Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 2
Here at FF247 towers we’ve often wondered what driving forces skulk 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 first 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…
Next up to the examination table are B-Bash and NIN.
THE BASICS
Name…… B Bash
Real name…… Steve Faulkner
Occupation…… Police Officer
Age….. 45 (ish)
Country of Residence…… England
Best finish in Fantasy Football…… 82nd
Current postion……. 23,732
Planned finish…… 1 (Surely thats everyones) 😉
Expected finish……. Top 10,000
Describe yourself in 50 words…… Football fanatic. Love Liverpool FC. They frustate the hell out of me! Sore loser so I avoid ‘banter’……. Love sport especially squash, but love beer equally so will never be in shape. Did FPL for giggle & ended up obsessed. Father of 2 great (Liverpool fanatic) kids.
FAVOURITES
Food…… Curry
Drink…… Hobgoblin
Music…… 80’s
Tv programme…… Only Fools and Horses. Phoenix Nights
Films…… Lord of the Rings (all of them)
Book…… Alan Carrs Easy way to stop smoking (saved me several years ago!)
Joke…… Bernard Manning has a new neighbour who has the same size living room and neighbour calls round to ask how many rolls of wallpaper to decorate the living room. Manning tells him 12. Two weeks later, neighbour says to Manning, ‘you say it will take 12 rolls of wallpaper to decorate my living room. I have 4 left over’. Manning replies, ‘so did I’.
Country you’ve visited…… America. Just so exciting. Everything done on a large scale! They love their sport too!
Country you’d most like to visit…… New Zealand. Hobbiton of course!
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport…… Football
Team…… Liverpool
Sporting Personality…… David Beckham
Moment on TV…… Champions League Final 2005
Moment witnessed live…… Either Michael Owen scoring 2nd against Arsenal in FA Cup Final 2001, or scoring 2nd v Man Utd, Worthington Cup final 2003.
Venue most like to vist…… Bernabeu or a Grand Prix
Any personal sporting achievements….. I wish!
RANDOM
Celebrity lookalike…… Carl Pilkington – so everyone tells me! (editor can confirm – yep!)
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would you invite to a dinner party. Bob Paisley. Jesus. Einstein. David Jason. David Attenborough. Paul Gascoigne
3 items i’d take with me on a desert island (no humans!). Ipod, phone, family pics.
If I won £100 000…… I would spend it on – property.
Perfect afternoon would be spent…… In a beer garden on a sunny day in South Wales with football on and Liverpool and Barntons Bashers cruising!
Epitaph…… A good Dad. Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened!
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THE BASICS
Members name:…… NIN
Real name:…… Paul Ryan
Occupation:…… Limbo
Age…… 30
Country of residence:…… Ireland
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game:…….. Come back to me in May 😉
Current position for the season………. 73, 273
Planned finish (at the start of the season) for the FPL game in 2014/2015:…… Top 25K
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015…… Top 25K
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words…… But, my response took 53 words!?! If i shorten it to 50 then i’ll have to take a -3 this week and I’m not sure that’s the right thing to do given the strength of my vocabulary 😉 Oh alright then.. I’m an avid United fan and find it hard to get out of bed in the morning unless coaxed by fried pig innards.
FAVOURITES
Food….. H2H opponents
Drink….. Tears of H2H opponents
Band/Type of music….. Cries of.. okay fair enough. Nine Inch Nails.
TV Programme…… Father Ted, The Big Bang Theory, Frasier. Hilarious.
Films…… Leaving Las Vegas.
Book/Author…… Papillon/The Dice Man.
Joke…………. “How do you make a duck sing soul music?….. Put it in the oven until its Bill Withers”
Country visited (and state why!):…… The Netherlands. Reasons are classified.
Country would most like to visit (and state why!)……… Anywhere is Scandinavia. My reasons are, scenery, and really nice people.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport…… Football.
Sporting Team……. Manchester United.
Sporting Personality……. Alex Ferguson.
Sporting moment on TV…… 99’… what else? Pure magic. The words “And Solskjaer has won it” will rattle me until the day I kick the bucket.
Sporting moment witnessed live……. Probably watching the Dutch national team vs Ireland in the Euro96 qualifier in Anfield. Ireland were terrible, but the Dutch had a lot of my favorite players on display so it’s a memory that will stay with me.
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit……. Tough one. Probably the Mestalla.
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about………… I once outran a fat dog. Other than that, no.
RANDOMS
Celebrity look-alike………. John O’Shea.
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party:…… Robin Williams, Freddie Mercury, George Carlin, Trent Reznor, Shane MacGowan and Jello Biafra.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!)……. A dingy, a tent and my trusty pooch.
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it……… Abuse it.
The perfect afternoon would be spent…….. Abusing £100K
My Epitaph would read:……. Abused £100K like no other. You got your cut, now cry a tear and bog off, please.
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Many thanks to both B-Bash and NIN for being so candid! We hope you know your two fellow ‘fantasy friends’ a little better now. Next up for inspection are Alex and Ellefcee…
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 interrogating you quicker than you can say ‘no really, that is my wife’s bra’.
Thanks for reading Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 2- Fantasy Premier League 2014-15. This article was written by peakydave
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Haha, great stuff you guys! I remember when Init was talking about doing some articles like this last year and it’s a great idea. It’s really cool to learn about the people that we chat with on the boards every day, well done Tekno, Chins, B-Bash, NIN, and Peaky!! Hope to see these continue, there are plenty of regular posters who could have a go.
Peaky revived the idea to be fair to him Red and yes they’re a good little fun filler. Elle and NZ Alex up tomorrow. Think Peakys looking for more people if you or anyone is interested.
Nice one Init, thanks. It’s the perfect thing while we all wait for GW8 to hurry up and get here!
Lovren has an abdominal injury – 75% chance of playing. Don’t think it’s serious enough to keep him out of play.
Bloody pufta
I got stabbed in Pisa but still made the game!
Potty
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Haha quality and good fun to read! I have to admit that I have been trying to understand B-Bashes joke on Bernard Manning but I do not get it. Can someone explain??
And NIN…Come to Denmark, there is a heavy United fan base here…and a lot of nice blondes….talking about the varieties of beer of course!! 😉
I don’t understand the Bernard Manning joke either. If it came from Bernard Manning though, it might be a good thing that I’m oblivious.
Morning Bry, you probably won’t get my joke then.
I have googled him and gosh..he has some jokes that Manning guy! Never heard about him before! Still clueless on that neighbour joke though…! I don’t like not to understand haha! HELP!!
KFKC, morning mate, Manning bought 12 rolls + had 4 left, so he should have said 8 to his neighbour, not 12. God i hope i don’t have to explain my gag later.
Have a look for Chubby Brown, crude but very funny.
KFKC, i took my neighbours dog for a walk, bloke came up to me and admired the hound, he asked me did my dog bite, i replied no, as the bloke was stroking the dog it bit him, ‘ i thought you said your dog didn’t bite ‘ says the bloke, this isn’t my dog i answered. :Big-lol:
Haha cheers elle! I thought it was that…I guess when you know Manning his jokes become that much clearer!! The dog one is funny haha…#funny!
These 2 articals are great. Always like an artical/Q&A with humor in it. Keep the reading material coming guys!
Great stuff again gents. Nice work Bash and NIN
NIN – no Mangala sporting moments?
Cheers for putting these together great read together guys! If you’re looking to profile an American struggling to follow his team that’s plummeted to the Championship (Fulham…ouch) then I’m your man!
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Init, you’re a cruel man 😉