Citymancs Fantasy League

[lee]

Gav has set the league up

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Get signed up and get the your team in before the season starts..

No rags in your team please

Code to join this league: 1339258-321654

[Stephen Paul]

In for my sins

[bluebrendan]

Hoping for a bit more competition for "King of the Admins" this season. 

[Swiss]

I might not get bored after the first week this year

[lee]

Get your teams in..couple of days now till we kick off!!

[gavin]

I see Goat is again trying to avoid getting cuffed by not entering despite his bravado a couple of months ago.

[goat]

no rush baldo

[Swiss]

Didn't the charity Sheila points count...

[goat]

frank lampard still a top pick?

[goat]

im in

[goat]

I see Goat is again trying to avoid getting cuffed by not entering despite his bravado a couple of months ago.

7      jeff dahmers pies
ste hux   38   38
9    Gav City
G av   36   36

hows that working out baldo?

[Gareth]

7      jeff dahmers pies
ste hux   38   38
9    Gav City
G av   36   36

hows that working out baldo?

This is why we should have a "head-to-head" league as well as the "classic" one!

[goat]

isnt that what the cup thing is meant to be?

[Gareth]

isnt that what the cup thing is meant to be?

No.

[goat]

oh

[Gareth]

If you're that interested, you can go here, click on Rules and then on Leagues, and scroll down to Head-to-Head Scoring then read on.

[goat]

cheers, im not

[Gareth]

Why am I not surprised?

[goat]

not even sure why i bothered to enter

[gavin]

Early days yet. Table isn't worth publishing till four games have been played. The cream will rise.

[bluebrendan]

Early days yet. Table isn't worth publishing till four games have been played. The cream will rise.

Meaning you're bottom of the admins mini-league - again. 

[lee]

fuckin kane the cnut..im transfering him already

[zacc]

what a surprise Gareth already top lol

[Gareth]

Hmmm... I'm not usually an early front-runner - you're trying to unsettle me!

[zacc]

Hmmm... I'm not usually an early front-runner - you're trying to unsettle me!

all's fair

[gavin]

Okay, three games is a bit early but as we have a natural break here is the table.



Fact that I was top scorer this week has fuck all to do with it obviously. I even caught Gareth by three points.

Well done Zacc for keeping Gareth under a bit of pressure.

[zacc]

  pure fluke Gav

[Gareth]

Gonna be tough squeezing Sanchez into fantasy teams if he winds up in sky blue.

[Gareth]

So, no need to worry about fantasy-Sanchez then. Plus maybe a bit more game time for Kun as a result?

[Lekos]

I wasn't going to bother this year, joined anyway, immediately regretted it when I forgot to sort my team for the first game week, had myself deleted after week 2.

What a journey.  Great season.

[lee]

i see steves cheating

[zacc]

see back to my usual form

[gavin]

This was going to be a post mocking Brendan's playing of his Captains Triple card with Jesus as his captain for the one match he wasn't selected. But now I've seen I'm beneath him and third bottom so less said the better...

[shandon]

This was going to be a post mocking Brendan's playing of his Captains Triple card with Jesus as his captain for the one match he wasn't selected. But now I've seen I'm beneath him and third bottom so less said the better...

I did exactly the same 
But I think you get the vice captain to get triple points instead if the captain doesn't play.

[goat]

we need a rocky style training montage of  gareth preparing for the league

[bluebrendan]

This was going to be a post mocking Brendan's playing of his Captains Triple card with Jesus as his captain for the one match he wasn't selected. But now I've seen I'm beneath him and third bottom so less said the better...

At least you were honest enough to show the table, Gav.

(If you hadn't, I would have done!  )

[Gareth]

we need a rocky style training montage of  gareth preparing for the league

Consists of me consuming half a bottle of red and a couple of marlboro golds while wondering why I'm still doing this...

[goat]

for the glory

[Gareth]

Ahh yes, the glory... how could that tour in the open-top bus showing off the enormous winner's trophy that Gav presented me have slipped my mind?

[goat]

[lee]

gav has become crystal palace 

[zacc]

gav has become crystal palace 

[goat]

the phil neal of admin

[goat]

questions need to be asked about stevie, how can a bloke that uses a george foreman grill to make phone calls be top

[gavin]

Okay, let's focus on the top. Well done Stephen for supplanting Gareth at the top. I've got some work to do...

[Gareth]

It's tough at the top 

[gavin]

Even fucking tougher at the bottom.

[zacc]

haha I'm heading for relegation

[goat]

Even fucking tougher at the bottom.

at least with the nfl you had the excuse of not  knowing what was going on

actually, might work here

[lee]

questions need to be asked about stevie, how can a bloke that uses a george foreman grill to make phone calls be top

i thought it was an iron 

[goat]

so did he

[gavin]

Oh no, I'm even further cast adrift at the bottom. Normal service is resumed at the top with Stephen sliding to leave Gareth clear at the top.

