Sand League banter thread 2024-25

Just FYI ... when I do a trade I will update that front Squad sheet on th Google Doc, but I shan't be updating any other one (transfers etc) ... sorry to disappoint anyone, but did not want to give anyone false expectations

 

As long as the squad sheet is updated, the taken players page will stay current. Might be an ignorant question from a relatively newbie...Is there any chance we could migrate to the FPL site and utilize their draft features to manage our leagues?

 

Yeah I was part of that trial group, and there was something that did not work, but cannt recall what? That was years ago, I think when Draft first popped up on FPL site, so they may hve tweaked it since for the better ... might be a question for the All Rocks group>?

 

I don't remember the prior discussion, but if we used the draft league, one downside is that we would lose the ability to run the various competitions across all divisions. (Or at least it wouldn't be as easy as it is now where we have all the teams also join the All Rocks league and everyone has the ability to access that league and pull information there for all of the teams, not just the teams in their division).

 

Sandy Cup matchups are set (seedings according to sand league standings):

(1) The Javelinas vs. (8) Bigger Boat
(2) Soccer Steve vs. (7) Kopite Juniors
(3) Parraraiders vs. (6) Stormin Gunners
(4) Locomotiv Lewisham vs. (5) Zico Freako

First leg of these quarterfinals matchup begin with the Dec 26 Boxing Day matches. I’ll post the results for all rounds (two-leg quarterfinals, two-leg semifinals and single gameweek final) on this thread. So check out this thread for all updates, which I’ll be posting after each gameweek (from gameweek 18-22).

Happy Holidays all and game on for the Sandy Cup on Thursday

 

Dr.Heckle - I don’t have an issue with not updating the transfer sheet, but please update the squad sheet. It does not currently match your team on the FPL site (see Wissa transfer issue this week on the Sand transfer thread).

 

Here are the quarterfinal first leg standings:

(1) The Javelinas [51] vs (8) Bigger Boat [34]
(2) Soccer Steve [57] vs (7) Kopite Jrs [32]
(3) Parraraiders [29] vs (6) Stormin Gunners [54]
(4) Locomotiv Lewisham [45] vs Zico Freako [54]

Second leg games start this sunday, good luck to all

 

also as a reminder, triple captain and bench boost can be used during the tournament if you still have them available. Good luck all!

 

Here are the total quarterfinal scores (first leg + second leg):

(1) The Javelinas [51+68=119] vs (8) Bigger Boat [34+43=77]
(2) Soccer Steve [57+52=109] vs (7) Kopite Jrs [32+40=72]
(3) Parraraiders [29+50=79] vs (6) Stormin Gunners [54+33=87]
(4) Locomotiv Lewisham [45+29=74] vs Zico Freako [54+44=98]

 

Here are the semifinal (two-leg) matchups:

The Javelinas vs Zico Freako
Soccer Steve vs Stormin Gunners

Happy New Year

 

thanks for catching that Mark, I need to make sure that autosubs are completed before posting final results

 

Here are updated results for quarterfinals (semifinal matchups are unchanged but wanted to post the combined 2-leg finalized results, including points added from autosubs)

The Javelinas (119) vs Bigger Boat (85)
Soccer Steve (109) vs Kopite Juniors (94)
Parraraiders (79) vs Stormin Gunners (87)
Lokomotiv Lewisham (74) vs Zico Freako (98)

Semifinals (2-leg):
The Javelinas vs Zico Freako
Soccer Steve vs Stormin Gunners

 

First leg of semis is in the books (going to be a long shot for Zico Freako and I to advance to the final, but you never know)

The Javelinas (61) vs Zico Freako (35)
Soccer Steve (75) vs Stormin Gunners (40)

 

Second legs showed strong comebacks from the underdog teams but both came up a few points short (but definitely made things interesting), so we have the top two teams in the sand league battling it out in a single week gameweek starting in a few hours, Good luck!

Complete semifinal results:
The Javelinas (61+25=86) vs Zico Freako (35+46=81)
Soccer Steve (75+47=122) vs Stormin Gunners (40+79=119)

Championship Final: The Javelinas vs Soccer Steve