Soccer Super Thread

Such a great/fun post to start the new EPL season Marshall_magic.

So many new players across so many teams (except Spurs) there's an absolute mystery as to what will happen, both at the top and at other end of the table.
For me, winning is great but this comp is about who survives, and who falters.
Which new player is worth the dosh? Which player will disappoint?
It's a deadset whodunnit!
Can't wait for the fun.
Just wish it was still on Foxtel!
 
A few other predictions
-Conte scales the stands at Stamford Bridge after beating Spurs
-Wenger out planes will show up in October
-Spurs bottle job references: 40,000
-Lukaku to score a stoppage time equiliser at Watford, Lukaku, Pogba and Lingard will proceed to reenact the Thriller video in it's entirety on the pitch
-Watford part ways with their manager at seasons end
-Spurs to panic buy a flop in the last hour of the window
-Jose to outdo his "specialist in failure" burn of Wenger
-West Ham fans will continue to beat up West Ham fans
 
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ONLY 3 DAYS TO GO until the #FPL Gameweek 1 deadline 😱 ✌🏻️

So far, 10 forum champions have joined this exclusive EPL fantasy league.

And there's room for more, so come & join the fun.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Code to join this league: 56412-253788

And when you join, please share your team name in this tread, so we can see who's who etc.
 
Has anyone given in and jumped on board with this "Optus Sport" nonsense. How FOX let themselves lose the rights is beyond me. Ive signed up for there free trial meaning ill see the first 3 rounds, but beyond that I'm stuck watching highlights on youtube. Man City all the way!!!
 
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With the new season upon us time for my fearless ladder predictions

1\. City (they've spend a fortune on the defence, will be much better this season)
2\. Chelsea (were streets ahead of everyone last season, CL will bring them back to the pack)
3\. United (will improve, but maybe not enough)
4\. Liverpool (will hold onto 4th)
5\. Spurs (Wembley and no signings, will come crashing back to earth)
6\. Arsenal (they are the weakest of the 6, especially if Alexis goes)
7\. Everton (will remain "best of the rest)
8\. Bournemouth (I really like what Howe has done here, continues to push forward with good signings)
9\. West Ham (can't stand the pricks but they have bought well with Chicarito, Arnie & Zabaleta. Hart is rubbish though)
10\. Leicester (after last season's disaster they will find their way to the mid table, won't push for Europe again but should comfortably stay up)

11\. Southampton (the exodus of players continues, and will continue to slowly catch up)
12\. West Brom (will get to 40 points and hit the brakes again, no chance of going down but won't trouble the big dogs)
13\. Stoke (see West Brom, will be a little easier on the eyes though)
14\. Palace (should never have been close to dropping last season. Good manager should do well)
15\. Newcastle (have the best chance to stay up of the 3 promoted teams, won't do much more)
16\. Watford (Good manager in, although they have a lack of quality, will be in a relegation dog fight this season)
17\. Brighton (fresh face in the top flight, I hope they do well, will probably start well and fade when the novelty of being in the top flight is over, and will come closer to the drop than they should)
18\. Swansea (I think Sigurdsson is gone, and with that so are their chances of staying up, if he stays they should move up a couple of spots, recruitment will be key)
19\. Burnley (Their home form dipped last season, if they can't get it back they are in a lot of trouble, they can't win away)
20\. Huddersfield (Will struggle due to a lack of quality. They've brought in quantity but maybe not enough quality)
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Pretty good analysis. Not sure United will improve that much, I reckon 5th at best, and I think Chelsea will still likely take it. Liverpool's season hinges on whether the Coutinho to Barca rumour has legs.

West Ham may place higher than 9th, the signings they've made are very astute.
 
And a BIG reminder:

The new season starts a bit earlier than usual - the first actual game is Arsenal v. Leicester which starts at 4.45am Saturday morning (local Aussie time) SO get your team well and truly locked in EARLY.
 
I think towards the back end of the season Jose put all his eggs in the Europa League basket, and didn't seem to care about his league form. I also think Lukaku solves the draw problem.

I agree about West Ham's signings, although you can make the same argument about Bournemouth, and then the top 7 were a long way clear last season.
 
