Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles
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…
First up on the chopping block are Tekno and chins and bellies.
THE BASICS
Members name: Tekno-kun
Real name: Jostein Bjørkum Andersen
Occupation: Student
Age:20
Country of residence: USA (Norwegian of birth)
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game: 47,738
Current position for the season: 382,685
Planned finish (at the start of the season) for FPL in 2014/2015: Top 20k
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: Top 20k
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words: I’m smart, rational, intellectual, independent, rebellious, eccentric, arrogant, handsome, and honest. I excel at logic and reason, but suck at emotions. I care little for conformity, preferring the eccentric and unique instead.
FAVOURITES
Food: Special Brownies
Drink: Orange juice
Band/Type of music: Gorgoroth/Norwegian black metal
TV Programme: Game of Thrones, anime
Films: This Is England, The Last Samurai, Pineapple Express
Book/Author: A Song of Ice And Fire, Nietzsche, manga
Joke: David Moyes
Country visited (and state why!): Netherlands, wanted to try their special brownies.
Country would most like to visit (and state why!): Japan, anime and manga fan so interested in Japanese culture.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport: Soccer
Sporting Team: Manchester City
Sporting Personality: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Sporting moment on TV: When Aguero scored in injury time and City won the title. Sobbed like a little girl.
Sporting moment witnessed live: Seen some PL matches and Norway’s national team. Nothing noteworthy.
Sporting venue or event you’d most like to visit: Superbowl
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about: In 5th grade I scored 10 goals in one schoolday. Legend.
RANDOMS
Person you most look-alike in the celebrity world: According to a celebrity match-maker I look alike Orlando Bloom, Justin Timberlake, Leonardo Di Caprio, Adam Sandler, and Robert Duvall.
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party: Nietzsche, Einstein, Oscar Wilde, Napoleon, Aristotle, Anton LaVey.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!): Adult ‘Art’ magazines, Nintendo 3DS and special brownies.
If you won £100,000 what would u do with it: Buy all the video games I want, then invest and save the rest.
The perfect afternoon would be spent: High.
My Epitaph would read: What the fudge is an epitaph.
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THE BASICS
Members name: Chins and Bellies
Real name: Iain (That’s an “I” at the start, not a “L”. Honestly. Some people.)
Occupation: Currently unemployed. Finance person by trade, currently unemployed. Just moved countries and seeking work! Anyone?
Age: 35
Country of residence: USA.
Best finish in The Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football game: Somewhere in the top 5k. I don’t recall exactly. Oh ok, it was position #3,961. (I have it tattooed on my arm).
Current position for the season: 284,379.
Planned finish (at the start of the season)for FPL in 2014/2015: 1st. Obviously.
Expected finish for the BPL FF game in 2014/2015: Top 50,000 would be nice after that start.
Tell us about yourself in less than 50 words: Essex boy with Scottish roots. Father of two. Family and I moved to the US in June. Loving the American life. Tacos and American Fantasy Football are my two current favorite things.
FAVOURITES
Food: Despite the Taco references, you can’t beat Chicken and Ham pie, or a Roast Dinner.
Drink: Cold Stella Artois. Although a glass of Sancere is pretty damn good too when I’m feeling a bit more cultured.
Band/Type of music: I listen to a bit of everything from Rap to Country Music. Favorite band are Phoenix. (French Electronica-type coolness.)
TV Programme: Can’t pick one. Love list includes The Wire. Pointless. The Trip. Mysterious Cities of Gold (80’s cartoon!). Alan Partridge. 24. Breaking Bad.
Films: Office Space. Dumb and Dumber. Dragnet. NWH (Fear of a black hat). Talladega Nights. Night at the Roxbury. AnchorMan. Don’t be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood. Hoop dreams. White men can’t jump. Naked Gun.
Book/Author: I have all of the Andy McNab and all of the John Grishams. Love them all. But my favorite single book is ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ by Tom Wolfe. Highly recommend you read it.
Joke: My two favorite comedians are Stewart Francis and Milton Jones. A joke from each of them: “My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance; we’ll see about that.” (Stewart Francis) And… “The worst job I ever had was as a forensicologist for the United Nations. One time I thought I’d come across the mass grave of a thousand snowmen, but it turns out it was just a field of carrots.” (Milton Jones)
Country visited (and state why!): Not very exciting, but probably Germany! Beautiful countryside, towns and villages. Cool cities. Brilliant roads. Nice people. Great food and beer.
Country would most like to visit (and state why!) Japan. Just for something completely different. And I like Fish.
SPORTING FAVOURITES
Sport: Football (Soccer), but the players nowadays make it very hard to love it as much as I used to.
Sporting Team: Arsenal, but with the same caveat as above.
Sporting Personality: Dennis Bergkamp. I was lucky enough to have a season ticket at Highbury for Bergkamps first season at Arsenal. Best player ever.
Sporting moment on TV: Ray Parlours goal in the 2002 FA Cup final win against Chelsea.
Sporting moment witnessed live: Vieira’s FA Cup winning penalty against Man Utd and last ever kick in an Arsenal shirt, or… Bergkamps first goal at Highbury.
Sporting venue / event you’d most like to visit: Seattle’s NFL stadium.
