Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
*2014-15 EPL Fantasy - 15-16 league rules wars & signup open (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Eephus
- Start date
The Gator
Footballguy
Highly doubt he come to the EPL
Chelsea - TNSSO says they're done
City - Can't afford it with FFP iirc, esp with Mangala(sp) still to come
Liverpool - won't pay what's wanted
Arsenal - Sanchez
United - Di Maria wants CL, not the Carling Cup- Di Maria to PSG and Cavani to United is waaaay more Llikely
Last edited by a moderator:
Eephus
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
Native
Footballguy
Last edited by a moderator:
Eephus
Footballguy
Last edited by a moderator:
The Gator
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Ominous Johnson
Footballguy
All this football talk is getting Ominous Johnson excited for the survivor pool. Is that thread started yet?
charvik
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
The draft is over and teams have been entered. Go in and check your squad when you get a chance. I didn't enter placeholders this year because Fantrax didn't populate a the database as widely this year. Let me know when your guys get added in and I'll place them on your team.
Counting Jonessed round #17 skip, 23 speculative picks were made
PK TEAM PLAYER POS TEAM
14 . 05 8ebok24 --- Paul Pogba --- MID Juventus
17 . xx 8ebok24 --- Marquinhos --- DEF Paris St. Germain
16 . 14 Bonzai --- Facundo Ferreyra --- FWD NEW
17 . xx Bonzai --- Angel di Maria --- MID Real Madrid
14 . 12 Charvik --- Xherdan Shaqiri --- MID Bayern
16 . 12 Charvik --- Mario Balotelli --- FWD Milan
17 . xx Charvik --- Karim Benzema --- FWD Real Madrid
14 . 08 Christo --- Sami Khedira --- MID Real Madrid
15 . 07 Christo --- Mats Hummels --- DEF Dortmund
8 . 09 Eephus --- Eliaquim Mangala --- DEF Porto
16 . 09 Eephus --- Mauricio Isla --- DEF Juventus
16 . 11 Gator --- Yevhen Konoplyanka --- MID Dnipro
17 . xx Gator --- Arda Turan --- MID Atletico Madrid
17 . xx Gator --- Joshua Guilavogui --- MID Atletico Madrid
17 . xx Jonessed --- ---
9 . 13 Native --- Edinson Cavani --- FWD Paris St. Germain
17 . xx Native --- Juan Cuadrado --- FWD Fiorentina
9 . 08 Sebow/GPJ --- Mathieu Valbuena --- MID Marseille
10 . 04 Shader --- Ezequiel Lavezzi --- FWD Paris St. Germain
15 . 11 Shader --- Alberto Moreno --- DEF Sevilla
17 . xx Shader --- Douglas Costa --- FWD Shakhtar Donetsk
12 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Marco Reus --- MID Dortmund
14 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Juan Fernando Quintero --- MID Porto
16 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Mateo Musacchio --- DEF Villarreal
Counting Jonessed round #17 skip, 23 speculative picks were made
PK TEAM PLAYER POS TEAM
14 . 05 8ebok24 --- Paul Pogba --- MID Juventus
17 . xx 8ebok24 --- Marquinhos --- DEF Paris St. Germain
16 . 14 Bonzai --- Facundo Ferreyra --- FWD NEW
17 . xx Bonzai --- Angel di Maria --- MID Real Madrid
14 . 12 Charvik --- Xherdan Shaqiri --- MID Bayern
16 . 12 Charvik --- Mario Balotelli --- FWD Milan
17 . xx Charvik --- Karim Benzema --- FWD Real Madrid
14 . 08 Christo --- Sami Khedira --- MID Real Madrid
15 . 07 Christo --- Mats Hummels --- DEF Dortmund
8 . 09 Eephus --- Eliaquim Mangala --- DEF Porto
16 . 09 Eephus --- Mauricio Isla --- DEF Juventus
16 . 11 Gator --- Yevhen Konoplyanka --- MID Dnipro
17 . xx Gator --- Arda Turan --- MID Atletico Madrid
17 . xx Gator --- Joshua Guilavogui --- MID Atletico Madrid
17 . xx Jonessed --- ---
9 . 13 Native --- Edinson Cavani --- FWD Paris St. Germain
17 . xx Native --- Juan Cuadrado --- FWD Fiorentina
9 . 08 Sebow/GPJ --- Mathieu Valbuena --- MID Marseille
10 . 04 Shader --- Ezequiel Lavezzi --- FWD Paris St. Germain
15 . 11 Shader --- Alberto Moreno --- DEF Sevilla
17 . xx Shader --- Douglas Costa --- FWD Shakhtar Donetsk
12 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Marco Reus --- MID Dortmund
14 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Juan Fernando Quintero --- MID Porto
16 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Mateo Musacchio --- DEF Villarreal
Last edited by a moderator:
The Gator
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
Sorry I was vague and edited out the actual part I was replying to Need my
...I meant how many speculative picks?