Click thumbnail to view

[Gareth]

Still, I'm really struggling with my captain picks... but mustn't grumble, I suppose...

[zacc]

Still, I'm really struggling with my captain picks... but mustn't grumble, I suppose...

world's smallest violin

[Gareth]

And it's playing "Hearts and Flowers", I can hear it now...

[Swiss]

Ooooooooh, up to 3rd. I'm gonna get a nose bleed

[goat]

who are half these people in the league anyway, they cant all be citopest

[Gareth]

Which half you worried about?

[goat]

the half ive no clue who they are

could say bottom half if thats where you were going with it

[Gareth]

Nah, I'm all in favour of it being just for posters, or at least for people with board-names. But that probably covers all but about 3 or 4?

[goat]

citopest can have his own league

[bluebrendan]

11 rounds to go and Andy Gould is 98pts clear at the top. I've managed to squeeze into 2nd place and Lee is on a hot streak and has shot up to 3rd. Stephen is still in contention in 4th but Gareth has a lot on to make up a 200pt deficit to take his usual slot at the top.

Meanwhile in the also-rans category Goat has dropped into the bottom half and may even be in danger of being caught by a resurgent Gav, who has clambered off the bottom. Could there be any worse humiliation? 

[Gareth]

200 points is out of sight, but Top 3 may still be within reach. Had a terrible run just before Xmas and have hardly recovered since; surprised Red Star didn't sack me!

[gavin]

I am very pleased to be off the bottom at least. Phew.

[lee]

will be a great season with city winning the prem and gav finishing bottom of the fantasy league 

[Gareth]

So, if you look at the squads of the two leaders, they're following very different strategies. Brendan, in second place, has spent a lot of money in defence and has a budget forward line; Andy, leading, has a back line from Poundland and a top-of-the-range strike force. I wouldn't call either squad well-balanced - to me they both look quite extreme versions of the strategies they represent. But it is obviously paying off, because it looks like one of these two is surely going to win the league.

[gavin]

I'm just glad you're not analysing my efforts  . Next season I mean business.

[bluebrendan]

So, if you look at the squads of the two leaders, they're following very different strategies. Brendan, in second place, has spent a lot of money in defence and has a budget forward line; Andy, leading, has a back line from Poundland and a top-of-the-range strike force. I wouldn't call either squad well-balanced - to me they both look quite extreme versions of the strategies they represent. But it is obviously paying off, because it looks like one of these two is surely going to win the league.

The main reason for the cheapish forward line was that earlier in the season I had Aguero and Jesus who started a few games together early on and then Pep started to rotate them and then Jesus was injured so I switched to an expensive midfield which includes Salah and Sterling, two of the top 4 scorers in the Prem, plus Erikson, who is handy for assists and the odd goal. Barring disasters I think Andy has it sewn up tbh, a 100pt deficit won't be easy to overhaul.

[goat]

dont think ive moved from 12th in months but then i put more effot into team name than team

[Gareth]

dont think ive moved from 12th in months but then i put more effot into team name than team

Ok team name, crap kit.

[goat]

blame nike

[Gareth]

So, that was a performance of truly Pep-tastic proportions by Andy to finish 200 points clear of the competition. Well done to him! All the top 6 scored north of 2000 points, which is where you need to be to be in the race, but Andy was well clear.
After a poor mid-season I'd been aiming to get back into the top 3 and I finally clipped Lee last week. So this week I was just hoping to stay ahead of him, in 3rd, but it turned out Brendan was on the beach and at the last I snuck past him into 2nd.
Pretty competitive league this season but everyone needs to up their game next time round to catch the champ.


Final table - top 6

[gavin]

Well done Andy and Gareth. Not sure what Brendan and Lee are doing up there. The universe has some weird random phenomena.

[goat]

does this mean you have to do  a championship one next season baldo after your relegation

[lee]

cant believe brendan beat me..he must have cheated

are we doing a world cup one so gav can be humiliated even more?

[Swiss]

Where did I finish, can't be bothered to look

[bluebrendan]

cant believe brendan beat me..he must have cheated

are we doing a world cup one so gav can be humiliated even more?

Ha ha, I think that's 3 seasons on the bounce I've won the admin mini-league, good effort though Lee. Well done to Andy, Mr Consistency at the top and to Gareth for that late run that knocked me off the runners-up slot.

Get your act together Gav, you're letting down the East Level 3 mafia! 

[goat]

Where did I finish, can't be bothered to look

were you even in it?

[Swiss]

Dunno

Thought I was

I stopped looking at my work one around november and I was in 2nd

[lee]

gav are you setting a a world cup thing?

[gavin]

The official one is still coming soon on the fifa site. Will keep an eye open.

[goat]

i won the world cup dontcha know 

[gavin]

https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/leagues?code=67617

League code:
AO2F24VK

No chance of you winning it again tho.

