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Re: TFF2021-22

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I think TFF will come to an end soon. Its now only run out of habit. The main guy in charge no longer has much say in the day to day running anymore, and Telegraph will look at the drop in numbers this season and wonder if it's worth continuing. It may continue for 2 more seasons, but I reckon they'll drop it after that in the same way they dropped TFC.

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very sad, I startet Fantasy Football with their Newspaper game back in the 1990's

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Re: TFF2021-22

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Yeah, I first played in 1994. And then started working on it in 1998. Very sad to see the state it's in now.

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Re: TFF2021-22

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I guess printed newspapers don’t have the power and reach they once did, they were the vehicle for fantasy games in the pre-online era but that’s gradually drifted away. Is it only the Telegraph and Sun of UK national papers that still run a game at all? At one point they nearly all did, to varying degrees of success.

The Sun (along with Sky) seems to be hanging on in there but FPL has steamrollered everything else. TFF used to be one of the obvious choices for office leagues etc. but guess FPL took all the casual market.

I’ve said before though, bring back the Wednesday pun-filled update and transfer password ;)

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Just trying to imagine the FPL generation having to go into a shop and buy a physical newspaper for a transfer password.....


Then, as the interweb takes off (unlike a certain plane), putting "TFF Password" into Ask Jeeves (other search engines did exist once) and discovering the world of FISO....

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murf wrote: 21 Aug 2021, 17:12 Just trying to imagine the FPL generation having to go into a shop and buy a physical newspaper for a transfer password.....
And as for postal transfers…

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I wonder what percentage of today's 16-21 year olds have ever physically put a stamp on an envelope?

To them SAE is probably some statistical acronym or the new midfielder at Watford.

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murf wrote: 21 Aug 2021, 17:24 I wonder what percentage of today's 16-21 year olds have ever physically put a stamp on an envelope?
That has almost caused my last brain cell to self combust :shock:
murf wrote: 21 Aug 2021, 17:24 To them SAE is probably some statistical acronym or the new midfielder at Watford.
I think your mind is too innocent, they would think it was akin to Pansexual etc?

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get_on_my_cocker wrote: 21 Aug 2021, 16:16 Yeah, I first played in 1994. And then started working on it in 1998. Very sad to see the state it's in now.
1994 was my first year as well. I distinctly remember putting Dion Dublin in as he was a dirt cheap Man United striker owing to lack of starting chances but had then signed for Coventry. Sad to say it remains a high point in my decision making history.

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Dion Dublin was a great pick back then. Good times.

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Re: TFF2021-22

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Hi all - been here for aeons but (extremely) occasional poster :)
Think you are right re the slow death of TFF, but just wanted to say thanks all for the tips banter and chitchat over the years - useful and entertaining! Lets hope it limps along for a while yet...

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Shameless plug for new players for the TFF Four Full Draft game if anyone is interested - draft starting this Sunday:

viewtopic.php?f=136&t=133912

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thebillfella wrote: 03 Sep 2021, 12:26 Shameless plug for new players for the TFF Four Full Draft game if anyone is interested - draft starting this Sunday:

viewtopic.php?f=136&t=133912
Last call for anyone that wants to join us.

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Re: TFF2021-22

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Malrom wrote: 21 Aug 2021, 16:07 very sad, I startet Fantasy Football with their Newspaper game back in the 1990's
same here - our works league chair had to do the weekly updates on an Excel spreadsheet.... i still really enjoy the online version, be sad if it goes

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2021-22 Fixtures by TFF weeks
Grid covers Premier League and FA Cup ties so relates mainly to the Telegraph game.

Match totals for PL clubs in each round of Cup are estimates based on previous seasons.

Some PL games will also need to be rescheduled when they clash with
- later stages of FA Cup (Mar-May)
- League Cup Final (Feb)
- FIFA Club World Cup (Chelsea, Dec).

Code: Select all

Week  Monday  Tot   PL  FAC & Rounds
01    16-Aug   10   10
02    23-Aug   10   10
03    30-Aug   10   10
      06-Sep   Int break
04    13-Sep   10   10
05    20-Sep   10   10
06    27-Sep   10   10
07    04-Oct   10   10
      11-Oct   Int break
08    18-Oct   10   10
09    25-Oct   10   10
10    01-Nov   10   10
11    08-Nov   10   10
      15-Nov   Int break
12    22-Nov   10   10
13    29-Nov   10   10
14    06-Dec   20   20
15    13-Dec   10   10
16    20-Dec   20   20
17    27-Dec   10   10
18    03-Jan   20   20
19    10-Jan   16        16  R3
20    17-Jan   10   10
21    24-Jan   14   10    4  R3 replay
      31-Jan   PL break
22    07-Feb   12        12  R4
23    14-Feb   20   20
24    21-Feb   13   10    3  R4 replay
25    28-Feb   10   10
26    07-Mar   18   10    8  R5 midweek
27    14-Mar   10   10
28    21-Mar   14   10    4  QF
      28-Mar   Int break
29    04-Apr   10   10
30    11-Apr   10   10
31    18-Apr   12   10    2  SF
32    25-Apr   10   10
33    02-May   10   10
34    09-May   10   10
35    16-May   11   10    1  Final
36    23-May   10   10

     Totals   430  380   50
Do say if there's any query or anomaly, thanks.

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Good stuff.