Eephus
Footballguy
None of the non-EPL players will be rostered until they're entered in the Fantrax database.
gianmarco
Footballguy
I meant this list 8 posts above:
Counting Jonessed round #17 skip, 23 speculative picks were made
PK TEAM PLAYER POS TEAM
14 . 05 8ebok24 --- Paul Pogba --- MID Juventus
17 . xx 8ebok24 --- Marquinhos --- DEF Paris St. Germain
16 . 14 Bonzai --- Facundo Ferreyra --- FWD NEW
17 . xx Bonzai --- Angel di Maria --- MID Real Madrid
14 . 12 Charvik --- Xherdan Shaqiri --- MID Bayern
16 . 12 Charvik --- Mario Balotelli --- FWD Milan
17 . xx Charvik --- Karim Benzema --- FWD Real Madrid
14 . 08 Christo --- Sami Khedira --- MID Real Madrid
15 . 07 Christo --- Mats Hummels --- DEF Dortmund
8 . 09 Eephus --- Eliaquim Mangala --- DEF Porto
16 . 09 Eephus --- Mauricio Isla --- DEF Juventus
16 . 11 Gator --- Yevhen Konoplyanka --- MID Dnipro
17 . xx Gator --- Arda Turan --- MID Atletico Madrid
17 . xx Gator --- Joshua Guilavogui --- MID Atletico Madrid
17 . xx Jonessed --- ---
9 . 13 Native --- Edinson Cavani --- FWD Paris St. Germain
17 . xx Native --- Juan Cuadrado --- FWD Fiorentina
9 . 08 Sebow/GPJ --- Mathieu Valbuena --- MID Marseille
10 . 04 Shader --- Ezequiel Lavezzi --- FWD Paris St. Germain
15 . 11 Shader --- Alberto Moreno --- DEF Sevilla
17 . xx Shader --- Douglas Costa --- FWD Shakhtar Donetsk
12 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Marco Reus --- MID Dortmund
14 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Juan Fernando Quintero --- MID Porto
16 . 06 Sinn Fein --- Mateo Musacchio --- DEF Villarreal
Eephus
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Ominous Johnson
Footballguy
So one of my picks, Ryan Shawcross, is missing from my team. Can I put him in myself or is that something you have to do Eephus?
Eephus
Footballguy
Ominous Johnson
Footballguy
Thanks!
I just looked at the rules and it says there are playoffs set up for weeks 37 & 38.
And it says line-ups are locked 1 hour before each payer's game. If we have the ability it should be 1 minute. There's no reason not to let us hear the teams' line-ups before setting ours. In fact, it's dumb if we have the ability.
And I still think we should flip tie-breakers 1 & 2. The rankings should be based on the effort over the entire year rather than only games against those we are tied with.
And it says line-ups are locked 1 hour before each payer's game. If we have the ability it should be 1 minute. There's no reason not to let us hear the teams' line-ups before setting ours. In fact, it's dumb if we have the ability.
And I still think we should flip tie-breakers 1 & 2. The rankings should be based on the effort over the entire year rather than only games against those we are tied with.
Seriously - no point in making the deadline 1-hour earlier - might as well make it Friday. Seems silly not to allow line-up changes based on actual game line-ups. Given that most line-ups are released right around an hour before games, too much to check if you have multiple players, and need to fix line-ups.
I'd rather not even have the option, if its not useful.
I'd rather not even have the option, if its not useful.
gianmarco
Footballguy
Agreed. The whole complaint about lack of auto-subs is fixed with this.
And again, if WC people are at an unfair advantage as a result, I'd vote that we allow them to sub in their best bench player for the early game if their starter wasn't in and they couldn't change it due to the early time. I think this would happen MAYBE 5 times over the course of the whole season. How many west coast people are there anyway?
Eephus
Footballguy
Well, lets not make any changes this year then.
Put the deadline back to what it was, and we can discuss for next season. But, if we are going to make any changes from last season, lets discuss before we arbitrarily decide on which changes to implement.
I know I am being kind of an ####### here - and for that I apologize - but it seems the rules have been changed, but for no apparent purpose.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
I support FEeephusFA's benevolent rule.
gianmarco
Footballguy
I missed the 2014/2015 thread where we locked the 17th round and changed it to a free-for-all too!
Trying to change little rules here and there each year isn't really the goal of this discussion. In fact, I have enough of that with other leagues that this one is nice in that it just happens and that's it.
But, we moved to Fantrax last year and it was a HUGE improvement with the exception of losing auto-subs. With locked lineups, teams are getting 0's that they could otherwise fix. This is such an easy and basic fix that eliminates all of that.
