Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 5
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. And no Bench, we aren’t just saying that because it’s your turn 😉
Next up to the examination table are Bench and Monty(Caz Daz).
THE BASICS
Members name:……Monty(CAZ DAZ)
Real name:……Sudipto Das (That’s a contrast, isn’t it. Well the previous one is my nick name)
Occupation:…….Jobless at the very moment. Striving hard to get into one. Well if you guys have any, I’ll do that but remember no field job for me.
Age:………..21
Country of residence:……India
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game:……..92,344(starting from GW2 in that game and was my first season)
Current position for the season……….Absolutely horrific start. Currently it’s on 575,097.
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:….. Get 1st and get that free ticket to the Emirates.
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:……Improve and better my performance to get into the top 10k which is seeming more than unlikely.
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words:……A student who picked up his first job after dropping out from school and then dropped out from that job again due to the lack of patience. A big Arsenal fan and a greater Santi Cazorla fan. Love a good banter and love FPL, it has now been a part and parcel of my life.
FAVOURITES
Food:…..Indian food naturally and a special mention to Tandoor chicken. French is also not too bad.
Drink:…..Beer,champagne
Band/Type of music:…..Bryan Adams, Def leppard, John Denver (solo country music)….not into hard rock. Alternative rock is OK. Alterbridge, Sylvan etc etc.
TV Programme:……Game of Thrones as simple as that.
Films:……The Shawshank Redemption,well there’s a thousand movies that I like but can’t name them all….can we?
Book/Author:……Michael Crichton, Matthew Reilly, Adam Nevill, Stephen King…the list goes on and on.
Joke………….It was with a computer password. I put up “mypenis” in anger because it was getting on my nerves with all those shite character insertion and all. And on the screen it says “not long enough”.
Country visited (and state why!):……Egypt (To visit my uncle over there and anyway it became a holiday destination for us).
Country would most like to visit (and state why!)………England (London).. Well to catch up with some of my mates of the FF247 community over a can of beer and then visit Emirates. Well it would happen soon I guess.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport:……Football
Sporting Team:…….Arsenal
Sporting Personality:…….Dennis Bergkamp
Sporting moment on TV:……Arsenal lifting the FA cup after such a long time. The Rambo goal and celebration in that game still gives me goosebumps.
Sporting moment witnessed live:…….Well cricket it is. It’s the final of the ICC WC 2011 and India came out on top.
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit:…….Emirates
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about…………Sadly it’s also in cricket. A couple of centuries !! Football !! I missed some sitters and was thrown out of the team in my teens.
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are…. Well I can’t say a Brad Pitt lookalike. But maybe James Franco (not with that body of course).
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would you have at a dinner party:…… Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams, Richard Attenborough, Bill Gates, Dennis Bergkamp, Jim Carey..
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!):…….Food for sure and water, and some flares. Well first and foremost I won’t go there.
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it:………Make a world tour.
The perfect afternoon would be spent:……..With some of my mates with some booze and food of course.
My Epitaph would read:…….I am dead and I approve this message. Now let me ROT in peace.
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THE BASICS
Members name:…… Bench
Real name:…… Sir Bench or Chris to friends
Occupation:……. part-time roofer, full time beer tester
Age:……….. the big 40
Country of residence:…… England
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game:…….. 20k
Current position for the season………. 60k
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:…… dont concern myself with overall position, i dont kid myself and think i am that lucky enough to win it, i much prefer the H2H Leagues especially the Banterbury Leagues ( shameless Plug )
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015:…… Happy with top 100k, be more made up if i could win a Banterbury competition
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words:…… umm just umm !!!
FAVOURITES
Food:….. has to be salad haha, no only joking, Egg & Chips
Drink:….. yes often !!
Band/Type of music:….. Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, or anything 2tone/SKA
TV Programme:…… soccer AM, Peaky Blinders
Films:…… The others, Devils Advocate or anything with Al Pacino or Robert Di Nero in
Book/Author:…… The Power Of Now/ Eckhart Tolle
Joke…………. what is ET short for ? because he has short legs Ha
Country visited (and state why!):…… Spain for the 3 S Sun/Sea & San Miguel
Country would most like to visit (and state why!)……… North Korea/ for a night on the town with Kim Jong-un
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport:…… Beer Pong haha i don’t even no wot that is but it sound good,
Sporting Team:……. Liverpool
Sporting Personality:……. believe it or not David Beckham, the way he handled people burning his shirt and so on after being sent off in ’98, and then turned it all round to become a world mega star, and for putting up with that missis of his, that deserves credit on it own
Sporting moment on TV:…… 2005 European Cup Final
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about………… As a 14 year old had schoolboy trials for Villa, Swansea, Bristol City & Oxford Utd, playing on the Vetch Field ( Swansea’s old ground) was special
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are……………. bonehead ( oasis )
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party:…… Jesus, Henry VII, Elvis, Churchill, Bill Shankley, Wendy James ( for you young’uns google her, fit mint or wotever the word is these days for you know you would !!!)
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!):……. The Bible, a never-ending beer can, and factor 25
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it:……… Send my Daughter to the ladies Collage
The perfect afternoon would be spent:…….. with my Daughter playing football
My Epitaph would read:……. “I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.”
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Many thanks to both Monty and Bench 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.
1FT 0.7m Bank
My gut tells me to ADM – Sanchez & captain him.
I could roll the transfer over but Arsenal V Burnley in theory it can’t get much better!
Or any other moves?
