Hello again from Banterbury HQ , I trust you all had a fab New Year. It’s been a busy time here at HQ with the continuation of the leagues, the 4th round of the Cup and the up and coming start of the Shield.
Banterbury Leagues
Premier
Cookie’s Monsters recorded his 16th win of the campaign, beating Where’s The Dosh? to stay top – The Dosh, who qualified for the Shield, has lost his last two and are 12pts behind Cookie now and have fallen to 6th place. Arsene’s Boys & Bench also win to keep the pressure on Cookie and stay 2nd and 3rd respectively, while Bocadillo Allstars win in the both Cup and the League and are 4th , holding a 5 point lead over 5th Pork n Cheese United. Reubens Rioters, Gasco’s athletic & Horse FC all move up a place to 7th, 8th & 9th dropping PUT THE OLD DOG DOWN to 10th & Eddy to 11th. Sitting 12th are Killer Instincts who were sitting bottom with just a point after 10 game-weeks – this should give Mutts some encouragement , though I hope it does not start for Mutts in the next game-week as we meet and could really dent my title hopes. Mutts lost again and has decided to activate his January wildcard – as a seasoned fantasy football veteran, i fully expect him to bounce back in the 2nd half of the season. Prutsers; allemaal sit 2nd bottom and are dropping like a lead balloon, having lost their last 4. TheKopKnightRISES move up a place to 18th after beating Kojak’s Fireball who drop to 17th, Kop Warriors & UD Stoke need to watch their backs as both are only a point above the dropzone.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/843/standings/
Championship
Moving into the Championship and despite Gallow going for the treble, he slipped to defeat this game-week and drops to 2nd, with james101 taking over at the top. One Under Parr move 3rd and one of our other resident geordie’s, Shylass @ the finish move to 4th with his 4th straight win. Dropping to 5th are WhoIsRonaldo, while staying 6th & 7th are Son of a Pitch & elleffcee after both winning. In 8th is my top tip for the top 3 come the end of the season, namely Mito’s Mercenaries, who have now won 7 of their last 8 – though I was i little worried to hear he had no idea who Bob Paisley OBE was!! Down at the bottom where things are getting very tight, with bottom club Pathético Morbid and 13th placed Glebe Farm Rovers separated by just 5 points , after a big win for Pathético Morbid over The Reds 17th and must feel they are now back in the dog fight for survival.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9338/standings/
League 1
The Top 4 stay the same though they all swap places. CFC(Awesome) drop to 2nd with Monty (Caz Daz) hitting top spot – up to 3rd are Deano’s DavesRedDevils and dropping to 4th we have we love manchester . Powerful Potty Fc are 5th and have lost 8 in a row in a startling run of form – he now only sits 1 point above the chasing pack that includes Ajax Trees, Fergie’s Henchmen & BRYAN MUNICH FC. The bottom 4 all stay the same despite 3 of the bottom 4 winning, and a massive shout-out to Nifty’s Hotshots who had lost 16 on the trot – he recorded a much needed win over Fergie’s Henchmen but stays bottom.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9479/standings/
League 2
4th Place Trophy remain top and are now 6 points above ChorleyRocks who move 2nd after beating previously 2nd place White Boys Day, who drop to 3rd. In 4th stay Norfulk-in-chance , but the battle is hotting up in mid-table, with 4th place and 13th place separated by just 3pts. Prata has risen from bottom to 9th. At the basement, destroyers & Bryan Munich remain the bottom two and are six points adrift of 18th, while a win for Wanderers1869 sees them close the gap with those above them. 15th to 18th are separated by just a single point.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9698/standings/
Banterbury Cup 4th Round Results
New Year’s Day saw our Cup competition reach The Last 16.
Park Bench Exports 42 v 51 Fergie’s Henchmen
Busby Babes 46 v 56 Bocadillo Allstars
Gasco’s athletic 58 v 56 Monty (Caz Daz)
Son of a Pitch 42 v 49 Cookie’s Monsters
Horse FC 53 v 50 Manlet F.C
Kop Warriors 50 v 53 DavesRedDevils
WhoIsRonaldo 47 v 52 Buzz’s Bomb Squad
Owls Rule 45 v 54 Gallowgators
Banterbury Cup Quarter Final’s Draw/ Ties to be played 8th/9th Feb:
Fergie’s Henchmen v Gallowgators
Buzz’s Bomb Squad v Bocadillo Allstars
Gasco’s athletic v DavesRedDevils
Horse FC v Cookie’s Monsters
With two of the quarter-finalists still dreaming of an unprecedented Banterbury treble, Cookie’s Monsters and Gallowgators both have tough ties in the last 8. Cookie will have to conquer fellow Premier League side Horse FC, while Gallow will need to put one over his young protégé, Fergie’s Henchmen. In the other two ties, Gasco’s Athletic are up against Dave’s Red Devils from League 1 & finally there is an all Premier League quarter final as Buzz’s Bomb Squad take on Bocadillo Allstars.
