Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
Is anyone from our FPL fantasy football league still around these parts?
It looks to me like only about half of the league are still active, though I am amazed that some teams that don't appear actively managed are doing so well. The manager of 'Ibracadabra' is 2nd in our league having made only 5 transfers all season.
Marmion has fallen down the rankings but is still 10th despite having Cuadrado who has been playing for Juventus all season, Ivanovic who now plays in Russia, Ighalo who now plays in China, and Erik Lamela who has'nt been playing for anyone as he's been injured for ages
My 'Surrender Monkeys' team is currently top and I'm having my best FPL season to date and love the game, its my 3rd season and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. As we get to the exciting finale to the season I wondered if any of those still playing wanted any discussions about the run in, the upcoming blank game weeks, the use of our bench boost, all out attack and triple captain chips, team value etc? Have you used any/all your chips yet, who still has the 2nd wildcard left? I'm using my 'all out attack' chip next game week, saving my triple captain and bench boost chips for the double game weeks and will probably use my 2nd wildcard the week before playing a bench boost so I can get up to 15 players with 2 games in a week. What are others planning?
From a cursory look it appears as though the managers of Weld Rd Wizards, Marko Van Bestun, Stevilla, Egg & Creswell (makes me chuckle every time I see this one), Yorkie's Team, You Messi'n with Me and Bulgin Bellies are still active teams.
To those not playing FPL the last 2 paragraphs must seem complete gibberish, I'm happy to start a separate FPL thread where we can discuss such matters without interfering with the discussions from the true fans of Fulchester United and the like. Just wondering if anyone's interested? If not, apologies, as you were, I'll just keep talking to myself and there's no need for any further typing or thread derailment
My team is Weld Road Wizards. This is also my third year of playing FPL and like you, I have improved steadily. Although, it seems not as much as you - it will be a tall order to catch up with your 112 point lead with only 1 games left.
It is interesting what you learn as you go along. For example, your strategy on using your chips seems quite good. I feel I wasted mine by using them quite randomly, and too early. My team is in a couple of other leagues, one of which includes 4 of us who all have a weekly drink together. As we meet face to face that involves a lot more leg pulling than this one, but one of the other lads mentioned the sort of thing you mention above, such as using your triple captain in double game weeks - too late for me this year, but I'll remember next
. I used my wildcards early on, the first because I seemed to have picked a few donkeys and was making very slow progress, and the second because I wanted to bring in a few players who had been performing well.It can become quite addictive and I have found myself watching live games and willing my players to do well, cursing them when they don't and wishing the worst for my opponents' players
. But it does help you notice players you may not otherwise notice, and some of those players in struggling teams are gems, such as Heaton the Burnley GK. Another example is Ake who was on loan to Bournemouth and doing great until Chelsea recalled him - now I am stuck with a player who can't get a game and therefore doesn't score points, but who is difficult to exchange because of his low price....well, it's tough at the top I suppose, and if you haven't got a sense of humour, you shouldn't have joined 
.I actually have another FPL team which is in a few leagues. I thought it might add some interest and variety, but it is a PITA requiring twice the effort, and you can end up with split loyalties when players in either team could do well for your opponents in your other leagues. Plus, as you can enter a single team into as many as 15 different leagues, it is quite pointless.
A separate thread might work well, but as you have counted only 8 active managers, including yourself, it might not get much use; perhaps though, it might catch the attention and interest of other CC members and encourage more to join in which could make for a bigger and more exciting league.....so on balance I would say go for it. It's a great game and the more the merrier.
