Fantasy Football (has been suspended!) Update
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (perhaps advisable right now) you will be aware that the Premier League have suspended all fixtures until (at least) April 4th. In essence this means that we will miss GW’s 30 & 31 and resume in GW32. Whether the 32 target actually happens is a different matter but for now that is what we are being told to work towards. We just wanted to make you aware of a few key things…
FPL have released the following on Twitter;
What does the #PL postponement mean for #FPL 👇
⬛ All GW30 and GW31 fixtures are postponed and the intention is for the PL to return for GW32 on 4 April, subject to medical advice
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) March 13, 2020
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To pick the bones out of that, essentially what it all means is;
- GW’s 30 & 31 will still happen, albeit in a ghost fashion.
- You’ll get zero points awarded (unless you somehow still take a hit!).
- Any moves you make (be that transfers, hits, chips) will still count and be there whenever (if) we resume.
- They’ve waffled on about the FPL Cup and how it all affects H2H leagues but who really cares!
We appreciate that the above is short ‘n sweet but that is all you need to know in a nutshell. We shall update this accordingly as and when we know more.
Please feel free to continue to chat amongst yourselves as usual and add any relevant info in the comments if you see / hear anything pertinent to the above.
Therefore I think it is only these three to get:
3. Of the previous 5 Tottenham Hotspur managers, who has the highest win percentage?
4. Which is the only current British club to derive directly from being a school team?
7. Besides being the first Second Division team to win the FA Cup in over 40 years, what else was unusual about Sunderland beating Leeds United in the 1973 final?
#3 – Pochettino?
It’s either him or Mourinho I think, but I think it’s the Argentinian…
Incorrect.
Andre Villas-Boas
No mate sorry.
The last five are: Mourinho / Pochettino / Sherwood / Villas-Boas / ‘Arry
Is this in Premier league or overall, cause I still think it’s Pochettino
:whistle:
#7 – They played some awful football? :laugh2:
I can’t comment on that one but it’s not the answer I have on the card. 😉
7 First time action replays used on TV.
Jamie
Not that Jamie.
3 must be Harry
Is 4. the accies?
Hamilton
Would make sense. It’s sort of why I went one starting with Saint.
Bang on horse! :bravo:
Clue is in the name.
4. St Johnstone
3. Can’t be Tim, surely…
Unbelievably so Init….
In the premier league, ok, but overall it’s Pochettino
I meant that as a guess, not as a known fact, by the way
Could have made clearer.
7. They weren’t all semi-pro were they?
No mate.
7. Besides being the first Second Division team to win the FA Cup in over 40 years, what else was unusual about Sunderland beating Leeds United in the 1973 final?
* …… Think not of the team or players ….. *
Was it the first time a team in red and white stripes have won the FA Cup?
Not that horse no.
If it is not the team or players, only a couple of things come to mind that it could be. So kits are out and nothing in particular about a player. Assuming it is not the stadium, but it could be. No way there was a female referee back then allowed to officiate. Perhaps the goals? Were they different? I know at one time they had square poles and not the sort they have now, not sure when that was changed.
No foreigners ?
There were no ” foreigners” in most teams then, what the Sunderland team did not have was any capped internationals as of this game! ( Googled..again) :wink2:
Foreigners were Scots and the Irish back then
Is that the final they used a different colour ball? Yellow or orange?
That sounds like a good answer, I change my answer to this.
Well done Mito. Great answer from you :big_boss:
Thanks, but I don’t want to take all the credit, I mean dribbled by a whole team, went around the keeper and let the poacher Kop tap it in, guess someone has to be there to tap it in, so Kop deserves some credit also.
This sounds like bollocks! Why would they use an orange or yellow ball in May, I’m calling in Google :help:
Ok, they did :rofl:
Come on Init :nono:
Was the Sunderland goalkeeper called Montgomery???
If you check out the highlights he did a decent save from a header and then a wonder save (as good as banks v pele in 1970) from the rebound onto the underside of the bar.
A Leeds player already lying on the ground tries to light his leg up for that rebound but misses the ball.
Can someone please post a link to this incident.
Jamie
The refferee, Ken Burns made a late decision to use an orange ball just because it was overcast, (googled),Bonus question, which other signicant cup final also used an orange ball?
1966 World cup final.
**Easter Weekend Quiz – The Laws Of The Game**
1. A defender plays a pass to a defender within their own box. The receiving player slips and as a forward player closes in, the goalkeeper picks up the ball safely.
Is an indirect free kick awarded for a pass back?
Yes
No, play on
Answer at 2.30PM along with the next question.
No, as it’s not a deliberate pass.
Play on!
Not deliberate, play on.
A while back there was a game where the corner taker hit the ball off the post and it went straight back to him without touching anyone. No one said nothing at the time, but the referee said a couple of days later that he had never had that happen and that he should have called an indirect the other way as the corner taker touched the ball again before any other player had.
Penalty!
What game are you watching right now? 😉
You guys were all so sure of the answer. I just wanted to to try something a little different!
The answer is play on. It’s not a deliberate backpass.
Well done.
Question 2.
When the referee awards a drop ball, how far away must all other players be?
2 metres
4 metres
6 metres
10 metres
4, I think, could be 2, but I will go with 4.
2 metres.
4
4 :unknw:
The answer is 4 metres. Which applies to players of both sides.
Question 3.
Which is the minimum amount of players a team must have on the pitch to start or continue a game?
5
6
7
8
7
For an 11-a-side game.
It’s for 4 for a 5’er.
8
Jamie
Was going to say that is super easy, but then I started having my doubts. Still, pretty sure is 7.
The answer is 7 (and yes that’s for an 11-a-side match Init).
Once six players is reached mid-game, the referee must abandon it.
GTFI!
Question 4.
A manager makes a substitution but the striker intended to be substituted refuses to leave the pitch. What does the referee do?
Enforce the substitution
Shows the striker a red card
No action – play continues
3. No Action.
This happened with that dick from Chelsea in the cup final. The goalie.
The referee has no right to enforce a substitution, however he can show the player in question a yellow card if he deems the act as time wasting… So out of your options “No action, play continues”
No action.
The answer indeed is no action taken.
More tomorrow…..