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A Tale of 10 seasons

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Striker wrote:
happyhoppy wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 16:08 Here’s a draft with a Saints semi Imagewhich nobody would be stupid enough to copy so I’ll put it up here. Image

Maybe I am that stupid. But why no Cedric?
Vestergaard is cheaper and I prefer Bertrand who is captain. Be interesting to see how motivated they are as both rumoured to want moves away.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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happyhoppy wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 16:55
Striker wrote:
happyhoppy wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 16:08 Here’s a draft with a Saints semi Imagewhich nobody would be stupid enough to copy so I’ll put it up here. Image

Maybe I am that stupid. But why no Cedric?
Vestergaard is cheaper and I prefer Bertrand who is captain. Be interesting to see how motivated they are as both rumoured to want moves away.
Didn't you just sign Vestergaard ?! He's in my early single entry draft .. madness?

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A Tale of 10 seasons

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See draft above

(And also my piece on Saints in the Enablers thread).

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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What's this Vestergaard's style? Goal threat? Card magnet? Never heard of him but his price is appealing if he's nailed on.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Midlander wrote:What's this Vestergaard's style? Goal threat? Card magnet? Never heard of him but his price is appealing if he's nailed on.
All I know is we paid a packet for him and he’s gonna be our main CB. Rest I’ll guess we’ll find out.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Welcome to another season of doom and gloom probably.

I've entered 6 teams, Tenners, 25s, egg and 2 in my friends league and 1 in my works league.

I'm going to follow the fortunes of Good Bailly on here:-

Wanted a good MC/LIV bias starting the season, some teams have 7, this one has 6.

Moraes 3.9 (solid season long)

Bertrand 3.4 (captain, 100% starter should get attacking points this year in a 352)
Coleman 3.5 (hopefully get back to pre injury form)
Robertson 3.8 (looks decent vfm)
Coady 2.4 (bargain)

Salah 6.0 (must have)
Mane 5.4 (take advantage of LFC start and their attacking points potential)
Zaha 4.7 (expecting great things had a good last season)
Jota 3.2 (everyone's favourite)

Aguero 6.8 (cos you have to right?)
Firmino 6.5 (see Mane)

49.6
Transfers Left 40


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SL Pos
SL Gap

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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hard to argue with that lineup ... especially when I have a team with 10 of the same players :D

Good luck Sir.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Decent start across my 6 teams:-

78,68,67,65,63 and 58 (egg)

Week 1

A fair start, lacking the wing backs who got all the points otherwise it would have been a good start here. Mendy is in other teams so I have him covered but no easy way to get him in here so I won't for now. Still looks a decent line up with 6 from LIV/MC to take advantage of their early fixtures, maybe in hindsight not enough MC but it wasn't easy to know who was starting before the season started. Could go 451 and drop Bertrand/Firmino for Mendy/Sterling but it just seems tinkery at the moment hmmmm ......

Moraes 3.9

Bertrand 3.4
Coleman 3.5
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Zaha 4.7
Jota 3.2

Aguero 6.8
Firmino 6.5

Total £49.6
Transfers Left 40


Points 63
Nat Position 12222
SL Pos 16/90
SL Deficit 28

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Decided Mendy had to come in here so easiest way was to lose Bertrand funded by Jota to Pereyra, Kane problem can wait another day.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 2

So was only going to do monthly updates from hereon-in but as I was bored (and I had a good week :wink: ) I thought I'd update week 2.

Another decent week with rises with all 5 teams (exc egg) inside the top 10k. So that's a decent start. Transfers made have been to ditch Sanchez for Mane and bring in Mendy where I didn't have him.

63-141 Position 3789 T39
72-137 T37
70-133 T38
65-132 T39
62-130 T38
65-123 egg

Changes made already but I felt they were (sort of) needed so out went Bertrand and Jota and in came Mendy funded by Pereyra. Mendy is now in all my teams. Looking ahead a few weeks and I'm thinking Firmino will be the one to be sacrificed for Kane which means probably Coleman will have to be downgraded to finance it, maybe to this Wan-Bissaka chap and pocket some cash to-boot.


