The 14th of August hails the start of the Premier League Season, and also the first day of thepeopleabovethepriests.co.uk fantasy football league. The number of teams has more than doubled from last season; and the league will be more competitive than ever with some very astute players now competing. The following is a quick break down of the league, its members in order of their performance last season.
Player:Dan Strudwick Last Seasons Score:2344 Supported Team: Chelsea
Haz and Alex’s mate from Birmingham Uni. By far and away the highest scorer of last season, and has scored over the benchmark 2000 points for three years running. Works within the Sports betting industry and so is in a good position to make accurate decisions.
Player: Rogan Josh Last Seasons Score: 2230 S upported Team: Spurs
High score in terms of points last season, but was not entered in this league. Very different personality to his brother Saminda (and more points). Kept a backbone of players through the season, which included several Spurs players. If Spurs fail to produce will this be his undoing? Expect to his sibling rivalry heat up over the course of the season.
Player: Alex Yates Last Seasons Score: 2173 Supported Team: Wolves
Co- author of thepeopleabovethepriests.co.uk .Last seasons champion of thepeopleabovethepriests.co.uk fantasy football league and RAF Stanbridge League. Finished 4th in World Cup Fantasy Football, but only 6 points off top. Likes to have combination of the most expensive players and cheapest players on the game.
Player: David Willis Last Seasons Score: 2140 Supported Team: Newcastle
Works at RAF Stanbridge; On going feud with his brother Ian means that he fought right up to the last and finished second in the RAF Stanbridge league; a few points ahead of his brother, local simpleton Ian. Posted some big weekly scores last season, particularly when Torres his form. Struggled a bit when big names like Drogba, Torres and Rooney hit mid season indifferent form. Strong contender for the football experience prize that will go to the winner of the league.
Player: Ian Willis Last Seasons Score: 2110 Supported team: Pompey
Also works (between the hours of 1030-1600hrs).Third in last years in RAF Stanbridge league; leaving his charge far too late. Solid performer and genuine contender for the prize. Expect to see value spread out through the team with the likes of Gareth Bale, Dunne and Saha regular choices for Ian.
Player: Gary Smith Last Seasons Score: 2037 Supported team: Liverpool
In the RAF, Gary is similar to Villa in that he starts the season strongly but then goes missing (usually Skiing!) around the crucial Christmas period when the games come thick and fast. 3rd place; and only 5 points off top in the World Cup Fantasy Football. The nearly man of Fantasy Football as over the past few years has been up at the top but not close enough to mount a serious challenge. Expect to see Gerrard, Torres, Fabregas and Milner in his team.
Player: Chris Finch Last Seasons Score: 2000 Supported Team: Man Utd
Alex’s Brother in law; Broke the benchmark 2000 point mark last season and posted some very high weekly scores last season, but also some sub 50 point weeks which meant he was just out the title race. Was equally disgusted by Saminda’s ‘toy’s out the pram moment’. Expect to see Rooney, Lampard and Fabregas supplemented by the likes of Saha and Rodellega.
Player: Al Foster Last Seasons Score: 1872 Supported Team: Chelski
Ageing RAF Engineer; Good Fantasy Football pedigree as he won RAF Stanbridge League 2008/9 and Fantasy World Cup (only due to Howard Webb giving out more cards than Clintons). However, he struggled with the change from Telegraph to Official Premier League game, hence last season’s relatively poor performance. Expect to see Lampard in all season.
Player: Chris Pegram Last Seasons Score: 1829 Supported Team: Villa
Mascerades as an RAF Officer but actual output includes losing money on shares and buying his next over priced car; Started last season a couple of weeks late and made steady progress up the RAF Stanbridge League after that to finish towards the top end of mid table. Consistent performer although he tends to pick form players rather than going with his gut. Expect to see Milner, Agbonlahor and Dunn in his team all season.
Player: Saminda Tendulkar Last Seasons Score: 1848 Supported Team: Spurs
Co-Author of thepeopleabovethepriests.co.uk; Started off well last season when Spurs were doing well then shockingly stopped playing when it looked unlikely that he was going to win. If he can keep his heavy periods in check then he might be up there. Another one with the Spurs blinkers on, I will be surprised if he has any less than three spurs players in from the start.
Player: Andy Knaggs Last Seasons Score: 1782 Supported Team: Leeds
RAF Officer; Just wants to beat his wife. Posted his highest score last season and finished outside the top million players. Expects to see Phil Jagielka, he likes him a little too much if you ask me.
Player: Craig Percival Last Seasons Score: 1738 Supported Team: Spurs
Another RAF Officer; Possible dark horse as he didn’t have a competitive league to compete in last season. Expect to see Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Jermaine Defoe in his team for the whole season!
Player: Harry ‘ HBK’ Barton Last Seasons Score: 1300 Supported Team: Man Utd
Co –author of thepeopleabovethepriests.co.uk; Setup his team last season and did not change it partly due to lack of understanding of game format and mainly due to laziness. Hence why last season Haz started with Jamie Carragher as captain for every game season. Expect to see more of an effort along with some left of centre team selections, for instance Fabio.
Player: Jono Drysdale Last Seasons Score: N/A Supported Team: Pompey
In the RAF and big footy fan; No previous form as he played the Telegraph game up to now. The game is very different with more on an emphasis on squad management. The question is he can he make the transition? I don’t know.
Player: Billy Ringstead Last Season Score: N/A Supported Team: Liverpool
Long time servant of RAF; Another virgin to the game but seems keen. Expect to see the Liverpool blinkers on so Johnson, Gerrard and Torres would be my guess.
Player: Anti Sam Last Seasons Score: n/a Supported Team: Arsenal
Saminda’s arch enemy; expect to see his team all the players that Saminda has been in relationship with. Also David Bentley as Captain.
2 Comments
a good article, and good to see the competition.
The Willis rivalry will be interesting to follow. I note that both support different teams (about as far apart as they could get), but will both have views on whether to include sol campbell in the squad.
I for one want to see Haz get his arse into gear this season, but even if he does I can’t see him breaching te 1700 mark.
my value bet would be on Al to win, experience counts for something over the course of a season.
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