Live Match Chat Gameweek 38 FPL News
Welcome to Live Match Chat Gameweek 38 FPL News: And there it was gone! 37 weeks have flashed before your eyes once more. And 38 will do the same as well because all 10 games happen on the same day at the same time. It always seems a bit cruel to have all your FPL hopes and expectations finally decided for you in such a swift fashion. Especially since we’ve all agonised over relatively minor points in game-weeks which have sometimes dragged on for as much as 7 days, as GW37 did. But that’s the way it is. Strap yourself in for a smidgen over 90 minutes. It’ll be agony or ecstasy for many. We hope it works out for you all. It wont. Not for everyone anyway. If it does then feel free to share and celebrate your success. If it doesn’t then know you have friends to share that with too. We’ve all been there and seen both sides of the coin. In a nutshell that is what has made this community great over the years, there’s a mutual understanding and respect and an empathy for whichever way it works out.
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Afternoon all, some great ORs being posted, well done to one and all. Out of interest who had the highest rank out of the regulars around here ? Derek did that interview with Cookie and i haven’t seen him around since, Cooks you can let him out the cellar now, the seasons finished. As for the worldwide FF247 league, i don’t know any of the top managers, thank god for the regs league. Anyways well done to everyone on here. :thumbup:
From what I’ve seen Red’s score has been top of the pops so far although I’m not sure where Derek Snr ended up, I do recognize one of the names from the top 10 of the the main FF247 league but I haven’t seen him post since he threw a wobbly about everyone starting Bojan on the opening GW a couple of seasons ago.
I think Red didn’t enter the regulars league. He didn’t want to bond with us mortals…
I looked up Derek SR last week and he was around the 600 mark, not sure where he ended up!
As Andy said, Red was the top one I’ve seen, I know Colonial was 3rd in the regs league, I got 5th and other than that I only really know Mitro, Pancho and obviously Init in the top 10
Thanks for the help guys. After a top 10k season, a top 5k season. This season I ended up in the top 20k. And it has been a pretty horrific season, apart from the last two to three gameweeks. Really funny, I have made much ground in the last weeks.
Thats still a solid rank Raz, especially given how things were of ryou just a few weeks back! Well played sir! Next season will be here before we know, and we’ll be ready to do it all again!
Thats still a solid rank Raz, especially given how things were for you just a few weeks back! Well played sir! Next season will be here before we know, and we’ll be ready to do it all again!
It’s Deja Vu all over again
That saying always makes me smile Mito.
Good news folks…
Oh don’t worry I’m sure Mitro has already done up his first draft so we’ll start RMTing long before then 😉
Matt, Cookie and myself were discussing Mitro last night, hes already doing a -12 in gw2. :big-lol:
I will probably WC in GW2 😉
Ah! Great stuff. So a mere 50 days ahead. I can leave with that. It’s just a big international break!
Thx kop
Will you be doing the U21 fantasy this summer mate?
Matt – In!! Me and some others (won’t tell names) have some unfinished business with Init, even if he says he doesn’t remember anything. All I can say is that the bugger went off to celebrate in Macau…
Haha this year we’ll all join obscure countries and put him in his place. I call dibs on Malaysia 😉
Ehehe I’ll get Burundi then!
I’ll blow the dust off my vuvuzela and defend my Guinea national title, I hope no one else joins it again as ML’s are always easier that way.
Ah yes, I remember now! King of Macau
And poor old Felipe or whatever his name was who I beat. He actually lived there as well!
Andy are you up for helping out with an article again please mate?
Yeah, I’ll pitch in again if needed, my E-mails all the same so just let me know what you want.
Good man. Just an entire article again
Here’s the last one –
https://fantasyfootball247.co.uk/uefa-u21s-fantasy-football/
Didn’t remember I was nearly in the hunt for winning it until I read the comments back!
Kinnel, I’ll do teams if you do a little on rules again but theirs 12 of them this time around and I only know Tammy Abraham off the top of my head so it’ll be a while. (The game might not boot up till the 10th anyways so theirs no rush.)
Cool, will do. I’m away this Friday until the 5th though so keep tight with Cookie / Kop / Mitro on it.
I’m sure some others will put their hands up to contribute if their own countries are in it. Who’s in it?!
Group A
I’m sure DMC will do Portugal. Not sure about the rest in terms of members though!
