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[Spinynorman]

I haven't.

[murf]

So, has anyone actually done any transfers yet?

Not me! Probably would have got Salah (permanent) or Firmino/Vardy (daisy chain). Nearly went Mahrez but didn't fancy his chances without Vardy plus will get a cup rest.

I know whatever transfer I do the player going out will get an FA Cup hat trick.

[morganb]

So, has anyone actually done any transfers yet?

Not me! Probably would have got Salah (permanent) or Firmino/Vardy (daisy chain). Nearly went Mahrez but didn't fancy his chances without Vardy plus will get a cup rest.

I know whatever transfer I do the player going out will get an FA Cup hat trick.

I had a few lined up too but in the end only went for a budget boosting Trippier (who doesn't always play) to Tarka

[murf]

Had to keep Trippier, bonus game this week - which probably just means he is guaranteed 1 game.

[Spinynorman]

I was thinking about bringing Evertons Kenny in but he's on the bench.

[murf]

I was thinking about bringing Evertons Kenny in but he's on the bench.

Same here. 7 changes for Everton so I may pile on Man U. Or not.

Kenny allegedly was poor the other day so always the risk this isn't just rotation.

[murf]

Only 6 of us gaining points today including Robot getting a whopping 21 more than the starting xi.

Big defensive shift or Mahrez? Gross?

[morganb]

Guess we can now go private if we want?

[murf]

Guess we can now go private if we want?

Yes. Well reminded, I'd totally forgotten about doing that!

1 20182018ROBOT20182018 Andrew Stevens 119 885 49 102862
2 Mystery 2018 David England 98 874 47 109001
3 TheBillFella in 2018 Bill Wilkins 107 873 48 109540
4 murf's 2018 mob Jason Murfitt 105 871 47 110632
5 Spinynorman 2018 Chris Beasley 105 871 47 110633
6 2018 Latic 2018 Andrew Clayton 105 871 47 110634
7 morganb 2018 AD Morgan Boniface 99 865 47 113861
8 Tenpinterry 2018 Terry Knapton 98 864 47 114355
9 Stokie Albert 2018 Kieron Rogers 98 864 47 114356
10 2018SE Stephen Evans 98 864 47 114357
11 Tommy the Tortoise Adam McAllister 98 864 47 114358
12 GeoffV2018 Geoff Vickers 98 864 47 114359
13 Topspur 2018 Paul Branigan 98 864 47 114360
14 Hornet 2018 Carl Peacock 98 864 47 114361

Not moved in the league of leagues (542nd) despite some transfers, De Gea's CS and Mane's goal

[robot]

Only 6 of us gaining points today including Robot getting a whopping 21 more than the starting xi.

Big defensive shift or Mahrez? Gross?

Normal I do go all out with a defence shift, think it worked 2 years back but didn't last year.

But this year in answer to your question no no and no!

Is it worth a pm to prompt those that may have forgotten?

[tenpinterry]

I've been reminded

[Spinynorman]

Guess we can now go private if we want?

I can't see how to do that.

[morganb]

Guess we can now go private if we want?

I can't see how to do that.

If you go onto the team there is a green 'switch' at the top of the screen under the team name labelled Public. If you toggle it it will go grey and say Private.

[Spinynorman]

Guess we can now go private if we want?

I can't see how to do that.

If you go onto the team there is a green 'switch' at the top of the screen under the team name labelled Public. If you toggle it it will go grey and say Private.

Thank you. Don't know why I couldn't see or remember that. To much Christmas spirit I suppose.

[murf]

Is it worth a pm to prompt those that may have forgotten?

Done - (finally remembered that Adam McAllister is Mick MacPaddywotsit)

[1albert]

Thanks for the message Murf. Although, I have to say the pre-selected team is better than any of the teams I've have set up. I am so bad at this game. To be fair, I can't seem to do anything right in any format.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Thanks for the message Murf. Although, I have to say the pre-selected team is better than any of the teams I've have set up. I am so bad at this game. To be fair, I can't seem to do anything right in any format.

