself as you know!
Yeah, it’s a bit over the top alright. Upper case lettering and big blue blobs, that’s how i work it
Still, it’s a very handy tool for those on their wildcards. I’ll be using it throughout the season too, in case it throws up any missed combo’s that could be profitable.
This WC stuff is a killer! So after another evening of tinkering and analysing this is where I’m at now. Off to bed soon so I’ll leave this for hopefully another audience to comment on if they feel inclined?! The 3 cheap mids rotate well enough to allow 2 alongside Haz and Sanchez every week. The defence rotates ok but not perfectly. Costa and Kun are set in stone although I’m actually considering leaving Kun out for Rooney or RvP this week only and putting Kun in next week given that Utd have LEI at home this week. Thoughts on that? Don’t touch Defoe. He’s my Wildcarders wildcard
Thanks in advance!
Init – I’ll do my best to keep my hands off Defoe 😉
As I see it, the untouchables in your squad are Foster, Clyne, Terry, Sanchez, Hazard, Aguero, Costa (OK and Defoe!). I’d be adding a playing keeper. Whilst I’m not buying the love for Arsenal defence at the moment, you can’t really go wrong at 4.4m, especially given the competition (ie the lack thereof) in that price range. I’d actually think about downgrading Siggy to a 5th midfielder and upgrading Puncheon. In this regard, note that the median points tally for the top 10-15 players in each position strongly favours the midfield. The trend seems to be improving as well, meaning that we should expect to see more points scored by more midfielders. With this in mind, I’d be suggesting beefing up the 3rd midfielder somewhat. How about Siggy, Puncheon and Myhill (15.8m inc money ITB) to Henderson, Boyd and Begovic (15.7m)? Gives you 2 very solid playing GKs who are expected to keep a raft of clean sheets going forward, and gives you the benefit of Liverpool coverage (Henderson) who are on the improve and should see out the season very strongly. Having both Costa and Kun does limit your options unfortunately.
Cookie ignored my advice last week on Ben Mee, so feel free to do the same at your peril 😉
Inherent in the above is my view that Team Siggy is well and truly done for another season. Swansea are struggling.
Morning Init,
I glad my WC is gone! It can send you mad . . . .
I like the WBA goalkeepers, definitely think you are OK there.
Strikers top notch.
I’m considering Elia myself, he could be the man of the second half of the season. Playing in an attacking role for a third placed side and for just 5.5. Seems as well his past problems could be over as it looks like he is knuckling down for his new manager. Definitely like him. Puncheon probably about to embark on his purple patch so wouldn’t critise that. Again though, I’m moving away from Siggy, don’t think Swansea are going to react particularly well to losing Bony. May be wrong but I think they’ll need to adjust and that could blunt Siggy’s point scoring pull. My preference is for Chadli, don’t know how that sits with your rotational plan.
Love the defence, well worth going with.
You do realise there is still over a week to go of WC tinkering 😉
GP – I think he’s on to his 47th draft
At least!
Init- Like I said yesterday I really like that team due to the fact that this is my team! I must admit, I stole your idea of going myhill as that then allows me to get Bertrand instead of Jones. With your team I agree with anyne that suggests Siggy must go. I think the Swans are shot now, ever since I watched them playing against Liverpool. I would anyone from Downing, Henderson, Chadli, Johnson. Also your move of playing Rooney just this weekend is brilliant! (once again I had been thinking of that 😉 ) only issue is then who would you bench for the weekend?
Sorry Init, one more to consider, a bit of a punt but fixtures aren’t at all bad, what about Walters?
Ok then, thanks Blue, GP and Migs. Siggy not getting much love there! That’s probably the only thing I’ll change now I think and did have Chadli at one point yesterday so I’ll probably revert to that again. Migs, Siggy was the one due for bench duty this week due to him being at Southampton and the other 2 being at home. That may still be the case with Chadli. I’m seriously considering the Rooney plan but if I do Chadli that leaves little room for manoeuvre on price changes so it’d have to be an early transfer as Aguero will be a popular buy next week you’d have to think with Hull at home. Walters may be a gamble too far!
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What do you guys think?
Should I change anything?
Cracking team, I think your probably good to go with that.
On WC? If yes I’d change Cameron otherwise you’re good to go, very nice team.
Guys, massively appreciate it if you could RMT:
Foster (Pantilimon)
Clyne, Cahill, Van Aanholt, (Hutton), (Wisdom)
Silva, A. Johnson, Hazard, Sanchez (c), (Boyd)
Rooney, Costa, Kane
Thanks !!
Forgot to mention – 0.1 in bank and sitting on 2 FT!! Would like Aguero, but doesn’t really make too much sense in swapping him for Rooney (Leicester) and downgrading Cahill..
Hey Tony, there doesn’t seem much to do there mate – can you afford Hutton to Bellerin? The rest looks pretty good to me for GW23
Thanks for the feedback lads. Can’t afford Bellerin by 0.1! damn! back to the drawing board. Scared about no Aguero. Post Chelsea game, he is a must! Shame to waste a FT.
Hey Tony this is a good team only obvious one is no Kun but you do have Silva , keep an eye on Rooney as he’s been playing deeper but has good fixtures , if Bony gets regular place @ City might be worth changing Roo > Bony & Silva > ADM Good to go for now