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Metro Champion Crowned – iPad in Hand

25 May 2011 287 comments
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Yesterday we offered further congratulations to Chris McGurn who bettered over two million Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers to win the crown, but he is just one of a few Fantasy Football Scout champions deserving of a round of applause.

With the untimely demise of the “Can You Kick It” game we took it on ourselves -after a World Cup dry run- to take up Metro Fantasy Football on their offerings as our “bit on the side” and now we have our first official champion.

I begrudgingly abdicate my World Cup throne to a more than worthy winner by the name of Pascal Evans…

Pascal’s late surge up the rankings has not only won him the Fantasy Football Scout title (pocketing himself a fancy iPad machine courtesy of the folks at Metro for his efforts) but he also has the small matter of business of finishing second in the overall rankings and pocketing £2,500 hard cash in the process.

If anyone -be it the girlfriend, wife or misunderstanding friends- say there isn’t anything to be gained from playing Fantasy Football then I’m sure Pascal has two thousand and five hundred answers to that question tucked in his back pocket. Even those devout FPL managers need know that there is certainly gold in them there hills.

Added congratulations must also go to the unfortunate Andy Potter (otherwise known as Aldershot Rejects on our site) who is sat in a highly commendable fifth place overall but having lead for many weeks likely won’t have recovered from his late stumble just yet. My colleague Big Dunc also deserves a pat on the back for his 99th place. The swine.

So congratulations to those guys and one more time especially for Pascal, who is no doubt counting his money while playing an extra-large game of Angry Birds as you read this. Well done.

Further congratulations (and details) on our FPL Head to Head leagues will be with you next week as well whoever decides to pilfer another of my titles and win the Fantasy Football Scout Champions League crown this Saturday evening.

Andy Leicester won the Premier League. Leicester. Premier League. What is this life? Follow them on Twitter

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  1. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    For what it's worth this is my main mini league, and jsu wanted to show it, as I have two teams!!
    Dont hate me, it was an experiment that went wrong.
    My winning team was balanced and this is what I concentrated on, but my second team started off as a big guns, and nobodies experiment that failed miserably!!

    However, with my second team I hardly spent any time thinking about stuff, just went with feelings, and took hit all the time, and had a storming end to the season from my crazy starting place.

    Not sure what im saying, but I guess too much thinking doesnt necessarily help your team, sometimes its better to log on, go with your gut and captain hunches.

    In fact could somebody Greasemonkey my B team as it would be interesting??

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/table.mc?id=2364

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    1. Demí
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      There you are:

      # (c)=97/176 55.1% Bench=109 11.7%

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  2. Squeakybumtime
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Guys, anyone come across some really humourous team names this year?

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Someone in my H2H leage was called
      UtakaDefoeKingPearce, which took me until GW 36 to get!!

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      1. Rasping Drive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        I thought the original was UtakeDefoeKeanePearce, adds a bit of an Italian accent into the mix 🙂

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        1. Rasping Drive
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          *Utaka

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    2. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      I've seen Get Defoe Kuyt, not too bad. There's someone on here called Tuncay Backwards - doesn't quite work, but you get the idea.

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  3. jamsiep
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    I love the Daily Mail.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390672/Fury-Call-Duty-game-recreates-7-7-Tube-bomb-attacks.html

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      😀

      They must really hate all those films 'chillingly' based on World War 2, then. Oh, wait, they give them away on a FREE DVD!!!!! every weekend...

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    2. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      +1
      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390578/Police-scrambled-helicopter-hunt-Tom-Clarke-football-broke-greenhouse-window.html

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    3. TommyK
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Whenever I see those headlines my first thought is always: shit I can't wait too play that! 😳

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Wait until they see Dead Island.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTtv3DyXRow

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        1. TommyK
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Wow- that was actually f*cking impressive!

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        2. andy85wsm
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          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          If they haven't seen that yet, they're a bit slow! Loved that trailer when I first saw it

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  4. Michael Jordan - call me MJ
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Is manipulating the money back specials to guarantee yourself a profit allowed by the bookmakers?

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Not sure if it is ever a win win. better odds though, assuming Barca win in 90 not in extra time

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  5. Rasping Drive
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    The excitement is starting to build as the countown to the biggest match of the season begins. 90 million quid at stake in a winner-takes all.

    COME ON READING!!

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  6. tommypocket
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Had a fairly average FPL season - won my mini-league months ago but finished with a disappointing rank compared to last season... however, my moment of glory has arrived; finishing 2nd in the Popbitch League (was leading for months) and getting a shout out on the message board:

    http://www.popbitch.com/board.html

    Simple pleasures...

