So...

Does that mean that I should be trying to position my players according to last week's scores and my forecast of their scores this week. ie a defender with an easy looking home game should be in the same position as a defender that scored well last week?

I'll be switching between 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 and Captain Ronaldo is usually in that 1st midfield spot (ie 6th or 5th tack). Comparing his points to a weak defender could send me massively off course!

That would work - but it's tricky to do - and sometimes, to avoid land say, you'd want to go off course and you can only be sure of exactly where you are at the beginning of the week and therefore your first player.

I'd just trust to luck myself

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Gameweek 9 Progress
(Week 3 of Leg 1)
Gameweek begins 16th Oct 10pm

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Pool A
Screenshot - Standings

Tack 9: Diminutive Midgets runs aground on the Brazilian coast - 2 tacks for repairs

Tack 10: Crewman Cole falls over the side of Equipe Chat's Noir. Donkeys Ride Again turns around to help and makes it in time to save Equipe Chat's Noir an extra tack. Ajax Hamster Jam also responds but doesn't have to change course to do so.

Tack 14: Crewman Cole falls over the side of The Bare Bones. Both Sultan of Barnet FC and Its Just Not Cricket turn round to assist but neither get very far and The Bare Bones spends 2 tacks recovering.

Tack 15: Cole again goes swimming this time from Self Cleaning Ovens. Again it's down to Sultan of Barnet FC and Its Just Not Cricket, being the closest 2 boats who will try and help and will do so on the 1st tack of next week.

Getafe King Life leads on reaching waypoint 6 followed closely by Chester Draws, Isaiah Forty:31 and atx1303. Smoke City brings up the rear

Pool B
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Tack 8: Crazy Canucks loses a man overboard. The Drogs and A Smoked Cheese Pig respond with A Smoked Cheese Pig making it in time to save Crazy Canucks the extra tack.

Tack 10: SuperSlaves runs aground on the Brazilian coast - crew Robinho being homesick again as he caused the same to happen in Pool A.

Tack 13: Kelly's Heroes loses a man over and again it's A Smoked Cheese Pig, along with Eenog Koning, who answer the SOS but neither make it in time.

Tack 14: Time for Trumpton is another having Cole go swimming. At it again and Atlético Tcf respond with At it again making the ground up in time.

Nutstars is out in front having passed waypoint 6 - with half a dozen boats a short distance behind. Family Bereavements and SuperSlaves bring up the rear.


Pool C
Screenshot - Standings

Tack 7: The Cooler King hits the rocks of Fogo in the Cape Verde Islands and narrowly misses hitting another one when he restarts on tack 10.

Tack 9: More water born adventures from Cole - this time from the deck of Galatasarky. Neither Roman Villa or Special Riders get close enough to help save the extra tack.

Apathetic Thistle has extended his lead and is now approaching the final waypoint - Lythgoe's Disciples and hodol kutkut are close together in 2nd and 3rd coming up to waypoint 6. The Drog's Ballacks brings up the rear.


Pool D
Screenshot - Standings

No run-agrounds although Vellus Arsefield came very close on tack 2.

Tack 13: A final dip in the ocean by Cole on-board (or off as case may be) grob's grasshoppers. Darlo Queens and LANESRA tried to help but were unsuccessful.

A Team of Johnsons and Honeyballs are leading coming up to waypoint 6 with Robots in Disguise and Naked Pirates at the back.

I think if you replay the animation I sail by laughing at him. Not that I had much to laugh about with the way things went. I was supposed to nip around the bend, not head south

First relatively decent scoring ground and I go so far off course I end up in Brazil

Capitaine Blacky (Equipe Chats Noir) would like to say "Merci" Donkeys Ride Again pour avoir aide mon "Homme à La mer"

My crew has given up trying to keep our boat afloat and we're concentrating on fitba instead.

Gameweek 10 Progress
(Week 4 of Leg 1)
Gameweek begins 22nd Oct 10pm

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Pool A
Screenshot - Standings

The week began with Getafe King Life establishing himself at the front with Isaiah Forty:31 close behind. Chester Draws could have stayed with them but on tack 2 crewman Bosingwa took him in the wrong direction and it wasn't until tack 4 that he finally crossed wayline 6. By this time Getafe King Life was approaching waypoint 7 and atx1303 had moved up to 3rd.

