Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 13
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 Chopper2540 and Kop Warrior.
chopper
THE BASICS
Members name:……Chopper2540
Real name:……Lionel
Occupation:…….International Porn Star
Age:………..34
Country of residence:……UK
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game:……..43k
Current position for the season……….143k
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:……40k
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:……50k
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words:……I am a man. I don’t own a van. I never met my gran. My best mate is Dan. I have a slight tan. Im no Peter Pan but more like Superman.
FAVOURITES
Food:…..Curry curry
Drink:…..Shattoo Noof (aldi version)
Band/Type of music:…..What is music these days? Rhianna publicly
TV Programme:……South Park
Films:……Jaws
Book/Author:..What are books these days?
Joke…I got a new next door neighbour. He’s half American half Iraqi….He’s his own worst enemy! (dont wee yourself)
Country visited (and state why!):… Capetown South Africa – My home land
Country would most like to visit (and state why!…Brazil. To see Brazilians. And Brazilian people!
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport:……Footy
Sporting Team:…….Sheff Utd
Sporting Personality:…….Mito. Altho he’s neither sport nor personality
Sporting moment on TV:……Paul Scholes willy popping out
Sporting moment witnessed live:…….The midget in the crowd at the Arsenal match last season
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit:…….Nou Camp
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about…………Ive recently started Golf. Played my 3rd round of 18 hole and got a Birdie! Hopefully the mrs will let me have a shot on her 2 holed course! It should be good as theres not much rough!
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are…Arnold of Different Strokes. I used to have his chops when I was a kid and people used to stop me in the street hence my nickname. Incidently I hope I dont die of multiple anurisms. Cos that would be ‘different strokes’
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!):..a boat a goat and that vibrating duck from 24hrs in police custody
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it:………Double it in a week!
The perfect afternoon would be spent:…Having no females around and plenty of footy
My Epitaph would read:…’He was a good man…..never knew what an epitaph was though’
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Kop Warrior
THE BASICS
Members name: Kop Warrior
Real name: Ken Lyons
Occupation: Human Resources
Age: 34 going on 70!
Country of residence: Ireland
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game: 1,229th
Current position for the season: 29,096th
Planned finish (at the start of the season) for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: To better last season’s final position of 34,060th
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: Hopefully better than 34,060th
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words: Passionate sports fan. I’m extremely laid back, some would say horizontal! I’ve got quite a dark sense of humour although some might just say I’m a grumpy old man!
FAVOURITES
Food: Tapas
Drink: IPAs or a good red wine, preferably a Malbec or Rioja
Band/Type of music: Anything with a modern folky vibe to it, two of my particular favourites would be Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver. I do still listen to a bit of disco from time to time, nothing cheesy though! I’m talking tracks that are influenced by Motown, I’d loved to have gone clubbing in New York in the late 70s or early 80s.
TV Programme: The Sopranos / The Wire / The West Wing / Love/Hate
Films: The Great Escape / The Commitments / Trainspotting
Book/Author: Anything by Frederick Forsyth, Nelson DeMille & Leon Uris, with particular favourites being The Charm School & Exodus
Joke: My memory isn’t what it used to be and I’ve never been one for remembering jokes. I’m a massive Only Fools and Horses fan, a show which has provided us with some of the great one-liners. One of my favourites is:
Del: We had Denzil in goal, we had Monkey-Harris left back, we had… camaraderie. Trigger: Was that the Italian boy?
Country visited (and state why!): Canada. I spent 5 nights camping in the Canadian wilderness a number of years ago with two mates. We had plenty of beer but little else!
Country would most like to visit (and state why!) Peru. I’d love to visit Machu Picchu
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport: Football closely followed by nearly every other sport. I would like to point out that I cannot abide hurling, it shouldn’t even be considered a sport!
Sporting Team: Liverpool
Sporting Personality: Robbie Fowler
Sporting moment on TV: 2005 Champions League final
Sporting moment witnessed live: 2011 Heineken Cup final. Leinster were down 22-6 at half-time and came back to win 33-22. I’m not even a Leinster fan but it was an amazing comeback and a great weekend in Cardiff.
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit: The MCG for the Boxing Day test, ideally the ashes.
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about: No!
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are: I don’t have one!
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party: Bill Shankly, Bob Baisley, Kenny Daglish, Matt Busby, Alex Ferguson & Brian Clough.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!): My iPod, a supply of IPAs and a TV with a sky box.