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  7. covport
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Andy of Aldershot Rejects I agree that The Metro game was down to luck to a large extent. Andrew Hill was leading most of the season. I do not think there is too much luck to be in the top 1000 or so but after that some luck is required.I have played FPL for 5 years and have 4 top 1000 finishes but have never been anywhere near winning FPL. This year I tried Metro for the first time but until about March it was 10 minutes on a Saturday morning and I was not that clear on the point system. Once I realised I had a chance then it became less enjoyable. I was too nervous on Sunday to listen to the games and fortunately I was doing a running event and could avoid the games and checked the points later. However, I thought I had lost when I heard at 3.45 Glen Johnson was not playing for some reason. Had he started I would have won the top prize(assuming the winner was not equally stupid as me). I suspect that everybody,including the winner, will have had unlucky moments on the final day.I was lucky with Lescott and O'Hara but Johnson did not play and I should have picked Berbatov rather than Van Persie as captain. How Andy did you know I had Lescott ?

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    1. Andy
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Not only have you just won an iPad off us and £2500; you've got what is by far the best FPL history we've ever had on here (39, 968, 318, 3896, 349: WOW). Added congratulations Pascal.

      Pedigree stuff.

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      1. jamsiep
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        I'm copying this guy from now on. Unbelievable consistency.

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        1. NotoriousDRE
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          yup....clearly knows something we dont!

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    2. Aldershot Rejects
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      By looking at the mini-league and clicking on the team names you could see the team names, although this only works in mini-leagues.

      It is interesting, for most of the season I was like you spending 10 minutes on a Saturday morning, I became more interested in February.

      The comment about luck was tongue in cheek; I actually think there is less luck in the Metro game overall because there is a range of ways of scoring goals. A player in FPL can bring out three great saves from the keeper and get nothing, in Metro they get points for shots on target.

      On reflection, Lescott was a much better choice for the DGW and the remainder of the season than Kolorov who was always a rotation-risk, mind you two goals in two games including the one versus Bolton did take the biscuit.

      Anyway, well done - enjoy the iPad and the cash!

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    3. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Don't know anything about the Metro game but I'm incredibly impressed by your FPL finishes. Never seen anyone even remotely close to that. Very very very well done.

      Enjoy your iPad - won one myself in the world cup game last season but used the amazon cash for other stuff instead B)

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      1. Dino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Put it back in your pants garg, your embarrasing yourself 😳

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        1. Gargamel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          I'm a sad man but being great at FPL turns me on.

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          1. Dino
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Haha, you know I am only pulling your leg :O

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    4. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Pascal - it's easy to spot some individual players in a team when there is just one game played midweek. Just look at the points total difference and match it to the players' live scoring. I knew you had Lescott.

      You're right - everyone at the top had a few sob stories, or ifs and buts, or led the table at some point. When I was 1st, had I left Dempsey as captain in Fulham's double game week, instead of stupidly transferring it to Zamora at the last minute before the deadline, I would have walked it. Better still, should have ignored Zamora altogether!

      First time I played Metro or FPL. Started FPL two weeks late so never bothered checking the national ranking, just made sure I won my works league.

      Metro game is more down to luck, or rather the points system averages out because it rewards so many different things. They are going to make the game even worse next season by introducing automatic substitutions, which IMHO helps people who don't do their team news research and penalises those who do. I've put my views on their Facebook page, as they seem to change things based on suggestions from just a few players.

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  8. jimski
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    With reference to an earlier discussion, how does playing a wildcard early (as suggested) help increase team value?

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    1. jms
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      It is a bit of a myth I think. You only increase value by playing the wildcard if you bring in players that rise .2 between gameweeks. Not too many of those. If they do rise that much, they are probably players you want to keep, not sell right away for a profit. I wouldn't play the wildcard primarily to increase team value, but rather to sort out a team that needs to be sorted out. Often, the early wildcard is necessary due to bad GW1 selections (Boselli, Petrov, etc)

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      1. Dino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Another great season JMS, nicely done and good to be back in form again after last year I'd say?

        I hear you re bad early selections (oh the pain, the pain I had almost blanked those names out of my memory bank).

        If you want to make money from your wc you have to play it early in the gw (after the deadline before the price changes that night) and then you have to hope some randomers a la harewood do some extra ordinary things that gw and merit a lot of people transfering them in leading to double price rises.

        An international gw is also good for this as it helps you deal with any unexpected injuries as well as the longer transfer period generally leading to more transfers (not an awfull lot extra though).

