2018-19 TFFE Champions League

[MADCHESTER UTD]

Brought Karim Benzema in all of my teams except my Ajax block (onana blind Di ligt tegafalonica or whatever his name is) and..............my top team. Don’t know if I want him to get hatrick or not Actually sod it, I think I want him to do sod all. Was watching videos of him earlier banging in loads of CL goals vs Ajax for Lyon and Real Madrid earlier so could end up regretting it. This Ajax team are good though. Shame they will end up losing 3 or 4 of them (obviously de jong already at Barca).

Can’t believe bale isn’t starting about a zillion times better than Vazquez

Edit; 0-2

[jimwinn]

Dusan Tadic did indeed play for Southampton who sold him for €11.4m

I can do that pirouette on Fifa

Sensational skill

[Darkish]

I made a few transfers due to the mini-tournaments, but then Juve looks like getting knock-out and with Real going out already I’m going to be struggling transfer wise and expect I’m going to struggle in the later stages.

What a great chance for the English teams.

[johnnyhp]

really struggling with my team now 3 real players out , 3 psg out , 1 roma out

[SamD]

Quarter-finals begin tonight, Tues.

Two-Footed Challenge after round of 16 KO stage
Darkish, 171, and scopsm, 164 & 155, produce best three scores.

Darkish, with 530 & 526, has both teams contending for first prize in league.*
Second and third awards are currently held by the dude abides and Doogal.
First ten are separated by 72 points, 16 more than before.

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Now Grp Overall                                        Group R16   Tot
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  
01  04      70 Carl Weeks       Anna has a nice pair    359   171  530
02  01      84 Carl Weeks       Anna common as muck      383 143   526
03  03     155 James Page       frattonender             359 151   510
04  08     337 Mike Maguire     Not expecting to win    341  149   490

05  02     411 Jon Harrington   Dude's 60Point96 CM      367 118   485
06  15     444 Paul McGeoghan   George and Niamh        318   164  482
07  06     514 Mark Pearson     Kevin Izquierda         343  135   478
08  13     744 Mike Rice        workies gamba destra    324  140   464
09  17     785 Paul McGeoghan   George                  308   155  463
10  09     880 James Page       aladdin                 331  127   458

11  05     943 Des Conway       The Filipe Luis Show!   351  104   455
12  07    1024 Mike Maguire     About time I won this   342  108   450
13  14    1079 Sam David        First Impulse           323  124   447
14  11    1173 Jon Harrington   Dude's Dodgy Plates     329  114   443
15  12    1227 Mike Rice        workies gamba sinistra  327  113   440
16  16    1240 Mark Pearson     Barry Derecha           310  130   440

17  18    1362 Des Conway       In Godin We Trust!      307  127   434
18  19    1460 Sam David        Second Thoughts         296  134   430
19  20    1893 Bill Wilkins     Koke Fuchs you up       295  117   412
20  10    2554 Andrew Stevens   The Wednesday effort    329 61     390
21  21    2804 Bill Wilkins     Super Furry Pants       249  133   382
22  22    4631 Andrew Stevens   The Tuesday Effort     233   107   340

              Whole SL average                           324  128  452
              SL top-5 average                           360  499
                   League rank  of 13                      4    5
                Overall leader  of 11,940**              439  619

* Reminder of prize split
Entry fund = 11x£22 = £242.
Prizes (£) = 1st 125; 2nd 75; 3rd 42.
In line with TFF, no one can earn more than one award.

** In overall contest, Daniel White (Madchester) holds top three places: 619, 594, 594.

[SamD]

Two-Footed Challenge prize league

Doogal and SamD collect 141 points over the quarter-finals, 11 more than kingcurtley.

As a result, Doogal, with 631, overtakes Darkish, 622, in the super league.
Third prize spot is still held by frattonender, on 617 and nine ahead of kingcurtley.
First ten teams are separated by 62 points, ten fewer than after last-16 stage.

