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in The World of Sports8 days ago (edited)

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Having enjoyed @damithudaya Fantasy Cricket contest, I've been inspired to try a game that I've been thinking about for a long time.

Based around the classic Fantasy Football game Fantasy Premier League, where players score points for actions within a match, there's an opportunity to create a more structured game, fitting a specific formation.

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Fantasy 4-2-3-1

For each set of fixtures (specified later), you must pick 11 players which fit the 4-2-3-1 formation.

  • 1 x Goalkeeper
  • 1 x Left Back
  • 2 x Centre Back
  • 1 x Right Back
  • 2 x Central Midfielders
  • 1 x Left Winger
  • 1 x No. 10
  • 1 x Right Winger
  • 1 x Centre Forward

I'll list the available players for each position later.

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Scoring

The scoring system is as follows:

ActionBase Points
Starting a match1
Finishing a match1
per Goal3
per Assist3
Shot on Target (SoT)1 for 2 SoTs
Successful Dribbles1 for 2
Successful Tackles1 for 2
Interceptions1 for 2
Blocks1 for 2
Saves1 for 2
Yellow Card-1
Red Card-3

Additional points are awarded for certain actions in each position:

PositionActionBonus
Goalkeepers & DefendersClean Sheet+4
Central MidfieldersClean Sheet+1
Goalkeepers & DefendersGoal+3
Central MidfieldersGoal+2
No. 10 & WingersGoal+1
Goalkeepers, Defenders & Centre MidsAssist+1
Goalkeepers & Defendersper 2 Goals Conceded-1

All match data will be taken from [whoscored.com](https://www.whoscored.com/regions/252/tournaments/2/england-premier-league]

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Fixtures

So as not to overcomplicate the game, only a subset of each weekend's matches will be used - specifically, Saturday's 3pm (UK time) Kick Offs.

This means that the matches for this weekend are:

Brighton (BRI) v. Fulham (FUL)

Crystal Palace (CRY) v. Ipswich (IPS)

Liverpool (LIV) v. Southampton (SOU)

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Rules

A maximum of 5 players per team.

Teams can be submitted / updated up until kick off (steemworld will be used to confirm this), including after the teams have been announced.

Please only submit one team, even if you have multiple accounts.

You can submit your team in the comments or share a post in The World of Sports Community.

Once I've completed this post, I'll submit my provisional team in the comments below (once I've decided who to pick).

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Prizes

Prizes will be awarded retrospectively via beneficiaries for each individual week. I'll maintain a league table in the comments, but I want people to feel that they don't need to play every week.

Since I'll be playing too, prizes will be as follows:

1st Place - 50% beneficiary
2nd Place - 30% beneficiary
3rd Place - 10% beneficiary.

This may increase if there's good interest and engagement with the game.

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Player Roster

If a player that you're expecting to see is not included, please ask for their inclusion in the comments.