[zacc]

sorted

[lee]

im in...

steve,brendan??

[shandon]

https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/leagues?code=67617

League code:
AO2F24VK

No chance of you winning it again tho.

Is it open for everyone to enter? 

[goat]

Is it open for everyone to enter? 

if you are better than me you cant enter, if you are as good as  gav just  crack on 

[goat]

im in...

steve,brendan??

not that arsed , i only did the league thing because gav nagged

actually not even that arsed  about the world cup itself

[gavin]

Anyone can enter but those who pick rags will be shamed and castigated.

My entire team is City players except the Keeper and the bench. I doubt Ederson will be playing unfortunately.

[goat]

if you were a real  city fan you would have gelson as captain

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Is it open for everyone to enter? 

Like Alexis rim

[goat]

fucks sake 

[nimrod]

Like Alexis rim

[lee]

4 of us in the league..you miserable fackers!! 

[shandon]

I'm aiming for a top 4 finish! 

[goat]

thats the spirit skippy

[shandon]

Are you participating?

[goat]

nah, not that arsed with the world cup this year

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

No Italy or Sweden aye goaty tits, no good lad.

[goat]

sweden beat italy in the playoffs

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Stop moaning then

[shandon]

I won - the first time I've won one of these!
Even if it was a only 4 team league in the end 

[goat]

what times the parade skippy?

[shandon]

4am tomorrow Australian time I guess - in honour of when most world cup games were held 
It looks like Gavin came last 

[goat]

be positive, he finished 4th so good enough for champs league

[shandon]

Glass half full it is then.
England finished 4th as well 

[gavin]

Well done for winning Shandon but 0 out of 10 for not noticing that there was 5 in the league and Lee came 5th!

[shandon]

Oops 
It didn't show on the full list when I clicked on 'private leagues' - only when I then clicked on the 'leaderboard' link did I see the full list.
So you didn't finish last 

I guess the EPL fantasy league will start again soon.

[Stephen Paul]

Do we have the code for this years league

[gavin]

I've renewed the the league but I can't immediately see where the code to join is shown. However, I can see that you have been entered automatically. I will come back and add the code for others to join if they are not entered automatically when I can find it.

[gavin]

Got it - Code to join this league: 765891-171049

[lee]

Well done for winning Shandon but 0 out of 10 for not noticing that there was 5 in the league and Lee came 5th!

i did a goat and forgot about it.. ..

[goat]

interesting phrasing lee 

[lee]

hehe

[gavin]

Only a few days to get your team sorted now.

[goat]

cant be arsed this year, only wanted to beat gav

[gavin]

Probably wise as you'd be hammered this year. I'm coming back with more focus and drive ready for the new season.

[goat]

 

have you ever beaten me? i wont even count your nfl efforts

[gavin]

I don;t know but you've hardly ever entered after the World Cup one you won.

[goat]

oh aye, i won the world cup. almost forgot that

tone must have detailed records on all the leagues, have him check

[Gareth]

So, half-way through the Citymancs Fantasy season, the top 8 are all on 950+ points, well on target for the 2000 point total that it usually takes to win the league. Last year's winner Andy is in 3rd - probably the favourite? - but currently facing stiff competition from Stephen, Lee and myself.

Is anyone else still in the Cup? I'm through to Round 4, unusual for me to get so far.

[lee]

I knew it..I knew Gareth would be top just about now.Let hope it's like Liverpool when they begin to fade halfway through March

[Gareth]

I knew it..I knew Gareth would be top just about now.Let hope it's like Liverpool when they begin to fade halfway through March

I'm right with you on Pool fading, but have no plans to copy them.

[KunDB]

Party 🥳 time woohoo

[lee]

well done gareth

[Gareth]

Cheers, Lee...

Here's the top 6 for 2018-19:



which bears a very close resemblance to last season's top 6:



Same 6 team managers, all 2000+ points.

[lee]

Brendan beat me!!!Some cheating going on..Scouser styles 

[bluebrendan]

Brendan beat me!!!Some cheating going on..Scouser styles 

At least you made a contest of it Lee, Gav is the Fantasy league equivalent of the rags, tailed off in the distance! 

Well done to Gareth on regaining his title and to Andy for a very good defence of his.

[Stephen Paul]

well done Gareth

[goat]

fucks sake gareth

[Gareth]

fucks sake gareth

What? It's not my fault - blame Andy, Brendan, Lee and Stephen...   

[goat]

blaming brenda goes without saying, old sod killed the dinosaurs

[lee]

At least you made a contest of it Lee, Gav is the Fantasy league equivalent of the rags, tailed off in the distance! 

Well done to Gareth on regaining his title and to Andy for a very good defence of his.

it can only get worse next season as well

[bluebrendan]

blaming brenda goes without saying, old sod killed the dinosaurs

That would make me an asteroid, I'm probably more of a haemorrhoid right now.