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The Community Grand Play-offs – Qualification Results and First Round Draw

Hello and welcome back to the Community Grand Play-offs. Qualification is now complete and we have our draw for the First Round Proper.

Week 3 of qualification saw Sergio Aguero drive the community to a Gameweek average of 100.1 points and the qualification score up from 90 to 183. The top seed after three weeks was Jadawg scoring 55, 69 and a massive 129 for a total of 253 points. Asian Pele beat Jay_ for the final 256th seeding via a bench points tiebreaker.

The full qualifying order can be seen here. This of course means that Jadawg vs Asian Pele is the first tie of the draw while the rest of the draw can be found here.

Following on from last week’s Mod watch, all five moderators in qualifying spots last week held onto them, while Ryan was unable to climb the rankings and misses out. The draws for the moderators that did qualify are as follows:

Jonty vs Suarez_Messi_Neymar

TorresMagic vs Walsh

D1sable vs Sh@ktimann

Spencer vs Banananose Maldonado

and finally a mod-royale with

andy85wsm vs roscola

Elsewhere there are big names coming head to head throughout the draw including but not limited to:

Diva vs Giggs Boson

Doolittle vs Billy Gilmore

Epic Fail vs Reedy

YourMumsAthletic vs Woy of the Wovers

Jawain04 vs Christina

As a reminder the next six rounds are best of three matches where each Gameweek is a separate head-to-head match. In the event of a tied Gameweek the tiebreaker steps are as follows:

1.       Most points benched

2.       Fewest transfers for the Gameweek

3.       Most goals

4.       Most assists

5.       Most defender clean sheets

6.       Coin toss

Commiserations to all those who were knocked out in the qualifying rounds and to all those in the First Round Proper, you can find your opponent’s Fantasy Premier League ID in the qualifying table linked at the top. Good luck!

FPL is a simple game made complicated by double gameweek planners.

143 Comments Post a Comment
  1. J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for organising. Good luck all, except Suarez_Messi_Neymar that is. 😉

    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks Jonty 🙂

    Bring it on Mok!

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Only 8 rounds to go.

      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        And a mention too. 🙂 Let the joust commence!!

  2. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    RIP Reedy.

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      shock

    2. Reedy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Obit Fail 😛

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        I hope you're ready for the banter 😎

        1. Reedy
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          I'd expect nothing less 😉

  3. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Sorry, Holy See. 🙁

    1. Holy See
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      All I ask is mercy. & your fpl password 😉

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Praise the Lord! And pass the mustard!!! 😉

        1. Holy See
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Amen 😀

  4. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Diva's blog is very impressive. He'll be tough to beat in a 'best of 3 matches' format...

    https://fpldiva.wordpress.com/

    1. Diva
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks GB, but I think we both know you are the favourite. 🙂

      1. Boris Bodega
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Great blog, I have read this many times before.

        Good luck against GB 😉

        1. Diva
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Thanks Boris.

  5. Sergeant Garcia
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Didn't make it threw the quali's 🙁

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      If it's any consolation, you would have lost once facing me anyway, if not earlier.

      1. Sergeant Garcia
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks for the cheering up 🙂

  6. Hooky
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    A possible tie with Daniel in round 2 - what more incentive do I need?!

  7. Doolittle
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    The fans will be flocking to watch my battle with Billy. With points benched being a deciding factor, maybe I should go ahead with Westwood to Payet - guaranteed benched points coming up!

  8. Ziegler1988
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Up against my CWC India teammate Zombie. You can win the last one when I put the reserves out having advanced after the first two matches 😉

    1. Zombie
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Seems you're beating me easily..unless Ighalo & Ayew score a couple and Sanchez blanks 😉

  9. tm245
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    255th like a boss.

      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      By the skin of your teeth, this is what 255th gets you as an opponent: BabyB 93rd OR 😮

      http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/5491/history/

      1. Eden Hazardous
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        I am out by 2 points *sigh*

        1. Eden Hazardous
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          And I benched vardy for his 12 pointer

            • 10 Years
            8 years, 6 months ago

            ouch 🙁

      2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        How was the draw/seedings done mate?

          • 10 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Cumulative score from weeks 6 to 8, full breakdown here:

          https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iTFYdh_tO9S8XXvF2fYuVu73bLAVAOn3MaGFMWJLbm4/pubhtml?

          1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 6 months ago

            Nice one. Sorry i was being lazy. Didn't realise this article contained ALL the answers!

              • 10 Years
              8 years, 6 months ago

              No worries, the seeding algorithm itself is a standard tournament algorithm designed so that 1st has the easiest possible route to the final, 2nd has the second easiest route to the final and so on

              1. Piggs Boson
                • 12 Years
                8 years, 6 months ago

                I get a hard route then 😎

                  • 10 Years
                  8 years, 6 months ago

                  your hardest possible route looks a nightmare 😮

                  Diva
                  Superdunny,
                  Doolittle/Beavis

                  just in the first 3 rounds, good luck mate 😉

                  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                    • 14 Years
                    8 years, 6 months ago

                    OoOoOo interesting 🙂

                  2. Beavis
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    8 years, 6 months ago

                    😀

                  3. Doolittle
                    • 11 Years
                    8 years, 6 months ago

                    Billy Gilmore, Beavis, SuperDunny/GB is a potential 1st 3 for me. Easy 😎

                  4. Piggs Boson
                    • 12 Years
                    8 years, 6 months ago

                    Nice. Can't wait to kick them all out of the tournament.