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it: Put enough aside to pay for my daughters and any future kids education. I’d probably spend what was left on holidays.
The perfect afternoon would be spent: In a good beer garden on a sunny day with friends and family.
My Epitaph would read: Take it easy…I did!!
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Many thanks to both Chopper and Kop Warrior 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.
Afternoon all – today’s offering is two vastly different managers…..Chopper and Kop – arguably we should of waited until after the watershed to publish!!
Thanks to both Chopper and Kop, some good stuff in there….Kop. Well done to Peaky, as ever, for arranging and Init for sorting the publish!
Enjoy!
Cheers son. After watershed…..????
Great write up Chopper & Kop , go to Brazil to see Brazilians like it & Kop I spent many a time in doggy clubs in NY in the 80s let me tell you , you had to be there to appreciate how good they where thanks again Peakydave keep them coming lads
I’m very jealous Silver
I’ve seen the likes of Kevorkian, Krivitt, Manuso & Siano a number of times, but it’s not the same as seeing them on their own patch!
WOW Kop some big name DJs there great venues the Loft , Gallery , Pard Garage & of course Studio 54 Im a big music fan still have a record player & vinyl nk to it I like all kinds of music I also had the pleasure of humping (stage hand) for Michael Jackson when he toured GB in the 70s watched Diana Ross Central Park Dancing in the rain YouTube it also big Wigan Casino fan voted best club on the planet in 1978 above Studio 54 and last but not least went to Milton Keynes Bowl to watch Swedish House Mafia last gig don’t get me started getting to old now but still love it
Stop it Silver, you really are making me jealous now. I’m a big music fan myself and love discovering new music although that has taken a back seat since out little one arrived. I was on a stag in Berlin last year and I rolled back the years. Don’t get to live gigs like I used to but I’ve a ticket for Fleetwood Mac later in the year and I can’t wait.
That’s great stuff Kop you will never lose the love for music once you have it , the last live show we went to was the Jingle Bell Ball @ the 02 Keep it going , Fleetwood Mac will be great
Chopper!! A fellow Cape Townian
Viva SA! Great music taste KOP!
Cheers HH
Haha. Not quite. Mums from Grassy park
Love it!
Don’t suppose I could have people’s opinions on:
1. Bellerin
2. Cameron
For a WC team. Too risky? Why didn’t Cameron start/is he likely to resume first 11 duties next GW?
AT I’m pretty sure Bellerin starts this week after that clean sheet at City.
I think Cameron was just dropped with Bardsley being back and them having conceded 3 at Arsenal. He wasn’t injured as he came on late on for Moses. Likewise though you’d expect Stoke would stick with the same back line on the back of a clean sheet.
Think I’ll gamble on Bellerin and maybe leave Hutton there for now – Stoke have great fixtures though so it would be an a shame to miss out on a cheap, CS likely player
Forgot to say: thanks Init!
Bellerin could start but Chambers will always threaten his place. He has played the entire season and was dropped I guess because of a minor illness which forced him to the bench.
So yes, huge uncertainty over Bellerin, but worth a short at that price. Not sure about Cameron at all.
Im with The B , both risks Bellerin will probably have to go back to school @ some point he is surely still only 17 have you seen him & Cameron position isn’t nailed on
Haha, great stuff lads. Thanks Peaky, Chopper and Kop :thumbup:
Tried making a WC draft and came up with this crap. Wow.
Having both Aguero and Costa is tough.
This is a good team The B I do thk Ivan is a bit over kill Terry or Cahill would cover Che & spare you some extra cash also Siggy getting a lot of bad press I thk Swa are going to struggle without Bony unless he brings someone in ,also Siggy / Boyde & Johnson don’t rotate to good maybe look @ JWP , Mane when he is back or just go Ivan > Cahill Siggy > Sterling Lpool showing some form & with Sturridge back soon could be worth a punt
Thanks. Sterling does sound a better choice. The plan was to replace Siggy with Downing after 4GWs.
Hey B, nice looking draft. You might consider saving some money by grabbing Baird instead of Wisdom and Terry instead of Ivan. And if you decided not to rotate your keepers and went with just the Sunderland keepers or the WBA keepers and PvA instead of a WBA defender, you could save even more. Would that allow you to upgrade Siggy to Cazorla/Sterling/Eriksen?