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Fantasy Football 247 League Round Ups December
Fantasy Football 247 League Round Ups December Welcome everyone to Decembers round up of the FF247 leagues. I hope you all had a cracker of a christmas, no pun intended, honest, (a scouser being honest, not buying into that at all, Ed), and a brilliant new year. Well there were a few good weeks, points wise, and a couple of bad weeks in December, so lets see who came out top of the shop. [highlight_yellow]Editor’s note: In the past our pictures have not lined up with the article because the screenshots taken from the FPL site in the Manager of the Month table in particular, did not take ...[Read More]
Grab, Avoid or Bore Off!
Grab, Avoid or Bore Off! Looking to entertain whilst not losing the opportunity to be somewhat informative we come to a new addition of Grab, Avoid or Bore Off! We have selected a number of quick questions that we have seen on the minds of fantasy managers this past week and hope the many, many, many years of knowledge from our 3 very senior (Queen of England old) writers will assist you in your decision making. They will follow some semblance of order as explained below, but they are stubborn at best and forever crankheads so answers are never restricted by any rules as you will soon find out...[Read More]
Fantasy Football Fixtures Gameweek 21
Fantasy Football Fixtures Gameweek 21 Welcome to 2015 everyone and a Happy New Year from all of us at FF247! The Christmas period promised so much after the bonanza that was Boxing Day but in truth the next couple of GW’s after that flatered to decieve somewhat with relatively low average scores for both GW’s 19 and 20. Worry not though as the January wildcard is in full swing and so we will begin the year with an eye on that and try to guide you through the next set of fixtures to help you decide which teams are worth investing in, which players have the best and worst runs ahead ...[Read More]
Happy Hollandaise!
Happy Hollandaise – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 [three_fourth padding=”0 20px 0 0″] View image | gettyimages.com [/three_fourth]Greetings from the warm and cozy Ivory Towers here at FF247 Headquarters. As I sat in our luxurious cafeteria this morning having breakfast and wondering what to write about, the hollandaise sauce from my Eggs Benedict dripped onto my hand-sewn FF247 uniform. After having the chef flogged for serving such runny sauce it came to me: hollandaise, bacon, delicious food, naps, family, time off from work, football (both kinds for us yanks), presents, f...[Read More]
Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 11
Who are you? Who are you? Fantasy manager profiles Part 11 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 troll̵...[Read More]
International Tournaments in January & February 2015
International Tournaments in January & February 2015 Some of you will have read the header and thought Tournaments! There’s only the African Cup of Nations to contend with…. wrong answer boys and girls! There is also the AFC Asian Cup in Australia to deal with. It could mean that some Premier League players will be unavailable for 3-4 gameweeks. With FIFA regulations stating that “For a final competition players must be released and start to travel to their national team no later than the Monday morning of the week preceding that of the start of the relevant final competition, and must be ...[Read More]
Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Game-week 20
Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Game-week 20 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 GW20 is live! We hope you are happy with your transfers, your line-up and your all important captain selection as there’s little else you can do now other than sit back and watch the action unfold. Live Match Chat is your chance to have your say on the line-ups as they are announced, the games as they happen and the fallout afterwards! I am sure a lunch time kick-off will be a bit much for many of you, as I can see plenty not waking up until the 3pm games. However for those good boys and girls who didn...[Read More]
Captain Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 20
Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 20 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 In Times Square, New York, millions gather to witness the ‘Ball Drop’. Londoners stand agape at Big Ben. Italians traditionally wear red underwear. Wherever it’s celebrated, and whatever the custom, the New Year gives everyone a cause to reflect upon a year of joy, hardships, triumph and despair. For those that aren’t into watching balls drop; staring at large erect clocks or adorning scarlet panties, lets allow ourselves to be whipped up into a nostalgic fervour of our own. So, before th...[Read More]