I echo those sentiments precisely. (

[murf]

Thanks for the message Murf. Although, I have to say the pre-selected team is better than any of the teams I've have set up. I am so bad at this game. To be fair, I can't seem to do anything right in any format.

I echo those sentiments precisely. (

Well you guys should both now have twice as many transfers as you'd expect this time of year - so for every bad move you make, you now have a bonus transfer to go back where you started!!

[murf]

A few piling on to Spurs and City last night with Robot winning the race to the top 100,000 and Hornet taking daily honours with 37. Just 3 at the bottom still in a 2017 stupor.

1 20182018ROBOT20182018 Andrew Stevens 32 917 51 97199
2 Mystery 2018 David England 33 907 49 102630
3 Spinynorman 2018 Chris Beasley 32 903 49 104730
4 murf's 2018 mob Jason Murfitt 31 902 48 105305
5 Hornet 2018 Carl Peacock 37 901 49 105829
6 TheBillFella in 2018 Bill Wilkins 27 900 50 106322
7 morganb 2018 AD Morgan Boniface 33 898 49 107383
8 GeoffV2018 Geoff Vickers 31 895 49 108918
9 Topspur 2018 Paul Branigan 30 894 48 109487
10 2018 Latic 2018 Andrew Clayton 23 894 48 109490
11 Tenpinterry 2018 Terry Knapton 27 891 48 111060
12 Stokie Albert 2018 Kieron Rogers 14 878 47 117363
13 2018SE Stephen Evans 14 878 47 117364
14 Tommy the Tortoise Adam McAllister 14 878 47 117365

Now risen one whole place to 541st in the League of Leagues. I'm guessing we are at the tail-end of the bell curve without much company.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Thanks for the message Murf.

Well you guys should both now have twice as many transfers as you'd expect this time of year - so for every bad move you make, you now have a bonus transfer to go back where you started!!

if you hadn't sent your timely reminder MMacP's Tortoise would still be slumbering under leaves somewhere ,,, as it is i missed the double Spurs option and currently my vehicle resembles Fred Flintstone's limo, where Fred and Barney's feet are revolving furiously, but the vehicle is still stationary.....

YABADABADOOOOOO!!!

anybody who doesn't know the Flintstone's really needs to report their parents for neglect in their upbringing

[murf]

The first full set (+1) of Premier League games and we are getting serious divergence. Robot leading the way, 46 up on the starting XI score. Me and tbf also into the top 100k and onto the podium.
All this transfer fury has still only seen us rise up one place in the league of leagues - staying at Tuesday's high of 541st.

1 20182018ROBOT20182018 Andrew Stevens 49 934 53 92127
2 murf's 2018 mob Jason Murfitt 51 922 50 98864
3 TheBillFella in 2018 Bill Wilkins 48 921 52 99335
4 Hornet 2018 Carl Peacock 54 918 51 100991
5 Mystery 2018 David England 43 917 50 101554
6 morganb 2018 AD Morgan Boniface 50 915 50 102587
7 Spinynorman 2018 Chris Beasley 43 914 50 103102
8 Topspur 2018 Paul Branigan 47 911 50 104741
9 Tenpinterry 2018 Terry Knapton 46 910 50 105246
10 GeoffV2018 Geoff Vickers 41 905 50 107861
11 2018 Latic 2018 Andrew Clayton 33 904 49 108377
12 Tommy the Tortoise Adam McAllister 26 890 48 115406
13 Stokie Albert 2018 Kieron Rogers 24 888 48 116332
14 2018SE Stephen Evans 24 888 48 116333

[murf]

Deep into cup weekend and not much climbing going on (still 541st in league of leagues)

