Eliteserien 2025

[Stormrider]

New season starting with a DGW bonanza:

https://x.com/d_thon/status/18700761550 ... bk1m84IxiQ

[Oxford NZ]

DGW bonanza indeed and only 3 months to get my squad sorted.
See you back here for the pre season and good luck

[Stormrider]

You let all the clubs from the 2 highest leagues vote about VAR - and when they don‘t vote in your interest, you just decide against their will.

Not sure, we need to spend to much time on building the team for GW 1 and 2. Think, there could be a lot of fish cakes around among the supporters

[Bølla pinnsvin]

Well, the football organization is not only for the teams in the top league. They have their own opinon and in the end it's in the hand of all the clubs in Norway. I find it odd that the future of VAR is supposed to be decided by a few hardcore supporters to the top clubs in Norway. Those who protest and probably will make fuzz at the start of next season. The hole situation is strange and is something to note for other countries as well. I favor football clubs that are organizations, not corporations, where members decide in the end. The VAR debate puts my stand to a real test. Those who are very vocal are the ones against and they meet at the club voting. The majority of those who follow football does unfortunately not engage. I suspect that this silent majority is in favor of justice and less mistakes, but not enough to really engage. Of course, those against VAR will argue against my view. A lot of money has been invested into VAR. It's not flawless by any mean, but it does prevent the most obvious mistakes. Football matches should not be decided by mistakes.

[TheBigLewandowski]

When does the new season start?

[Stormrider]

When does the new season start?

March 29 with Godset vs Rosenborg (and then later that day Fredrikstad vs Brann)

[Stormrider]

Season 2025 now live

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[Bølla pinnsvin]

I have a team, same name (Heimebanesår).
Question is: do we plan for an early "spissrush" (attack)? If so we may need well qualified strikers with an upcoming DGW from the very start. I have got rid of the "spissrush" early every season. It has never paid off.
Another question: do we go with B/G players even if they have no DGW?
Looking at the fixtures I think it's very tempting to go with 3xViking and 3xBrann. But B/G is the best team and they play the promoted Bryne in their first game. I suspect that Bryne will be relegated this season and B/G may run over them. Høgh and Haug are indeed tempting but they eat a lot of budget. Bjørkan, Høgh and Berg are among the most popular picks so far.
Fredrikstad did very well last season but has lost key players. Not sure what to do there yet.

I welcome that we can save five FT, as we do in FPL. But do I have the patience?

[Stormrider]

I have a team, same name (Heimebanesår).
Question is: do we plan for an early "spissrush" (attack)? If so we may need well qualified strikers with an upcoming DGW from the very start. I have got rid of the "spissrush" early every season. It has never paid off.
Another question: do we go with B/G players even if they have no DGW?
Looking at the fixtures I think it's very tempting to go with 3xViking and 3xBrann. But B/G is the best team and they play the promoted Bryne in their first game. I suspect that Bryne will be relegated this season and B/G may run over them. Høgh and Haug are indeed tempting but they eat a lot of budget. Bjørkan, Høgh and Berg are among the most popular picks so far.
Fredrikstad did very well last season but has lost key players. Not sure what to do there yet.

I welcome that we can save five FT, as we do in FPL. But do I have the patience?

Welcome back Bolla . Hope, you had a good winter and could enjoy skiing?

My first thoughts:

- Saving 5 transfers - I was able to do that at the beginning of the FPL season and it definitely is a great addition. We are struggling every season around GW13-15 to GW20ish as half of our team is transferred out with the players leaving to other leagues - this should be be much better to play through for the managers who were patient and saved up some transfers. That could give a certain rank boost during this "mid season" or however we want to call that period.
- I am currently starting with 2 Glimt players (current team posted below), exactly due to the reasons you mention - they are the best team and I don't want to go without a portion of Glimt. Hogh seems in good goalscoring form and is taking the pens currently (at least that's what I understand), Bjorkan is Bjorkan. But of course things can still change
Spissrush in GW2 - that was my first idea as well. Depends a bit, how fit D'Agostino is, I think. Plus, opportunity cost of not going 2 Captains with Tripic and Castro.
-Frederikstad: I will go with max. 1, which then is SSM

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[Bølla pinnsvin]

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I'll go with 3xViking and 3xBrann from the start due to the DGWs. This leaves an opening to those who dare to be different and collect B/G and other teams with good fixtures but no DGW. Last season proved to be bad for those who were chasing DGWs. That included myself. You do have Tripic and Castro, they are the two key players from the start, as I see it. Spending the 2K chip in DGW2 is definitely an option.

