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 so who is Southampton 2nd choice keeper Davis Or Gazz ??
Davis
Hi folks
What do folks think of this set-up:
Mannone;McGregor
Ward; Bardsley; Chester; Williamson; Olsson
Oscar; Silva; Oezil; Lallana; Eriksen
Aguero; Rodriguez; Suarez
(£0.3 in bank)
Aguero benched this weekend and play 5 mids?
looks good but no everton cover in defence? or arsanal?
i’d look to sort that out in the jan wc but other than that a fab team!
Looks like Oscar’s gone from a overlooked differential to a mainstream mid in the blink of an eye, or in this unfortunate case, the rupture of a ligament
oscar for cappo???
Now that would un-do the effect! Haha, another week maybe, but as it’s Hull away I’m not so sure.. would you dare Bob?
maybe… I’ve had a few weird captains this season!
i’ll probably go for suarez but kinda hate the mainstream-nuss of that choice…
who knows – might even captain cazorla if i get him!
silva could be a good pick too.
Agreed, they’re all good picks this week.. from the ones we’ve mentioned, despite the mainstreamness of it, here’s my ranking:
Suarez > Cazorla > Silva > Oscar
Which seems harsh on Oscar but the others have a better fixture, which really influences it for me, even though I can see Oscar doing well
yeah hull are very tight at the back at home so i completely understand what your saying.
when i look at it i think i’ll have to agree with your picks though…
maybe i’ll go for caz! sill got lots of time though…
Hi all
Mignolet Gazz
Turner Clyne Mariappa Terry Coleman
Silva Hazard Barkley Sterling Walcott
Rooney Suarez Negrado
Should I replace Walcott with Oscar, Gerrard or Eriksen??
Going to WC when Aguero returns
i think i’ll go for a punt on cazorla myself…
no need having oscar if you have haz and you already have suarez and no one knows if gerard will get a start. Eriksen could also be a good punt but i think it’d be bast to have arsanal coverage with their fixtures imo.
bills- I don’t have anything in the bank. So can’t get Caz or Ozil or I would. I know I have Hazard but they are good together. Just not sure who’s the best for me
hummmmmmmmmm…
yeah…
my personal favorite is oscar but it’s personal preference – i guess for short term at least you could have them both – could actually work out very well!
i have double city mid with silva and navas so doubling up isnt bad at all!
what im saying is it worked out well for me
Just read somewhere that Walcott will miss rest of season and the WC… Guess that means 0zil returns for me but what a loss for English football
Hi everyone,
Current squad:
Szczesny, Krul
Distin, Dawson, Gabbidon, Chester, Martin Olsson
Whittingham, Hazard, Lallana, Yaya Toure, Walcott
Suarez, Remy, Lukaku
I’m looking to get rid of Walcott thanks to today’s news – currently looking at Eriksen (home to Palace) or Ozil (away at Villa). I was unfortunate enough to watch Villa v Sheffield Utd in the weekend and so I’m trying to be level headed and not biased in going for Ozil as Villa are rubbish at the mo. Not a happy Villa fan!
Cheers guys!
Sorry, forgot to say – your thoughts would be much appreciated!
another villa fan? great!
i think, as a suporter too, that we are terrible at the moment.
i’ve always thought benteke was pretty rubbish and lucky last season. I nicknamed him bentheskey. slow and looks just like him! difference is that teckkers can finish when he’s in form.
labert got what he wanted in the fa cup eh…
so i’d get rid of one of your keepers – 2 premiums is a bit overkill imo.
im tipping cazorla as you may have seen so yeah.
other than that good team.
Billisbob – good to meet a Villa fan on here!
The Sheffield United match was dismal – they should have beaten us 3-1, to be honest. Benteke didn’t look like he could be bothered. In fact, only Albrighton shone on the pitch and he’d been forgotten about! Clark and Bacuna were an absolute joke – our defence simply isn’t good enough. Not even Guzan could have stopped those shots having been left so open to attack. Really hope Lerner dips into his pockets and gets us some real Premier League quality…. I’m not holding my breath!
i know!
look back a few years – like 3 or something – and our team is almost unrecognizable!
full of proven players and a solid defence – the exact oposite of now!
i think lambert said he was going to buy some experienced people in jan which should be good… depending on who that is!
i do like our style of play right now, but i just wish labert would buy some big name players rather than unknown players from other leages!
lowton and benteke (last season at least) were good buys and i like kozak but bacuna and pretty much all the rest are absolute rubbish!
i like luna, but lowton doesnt deserve to be dropped to the bench! imo, one of our best players!
agbonlahor is a hero to us though isnt he?
Agbonlahor has been an absolute legend. Could really tell he wasn’t playing on Saturday, to be honest. Yeah, I rate Lowton too (still got memories of that screamer against Stoke last season) – I’ve heard rumours he wants to hand in a transfer request if he doesn’t start getting proper game time; feels disenchanted with Lambert.
It was very interesting to hear Lambert talk about experience after our win against Sunderland – I thought it was the case that he wanted young lads to bring up in the team. I really hope experience does come in, in January – someone like Heitinga or Lescott in defence would be great. The latter is a Villa fan, too!
yeah Lescott would be great!
we also need someone in mid too i think – someone like milner or barry.
go figures.
I’d happily have Milner or Barry back. De Bruyne, Scott Sinclair or even Zaha (all on loan, I’d imagine) would also be cool.
Swirls, looking at the next 4 fixtures i’d go ozil. :red-flag:
Cheers, elleffcee! Legendary!