Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 8
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 gpriley22 and Ruben.
gpriley22
THE BASICS
Hi My Members name is gpriley22, my team name is we love Manchester.
My real name is Graham Riley
My occupation is a Storeman for a hire company
I am 42 and live in Manchester
Why ‘we love Manchester’, well I live and work in Manchester and love the way it has developed into one of the most vibrant cities in Europe.
My favorite team is Liverpool, unusual for a Manchester resident but I grew up on the council estates of Skelmersdale with its large scouse community and its in my blood. my blood is liverpool red not man u red.
Best finish in the BPL 21705
This year I planned to finish in 5 figures, approaching my best season but at the moment I’d settle for anything under 100,000.
I am married living in Wythenshawe, Manchester. Love football, ice hockey and speedway. I love play snooker in the local on a Sunday afternoon with my family whilst watching the match on the big screen.
FAVOURITES
My favorite food is madras curry
My favorite drink is whisky, favorite whisky being glenmorangie
My favorite music is heavy metal, guns and roses, ac dc and the likes
Favorite tv programme at the moment probably salvage hunters, apart from the footie. My favorite author is Stephen King
The favorite place I’ve visited is the French alps. The scenery and cruising on lake geneva was great. The mountain biking was particularly rewarding as were the views.
The place I’d really like to go is New York, its always been a place I’d like to see. I’d love to stand in the statue of libertys torch enjoying the views.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
My favorite sporting celebrity, well as most kop fans would understand is King Kenny, Kenny Dalglish.
Favorite sporting moment on tv has to be Istanbul in 2005, dead and buried at half time and won, priceless.
Favorite sporting moment I witnessed live, has to be watching rugby in the snow drinking whisky to keep warm with Leeds fans at Headingley, as an away fan it was something you had to experience to appreciate lol.
The sporting venue I’d most like to visit would be the Bernabeu stadium.
RANDOMS
6 celebrities mmm, Kenny Dalglish, Bob Monkhouse, Bill Shankley, Billy Connolly, Saul Hudson (slash) and Morgan Freeman
If I won £100,000 I’d have a long holiday in either the Bahamas or Carribean and buy a winnibago or caravanette to travel the counrty on my days and weeks off.
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Ruben
THE BASICS
Members name: Ruben
Real name: Ruben
Occupation: Student & part-time employee at Carlings (clothing store)
Age: 21
Country of residence: Norway
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game: None
Current position for the season: 3 million something 😉
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: GW6 was the start of my season, planned around 500k.
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: Just below 1 million.
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words: I’m just a normal guy from Norway who’s trying to play FPL, which is hard when Raz is distracting me with his monkey pictures. I’m a football fanatic, or sports fanatic if you will. The gym is my second home, I love my dog and my friends and family are what keeps me alive.
FAVOURITES
Food: American style pizza
Drink: Beer and Gatorade, not mixed, no.
Band/Type of music: 30 Seconds To Mars, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown.
TV Programme: Big Brother, Game of Thrones, Prison Break, The Walking Dead.
Films: Lord of the Rings, Inception, 21, Shawshank Redemtion.
Book/Author: All of the Harry Potter books.
Joke: My BPL FF position.
Country visited (and state why!): The US. I experienced the big city of New York, the sunny beaches of Key West, Universal Studios in Orlando and the amazing cruise ship The Liberty of The Seas all in one trip.
Country would most like to visit (and state why!) Australia. The scenery and kangaroos, of course.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport: Football and American Football
Sporting Team: Liverpool FC and Denver Broncos
Sporting Personality: Raheem Sterling.
Sporting moment on TV: 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, easily.
Sporting moment witnessed live: Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal, my first and only visit at Anfield to date.
Sporting venue you’d most like to visit: Mile High Stadium
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about: When I was 17 I scored from the corner flag twice, in one season. Yes, I was the one taking the corner kick.
RANDOMS
Your celebrity look-alike is/are: Madonna. No I’m just kidding, nobody as far as I know.
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party: Ariana Grande, Michael Jackson, Lionel Messi, Steven Gerrard, Peyton Manning, Elvis Presley.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!): My phone, my dog Bella and a cardboard cutout of Ariana Grande.
