Premier League Fantasy

[Trofo]

Missed this one but just curious...  How many of you guys are playing and who’s playing?  I think it was hilarious who started a free one a couple of years ago but nobody showed up except for two people.  Him and me.    Fantasy EPL could pick up in the forum tho, with lots of guys in here who are fans of football.

How much was the entry fee?

This is not like the pools we have so there was no entry fee. I opened a topic this season since Sportsbet and Stake started sponsored promotions for Premier League Fantasy so I judged there will be some interest here. You are too late to get end of season rewards (too much points passed) but both have weekly rewards as well.

Here is a link for Sportsbet one:
https://sportsbet.io/promotions/fun-fast-fair-fantasy

On Stake it is a bit more complicated and much harder to actually get rewards. While on Sportsbet you just have to beat Steve to get something

I am personally playing Fantasy for 6-7 seasons and I am playing for money with my local mates. Give it a try this season for free and maybe grab some free bets and then we can think of creating our own bitcointalk league next season.

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[icopress]

Load up on Brentford players. They are starting unbelievable run of good fixtures from this weekend onward and they have two very good options. Toney in attack, and Mbuemo who is classified as mid but plays as striker. Both are cheap and can be used for quite some time. I just switched Antonio to Toney, was heartbroken to let go of Antonio since i have a lot of money invested in him but WestHam started a terrible run of fixtures so I pulled a trigger. That also gave me enough money to upgrade defense back to TAA.

I took Toney in the last round, but I did not sell Antonio because there was no one to replace him, (not to mention the fact that I would have lost a little money on this deal, because in the next round his transfer value would rise). And I also decided to experiment with the players of Southampton (they don't have as many hardcore matches ahead of them as other teams). I took Adam Armstronag as judging by the last season of the Championship, he was one of the most effective forwards scoring about 30 goals, (frankly speaking, if Stuart Armstrong and Adam Armstrong were brothers, then I would take both).  

p.s. But, most importantly, I took Pulisic and made him captain! 

[Trofo]

p.s. But, most importantly, I took Pulisic and made him captain! 

Why man, why? That guy is total shit for fantasy

I want Kane so bad for next 4 games and i have no way to take him into the team. I also want Jota since Firmihno is injured so he should get some playing time. Now to accomplish that and get enough money I will need to make 4 transfers and I have just one free transfer so -12. To pull the trigger or not? I know I should not but I want those in my team promptly.

[buwaytress]

OK guilty again, I forgot to make my team selections before internationals and promised to do it... and forgot again, or like Trofo I'd have switched Jota into my team. So I was 29th and now 35th, probably far too late to do anything useful but I don't mind trying to beat Steve every week.

Pickford being in my team of course didn't help heh. They just lost to City and that reminded me he's in my team ouch.

Anyway swapped out 2 injured players and brought Vardy into my team. He's not having it good but sense some goals popping back in for him.

[Trofo]

OK guilty again, I forgot to make my team selections before internationals and promised to do it... and forgot again, or like Trofo I'd have switched Jota into my team. So I was 29th and now 35th, probably far too late to do anything useful but I don't mind trying to beat Steve every week.

Pickford being in my team of course didn't help heh. They just lost to City and that reminded me he's in my team ouch.

Anyway swapped out 2 injured players and brought Vardy into my team. He's not having it good but sense some goals popping back in for him.

In the end I brought in Kane and left Jota for another week, not worked great for me I still think it was the right decision since Arsenal was solid for some time now while Leeds conceded about 60% of the goals trough the middle. Sounded like perfect storm for the Kane, great international form, new manager under whom Kane types strikers thrive and Leeds vulnerability down the center.

Good thing Steve is not so tough to beat so at least those 0.25 mBTC free bets keep coming every week  

[Trofo]

Bump, new games start today.

I screwed my decisons last week since Jota scored a lot of points and Kane got his game postponed. Ah well you can't predict all those stuff that will hapen in Premier League during holiday season. Lot's of games and big bench is more important than ever. That goes both for the teams playing and our Fantasy squads.

I rectified my mistake and brought in Jota. My next target is Lamptey, he is playing out of position and could be one of the best picks. You don't see often that someone classified as defender plays winger.

[icopress]

I rectified my mistake and brought in Jota. My next target is Lamptey, he is playing out of position and could be one of the best picks. You don't see often that someone classified as defender plays winger.

I'm not sure who to take, for the next rounds ... rested Lukaku or inexpensive Jota (both teams have not very difficult opponents in the upcoming rounds, but to take Lukaku I will have to sacrifice one of the expensive forwards, since I am missing 2 million). Although hypothetically, Lukaku will sit on the bench for a couple of more games as it was with Pulisic. As for the defenders, so far my trio from Rüdiger, Cancelo and Dias suits me, because looking at Lamptey's statistics a little, I see that he has played in only 6 matches and has never been included in the main team, (I hope to finally go beyond 100 points with this line-up). 

