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***EPL 2019-20 Fantasy League*** Games start on Friday! (1 Viewer)
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
Zazale obviously knows his stuff - he ranked 98/99 United ahead of 83/84 Liverpool in the 2020 Greatest All-Time Sports draft. Honestly, he should be running this thing over Gator.
The Gator
Footballguy
I see. Knowing that he is dissing my favorite team is a mark against him.
How does he feel about Cristiano? His spot in the league hinges on his answer...
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Two things:
1. He hasn't revealed his player rankings yet so you can judge that for yourself
2. I doubt he has a poster of Cristiano over his bed like some people
P&S - Gator late at night staring at said poster
Drunken knight
Footballguy
Looks fun. I follow Bundesliga more. Lineups would be tough here on the west coast.
The Gator
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
It is fun.
Yes, we have lost more than one owner over the years on the west coast - because of the line-up timing. It is a burden on the left-coasters.
I have offered, but can't guarantee, to be up early enough to use commish powers to adjust line-ups - assuming they are submitted ahead of time - i.e. If Player X is not starting, replace with Player Y
Drunken knight
Footballguy
AAABatteries
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The Gator
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Drunken knight
Footballguy
If you need one, I'll step in. May need l/u help.
DJackson10
Footballguy
What did he do to get a timeout? I just served a 15hr one the other day for Spamming?
Drunken knight
Footballguy
DJackson10
Footballguy
Apparently I was posting naughty words through the filter. I'd right part of the word out maybe first letter and then put "****" like that and I got suspended for spamming. I got a week for spamming maybe a week before the last one but mod never posted anything I spammed. I was calling another poster out on what his intentions of his post really was about and many of us saw right through it so stop lying. That comment got me reported for spamming despite the fact I didn't post any foul language or anything. It's really hard to get a read on what is being allowed or not allowed on here these days.
It's a lot different for me compared to the board I use to post at. it was the MLB.com forums and a poster mentioned this board when I had a football NFL thread going and asked where they were getting stuff. They were posting Derange Hermit's source info he got from his buddy when his buddy worked for the Eagles to our thread. Thats how I found this board to begin with. Read a lot more then posted back then though. Maybe about 3 1/2 yrs ago started posted more here and a year ago MLB board went puff into thin air with zero warning. Long Story short you got away with a lot more on those boards. I'll put it this way if we had the mods from here on those boards 80% of the posters posting on those boards may have gotten life time bans for what they posted. So I'm really not use to such 'stricter" (for lack of better terms) rules.
DJackson10
Footballguy
My only issue is I usually have work when most of these matches are on since I work retail.
The Gator
Footballguy
DJackson10
Footballguy
Yeah 15 hrs and 30Ms or something like that. Another was 30 days and 7 hrs. Believe me I have no idea how they come up with those. I asked Trusbisky about length of suspensions and how they are determined and they said it was up to whichever mod gave you the Timeout. I guess I should've asked more specifically how they get the 30M or 1 day and X amount of hrs. Its so weird and inconsistent too. Like My 30 day suspension probably shouldn't have been anywhere near that. What I put wasn't anywhere close to what I've seen from others who got much shorter TOs for. At this point it's just whatever. I'll take the break and comeback when the time is up. No point in fighting it or whatever probably just will get ya in more trouble. After my month Suspension I changed some posting habits and ignoring certain posters too which helps. There's a few who I believe are just out to get me because of my posting habits or something I posted before for whatever reason. Never have been disrespectful to anyone here.15 hours
zazale
Footballguy
AAABatteries
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
I feel I can’t give an honest reply to this without being accused of influencing a judge. I’ll just say, I’m a Manchester United fan, watched virtually every game he played for them, hated it when he left, think he’s incredible. And with him and every other player ever, save Pele, available to me....I didn’t pick him. And it wasn’t because Gator is a scouser.
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Drunken knight
Footballguy
Thanks for sharing.
Maybe I am ill-informed. I thought spamming was something different.
DJackson10
Footballguy
I did too. When I got the week ban for spamming and saw the post they took I thought it was weird. I had a different idea on spamming as well.
The Gator
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
A couple of "weird" game weeks upcoming:
Week 36: Runs from tomorrow (Tuesday) through Friday.
Week 37: Runs from Saturday through next Wednesday.
With that in mind - I am going to change waivers from Thursday this week to Friday - 9:00 PM ET
And then on the following Thursday.
That should wrap up the season.
I still have not read anything on a start date for the 20-21 season, but I think I recall seeing that the European transfer window will be open until early October.
Once we get a start date, I'll put together a new thread for next season, and get draft dates.
Week 36: Runs from tomorrow (Tuesday) through Friday.
Week 37: Runs from Saturday through next Wednesday.
With that in mind - I am going to change waivers from Thursday this week to Friday - 9:00 PM ET
And then on the following Thursday.
That should wrap up the season.
I still have not read anything on a start date for the 20-21 season, but I think I recall seeing that the European transfer window will be open until early October.
