#FYCUP Draw complete: FINAL 16
The #FYCUP may have started with 256 players but there are now only 16 players left as we enter Round 5.
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#FYCUP Round 4 Results…down to the final 16
If you were lucky enough to make it through Round 4 of the #FYCUP your team name will be listed below IN GREEN.
Special mention to team He Who Dares Wins who had the best weekly score from the original 256 players with a massive 109 points. @Strooger wins a free #FPL app courtesy of @FFMiphone and is currently in the winning position for the overall bonus prize. Can someone beat his 109 weekly score with only 4 gameweeks to go??
REMEMBER!!! Only fixtures announced on FantasyYIRMA.com are valid. The fixtures on the PL.com mini-league site relate to a H2H league over 8 weeks which with 256 original players obviously would not work!
ROUND 4 RESULTS IN FULL…
| Mlowe City
Decider: Goals scored 4v3 |
76 | vs | 76 | sliveDdeR |
| Hardly Athletic | 71 | vs | 74 | FC Bull Mtn. |
| Garrens FC | 55 | vs | 64 | DisLackofSikElephnts |
| That’ll Do Pig | 67 | vs | 42 | Jingle Bale |
| NwcoVictoriousSecret | 83 | vs | 48 | BENTEKKERS! |
| Trumpton 2nd XI | 86 | vs | 62 | lionstroop |
| Decos Champs | 65 | vs | 77 | The Untouchables |
| HappyAnkit | 71 | vs | 45 | #Topallyear |
| Premier Tykes | 78 | vs | 87 | White Walkers |
| Brown Star Belgrade | 63 | vs | 50 | All That Ales You |
| Blueheaven | 64 | vs | 72 | spherebuilders |
| Belo Horizonte | 77 | vs | 52 | Taylan |
| school of science | 37 | vs | 62 | Siltamäen Pallo |
| Markin Don’t Play Fc | 83 | vs | 58 | Dirty Jersey FC |
| goonerdhanus | 44 | vs | 76 | Graham Rix U16s |
| Sultans from Sharm | 106 | vs | 45 | TobyCats |
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Guest Post: Sports Cars – What the Top Footballers Drive
Thanks to Servicing Stop for this guest post. If you earned Premier League wages, what flash motor would you buy?? Tweet us @FantasyYIRMA
Top flight footballers are paid very generous and can afford some of the best cars on the market. In our article today we look at some of the best and most exciting sports cars from Premier League stars.
Ashley Cole – Mercedes SL and a BMW X5
Chelsea and England’s number one left back drives a Mercedes SL. As you would expect he has the top of the range model, costing £106,000. Just like him, the SL is fast hitting 0 – 62 MPH in just 4.6 seconds. The car entry level model be purchased for £63,000.
Ashley Cole purchased a BMW X5 back in 2002 for when he wanted to be a bit more practical. Its value back then was £60,000, less than his current weekly wage.
Steven Gerrard – Jaguar XKR
Steven Gerrard drives a Jaguar XKR. It costs £85,000 and has an amazing 510 BHP. It can hit 0 – 62 MPH in just 4.8 seconds.
Joe Hart – Mercedes-Benz CL
England’s number one drives a Mercedes CL. Although it’s pretty fast it’s more of a luxurious car with plenty of safety in mind. It has a great deal safety technology within along with plenty of other advanced in-car technology.
Wayne Rooney – Aston Martin Vanquish S
Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney purchased an Aston Martin Vanquish S 7 years ago.
David Beckham – Chevrolet Camaro
David Beckham loves to drive around in import cars. He certainly gets noticed anytime he’s back in the UK in his Chevrolet Camaro. His particular Camaro comes with painted in a beautiful a unique black and grey colour.
Jamie Carragher – Range Rover Sport
Jamie Carragher bought a Range Rover Sport, a car that matches his playing style. Like him the car is strong and ever dependable. It’s also quite fast considering the type of vehicle that it is, one attribute that Carragher has never had.
El Hadji Diouf – Cadillac Escalade
El Hadji Diouf can’t help but stand out on the pitch. Back in 2009 he bought a Cadillac Escalade. His car also helps him achieve the same purpose on the road. The huge white alloy wheels and dominating exterior make everyone’s head turn. The Diouf’s Cadillac Escalade is not your average vehicle however, it’s been customized to extreme levels, just like the man himself you could say.
Theo Walcott – Ferrari 458 Italia
Theo Walcott has also purchased a car that matches his on field capabilities, the Ferrari 458 Italia. This speedy vehicle can reach an unbelievable 570 BHP. It can hit 0 – 60 MPH in just 3.4 seconds, Could the England and Arsenal winger do better? At times watching him you feel that Theo himself could indeed match that speed.
