Hello and welcome again to The Banterbury Leagues review. We are at game-week 16 and some massive games have been played and 8 more teams have joined Bench & Potty in securing their place in the Banterbury Shield to start in GW21 (January 11th-13th). There are still 6 spots up for grabs around the leagues in the final qualification game-week, next weekend. So without further ado let’s go round the leagues and find out who are falling in to the drop-zones or who are sitting pretty at the top & everything in between. As ever we start with the premier league.
Premier
Cookie’s Monsters regains top spot and secures his place in the shield after beating Horse FC 11th 73-65. Joining him in the shield and moving up to 2nd are Arsene’s Boys who beat Gasco’s athletic 8th 82-76, ending any hopes Gasco had of qualifying. Park Bench Exports drop to 3rd after another close game for him though this time it didn’t go in his favour as he lost to Rising Phoenix 68-66 who move up to 9th. Arguably the biggest game of the week was between Where’s The Dosh? who were 4th, in that final qualification place and Reubens Rioters who were sitting 5th, with Rioters coming out on top 84-80 which also means they swap places in the league with one qualification game-week to go. This result also keeps alive the hopes of both Bocadillo Allstars 6th & Pork n Cheese United 7th, they both won beating UD Stoke who drop into the relegation places & Eddy Hitler XI respectively. So if Reubens Rioters beat Pork n Cheese United who they face next week the place will be theirs, a defeat or a draw opens up the place for Where’s The Dosh or the Allstars who both have the same number of points though The Dosh have accumulated 7 points more in the overall standings, meaning it could be a straight points shootout if both win. While Pork n Cheese United must beat Rioters by 47 points and hope the other two teams in the running lose, it’s a big ask but funnier things have happened. Meanwhile in the bottom half Kojak’s Fireball beat Buzz’s Bomb Squad 83-71, Kop Warriors (FF247 writer) won again his 3rd in a row and move to 15th, 3 places above the drop-zone. Prutsers; allemaal and Killer Instincts played out a 78-78 draw. The 6 pointer between the bottom two, TheKopKnightRISES & THE MUTTS NUTS went the way of RISES leaving Mutts 10 adrift at the foot and 13 from safety, he just can’t catch a break as his score of 73 would have beaten 5 of the teams above him, but there’s no time for him to feel sorry for himself as he has another 6 pointer Vs 3rd from bottom UD Stoke up next.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/843/standings/
Championship
Gallowgators stay top and book their shield place after beating FC Tom Tomsk. James 101 beat bottom club Pathético Morbid to move 2nd and also book their place in the shield. WhoIsRonaldo drop to 3rd after defeat to a side that still has ambitions of the top 4, One Under Parr 6th, though WIR still only need a point. Elleffcee 4th last week lost to Real Morbid 103-73 and this result sees Real moving into that last qualification place while elleffcee drop to 7th after losing to 2 teams chasing a shield spot in last 2 game-weeks and will need a tiny miracle to claim 4th spot now. The other team still in the mix are Son of a Pitch 5th who are on same h2h points as Real and are only 10 overall points behind, it could all come down to who scores the most points next week to claim 4th. The two stand out games next week are James 101 2nd v WhoIsRonaldo 3rd & Gallowgators top v Real Morbid 4th, giving Son of a Pitch and One Under Parr real hope. Elsewhere, Mito’s Mercenaries move 9th after winning his 4th on the spin and ends Shylass @ the finish 8th interests in the shield, Mito must thinking that if it wasn’t for those few barren game-weeks where he captained Benteke, he’d be right up there challenging for a shield spot. There was also wins for Buzzilona & The Greatest FC moving them up to 10th & 11th in the table. At the bottom there were massive wins for The Reds moving them 3 places to 14th and Balotellibubbies moving them out of the bottom 3 to 16th, replacing them is Mrs Kirk’s Soap Powder Thieves. The Gallant Pioneers stay 19th and Mr Kirk’s Pathético Morbid 20th bottom and 8 points from safety.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9338/standings/
League 1
The Banterbury FA have been called in to investigate after a flurry of bets were placed at the start of December in Potty’s bookmakers. These bets suggested that Powerful Potty Fc would not be top come Christmas despite holding an 11 point lead at the top of league, but after a full investigation the FA are happy that no games were fixed. So toppling Potty is Monty (Caz Daz) who is one of the 4 teams to beat potty in December and are on a bit of a run, winning the last 6. In 2nd and dropping potty to 3rd are another team to have beaten him this month, CFC (Awesome). All 3 have qualified for the shield. Joining them after earning the final spot available are we love manchester who drew with Bodene’s Army, the point was enough to see them earn their place. Elsewhere Ajax Trees, Fergie’s Henchmen & Slumdog Mignolet won & all move up the table to 6th, 7th & 9th. Inittowinit*** won and despite having over 1000 points sit 13th in the league. At the bottom there was a massive win for IFM PaLmeRo 17th vs The SpecialOne 19th 79-72, despite this the bottom 5 stay the same.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9479/standings/
League 2
4th Place Trophy stay top and are the only team from this league to so far qualify for the shield. With so many teams still in the mix with only one game-week left, I’m not going to go through all the permutations, just name the teams and wish them well! I’m sure GW17 is going to be a roller coaster for the following teams, Norfulk-in-chance 2nd, ChorleyRocks 3rd, White Boys Day 4th, Busby Babes 5th, Wavey Squad 6th & Owls Rule 7th. Also in with a massive outside chance are ChelseaFTW 8th but they would need all of the aforementioned teams to lose. Finally I would like to give a shout out to (no hits) Prata who with 5 wins on the bounce have moved from the bottom to 13th in the league, Bring on ze Trumpets, I think you upset him! What was your bet again?