[Trofo]

I rectified my mistake and brought in Jota. My next target is Lamptey, he is playing out of position and could be one of the best picks. You don't see often that someone classified as defender plays winger.

I'm not sure who to take, for the next rounds ... rested Lukaku or inexpensive Jota (both teams have not very difficult opponents in the upcoming rounds, but to take Lukaku I will have to sacrifice one of the expensive forwards, since I am missing 2 million). Although hypothetically, Lukaku will sit on the bench for a couple of more games as it was with Pulisic. As for the defenders, so far my trio from Rüdiger, Cancelo and Dias suits me, because looking at Lamptey's statistics a little, I see that he has played in only 6 matches and has never been included in the main team.

You can't really compare defenders which cost 6M or more with defenders that cost 4M, first group are premium defenders which must play every game, while second group are enablers which sit on your bench and hopefully get you some points when they get into the team do to unforeseen circumstances. Lamptey was injured until recently and that is why he was not playing, he was playing every game last season but on right back position. This season he plays right winger and has a price of right back from small club, that is value. He should play at least every second game which is good enough for me.

I am expecting Lukaku to get 30 minutes today and then start all other matches. Jota is much easier to incorporate into the team.

[icopress]

Trofo, Do you have in the team the players of those teams whose matches did not take place?

I'm just wondering how you can get back the points that I lost this week and last week due to canceled matches, and how this will be implemented in the FPL.

[Trofo]

Trofo, Do you have in the team the players of those teams whose matches did not take place?

I'm just wondering how you can get back the points that I lost this week and last week due to canceled matches, and how this will be implemented in the FPL.

Of course I do but so does everybody else

You don't get back those points, they are lost. That is why it is very important to have strong bench at the moment and then you get auto sub and hopefully at least some points. Still not enough to get full 11 playing probably but better than nothing.

There will be lots of double and maybe even tipple game weeks this season. Meaning there will be a week when some team will maybe play even 3 games. Perfect opportunity to use bench boost or triple captain chips and score some enormous points.

[icopress]

You don't get back those points, they are lost. That is why it is very important to have strong bench at the moment and then you get auto sub and hopefully at least some points. Still not enough to get full 11 playing probably but better than nothing.

There will be lots of double and maybe even tipple game weeks this season. Meaning there will be a week when some team will maybe play even 3 games. Perfect opportunity to use bench boost or triple captain chips and score some enormous points.

Well, out of four slots on the bench, I had two slots to save money and two slots with players which I cannot sell due to price increases but which are suspended or on sick leave, (Cancelo, Toney). So I now have 4 players who will not participate in the next round, and even if I add Cancelo to the main team, I still need to spend at least 12 points to stay in the saddle.

The problem is I'm not sure if sacrificing points is worth it, as it is likely that the new trio will not recoup those costs in the next round.

This is exactly one of those moments about which you warned me ... a situation when a change of the whole team is urgently needed for one week.  

That means you already used all your chips which is very bad from strategic point of view. Now you are stuck with changing one player every week or paying 4 points per transfer. You will get another wildcard chip in second part of the season but those other chips are gone for good. Too bad since bench boost and triple captain chips should always be used on double game weeks. They will happen towards the end of the season and there will be game week where half of the teams will play 2 games. That means more points and better usage of the chips. This is your first season so now is the time to learn and then conquer in the next one

[Trofo]

The problem is I'm not sure if sacrificing points is worth it, as it is likely that the new trio will not recoup those costs in the next round.

Look on it from bright side, everybody has problems this game week and we are not even sure that the 5 games we have will be played. How stupid would be to go down -12 and then another game or games get cancelled and your new acquisitions don't even play? I have 10 players at the moment available to start and I will probably make 2 transfers (-4) so that I have at least one sub.

I have free hit but I will not use it this week, there will be even tougher game weeks out there and that is very valuable chip. Probably better used when Spurs have 3 games in one week to bring Kane, Son and Regulion. All these postponed games will get crammed somewhere and we will have even more postponements due to cup fixtures. Fantasy is a marathon not a sprint and you always have to look at the big picture.

Top advice for this week: do all transfers 10 minutes before deadline, that way you can at least be sure Villa - Burnley will be played. I am bringing in Watkins.

[icopress]

As a matter of fact, it turned out as you predicted, since in the end only 4 matches were played and I again had to unexpectedly change Watkins to another player. But the fact is that the round ended for me not very badly, because taking into account the replacements and those stationary players that I had at my disposal, I scored 75 points. As for the triple game week of Tottenham, then I will probably slowly be preparing for this by adding one player per week. 