Carlos Tevez – Hummer SUV
Carlos Tevez drives a huge Hummer SUV, a vehicle with a similar exterior to his. The vehicle is built almost like a tank, being strong and ready to encounter anything. The Argentine striker will always feel dominant on the road driving around in such a menacing type of vehicle.
Peter Crouch – Audi Q7
The Audi Q7 is a quite a huge car, and that’s just what someone the size of Peter Crouch needs to be driving. It’s practical and dominating on the road, just like Peter Crouch himself. You’d probably be better off with a BMW X5 in terms of running costs and overall performance.
Article contributed by ServiceStop.co.uk the UK Car Service and MOT network of over 1,000 garages Nationwide.
Is stupid Suarez worth the hassle? Well, yes (@Mark_Jones86)
You didn’t think he’d let the season end without hitting the headlines again did you?
A campaign which featured him admitting diving in an attempt to win a penalty against Stoke and an FA Cup goal against Mansfield scored with the aid of his hand represented a pretty quiet one for Luis Suarez. There was always going to be more to come.
When it arrived though, it was as shocking to witness as anything that has gone on before in the Premier League.
His bite on Branislav Ivanovic in Sunday’s meeting between Liverpool and Chelsea was always going to provoke the kind of outrage which the Uruguayan seems to specialise in. The moment Suarez opened his mouth millions of fingers began tapping at millions of keyboards worldwide.
Regardless of that, it was a stupid, bizarre and downright unacceptable act.
Suarez was wrong, which he has since admitted. His club – a club who finally seem to have the people in place to deal with the fallout from one of their star forward’s brain freezes – have made all the right noises so far. Manager Brendan Rodgers and managing director Ian Ayre spoke quickly and correctly.
That isn’t enough to appease the masses though. Nothing short of Liverpool firing Suarez out of a cannon and into the River Mersey was going to do that.
There have been shrill, breathless calls to sack the forward from all quarters, but such a belief is backward.
Suarez is Liverpool’s key asset. His 30 goals this season – a season which is now surely over for him – have transformed what is still very much a team in transition into one capable of troubling the elite. Why would any club want to get rid of their best player? You can rest assured that each and every football club would make the same decision that Liverpool have. Yes, even yours.
The sense of tribalism, morality tales and finger pointing that exists in football means that your rival is always there to be judged. Referees can be pushed over, fans and ballboys can be kicked and players can be bitten but does that ever lead to sackings? No, it just leads to disapproving tut-tutting from supporters and a lingering sense that their club would do things differently. They wouldn’t.
Blame the current football climate if you want, but it has almost reached a stage that the only thing a modern club cannot afford to have is values.
Were Liverpool to sack or actively look to sell Suarez then what happens then? Well another club buys him obviously. He becomes someone else’s problem.
But when that problem is so crucial, so vital and so integral to each and every thing that you do, what then?
Liverpool had already put their neck on the line for Suarez once too often before the incident on Sunday, and so now he has to put his neck on the line for them.
He needs to prove that he can be just as effective a player without this devilment that infiltrates his character.
That may take time, but he’s likely to be offered that time and the help he needs by a club who simply can’t afford to see a £22.8m investment leave whilst they battle to rejoin the elite of the world game.
Liverpool knew about his character flaws – they signed him from Ajax whilst he was still serving a ban for biting PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal in 2010 – and so it would be pretty hypocritical of the club to distance themselves from Suarez now.
You only need to have a limited knowledge of football to know that they were never going to do that anyway of course, he is far too important and far too influential for that.
He is not though, as Rodgers made clear, ‘bigger than the club.’
It is high time that Suarez started to think along those lines too.
Just thinking at all would be a good start.
#FPL Luis Suárez gets maximum Bonus with snappy performance.
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9 of the 10 games from GW34 have been played so far with only Man United taking on Aston Villa in the Monday night match remaining.
Luis Suarez will make the headlines this week, no doubt on both the back and front pages thanks to what looks like an attempted bite on Ivanovic.
Unquestionable talent as a footballer- Suarez is excellent, however the other side of his game appeared today in Liverpool’s 2-2 game with Chelsea. I think I can sum up his performance as follows.
Assist, handball, yellow card, spot of lunch, last gasp equaliser.
From a #FPL perspective this was enough to see him bring home all 3 bonus points and 11points in total. It would seem that the FA will have to take action so if Suarez is in your team at the minute.. you will need to start looking at replacements. Hopefully the FA will make a decision on any retrospective action within the next 24 hours.