Isaiah Forty:31 was the first to reach the final waypoint at the end of tack 5 and then a strong tack by Lampard put him within striking distance of the finish. Getafe King Life hadn't given up though and caught up by the end of tack 8. Tack 9 and Ronaldo had the distance but unfortunately his navigator was not quite up to the job as he took Getafe King Life onto the rocks just north of the finish.

Meanwhile further down the field Diminutive Midgets had a close shave on tack 7 as he just changed course in time to avoid running aground on the coast. Equipe Chat's Noir wasn't so lucky on tack 9 however and was forced to spend 2 tacks making repairs.

Getafe King Life's misfortune was all Isaiah Forty:31 needed and he finally crossed the line on tack 10 to pick up the 15 points on offer. Congratulations to skipper WHATEVER and his crew - who now will enjoy a well deserved week off in Buenos Aires.

Getafe King Life restarted on tack 12 and made no more mistakes as he picked up 2nd place and 14 points on tack 14. It was a close run thing however as atx1303 had made up alot of ground but couldn't quite close him down enough and finished a respectable 3rd on the following tack.

Chester Draws is approaching the finish with Its Just Not Cricket lying in 5th close to the final waypoint.

A quick word about Self Cleaning Ovens who had a few navigation problems during the week and finds himself in the middle of pack.



Pool B
Screenshot - Standings

Nutstars began the week in front and had extended that lead by the end of tack 5 by which time there were 5 boats at/around waypoint 6 trying to catch up.

Further down the field tack 5 saw At it again hit the rocks north of Rio and No-Eye Deer thought he'd avoided the needle in a haystack that is the Island of Trindade but closer inspection revealed otherwise

Tack 6 and Nutstars reaches the final waypoint and sets a course for home ... but then disaster strikes as Lampard takes the leader onto the rocks on the next tack and by the time he restarts 4 other boats have made up some ground to try a challenge him for the lead.

Tack 7 also saw navigational breakdown for A Smoked Cheese Pig and Kelly's Heroes who both headed north and only corrected their courses after they had travelled 640Nm each.

Back at the front Crazy Canucks and Eenog Koning reach the final waypoint and have effectively caught up with Nutstars who couldn't seem to find any wind.

Tack 12 and Turnbull, on board Crazy Canucks, lunges for the line but his navigation is off and he runs aground leaving the way clear for Eenog Koning to finish the leg on tack 13 when Delap is at the wheel. Well done to Knulpuk and his crew for securing the 15 points in this pool

Tack 13 also found The Drogs on the rocks as he tried to earn a podium finish and the week ended with Nutstars looking comfortable to take 2nd as he is just 15Nm from the line. Crazy Canucks is 3rd (as The Drogs has yet to move back to his restart position) and will attempt the run-in again at the start of next week. Y'all be bad has moved up to 4th.


Pool C
Screenshot - Standings

Having started the week with a huge lead the crew on-board Apathetic Thistle were not going to make the same mistake as the leaders in the previous 2 pools and after tack 2 put him within view of the finish he pulled in some sheets and tip-toed across the line at the end of tack 4. Congratulations to skipper Flyman for a great leg and for picking up the 15 points - enjoy your week off in the Argentine capital

Meanwhile further down the fleet Galatasarky had a lucky escape on tack 5 when he just spotted land in time to change course. The same at the back on-board The Cooler King who got so close to land on tack 6 that he couldn't adjust his course enough and finally ran aground at Maceió.

At the front the race for 2nd was heating up as Lythgoe's Disciples reached waypoint 7 just ahead of hodol kutkut. The next tack (7) Lampard nearly got Lythgoe's Disciples into trouble but just pulled up in time and on tack 8 Wright-Phillips got him over the line. hodol kutkut finished on the next tack in 3rd.

Doomsday looked set to take 4th but found no wind and was passed in the final few tacks of the week by Ardley Athletic, Zuluwarriors and FC Boscoppa and they will all be trying to pick up as many points as they can at the beginning of next week.