Group B
Group C
Damn it Init!
Evening …
I’m better at Google :p
Usual suspects apart from France/Holland, FYR of Macedonia/Slovakia/Poland are probably the weird ones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship
Faster, not better.
Andy went with the link. Ledge. :clap:
Mines still more succinct. You can see what you need without going anywhere. I win.
Wow this is getting competitive already, just wait until the footy starts
:finger:
It’s on Donkey Kong
Ehehe England and Scotland are always good with the internet. The rest of the countries are actually good at football!! :hippo:
It’s on!
DMC says England are as bad as Scotland?
Very harsh Init.
Happy to contribute with Portugal’s.
I’d do Burundi’s too had they qualify!
Well Scotland actually give a fight GP!
Good man DMC, 1 down 11 to go.
Going to Spain so only seems fitting, no idea why, but I’ll do them Andy.
Sunny spain? That’s great init. Went to Estepona, near Malaga, last summer. It’s great. The only downside is that they have spanish people there!
Tekno surely has sweden. They did win the bloody thing last time out.
He’s always been a tad confused about his nationality! One week he’s Norwegian, the next he’s Finnish…
Or maybe that’s just me
Come on Tekkers, step us son.
Andy and Co, I could take the entirety of group C if ye want? Obviously if others want to do those countries I’ll do others. Doesn’t matter to me.
Top man, thanks Matt.
That’s 6 down Andy!
Andy – I’m game for writing up Macedonia & Slovakia if they haven’t been claimed yet
Done, cheers mate,
DMC – Portugal
Innit – Spain
Lawdogg – Macedonia/Slovakia
Matt – Group C
Leaves four for me (unless anyone else wants to pile in), pretty happy with that
Do we know when the site will open?
Not sure Matt. It was really late last time. We are of course all just assuming that there will actually be one!
Haha true I suppose but I’m sure UEFA will do something. Just trying to get the exact squads that have been picked.
Matt – I don’t think the squads have all been announced. Portugal’s for instance will be on Thursday so I suspect that’s the deadline. They usually announce it on the last day possible, in typical Portuguese fashion!
Hey DMC, I was thinking that but on the UEFA website they have lists of names and then a list of names for players not called up so wasn’t 100% sure.
Is it sad that this excites me!?
Rosco,
Not at all.
Beware though. It COMMENCES that week – not necessarily on that date. You can prepare yourself for three/four days of F5 ‘auto-refresh’
Jeez GP you’re so right…the drama will be too much!
I think as I’m only in my second season I’m perhaps not as jaded and already miss it, I’ve also became pretty obsessed in that it takes up most of my spare time but I see it as a fairly harmless hobby that keeps me out of mischief!
As many others have said, thanks for all the support, tips and general light hearted laughs.
By the way, take a wild stab in the dark when I started following the site from the pic below?
Hmmm tough question there Niknak! 😉 2 very good rankings there mate congrats
Well done mate!! This place has done wonders for us all!
I hope the answer isn’t 2011
Nice work niknak
Thanks guys. TC Kane in GW38 definitely dragged me into a top 100k finish. Here’s to next season ?
Some pointless info, but some of you might like it.
Looked through the Dream team and found that the most common formations were in this order.
3-4-3 15 Times
3-5-2 10 Times
4-5-1 6 Times
5-3-2 4 Times
5-4-1 2 Times
4-4-2 1 Time
As far as top scorer per GW goes
Kane and Son were top 3 times
Cahill, Ibra, Lallana, Alli and Alexis were tied at 2
Out of the top 20 FPL scorers
11 were midfielders
6 were forwards
3 were defenders (All CFC)
As far as the points per 90 goes, only judging those that played significant minutes
Kane 8.0
Son 7.6
Alexis 7.4
Coutinho 6.9
Pedro 6.8
Hazard 6.8
Alli 6.7
Aguero 6.6
Mane 6.3
De Bruyne 6.2
Eriksen 6.2
Lukaku 6.1
Ibra 6.0
King 5.9
Alonso 5.9
Players like Costa 5.7, Siggy 4.9, Firmino 5.3, Defoe 4.5 and Vardy 5.2 were high on the points list, but weren’t great on the PP90 list.
Guys to watch for next season, if they move clubs, stay injury free or simply get a starting spot.