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Now R16 Overall                                        Group R16   QF   Tot
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - -  
01  04     109 Mike Maguire     Not expecting to win     341 149   141  631
02  02     142 Carl Weeks       Anna common as muck      383 143   96   622
03  03     169 James Page       frattonender            359  151  107   617
04  07     236 Mark Pearson     Kevin Izquierda         343  135   130  608
05  01     300 Carl Weeks       Anna has a nice pair     359  171  70   600

06  10     443 James Page       aladdin                 331  127  129   587
07  05     493 Jon Harrington   Dude's 60Point96 CM     367  118   98   583
08  12     576 Mike Maguire     About time I won this   342  108  126   576
09  18     645 Sam David        Second Thoughts         296  134   141  571
10  11     681 Des Conway       The Filipe Luis Show!   351  104  114   569

11  08     702 Mike Rice        workies gamba destra    324  140  103   567
12  06     774 Paul McGeoghan   George and Niamh        318   164  81   563
13  17     864 Des Conway       In Godin We Trust!      307  127  124   558
14  16     880 Mark Pearson     Barry Derecha           310  130  117   557
15  13     954 Sam David        First Impulse          323   124  105   552

16  14     983 Jon Harrington   Dude's Dodgy Plates     329  114  108   551
17  09     985 Paul McGeoghan   George                  308   155  88   551
18  19    1218 Bill Wilkins     Koke Fuchs you up       295  117  125   537
19  15    1325 Mike Rice        workies gamba sinistra  327  113   92   532
20  21    1794 Bill Wilkins     Super Furry Pants       249  133  127   509
21  20    3389 Andrew Stevens   The Wednesday effort    329 61   50     440
22  22    4723 Andrew Stevens   The Tuesday Effort      233  107   63   403

              Whole SL average                          324  128  106   558
              SL top-5 average                          360  499  612
                   League rank  of 13                     4    5    2
                Overall leader  of 11,940               439  619  732

Overall Teams

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          1   Daniel White      Madchester 1             732
          2   Andy Holder       Safe Standing            723
          3   Daniel White      Madchester 3             710
          4   John Scott        juve 12                  703
          5   Wayne Brignull    Justice League E         702

League of Super Leagues

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          1   Mr Stevens        Fiso Champions leagu     640
          2   Mr David          Two-Footed Challenge     612
          3   Mr Stringer       FFooty UK Champio        607
          4   Mr D'Arcy         Abbeyfeale and Drogh     605
          5   Mr Varney         Neymar or Mbappe 2019    604
              Other Fiso-run SLs in top ten
          7   Mr Weeks          FantasyFootballHub       600
         10   Mr Kellard        RICKS Footy Challeng     573

Semi-Finals, all 20:00 BST
Tues 30 April - Tottenham v Ajax
Wed 1 May - Barcelona v Liverpool

Tues 7 May - Liverpool v Barcelona
Wed 8 May - Ajax v Tottenham

[Rick]

really struggling with my team now 3 real players out , 3 psg out , 1 roma out

Looking at last night's scores looks like quite a few in that boat now. I know A lot of mine are down to 8 or 9 players (or will have when I use final transfers tonight). My two knockout ties are 4-0 in my favour and 6-6 so a lot of it about. Those are the only two teams where I have transfer left now .

[SamD]

2018-19 Two-Footed Challenge

After semi-finals, 8 May
Three 'definite articles' post 80s: thedudeabides (twice) and thebillfella.
Chairman SamD is just ahead with 94 for the round.

Doogal, 695, sees SL lead cut by new challenger, frattonender, to just a point.
Final prize spot is now held by kingcurtley, 684, with four others within 20.
First ten are split by 64 points, two more than after QFs.