If you won £100 000 what would u do with it: Put it all on black.
The perfect afternoon would be spent: With the cardboard cutout of Ariana Grande, on the desert island.
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Many thanks to both gpriley22 and Ruben 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.
Ruben, may I say I hate your avatar? I really do. Full heartedly. gpriley22 may I say I love your avatar? Full heartedly.
Anyway, some news for you people. Vlaar is injured again after just playing a few minutes for the cursed Dutch. I expect a lot of yellow/orange/red flags this International Break. :dance:
Hey raz, hope you read my best wishes, regrading your health mate
Tnx mate, but it’s really not that bad like I said before. In Holland we tend to make the joke ”Hope I survive it”. Doesn’t mean the operation is serious. I just need a nose correction………… NOT LIKE MJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But from the inside………… They need to take something out, put something in and keep me in the hospital for a few days. I will probably get ICECREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, before that happens they have to do some other research on bloodvalues, blablabla allergies. I ain’t dying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not that I know of anyway. :dance:
Sighs, I need to explain things better. Lol. Sorry guys. I’m really ok. Just an inside nose correction. I don’t know what to call it in English. A nose job? Haha.
Like below, the picture. This is a bad outside nose job, mine will be from the inside? SO my face shouldn’t be looking like that.
that’s what happens when you accept packages from mito
High or pregnant is usually the result. 😉
Alright, time for bed. I’ve got work in the morning. Cheers for the help Init, good night to you and to everyone else!
Goodbye mister ugly avatar. I would seriously prefer an avatar of John Arne Riise…………. NORWEGIAN PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GERM LOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice piece, and it’s indeed funny you like American Football. That’s not the biggest shock though. Justin f-ing Timberlake. It’s ok to be gay. Goodnight.
Haha if liking Justin Timberlake’s music makes me gay, then I’ll gladly be gay for the rest of my life. His music is great!
Nice job Graham and Ruben, thanks for a great read fellas!
Graham, it must be hazardous to your health supporting Liverpool and living in Manchester, ha! Just throw a sweatshirt on over that LFC jersey and you’ll be good to go. Hope you make it to NYC someday soon, it’s a very fun city. Times Square is crazy- so many people and lights, you can walk around at 3:00am and it’s just as bright and crowded as it is at 3:00pm!
And Ruben, cool to hear that you’re such a fan of the NFL all the way over in Norway! You must be like us crazy American footie fans who stream the matches online at all hours of the day and night! Thank God for the internets, eh?
Oi. You’re American? For some reason I always figured you lived in Liverpool. >.<
Hey Raz. Yep, I’m in the US, born and bred. Heard you mention something late last night about an operation but I was putting new cabinets in my kitchen today and haven’t been able to read through the threads much. Hope everything is OK my friend.
This is getting out of hand. It’s a nose correction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From the inside. I think they need to cut the bone marrow in the nose? Take it away or do something else… depends… It’s nothing if you don’t mind going to hospitals. 😉
Glad to hear it’s nothing too major then! Hopefully they have wifi in the recovery room so you can do RMTs and keep the monkey pictures flowing from bed.
RedTV – They show the games on TV over here. They run at 7pm, 10:25pm and 2:30am my time.
I’m a huge fan of the Broncos, but I also enjoy watching all the other games that I have time for. I even have an NFL Fantasy Football team. Aaron Rodgers, Marshawn Lynch, Stephen Gostkowski and Jordy Nelson are my big point scorers while the rest are decent. I won 134.80 to 44.40 this last weekend and now I’m leading my league with 7 wins and 3 losses. 
Which team do you support?
Cheers
FF247
Probably won’t get a chance tomorrow, so…..
Good luck at the FBA.
Bring home the trophy – you deserve it
I second that. It’s tomorrow? Hope you guys win it. If you don’t I’ll still be sticking with ya…………………
hi guys
who is a good 4th mid with 5.1.
In mid at moment i have haz, cad, cork and di maria.
Hi Stewy, as a fourth? In all honesty, nobody.
hang on, what about 6 mill for a forth mid
Stewy first name that pops to mind is Downing.
Stewy Downing!