Fantasy Football 2018/19

[Lie-in King]

Hi everyone! Yes, it's back! With 7 days until kick-off, I've taken the liberty of restarting the Answerbank League at Sky Sports - https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/

(This is where I pretty much C & P last year's blurb...)

Hopefully all the regulars will enter a couple of teams & let's hope that a few more fancy having a go this season. Don't worry if you know *nothing* about football but still want to join in - you can use the option to have a team selected at random. The facility to enter a 3rd team in January will also be available.

As last year, we're given £100m to spend & have unlimited transfers until the Match Day deadline on Friday 10th August, then you get 5 per week / 40 for the season. They've kept the "Overhaul" feature, which means that for one week in September & one week in February, *unlimited* transfers will be available, *not* coming out of the 40 per season allowance! This was quite handy last season.

Info on all that ^ & more is here - https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/help

The paragraph "Captain Changes" in that link ^ is a "must-read".

When you've picked a team (or two) - yourself, or used automatic selection, name your team(s), then join the League - ours is called "AnswerBank" & the PIN you need to enter is -

8390546

You can then change the visibility of your team(s) between "Public" & "Private", depending on whether you want other Managers to be able to see the details. A note here - just because I'm called the League "Chairman" doesn't mean I'm given special powers. I can't see "Private" teams & I get no other privileges.

The following links can be useful (though as they point out, not necessarily definitive) to check for injuries and suspensions prior to game days -

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/fantasy-football-injuries/
http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

This can be useful near to, or on, Game Days -

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/team-news/

Ok, I think that's covered everything needed to get the League going & I wish everyone lots of fun & good luck for the forthcoming season! :-))

I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel
Stuart Pearce

[Togo]

Not picked my teams yet. Have been having a look at stats and so forth, and waiting to see where the transfer market ends up. Don't want to pick teams and have to start a mad shuffle before kick off Friday. However I have been paying close attention to the league newcomer players, and possible recruits, hoping to find a bit of value.

[Arksided]

At that time I was shuffling my provisional teams about and in particular one of my own team players Jesse Lingard, and just a bit miffed I couldn't afford him... lol.

[Arksided]

Answerbank Fantasy Football Final League Table 2017/18:

1. Robs Robbers... 2701
2. MightyWBA... 2664
3. Lie-in United... 2655
4. Lie-in Too... 2615
5. Wordsley Baggies... 2596
6. Robs Robbers 2nd XI... 2592
7. Trident Dribblers... 2549
8. HiHoSilvaLining... 2532
9. BatshuayiLikeIt... 2526
10. benchloeryan... 2475
11. Hugo Mugget! ...2356
12. North United... 2324
13. ryanchloeben... 2273
14. Hacketts Juniors... 2221
15. X-RAY ROVERS... 2159
16. Poor Boys. 2144
17. X-RAY RESERVES... 2107
18. bonnies rovers... 1946
19. Bottal... 1924
20. clydes crusaders... 1906
21. Carrot 'n' Booze... 1898
22. Winsome AFC... 1755
23. Answer Removed... 1662
24. Mostyn... 1536
25. Clover... 1079

[Ken4155]

Carrot And Booze registered. Phew, like doing a days work and i understand what you guys were talking about when you mentioned the price of some of the players. Nahki Wells, who we signed for £5m this time last year has hardly figured - think he's come on with seconds to go about a half dozen times - is well over-valued. May go for an auto selection when registering my next team :-)

[Lie-in King]

Evening bump...

[Arksided]

Good to see you there Ken and Lol. Welcome to team lLitherland utd... sorry I don't know your user name. When I post the latest league I always delete managers names so anonymity is assured.

[Lie-in King]

Thanks Ed :-)

This is a bump...

[Arksided]

Hey-up. Good to see you're a bit sticky L.I.K. Obviously I'm subscribed but took the normal route.

A subtle bump...

[Arksided]

Only just noticed Fútbol has been amended as well ;-)

[Lie-in King]

...and SpareEd did say "Ask & ye shall receive..." :-)

[Arksided]

I'll ponder on that one ;-)

[Lie-in King]

Midday bump...

[Arksided]

Evening bump.

[Togo]

I know that at least two of last years AB Fantasy team managers are there...….yes Talbot and Clover this means you, come on get signed up. Your League Needs You.

[Arksided]

Bump

2 Days 8 hours to Kick-off.

[Lie-in King]

To keep everything tied-up, there's another thread here -

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1618464.html

[Lie-in King]

I notice a couple of teams are viewable to all - if those managers want to make them private, this is how -

Go to "My Team" - under the "pitch" is a box that looks like this -

http://www.upl.co/uploads/Capture-48-871533731485.png

(don't shoot the messenger for the poor wording!)

- use the drop-down arrow to change from "Public" to "Private".

[Arksided]

After just reading that, I couldn't resist... lol

[Lie-in King]

Hmmm - what have you done now, my little Gianfranco?

[Arksided]

Had a snoop at the oppositions team sheets of course, changes nothing some strong teams.