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SF  QF  Overall                                        Group R16   QF  SF   Tot
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
01  01      91 Mike Maguire     Not expecting to win    341  149   141 64   695
02  03      93 James Page       frattonender             359 151  107  77   694
03  04     138 Mark Pearson     Kevin Izquierda         343  135   130 76   684
04  02     176 Carl Weeks       Anna common as muck      383 143   96  53   675
05  07     196 Jon Harrington   Dude's 60Point96 CM      367 118   98   88  671

06  06     225 James Page       aladdin                 331  127  129  78   665
07  09     226 Sam David        Second Thoughts         296  134   141  94  665
08  08     426 Mike Maguire     About time I won this   342  108  126  67   643
09  13     510 Des Conway       In Godin We Trust!      307  127  124  78   636
10  16     576 Jon Harrington   Dude's Dodgy Plates     329  114  108  80   631

11  11     611 Mike Rice        workies gamba destra    324  140  103  61   628
12  10     661 Des Conway       The Filipe Luis Show!   351  104  114  56   625
13  15     739 Sam David        First Impulse           323  124  105  67   619
14  05     810 Carl Weeks       Anna has a nice pair     359  171  70 14    614
15  14     876 Mark Pearson     Barry Derecha           310  130  117  53   610
16  18   1,013 Bill Wilkins     Koke Fuchs you up       295  117  125  64   601

17  17   1,053 Paul McGeoghan   George                  308   155  88  48   599
18  12   1,054 Paul McGeoghan   George and Niamh        318   164  81  35   598
19  19   1,145 Mike Rice        workies gamba sinistra  327  113   92  61   593
20  20   1,159 Bill Wilkins     Super Furry Pants       249  133  127   84  593
21  21   4,225 Andrew Stevens   The Wednesday effort    329 61   50    15   455
22  22   5,097 Andrew Stevens   The Tuesday Effort     233   107   63  26   429

              Whole SL average                          324  128  106  61   619
              SL top-5 average                          360  499  612 683
                   League rank  of 13                     4    5    2   2
                Overall leader  of 12,000               439  619  732 808

Overall Top Five

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          1   Daniel White      Madchester 1             808
          2   Andy Holder       Safe Standing            789
          3   Sandor Kovacs     bar                      784
          4   Wayne Brignull    Justice League E         783
          5   John Scott        juve 12                  778

League of Leagues

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          1   Mr Stevens        Fiso Champions leagu     697
          2   Mr David          Two-Footed Challenge     683
          3   Mr D'Arcy         Abbeyfeale and Drogh     668
          4   Mr Varney         Neymar or Mbappe 2019    667
          5   Mr Stringer       FFooty UK Champio        665
                Other Fiso-run SLs
          6   Mr Weeks          FantasyFootballHub       662
         10   Mr Kellard        RICKS Footy Challeng     631

Prize split
Entry fund = 11x£22 = £242.
Prizes (£) = 1st 125; 2nd 75; 3rd 42.
In line with TFF, no one can receive more than one award

With a match to go, our SL remains second in league of leagues.
If this is unchanged, top five managers will share £100 prize from Telegraph.

CL Final: Liverpool vs Tottenham in Madrid at 20:00 BST, Sat 1 June.

[SamD]

CL Final, 1 June: Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham

Both thedudeabides and frattonender post 30s in the last round.
As a result, latter, with 724 points, passes Doogal to take the title.
And kingcurtley hangs on to the remaining prize place.

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F   SF  Overall      Two-Footed Challenge SL          Group R16   QF  SF  Fin  Tot
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
01  02      58 James Page       frattonender            359 151  107  77   30  724
02  01     131 Mike Maguire     Not expecting to win   341  149   141 64  5    700
03  03     141 Mark Pearson     Kevin Izquierda        343  135   130 76  14   698
04  05     169 Jon Harrington   Dude's 60Point96 CM     367 118  98    88  21  692
05  07     240 Sam David        Second Thoughts        296  134   141  94 15   680

06  04     275 Carl Weeks       Anna common as muck     383 143  96   53 0     675
07  06     315 James Page       aladdin                331  127  129  78  6    671
08  10     346 Jon Harrington   Dude's Dodgy Plates    329  114  108  80   36  667
09  08     460 Mike Maguire     About time I won this  342  108  126  67  13   656
10  09     515 Des Conway       In Godin We Trust!     307  127  124  78  16   652