[Trofo]

As a matter of fact, it turned out as you predicted, since in the end only 4 matches were played and I again had to unexpectedly change Watkins to another player. But the fact is that the round ended for me not very badly, because taking into account the replacements and those stationary players that I had at my disposal, I scored 75 points. As for the triple game week of Tottenham, then I will probably slowly be preparing for this by adding one player per week. 

How deep into the minus points you went? 75 points is great if you kept it at -4, but if you are -12 or more then it is not a good result. Are you still live in the cup competition?

Triple game for Spurs is not confirmed but I am thinking it should happen, double game week will be on for sure for all these teams that missed at least one game. I barely scrapped a full team and then Foden and Grealish go to a party and Pep decides to throw them out from the squad. It is so difficult to get a City asset that you can rely on. Cancelo is great but everybody else just ends up out of the squad as soon as I take them.

[icopress]

How deep into the minus points you went? 75 points is great if you kept it at -4, but if you are -12 or more then it is not a good result. Are you still live in the cup competition?

Triple game for Spurs is not confirmed but I am thinking it should happen, double game week will be on for sure for all these teams that missed at least one game. I barely scrapped a full team and then Foden and Grealish go to a party and Pep decides to throw them out from the squad. It is so difficult to get a City asset that you can rely on. Cancelo is great but everybody else just ends up out of the squad as soon as I take them.

I made 6 substitutions, total - 5 points, as Tomiyasu, Odegaard and Wilson brought me 15 points (1 free, and 5 unexpected substitutions, including the replacement of Wilson). As for Guardiola's choice, I'm not surprised because if you look at past matches against those who are clearly weaker than them, you will see that Pep always puts up minor players in such games (for example Sterling, Zinchenko, Mahrez).

And by the way, I completely agree with your last statement, therefore, Cancelo and Dias + Rüdiger remain my permanent defenders. 

[Trofo]

@icopress
good news for you, everybody got one extra free hit chip due to all postponements, never happened before, I guess PL Fantasy has to mellow a bit to accommodate all the new players

Will be hard to keep that chip, Liverpoll - Leeds game postponed and that means almost all of us are missing at least 3 top players. To make things even worse Watford game also postponed to kill our bench fillers. Sold Salah for Son and that is enough to fill out first 11 for now. Before you all attack me how I could sell Sallah, here me out:
This match is postponed, then Salah has Chelsea and Leicester and then he is away for AFCON. So I am only a bit afraid of Leicester fixture since Chelsea one will be though even if it goes according to plan and I am thinking it could get postponed as well.

[icopress]

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Yesterday I was in the same position as you, it's good that Antonio was at least available, although in the beginning he was on the bench. In general, 40 points, this is all that I managed to survive from my team, since the sale of any of my players would entail financial costs, (each of them is now several 0.4 m more expensive than when I bought them). Btw. Let me know when you decide to use your hit chip, then I'll jump the train with you. 

+ I also found the schedule table to understand when hypothetically there will be double game weeks.

+ This is a link for my personal use, to know where to look for information if I need it in the future (in Ru). ^{[The original title is provided below if needed]}.

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Toby Margetts, Gianni Buttice. Fantasy Premier League: Unlocking the Secrets to a Top 1% Finish. – 2019.

[Trofo]

+ I also found the schedule table to understand when hypothetically there will be double game weeks.

I don't understand shit from that pictures you posted

This is my go to guy for Premier League Fantasy (@BenCrellin from twitter) double/blank game weeks prediction as well as general fixtures
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17-T1IPj0qUNWHdCBvgDGB9XhKnZhLnZZIw6eQUCcanY/edit#gid=755386637

It is totally unbelievable how much time & effort some individuals put into Fantasy, just browse trough those tabs on the provided link. I am using maybe 2-5% of data he puts out.

[icopress]

The Leicester & Norwich match is canceled ... and I'm not particularly surprised considering that I picked three Leicester players.

Have a great weekend everyone, see you next year! 

[Trofo]

The Leicester & Norwich match is canceled ... and I'm not particularly surprised considering that I picked three Leicester players.

Have a great weekend everyone, see you next year!  

What about our talk that you need to do transfers in the last 10 minutes to avoid stuff like that happening I am waiting for last minute and then I'll probably get a bit too drunk tonight during celebration and sleep trough the deadline.

What players did you take from Leicester? I was considering only Maddison.

See you next year!

Edit: We have our first team with 2 fixtures this week. West Ham players here I come, Bowen and Antonio in my sights.