A Tale of 14 seasons

[buttonphobic]

Think I made the same Son to Rashford move. Pretty sure I then swapped the injured Rashford for Antonio who lasted 20 minutes

[happyhoppy]

Week 32

Still hanging in there in 3 super leagues but unlikely to hold on.

The 5 teams:-
19-1753
42-1716
36-1675
29-1659
36-1631

Meslier 2.1

Dias 3.8
James 3.0
Cresswell 3.0

KDB 6.5
Bruno 6.2
Son 6.0
Maddison 4.9
Jota 4.1

Vardy 6.9
Iheanacho 3.4

Total 49.9
Transfers Left 0
Week Points 29
Total Points 1659
Nat Position 911
SL Pos 5/83
SL Deficit 43 off 2nd

Other Team

Ederson 4.4, Cancelo 3.7, Dias 3.8, James 3.0, Targett 2.6
Salah 6.8, Bruno 6.2, Son 6.0, Lingard 3.2
Vardy 6.9 Iheanacho 3.4
Total £50.0
Points 1716
SL Lead 14
Position 219th

[happyhoppy]

Week 33

Ditto last week
Still hanging in there in 3 super leagues but unlikely to hold on.

The 5 teams:-
38-1791
36-1752
36-1711
36-1695
37-1668


Meslier 2.1

Dias 3.8
James 3.0
Cresswell 3.0

KDB 6.5
Bruno 6.2
Son 6.0
Maddison 4.9
Jota 4.1

Vardy 6.9
Iheanacho 3.4

Total 49.9
Transfers Left 0
Week Points 36
Total Points 1695
Nat Position 890
SL Pos 5/83
SL Deficit 42 off 2nd

Other Team

Ederson 4.4, Cancelo 3.7, Dias 3.8, James 3.0, Targett 2.6
Salah 6.8, Bruno 6.2, Son 6.0, Lingard 3.2
Vardy 6.9 Iheanacho 3.4
Total £50.0
Points 1752
SL Lead 15
Position 217th

[happyhoppy]

Week 34

As I thought my chances in 3 SLs slipping away due to lack of transfers and having "yesterday's team" syndrome. Still ahead in my main works Sl by 25 points but not confident I will be top at the end.

Final match up is:-

Ederson v Fabianski
Cancelo - Castagne
Targett v Robertson
Vardy v Havertz
Son v Kane

I'm losing aren't I....

The 5 teams:-
50-1841
52-1804
43-1754
40-1735
45-1713

Meslier 2.1

Dias 3.8
James 3.0
Cresswell 3.0

KDB 6.5
Bruno 6.2
Son 6.0
Maddison 4.9
Jota 4.1

Vardy 6.9
Iheanacho 3.4

Total 49.9
Transfers Left 0
Week Points 40
Total Points 1735
Nat Position 1263
SL Pos 5/83
SL Deficit 44 off 2nd

Other Team

Ederson 4.4, Cancelo 3.7, Dias 3.8, James 3.0, Targett 2.6
Salah 6.8, Bruno 6.2, Son 6.0, Lingard 3.2
Vardy 6.9 Iheanacho 3.4
Total £50.0
Points 1804
SL Lead 25
Position 265th

[garyp1155]

Hi mate
Any chance of some advice
Have
Messier
Rudiger Phillips castigne
Salah son Bruno greenwood
Kane dcl ihneacho
Have 1 sub left.
Any ideas?

[happyhoppy]

Hi mate
Any chance of some advice
Have
Messier
Rudiger Phillips castigne
Salah son Bruno greenwood
Kane dcl ihneacho
Have 1 sub left.
Any ideas?

LFC looks way to go.
Bruno to TAA? Iheanacho alternative perhaps to Williams, Mane or Firmino another possibility.

[garyp1155]

Would you do that tonight , or wait till Sunday to see the lineups?

[garyp1155]

Only 300k spare so mane a no go

[happyhoppy]

Extra game tonight.

[happyhoppy]

Get the eff in I won my SL by 7 points what an incredible finale today. I needed those bonus points from Ederson, Targett and Son. And finally thank you Vardy

[Buster]

Nice One! Well done Hoppy - I've enjoyed following this thread again

[happyhoppy]

Nice One! Well done Hoppy - I've enjoyed following this thread again

Cheers Buster!