11  12     687 Des Conway       The Filipe Luis Show!  351  104  114  56  14   639
12  11     709 Mike Rice        workies gamba destra   324  140  103  61  9    637
13  13     873 Sam David        First Impulse          323  124  105  67  8    627
14  15     973 Mark Pearson     Barry Derecha          310  130  117  53  12   622
15  17   1,014 Paul McGeoghan   George                 308   155 88   48   21  620

16  14   1,087 Carl Weeks       Anna has a nice pair    359  171 70  14  0     614
17  18   1,111 Paul McGeoghan   George and Niamh       318   164 81   35  14   612
18  16   1,261 Bill Wilkins     Koke Fuchs you up      295  117  125  64  2    603
19  19   1,321 Mike Rice        workies gamba sinistra 327  113  92   61  7    600
20  20   1,423 Bill Wilkins     Super Furry Pants      249  133  127   84 2    595
21  21   4,667 Andrew Stevens   The Wednesday effort   329 61   50    15  2    457
22  22   5,603 Andrew Stevens   The Tuesday Effort    233   107  63   26 0     429

              Whole SL average                         324  128  106  61  11   630
              SL top-5 average                         360  499  612 683 698
                   League rank  of 13                   4    5    2   2   2
                Overall leader  of 12,000              439  619  732 808 818

Overall top five

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          1   Daniel White      Madchester 1             818
          2   Brian Lawrence    tango in barcelona       817
          3   Andy Holder       Safe Standing            800
          4   Wayne Brignull    JUSTICE LEAGUE E         797
          5   Andrew Sharples   Kayswell Kings           796

League of Leagues

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          1   Mr Stevens        Fiso Champions League  706.2
          2   Mr David          Two-Footed Challenge   698.8
          3   Mr Weeks          FantasyFootballHub     684.4
          4   Mr D'Arcy         Abbeyfeale and Drogh   681.2
          5   Mr Varney         Neymar or Mbappe 2019  677.4
          6   Mr Stringer       FFooty UK Champion     673.2
          7   Mr Robinson       Betfred League         668.8
          8   Mr Kellard        RICKS Footy Challenge  651.8

Prize split
Entry fund = 11x£22 = £242.
Prizes (£) = 1st 125; 2nd 75; 3rd 42.

Two-Footed Challenge also finishes second in league of leagues, winning £100.
When Telegraph sends this, £20 will be distributed to each of the top five managers:
frattonender, Doogal, kingcurtley, thedudeabides, SamD.

Winners are asked to forward bank details by PM to receive prizes.
Thank you for playing.

[Rick]

Congrats to Madchester on holding on by one point in the end. I bet you were praying for a Spurs goal.

[robot]

Well done all the winners.

I've also set up a fiso league:

8171079

5777

If We win the league of leagues £50 each to the top 5 individual players, and please be aware of the fiso disclaimer regarding super leagues.
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=116472

Forgotten I'd done this!

If bank details could be pm'd please I'll pay out once tff pay me.

1Mixed BagMichael Haines 13 719 51 66
2JILOCASINDave Green 7 714 42 82
3LINDWORMDave Green 2 707 46 100
4GLAURUNGDave Green 2 707 45 101
5Ricks Raiders 2pRichard Kellard 11 704 46 111
6RR13 aRichard Kellard 47 703 48 115
7Ricks Raiders 5pRichard Kellard 11 700 47 129
8Not expecting to winMike Maguire 5 700 37 131
9Ricks Rovers aRichard Kellard 4 696 49 147

[MADCHESTER UTD]

Congrats to Madchester on holding on by one point in the end. I bet you were praying for a Spurs goal.