Player (Team)--
-Goalkeepers-
Bart Verbruggen (BRI)Jason Steele (BRI)Dean Henderson (CRY)
Matt Turner (CRY)Bernd Leno (FUL)Alex Palmer (IPS)
Arijanet Muric (IPS)Alisson (LIV)Caoimhin Kelleher (LIV)
Aaron Ramsdale (SOU)Alex McCarthy (SOU)Joe Lumley (SOU)
-Left Backs-
Estupiñán (BRI)Ferdi Kadioglu (BRI)Tyrick Mitchell (CRY)
Antonee Robinson (FUL)Ryan Sessegnon (FUL)Leif Davis (IPS)
Andrew Robertson (LIV)Konstantinos Tsimikas (LIV)Charlie Taylor (SOU)
Ryan Manning (SOU)Welington (SOU)-
-Right Backs-
Joël Veltman (BRI)Daniel Muñoz (CRY)-
Nathaniel Clyne (CRY)Kenny Tete (FUL)Timothy Castagne (FUL)
Axel Tuanzebe (IPS)Ben Johnson (IPS)Chiedozie Ogbene (IPS)
Conor Bradley (LIV)Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)Kyle Walker-Peters (SOU)
Yukinari Sugawara (SOU)--
-Centre Backs x 2-
Adam Webster (BRI)Igor Julio (BRI)Jan Paul van Hecke (BRI)
Lewis Dunk (BRI)Chadi Riad (CRY)Chris Richards (CRY)
Marc Guehi (CRY)Maxence Lacroix (CRY)Calvin Bassey (FUL)
Issa Diop (FUL)Joachim Andersen (FUL)Jorge Cuenca (FUL)
Cameron Burgess (IPS)Dara O'Shea (IPS)Jacob Greaves (IPS)
Luke Woolfenden (IPS)Ibrahima Konaté (LIV)Jarell Quansah (LIV)
Joseph Gomez (LIV)Virgil van Dijk (LIV)Armel Bella Kotchap (SOU)
Jack Stephens (SOU)James Bree (SOU)Jan Bednarek (SOU)
Nathan Wood (SOU)Taylor Harwood-Bellis (SOU)-
-Centre Mids x 2-
Carlos Baleba (BRI)Diego Gómez (BRI)Jack Hinshelwood (BRI)
James Milner (BRI)Mats Wieffer (BRI)Matt O'Riley (BRI)
Yasin Ayari (BRI)Adam Wharton (CRY)Cheick Oumar Doucoure (CRY)
Daichi Kamada (CRY)Jefferson Lerma (CRY)Will Hughes (CRY)
Andreas Pereira (FUL)Harrison Reed (FUL)Sander Berge (FUL)
Sasa Lukic (FUL)Jack Taylor (IPS)Jens Cajuste (IPS)
Kalvin Phillips (IPS)Massimo Luongo (IPS)Sam Morsy (IPS)
Alexis Mac Allister (LIV)Harvey Elliott (LIV)Ryan Gravenberch (LIV)
Wataru Endo (LIV)Adam Lallana (SOU)Chimuanya Ugochukwu (SOU)
Flynn Downes (SOU)Joe Ayodele-Aribo (SOU)William Smallbone (SOU)
-Left Wingers-
Kaoru Mitoma (BRI)Simon Adingra (BRI)Alex Iwobi (FUL)
Reiss Nelson (FUL)Willian (FUL)Jack Clarke (IPS)
Jaden Philogene-Bidace (IPS)Nathan Broadhead (IPS)Sammie Szmodics (IPS)
Cody Gakpo (LIV)Luis Díaz (LIV)Kamaldeen Sulemana (SOU)
Ryan Fraser (SOU)--
-No. 10s-
Georginio Rutter (BRI)Eberechi Eze (CRY)Eddie Nketiah (CRY)
Ismaila Sarr (CRY)Justin Devenny (CRY)Emile Smith-Rowe (FUL)
Tom Cairney (FUL)Conor Chaplin (IPS)Julio Enciso (IPS)
Omari Hutchinson (IPS)Curtis Jones (LIV)Dominik Szoboszlai (LIV)
Mateus Fernandes (SOU)--
-Right Wingers-
Brajan Gruda (BRI)Solly March (BRI)Yankuba Minteh (BRI)
Adama Traoré (FUL)Harry Wilson (FUL)Wes Burns (IPS)
Federico Chiesa (LIV)Mohamed Salah (LIV)Tyler Dibling (SOU)
-Centre Forwards-
Danny Welbeck (BRI)João Pedro (BRI)Jean-Philippe Mateta (CRY)
Raúl Jiménez (FUL)Rodrigo Muniz (FUL)George Hirst (IPS)
Liam Delap (IPS)Darwin Núñez (LIV)Diogo Jota (LIV)
Cameron Archer (SOU)Paul Onuachu (SOU)-

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Please invite anybody that you think will be interested and I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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I'm been wating for some kind of contest like this, you always make a interesting fantasy game
So i'm sure be in this contest and invite @theatrorve, @strong56 @marcybetancourt they like contest like this

Thank you. Some things will probably need changing as we go along but it should be a fun game for fans of the Premier League. It took a lot of thinking and effort to create it so I hope people enjoy it!

Can you think of anybody else who might be interested in taking part?

Thanks @damithudaya - do you think you'll be participating or will you be sticking with cricket?

Well, to be frank, my Football knowledge is below average... There are so many player styles, 😂😂 Anyway, as you have mentioned the players, I'll try my luck! Maybe chatGPT can help me... 😂😂😂 Either way, it's a nice game and good luck!

Maybe chatGPT can help me... 😂😂😂

What an interesting idea! I wonder how a ChatGPT team would perform in this game!

 5 days ago (edited)

My selection is simple and well thought out, try to avoid the obvious rotations of Liverpool for Champions League, and link it with a Crystal Palace squad that comes in handy...