        It has also been shown (I dont have the figures to hand) that more transfers are made in the early part of the season (this could possibly be due to newbies taking multiple point hits chasing last weeks points or maybe just because there are more active players at the start?)

        In short you can make cash by playing the wc early but you need to be fortunate to have some useless players score brilliantly the week you play it that you can bring in and take out before setting your team to rights. Although cash is handy (especially near the start) this should not be a primary reason for playing the wc as it can often work out that after you have played it there is a flat gw where nobody does anything incredible and therefore there are no risers you can transfer in short term to make cash.

        Bit long winded but there's my twopence worth

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        1. jms
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Thanks Dino. Much better than last year. I think I mentioned at the beginning of this season that I would pay less attention to the comments/suggestions on this site and focus on the tweets and articles.

          Excellent summary of wildcard strategy. You are correct. There are more transfers early in the season and international gw is a good time to use it (if for no other reason than making a lot of transfers helps with the boredom of a two week fpl break!).

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          1. Dino
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            haha yeah the boredom can be a killer, trying hard not to think about when fpl will be back up again as I know it will only make the wait longer.

            I think thats the key alright. Just spend the time on your team strategy and keeping informed with the injury news etc and you'll do fine. I quite like the whole forum thing and enjoy the interaction almost as much (if not more maybe) than the actual game itself.

            Maybe next year I will be one of these silent types who storms to first place overall??

            Yeah on second thoughts maybe not lol

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            1. jms
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              I'll be rooting for you to finish second (after me of course) 🙂

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              1. Dino
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                Of course, gtg now but I'll catch up with you over the summer I'm sure.

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  9. RoysCallerAnne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Re ; Ashley Young to Man Utd.

    I know the Daily Mail have a bad rep for inaccurate transfer rumours but I reckon they could be spot on here.

    Young has a lot of detractors but I rate him highly even though he has probably stagnated at Villa for a season or two now. I reckon he is exactly the sort of player that Purple Nose could nurture (ie. still young and undoubtedly talented).

    I also don't buy into the concept that Utd don't need him because they have Nani and Valencia (and Park and Giggs) already. When a team is pushing for top honours on several fronts it makes sense to have quality back up in most positions.

    I'm just gutted he will probably choose Utd over Liverpool.

    If we don't get Young, which looks likely, I would like to see Dalglish/ Damien Comolli go for Hazard/ Downing/ NZogbia/ Mata as our main winger summer targets (Carroll needs service).
    These are quite realistic targets for LFC IMO.

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    1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      A lot of United fans are looking for a hollywood signing, but do we actaully need one? I know there's one missing, but we've relied on a squad this year, a squad that has done almost as good as possible. He'll give more squad competition, he's someone who can play in a few positions, at a good age, and can give us some decent set piece potential. I'll be glad to see him at OT.

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      1. The Real Big Vern
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Exactly, although I'd wet my pants if Sneijder signed for us

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        1. NotoriousDRE
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          +1

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          1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            you saw how much chelsea caught up to us when they started firing on all cylinders..we need an attacking midfielder Badly

            ashley young wouldnt help us that much when we have 4 wingers (altho giggs is more central now) hes still a winger and he cant play every game anyway

            if were going to play 4-4-2 we need to have giggs/nani/valencia/park on the wings rotating along with either fletcher/carrick in defensive mid and an attacking midfielder like sneijder/iniesta (aint gona happen) or eden hazard

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            1. andy85wsm
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              • 15 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Modric!

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              1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                modric is a good one too

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                1. andy85wsm
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                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  fletcher Carrick

                  Valencia Modric Nani


                  Rooney

                  Why did we get Hernandez? 🙂

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                  1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 7 months ago

                    tbh the team i think we shud play against barce wud be

                    valencia giggs carrick park nani

                    roon

                    4-4-2 i worry about our possession

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                  2. andy85wsm
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 7 months ago

                    We aren't going to have much of the ball either way.

                    Stick to the 4-4-2 that's done well so far, and let Chico play!

                    Then pray

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                  3. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 7 months ago

                    scratch that get rid of nani and play fletcher CMF and park on the wing

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                2. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  Modric has to be the most overrated midfielder in the world, slightly above Scott Parker

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        2. Goose
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Might get pelters for this but I don't actually think Sneijder would be a good signing for you, how do you propose you would fit him in the side with Rooney? They only way I think it would work is Rooney up top on his own but I doubt Fergie is gonna start dropping Hernandez.

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    2. Churchill
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Oi! Get your beady little eyes off Hazard.

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      1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        lol hes not exactly gna b another free signing for wenger

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        1. Churchill
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          The thought is nice.