Strange navigation by Förbrytarbeteende IK found him within the next group who have just cleared waypoint 6. The compass on board Cow Tipping Frogs also didn't seem to be working properly


Pool D
Screenshot - Standings

A Team of Johnsons and Honeyballs reach waypoint 6 first on tack 3 with Darlo Queens and grob's grasshoppers in hot pursuit and by the end of tack 5 A Team of Johnsons has a slight lead and the group have also been joined by LANESRA, Kazma United and Vellus Arsefield - with all these boats being widely spread out as they head west.

Tack 7 and it's still A Team of Johnsons ahead but he has taken a rather northerly direction - as has Darlo Queens and grob's grasshoppers.

Also on tack 7, but towards the back of the fleet, Robots in Disguise runs aground on the north-eastern coast of Brazil. Not a good leg for this crew.

Back to the front and tack 9 saw A Team of Johnsons, having corrected his course, reach the final waypoint with LANESRA both now with the finish line in their sights.

The following tack they moved closer but misfortune for Darlo Queens as she runs aground and is forced to make hasty repairs.

Tack 11 and LANESRA narrowly avoids a trip to the repair yards himself and is now just miles from the line. A Team of Johnsons is not too far behind and Zaki on board Honeyballs makes some good ground.

Tack 12 and a poor tack by Kirkland on LANESRA and A Team of Johnsons allows Honeyballs through with Schwarzer making a spirited leap for the line. Congratulations to skipper Cherylhoney and her crew for a fantastic win - the 15 points are all yours .

Having not moved on tack 13 LANESRA finally makes it to port on tack 14 in 2nd place. A Team of Johnsons is now just 18Nms short and should make it in 3rd on the first tack of GW11. grob's grasshoppers lies in 4th with Darlo Queens and Kazma United close in 5th and 6th.


With the top points in all pools having been decided the remainder of the points will be decided in GW11 when the 1st leg comes to a close.

Wahoo - I secured 15 points in my pool

and I only used 81% of my tack.

Every time I manage to change direction my rudder jams

Yeay me!

26% of tack.

Honestly, when is the next time you'd find yourself sailing around these parts with your FPL companions. You'd be a fool not to have a good look around.

Excellent work by my crew - although I do work hard to motivate them and keep them on their toes so I will take most of the credit.

89% tack used. Whatever that means.

It means you've glued them to the wheel etc so they won't slack.

100% tack is nailing their feet to the deck

And why not...

Congratulations again to all those who have finished and especially to the pool winners


The % tack used is fairly meaningless in the context so far but comes into play if 2 or more boats cross the finish line on the same tack.

If the player who gets you over the line generated a 30Nm tack, say, but the finish was only 15Nm away you'd have used 50%. In cases where 2 or more boats finish on the same tack the one who uses the smallest % gets a higher finish position.

(The %'s listed are rounded but any ties are really done to multiple decimal places. There was a case last year when 2 boats both showed 15%, say, on the same tack but one was really 14.9 and the other 15.1 so the 14.9 gained the extra point)

Shiver me timbers - that was close.

Kirkland is no Seaman is he

Just kidding. I understand it perfectly... well I understand that the lower the percentage of tack used the better when it comes to a tie-break, otherwise it doesn't make any difference.

I think I prefer Slarty's explanation though.

Ha!
Game on ....
I give you Danny 'HMS' Invincible!
Any other nautical footballers out there?

I'm bored in port. I want to feel the sea breeze in my hair and the briney between my webbed toes again! Hurry up, you lubbers!

Just when i managed to put a decent week together, i end up taking a trip to Brazil

I guess it was inevitable since the difference between my players' scores from one week to the next was pretty big, and resulted in some horrible navigation. Perhaps Ronaldo just wanted to spend some time in a Portuguese speaking country

Mark Venus?

Decko

George Boating (Hull)?

I'll get me coat.

De rien

Ive realised i dont like sailing, i prefer to have both feet on Shorey

Has anyone got scurvey or Ricketts from vitamin deficiency yet?

I need to make some repairs to my Riga as my Windlass is broken.

I've given up racing now. Just enjoying a nice Santa Cruz

It's a sign!

You're going to come 8th!

Either that or you'll sail into infinity never to return.

Think am going the wrong way, might have to Turneround..
atleast I can see the kirkland and the nights still a.Young.

I spend two GWs sick in my cabin and my crew go and win a race without me. I think that is more points that I got in the whole of last season in this competition. Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead.