Fantasy Football 09/10

Frame352 · 18 Aug 2009 at 02:03

Bennah · 18 Aug 2009 at 07:22

Harsh, but funny

SB1973 · 18 Aug 2009 at 11:10

Fingers crossed tonight Drogba or Anelka scores for Chelsea and not forgetting Lampard

ScarySquirrel · 18 Aug 2009 at 11:12

I have A.Cole, Lampard (Captain) and Drogba for me tonight, COME ON LADS

Tom84 · 18 Aug 2009 at 12:24

I've only got Lampard and Bent playing tonight so here's hoping a 3-3 with both getting hat tricks

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 12:46

How exactly do automatic subs work?

If, for example, I have Crouch and Park in my team, both of whom may not start but may well come off the bench and play, will they get automatically subbed when the game sees that they're not starting? Or will they only get automatically subbed after their respective matches, and only if they haven't played at all?

Thing is, if it's the first one, it seems better to actually play a couple of players who I can guarantee won't play this week (as they have no matches), and then making sure that they get automatically subbed for Crouch and Park. Which seems silly.

Shamikebab · 18 Aug 2009 at 12:49

manic111 said:
How exactly do automatic subs work?

If, for example, I have Crouch and Park in my team, both of whom may not start but may well come off the bench and play, will they get automatically subbed when the game sees that they're not starting? Or will they only get automatically subbed after their respective matches, and only if they haven't played at all?

Thing is, if it's the first one, it seems better to actually play a couple of players who I can guarantee won't play this week (as they have no matches), and then making sure that they get automatically subbed for Crouch and Park. Which seems silly.

At the end of the gameweek, any players that have not played at all will be automatically substituted for your subs in the order that you chose beforehand.

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:01

Shamikebab said:
At the end of the gameweek, any players that have not played at all will be automatically substituted for your subs in the order that you chose beforehand.

Ok that's cool, so if I play Crouch he'll only be subbed if he doesn't step onto the pitch, rather than if he doesn't start?

AGD · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:04

manic111 said:
Ok that's cool, so if I play Crouch he'll only be subbed if he doesn't step onto the pitch, rather than if he doesn't start?

Yep. Even if a player plays 1 second he still won't be replaced by a sub.

Shamikebab · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:05

bibalasvegas said:
Yep. Even if a player plays 1 second he still won't be replaced by a sub.

Which was exceptionally annoying when I had RvP who came on for about 3 mins, headbutted the keeper and got sent off :mad:

Vonhelmet · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:36

Shamikebab said:
Which was exceptionally annoying when I had RvP who came on for about 3 mins, headbutted the keeper and got sent off

Hahahahaha.

doodah · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:32

Question. I have almost a full squad playing for GW2 without needing any changes but Ebanks-Blake is injured. Only sub I have left whose team are playing tonight is Zayatte of Hull. Do I leave Ebanks-Blake in or risk Spurs running rings around Hull and scoring lots of goals.

Jamesbcd · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:34

free transfer?

doodah · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:36

I pretty much have a full squad for this week and I want my free transfer to roll over for next week.

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:36

dbappa said:
Question. I have almost a full squad playing for GW2 without needing any changes but Ebanks-Blake is injured. Only sub I have left whose team are playing tonight is Zayatte of Hull. Do I leave Ebanks-Blake in or risk Spurs running rings around Hull and scoring lots of goals.

Won't Zayatte get automatically transferred in anyway when Ebanks-Blake doesn't play?

doodah · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:40

manic111 said:
Won't Zayatte get automatically transferred in anyway when Ebanks-Blake doesn't play?

Doh - Ignore me then. Free transfer roll overs are a new thing right? My house mate told me but none of my other friends seem to know about it.

jakeke · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:45

Shamikebab said:
Which was exceptionally annoying when I had RvP who came on for about 3 mins, headbutted the keeper and got sent off

I was at that one, I couldn't believe what I'd just seen, surreal moment ..

But I loved it

Shamikebab · 18 Aug 2009 at 17:15

free transfers have never rolled over before, might want to check the rules. I hadn't heard of them adding that.

Edit: "If you don't use your free transfer then you'll be able to make an additional free transfer the following gameweek. These saved transfers don't accumulate and can only be used the following gameweek. "

So I think that mean you get 2 next week but they don't accumulate any higher than that?

Vonhelmet · 18 Aug 2009 at 18:05

Shamikebab said:
free transfers have never rolled over before, might want to check the rules. I hadn't heard of them adding that.

Edit: "If you don't use your free transfer then you'll be able to make an additional free transfer the following gameweek. These saved transfers don't accumulate and can only be used the following gameweek. "

So I think that mean you get 2 next week but they don't accumulate any higher than that?

Sounds right to me.

Rameses · 18 Aug 2009 at 18:16

HangTime said:
What you can do if you're not sure about injuries is to pick the players and set your sub order accordingly. Can be a bit of risk though as they may not play the whole match (e.g. Nani got subbed early).

Well I never even thought this (checking regularly), especially about midweek games too. Boss at work told me about it today, and well, since we've got £450 in a pot its now serious business! :cool:

Checking it now, and every bloody day haha.