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9698/standings/
Qualification Leagues
Firstly some good news, from next season I hope to run 4 h2h qualification leagues of 20 with the winners from each league earning an invite into the main league. There will also be an opportunity to qualify for the Banterbury Cup, so everyone who registers will get a chance to play some of us so called experts in a one off tie and the chance to become a fantasy football legend. Details will follow later in the season, but to register your interest please e-mail banterburyleagues@gmail.com
Secondly, well done to Norfolk n’ Chance & The Cape Bulls for cracking the 1000 points mark in the classic league, it’s also 4 from 4 for What’s the story FC & FC Sanchez in the H2H that was created to celebrate the opening of FF247. Those in the H2H qualification don’t forget you’re playing an expert in FF247 writer Flingy, haha no pressure now Sean!!
This article was written by Bench@banterburyleagues
So I am finally home and get to watch football, and what do I do? I mix up the times (darn time zones) and missed the opening half hour. Anything of interest happen? Hazard playing?
not watching myself but i hear zab is off hamstring
M&B – Hazard and Terry are on the bench,Chelsea look poor to be honest,not much creativity at all,and yes Bench,Zabaleta came off after 12mins mate,i didn’t see what happened though.M&B have you made up your mind about your moves mate? I was looking at your squad earlier and i’m still flummoxed haha.
Haha, yeah watching the Chelsea game.. You know you’re having it tough when Adam Johnson is running circles.
Regarding my selection, I think I’ve narrowed down the striker option, but not the midfield one. Walcott seems to be hitting the ground running but already with Ramsey its hard to double up the Arsenal coverage..
M&B – It’s a hard decision,i’m thinking Negredo&Hazard now..
Yeah I’m leaving that way too NiN, only problem is that I don’t know how guaranteed Negrado is as a starter..
Kolarov has been a BEAST from the highlights I saw.
M&B – Negredo is nailed mate,i’d be shocked if Pelligrini benched him for a league game.
Is Negrado playing tonight? I saw Dzeko if I remember correctly. Watching the Chelsea game.
No he’s on the bench,saving him for the weekend i’d imagine..
Evening!!
Who would you go for out of silvia and Wally??
I’m taking out coutinho and I’m struggling who to pick. Already have Ozil Ramsey hazard and bannan
for me wouldn’t lose coutinho, hazard for silvia would be my transfer
Mitro – 3 Arsenal mid’s would be major overkill so i’d have to say Silva,i’d prefer Walcott though..
I have a Similar situation.
Ramsey/Yaya. But I want Silva & Walcott I also have Hazard
I am thinking Lallana – Silva this week (double up on Man C for Fulham game)
Next GW Yaya – Walcott after they have played Chelsea and have double Arsenal until jan WC
Or would folk Lallana -Walcott now
Ripcurl82 – I’d consider playing Lallana this week,i don’t fancy Spurs at all,if you’re set on making the move then i’d go for Walcott.
Thanks NIN I won’t look at the price drop but I think he had a knock karst weekend and offers a good differential from the usual suspects.
Great work Bench, highly appreciated!
Is good to know that from next season there will be 4 qualification groups, maybe then I’ll have a small chance, the level here is quite high but I hope to improve until there.
thanks albertini
Bench
Cheers mate.
I’m struggling. Seems there is such a high standard amongst the boys on here, I always seem to run into someone who is just a little better than me each week.
Either that or I’m really sh!t and can’t see it!
No TGP it a high standard look at innit 1000 points but sit 15 that’s crazy , stick with it mate there is a long long way to go
Bench
Love it mate and hopefully they’ll always be a league for me.
Top work.
always mate your just not get the rub of it at the moment :beer:
GP – I have 1007pts overall – and I have lost ALL 3 H2H games in Bench’es H2H Qualification League
…every week, there is someone new who beats the hell out of me…
LoL
Hannibal
I know. Enjoying it all the same.
Great score pal.
Gallant, you beat me mate.
I’ve the most overall points in our table, but I’m in second slot because of that loss.
Don’t worry. It’s like Mr Han said.
James, you also lost to the top team 😉
Top and bottom mate. I have no favourites.
(Hate you all!)
James, the shield should be cracking, at least we can’t meet in that, not until the knockout stage anyway.
Always tight h2h between me and you, MLS was a right ding dong battle.
Gonna join that from GW1 next time.
You still in the Bantebury cup James?
That’s Dow to the last 16 so quite possible?
Going for the treble
Championship
Cup
Shield
Now that would be some achievement, I will settle for promotion though.
@Gallows
Agreed mate. And funny his similar our player selection often is.
Look forward to meeting you in the final – once I’ve KOd a certain Biscuit-obsessed fella…
Hey Gallow when you see Leazes, tell him :finger: I secured his non qualification into the shield.
Not in the Bant Cup no. Lost out to someone miles below me. They simply had a great week, so fair enough
I did about average for me, which beats most but wasn’t good enough that weekend.
So is it funny that I’m really looking forward to both cup
Competitions?
Never played one before. Didn’t know it was happening my previous two seasons.
Clearly wasn’t paying attention!
I missed out! Rookie error.
M&B
Well, you’ll be in the overall Cup mate, even if you’ve missed Bench’s show this year.
So who to bring in for zab ? haven’t see the game but on twitter its say he hobbling down the tunnel
Bench, they said on the BBC website that he might have Christmas off!!
Untied defender kop ?
Maybe…I’ll have to think about it as it will be for a hit!!
Cheers Bench..
I want to ask a question regarding the H2H qualifying (1 place)..,..
So whoever wins that would automatically has the opportunity to play with the big boys in the premier league or would just go in the League 2.