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Has anyone given in and jumped on board with this "Optus Sport" nonsense. How FOX let themselves lose the rights is beyond me. Ive signed up for there free trial meaning ill see the first 3 rounds, but beyond that I'm stuck watching highlights on youtube. Man City all the way!!!
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Optus sport is the stupidest thing ever. The fact that you have to have an Optus subscription just to sign up is awful. I just watch the games on SBS. Too bad they don't show many Arsenal games.
 
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With the new season upon us time for my fearless ladder predictions

1\. City (they've spend a fortune on the defence, will be much better this season)
2\. Chelsea (were streets ahead of everyone last season, CL will bring them back to the pack)
3\. United (will improve, but maybe not enough)
4\. Liverpool (will hold onto 4th)
5\. Spurs (Wembley and no signings, will come crashing back to earth)
6\. Arsenal (they are the weakest of the 6, especially if Alexis goes)
7\. Everton (will remain "best of the rest)
8\. Bournemouth (I really like what Howe has done here, continues to push forward with good signings)
9\. West Ham (can't stand the pricks but they have bought well with Chicarito, Arnie & Zabaleta. Hart is rubbish though)
10\. Leicester (after last season's disaster they will find their way to the mid table, won't push for Europe again but should comfortably stay up)

11\. Southampton (the exodus of players continues, and will continue to slowly catch up)
12\. West Brom (will get to 40 points and hit the brakes again, no chance of going down but won't trouble the big dogs)
13\. Stoke (see West Brom, will be a little easier on the eyes though)
14\. Palace (should never have been close to dropping last season. Good manager should do well)
15\. Newcastle (have the best chance to stay up of the 3 promoted teams, won't do much more)
16\. Watford (Good manager in, although they have a lack of quality, will be in a relegation dog fight this season)
17\. Brighton (fresh face in the top flight, I hope they do well, will probably start well and fade when the novelty of being in the top flight is over, and will come closer to the drop than they should)
18\. Swansea (I think Sigurdsson is gone, and with that so are their chances of staying up, if he stays they should move up a couple of spots, recruitment will be key)
19\. Burnley (Their home form dipped last season, if they can't get it back they are in a lot of trouble, they can't win away)
20\. Huddersfield (Will struggle due to a lack of quality. They've brought in quantity but maybe not enough quality)

Pretty good analysis. Not sure United will improve that much, I reckon 5th at best, and I think Chelsea will still likely take it. Liverpool's season hinges on whether the Coutinho to Barca rumour has legs.

West Ham may place higher than 9th, the signings they've made are very astute.
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Also the Hazard to Barca rumor
 
Hello everyone!

⚠ 🚨DEADLINE ALARM!!

ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO until the #FPL Gameweek 1 deadline 😱 ✌🏻️

So far, 10 forum champions have joined this exclusive EPL fantasy league.

And there's room for more, more the merrier, so come & join the fun.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Code to join this league: 56412-253788

And when you join, please share your team name in this tread, so we can see who's who etc.

And a BIG reminder:

The new season starts a bit earlier than usual - the first actual game is Arsenal v. Leicester which starts at 4.45am Saturday morning (local Aussie time) SO get your team well and truly locked in EARLY.
 
And we now have 10 players - great work everyone!

Forum Name Fantasy Team Name

tiger_one Laroche Lions
Mrs tiger_one Bon Vivant
Bozo97 Bozo's Ballers
swag tiger MANS
wt00 FPL FC
Dazza-96 Tranquilo
Harvey Minto FC
WestsBenTigers Benzeman da Tiger
tba Beijing Town
JRD Aldinga Allstars

And there's still room for more, more the merrier, so come & join the fun.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Code to join this league: 56412-253788

And when you join, please share your team name in this tread, so we can see who's who etc.

And a BIG reminder:

The new season starts a bit earlier than usual - the first actual game is Arsenal v. Leicester which starts at 4.45am Saturday morning (local Aussie time) SO get your team well and truly locked in EARLY.
 
10 champion forum members have joined - and there's still room on "our bus" for more!

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Code to join this league: 56412-253788

And when you join, please share your team name in this tread, so we can see who's who etc.