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          1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            the possible losses of arshavin fabs and nasri loom ahead...

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            1. Churchill
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Major overhaul needed. Think the boss might have just cottoned onto this fact.

              Fabregas is gone. Eboue, Happy to see this bunch leave - Bendtner, Arshavin, Rosicky, Almunia, Diaby & Denilson. That should free up the wage bill a little.

              Nasri I'd like to keep.

              All he then has to do is spend.

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    3. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      SAF can do spectacular things for players developments but I still don't see Ashley Young ever being half as good as I expect Mata and Hazard to be.

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  10. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Worst season EVER!

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  11. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    do other united fans on here think well be able to hold possession well enough against barce? perhaps if we go out like madrid did at camp nou wed have a chance???...one things for sure barce are gona dive...as always

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    1. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      I'm no United fan but I don't think there is any chance you will have any possession apart from the small periods in the second half when Barcelona might slow down.

      The quality of movement and passing in the Manchester United midfield is not good enough to cope with the pressing of Barcelona. I reckon they will need to go for pace, strength and expansive attacks to win it - the central midfield is already lost.

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Stop posting so much sense Garg 😛

        I fully agree, you have to beat Barcelona with only 35% of the possession. A pacey direct game could do it for United. Rooney and Hernandez could do a lot of damage to Puyol and Pique with their pace and movement.
        United can't be afraid to attack down the flanks either, you have to put the pressure on the Barca fullbacks or they'll be attacking you.

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        1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          true i think our key players will most likely be valencia fletcher roon VDS vidic.....need them all on there top games..valencia does the defensive work that nani wouldnt even think of

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          1. TheHazard
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Park Ji Sung could play a part.

            Fit enough to check Alves and offer an attacking threat, too.

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  12. hillbillypete
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Jamsiep:

    You put your long winded champs league bet on yet?

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      oooooo do tell...

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      1. jamsiep
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        It's just exploiting the money back special on Paddy Power to get what is essentially a free £45 bet on Barcelona winning the CL in 90 minutes.

        They're allowing up to £100 in bets refund, if Barcelona win the game in 90 minutes. Although only in markets like first scorer, correct score etc...

        So if you back all realistic scorelines, where Barcelona don't win, you can secure a profit of £45 if Barcelona don't win, and you get all the money back if they do.

        0-0: £19.38 @ 13/2
        0-1: £14.52 @ 9/1
        0-2: £8.05@ 17/1
        0-3: £2.59 @ 55/1
        0-4: £0.64 @ 225/1
        1-1: £23.99 @ 5/1
        1-2: £9.60 @ 14/1
        1-3: £4.04 @ 35/1
        1-4: £1.15 @ 125/1
        2-2: £9.60 @ 14/1
        2-3: £2.84 @ 50/1
        2-4: £0.82 @ 175/1
        3-3: £1.89 @ 75/1
        3-4: £0.48 @ 300/1
        4-4: £0.41 @ 350/1

        Total staked: £100.00, minimum profit if Barcelona don't win in 90: £43.64

        I'm personally whacking that £43.64 on Barcelona to win @ 21/20. A) Because I think they will, and B) I don't want to be supporting United whatsoever!

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    2. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Yup, just did 'em now...

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      1. Marknlard
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Thing that worries me about the bet is that the bookies are within their rights to void it if they think you're taking the piss and doing something that gives you a guaranteed win. Always better to do at least part of the bet with betfair or something (like when you said about also backing Barca to win).

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        1. jamsiep
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah, I'm doing all the correct score bets on Paddy Power (obviously!), and then backing Barca to win on Stan James with the guaranteed £43.64.

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          1. Comfy Coxy
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            I'm thinking of doing it with the £100 odds above (I worked them out myself after we established we couldn't do the £200 stake due to maximum refund of £100).

            However two points...

            1. Isn't it worth covering backs once more by adding a few more bets on 5 goals scored by United. Imagine if some miracle it was a game where United won 5-1 or 5-3 or something, then you would lose your £100 stakes. Would only cost a few pence to cover those extra bets due to odds being 500/1 I think.

            2. If United win in extra time you gain no profit (assuming you put a £43.64 bet on Barcelona to win in 90 mins) - correct?

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            1. jamsiep
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              1. Yeah, I'll probably have a look at doing that.

              2. Backing Barcelona at 21/20 with the potential profits also only applies to 90 minutes.

              Basically, if Barcelona win: I win £43.64 x 21/20 = £45.82

              If it's a draw/United win at 90: I win/lose nothing (give or take a few pennies caused by the inaccuracies thanks to only be able to bet to two decimal places).