Elsewhere… and yes other games have taken place this weekend, Gareth Bale came back where he left off with a goal, assist and all 3 bonus as Spurs came from a goal down to beat Man City 3-1.
Per Mertesacker scored the only goal of the game and fantasy owners that held onto Big Per after he was suspended have been rewarded with over 20 points in the last 2 games alone!
Crouch scored the first goal for Stoke on Saturday against his old club QPR taking all 3 bonus points and ensuring that QPR are all but relegated pending Steve Mc Queen signing on an emergency loan in the next few days.
Sessegnon for Sunderland was a very popular selection last year, not so much this season. Di Canio’s arrival seems to have revitalised him as he bagged another goal and takes all 3 bonus points in their impressive win against Everton.
Elsewhere, Kevin Nolan showed us some of his early season form with another goal and a 3pt bonus haul, Ryan Bennett took the plaudits for Norwich, Jack Cork for Southampton and Newcastle forward Gouffran all with maximum bonus point allocation.
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Arsenal |
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Reading |
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| 20 Apr 15:00 | QPR |  |
0 – 2 |  |
Stoke City |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | Sunderland |  |
1 – 0 |  |
Everton |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | Swansea |  |
0 – 0 |  |
Southampton |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | West Brom |  |
1 – 1 |  |
Newcastle |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | West Ham |  |
2 – 0 |  |
Wigan |
| 21 Apr 13:30 | Tottenham |  |
3 – 1 |  |
Man City |
| 21 Apr 16:00 | Liverpool |  |
2 – 2 |  |
Chelsea |
| 22 Apr 20:00 | Man Utd |  |
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Aston Villa |
#FYCUP Down to the FINAL 32!!
If you were lucky enough to make it through Round 3 of the #FYCUP your team name will be listed below.
Each of the remaining 32 teams has been given a number between 1-32. The draw for Round 4 is complete.
Only fixtures announced on FantasyYIRMA.com are valid. The fixtures on the PL.com mini-league site relate to a H2H league over 8 weeks which with 256 original players obviously would not work! 
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
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To try and keep it fair I have decided to split the £50 with £25 going to the overall winner and £25 going to the Bonus prize winner (In Addition to the already great prize pot in place from our #FYCUP sponsors @StanJames !!!
ROUND 3 RESULTS IN FULL…
Did YOU make it through to the final 32?? Tweet us @FantasyYIRMA and let us know
Fantasy Football GW34 preview: Has Michu’s magic returned?
The sun is shining and Michu (£8.0m) is scoring goals. It suddenly feels like August again doesn’t it?
Swansea’s Spaniard made one of the most spectacular entrances into Fantasy Premier League that we can remember, scoring four goals in his first three games and finishing the year 2012 on 13 strikes. All whilst handily listed as a midfielder.
The goals saw his Fantasy price rocket up from an initial £6.5m, with his ownership percentage increasing each week as a result. However since a goal against Manchester United just before Christmas, Michu has scored just four in 12 games since then. As a player who doesn’t contribute many assists (just two in that time and three all season), the Spaniard started to lose support.
The early season additions to many teams still sees his ownership percentage at a huge 44.1%, above the likes of Luis Suarez (39.8%), Robin van Persie (37.8%) and indeed everyone else, and after a recent return to goalscoring form there will be even more managers who are willing to take him on board in the closing weeks of the season.
Strikes against Tottenham and Norwich in the past two weeks have taken Michu’s tally to 17 goals this campaign, and after Swansea missed out on playing last weekend he has a double gameweek on the horizon in a bid to find even more.
This weekend though he faces a home game against a Southampton side who have failed to win away at a team ranked above them in the table all season, and so Michael Laudrup’s side will be confident of delivering a victory which will keep them in the top half of the table.
Michu is almost certain to be key to those hopes.
Elsewhere on a Saturday which is likely to go a long way towards determining who will be relegated this season, Norwich host a struggling Reading outfit who still look set to go down despite goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (£3.9m) earning them a point from a goalless draw with Liverpool last weekend.
Like Michu, Robert Snodgrass (£6.3m) scored in the last game at Carrow Road – Norwich’s 2-2 draw with Swansea – and the Scottish midfielder is likely to be a key element to the Canaries’ attempts to break down the Royals on Saturday, when Snodgrass will be looking to improve on his record of five goals and six assists this season.