Do you have any personal sporting achievements you’d like to boast about: Sadly, no.
RANDOMS
Person you most look-alike in the celebrity world: Gary Kelly. Right back that used to play for Leeds Utd. Not exactly a celebrity but its the best I could do.
Which 6 celebrities dead or alive would u have at a dinner party: Alexander the Great, Robin Williams, Jesus, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein and Jim Carrey.
Which 3 items would u take to a desert island (no humans allowed!): A football. Fishing equipment. A boat.
If you won £100,000 what would u do with it: Buy a bigger house or invest it for the boys future. Sorry, boring.
The perfect afternoon would be spent: Having a picnic in a park on a sunny day (not too hot), playing with my boys, keeping up-to-date with the football as Arsenal put 8 past Chelsea. Mourinho getting sacked and Wenger retiring immediately after the game.
My Epitaph would read: Loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Oldest ever debutant for Arsenal FC. First man to live to 150 years old.
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Many thanks to both Tekno and chins and bellies for being so candid! We hope you know your two fellow ‘fantasy friends’ a little better now. Next up for inspection are B-Bash and NIN…
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I’m hearing a lot about people jumping on the Baines bandwagon, but has anyone heard of this chap named Bojan? He’s a diminutive, ex-Barcelona striker who plays for Stoke. At 5.0 he could prove a real bargain and, with only 3.9% ownership, he could be a real differential. Bojan Bandwagon anyone? Anyone?
lawdogg, you go Bojan, I’ll go Baines and we’ll see who wins – you can even have a 50pt start from here on in if you want? Interested?
haa haa. Still can’t figure out what I was thinking putting him on my opening day team
fortunately I avoided that wally
you’re a wiser monster than I!
as they say, better be lucky than good!
Got 0.0 in the bank and 2FT. Thinking of doing Chadli, Azpilecueta & Welbeck for Sterling, Moreno & Ulloa. Thoughts?
Lloris – Heaton
Pieters – Moreno – Clyne – Taylor – Moore
Di Maria – Sterling – Fabregas – Siggy – Jones
Costa – Aguero – Ulloa
I guess that depends on what you think of Chadli. Azpi & Welbeck are clearly better than Moreno & Ulloa. I don’t rate Chadli (disclaimer: could be my anti-Sp*rs bias), but I think the three you’re looking to bring in will outscore the three you will ship out.
What about Sterling/Ulloa > Chadli/Welbeck now and sorting out the defender issue the following week with a FT?
Could alternatively do Sterling to Henderson?
Henderson certainly seems more popular around these parts. I haven’t watched much Liverpool this year, so I can’t give you an opinion on him. Think I read somewhere on here that he’s become more involved in the attack, which would explain his current good form.
Good luck!
Hey gang – kickin around a few transfer ideas for the next few weeks. Would love some thoughts… Have 1 FT and 1.4 itb
1- Sterling > ADM. Would have to do now and would leave 0 itb.
2- Fab > ADM and Barton > Matic (either for a -4 or over 2 weeks). Would then go Downing > Chadli and use Matic as 5th mid.
3- DDG > Mannone and Ulloa > Welbeck for a -4.
I’ll also do Terry > Baines some time in the near future but not in the next 2 weeks.
Colriles – I would lean more towards #1 only because Di Maria is running the show at United right now. Sterling should be better when Sturridge is back, but at the moment he can probably go.
– of those three i would fancy #1. IMO, even more so than Costa, ADM is a must have right now. He’s playing on another level right now.
– as to #2, i would hold on to Fab. I don’t know if you have Costa (i do), but it seems like Fab has assisted on the majority of Costa’s goals this season. That’s a nice 9-pt combo to have.
– a note on Mannone – his fixtures are about to get brutal: in their next 8, Sunderland play Southampton, Arsenal, Everton, Pool, City & Chelsea.
Cheers!
Cheers Lawdogg. I agree with your take on Fab, but with Terry and Costa I may be willing to give Sterling a bit more time with Sturridge coming back. Also, Sterling > Fab would leave me no cash to upgrade Barton & Downing.
Good point on Sund’s fixtures. For other 4.5 keepers do you prefer Foster (WBA) or Harper (Hull)?
And with all the Ulloa bashing below maybe Ulloa > Welbeck is my best bet?! 😉
That should be Sterling > ADM
I dropped Ulloa and hopped upon the Welbeck bandwagon myself. that seems to be the popular choice!
between Foster & Harper, I would opt for Foster. Hull have a nightmarish next 7 games (same as Sunderland). I started the year with a Mannone/Krul rotation but I’ve ditched them both in favor of Forster & a 4.0 backup. I don’t have the patience to rotate & seeing the keeper I benched get a CS was going to drive me mad.
@Cookie. About Ulloa. Your last two comments suggest inside information on Ulloa, and why he should go. Anything to share.
Thanks.
Ki – funny you should say that. I have a very well informed South American contact who ha tracked Ulloa through much of his career – he cannot believe he is playing in the Premier League, he is that bad. So that is no.1.
Secondly, unfortunately I have had Ulloa in my team the last 2 GWs and I can honestly say, it is one of the worst transfers I have ever made in my FPL career….and I have had some shockers.
He doesn’t play Utd every week you know 😉