This is my team:

  • Goalkeeper: Dean Henderson (CRY)
  • Left Back: Konstantinos Tsimikas (LIV)
  • Centre Back 1: Virgil van Dijk (LIV)
  • Centre Back 2: Maxence Lacroix (CRY)
  • Right Back: Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)
  • Central Midfielder 1: Alexis Mac Allister (LIV)
  • Central Midfielder 2: Carlos Baleba (BRI)
  • Left Winger: Simon Adingra (BRI)
  • No. 10: Eberechi Eze (CRY)
  • Right Winger: Mohamed Salah (LIV)
  • Centre Forward: João Pedro (BRI)

Maybe I should have waited for the Liverpool game in the Champions League to have a clearer vision of what the rotations could be, but whatever, I always like to go a little blind, because then the substitutes perform better than the starters.

Good luck to everyone!

I thought I'd replied to this but it doesn't look like I have...

The team news today says that Mateta won't be available for tomorrow so you'll probably want to swap him out. I think Gakpo's a doubt too so definitely keep an eye on the team news tomorrow!

I really thought it could not be changed, now I read again that you used Steemworld to see the date of the comment edit....

I honestly think I'll switch to Liverpool as well, currently I love the way Tsimikas is playing and it's likely with the champions theme that he will be the one for this weekend. I will make my changes right now.

I think that Tsimikas could be a great addition. If he starts, there's a good chance that I'll swap him in for Mitchell - and I think Tsimikas will start.

Only 3 hours until we find out 🙂

PlayerPositionPoints
Dean Henderson (CRY)Goalkeeper9
Konstantinos Tsimikas (LIV)Left Back4
Maxence Lacroix (CRY)Centre Back8
Virgil van Dijk (LIV)Centre Back3
Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)Right Back6
Carlos Baleba (BRI)Centre Mid3
Alexis Mac Allister (LIV)Centre Mid3
Simon Adingra (BRI)Left Winger1
Eberechi Eze (CRY)No. 103
Mohamed Salah (LIV)Right Winger12
João Pedro (BRI)Centre Forward6
Total58

I was committed to Tsimikas and although he played a good game he lacked a little more minutes in my opinion. While Mitchell took advantage of the CS.

We will see what the next day has in store for us...

you should be thinking about making a special day with European Competitions, don't you think?

This is my team:

Goalkeeper: Dean Henderson (CRY)
Left Back: Tyrick Mitchell (CRY)
Centre Back 1: Virgil van Dijk (LIV)
Centre Back 2: Maxence Lacroix (CRY)
Right Back: Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)
Central Midfielder 1: Cheick Oumar Doucoure (CRY)
Central Midfielder 2: Andreas Pereira (FUL)
Left Winger: Luis Díaz (LIV)
No. 10: Eberechi Eze (CRY)
Right Winger: Mohamed Salah (LIV)
Centre Forward: Diogo Jota (LIV)

Liverpool's Champions League game tonight might make a lot of difference in terms of who is going to play. But, I will go with this selection.

Good luck to everyone!

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You'll be able to update your team until kick off so don't worry if the Champions League throws up a surprise!

I think that Mateta will be injured after getting kicked in the head by Millwall's goalie so that's a player to keep an eye on in the build up.

That is good to hear. I will need to watch Liverpool today and see how they do in terms of injuries. Plus, their result should have an effect on the next match. The only thing worrying with having a lot of Liverpool players is that they are in the top of the league with a big margin from their competitors. They may put some players to rest.

Regarding Mateta, why? Just why? LOL

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Regarding Mateta, why? Just why? LOL

Well, I suspect the Millwall keeper will get a lengthy ban for it - it was like something from a kung fu movie - only with studs!

PlayerPositionPoints
Dean Henderson (CRY)Goalkeeper9
Tyrick Mitchell (CRY)Left Back7
Maxence Lacroix (CRY)Centre Back8
Virgil van Dijk (LIV)Centre Back3
Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)Right Back6
Cheick Oumar Doucoure (CRY)Centre MidInj
Andreas Pereira (FUL)Centre Mid4
Luis Díaz (LIV)Left Winger7
Eberechi Eze (CRY)No. 103
Mohamed Salah (LIV)Right Winger12
Diogo Jota (LIV)Centre Forward2
Total61
ChatGPT Selection - I have no idea... 😂😂

PositionPlayerTeam
GoalkeeperAlissonLIV
Left BackAndrew RobertsonLIV
Right BackKenny TeteFUL
Centre BackVirgil van DijkLIV
Centre BackJoachim AndersenFUL
Centre MidfieldAlexis Mac AllisterLIV
Centre MidfieldAdam WhartonCRY
Left WingerLuis DíazLIV
Attacking Mid (No. 10)Eberechi EzeCRY
Right WingerHarry WilsonFUL
StrikerDarwin NúñezLIV

Could you please let ChatGPT know that it needs to pay more attention to the rules - you're only allowed 5 players from each team...

