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’.
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So yesterday I was thinking of doing Cahill > Baines, and then I though of doing Hazard > ADM, and then I thought of doing both for a hit.
And right now, I’m thinking of doing none, cause both moves look like a sideways move.
Who agrees?
Hazard and ADM, both away to weak opponents, equal chances of scoring. Well, Hazard has more chances because of penalty duties.
Then its the Cahill vs Baines. Everton without its solid defense means little cleanie potential for Baines.
Cahill>Baines is good I think. Hazard >ADM is a bit sideways. But you never know which one will pay off.
Have I missed something?
Why is Baines so “in fashion” this season?? He hasn’t done anything amazing from what I’ve seen. Everton defense has looked more shaky than in previous years, yet I see loads of people getting Baines in.
Is this a conscious change of tactics for most people, or have most of you always gone with one high prices defender, and it’s just become a 2 horse race between Ivan and Baines, because Kompany, Utd, Terry etc haven’t done much this year?
I’m on a WC. Do I need to get him in?
Yes
Insightful as ever.
i also recently got Ba ba ba Baines expecting greats points!!!
I basically had the same question yesterday, I might not have put it so nicely. Anyways the conclusion was the Bojan crowd running me out of here as they have apparently have found a new Gawd to worship. Personally I wouldn’t mind feeding some of these exBojanites to the lions if you are up for it?
Speaking as a co-founder of the pre-season Bojangles movement, that would make me somewhat of a hypocrite.
Ah sod it, count me in !!
Getting so much bored now, started watching Aus vs UAE.
Wwwwwwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllddddddddcaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrddddddd.
Do it.
You know it makes sense.
dont do it resist the temptation!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello people of the planet earth!
hope everyone is having a good week!
I come to you the great people to get some great advice on what to do lol
any tips on transfer…. with .8 mil on da bank
p.s i really hope ADM gets injured or just stops getting fpl points period…. he is too expensive now -_-
apologies for the repost
Baines Baines everywhere
what does ur team look like? lol i am guess you dont have baines :p
No.. I don’t have. That’s becoming my biggest concern now. Everybody seems to have him.
if u really want baines then you can just sell welbeck cuz you have aguero and costa and get like a budget striker like sakho…. then you can get baines
baunsir – how about Ulloa to Sakho?
Yes Mr. Cookie I was thinking about Sakho… I was just gonna let ulloa’s price go up so i can get some $$ off him
Do you think I m being too dumb not putting any united coverage? cuz they dont have any other competition to play in
baunsir – it’s a tricky one. I wouldn’t worry too much right now as they have City and Chelsea coming up when we’ll get dicked on. However – ADM is a fantastic player who you’d want at any time but is reaching the level where he is very expensive.
I think to get a United player you may need to lose either Ivan or Baines.
i figure ur a united fan! nice to meet you coming from a chelsea fan!
yea i was thinking of downgrading from ivan to aspi just to get some chelsea coverage but i guess we will see…
nice to meet you too mate – that downgrade would be good in my view – keeps your Chelsea cover and raises some cash which would finance getting Welbeck?
What’s the story with Luis? You think he’ll get a game soon?
dude I personally feel bad for Luis cuz he came from super from in la liga to chelsea bench but i love aspi and iva cuz they are amazing defenders (lol i play defense to thats why i love them :P) but i do believe terry is comming close to his days sadly…
i think mou will make luis a regular starter probably next season….. cuz i dont think he will remove either iva or aspi this season unless there is an injury….
So Ivan to play more in the middle, Azpi goes right and Luis left….?
yes sir…. cuz according natural position aspi right and luis left…. but then good and funny thing is both iva and aspi can play both center back or full back..
but yea if luis play a 5.5 chelsea defense would be GOLD lol
Baines AND Ivanovic is alittle too much in my opinion. Downgrade and use elsewhere!
Unfortunately, ADM looks a class act. I reckon he’ll continue to hit the points button regardless of opponent. Also, Ulloa seems abit of a scapegoat on here recently aswell, so a change up of strikers there could be an option aswell.
50Shades- who do you think should make way for ADM?
Which two should I play for gw8?
Naylor -Stoke) away
Rafael – WBA away
Duff- WHM home
Duff and Rafael
idk about duff west ham have been very impressive lately… i would go with Rafael by the pace united is playing there is less chance for getting a clean sheet but he might pick up an assist…
if your looking for clean sheet maybe Naylor just maybe
Duff and Rafeal for me mate
Hey Offside,
last week taught us one lesson – don’t fret for too long on numerous defensive options!
Naylor and Duff for me
Agreed ^
So who should I play this week?
Duff(whm)(home)
Or
Moore(new)(away)
Duff probably
Rule of thumb.
If both come cheap, always the home boy.
quick poll, say you have 2 premium strikers and with the up coming fixtures in mind, who would you go for Wellbeck or Pelle as your 3rd?
If two premium, Welbeck as cheaper.
I’m going for welbeck coz I can afford him without a hit whereas pelle would cost me -4
If I could afford both…….
Still probably Danny boy. Arsenal fixtures are good and although he hasn’t scored many 3 of the 4 games he’s played have been against city chelsea and spurs. The one game against a lower opposition he’s had he did well.
Fair enough Hammer, i have Pelle and wasn’t planning on changing him as it is.
I was just wondering which of the 2 everyone would rather have if it wasn’t about the money or for a hit. They both have good fixtures coming up.
Id go for Pelle. Showing a lot of consistency.