Trippier was tied with all defenders for most assists with 5. He only played 568 minutes this season. Grabbed 7 bonus points in them few minutes. If Walker is sold and Trippier becomes a starter, one to keep an eye on. Gabriel Jesus was utterly ridiculous with a 9.3 PP90, he is one to consider if Kun stays and might be mandatory if Kun Leaves. Ake and Kompany were very good when they played, if Ake starts anywhere and Kompany is fit and starts, also keep them in mind. Coleman when he returns from injury, he was doing very well for a defender and along with Alonso were the only defenders who stayed above 5.0 PP90 of those who played significant minutes.
This chart is a Dream Team formation and best FPL points per GW chart.
Wow amazing stuff here Mito. Cheers mate
Awesome stuff thanks mate!!
Mito, this is awesome! With a player like Trippier to deputize I can’t see us holding onto Walker when a 40m+ offer rolls in from ManC. I don’t like to see him go, but I’ve got a few idea so who I’d spend that much quid on!
Ideally if he were to move it would be after July 10th to keep Trippiers price down in FPL!
Hahah so true!
Great work there Mito. I used 3-5-2 from gw 4 onwards. Is Kane a second semester kind of student? He always seems to start slowly and then bang it on the second half of the season. Any known stats to back that up? Well, never mind, I’m just being lazy, I can check that myself so let’s just say that he is a lazy student that only turns up when needed!
Good stuff Mito21 I’ve taken photos of this & will look over just before start of nk season 😉
Was doing some research on one of my favourite subjects this morning, namely hits!
Below is a list of the top 10 teams OR (on the left) and how many hits they took. Make of it what you will but thought it was something some of you may find of interest!
1 – 8
2 – 5
3 -7
4 – 9
5 – 7
6 – 6
7 – 9
8 – 12
9 – 12
10 – 5
20 – 7
30 – 23
40 – 11
50 – 12
100 – 18
200 – 37
301 – 16
I think it shows that the top top teams are fairly restrained with their hits but position 200 shows you can still get a mighty impressive rank despite a number of hits (37) that makes Mitro (26) look reserved!
I ended up taking 19 with a final rank of 2109, I think next season I’ll certainly be trying to keep them down but as the figures show, you can still achieve a solid rank if they’re considered or unavoidable!
This is good stuff Rosco! Worth pondering for sure! And again, great season for you!
Thanks and you Pancho, your final day score had me very very nervous in the regs!!!
Hopefully I’ll get a doubles partner this season, remember asking as a Newbie last year and nobody would take me up on it! Reckon i’ll see if Milburn wants a Geordie Double up!
I’m not sure I want to know what a “Geordie Double-Up” is. Tried YouTube-Ing it but I think I’m glad nothing turned up
lol
Haha yeah I’d avoid that one especially if your’e at work!
Where in the US are you from Pancho? We ( the wife and I) love America, we come over every summer, in time I’ll visit more places but its largely been West coast with the occasional trip to NYC.
We’re heading back to L.A, Palm Springs and Vegas which pretty much mirrors last years trip, I’ll be there for week 2 in FPL and as last year found it so weird setting my team before going to bed and then waking up to half the matches already over!!
Rosco, we live in South Dakota. It’s in the middle and nothing really worth visiting except maybe Mount Rushmore. We’re about a 4 hour drive southwest of Minneapolis and halfway between Chicago and Denver.
Rosco
Told you I wasn’t that bad when it comes to hits!! 😉
You’re still the 2nd most of included in that list?! Any plans to investigate yours Mitro? Would be interesting to see.
To be fair you did bloody great, and only 7 more than me so I can’t say much!
Really interesting that Rosco. I have a bit of a vested interest in hits now after that piece I did for the mag. I’ll be looking at mine later in more detail to see if I did more or less after it given that the premise was that they seemed to work, for me anyway. I have a feeling I did more after it.
I certainly began looking at them in more detail after reading your article.
I think early in the season I perhaps made a few that could have been left, but as the season went on I was a little more willing to stick with good players ( players like Sanchez) even if they had a few blank weeks. For me it was all about learning the game and I’ve put a lot of effort into reading/listening to anything and everything I could to improve on my first season.
I’ll be looking at my own personal hits in detail this week to see how the hits worked over the long term and if I’d have been better to ride them out. I think I know what I’ll find in that I had players like McCauley from GW1, only to ditch him before he started popping up with dubious goals!