Ignoring that little error - the team looks decent enough 🙂

Haha... It was my error to trust it blindly. I mentioned the rules twice. It looks like AI has a long way to go before it overthrows humans. 😂😂

As smart as it is, it can be really stupid sometimes 😅

Don't forget to update your team before kick off tomorrow

PlayerPositionPoints
Alisson (LIV)Goalkeeper4
Andrew Robertson (LIV)Left Back2
Joachim Andersen (FUL)Centre Back0
Virgil van Dijk (LIV)Centre Back3
Kenny Tete (FUL)Right Back0
Adam Wharton (CRY)Centre Mid2
Alexis Mac Allister (LIV)Centre Mid3
Luis Díaz (LIV)Left Winger7
Eberechi Eze (CRY)No. 103
Harry Wilson (FUL)Right Winger0
Darwin Núñez (LIV)Centre ForwardVoid
Total24

As the 6th Liverpool player, Darwin Núñez was void.

ChatGPT wasn't up to much!

This is my line-up...

  • Alisson (GK) - LIV
  • Tyrick Mitchell (LB) - CRY
  • V. van Dijk (CB) - LIV
  • Marc Guehi (CB) - CRY
  • Daniel Muñoz (RB) - CRY
  • Alexis Mac Allister (CM) - LIV
  • Jack Hinshelwood (CM) - BHA
  • Alex Iwobi (LW) - FUL
  • Dominik Szoboszlai (10) - LIV
  • Mohamed Salah (RW) - LIV
  • Raúl Jiménez (CF) - FUL

At the back I rely on the defences of Liverpool and CP, I am counting on them not to concede a goal on this day. I'm hoping for a vibrant game between BHA and FUL, but the core structure of my teams though is all Liverpool!

🤞🏻

That's a solid looking team! Although it looks like Tariq Lamptey's suspended this weekend so I'll remove him from the options and you'll probably want to swap him out.

I like it though - I think that 5 Liverpool players will be essential. The difficult decision is choosing which 4 to go with Salah!

Thanks for the advice, I trusted this site, which fields him in the starting 11 and says he won't be suspended because he picked up 2 yellows and not a direct red card. But if you confirm his unavailability, I'll trust you more than them 🙂.

How strange - I'll keep an eye on the lineups but as far as I know, red card = suspension, irrespective of whether it's 2 yellows or a straight red!

The Premier League site has him marked as Suspended and I trust that but if he starts and you want to pick him, then it will count.

Yes it's confirmed, I replaced him with Daniel Muñoz, I have to change the reference website 😅

I have to change the reference website 😅

😆 Yes - it looks like you might have to!

Munoz is a great selection. He scored and assisted quite a lot already this season.

PlayerPositionPoints
Alisson (LIV)Goalkeeper4
Tyrick Mitchell (CRY)Left Back7
Marc Guehi (CRY)Centre Back7
Virgil van Dijk (LIV)Centre Back3
Daniel Muñoz (CRY)Right Back8
Jack Hinshelwood (BRI)Centre Mid2
Alexis Mac Allister (LIV)Centre Mid3
Alex Iwobi (FUL)Left Winger6
Dominik Szoboszlai (LIV)No. 102
Mohamed Salah (LIV)Right Winger12
Raúl Jiménez (FUL)Centre Forward5
Total59

This is great. I love fantasy sports. Anyway, I want to know one thing clear. Can I select all my XI from those 6 teams? Right?

That's correct - All 11 players must come from those 6 teams and you can choose a maximum of 5 players from each team.

The following week, there are 4 games at 3 o'clock so you'll be able to choose from 8 teams.

I think that some of the rules will need tweaking as we go along - especially with some of the points scoring. It might also be that in the future, I'll allow people to choose from a set of pre-defined formations so that we get some more variety. Although if I do, then I'll need to change the name of the game!

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With the players you put up there I can see that you are a Liverpool fan

Actually, I support Reading! But... with such an easy game at home to the worst team in the league, I have got to max out on Liverpool players.

Will you be taking part?

@sabbirakib, @massola, @fuentesjo3006, @titopx, @huzaifanaveed1, @onomzy001, @frafiomatale

Perhaps you'd be interested in joining too? It would be great it you could invite anybody else that you think would be interested.