Moraes 3.9

Bertrand 3.4 :arrow: Mendy 4.0
Coleman 3.5
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Zaha 4.7
Jota 3.2 :arrow: Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Firmino 6.5

Total £50.0
Transfers Left 38


Week Points 70
Total Points 133
Nat Position 7471
SL Pos 12/91
SL Deficit 27
Last edited by happyhoppy on 28 Aug 2018, 10:14, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Glad you're doing weekly updates (long may it continue) hoppy, always followed your team updates and enjoyed reading your thoughts.

I had a similarly good week which included a totally accidental subbing in of Kane so can't complain. Jota for the jump after the game today and I think it'll be Maddison but Pereyra is a thought which I see you went with.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 3

Not a very good week with a weekly low of 43 and a high of 53 seeing large falls. MC draw and lack of 7 or 8 goals for LFC :wink: being the main reasons athough Spurs last night had a fairly negative impact.

Had to decide when to bring Kane back and decided to wait until next week which has lost me 10 points from last night (in my best team where I had the funds). No biggy but I'll be hoping Firmino gets at least that at LCFC to leave me neutral. So my front line across my six teams before Spurs play next should all be Aguero, Kane.

53-194 Position 4091 T38
49-186 T37
45-177 T39
44-177 T38
44-174 T38

43-166 egg

No further changes to this team although as said earlier Firmino to Kane next week is now almost a certainty after last night. I have to save 0.5m I'm considering Moura for Zaha after last night rather than the more obvious downgrade of Coleman.

Moraes 3.9

Bertrand 3.4 :arrow: Mendy 4.0
Coleman 3.5
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Zaha 4.7
Jota 3.2 :arrow: Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Firmino 6.5

Total £50.0
Transfers Left 38


Week Points 44
Total Points 177
Nat Position 13098
SL Pos 12/91
SL Deficit 28

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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My teams with Kane dropped last night - I was expecting a mini-league gain, but I lost four places. Guess a lot of people have Trippier - can't imagine it was Lucas Moura.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 4/5

A very good week for me which saw some good rises and my best team nearly entering the top 1k. In good position with all my teams in the various Super Leagues entered. Changes made across my teams with Zaha and Firmino all making way for Moura/Alonso and Kane and of course Spurs were rubbish. Time will tell how foolish this was as my plan was to wait until the 22/9. Promising start, let's hope it continues!

60-254 Position 1529 T37 (2nd, -7 deficit in SL below)
55-241 Position 3581 T35
59-236 Position 4873 T37
61-235 Position 5088 T35
51-228 Position 7854 T36
56-222 Position 11035 T31 Egg Team


As already mentioned, I got on the Spurs bus, annoyingly this team that I'm tracking on here is my worst performing (egg team aside).

Moraes 3.9

Mendy 4.0
Coleman 3.5
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Zaha 4.7 :arrow: Moura 4.1
Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Firmino 6.5 :arrow: Kane 7.0

Total £49.9
Transfers Left 36


Week Points 51
Total Points 228
Nat Position 7854
SL Pos 10/92
SL Deficit 33

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 6

And the trend continues, one good week one bad week. Be nice to get some momentum but early days.