Thanks
Hooray for Austin owners. Just don’t hope anyone in my mini-league has him. >.<
What did you eat for lunch? Your gut is misleading you. ADM had one bad game and people are looking to ship him out. Sanchez had one good game – and was gifted both of those goals – and everyone wants him in their side. There’s a reason ADM’s price has increased 0.1 every week since he came into the league. If Sanchez goes off then I’ll print this post & eat it, but I wouldn’t be so eager to drop ADM.
That’s priceless come from a Gooner. I totally agree with you. I’ve been telling the same thing to people since Saturday. Obviously they don’t listen to me. PREACH MY BROTHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers mate. I absolutely LOVE Sanchez, but not at that price and not with the expected rotation in Arsenal’s midfield. I posted earlier today that Arsenal aren’t set up to get the most out of Sanchez – a shame as I think he’s their best player by a mile.
Hope you’re on the mend – sounds like you’ve had a nightmarish weekend!
+1 Very true. Barcelona got the most out of him last season, Arsene needs to use him correctly.
I’m cool mate. Penicillin will be out my blood in a few days. Had a mediocre FPL weekend though which made it extra depressing, hahaha. The United game was fun, I have to admit that much.
-1 about Sanchez, I agree ADM is (also) good. Sanchez scores plenty whoever he’s played for, not just for Barcelona. And, after just a few weeks, he’s doing it at Arsenal too. Careerwise, his goals per game are much the same as Welbeck’s. He should be assured of a starting place, if only because of Arsenal’s permanent injury crisis or at least until he succumbs to it. (What do they do, hold their training sessions on an ice-rink?)
+1 I’m a huge fan of Sanchez (an obvious Gooner trait
) but ADM is in my team to stay.
+1 here. ADM didn’t even have that bad of a game really. He took the corner that the winning goal was scored from. Fellaini should have scored his header which would have given ADM the assist, but it was blocked and fell for RVP to smash in.
I don’t think Sanchez is a bad player, but I do think he’s overpriced. I’ll take ADM over Sanchez all day long.
I couldn’t agree more Lawdogg. Alexis is fantastic and I have him in my team, but I also have Angel. If I didn’t have Alexis and wanted him in my team, there’s no way I’d ever drop Angel for him. To me Angel has been one of the 3 best players so far this season.
+1
Still waiting patiently waiting on Wally return. Think Wenger will bring him back slowly though. He’s assist/goal magnet, FPL goldmine and so freaking cheap. >.<
+1 He’s also fun to watch, with his insane pace.
It will be interesting to see what Wenger does if/when everyone is healthy again. Walcott, Sanchez, Ozil, Rambo, Ox, Wilshire, Wally, Cazorla … tough to get them all on the pitch, and a damn shame none of them can play CB!
Wally just has to play, he just has to play. Ozil has had enough chances if you ask me, I prefer Cazorla over him even. Anyway, from those players I can only see Sanchez, Cazorla compete with Walcott. Think Arsenal need Wally. Ox is a sub. Wilshire and Rambo are no competition for him since they’re not real wingers or strikers.
You put Wally twice in there by the way, you started with Walcott and ended with Wally, hahaha. Genius. If that’s the case I want Aguero and Kun to play for me. ADM and Di Maria. The list goes on. :p
This has been one piss poor game.Worst defence against the worst strikeforce.Worst defence prevails without even conceding.Says a lot about Villa.They need Benteke to get his finess and form back quickly !!
Cheers to you for watching it. I figured they cancelled the game after announcing the Hutton injury. Or at least that’s how it worked out in my head!
What the feck is this advert down the side of my screen ?? “Are you seeking the inner happiness ?? Then convert to Islam now “” ??? This a joke ??? Get plenty of Villa supporters converting after that performance !!!
Ahahahahahahaha omfg
Wrote and then erased about ten responses to that. Bottom line: don’t think that’s an appropriate advert. Not trying to create a problem but just think that needs to be said.
Wait, it’s an advert on this site? Lol.
It was.It then changed to an ad for “National horticultral exposure” whatever that is ?? Currently an ad for “Meet fit singles” talk about random !! ha ha
OI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FF247, don’t advertise Islamic fundamentalism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rant:
Cool site and all but keep politics/religion out of it.
Be normal, do sex ads/penis enlargement ads. :p
On that note, glad I never get to see an ad, not even on my mobile/tablet. I have ABP on Chrome, but phone should display ads. Well it doesn’t. TNX FOR THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:
Lads not sure if this is a joke or not but in all seriousness if anyone is seeing such ads please drop us a mail as those ones that change when you refresh are google ads. We don’t control the content obviously. They are linked in by them and we will tell them if that’s the case as they must have been hacked or have a major glitch somewhere. Apologies but it’s not us.
Alright, noted. I haven’t seen any of that sort yet though, luckily.
All this talk about ADM to Sanchez. I don’t have either, but I do have Sterling. Kinda tempted to keep him for Newcastle though… Any thoughts there?
Delighted to see Siggy is ok. Not that I’ll ever sell the little beauty anyway…. :hippo:
Yeah very good news, just Falcao needs to heal up quick. Hearing more and more signs of Costa needing to be operated though. Unsure if I should get him or just keep Falcao this GW and the next.
I’m keeping Sterling for this week Pippin – just like Zamora 😉 – but in all seriousness I feel he’ll kick on v the Toon despite Liverpool’s form.
Walcott is the only player I want in his place and I doubt he’ll start vs Burnley so I’m holding on…
You need to get your hands on Di Maria man, he’s a must-have. I have both of them AND Sterling. I will keep Sterling this week, because why drop him if he’s not injured or getting rested?
Of course, if you can get Di Maria or Sanchez in for Sterling without taking a hit, then do that.