Thanks Rick yeah I was expecting Spurs to score but knew if they didn’t there could be a Liverpool block lurking which was a worry. Moura not starting was a bit of a blow too, especially as only had Salah, Mane, Lucas Moura left to play but it all worked out in the end

If anyone’s interested, I’ll give a break down on my winning team from memory and having a quick look at my transfer history, starting xi, thought processes etc.

I started with a 532 (I gather a popular formation for telegraph players) with a full juve block plus kimmich at the back, depay bale Marlos in midfield, Messi lewandowski up front. For the group stage 10 of the 12 transfers were strikers out for strikers daisy chaining. Plus I did bale to salah and kimmich to pablo alcacer (which didn’t work out well but he was prolific for Dortmund at the time). Ronaldo was a let down in groups with his red card vs Valencia (though most would’ve had him) and Huntelaar also blanked for me but in general the transfers were a success with the likes of dzeko aguero greizmann Neymar Messi lewandowski etc scoring well (though I was annoyed to miss out on Jesus hatty vs shaktar)

Juve’s clean sheets, my midfield scoring well and kimmich scoring well combined with the strikers goals meant I was leading after groups with 439 points

The transfer amnesty was crucial; was originally tempted to just go for broke on City block as they were favourites but was reluctant in the end as I thought if city say drew Barca in QF’s and got knocked out, I could be 7 or 8 players down with limited transfers. Also at the time we only knew last 16 draw and not QF onwards so I wanted to hold back trannys until I could plan properly once I knew how the 2 sides of the draw could go. So in the end I plumped for certain starters of players from top clubs with a great chance of not only making QF’s but also going all the way (meaning I could be more frugal with transfers as the comp went on). Again 532 and I put 2.8 Jordan sancho in as a pick n stick. Was hoping he’d get at least 4 games but of course spurs knocked them out last 16. His cheap price meant budget wasn’t really a problem for getting in elite players so he stayed in right till the end despite obviously not scoring me any points after spurs games.

I think my amnesty team was something like ederson Laporte pique alba Ramos lenglet, sancho sane sterling, Messi mbappe I remember not having salah mane or any Bayern players as tie seemed a 50/50 so didn’t want to burn trannys early plus I wasn’t expecting big points from there last 16 games even if they went through. Ronaldo came up trumps with his hatty vs atletico. Ramos suspension was a bigger but in general I got decent last 16 points.

Think my QF team at one point was ederson Laporte pique alba lenglet, salah mane sane sterling sancho Messi so briefly went 451. By now we knew the draw and I was happy that Barca n City were on different sides of draw and I thought the 4 city n 4 Barca players I had would last all the way to the final. Obviously it didn’t work out that way but at least they had at least the 2 QF games. Barca getting 2 cleans vs Utd was a bonus though I was aware that high up full Barca blocks with ter stegan n semedo were a threat. Especially after Barca 3 Liverpool 0 game. City going out to spurs was a kick in the teeth though I knew I still had a decent amount of transfers to ride through it (plus i knew that others on leaderboard would have City too). Ended up going ederson to ter stegen (to try and nullify the rising Barca blocks, only semedo I didn’t have) sterling to tadic, Laporte to David neres 352, sane to Lucas moura.

Was annoyed when tadic passed to neres and he hit the post at Wembley as I knew neres wouldn’t have been a popular pick and missed out on KC. Then was peed off neres got injured in warm up 2nd leg vs spurs. Pressure was on now especially with some teams in leaderboard getting too close for comfort and went down to 2nd after Liverpool 4 Barca 0. Basically Lucas moura hatty vs Ajax was the deciding factor in me winning and it gave me the 19 point cushion I needed for the final. And I needed every last point of it

I had a decent plan but as always I needed a fair amount of luck along the way

[Rick]

Well done all the winners.

I've also set up a fiso league:

8171079

5777

If We win the league of leagues £50 each to the top 5 individual players, and please be aware of the fiso disclaimer regarding super leagues.
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=116472

Forgotten I'd done this!

If bank details could be pm'd please I'll pay out once tff pay me.