Unfortunately, the league is based in a time zone that makes it hard for us here in the US. But, even for me in CST, the early games start at 6:30am for me. I'd have to get up at 6am to look over lineups and get changes in if I wanted to. I don't have that much more of an advantage than the WC in doing so. And that's for 1-2 games each week out of 10. It matters so much more for the other 8-9, that if I happen to actually have someone going in the early game AND they happen to be a late scratch AND it actually makes a difference, that loss is easily made up for being able to actually get the right players in the rest of the matchups during the week.
On top of that, it seems the majority of us in the league want this to be in place too.
There's actually another even easier fix if we're worried about the disadvantage that the West Coast people would have. It probably can't be policed, but I think we could all agree not to make any lineup changes for the early games and be gentlemanly enough to abide by it. Set the deadline for 1 min prior to start time but we all just agree to set the early games the night before and leave it. Advantage fixed and best lineups across the board as it's intended for the rest of the games when we all have a shot to adjust our lineups.
I'd rather get it wrong for 1-2 games and get it right for 8-9 than get it wrong for all 10 (which is what the 1 hour deadline does since lineups aren't out that early usually).
Last edited by a moderator:
The Gator
Footballguy
As a west coaster I don't see the big deal if lineups are due 1min before the game. What's the difference between making them set at 4:30am instead of 5:29am? If' I'm(sebowski) not getting up at 5:20 to make changes, what good does it do me to make the deadline earlier?
Hell, I think the 1min rule is better for the majority of games for us out here.
Hell, I think the 1min rule is better for the majority of games for us out here.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
If I understand correctly, the idea is it makes it less likely that East Coasters will be able to get up early enough to make changes. I think the rule assumes that West Coasters can't (and shouldn't) be expected to check their Twitter feeds at that hour.As a west coaster I don't see the big deal if lineups are due 1min before the game. What's the difference between making them set at 4:30am instead of 5:29am? If' I'm(sebowski) not getting up at 5:20 to make changes, what good does it do me to make the deadline earlier?
Hell, I think the 1min rule is better for the majority of games for us out here.
I don't check American football lineups when games start at 1PM, so I'm not the guy to ask. But the concern seems to be that the 1 minute rule does grant East Coasters a more plausible opportunity to make changes than West Coasters.
The Gator
Footballguy
Yeah, I get that and I'm good either way, just voicing a WC opinionIf I understand correctly, the idea is it makes it less likely that East Coasters will be able to get up early enough to make changes. I think the rule assumes that West Coasters can't (and shouldn't) be expected to check their Twitter feeds at that hour.As a west coaster I don't see the big deal if lineups are due 1min before the game. What's the difference between making them set at 4:30am instead of 5:29am? If' I'm(sebowski) not getting up at 5:20 to make changes, what good does it do me to make the deadline earlier?
Hell, I think the 1min rule is better for the majority of games for us out here.
I don't check American football lineups when games start at 1PM, so I'm not the guy to ask. But the concern seems to be that the 1 minute rule does grant East Coasters a more plausible opportunity to make changes than West Coasters.
Eephus
Footballguy
I think the most valid point made during the draft was that the rules changes impacted player values and draft strategy, i.e. rotational guys get an upgrade with a gametime deadline. There's no way to get that genie back into the bottle so I think we have to maintain the status quo for this season.
The only question is whether to have a single deadline one hour before kickoff of the gameweek opener, or before each individual game.
Sorry. I realize some people have strong feelings about this but it's more important that the rules are fair than perfect.
The only question is whether to have a single deadline one hour before kickoff of the gameweek opener, or before each individual game.
Sorry. I realize some people have strong feelings about this but it's more important that the rules are fair than perfect.
I may not be as dedicated as the rest of you - but, I am not checking twitter feeds two hours before a game looking for line-up rumors that may or may not be true. I will check the line-ups for moat games, but if I can't do that in time to make any changes, it kind of defeats the purpose of checking.If I understand correctly, the idea is it makes it less likely that East Coasters will be able to get up early enough to make changes. I think the rule assumes that West Coasters can't (and shouldn't) be expected to check their Twitter feeds at that hour.As a west coaster I don't see the big deal if lineups are due 1min before the game. What's the difference between making them set at 4:30am instead of 5:29am? If' I'm(sebowski) not getting up at 5:20 to make changes, what good does it do me to make the deadline earlier?
Hell, I think the 1min rule is better for the majority of games for us out here.
I don't check American football lineups when games start at 1PM, so I'm not the guy to ask. But the concern seems to be that the 1 minute rule does grant East Coasters a more plausible opportunity to make changes than West Coasters.
So, I guess thats why I don't understand the reasoning behind moving it to 1 hour - what purpose does it serve?
Similar threads