And a BIG reminder:

The new season starts a bit earlier than usual - the first actual game is Arsenal v. Leicester which starts at 4.45am Saturday morning (local Aussie time) SO get your team well and truly locked in EARLY.
 
Time is running out….

The Gameweek 1 deadline is just about 24 HOURS away!

YES - there's still time to climb aboard this exclusive Wests Tigers Forum EPL Fantasy League - see first post in this thread for code to join etc etc.

Just do it.
 
And here is a helpful site for lots of team hints and updates, and more:

http://www.fantasy-ut.com/

And here's how the games run this week-end for Gameweek 1:
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EPL PREMIER LEAGUE - ROUND ONE FIXTURES
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- Arsenal v Leicester, Saturday 12 August, 4.45am AET

- Watford v Liverpool, Saturday 12 August, 9.30pm

- Everton v Stoke, Sunday 13 August, 12.00am

- Southampton v Swansea, Sunday 13 August, 12.00am

- Crystal Palace v Huddersfield, Sunday 13 August, 12.00am

- West Brom v Bournemouth, Sunday 13 August, 12.00am

- Chelsea v Burnley, Sunday 13 August, 12.00am

- Brighton v Manchester City, Sunday 13 August, 2.30am

- Newcastle v Tottenham, Sunday 13 August, 10.30pm

- Manchester United v West Ham, Monday 14 August, 1.00am
 
Welcome to all 12 players within this exclusive Wests Tigers Forum EPL Fantasy Comp for 17/18.

In no particular order, we are as follow:

tiger_one Laroche Lions
Mrs tiger_one Bon Vivant
Bozo97 Bozo's Ballers
swag tiger MANS
wt00 FPL FC
Dazza-96 Tranquilo
Harvey Minto FC
WestsBenTigers Benzeman da Tiger
tba Beijing Town
851 Fibro's
JRD Aldinga Allstars
Marshall_magic Queens Park Raisins

I will provide an update of the league positions etc after the Gameweek 1 matches have been completed.

Good luck to all.
 
Also, could I please ask if Mods could kindly give this thread a "sticky" as it's here for the duration of the EPL comp into next year.

Thanks and cheers.
 
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Also, could I please ask if Mods could kindly give this thread a "sticky" as it's here for the duration of the EPL comp into next year.

Thanks and cheers.
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Done..
 
Gameweek 1 results are in - and here they are:

Bon Vivant (Mrs tiger_one) 81 - 70 Bozo's Ballers (Bozo97)

Benzeman da Tiger (WestsBenTigers) 40 - 74 Laroche Lions (tiger_one)

Beijing Town (tba) 58 - 64 Minto FC (Harvey)

Fibro's (851) 33 - 76 Tranquilo (Dazza-96)

Aldinga Allstars (JRD) 52 - 75 FPL FC (wt00)

Queens Park Raisins (Marshall_magic) 62 - 66 MANS (swag tiger)

So the table looks like this after the 1st round:
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Rank Team & Manager Wins Draws Losses Score Pts
1 Bon Vivant
1 0 0 81 3
2 Tranquilo
1 0 0 76 3
3 FPL FC
1 0 0 75 3
4 Laroche Lions
1 0 0 74 3
5 MANS
1 0 0 66 3
6 Minto FC
1 0 0 64 3
7 Bozo's Ballers
0 0 1 70 0
8 Queens Park Raisins
0 0 1 62 0
9 Beijing Town
0 0 1 58 0
10 Aldinga Allstars
0 0 1 52 0
11 Benzeman da Tiger
0 0 1 40 0
12 Fibro's
0 0 1 33 0

Early days, like 37 gameweeks to go, so sure enough, teams are still being adjusted etc, in these early weeks of the comp.

Historically, so-called Fantasy experts have always said that it's better to trust established players early on in the comp, waiting for new players to find their feet in the comp. Well, try and tell that to all the managers of the many new players who performed so well, straight off the bat.

Special mention to MANS and Minto FC who each won a couple of pretty tight games, with other winners including Bon Vivant, Tranquillo, FPL FC and Laroche Lions.

And now for the best part: we each get to do it all over again effective next week-end.
Good Luck to everyone in your trades (or not!).
 
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