The January Wildcard

There are two Wildcards available in the season. One is only available in January. The other can be played at any other time in the season. Neither is compulsory, but as a means of making transfers freely (no points penalty for changing the whole squad or less) it is worth doing unless you are super-pleased with your team.

On the PL Fantasy website click on Help, Frequently Asked Questions then scroll down to Wildcards. The section reads as follows:

You can play 2 wildcards a season.One wildcard can be played at any time. The January Wildcard can only be used after Gameweek 20 starts (1 Jan 11:30) until Gameweek 23 ends.

Wildcards are played on the transfers page but aren't active until you have confirmed the transfers.

It is worth looking at the FAQ yourself for more detail and/or Rules where there are more explanations.

The Allotments League

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8 teams with more than a thousand points

Half the season is over. 19 more gameweeks to go!

8 teams have grossed 1000+ - the first time so many teams have gone so fast in TBG. They all have a great chance of making 2000+ if Suarez keeps on scoring  (Only an Assist this week - but he does not play against Chelsea every week).

Personally, yesterday I was so pleased to see him so often sitting on his backside on the pitch looking up for help. And I only saw the last half hour of the match on TV (Liverpool v Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Sunday 28/12/13)!

Coleman the Everton full back is a revelation this season with his 5 goals plus bonuses, etc bringing him more points than all but 3 of the Forwards so far.

The Dynamos had the highest total of the week bringing Barbara up to 2nd place. Well done.

Did you notice the rare draw in the Allotments results?

More later on the Wildcard that must be played in January....

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Christmas Day message from Elojo

Copy of email sent to us all
 A very Happy Christmas to you all & particularly to our Head Muckraker for holding us all together. Better wish Suarez a bite free Xmas too since he seems to be our major points earner.

I think dear David (Spencer) must have gone AWOL last week....he had 6 players not available! Don't give up on me Dave. Pete Holland (Toni's bruvver) seems to have got the hang of things...bit too well for my liking. Perhaps he will tell us the hidden meaning of Alandhandi or whatever he calls himself. Not forgetting another Pete (Pete Jones) who is powering up the table having given us all a 2 game start.....bit worrying!

Perhaps the only way for us lesser compost bugs to real in the leaders is for Suarez to have another bout of red mist.

Again have a great Xmas

From Elojo.....(sent from an alien's iPad) a very small bug living at the bottom of the compost heap.

 From Head Muckraker: I was thinking about buying Suarez. Anybody else not got him? Joanne, maybe?
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Gameweek 18 leagues; and LOOK OUT....the next 3 gameweeks come thick and fast

Little Ted Utd reaches 1000 points within the first half of the season so they should make 2000+ perhaps with 3 or 4 others if the Suarez phenomenon continues.

One glorious goal

It was during a match in the Christmas period four years ago. I called it a towering experience.

It was snowing and in the second half I got a bit drowsy. I woke up in time for the great goal.

Guess who scored it. Which  player needed only a slight chance to score? (Suarez was not in the Premier League at that time, of course)

There is already a clue above. Here's another: Alice Band.

Click here to find out

Gameweek 16 league positions and a Super score!

Super Rams climb from 16th to 12th with a score of 90, while a higher score of 92 allowed Little Ted Utd's Trainer (Trainor) to nip back to the top of the TBG league again after 10 weeks hanging close.

With Suarez as captain you got 44 points from just one player! Therein lies last week's leader(Toni)'s  mistake. This week she changed to Aguero as captain and thereby lost 34 points (Aguero had only 5 x 2). Anyone else do that?

I did suggest that we all bought Suarez and Aguero!
League positions would then depend on the relative performances of the other members of our teams. It would still be possible for the leaders of TBG to be overtaken if Suarez, at least, was neutralised in this way and provided that several other players were not also held in common. There are 22 Gameweeks left.

In the Allotments, Little Ted Utd win their fixture by 29 points while Colin Bell win theirs by 2. Great fun in that league.

Total goals = 30, as many as 50% of them away.

7 clean sheets. 4 home wins, 4 draws.
The end

No camping allowed - Gameweek 15, only 23 left.

[en] camping, tent (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A Christmas present for Toni - a tent?

At the top for the second week running, she may just camp there! Like she did for the run-in last season. Little (No) Wonders have increased their lead to 8 points from that other 'Little connection with  Newcastle United' team with not one Newcastle UniTed team player in it.

26 goals, 15 at home.
Only 4 clean sheets, average is 6.7
4 home wins, 3 draws.
The usual lottery in the Allotments. I win with 38 points, Elojo loses with 55.

Keep trying. Don't get found out.
The end for this week.

"They've got Personality, Personality, Personality ......" (Gameweek 14)

Chelsea v Arsenal (Photo credit: sarflondondunc)

13 of our league teams are teams of some personality - meaning that each includes 3 of the squad from one Premier League team.

There is nothing in the Premier Fantasy League rules that says that we have to do this. (We need not expect first season managers to do it unless they had played the Fantasy League game before in another league.) 

Ideally the 3 footballers should be strong contenders who would play regularly in a manager's team.

3 Tiger Balm Garden members have Everton players and 3 have Chelsea. 

2 members have Arsenal players and 2 have Man City. 

2 have Southampton players and 1 member has Liverpool players. 

Thanks to one of our members who suggested the 3 player idea.

Match Ticket (see photo)
The 1991 Chelsea v Arsenal (a top class fixture) ticket for behind the goal in the home supporters' end would cost how much today? 

No wonder - have you seen her team? (Gameweek 14)

So Suarez got four goals and made at least 8 managers very happy - restoring the No Wonders to the top of the table and vastly improving things for others with the same player as captain.

Lots of goals, 33, 1 less than the maximum so far this season. One more Away win than Home win with 1 draw made an unusual pattern. 6 clean sheets.

The end

No change at the top

Sergio "Kun" Aguero (Photo credit: 917press)

Florence Dynamos is still top of the heap despite one of the 7 scores lower than 50.
But El Fandi pushes past her in the Allotments.

29 goals for the third time this season, the second highest total of the season. Last week's 34 was the highest total and has occurred twice. There was only one away win and two draws. 7 clean sheets.
The season is now one third completed.

Have a look at Foxes with 5 defenders.
If only captain Aguero had scored then John would have had a hatful of points. And the same if either Nasri or Ramsey had been captain. But we have all been in that position perhaps.

However, if Aguero had scored then the Dynamos would have increased their lead at the top!!

Wagging his tail is BouWow with a total of 71!