[happyhoppy]

Final Week

Absolutely buzzing to win this SL again it's been a while, won it in 18/19 with Mrs HH, had two 2nds in 13/14 and 14/15 but MY last win was in 11/12 TOO LONG! What a scarey, tense finale that was, thought I'd blown it on so many occasions but Vardy came to my rescue and I won it by 7 points thought Kane was going to be my undoing!

In other SLs, came 70th in my best team overall so nice to finish in the top 100 again, been a while. Came 6th in the 25s (-32) and 10th in the Tenners (-82) and runner up in the Egg (-12)

So overall not a bad year but much room for improvement.

The 5 teams:-
83-1924
72-1876
67-1821
69-1804
64-1777

Meslier 2.1

Dias 3.8
James 3.0
Cresswell 3.0

KDB 6.5
Bruno 6.2
Son 6.0
Maddison 4.9
Jota 4.1

Vardy 6.9
Iheanacho 3.4

Total 49.9
Transfers Left 0
Week Points 69
Total Points 1804
Nat Position 1452
SL Pos 6/83
SL Deficit 65 off 2nd

Other Team

Ederson 4.4, Cancelo 3.7, Dias 3.8, James 3.0, Targett 2.6
Salah 6.8, Bruno 6.2, Son 6.0, Lingard 3.2
Vardy 6.9 Iheanacho 3.4
Total £50.0
Points 1876
SL WIN by 7
Position 285th

[happyhoppy]

Asked TFF if they were running again next season and if it was going to be free again. This was their reply.

Hi Paul - yes but no, we won’t be charging for entries due to gambling regulations

[happyhoppy]

Welcome to a Tale of the 13th season of TFF where I'll be recording my title defence along with updates on my other 4 teams.

Thoughts on this early draft:-

Fabianski

Coufal
Targett
White

Salah
Bruno
H Barnes - assume now back fully fit from injury
Soucek

Watkins
Bamford
Iheanacho (Had Toney originally plus cash) - is Kelechi a certain starter for this season?

[Darbyand]

West Ham have signed Areola who did well at Fulham last season, so Fabianski is at best doubtful to be a regular starter.

I think there's better value in the 4.5-6m bracket elsewhere than Tiny 14 strikers, and we'll see a lot more 541s and 451s than 343s but who knows, your instincts are usually pretty good.

[happyhoppy]

My other team will probably go along those lines but it's not very exciting starting with more defenders sort of sets the tone with that type of mindset!

Martinez

Shaw
James
Coufal
White

Salah
Bruno
Mount
JWP
Soucek

Bamford

[Definitely_useless]

Can I get your thoughts on my team. Be grateful for your comments as its clear you both know how to play this game far better than me!

Henderson (probable starter I think, if so 3.6m could be solid for the season)

White
Coufal
Stones

Salah
Bruno
JWP
Gilmour (not totally convinced but an enabler at 2.5m)

Toney
Watkins
Bamford

700k left, thinking swap Gilmour for either another mid enabler that hits form or one of a few defenders at 3.2m and less from Villa, Leicester, WHU etc.

[Darbyand]

Very similar to hh's 1st team really. A goalie about who I'd be shocked if he played 30+ games when there's probably 15 who could you confidently say that about. And lots of outfield players the same. If you're setting up more than one team I'd try something different with it/them and see how your various plans play out.

[happyhoppy]

Changed to this, was surprised to see despite changing it 100x there are only 2 changes to my previous draft so this is my final draft.....

Left 0.3 to go Bruno to Kane/Lukaku in the future.


Fabianski

Coufal
Targett
White

Salah
Bruno
Iheanacho to Grealish
H Barnes
Soucek

Watkins to Antonio
Bamford

49.7

[PrinceRupert]

Grealish seems a pretty risky option at this point?

[raoul]

Changed to this, was surprised to see despite changing it 100x there are only 2 changes to my previous draft so this is my final draft.....

Left 0.3 to go Bruno to Kane/Lukaku in the future.


Fabianski

Coufal
Targett
White

Salah
Bruno
Iheanacho to Grealish
H Barnes
Soucek

Watkins to Antonio
Bamford

49.7

liking it, other than to query the GK (are we sure it is Fabs not Areola) and midfield. Given the tackling points, Tielemans over Barnes maybe (if affordable)?

[happyhoppy]

Thanks for the comments.

