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
Guys thinking of taking of punt on Hooper in Game Week 22
Norwich (H) v Hull
Norwich (H) v Newcastle
And then transfer him out for some like j.rod what do u guys think worth the punt ?
Wally out for Cazorla or double up on Chelsea and get Oscar?
Bench, I will have you know that I do remember Bill Assley now. :p
Hey all, thoughts on these WC teams/plans??
Speroni, KDavis
Coleman, Koscielny, Bardsley, Chester, Ward
Hazard, Ozil, Silva, Whittingham, Parker
Suarez, Lukaku, JRod
Leaves 4.5 in bank to bring Aguero in gw23 for no hit.
Speroni, KDavis,
Coleman, Mert, Chester, Ward, Whittaker
Hazard, Ozil, Silva, Lallana, Mutch
Suarez, Lukaku, JRod
Leaves 1.8 in bank. Unsure how to raise enough funds to bring Aguero in and would require a hit or two weeks.
Open to all other possibilities in the different price brackets. Ideas? Cheers!!
For both your teams, I wouldn’t double up on Palace defence, even if they’re new manager has added stability. Kelvin Davis isn’t a starter either. But I wouldn’t mind taking two weeks if I were you (to bring in Kün), so you can see if he recaptures his form.
After 20 gameweeks, this will be my first without any Arsenal attack, which is quite disturbing given their fixtures.
Quickly, before I got to be, how’s this potential post WC look?
Oscar Silva Eriksen Gerrard (Mutch)
Suarez Aguero Lukaku
..or would an Ozil / Rodriguez combo be better? Instead of Gerrard and Lukaku, which would also free up cash and provide Arsenal coverage
Are you playing your wildcard this week? If so I wouldn’t get Kun yet. I’m no sure how much he costs but if you downgrade to Rooney you would have enough to get Ozil right?
I was really sick last night so I went to sleep early without checking my phone. Today, I woke up to the terrible news that Theo Walcott is out for 6 months! A massive blow for arsenal, I trust Wenger will dip into that market to sign a replacement. From a fantasy perspective, will Ozil be the best option? I don’t want to be without any arsenal coverage over the next two fixtures, I’ll get I some defence in my WC in two weeks. So should I bring in Ozil or do I have other prioritys this week? 1 FT and 1.8 in the bank. My team is linked. Thanks!