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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Thanks for these articles guys – great idea to do these over the international break. It’s also interesting to learn more about the people that are on this site.
It would also be cool to see the profiles of the FF247 team. Cookie, Innit, Kop etc… I hope you’re currently writing your profiles for us! 😉
how about giving us a break from writing and all you lot do it?! Bout time you got your moment in the limelight!!
Great read bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :finger:
Any of yall hear the news on Baines? I was really scurred. >.<
should be ok for GW10 though yeah Raz?
Oi, I see what you did right there. EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rant:
but Mito told us to bring him in
exactly, horrible sneaky f***er, Mito is
What is it that you are hearing about Baines?
I have not brought him in yet!
Was me taking a pissed and after me Cookie took a piss and after Cookie Photek took a piss which was replied by yet another Cookie piss. Gibbs started over Baines in the England game, that was what I was initially referring to. There is a lot of piss in here by the way. Ewwwwwwwwww.
All this R M T by Inittowinit is a case of panic on his behalf.
What he is not disclosing is that he needs advice as he meets me in a H2H this next looming Mwk 8, its 4th versus 5th in the BL Division 1.
And I feel my Squad is ready for this fixture.
Potty
What does your sixth sense say about Hazard?
Thinking, Wilson out for Azpil? and play downing instead of Ulloa?
Or should I save it and bring in Welbeck?
You should probably save it. If you can bring Welbeck directly, then sure, bring him in this GW.
Otherwise save, and prepare this transfer for next GW.
Team looks great, wont suggest having all Azpi, Wilson and Baines. Too expensive defense to my taste.
I think Id play Wilson ahead of Duff for some reason.
Yeah I can bring Welbeck in directly for Ulloa this week if need be?
Thats true mate, defensive would have a good amount of money invested in it then.
Think he has a goal in him?
Oh DEFINITELY bring Welbeck in for Ulloa! That’s your best option. Wait till after England’s next international against Estonia though, just in case.
How did everyone swerve against Ulloa so much? what did he do last GW?
Ulloa…pffft
Lol that made me chuckle!!
Hi guys, have just moved here from FFC, glad to be here, looks like a great site and community. Here’s my team – I’ll be making 2FTs after 11.30 tomorrow and before I get on a flight at 1pm and go travelling for a while. Thoughts?
Hi and welcome Ben.
That’s an impressive team you’ve got there.
Ultimately I would be looking into upgrading Ulloa to Welbeck. How much do you have in your bank?
Thanks Ruben! I have £1.2m in the bank, so not enough for Ulloa —> Welbeck, although I agree it would be a good move if possible. I guess I could downgrade Jedinak to Wanyama or Cattermole (5th mid who is always on bench) to free up the cash.
For starters, put Azpi in the starting lineup and bench Chambers.
Well, I guess it depends how you want your team to be. How much cash do you have?
You could do Azpi>Baines, or change Ulloa to one of Pelle and Welbeck.
You can even do Fab to ADM. All seem like sideways move to me, except the Ulloa one.
The B – I have a habit of putting my suspended players on the pitch – means that at the end of the GW the subs come on and give me more points then at the last minute I rise up my mates’ league table much to their chagrin!
Kind of want Di Maira, but I agree that upgrading Ulloa is the best choice. thank you.
Hi Ben,
Welcome across!!
Great team. I’d struggle to use 2 FT on that lot! I think i’d just stick Azpil in for Chambers and leave it as it is!!
chins – thank mate, will leave Chambers in and let the subs do their thing! I know it’s silly but I find it funny when my mates think they’ve beaten me then right at the end Azpi can come in and put me above them!
Upgrade ulloa to pelle or welbeck. You may have to downgrade jedinak or one of the defenders.
Cheers abhirup – will do! Yep – think Jedinak has to go – shame as he’s a good cheap 5th mid – at the same time, it’s annoying when he’s on the bench getting me 10 points which I can’t have !!
I can’t argue with the guys suggestions here.
welcome to the site Ben
photek – cheer mate – glad to be here – looks like you lot have a good thing going here.
Hi Ben, welcome. That’s very specific timing you have there 😉
inittowinit – thanks for the warm welcome – off to Mexico for a while so need to have it all sorted before I fly!!
Hey Ben, missed your response mate sorry. Have a great time. Assuming it’s a holiday that is!
Thanks Inittowinit! Yes a holiday, desperately needed and perfectly timed for the international break! Right, airstewardess is telling me to turn my phone off. Good luck everyone and hopefully we don’t lose too many of our players to injury when playing for their country…
GentleBen, welcome to FF247 mate! Glad you have found us and hope you like the site.
Is a nice team you have there – the Ulloa to Welbeck and Jedinak to Wanyama makes sense to m.
Thanks Cookie, good to be here. Will make the suggested transfers.
Hi all,
Brilliant read BBash and NIN! And thanks again Peaky.
NIN, great shout on Frasier -Gutted I missed that one off my list. Seen every episode several times and still find them funny.
Hope everyone is finding their way through this incredibly boring international break. Why not fill the void with a WC? It’s working for me!!
Cause we are soldiers, and we dont need no Wild Card.
Soldiers of fortune?
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them….maybe you can hire….
The gummi bears?
Got it in one !!
I’m keeping hold of my WC firmly in my top pocket.
As boring as the intl break is, i can’t justify playing my WC to fill my boredness
Ah go on.
Go on go on, go on go on go on go on.
Go on.
Mrs Doyle
Great character in a great show. These articles are bringing back some fond TV memories for me.
lol i used mine in gameweek 3 the courtesy of being noob/frustrated