"Spissrush" is not a great chip. Value in Eliteserien Fantasy has rarely been found among the forwards. That's why it's tempting to me to get rid of that chip early and then transform the team into cheap forwards afterwards. I may change the team and rather go with the 2K as mentioned above, but then I'm stuck with Spissrush for later..

[maxi123]

Hello dear Bølla and Stormrider. I made the team for the wonderful upcoming season. I just included Tripic and Svendson, also Castro.
Happy with 19k managers already in. Are these new chips? Sounds quite interesting! I'm happy with Rich Uncle chip and A/A.
Lykke til, Maxi!

[Oxford NZ]

Hello dear Bølla and Stormrider. I made the team for the wonderful upcoming season. I just included Tripic and Svendson, also Castro.
Happy with 19k managers already in. Are these new chips? Sounds quite interesting! I'm happy with Rich Uncle chip and A/A.
Lykke til, Maxi!

Not new chips Maxi they have been around for a while.
As above, Castro and Tripic are essential, but keep an eye on playing time for Svendsen in the pre season games. He is in my first draft but too early for me to be set on a starting squad.
I was happier with the balance of my squad with Heggebø over Castro, and may well revert to that.
I always seem to be dealing with FPL WC2 (gw31) and Eliteserien starting at the same time.
Good luck guys.

[Bølla pinnsvin]

A word of caution regarding B/G. They are still playing European football and are set to play against Lazio around the same time as Eliteserien starts. Maybe that counts for nothing, but maybe it adds rotation for the B/G players. I'm very undecided what to do with B/G. Høgh could be good for a Spissrush but what if he only plays a few minutes in GW2? B/G players are expensive as well (for a good reason). I note that Bjørkan, Høgh and Berg are all among the most popular picks so far.

Molde is another team with excellent players who causes headache in Fantasy. They are out of Europe and the two first games look ok. But it's a long wait for DGW8. None of their players are currently owned by more than 20%.

[maxi123]

I redid the team due to Castro was flagged. So, I changed him with Wolff Eikrem. How could you replace Castro or keep him despite the Ankel - 75 % sjanse for å spille?

[Bølla pinnsvin]

I redid the team due to Castro was flagged. So, I changed him with Wolff Eikrem. How could you replace Castro or keep him despite the Ankel - 75 % sjanse for å spille?

Maybe Felix Horn Myhre so you still get a bite of the Brann midfield?
Hopefully there is more info about Castro ahead of the first GW. And btw, it's DGW2 that really matters for Castro. At least if you plan to have him as a captain (or part of a 2K pair).

[maxi123]

I redid the team due to Castro was flagged. So, I changed him with Wolff Eikrem. How could you replace Castro or keep him despite the Ankel - 75 % sjanse for å spille?

Maybe Felix Horn Myhre so you still get a bite of the Brann midfield?
Hopefully there is more info about Castro ahead of the first GW. And btw, it's DGW2 that really matters for Castro. At least if you plan to have him as a captain (or part of a 2K pair).

We should research about this player FHM.

[Bølla pinnsvin]

I take it that you have noticed the injury to D'Agostino (Viking). A pity. He was in my team with the "Attack" in DGW2 in mind. That plan is scrapped. It's possible that I'll still play the "attack" just to get it out of the way, but it's more probable that I end up playing 2K in DGW2. "Attack" can be played in DGW5, but the tricky part is the Rosenborg forward. Maybe best to ignore that chip for now.

I'd like to find a team where I can save FTs over the next weeks so I can make the changes needed ahead of DGW5.

[MTPockets]

Thanks for kicking off the chat and league again.