                    1. Annie
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      8 years, 6 months ago

                      Who have you got in the first round Giggs?

                      1. Piggs Boson
                        • 12 Years
                        8 years, 6 months ago

                        Diva

      3. tm245
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Ranks mean nothing, that is the beauty of a tournament. I will be addressing the squad on the training ground and in the locker room all week to make them sure they adopt this mindset as well. Any of them could be called upon at any time, so they must have self belief.

          • 10 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          😀 Watch out BabyB, we've got some giant killers here!

        1. BabyB
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Good luck TM, looking forward to it 🙂

  10. HNI
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    On WC who to add alongwith Vardy + Pelle?

    Worth going--->

    1) Costa for a big punt and huge upside(low ownership) but he has no form only fixture
    2) Lukaku for a in-form striker with bad fixtures right now but not a big upside as many have him

    1. Doolittle
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Wrong article, living up to your name there Reckless 😉

      I'd go with Lukaku, Costa has been pretty dreadful.

  11. Hibbo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Myself versus Accounting on Chris.

    Nice match up.

  12. PurpleCobras
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Great stuff Balders. lilmessipran, I'm gunning for you!

    Bizarrely, it looks like I was one place away from facing my old flatmate.

  13. ElementWire
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    I was far happier before I realised I benched 44 points in tbe qualification period.

  14. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jawain04

    Who the hell is she?

    1. Costa in Wengerland
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Lol

    2. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      ...she had a rank of 9th overall last season...

      Not just a pretty face then.

      *gulp

      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Works with FPLStats, if I'm not mistaken.

    3. Jawain - 9th overall 2014/2…
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Helllooooo

      Not been on much this year due to work and also a loss of interest post last season.

      Best of luck for the games!

      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Fix your link, loser.

        😉

  15. tm245
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    What's this international break ****? What's this bull****? I don't ****in' care! It don't matter to Jesus. But you're not foolin' me, man. You might fool the ****s in the Euro 2016 headquarters, but you don't fool Jesus. This bush league psyche-out stuff. Laughable, man - ha ha!

  16. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Time to flush out this +1 upvote clown...

    1. Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Jawain04 is stalking you Tina 😉

  17. Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Cheers Balders! It's great to see another community tournament up and running!

    Mahrez is the New Ramsey, are you feeling lucky?! 😀

  18. SneakyPete
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    My FPL id is 291, Please correct

    1. Eden Hazardous
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Oh Dear , a person is playing against his will in the Playoffs then 😳

      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      whaaaat?

      1. SneakyPete
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        perhaps Its the other guy. because I don't remember participating in this in first place 😀

      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Okay as you have reached the qualifying score over weeks 6 to 8 you'll remain in the competition.

      However to avoided re-jigging the entire draw, you shall remain in your currently seeded position.

      Coincidentally the incorrect FPL ID team scored the same as you but with more bench points than you so your seed would have only been slightly different.

      1. Narcos-Philadelphia
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        My email is californification****@gmail.com with FPl id 71175.

        Scored 41,43 and 122 in GW 6 to 8.Total of 206.

        Please correct the Spreadsheet with the FPL id please.

      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      is your email address californication****@ gmail.com ?

          • 10 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          okay thanks, will get on it. One of you needs a new username

          1. Narcos-Philadelphia
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 6 months ago

            Cool.Thanks.Will change it.Keeping my new username as " Narcos".
            FPL ID 71175.
            Please update.

            1. Narcos-Philadelphia
              • 8 Years
              8 years, 6 months ago

              Also please clarify who am I against this round?

                • 10 Years
                8 years, 6 months ago

                Hi Narcos, you're up against Innsie this week

  19. Mahesh_Kumar
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Would you play Ighalo (Home, Arsenal) or Moses (Away, Palace)?

    1. The Enlightener
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Ighalo

  20. Gloria Kanchelskis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Great stuff Balders.

    Thanks again for organizing this.

  21. Prøphet
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Lets get it on!! Nice seed overal, nice draw so far!

    1. Prøphet
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Pretty sad i dont get a regular poster as an opponent or im just blind.

  22. Slam
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    I'm so lucky.
    Easy opponent.
    Sorry Cheeseoid, enjoy it while it lasts 😉

  23. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    I got it only took 9 years. I have some news for you mate, this will only take 3 games.

  24. Djerbil
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Why didn't I enter for this?? anyway I think I wouldn't have qualified 😆

  25. BabyB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks again for organising Balders. Great effort.

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      I thought I recognised that name. Yous in nosebleed territory there. Keep it up.

      1. BabyB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        🙂

        Cheers, fingers crossed i can keep it up !

  26. Blue Lion
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Excellent. Cheers for the terrific effort you have out in Balders!

  27. Ziro Becomes One
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Me vs RodallegaBomb.

    So, what are his differentials this week? 😛

  28. SH@KTIMAAN
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    please correct my ffs name
    its SH@KATIMAAN with double A's

    1. SH@KTIMAAN
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      SH@KTIMAAN

      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Shitake-man?