1Mixed BagMichael Haines 13 719 51 66
2JILOCASINDave Green 7 714 42 82
3LINDWORMDave Green 2 707 46 100
4GLAURUNGDave Green 2 707 45 101
5Ricks Raiders 2pRichard Kellard 11 704 46 111
6RR13 aRichard Kellard 47 703 48 115
7Ricks Raiders 5pRichard Kellard 11 700 47 129
8Not expecting to winMike Maguire 5 700 37 131
9Ricks Rovers aRichard Kellard 4 696 49 147

I think this is the 5th manager.
13 Walkley 3 Christopher Beard 7 694 46 157

cheers Robot, will pm you.

[Doogal]

Thanks robot - have pm'd.

[kingcurtley]

Payment received. Thanks SamD

[robot]

I have receiced pm's from all 5 winners from the fiso league.
Also got the standard might have to wait 28 days e mail from tff today, but hopefully it will be quicker than that.

[Doogal]

Thanks, robot. And other prize received from Sam - thanks.

[frattonender]

Thanks prize received. Thank you

[SamD]

. . . frattonender, with 724 points, passes Doogal to take the title.
And kingcurtley hangs on to the remaining prize place.

Prizes of £125, £75 and £42 transferred to above trio (Two-Footed Challenge SL entry fund was 11x£22 = £242).

League of Leagues

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          1   Mr Stevens    Fiso Champions League  706     £250
          2   Mr David      Two-Footed Challenge   698     £100
          3   Mr Weeks      FantasyFootballHub     684     £50

Email received from Ian on behalf of Telegraph this week:
Your cheque of £100 for your win in the Telegraph Champions League game will be sent out to the postal address that is registered on your game record within the next 28 working days.
Once the cheque is drawn up and signed off by the manager of the accounts department and the CEO, they will be brought through to send out by 1st class post. I will email you again when I’ve sent the cheque out.

When cash arrives (end-June?), I'll forward £20 to each of the top five managers in 2FC SL:
frattonender, Doogal, kingcurtley, thedudeabides, SamD.

[SamD]

Email received from Telegraph Fantasy Games:

Your Champions League cheque has been sent out by 1st class post today to the postal address that is registered on your game record.

[robot]

Well done all the winners.

I've also set up a fiso league:

8171079

5777

If We win the league of leagues £50 each to the top 5 individual players, and please be aware of the fiso disclaimer regarding super leagues.
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=116472

Forgotten I'd done this!

If bank details could be pm'd please I'll pay out once tff pay me.

1Mixed BagMichael Haines 13 719 51 66
2JILOCASINDave Green 7 714 42 82
3LINDWORMDave Green 2 707 46 100
4GLAURUNGDave Green 2 707 45 101
5Ricks Raiders 2pRichard Kellard 11 704 46 111
6RR13 aRichard Kellard 47 703 48 115
7Ricks Raiders 5pRichard Kellard 11 700 47 129
8Not expecting to winMike Maguire 5 700 37 131
9Ricks Rovers aRichard Kellard 4 696 49 147

I think this is the 5th manager.
13 Walkley 3 Christopher Beard 7 694 46 157

cheers Robot, will pm you.

All just paid, cheque came yesterday.

[SamD]

Share of £100 award from Telegraph for finishing second in league of leagues has been transferred to Doogal and kingcurtley.
No bank details yet from the dude abides while frattonender has asked that his £20 be held back for entry to prize SL next season.

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Top five of 22 in Two-Footed Challenge
01 James Page       frattonender           724
02 Mike Maguire     Not expecting to win   700
03 Mark Pearson     Kevin Izquierda        698
04 Jon Harrington   Dude's 60Point96 CM    692
05 Sam David        Second Thoughts        680
. . .

League of Leagues

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          1   Mr Stevens        Fiso Champions League  706.2
          2   Mr David          Two-Footed Challenge   698.8
          3   Mr Weeks          FantasyFootballHub     684.4
          . . .

[Rick]

All just paid, cheque came yesterday.

Got mine, thanks Robot,