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.
Afternoon all made my transfers last night couldnt wait for Sterling & Welbeck any longer went with Sanchez & Berahino just as well both went up in price
LINK YOUR TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rant:
Hey Raz trying to link my team but not getting far can any one explain in plain english what I should do thanks
Go to profile/;change password under the comments here, go to website and copy paste your FPL history page there (you know with your weekly scores/year scores). After finished update profile.
Hi Raz team is linked TV is ok if nothing else
Silvers, go to your fantasy footy team, under your kit design you will see ‘gameweek history’, click on that, it will show you your week by week history, copy the url at the top of the page. When thats done go to your profile on FF247, scroll down till you see ‘website’, paste your copied url, then scroll down to update profile, hit that button, job done.
Elle dos it take some time to link nothing happening I assume the url is the web address in the top left hand corner thanks
No it usually works straight away for me, the url is the bar across the top with writing in it. When you type in a site and you see the name at the top, its there.
If Costa is not fit for the weekend, would it be better to bring in Sanchez or Hazard for Sterling? bearing in mind that I do have Fabregas already and no Asrenal cover.
Hmmm, for a hit? I’d only do it if it wasn’t for a hit. At the moment I’m waiting though with Falcao/Siggy injury, don’t know what to do yet.
And I’m off, cya guys.
Going to wait on Siggy injury but do you think Pelle is worth a -4 pt hit? Would swap out Cork/Ulloa for Cattermole/Pelle. Next week I think I’ll likely bring Costa back into the fold.
Hard one, you’ll be taking a hit for just 1 player. When I take a hit I atleast want to upgrade 2 players. If you look at this GW, Pelle just got the 1 assist and I think 5 points in the end. You’d have 1 point less if you took him in for Ulloa. I really don’t know in this case. Also keep in mind Soton just have 3 good fixtures left.
Good points, I’ll look into just upgrading Ulloa then and have to start phasing out some of the southampton players once they get into tough schedule. Probably give them at least 1 week to see if they can handle the tougher matches.
Job done up & running
Afternoon all – anyone got anyone playing tonight?
Hutton off the bench Cookie and you?
I’m all done full time – good luck with Hutton!
Hello – yep Zamora due in as 8th choice attacking player. Bit worried about his hip holding up but if he plays I’m confident of some points after last week’s excellent display.
Titleastic, yeah they attacked well last week so could be a few goals tonight
Afternoon Cookie. Yes, Hutton and Ferdinand off the bench to replace Costa…here hoping for a nil nil!
Hey Albertini, a 0-0 would be perfect for you then! Not sure it will be that but be optimistic!
I don’t believe it…… It may have taken me a season and eight games but thanks to Raziel’s simple step by step computer instructions for idiots I’ve managed to link my team!!!
Thanks Raziel
It’s a terrible team mind!!
there’s not much wrong with it ft
Can you see the transfers I have made or can you just see last weeks team as in GW 9?
Yes we can see the transfers and even the dirty vids you have been watching. Geez fulltime, why are you sharing that? Sighs. To each his own I guess. 😉
Just kidding, everything is fine. We can’t see the transfers you have made after GW9 started and we can’t see your GW10 team or your cap choice for that matter. Only way we can see that is if we steal your identity or maybe if you post a screenshot of your team. So don’t worry. :dance:
FT – anyone who looks at your linked team can only ever see historical transfers. I can see that you have made 2 transfers this week and your cash position, but no one can see what those transfers are.
Cookie has x-ray vision. He can see things I can’t. He also hears stuff nobody else can hear. That’s cookie for ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now off for dinner. :dance:
Haha those videos are for my eyes only… I know my fantasy for pregnant midgets ain’t for everyone but once you start you just cant stop!!
Cool, thanks guys. Made two transfers last night to get Baines in for Taylor and Downing for Sterling a bit worried now because my midfield looks weak
Fab ADM Siggy Downing (Cattermole)
enjoy those sausages Raz