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Reading can rebuild after narrowly avoiding the drop
Reading can rebuild after narrowly avoiding the drop It’s been a strange year for Reading fans in the Championship. Next season will mark a decade since they were last relegated from the Premier League and in all honesty, they’ve never really convinced anyone that they could genuinely orchestrate a plot back to the top flight, condemned to Championship mediocrity after another underwhelming season. In a way, Reading fans would have craved their usual nine months treading water in mid-table after this year almost saw them relegated to League One. The Royals had flattered to deceive at the start of the campaign, failing to replace Michael Olise, who joined Crystal Palace in what look to be a steal now, but while the Berkshire outfit were far from promotion favourites in the football odds tod...[Read More]
FF247 Site Team Double Gameweek 37
FF247 Site Team Double Gameweek 37 Welcome to FF247 Site Team Double Gameweek 37 And now the end is (almost) near… well by the time you come to read this, it is only one calendar week from being done for another season. We have two gameweeks left and if you remember, our third from home was our much anticipated Bench Boost week. We scored 117 points overall which was a cool 38 points above the average and has consequently lifted us to 135,319 overall. Seeing as it was a Bench Boost week, your eyes are automatically drawn to the bench (silly really as you can put ANYONE on there for this particular chip and it makes not a blind bit of difference – your score for the 15 is your score regardless where they sit, but alas our bench scored 26 points thanks to Ivan Toney (5), Mason Holgate ...[Read More]
Fencing as an Olympic sport
Fencing as an Olympic sport The history of the origin of fencing About three thousand years ago, in Egypt, on the occasion of the victory over the Libyans, Pharaoh Ramses III organized a kind of fencing tournament. In the Middle Ages, only the aristocracy could engage in this discipline. Simple inhabitants and peasants could only be fencing on sticks, sometimes upholstered in iron or on halberds. Spain revived fencing as the art of swordsmanship and rapier in the 15th century. It was in Spain that the rapier appeared with the now classic look of the hilt, with a characteristic bowl-shaped guard. Fights on rapiers, sabers and swords among men in individual and team tournaments have become an integral part of the Olympic Games in 1896. World championships in swords among men appeared in 1921...[Read More]
Tips for Newcomers to Fantasy Football
Tips for Newcomers to Fantasy Football Fantasy football can be a lot of fun, but it’s also challenging. And as with all things with a dimension of difficulty, that can make getting to grips with things slightly more complicated than newcomers would like. Plenty of people enthusiastically sign up to play fantasy football, only to give up several weeks into the season because things aren’t going as they wish. Well, fear not, because we’re here to help. There are many things you can do that’ll get you off to a good start, including avoiding knee-jerk reactions, reading football insights and tips to learn which players are performing well, and keeping up to date with the latest football news. We’ll run through those tips and others below. Do Your Research Your team will only be as good as the ...[Read More]
Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 37
Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 37 So…. how did your DGW36 Captain do?! If it was Salah, the answer is ‘not very well’ (*insert own expletives). If it was, perhaps, Kane or Nketiah who were given the armband, then the answer is probably ‘alright’. If it was a Son the answer is probably ‘yep, I’ll take that’. If it was a KDB, well, then the answer is probably ‘bloody awesome!’. Whatever your answer or outcome, you can forget that one now as we have another to negotiate with immediacy. Albeit with slightly less appealing DGW participants to play with. Let’s go so see what this week’s choice panel make of this week’s… choices. Maddison vs Watford (A) & Chelsea (A), by Swirly While Kevin de Bruyne r...[Read More]
Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions DGW37
Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions DGW37 Welcome to Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions DGW37. We are at the penultimate gameweek of the season. Squeaky bum time for some teams. Teams fighting for the title, teams fighting for their Premier League survival and then some teams already on the beach! We don’t have the excitement of relegation here in the H&L offices but we do people fighting out for the top spot! In order to keep that excitement alive for another week, I (Matt) have decided to not publish this week’s results or OR table to keep you all in suspense! That means we will do a massive results article with the winners of 36, 37 and 38 after the season has ended! Get those predictions in for the next round of games to try and spring a surprise and c...[Read More]
