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

[rowanwitch]

I am in, I dont have the fun of beating Dave any more, but will have a go against the rest of you

[Arksided]

Welcome on board Rowan, we'll keep you on your toes I'm sure. Besides we can't have a Chelsea fan winning it... yes L.I.K you read that correctly. We can't have a Chelsea fan winning it ;-)

[clyde59]

Thanks Arksided my user name for Litherland Utd is clyde59,good luck everyone.

[Arksided]

Ahh thanks for shedding some light, Bonnie and Clyde last season I believe.

[clyde59]

It was yes,did not do well.

[Arksided]

Well better luck this time, but not too much ;-)

[clyde59]

Nice one :-)

[Lie-in King]

Welcome back to Mighty & the Baggies :-)

This will serve as a bump - just over 7 hours to first kick-off...

[Arksided]

Hi everyone, Its highly unlikely I'll be back on here later today... so I'm going to take this opportunity to welcome you all to this seasons AnswerBank Fantasy Football League and wish you all the best of luck for the forth coming season... and hope you have fun in between the bouts of frustration.
I hope your team doesn't suffer too many injuries or suspensions throughout the season.

The last paragraphs a blatant lie BTW ;-)

... Have Fun.

[Lie-in King]

Bump - with a "Cheers" to Arky & spath, and further best wishes to all the Managers for a points-filled & fun season :-)

Just over 4 hours to kick-off...

[Arksided]

Hi, just popped in for a quick snoop, lets hope for a good season for all and plenty of points, remember last seasons tenth place would have won it the season before... so anything can happen.

[Mamyalynne]

Bump!

I've started my warm up stretches...

[Arksided]

Limber those elbows Mamya, limber 'em. You could teach a player or two how not to use 'em.

I'm not referring to a certain Belgium player who happens to ply his trade at Manchester airport... a-hem United

[Lie-in King]

Last call, plenty of room left.

The League has 23 teams now - welcome to "PottersBarred" :-)

Kick-off 2 hours from now...

[Togo]

Ahh well said the soul. Been trying to submit 2 teams for the last 2 hours and the site is crashed out. Maybe missed out this year by the looks.

[Voltage]

I'm in ..not a clue where to go ..but have a team ...lol downloaded the app keeps telling me I have no team!

[-Talbot-]

I changed my mint as well but can not get the thing to load.

[-Talbot-]

They are aware of the problem...great, that helps a lot