Still not settled on final 15 but will be doubles-focused with probably just 1x bg and 3x bra, 3x vik, 3x vif, sif, 2x kbk
(not so convinced on kbk but always a sucker for dgws)

Originally planned spissrush GW2 but increasingly doubtful too with vik uncertaintly, although will likely still have 3 fwds that double.

Guess these may already have been posted, but some helpful sites:
Pre season - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... id=0#gid=0
Ticker - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =895340432
Player exp pts stuff - https://managerbotten.dk/player-picks

Good luck all.

[Stormrider]

Good luck allit’s time, Eliteserien started again

[Oxford NZ]

I managed to miss the deadline, so off to a great start.
Clean sheet for Fisher was an unexpected bonus.

[Bølla pinnsvin]

Brann got trashed by Fredrikstad. That was not according to the plan. I just hope Soltvedt doesn't get the blame so he still can be part of the DGW2.

I was a bit lucky with the CS for Pereira. He was taken off before the goal for Strømsgodset.

I realise that Tripic is my captain. That was not my intention. I had decided to give the task to Evjen but must have forgotten to save. It doesn't really matter, it was 50/50 between those two.

At one point I had three from Stømsgodset in my team, but woke up from the DGW-fever and removed most. But I still have two from Kristiansund purely due to the DGW2. That DGW can end up as a big disappointment. At least I will not suffer alone.

I plan to do nothing ahead of DGW2 in terms of transfers and play the 2xC.

[Oxford NZ]

Good luck with the 2xC Bølla pinnsvin , I am still contemplating the attack attack, with one transfer when I see who is likely to play.

[Bølla pinnsvin]

First GW over. An average score for my team.
Teams expected to fight for top positions (Molde, Brann and Viking) didn't impress much and most fantasy picks from those teams were of little help.
Early days so I'm not drawing conclusions from this GW and will move ahead with my plans for the upcoming DGW.
Good luck all!

[Stormrider]

First GW over. An average score for my team.
Teams expected to fight for top positions (Molde, Brann and Viking) didn't impress much and most fantasy picks from those teams were of little help.
Early days so I'm not drawing conclusions from this GW and will move ahead with my plans for the upcoming DGW.
Good luck all!

Think, I am moving towards Attack Attack this week.

[maxi123]

First GW over. An average score for my team.
Teams expected to fight for top positions (Molde, Brann and Viking) didn't impress much and most fantasy picks from those teams were of little help.
Early days so I'm not drawing conclusions from this GW and will move ahead with my plans for the upcoming DGW.
Good luck all!

Think, I am moving towards Attack Attack this week.

Same, A/A in use. A lot of photographers here from Austria.
Besten Dank, Maxi!

[Bølla pinnsvin]

Photograhers Maxi? They have come for you? At last.

Those who spent 2xK or A/A can both be satisfied after this weekend. My Castro and Tripic did what they were supposed to do and they have one more match to do more of that.
However, it's obvious that most players use the same strategy and my score of 89 will impress no one. I'm no better than 9k in the game so far.
I'll stay true to my chosen strategy. This implies no transfers until runde 5.

Most of my players are away in runde 3 and it's a bit tricky to pick a decent captain. Molde has been shit so far ut I don't trust this enough to captain B/G away to Molde. There should be quality in the Molde team. They are very good at hiding this so fair chance to those who expect B/G to run over Molde.

[Bølla pinnsvin]

On a different page: B/G beat Lazio 2-0. It could have been, and should have been, much more. Eliteserien is delivering on a higher level. B/G will have to go to Rome as well and avoid a big loss, but right now I'll say they have more than 50% chance to reach the semi. Not bad at all.

[Bølla pinnsvin]

136 points, no complaints from me. 2xK was not a bad idea at all.
But I see that a lot of players have done more or less the same. 136 points don't bring me extremely high on the weekly ranking (1858) so many have good scores.

Tripic walked of injured. Hopefully not too bad.

[Stormrider]

The main one tonight is - Go Glimtwould be a great one for Norway and the Eliteserien

[MTPockets]

BG's games in GW 5 & 6 moved to GW 13 & 15
https://www.fotball.no/turneringer/elit ... pa-league/