1 20182018ROBOT20182018 Andrew Stevens 72 957 56 90274
2 murf's 2018 mob Jason Murfitt 72 943 52 97959
3 Mystery 2018 David England 63 937 52 101258
4 Hornet 2018 Carl Peacock 72 936 53 101769
5 TheBillFella in 2018 Bill Wilkins 62 935 54 102247
6 Spinynorman 2018 Chris Beasley 61 932 52 103878
7 morganb 2018 AD Morgan Boniface 66 931 52 104428
8 GeoffV2018 Geoff Vickers 61 925 52 107550
9 2018 Latic 2018 Andrew Clayton 53 924 51 108058
10 Topspur 2018 Paul Branigan 54 918 50 111035
11 Tenpinterry 2018 Terry Knapton 52 916 50 112051
12 2018SE Stephen Evans 45 909 49 115529
13 Stokie Albert 2018 Kieron Rogers 44 908 50 115999 Aguero
14 Tommy the Tortoise Adam McAllister 32 896 48 121707

[Latic]

So transferred in Batshit and left Pedro in - that went well.

[murf]

Robot continues to fly, 11,500 places and 21 points above his nearest rival. 5 of us now in the top 100,000

1 83609 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 95 980
2 95196 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 95 959
3 95220 Mr D England Mystery 2018 85 959
4 96841 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 85 956
5 97858 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 83 954
6 101066 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 75 948
7 101624 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 83 947
8 102161 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 75 946
9 103694 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 78 943
10 104772 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 77 941
11 105307 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 76 940
12 109959 Mr S Evans 2018SE 67 931
13 115299 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 56 920
14 121004 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 44 908
Private League average 961.60
Position in League of Private Leagues 541/546

So there are only 546 leagues and we have overtaken 1 so far (441 to go for my target of top 100)! Who are earth makes up the 4 leagues who were behind us????

[morganb]

League of Leagues position now 524. Guess we could do with a full table here too at some point.

[murf]

I've kept the formal TFF updates to put on here. Will do over next couple of days.

Been getting some good scores but it is a long, slow climb from 100k to 50k (and also up the league of leagues).

[murf]

Week 23 (Jan 15):
1 56846 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 100 1080
2 72695 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 93 1052
3 77765 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 97 1043
4 79495 Mr D England Mystery 2018 81 1040
5 81095 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 94 1037
6 87793 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 71 1025
7 93028 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 67 1015
8 95684 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 69 1010
9 96729 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 68 1008
10 97231 Mr S Evans 2018SE 76 1007
11 98223 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 58 1005
12 98261 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 49 1005
13 107612 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 78 986
14 108053 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 65 985
Private League average 1050.40
Position in League of Private Leagues 537/546 (up 4)

Week 24 (Jan 22):
1 43316 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 77 1157
2 60643 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 81 1124
3 66954 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 60 1112
4 72184 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 65 1102
5 76427 Mr D England Mystery 2018 54 1094
6 78021 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 66 1091
7 81181 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 80 1085
8 85213 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 62 1077
9 96570 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 49 1054
10 98037 Mr S Evans 2018SE 44 1051
11 98528 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 42 1050
12 100871 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 35 1045
13 105938 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 48 1034
14 109804 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 40 1025
Private League average 1117.80
Position in League of Private Leagues 532/546 (up 5)

Week 25 (Jan 29) i.e. now:
1 35433 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 64 1221
2 53274 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 59 1183
3 59285 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 59 1171
4 60771 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 66 1168
5 66236 Mr D England Mystery 2018 63 1157
6 66772 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 71 1156
7 69206 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 60 1151
8 76927 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 58 1135
9 84813 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 69 1119
10 93423 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 46 1100
11 95747 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 50 1095
12 96126 Mr S Evans 2018SE 43 1094
13 100036 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 51 1085
14 103413 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 52 1077
Private League average 1180.00
Position in League of Private Leagues 524/546 (up 8 – our best yet)

All looking good, Robot really flying with a 38 point lead but 2nd to 7th covered by just 32 points.