Wow, I love this kind of games, even years ago on Steemit I got to organize a fantasy when I was a moderator in a community, it brings back good memories.🥲

Currently the only fantasy I play is Sorare, but I used to play Fantasy PL, Champions League and La Liga which are the 3 competitions I follow the most in soccer.

I accept the challenge, and I'm sure you'll see me here in the next few days to participate 🤘🏽😎

Ah, those memories... I loved that Fantasy Marca La Liga game - I think that's my favourite out of all of them!

Maybe if the Sports community becomes more active, we can start some of them again!

Have you bought Sorare cards with real money? I briefly played the free version but never got fully into it.

I accept the challenge, and I'm sure you'll see me here in the next few days to participate 🤘🏽😎

Excellent - can you think of anybody else who might appreciate an invitation?

A fantasy tournament would be brutal, but first of all we need to bring the love for the sport back to the platform, bad experiences with the sport have put it on the back burner.

I started for free in Sorare and then I bought my first 7 cards, currently my account has more than 80 cards and I don't regret it hahaha of my best rewards have been a Oblak Christmas version but I've had more (Like a De Bruyne Christmas too).

Once upon a time, @betop did a lot of those Fantasy, I don't know how active he is now but for sure if he is he would appreciate to participate 🤘🏽

I've just invited a friend from uni to join. It turns out that creating a new account is a pain in the butt so little wonder everybody ends up using justyy's site!

I started for free in Sorare and then I bought my first 7 cards, currently my account has more than 80 cards and I don't regret it hahaha of my best rewards have been a Oblak Christmas version but I've had more (Like a De Bruyne Christmas too).

So are you buying and trading cards or playing with the ones you've got in the hope of winning some more?

Once upon a time, @betop did a lot of those Fantasy, I don't know how active he is now but for sure if he is he would appreciate to participate 🤘🏽

Fingers crossed. It doesn't look like he posts regularly but I see the odd comment. Hopefully, this will be enough to tempt him into visiting once or twice a week 🙂

I have a group that was solely for participating in different fantasy games between us including the Online Soccer Manager game. But all of them are lazy for Steemit, they prefer something more "Simple" that's why I wouldn't invite them.

In Sorare we must adapt and be fast, there are contexts that make the cards gain or lose value quickly... If you don't trade you are likely to lose money...

Clear examples were Rodri of City and Bukayo Saka of Arsenal... Before the long term injury they were expensive NFTs, then their price dropped a lot and the one who didn't react fast lost a lot...

I sold De Bruyne before the transfer window because he sounded a lot for Arabia and his price dropped just because of rumors, he is currently worth less than half of what I sold him for.

The ones mentioned above were very recurrent in this kind of challenges too and are still active, @theatrorve @marcybetancourt and @frafiomatale were worthy rivals. We'll see what comes out of here 😎.

It sounds to me like you need to be buying Bukayo Saka now! He should be back from injury in a couple of weeks.

Rodri can wait until next season 😆

It is still too expensive, buying 1 Saka is worth the same as 3 Julian Alvarez .... Obviously I bought Julian, but I had to sell Gravenberch....

If you have money to spare and want to get some fantasy excitement, you should try to play sometime.

That's a great idea! I've been really busy with other stuff from life, but I'm excited to join in. I remember a competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup that was also great, but this idea of having a tradition Fantasy Football dynamic is really cool! Here in Brasil, there's a very famous one by the Globo group called Cartola FC (I'm not sure if you'll have access to the website) for the Brasileirão, where there's even an economy inside of it that limits your roster to some economic choices instead of only having superstars.

Cartola FC sounds a lot like Fantasy Premier League which I love. There's a budget in that too and I might introduce a budget or different restrictions to this game if the audience wishes 🙂

I want the game to be accessible but not too easy!

Yeah, I admit I've never played Fantasy PL but it's more than fair to assume that Cartola has taken a lot of inspiration from that - which in this case I think is great! I'll start watching highlights and following the PL for the project, I agree a lot with you that it should be accessible but not too easy indeed. Cheers, mate!! Have a good week 🎉

The time zones should work well for you too so you can update your team once the lineups come out 🙂

Please don't forget to enter a team - it'll be great to see you involved.

sorry friend, it's been a crazy week 😰

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I love this kind of games😃 I'll take a couple of days to study the scheduled matches and set up my team!

Fantastic! It took a lot of time to set everything up so hopefully it'll be as fun as I'd like it to be 🙂

I accepted the challenge and also want to join with my full body, can't wait for it to start.

Thanks for the invite

You haven't got long to enter your team - you've got until kick off tomorrow.

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