FPL Live Match Chat DGW36
FPL Live Match Chat DGW36 Welcome to FPL Live Match Chat DGW36 We have 16 games in total this week spanning from Saturday until Thursday with (televised) games on 5 of the next 6 days with only Monday left to take a breather (aka a quick run to the supermarket to replen on crisps and beer, and maybe also say a quick hello to the family, maybe…). We have some strange game times too with Saturday beginning at 3pm and ending up with an 7.45pm’er. Sunday is more normal with the usual raft of 2pm games followed by a tea-time one. Tuesday sees just the one, Wednesday is the busiest midweek affair with four before the NLD sees us out on Thursday. We do then get a slight break as the GW37 deadline is not until Sunday morning. The games in full… Keep track of all the action, the goals, the ta...[Read More]
FF247 Site Team & Predicted Line Ups Double Gameweek 36
FF247 Site Team & Predicted Line Ups Double Gameweek 36 Welcome to FF247 Site Team & Predicted Line Ups Double Gameweek 36 Shopping on page 2… We’re afraid to report that it was another below-par week for your FF247 Site Team in Gameweek 35. We have been treading water these past few weeks and we’re out of form and exactly the WRONG time. We approach Double Gameweek 36 at 141,909 in the overall standings and it feels like we’ve been bouncing around there forever (or well, at least since the administrator didn’t ensure the Triple Captain Chip was played on Mohamed Salah that time everyone else had him). The weekly average was 44 this past week and we had a measly 39 points to show for our eleven guys on the field – and even the 2 points from Ivan Tone...[Read More]
Fantasy Football Captain Picks DGW36
Fantasy Football Captain Picks DGW36 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks DGW36 We’ve got just three gameweeks to go, and this week in particular is a big one! Whether it’s the last throw of the dice as you bring out the big guns in the free hit, or you’ve been working your way to this one with the bench boost chip in mind, some leagues could be won or lost on the back of how you do this week. Or, of course, you could be way out in front – or way out behind. Either way, let’s have a look at who Stone Frog, Swirly and Init suggest you should be placing the all-important captain armband on. Stone Frog – Son v Liverpool (A) & Arsenal (H) Seventy-three points in the last six gameweeks, wow! For sure Son is a form player at the moment. To put those 73 poi...[Read More]
Fantasy Football Tips DGW36
Fantasy Football Tips DGW36 Welcome to Fantasy Football Tips DGW36 We, ladies and gentlemen, are at the business end of the season! We head into the next gameweek and it’s a big ‘un. A double gameweek for nearly everyone and we only have three to go including this one so as I introduce to you a run down of the fancied players per position from our brilliant band of writers, I forewarn you to ensure you have a plan in place for your remaining chips. Remember, you can use only one a week and time is running out. Let’s go find out who are the sure-fire point winners, the differentials and the best bets amongst the dark horses. Goalkeepers – by Smash Kasper Schmeichel (4.9) Leicester City ‘keeper Kasper Schmeichel (4.9m) is the only safe route into Brendan Rodgers...[Read More]
Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions DGW36
Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions DGW36 Welcome to Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions DGW36. We have the biggest double game week of the season and in terms of predictions this is the kind of week that could make or break the title race, squeaky bum time! We have 3 week’s worth of results so lets get to it! GW33 Sweetbluetoffee took top spot in GW33 with a whopping 17pts, WhoIsRonaldo came a close second with 15pts and with 13pts it was StoneFrog who grabbed the final spot on the podium. GW34 In GW34 Pjlill with 13pts was our winner, tied for 2nd was Inittowinnit and Bejo both with 12pts. GW35 GW35 finished with a three way tie between OddDane, Elderzadi and M.Salah who all scored 13pts. M.Salah was 19 minutes away from the FSG time, Elderzadi was 13 minutes away, ...[Read More]
FPL Live Match Chat Gameweek 35
FPL Live Match Chat Gameweek 35 Welcome to FPL Live Match Chat Gameweek 35 A normal GW! 10 games, 20 teams, all playing once, begins on a Saturday and ends on a Monday and gives us space to breathe before the following one. Back to the halycon days of normality, although something catastrophic will probably happen before or during it all no doubt to disrupt our false sense of norm. In theory then Newcastle welcome Liverpool for a spanking at lunchtime on Saturday and we then have 4 games at 3pm as Palace go to Saints and Wolves entertain Brighton in two dead rubbers, Watford & Burnley discuss relegation matters, whilst Villa look to seal Norwich’s fate. We reconvene at 5.30pm to resume the title race as Man City go to Leeds. Sunday is sparse but meaningful as Everton face Chelse...[Read More]