Interesting that the individual positions are flying up by about 12k in most weeks (i.e. to stay top half, 7th, the requirement has gone 113k, 101k, 93k, 81k, 69k)

[murf]

WEEK 26 (Feb5)
1 38104 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 76 1297
2 54639 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 78 1261
3 58907 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 81 1252
4 60319 Mr D England Mystery 2018 92 1249
5 62603 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 76 1244
6 70145 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 77 1228
7 73362 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 65 1221
8 78300 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 75 1210
9 84211 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 78 1197
10 86308 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 92 1192
11 91820 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 84 1179
12 93491 Mr S Evans 2018SE 81 1175
13 100292 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 73 1158
14 104034 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 71 1148
Private League average 1260.60
Position in League of Private Leagues 521/546 (up just 3)

WEEK 27 (Feb 12- now)
1 32209 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 83 1380
2 45196 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 87 1348
3 54394 Mr D England Mystery 2018 78 1327
4 56499 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 78 1322
5 59095 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 64 1316
6 61774 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 89 1310
7 62635 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 80 1308
8 67376 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 87 1297
9 78371 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 79 1271
10 84197 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 60 1257
11 86496 Mr S Evans 2018SE 76 1251
12 90804 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 61 1240
13 94062 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 73 1231
14 99667 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 67 1215
Private League average 1338.60
Position in League of Private Leagues 520/546 (up just the one)

So Robot keeps climbing but others behind him climb faster to slowly narrow the gap (down to 32)

[murf]

WEEK 27 (Feb 12- now)

1 30340 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 20 1400
2 37166 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 34 1382
3 49558 Mr D England Mystery 2018 26 1353
4 55674 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 17 1339
5 58840 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 22 1332
6 60113 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 13 1329
7 64560 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 11 1319
8 69871 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 10 1307
9 78093 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 31 1288
10 79310 Mr S Evans 2018SE 34 1285
11 80983 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 10 1281
12 81482 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 40 1280
13 97789 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 7 1238
14 99814 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 17 1232
Private League average 1361.20
Position in League of Private Leagues 517/546 (up 3)

So just some random FA Cup scores where anything from about 17+ gave a positive overall move so our league score of 22.6 was quite good, largely helped by Latic's 34 (and his Wigan players didn't even count!). Also helped by me! Yes, I've infiltrated the top 5. The first person to do that since the incumbent 5 settled in after the first full fortnight.

All the climbing seems a bit slow as we are trying to get those bonus transfers working.

[murf]

Progress still seems very slow (or is it just me??). A few of you had good weeks this week but our long time leader Robot didn't and slipped behind Latic. morganb had a better week here than in Highlander....

WEEK 29
1 31089 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 32 1432
2 34456 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 41 1423
3 51249 Mr D England Mystery 2018 30 1383
4 56894 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 31 1370
5 57811 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 39 1368
6 62242 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 26 1358
7 66261 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 30 1349
8 70477 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 32 1339
9 73966 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 43 1331
10 75321 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 48 1328
11 78244 Mr S Evans 2018SE 36 1321
12 84374 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 25 1306
13 92856 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 46 1284
14 100749 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 30 1262
Private League average 1395.20
Position in League of Private Leagues 517/546 (no move)

WEEK 30 (now)
1 27681 Mr A Clayton 2018 Latic 2018 89 1512
2 37956 Mr A Stevens 20182018ROBOT20182018 51 1483
3 39480 Mr M Boniface morganb 2018 AD 109 1479
4 44651 Mr D England Mystery 2018 83 1466
5 51159 Mr B Wilkins TheBillFella in 2018 111 1450
6 56631 Mr C Beasley Spinynorman 2018 88 1437
7 62177 Mr J Murfitt* murf's 2018 mob 66 1424
8 62553 Mr C Peacock Hornet 2018 55 1423
9 70248 Mr T Knapton Tenpinterry 2018 73 1404
10 73950 Mr P Branigan Topspur 2018 67 1395
11 87679 Mr S Evans 2018SE 39 1360
12 88442 Mr G Vickers GeoffV2018 52 1358
13 97071 Mr A McAllister Tommy the Tortoise 49 1333
14 98631 Mr K Rogers Stokie Albert 2018 66 1328
Private League average 1478.00
Position in League of Private Leagues 510/546 (up 7!)