29-283 Position 3837 T37 (2nd, -47 deficit in SL below)
32-273 Position 6481 T35
31-266 Position 9137 T37
29-265 Position 9685 T35
37-265 Position 9614 :shock: T36
33-255 Position 15343 T31 Egg Team


Inevitably the two players I took out last week Zaha and Firmino both scored but hey ho that's FF. :evil: Hadn't appreciated Coleman was injured (great attention HH) so will make the change this weekend. The straight forward thing to do is to to just switch him to AA or Maddison+cash but where' the fun in that? With Mendy out and a naught boy too his game time may come into question, Son is back and Spurs are a bit dodgy so was thinking possibly 3 transfers, maybe a bit gung ho:-

Coleman to Wan Bissaka
Mendy to Maddison
Moura to Hazard

Thoughts? Head says just do one transfer or maybe two Maddison and Alonso. Be nice to get Hazard in though and retain Salah. This team is not really going anywhere at the moment, feels like it needs a bit of a kick start. Also looking at the spread of scores across my teams they are all looking very similar so thinking some differentiition may be in order.

And finally in order not to spam the TFF chit chat thread if I'm around on a Saturday and bored I may put on some match day chit chat here.

Moraes 3.9

Mendy 4.0
Coleman 3.5
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Moura 4.1
Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Kane 7.0

Total £49.9
Transfers Left 36


Week Points 37
Total Points 265
Nat Position 9614
SL Pos 13/92
SL Deficit 65

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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You would have a team with 4 enablers

Got to be a record

Coady
Maddison
Awb
Peryra

Just saying...,

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Yorkshire Exile wrote: 19 Sep 2018, 11:01 You would have a team with 4 enablers

Got to be a record

Coady
Maddison
Awb
Peryra

Just saying...,
But look at the rest Yorky....

Maddison is massively underpriced IMO, should be more like 3.8 (a Richarlison price). Others look good value and have done well so far but it's a concern though tbf.

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A Tale of 10 seasons

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Saturday HH ChatShit

Decided to bring in Alonso tomorrow and leave Hazard for now.

So it will be Mendy/Coleman to Alonso/Maddison.

34 transfers left. Give Moura a bit longer and then maybe switch to Ings if he needs to go.

In other teams, I've also had to ditch Mendy and Coleman so in comes Mitrovic (got Alonso everywhere now bar egg) and mostly Maddison and one Fraser.

1.40pm 53 mins in. Mitrovic cursed then. Regretting not having considered Gray at £3.5m. Image
2.30pm Mitrovic forced a good save twice one parried away and one tipped onto the bar. Feeling happier about that switch now he he.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Good job you didn't bring in Hazard hoppy.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Redrum2 wrote:Good job you didn't bring in Hazard hoppy.
Brought him in 4/6 teams though. I knew I shouldn’t have but I couldn’t cope with the back slapping when Hazard got another hat trick!

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Week 7

And the trend continues, one good week one bad week. Hopefully not next week! Bit of a transfer frenzy this week with Mendy and Coleman being replaced with Alonso, Mitrovic and mostly Maddison, then I ummed arred over the Hazard move and ended up doing it in 4/6 teams. I knew it was a mistake and I know I'll end up just bringing back Salah rather than burning 2 transfers and ditching Mane instead. Hey ho.

67-350 Position 2359 T34 (3rd, -51 deficit in SL below)
67-340 Position 3740 T32
67-332 Position 5482 T34
63-328 Position 6506 T34
5-321 Position 8847 T32
60-315 Position 11432 T29 Egg Team

In here I didn't do the Hazard move but ditched my 2 injured players bringing in the must have Alonso and current in form must have Maddison. I'll be keeping a watchful eye over Richarlison in the next few weeks if Moura fails to deliver.


Moraes 3.9

Mendy 4.0 Image Alonso 4.3
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Coleman 3.5 Image Maddison 3.0
Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Moura 4.1
Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Kane 7.0

Total £49.7
Transfers Left 34

Week Points 63
Total Points 328
Nat Position 6506
SL Pos 9/92
SL Deficit 73
Last edited by happyhoppy on 24 Sep 2018, 12:20, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Think Alonso is a must have? Not so sure myself. TAA offers excellent VFM as do Robertson, AWB and almost any Wolves def.

Appreciate Alonso will likely outscore the two Liverpool boys but not sure i'd trade them as the extra funds gives me a strong front 6 (mostly 4-4-2 just now). I reckon my front 6 will make up any shortage of points from TAA v Alonso for example.