              But I'm happy with that.

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        2. Andy
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Yes, I got my maths right in my head and did my backing when I got in from work. There's no doubting I am "cautious" about obvious repercussions, they most know it's statistically circumventable so, you know - the house always wins.

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          1. Comfy Coxy
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            What repercussions are you indicating Andy?

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            1. Andy
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Well, as I've done anyway, I've bet £70 across the board on correct scores and (under the offer) I am either going to get my £70 back or "win" £100 on predicting scores.

              There is no single way PP can make a penny off my betting as is.

              It's like card counting*, basically. There's nothing actually "illegal" about counting cards, but it doesn't stop the casino's taking you into the basement and beating you with the sharp end of broom.

              *though, as Gargamel says, it's as much for publicity for PP and with the limit of betting they obviously may think the amount of pay-outs they'll give to someone with a boring lunch-break and an eye for numbers might come under potential profits/advertising/all that jazz by comparison.

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              1. Comfy Coxy
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                I see, I thought you meant it in that way.

                I'm very much contemplating opening a new account with Ladbrokes and betting £10 on United/Barcelona HT/FT (20/1) and then using free £10 bet for joining on Barcelona/United HT/FT for 30/1. Both tasty returns, and all for a £10 outlay (which gets potentially taken from the £45 profit after doing spread bets on correct scores from PP) 😀

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          2. Gargamel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            I think you guys are onto something great here and that it's a kind offer from PP's side.

            Occasionally the bookies actually do nice things, I've seen them refund bets placed on games they thought ended unfairly plenty of times for example.

            Then again, with the massive amount of money they make it's probably good PR. Did a quick estimation on how much money a gambling site makes and it did my head in.

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      2. hillbillypete
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        my bets are on!

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        1. Aidy
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Bets on 🙂 gets took £200 off me on the challenge cup. Not that I had any idea what I was betting on 🙁

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  13. More Cowbell
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    I've taken inspiration from the Football Venn Diagrams website and made one of my own in honour of FPL/FFS. 😀

    http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z321/stulittle09/FPLVennDiagram.jpg

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    1. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Ha! Like it.

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    2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Like

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    3. Waldaz
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      😆

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    4. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Excellent.

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  14. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Can someone please greasemonkey my team. thanks

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    1. jimski
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      # (c)=243/453 53.6% Bench=242 11%

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      1. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers - what does that all mean?

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        1. jimski
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          The first figure is the percentage of "perfect captaincy choice" that you achieved, i.e. the sum of the points from your highest scoring player each week is 453, and the sum of the points (before doubling) that your chosen capatin scored is 243.

          The bench figure is less meaningful - basically you had 11% of your points each week on the bench.

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          1. Jinswick
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            thanks!

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  15. Gargamel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Backing Scotland big tonight at ~1.9, strong team against a weak Wales team.

    McGregor, Whittaker, Berra, G Caldwell, Crainey, McCormack, Brown, Adam, Morrison, Naismith, Miller

    Myhill, Eardley, Morgan, Blake, Taylor, Dorman, Tudur-Jones, King, Easter, Earnshaw, Vokes

    Had a bad day yesterday so hoping for some better success now, I reckon these are great odds for a game Scotland should win.

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    1. TheHazard
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      That Wales team looks shocking - decent bet I reckon.

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    2. Andy
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      weak Wales team? ....Andy King.

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      1. Gargamel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        I'm a fan of his (did me proud in FM11) but I struggle to remember where more than half of this team mates play their everyday football.

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        1. Andy
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          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          as applebonkers also said on the twittle-twaddle...

          I got to six. Myhill (Baggies), Eardley (Blackpool), King (Leicester), Vokes (Wolves), Earnshaw (Forest), Easter (...was at MK Dons/Swansea). The other five are clearly not real people though.

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          1. Gargamel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah, that's how I first found out about it all. I'm a big twitter stalker, I like reading what people say but when it comes to posting I'm more comfortable over here at good old FFS.

            Tudur-Jones is a good name.

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          2. jamsiep
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Easter is Jermaine Easter? Think he plays for Wycombe....

            Tudor-Jones used to play for Swansea, not sure if he still does. But I'll guess them...

            No clue about the others.

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            1. jamsiep
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Boll*cks to that. Neither of them still play for Wycombe/Swansea.

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  16. jagz
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    look at the crowd haha

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  17. Clintymints
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Here's my C and bench info - # (c)=263/449 58.5% Bench=280 12.6%

    ended up at 2,682 (Y) not to bad stats there 🙂

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