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
Veer as i said earlier my friend , Hope everyone follows etiquette and moves over to James 101 Article FF247 Leagues/ or any new article as the writer for this site , all do it in our free time
Group 1 Shield Preview:
Name of Teams Points accrued Alias or worst (like real name)
Cookie’s Monsters 1299 Blue Sexy
ChorleyRocks 1226 CR
James 101 1312 The Butler
Powerful Potty Fc 1213 Potty
Average point total for group: 1262
Group 1 or A…or whatever you want to call it, is easily the group of death and this is not a joke about how Potty’s team has been doing lately. As a group they have averaged 1262 points which is 33 points better than the second best group. Looks like Bench decided to kill off some of the best competition by pitting them against each other. Not surprising when you see who Joseph ‘Bench’ Platter put himself in with, Pathetic! 😉
Cookie is the overwhelming favourite in this group, despite the fact that he brings the second highest ranked team in the group, why you ask? Because I am writing the piece and traditionally I always give James ‘The Butler’ 101 ( yeah, that is his last name ) no credit. So I pick James to finish last and serve up 3 points to all his opponents!! Never mind, I forgot Potty was in this group, so maybe James can finish tied for last because he sure as heck can’t possibly finish behind Potty. Well that only leaves one spot for CR to finish in, 2nd place, but I would not be too proud of this accomplishment. No need to be popping the champagne like Arsenal did last season over 4th place, as this 2nd place finish is mostly by default considering who CR is facing. Just noticed I called this the toughest group and spent a paragraph telling you why it was terrible, interesting.
Projected finish:
1st > Blue Sexy
2nd > CR
Tied for Last or 3rd…..or 4th (not sure what to call it) > Potty & The Butler
P.S. I have learned that the Butler and Blue Sexy ( Cookie ) have a wager on who finishes higher in the group and because I have already made perfectly clear who will win, I can envision this treatment for the Butler as he tends to Blue.
http://scaredmonkeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cookie_monster.jpg
Ha!
Love you too Mito!
Thanks Mito , i admit my Group does easier on paper , but all team involved are in the group have are , because of where they finish in there leagues at end of Qualifying , Tho i have to say i wouldn’t have like this group at all , thanks again for your time and may the best team come 2nd to me lol
Magpie Mito.
Thank you for what you have said about me and Powerful Potty Fc.
What you have inadvertently done is Motivate me and my men.
And because of this the other 3 will be worried.
All my life when I have been the underdog I have triumphed and I will in this group too,I have been waiting for this.
Once again Mito,thanks for motivational preview x
Potty
Group 2 Shield Preview:
Name of teams………………Points Accrued……………..Alias or Worst (like real name)
Gallowgators………………………..1275………………………………..Grandpa, Wizard, Gallow
Where’s The Dosh?……………..1215………………………………..John
CFC (Awesome)……………………1142………………………………..Hit King
White Boys Day……………………..1178………………………………..Drexl, Blanche
Average point total for group…..1202
Group 2 or B has an interesting mix in it, well…. not really! We have one guy… Where’s the Dosh… who seems to have a cool head about him and gives his players a fair shake and then there is the 3 nut bags in the group with him. You can get a pregnant woman to show more patience in the delivery room, than Drexl, CFC and Gallow do with their teams. If we exclude John (Where’s the Dosh) and average the point hits between the other 3 you get a cool 69 points in deductions so far this season, per manager. Yeah, you heard that right, 76,68 and 64 are the amounts they have amassed in deductions. :cuckoo: As far as picking a favourite for the group, I think it has to be the Wizard of Newcastle. John only has 28 points worth of hits, so he is irrelevant in this group (that is called reverse logic). The other two CFC and Drexl are getting outscored and outhit by Gallow and that is a deadly combination. I can see the group being won by The Wizard, with an extra and unnecessary hit taken in the last H2H (remember…reverse logic). No tears for CFC and Drexl though, as they latch onto the next bandwagon, good luck boys and trigger fingers :manic: away. On a side note: Gallow has immense pressure on him, as the puppy eyes of his followers known to many as the Pact, root their hero on. He will not want to let them down because they may start wondering if the Wizard is for real or is all smoke and curtains.
Projected finish:
1st > Gallow
2nd > CFC
3rd > White Boys Day
4th > Where’s the Dosh
P.S. Hey Pact, Pull the curtain back http://youtu.be/ubIpoPjBUds
Lol you’re one crazy Yank Mito
You may notice I’ve taken NO HITS this past 2 weeks 😉
Turning over a new leaf? No bloody chance!! Love hits 😉
Only reason there weren’t any is because my last was a 12 hit, Xmas wild card I prefer to call it.
Say what you will of hits but as I explained that 12 hit has made 40 more points in 3 GW than if I never took a hit.
CFC is a part time hitter, he WILL be put in his place but I’ve other business to attend to in this group first.
I look forward to the quarter finals of this competition where I hopefully meet Cookie, me and him have been 1-2 all season in the Pact Vs Mercenaries league and it’s now time to push on.
He’s WC active, I likely will be tomorrow, bring it on Gents!
One last thing
I would just like to point out our Pact group have ONE member in each of these Four groups, should be interesting to see how we get on.
On top of that we have 3 in the Banterbury cup Quarters
It must be like a knife turning in your side Mito? LOL
Vive Le Pact!!!!!
Mito – Great write ups mate hahaha,both funny and informative,sweet!! They’re incredible hit tally’s to have at this stage haha,whatever floats yer boat i suppose.
Oh it floats our boat mate, obviously doing us alright seeing we all qualified for this competition.
