Fantasy Football (Soccer)

[JamesB]

@AdamC I will give it a miss this season, way too invested in the Championship at the moment lol

[AdamC]

@JamesB

[Nick]

If we had modifiers I'd be interested. Say for example:

No AI app assistance, Reddit thread data-gathering and fantasy football podcast help
No paperwork or spreadsheet printouts detailing selection tactics on desks during work hours
No Southampton binocular cheats (this is when you copy someone's else core side week to week in the latter stages of season to keep ahead of them by matching their points haul from core players plucked)

[AdamJ]

@Nick said in Fantasy Football (Soccer):

If we had modifiers I'd be interested. Say for example:

No AI app assistance, Reddit thread data-gathering and fantasy football podcast help
No paperwork or spreadsheet printouts detailing selection tactics on desks during work hours
No Southampton binocular cheats (this is when you copy someone's else core side week to week in the latter stages of season to keep ahead of them by matching their points haul from core players plucked)

all of that and I still didn't win

[Tago Mago]

@AdamJ it could have been worse, just saying

[Nick]

@AdamJ ffs

[AdamC]

@Nick so is this a yes or a no?

[Steve]

@AdamC Sounds like a no to me!

[Nick]

My own personal modifier (because I have morals and sensibilities) is to not include any of 'them lot' in my side. So tbf, it's always highly unlikely to be able to win.

As for yes or no. I suggest you check the league.

[AdamC]

@Nick phwoar, fighting cock talk that

[Nick]

[Steve]

@AdamC heard it all before - every season 17th!

[AdamC]

@Jack @Nick please bring 15 cash monies to Gosport tomorrow. If anyone needs bank details please let me know, @Tago-Mago @Nocturama presume you have them from last time but give me a shout if not

[Tago Mago]

@AdamC done. As always I will ride my moral high horse and refuse to pick Haaland. Bottom three here I come

[AdamC]

@Tago-Mago I dont think its as safe a bet as he has been, time will tell.

Thanks mate, received! Good luck

[Nick]

@Tago-Mago I actually had a serious set of modifiers that would make it really interesting but it wont work because everyone joins multiple leagues with the single team (that you're allowed to have in FF) so hard to really get anyone to buy into it. One key modifier was 'No Haaland'.

[Tago Mago]

@Nick as a casual follower of football in general and the Premier League in particular I go in with zero expectations. The No Haaland rule is the only constant in my approach. Everything else is uneducated guesswork.

If I were to join a fantasy football league for the Bundesliga I wouldn’t pick Kane either. To be fair, I wouldn’t pick any Bayern player

[Nick]

I reckon the Final Fantasy algo should have a means to punish football atrocities and not award points for say Arsenal set-piece goals or a ref awarding a penalty at the Stretford End at Old Trafford.

[AdamC]

@Nick Agreed mate, or Spurs players staying in the premier league by the skin of their teeth

[Nick]

@AdamC haha, true.

Look at this.

Truly one of the most incredible escapes, how did we get away with it?

Oh yeah.

West Ham.

Sorry Alex. And thank you.

(I accepted we were relegated after the Palace game).