FA Cup finalists Wigan are another side battling the drop, and although they could find it tough this weekend as they return to London to face West Ham, they do so offer intriguing cheap forward options in Arouna Kone (£6.6m) and Callum McManaman (£4.5m).
QPR simply have to beat struggling Stoke if any hope of them staying up is to remain, and so Loic Remy (£5.9m) is certain to be one to watch, whilst Sunderland’s Adam Johnson (£6.7m) is sure to be key to his side’s hopes of a second successive win as they host a strong Everton outfit.
Sunday’s matches bring together four of the top seven in a couple of big-hitting clashes, and whilst Tottenham will be hoping for the return to fitness of Gareth Bale (£10.5m) ahead of their match against Manchester City, it is a return to form that Suarez (£11.1m) will be after as Liverpool host Chelsea. After hitting 11 goals in 10 matches, the Uruguayan now hasn’t managed any in his last four.
Monday night will see Manchester United expect a victory from their home clash with Aston Villa, and whilst Van Persie (£13.6m) managed to find the net for the first time in 12 and a half hours of football for United against Stoke last weekend, it could be Wayne Rooney (£12.1m) who steals the show this time.
Stationed in a deeper role against Stoke, Rooney will be determined to return to a position further forward here, and he could just make struggling Villa pay.
Everton: More fuel required (@Mark_Jones86)
It was there again on Tuesday night, that famous battling spirit that David Moyes has instilled in Everton and watched grow for the past 11 years.
The Blues battled to a goalless draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in a match that was very much a contrast of styles but one played out with all the passion and intensity of the best Premier League contests.
It was the second of back-to-back draws that Everton have played out at the home of the two North London clubs who they have been battling with to secure a top four place all season, and whilst such results would no doubt be looked upon favourably earlier in the campaign there was a sense that they simply weren’t enough now.
With five matches left, Everton sit four points off third-placed Arsenal and two behind Chelsea and Tottenham sides who at the time of writing have two and one games in hand on Moyes’ men respectively.
Everton face a tricky trip to a revitalised Sunderland, a Merseyside derby at Anfield – where they’ve not won this century – and a final day visit to Chelsea before the season is out, leaving their hopes of reaching European football’s elite competition for the second time under Moyes somewhat hanging by a thread.
Despite using the least amount of players in the Premier League, undoubtedly this has been the most consistent season that the Blues have enjoyed under the Scot, and that probably makes it the best.
Their uncharacteristically lightning quick start all sparked from an opening weekend win over Manchester United, and from there they only seemed to grow stronger and stronger.
The likes of Leighton Baines, Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar and recently Kevin Mirallas have turned in performances that indicate they’d look at home in any team in the division, and there is a real sense that Everton are performing as best they can right now. That though, could present a problem.
Although not widely covered in the mainstream media, Everton’s fans are desperate for investment in a club which needs a financial injection to move forward.
Current chairman Bill Kenwright is undoubtedly a fine man judging by the speech he gave at this week’s Hillsborough memorial service at Anfield, but in this age of billionaires and with the money swirling around the Premier League an old fashioned, homegrown owner such as him simply can’t compete. He and his team have been punching above their weight.
Investment in that team is what is needed now, especially as Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are all likely to strengthen over the summer, whilst Liverpool continue to gain in momentum and confidence following their rocky few years.
At the moment, Everton are going flat out to keep up with them all. There has to be a question over whether or not they can sustain that going into a new season.
As well as facing the battle to keep hold of his key men, Moyes – if of course he stays at the club – must also come up with a couple of squad additions that will both freshen the Blues up and keep them at the level they’ve shown this season. Anything less and there is a danger that there won’t be an awful lot left in the tank.
Young talents like Ross Barkley and Seamus Coleman, as well as the improvement of Victor Anichebe mean that the club is certainly showing promise, but what use is that when you’ve run out of gas?
If Everton thought it was tough to keep up with the big boys this season then that is only likely to get even tougher next time around, and they’ll need reinforcements to do that.
That tank deserves to be filled based on this season’s efforts alone.
Premier League Results: STAT-TASTIC!
GW33 Match Centre (Part One)
From @Shots_on_Target
With another 360+ of Premier League football to come it could still all happen for your players.
This was about to be the biggest shock of the weekend until a strange and unfortunate penalty decision allowed Arsenal to get back in it at 1-1. After then the floodgates opened, and in truth they probably would have anyway. Oliver Giroud (my hero) absolutely stole the show from the much fancied Cazorla here. He managed an assist (not shown in data) as well as his goal and his key stats tell you the story.