The Shield
Finally our New Competition, The Banterbury Shield, gets underway in GW21 – here are the opening round’s fixtures:
Group 1 Cookie’s Monsters v ChorleyRocks , James 101 v Powerful Potty Fc
Group 2 Gallowgators v Where’s The Dosh?, CFC (Awesome) v White Boys Day
Group 3 Monty (Caz Daz) v WhoIsRonaldo, Norfulk-in-chance v Arsene’s Boys
Group 4 4th Place Trophy v we love manchester, Park Bench Exports v Son of a Pitch
Happy New Year and good luck to all!
This Article was written by Bench@BanterburyLeagues
My WC team.enjoy!!!
Szczeny Boruc
Koscienly,Baines,Coleman,(Chester,Briggs)
Oscar,Hazard,Silva,Ozil (Jedinak)
Lukaku,Rodriguez,Suarez
Aguero can be brought in a 4 point hit for Lukaku and Baines (Gabbidon).Then I will rotate Chester,Gabbidon as 3rd defender!!!
:popcorn:
nice team!
i really like the baines and coleman selections – i think i’ll do the same in my wc.
not sure about jedinak but the aguero plan is good.
a very good wc acually…
Cheers Billis and Alex!! Ive only got Jedinak as 1st sub as Palace have some fairly easy fixtures.After Arsenals easy fixtures I will get Krull to rotate with Boruc(when fit) then I have an extra 0.6 to upgrade jedinak whohoooooo!!!Tbh as 5th midfielder im not really bothered who it is,but still could get Mutch,Livermore,Morrison etc etc etc
Anyway gotta go peeps!Will defo catch up with you later Alex as our personal battle intensifies!!! 😉
Nice team Peaky, Good job. I really do like it and your plan for Aguero. I’m holding mine for now although the Wally news is a kick in the teeth. I’m thinking ozil (aersnal coverage), oscar (doubling up with Ha, much like your good self) or Gerard, what do you think pal?
Right this is defo my last post!! If u have Suarez in ur sidestep u wont need Gerard pal ,it’s a different scenario to Chelsea where there isn’t a huge scoring player but Propontis are shared particularly Oscar and hazard!!
Laters dude
Peaky — K, let me be the “bad cop” once again… 😉
Szczecny & Boruc ?!? – too much money tied up…downgrade Boruc…
Baines AND Coleman ?!? – Nope…downgrade/swap Baines…a lot of options…don’t double up…
Oscar AND Hazard ?!? – again, why doubling up ?!? if it was on City/Ars – I’d get it…but on Chelsea players ? nope…
Lukaku – ok, now u have 3 Eve players…too much eggs in 1 basket, ne ?!?
:satansmoking:
HL, I hear your points, all valid. But for the sake of deferential to the current template I think these moves, whilst a little risky, could see Peaky fly up the standings. I’m contemplating doubling up the two Chelsea mids as you can be pretty sure you will have a part in most goals. The two Everton defenders is a good short term move that could again be a great move (but could be a disaster (if they lose 1-0 say). Now you point out the keepers I do agree there, some good budgit options that rotate well.
What do you think to my midfield dilemma in the above post?
Lol HL u can be whatever cop u want!! Fortune favours the brave and if u look at the upcoming fixtures and plan to get Aguero it will all come into place!!Have u seen the fixtures mate I think I’m taking advantage of an opportunity and I bet I’m in top 75 k in a month!!! 😉
Thanks Bench, as ever
Krul, Marshall
Turner, Coleman, Koscielny, Chester, Vlaar
Cabaye, Hazard, Yaya Toure, Walcott, Ward-Prowse
Lukaku, Rooney, Suarez
0.1 in the bank.
2 FT.
Any suggestion who to transfer in for Walcott?
Jols, oust shrek + wally, get j rod + ozil. :dance:
What about, Cabaye out – Henderson in
Walcott out – Ozil in ?
Jols, bench cabaye, shrek is being checked before every game, if hes out again, waste of funds on the bench, keep the money + plan for aguero, have goofy, aguero + j rod up top. :dance:
hi guys walcott out
what to do
szczesny..KDavis
zab-coleman-koscielny-ward-chester
hazard-yaya-wally***-lallana-sterling
suarez-rooney-jrod
got 0.6 itb to do rooney—->aguero when fit
wally—>ozil? or better mid??
So the match blackburn vs mancity is on 15th jan, on a wednesday does this mean double gw or no ?
I kind of miss double gameweeks, where you can get 100+ easily and climb positions, hope one comes up soon !
Fdms, not yet.
Evening, Bench thank you so much for doing these updates every week, fantastic work mate.
Cheers Innitt , Hope everyone follows etiquette and moves over to James 101 Article FF247 Leagues