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Kinda half way through the season, here's the top scorers by position. 4 GKs in the top 9 :roll:

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Re: TFF2021-22

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Only striker is Jota

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Son, Salah and Mane all actual strikers picking up midfielder tackle points here and there.

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Darbyand wrote: 05 Jan 2022, 10:06 Son, Salah and Mane all actual strikers picking up midfielder tackle points here and there.
6 for Mane, 3 for Salah. Son doesn't have any. I think bonus points for Goalkeepers and Midfielders should be capped at 2

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Premier League incomers: transfer window to date

Pos - club - TFF £m

GK Wat 2.7 Samir
GK Bre 2.5 Jonas Lossl

Def New 3.2 Kieran Trippier
Def Eve 3.1 Vitaliy Mykolenko
Def Eve 3.0 Nathan Patterson
Def Wat 2.7 Hassane Kamara
Def Wat ??? Edo Kayembe

Mid AV 4.5 Philippe Coutinho
Mid Wol 2.9 Hayao Kawabe

Feel free to update.

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Everton full back could be OK if they change their form! Coutinho a tad expensive.

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Does anyone get over excited about trying to keep players who are still in the Cup? It has never been something I have had to worry too much about before but this season I am actually doing well enough for it to matter.

Is there much potential benefit until SF time?

I am thinking the players who get cup time are probably with teams I would not be likely to touch, and the bigger teams will rest players too often until the later rounds.

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raoul wrote: 19 Jan 2022, 16:45 Does anyone get over excited about trying to keep players who are still in the Cup? It has never been something I have had to worry too much about before but this season I am actually doing well enough for it to matter.

Is there much potential benefit until SF time?

I am thinking the players who get cup time are probably with teams I would not be likely to touch, and the bigger teams will rest players too often until the later rounds.
All depends on their schedules. If a team has big midweek games either side of an FA Cup tie then there is often mass resting. Last round there was (or so it seemed to me) generally less rotation as there were less league games (even though there had been a busy xmas schedule just before). Thin squads came into it too as did rests due to covid cancellations.

Small clubs often rest players more often than you'd expect as if coming 12th was more important than a Cup run so your logic on that doesn't always follow but, yes, I'd be reluctant to get in a smaller club player if they got knocked out early.

Rearranged league games will probably be a bigger factor this year - could be quite a mess which means bonus game opportunities and smashed laptop screens when your new bloke promptly gets rested for the second bonus game.

This year Chelsea have an early cup game then 2 weeks off so you can pick a starter in the subsequent cup games to replace them if luck follows you.

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if the winter break story I have just seen is true, I doubt my question retains any current importance...

I think those holding a lot of transfers are in for a treat.

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Re: TFF2021-22

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raoul wrote: 19 Jan 2022, 16:45 Does anyone get over excited about trying to keep players who are still in the Cup? It has never been something I have had to worry too much about before but this season I am actually doing well enough for it to matter.

Is there much potential benefit until SF time?

I am thinking the players who get cup time are probably with teams I would not be likely to touch, and the bigger teams will rest players too often until the later rounds.
Nice work getting to top 20 8-)

My main team is in a mini league that has a side FA Cup knock out competition, so I always have a decent Cup contingent that grows the closer we get to the final to try and win that too and get the double :D . However this year, like last year I think, the FA Cup final is on Saturday 14th May before the end of the league season. There's s a whole weeks league games the following week the 22nd, and there will probably be some on the Sunday 15th too pending fixture announcements. So unfortunately the final is not the big grand points finale it once was, and if you stack up on just those teams they could be on the beach when points are needed for the last week of the season the following week.

I've always thought that side comp was a hindrance to overall league performance, and it may still prove to be at the very pointy end, but I'm into the top 100 now with a decent amount of transfers left, so am not going to turn my nose up at Cup games and hope by chipping away in each comp I can keep climbing the overall table.

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muldoon wrote: 19 Jan 2022, 22:54
raoul wrote: 19 Jan 2022, 16:45 Does anyone get over excited about trying to keep players who are still in the Cup? It has never been something I have had to worry too much about before but this season I am actually doing well enough for it to matter.

Is there much potential benefit until SF time?

I am thinking the players who get cup time are probably with teams I would not be likely to touch, and the bigger teams will rest players too often until the later rounds.
Nice work getting to top 20 8-)

My main team is in a mini league that has a side FA Cup knock out competition, so I always have a decent Cup contingent that grows the closer we get to the final to try and win that too and get the double :D . However this year, like last year I think, the FA Cup final is on Saturday 14th May before the end of the league season. There's s a whole weeks league games the following week the 22nd, and there will probably be some on the Sunday 15th too pending fixture announcements. So unfortunately the final is not the big grand points finale it once was, and if you stack up on just those teams they could be on the beach when points are needed for the last week of the season the following week.

I've always thought that side comp was a hindrance to overall league performance, and it may still prove to be at the very pointy end, but I'm into the top 100 now with a decent amount of transfers left, so am not going to turn my nose up at Cup games and hope by chipping away in each comp I can keep climbing the overall table.
aha, thanks for that - had not realised Final was before the end of the PL season.

As for top 20, well if I had hit confirm on that Ronaldo to Kane transfer last night it would be even better!

But I reckon a lot of managers have held back transfers given the fixture chaos and will milk the rearranged games well enough to come steaming past - including you.

Let's see!

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Only just spotted this... might be of interest to people running private leagues
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Bit dumb to exclude the midweeks in the first place.

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