A somewhat professional performance from Everton you could say, doing enough to get a comfortable win without trying too hard, and getting a rare clean sheet in the process. Kevin Mirallas is a genuine quality player and some say the best Belgian at Everton. He and Victor Anichebe are two strong fantasy options from the Merseyside club, Anichebe particularly. I had a good hard look at him myself around January but felt Jelavic would reclaim the striker’s spot, which he did, but Anichebe’s forced his way back into the team on merit and at just £4.3m is an absolute steal. If you own him this DGW well done you.
Fulham scored a goal without having a shot on target, thanks to Delph’s own goal. Fulham puzzle me, It’s rare for a team with an attacking philosophy to register such a low number of shots in a game, something they’ve done many times this season. Charles N’Zogbia has been a fairly steady player of late, and Benteke of course we all know about.
The Mackem fans are in love with Di Canio after this game but they probably got lucky when Pappis Cisse’s goal was ruled out. They certainly had their tails up though and I’m sure a man as outspoken and flamboyant a player as Di Canio would have sent them out on a high. No-one player really stands out though from their team and I think this might just have been a result written in the stars.
Southampton have been playing well recently as you know, but without really setting the world on fire. West Ham too. Here both teams played out for a score draw which would have been an educated guess before hand. Andy Carrol has playing well but comes with a hefty FPL price tag. Gaston Ramirez‘ much reduced price tag now a better option than Puncheon and Scheiderlin in this team, as well as Jay Rodriguez of course, who was benched here due to illness only I believe.
A very rare performance from Carrick here saw him shooting from inside the penalty box three times and scoring a goal, completely outperforming the other so called attacking players in the team. Kagawa, Valencia registering nothing of fantasy interest at all. It’s still about Van Persie for United, despite growing interest in Rooney, again in midfield and not managing to get a shot off inside the box.
If Arsenal was almost the shock of the weekend then this result was the real thing. A phenomenal display in goal from Reading’s McCarthy making 12 saves! The main fantasy story here though is Liverpool and Suarez’ blanks, against all the odds. This is the highest number of shots on target a team has had this season without scoring a goal. Liverpool had that record before this game too, registering 9 SoT without scoring away at Swansea in GW13. On average this season when team’s have 9 or 10 shots on target they’ve averaged 2.95 goals.
As always you can check out @Shots_on_target at http://www.shotsontarget.co.uk . Consistently providing top insight and FPL statistics!!
Fantasy Football GW33: Bonus Points!
Gameweek 33 has been interesting so far, that much is for sure!
Hands up if you had a midfield four of Arteta, Gibson, Adam Johnson and N’Zogbia…
What nobody?? 😉
The first half of the double gameweek has passed, with four games to go there is still plenty of points to play for. The average score as we stand on Sunday evening is a paltry 24 points and with that many hopes are left with the remaining fixtures.
Looking at the players involved in the Double Gameweek, Carroll came out of the first fixture with Maximum bonus points with Giroud, Van Persie and Anichebe taking 2pts each to round up a good first game for the DGW strikers on show.
Elsewhere owners of Michael Carrick were rewarded with a goal, CS and 3 welcome bonus points in the Sunday game.
1 major talking point this gameweek has to be one of the goalkeeping performances of the season from Alex Mc Carthy for Reading against Liverpool. How this keeper has came away with this game with only 1 Bonus Point is a complete mystery. Carlsberg don’t do bonus points, but if they did they would have given him 4!
I think the bonus points awarding system has to change. It is a travesty in my opinion that McCarthy didn’t claim maximum bonus yesterday, he was without a doubt the man of the match and without whom Liverpool would have taken 3 points.
Lets hear your thoughts on the Bonus system – Do you agree? Do you disagree ? What would you change?
| 13 Apr 15:00 | Arsenal | |
3 – 1 | |
Norwich |
| 13 Apr 15:00 | Aston Villa | |
1 – 1 | |
Fulham |
| 13 Apr 15:00 | Everton | |
2 – 0 | |
QPR |
| 13 Apr 15:00 | Reading | |
0 – 0 | |
Liverpool |
| 13 Apr 15:00 | Southampton | |
1 – 1 | |
West Ham |
| 14 Apr 12:00 | Newcastle | |
0 – 3 | |
Sunderland |
| 14 Apr 14:05 | Stoke City | |
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Wigan |
| 17 Apr 19:45 | West Ham
Jaaskelainen |
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Man Utd
Valencia 3 RVP 2
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| 17 Apr 20:00 | Fulham | |
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Chelsea
Bonus Terry 3 Luiz 2 Moses 1 |
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