Once we get a start date, I'll put together a new thread for next season, and get draft dates.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Heard rumors of games starting mid September. We would probably draft starting in Mid-August. Draft takes a few weeks usually.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Point of order for the league.
A poster that does not visit the PSF and has a clean posting record should start the new **Official** league post. That way the thread title can be continually updated.
Thinking no @Sinn Fein or @The Gator or @McBokonon.
A poster that does not visit the PSF and has a clean posting record should start the new **Official** league post. That way the thread title can be continually updated.
Thinking no @Sinn Fein or @The Gator or @McBokonon.
The Gator
Footballguy
Link to 2017/18 draft spreadsheet
2018/19
2019/20
This has 15/16 and 16/17
For anyone looking to see how the draft looked in previous years.
2018/19
2019/20
This has 15/16 and 16/17
For anyone looking to see how the draft looked in previous years.
Bluto Blutarsky
Footballguy
drunken slob
Footballguy
Before I forget, want to thank our multi-personality commish for the work done under these challenging conditions. 
zazale
Footballguy
i would like to petition a change to the arbitrary rules that define who counts as a midfield or a forward. notable offenders include but are not limited to:
M/F Sadio Mane, M/F Marcus Rashford, M/F Gerard Deulofeu, M/F Roberto Firmino. you can't in good faith argue with me that these players also deserve the midfielder role which is strictly better when their average positions by gameweek are laterally near identical to actual Fs like Jamie Vardy and Danny Ings. thanks https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comparison/players/ for the positional analysis.
https://snipboard.io/4fJWGQ.jpg firmino vs ings average position. almost all the M/Fs are like this. There are D/Ms that are also like this but they're harder to define because there are a lot of wingbacks whose average position is straight midfield but they play defense out of possession. For now, players that are M/F that apply like above allow me to theoretically play more than 3 forwards based on actual positioning.
M/F Sadio Mane, M/F Marcus Rashford, M/F Gerard Deulofeu, M/F Roberto Firmino. you can't in good faith argue with me that these players also deserve the midfielder role which is strictly better when their average positions by gameweek are laterally near identical to actual Fs like Jamie Vardy and Danny Ings. thanks https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comparison/players/ for the positional analysis.
https://snipboard.io/4fJWGQ.jpg firmino vs ings average position. almost all the M/Fs are like this. There are D/Ms that are also like this but they're harder to define because there are a lot of wingbacks whose average position is straight midfield but they play defense out of possession. For now, players that are M/F that apply like above allow me to theoretically play more than 3 forwards based on actual positioning.
The Gator
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
Seriously though - I admire the thought process, and I even agree.
But the reality is I would spend all season arbitrating with people over position requirements. M/F D/M and even the occasional D/F happen. Its just easier to avoid the arguments by using the assignment from Fantrax. Nobody's feelings get hurt that way.
We did make an adjustment recently (this year or last) where we allowed positions to change during the year - once a player has played a certain number of games at a given position - that leads to more multi-position players by the end of the season.
But the reality is I would spend all season arbitrating with people over position requirements. M/F D/M and even the occasional D/F happen. Its just easier to avoid the arguments by using the assignment from Fantrax. Nobody's feelings get hurt that way.
We did make an adjustment recently (this year or last) where we allowed positions to change during the year - once a player has played a certain number of games at a given position - that leads to more multi-position players by the end of the season.
The Gator
Footballguy
Position is a factor when you rank the players for draft - as you note, a M role is more valuable if the player is really a F.
I will say that the AM roles always seems to be a bit arbitrary in whether fantrax counts them as M or F. And, off the top of my head, I don't know where fantrax gets its stats feed (that is the ultimate source, fantrax itself makes no position decsions.)
I will say that the AM roles always seems to be a bit arbitrary in whether fantrax counts them as M or F. And, off the top of my head, I don't know where fantrax gets its stats feed (that is the ultimate source, fantrax itself makes no position decsions.)
The Gator
Footballguy
@zazale - I assume you have access to the current league page
If you click on the player, you can see how many games they have played at any given position.
Using Mane as an example - this year he is listed as F 30 times, M 3 times - so he won't be eligible as a MF next season.
Last year it was 24 F, 12 M - and I think we use 10 games from the previous season as the determining factor.
We could tweak that - but then I think we ran into issues with players who only had a handful of games the previous season.
If you click on the player, you can see how many games they have played at any given position.
Using Mane as an example - this year he is listed as F 30 times, M 3 times - so he won't be eligible as a MF next season.
Last year it was 24 F, 12 M - and I think we use 10 games from the previous season as the determining factor.
We could tweak that - but then I think we ran into issues with players who only had a handful of games the previous season.
zazale
Footballguy
you're right, i apologize. the system is arbitrary insofar that fantrax determines the default positions but they can play 15 games at that position to qualify for that position. i'm looking and a good example of this seems to be Deulofeu. Watford played 395 different formations in the first part of the season, he was a lone striker, second striker, right winger and even attacking mid.
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