I’m all out to prove hits DO WORK
We shall see 😉
@Gallow, I know they work I took 192 points worth last season. That is even a higher pace than you are at now. Just messing with you a bit, needed material and noticed that 3 in the group had that in common. What was shocking was to see you ahead of CFC in hits!! Which leads to the next question, what the f**k is CFC doing then?
Exactly mito, he needs to get his finger out
Elliot, come on son! Step it up!
Lagging well behind in overall rank and hits? Thought you knew yer stuff? 😉
Will have to get him in the Fantasy Cricket league I guess. 😉 You can make all the transfers you want there.
Gallow – Indeed,if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!
Quality and a far summation me ol fruit…would concur with 3rd fave but you never know,,,,have been taking it easy on the trf front – 89 last year and still 50k ish so had my finger largely off the button this year, but am expecting my normal ascension up the ranks 2nd half of the season for a similar finish.
As a QPR boy playing ChelseaFC, Newcastle FC and Arsenal (wheres the dosh surely), I am clearly an outsider but the cup can spring surprise results for the underdog…look what happened to West Ham last night – no one gane them a prayer at the etihad and…….hmmmm; perhaps my school of thinking may be a little flawed…
@Drexi
Where’s the Dosh aka TCB is a Leeds fan.
if i’m not mistaken “where’s the dosh” is TCB aka ” the cooky boys” who got bench banned from FFC because they where soo cool headed
he may play level headed but the lad is madder than potty!! and he’s leeds fan aswell 😉
i honnestly thought potty was a TCB alias for a while
Haha top Class preview mito :big-lol:
@ Bench, No problem Mr. Platter 😉
Hi Bench mate, asked this before but had no reply. Re. the qualifying standard league and H2H league, what happens if the winner of the H2H is also top 2 in the standard league? Will it go to the 3rd place in standard or 2nd place in H2H? It’s a massive ‘if’ I know, but still would like to know
Cheers.
Good Question , i think it will have to come down to overall rank
And then goal difference if they both finish on the same rank 😉 Haha, thanks for replying Bench.
Group 3 Shield Preview
Name of Teams………………..Points Accued………………..Alias or Worst (like real name)
Monty (Caz Daz) …………………..1255………………………………Lilred, Xerox, Blacksheep
WhoIsRonaldo……………………..1193………………………………..Owen
Norfulk-in-chance ………………..1244………………………………..Marcus
Arsene’s Boys………………………1226………………………………..AB
Average point total for group: 1229
Group 3 or C is the where are they now group?! With the exception of the team -Who is Ronaldinho- most of the other guys are not board regulars, so you know who I am pulling for. I don’t mean to twist your arm, but I expect that you will also be going for –Who is Romario- As we survey this lot there is no lack of familiar faces, but if they were dogs it be safe to say that they have aged about 7 years since the last time we saw them. Monty makes the odd appearance here and there; I guess he mistakes FF247 for a pact meeting place and shows up once every two months or so. Norfulk-in-chance is in this group and I give his team as much of a shot in this competition as his team name is original, No-chance!! Arsene’s Boys also shares a spot in this prestigious “I have already forgotten your name” group. AB, we miss you old boy or so I am told. Well let us wrap up this unforgettable 😉 group and simply send a kind reminder to all board members that they will be pulling for –Who is Roberto Carlos- surely none of you can forget that name, I know I can’t.
Projected finish:
1st > Who is Ribery?
2nd > LilRed
3rd > AB
4th > Norfulk-in-chance
P.S. Monty has informed me that he does not need anyone pulling for him or on him that he does his own pulling. :whatever: ( not sure what he means by that, but ok )
Group 4 Shield Preview
Name of Teams……………….Points Accrued…………Alias or Worst ( like real name)
4th Place Trophy …………………1212……………………….Burnsy
we love manchester…………….1170……………………….GPR
Park Bench Exports …………….1156……………………….Bench, Platter
Son of a Pitch……………………….1189……………………….Inertia
Average point total for group…1181
Group 4 or D, this is by far my favourite group! Why you ask? It is simply my favourite because the corruption it must have took to get this easy draw for the predestined king of the group Bench, is so blatant, that is simply genius. On a side note: I am Colombian and that is probably why I love the corruption, ok back to the action. Look at the name of the teams, ‘4th place trophy’ (obviously an Arsenal fan) the name says it all, they are not even willing to put up a fight. Another team ‘We love Manchester’ hahaha, it wouldn’t be so funny if they meant City. GPR, who is over this team has confided in me that he was approached by Bench and took the bribe to lay down in their H2H, as he did not expect to finish any better than 7th in the 4 team race anyway. The only team that could not be bought out was ‘son of a pitch’ he is a Leeds fan, so disappointment has become tradition with his teams (real or fantasy). Heck just look at his team name, he is on the verge of cussing :cuss: already, bloody Leeds fan. So with no real challenge Bench should easily cruise into the next round, SHOCKING!!
Projected Finish:
1st > Platter
2nd > GPR
3rd > Inertia
4th > 4th 😉
P.S. Bench has asked me to inform all members to not pour any alcohol on him to celebrate his Group 4 or D win, he prefers you hand it to him. :beer:
Mito i am more of a Mr splatter than platter , especially after a few pints of west country rough cider :poop:
hahahahaha,it’s funny because it’s true..
OK, the challenge is on then
This is the only trophy Leeds are in with a chance of winning this year so everything will be given for the cause. I am fully aware that there will only be one winner in this group so it is just a case of who will finish runner up to Bench Blatter. If he doesn’t win then he will find some obscure rule to disqualify us all. Would be more preferable to be bribed to a loss with free cans of Carlsberg Export. If Carlsberg did fixes………
Good luck GP and Burnsey, we will need it against the stacked odds. Thanks for the write up Mito, will work on proving you wrong (again) ans seeing all 4 Pacters in the Potty for the next round. MOT