Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 12

Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 12

Here at FF247 towers we’ve often wondered what driving forces hide behind a comment or a rate my team reply, do we really know the mindset and the persona of the people we are conversing with?! To find the answers to these questions we have lured some regulars from out of their caves and got them to endure a simple Q&A session.
Hopefully this will help us to uncover whether each member can be viewed as a ‘fellow sports enthusiast’, ‘colleague’, ‘fantasy friend’, ‘internet troll’ or indeed ‘sociopath’! Let’s take a look inside the minds of our latest two ‘victims’ then and see whether, hiding behind the cute monkey gravatars, lurks a sadistic, megalomaniacal, psychotic keyboard warrior. Or just a normal guy or gal who likes to play fantasy football…
We will add a disclaimer here – we have resolved to not edit what is sent in at all. What you see is what you (we) get. FPL ranks were correct at the time of sending as well so may be much worse by now! Or better…
Next up to the examination table are the swirly and Horse.

the swirly
THE BASICS
Members name:…… theswirly
Real name:…… Nick Sturdy
Occupation:……. Graphic Designer
Age:……….. 29
Country of residence:…… UK
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game:…….. 14,613 (last season)
Current position for the season………. 3,231
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:…… Top 10,000
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:…… Top 10,000
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words:…… I live and work in Worcester; currently engaged and getting married in November 2015. Support Aston Villa (for my sins) and I’m also a season ticket holder at rugby union side Worcester Warriors. I enjoy travelling, photography and going out for a drink or two.

FAVOURITES
Food:….. Chicken cobbler
Drink:….. Guinness
Band/Type of music:….. I’m in to too many types of music to pick a specific one!
TV Programme:…… Again, too many to count – comedy is my favourite genre though
Films:…… Bourne trilogy
Book/Author:…… Alan Partridge: Let’s Talk About Alan
Joke…………. I’ve decided to sell my Hoover … well, it was just collecting dust
Country visited (and state why!):…… Iceland – stunning scenery. Want to go there again!
Country would most like to visit (and state why!)……… USA

SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport:…… Football
Sporting Team:……. Aston Villa
Sporting Personality:……. Jamie Redknapp
Sporting moment on TV:…… England winning the Rugby World Cup
Sporting moment witnessed live:……. Barcelona beating Real Sociedad 4-1 at Camp Nou last year
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit:……. Wembley (I’ve still not been there since it was rebuilt!)
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about………… I got a silver medal in a swimming race when I was seven!

RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are……………. I have been likened to Robin Van Persie. Can’t see it myself!
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party:…… Winston Churchill, Jeff Stelling, Chris Kamara, Robert Winston, Professor Iain Stewart, Guy Martin
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!):……. Phone/iPod for the music (if you could charge it anywhere, ha), Kindle and…er… a fully stocked bar perhaps?!
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it:……… Decorate house we’re buying, round the world holiday for the two of us, Audi A3
The perfect afternoon would be spent:…….. Hot tub in an alpine resort (after a day of skiing), with football on a big screen and plenty of beers.
My Epitaph would read:…… Always did what he could to keep people happy

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Horse
THE BASICS
Members name: Horse
Real name Harry Vernon
Occupation I run a business tutoring maths and English, which is funny considering my poor spelling
Age: 48
Country of residence: Isle of Wight, England
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game: 18k
Current position for the season: 86k
Planned finish (at the start of the season) for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: Top 10k
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: I would be disappointed if I don’t make the Top 1%
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words: Well travelled Pompey fan living on Isle of Wight. Got into sailing this year and race whenever I can. Done loads of trekking and scuba diving. Had season ticket for Pompey for 9 years, been to over 60 grounds.

FAVOURITES
Food: Curry
Drink: Green tea
Band/Type of music: REM Faithless Muse. Two tone/ska music and blues music.
TV Programme: Big fan of The Bridge, Match of the Day
Films: I am into Zhang Yimou at the moment so Hero, The Road Home, Ju Dou. Also like Shawshank Redemption, Tokyo Story, The Usual Suspects and Se7en.
Book/Author: The Alchemist (Pablo Coelho) Amsterdam (Ian McEwan) China Road (Rob Gifford) The Firm (John Grisham)
Joke: An Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman and Welshman were on holiday together in Spain boasting about the pubs back home. The Englishman speaks first. “In London there’s this rather nice pub where you can buy a pint of lager and get a complimentary gin and tonic.”
Taffy pipes up “In the valleys there’s a pub where you can a pint of Brains bitter and you get a shot of Welsh whisky for free.”
Jock was having none of it. “In Glasgow there’s this pub where you can buy a pint of heavy and you get the finest double malt Scottish whisky completely free”
Finally Paddy spoke, “In Dublin, there’s this pub where you buy a pint of Guinness and you get another for free. Then you get another pint of Guinness completely free. Then another pint of Guinness completely free. Then you get a fine Irish double malt whiskey completely free. Then you go outside and you get shagged.”
“That sounds like a cracking pub, Paddy. Have you been there?”
“No, I’ve not been there myself but my sister has.”
(Courtesy of Harry Redknapp)
Country visited (and state why!): I have been to many amazing places in Asia, Europe and Latin America but the Galapagos Islands were simply stunning.
Country would most like to visit (and state why!) I have never been to Africa and would love to travel to Ghana as they are really cool people and I love their music.

SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport: Football
Sporting Team: Portsmouth
Sporting Personality: Brian Clough.
Sporting moment on TV: Man Utd 0 Pompey 1 FA Cup QF 2008
This was the year we won the FA Cup but for me this was the Cup Final, an unbelievable defensive performance and our first victory at Old Trafford for 50 years.
Sporting moment witnessed live: There has been many but perhaps bizarrely Pompey 1 Arsenal 5 FA Cup QF 2004. In my years of watching football including 8 years in the Premiership this was the most awe inspiring display of football I have been privileged to witness. The Invincibles were simply majestic. As were the Pompey fans and magnanimous too. The noise was absolutely deafening. Each time we conceded a goal we sang twice as loud. ‘Can we play you every week?’ at 5 down was just class.
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit: Maracana.
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about: I climbed a 6000m mountain in the Bolivian Andes (Huanya Potosi)

RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are: Arjen Robbin
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party. Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Ghandi and Daisaku Ikeda. Four would be plenty.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island? (no humans allowed!):
Well, I live on an island already. So a boat, a fishing rod and a decent internet connection.
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it?:
Give up my job and go travelling. Africa beckons.
The perfect afternoon would be spent: Out on the water. Force 4-5. Nice bit of sunshine. Then a pub roast with my girlfriend.
Why are you called Horse?
When I was younger I used to have a Mohican. When my hair wasn’t spiked up it looked like horse’s hair.

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Many thanks to both the swirly and Horse for being so candid! We hope you know your two fellow ‘fantasy friends’ a little better now.
If you feel that you would like to expose your inner self then please feel free to mail us at contact@fantasyfootball247.co.uk and we shall have peakydave interrogate you! If you have already submitted one, which many have, we are publishing them in the order received and hopefully yours will be along soon.

Thanks for reading Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 12 – Fantasy Premier League 2014-15. This article was written by peakydave

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