These are the two teams with 3 players the same being Salah, Bruno and Soucek. Team 2 has cash to go Ings (when he gets injured ) to Kane or Lukaku. I'll tidy up the formatting when we get going (that's a copy and paste from my spreadsheet).

Robert Sánchez Brighton 2.9
Vladimir Coufal West Ham 3.2
Matt Targett Aston Villa 3.1
Ben White Arsenal 2.9
Mohammed Salah Liverpool 7.0
Bruno Fernandes Man United 6.7
Jack Grealish Man City 5.0
Tomas Soucek West Ham 3.5
Patrick Bamford Leeds 5.6
Michail Antonio West Ham 4.8
Ollie Watkins Aston Villa 5.3
50.0

Emiliano Martínez Aston Villa 3.8
Luke Shaw Man United 4.2
Ryan Bertrand Leicester 3.3
Junior Firpo Leeds 2.8
Mohammed Salah Liverpool 7.0
Bruno Fernandes Man United 6.7
Tomas Soucek West Ham 3.5
Billy Gilmour Norwich 2.5
Callum Wilson Newcastle 5.0
Danny Ings Aston Villa 5.9
Ivan Toney Brentford 4.2
48.9

[happyhoppy]

Grealish seems a pretty risky option at this point?

Why he's fit and they paid £100m, surely he's going to play isn't he especially with KDB out still?

[happyhoppy]

Week 1

A decent if unspectacular start.

64 Egg Nat Pos 5149
64 Joint
60 SL 1
58 SL 2
58 Tenners

Sanchez BHA 2.9

Coufal WHU 3.2
Targett AV 3.1
White ARS 2.9

Salah LIV 7.0
Bruno MU 6.7
Grealish MC 5.0
Soucek WHU 3.5

Bamford LEE 5.6
Watkins AV 5.3
Antonio WHU 4.8

Total 50.0
Transfers Left 40

Week Points 60
Total Points 60
Nat Position 8333
SL Pos 11/77
SL Deficit 11

[happyhoppy]

So first twitch considering Watkins and Targett OUT Shaw and Cresswell IN…….

[happyhoppy]

Week 2

A poor 2nd week and very unspectacular start. But I resisted the transfers and now have plans for Lukaku in September. Having 3 no shows didn't help!

50,114 Nat Pos 8304
49,113
44,104
38,96
27,85

Sanchez BHA 2.9

Coufal WHU 3.2
Targett AV 3.1
White ARS 2.9

Salah LIV 7.0
Bruno MU 6.7
Grealish MC 5.0
Soucek WHU 3.5

Bamford LEE 5.6
Watkins AV 5.3
Antonio WHU 4.8

Total 50.0
Transfers Left 40

Week Points 44
Total Points 104
Nat Position 14916
SL Pos 18/77
SL Deficit 40

[happyhoppy]

Week 3

A poor 3rd week and very unspectacular start. But I resisted the transfers and now have to look at getting in Lukaku in September, who to sacrifice will need 2 transfers!

38,152 Nat Pos 13131
39,152
40,144
55,140
39,135

Sanchez BHA 2.9

Coufal WHU 3.2
Targett AV 3.1
White ARS 2.9

Salah LIV 7.0
Bruno MU 6.7
Grealish MC 5.0
Soucek WHU 3.5

Bamford LEE 5.6
Watkins AV 5.3
Antonio WHU 4.8

Total 50.0
Transfers Left 40

Week Points 40
Total Points 144
Nat Position 18874
SL Pos 24/77
SL Deficit 73

[happyhoppy]

Still no transfers used very unlike me but getting twitchy I’m lacking Ronaldo and Lukaku obviously , I can get both in but would have to lose Bruno down to tops 3m say Vestergaard or Gallagher.

Watkins, Antonio and Bruno to Lukaku, Ronaldo and Gallagher/Vestergaard

Or just sit tight, thing is I quite like my team as it is but those 2 are going to score a shed load aren’t they?

I could get one in and just do Watkins to Ronaldo or Lukaku financed by dropping Grealish to a 3.3m say Coleman.

Dilemmas…..

[LenH]

I put Lukaku in yesterday and am also getting twitchy about Ronaldo. Only way is to loose Bruno like you say but feels wrong but both is just about impossile unless you want a very, errr, interesting def.

I was trying to not go sub mad early on and have done a couple so not sure.