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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I’d just rather have Alonso than not. Makes him a must have in my eyes but you’re right he’s probably not and as always many different ways to play this game. Time will tell.
How you going this year?

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Decent start but burned more than i'd have liked with Sane, Mahrez, Willian, Richarlison and Mendy. Some of which i should have showed some patience with. 367pts with 35t left and set prob my best

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Billy Stark wrote:Decent start but burned more than i'd have liked with Sane, Mahrez, Willian, Richarlison and Mendy. Some of which i should have showed some patience with. 367pts with 35t left and set prob my best
35t is fine and all those were needed surely, we have 40t no need for massive patience any more. I’m working on 4 a month so 32 by the end of September.


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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Aye, agreed. Only got 9 teams this year but some are worryingly at 32t :lol:

Time to sit.

Hazard will come good :wink:

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 8

Holding week with nominal rises for my best teams, higher rises at the back end, no changes to my teams.

50-400 Position 2181 T34 (3rd, -88 deficit in SL below)
51-391 Position 3256 T32
55-383 Position 4710 T34
50-382 Position 4903 T34
59-380 Position 5298 T32
59-374 Position 6948 T29 Egg Team

In this SL the leader normally plays for the monthlies early on so not too worried about him even though he's 38th nationally and way in front at the moment. Thinking the real leader is just 7 points ahead. Previous winner in the last two seasons is currently in 10th, 5 points behind this team and 17 points behind my best team. Thinking ahead to October 21st I have a Moura to Richarlison move planned, that 0.3m saved will enable Mane to Hazard on the 28th October.


Moraes 3.9

Alonso 4.3
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Maddison 3.0
Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Moura 4.1
Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Kane 7.0

Total £49.7
Transfers Left 34

Week Points 55
Total Points 383
Nat Position 4710
SL Pos 8/92
SL Deficit 105

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 9/10

Another holding week with nominal falls, no changes to my teams.

50-450 Position 2522 T34 (2nd -100 deficit in SL below)
50-441 Position 3633 T32
50-432 Position 5314 T34
49-429 Position 5961 T32
42-425 Position 6958 T34
47-421 Position 8115 T29 Egg Team

My plan post IB here is to get Hazard in either for Salah or more likely move out Moura to Richarlison/Mendy and lose Mane.

Moraes 3.9

Alonso 4.3
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Maddison 3.0
Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Moura 4.1
Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8
Kane 7.0

Total £49.7
Transfers Left 34

Week Points 42
Total Points 425
Nat Position 6958
SL Pos 9/92
SL Deficit 125

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Week 11

Another holding week with some small rises in my pack, transfers made this week with the Agureo to Lacazette, Fraser/Mitrovic/Moura to Richarlison and Mane to Salah.

51-501 Position 2675 T31 (2nd -85 deficit in SL below)
60-501 Position 2629 T29
64-493 Position 3622 T30
51-483 Position 5355 T31
56-481Position 5783 T32
50-471 Position 8344 T28 Egg Team

Got sucked in by the Lacazette daisy chain. :?

Moraes 3.9

Alonso 4.3
Robertson 3.8
Coady 2.4

Maddison 3.0
Salah 6.0
Mane 5.4
Moura 4.1 :arrow: Richarlison 3.8
Pereyra 3.0

Aguero 6.8 :arrow: Lacazette 6.0
Kane 7.0

Total £48.6
Transfers Left 32

Week Points 56
Total Points 481
Nat Position 5783
SL Pos 5/92
SL Deficit 105

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Re: A Tale of 10 seasons

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Seems to be ticking over quite well. I 'resisted' the daisy chain as didn't even realise it was happening so I'm sure I'll live to regret that. :roll:

I'm considering Pereya to replace Richarlison so I can swap out my PVA problem for Mendy. All seems quite radical and maybe unneeded though.

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