owl sees all

18 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Owl you have 9 teams and your being well stingy with info I gotta say. Break a few teams out MR 101 let's see if you got some nous

one for now; bearing in mind that I can change it any time up to the Arsenal v Leicester match.

Cortouise CH

Walker MC

Alonso CH

Kompany MC

Azipuquetta CH

Ericksen TOT

Kante CH

Arnautovic WHU

Ramsey ARS

Aguero MC

Jesus MC

1 minute ago, Graemej100 said:

The same sort of death as Isadora Duncan. Easily done. RIP.

There was a tragic wedding incident in the east end some years ago. The bride and groom were being transported in a horse drawn wagon with a live rear axle. The brides dress got entangled and it wasn't a pretty sight.

Yes me too for sure. Love football. Love FF.

1 minute ago, Rc2702 said:

But that's where my compliments end and are you not a man city and your on here blowing your teams trumpet but OWL you gotta be f $#c king kidding me on MC this season. Guardiola will bottle it I just don't fancy the lad he seems unsure, indecisive and harbours a grudge and those traits will be like a wave through the team a wave of destruction.  Selling inheacho, no real replacement, no nolitto, aguero hitting 30 very soon and top that all off with a defence very much in transition and you will be lucky with top 6. Shbolic activity by MC in the market thus far IMO 

In one of my teams I've got a mix of MCty and Chelsea. I have both Aguero and Jesus up front. put Kante in midfield instead of Hazard or DeBruin (budget reasons).

20 minutes ago, wilai said:

Just came #1 in the world in the Women's World Cup....Anyone want to buy a cricket bat?....or a signed Tendulka shirt?.

This post has me baffled I have to say. Is it cryptic? 

3 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

101st place that's got to be a typo or we talking about those kamikaze Ericsson teams who came out of nowhere wirh Benjamin and elanother leading the way.

#101; that's correct. When you consider there were over 500k teams it wasn't bad. Malouda was a good player for me that year. My next best team that year was 2k something.

The Telgraph FF has grown in strength and size since then and is my favourite.

What competition is your team for Rc?

Over the years I've learnt to be careful at the back. For instance don't have a back four consisting of promoted team defenders; they let in too many goals.

This year I really fancy Man Cty and I've been on their thread trying to glean some info on their defence. I think it's going to be the meanest in the PL.

10 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Would be a brave man that posts his teams though owl! 

LOL

You are not wrong there but a couple of years ago in the Sun game all the teams were transparent. Their transfer system then stopped anyone duplicating top leaders.

The best I have ever done in FF was place#101 in the Sun competition 8 years ago. Although i did well in the Evening Standard game many years before. I also won some dosh on PP last man standing (though not FF I know) before it was scrapped.

This post is either a very slow starter,  the interest is just not there or there is already a thread running on this topic.

Anyway we will soldier on.

Another tragedy involving an innocent. RIP little one.

6 hours ago, BuckBee said:

lack of honesty is the real issue .

This is too simplistic. Lack of truth would be more accurate but there needs to be a lot of sorting out if Thailand is to take its place alongside civilised countries in the first world.

The judicial system needs massive overall.

There must be a separation of civil and criminal.

Laws and sentencing need to be addressed and overhauled.

Policing must be uniformly applied fairly.

The military must do as requested by parliament.

Elections must be fair, seen to be fair and in the early stages Internationally monitored.

The people - from the top down must accept that corruption is not acceptable.

Education needs help; both for structure and content.

Also; separation of religion and state.

Also; <deleted>

Also; freedom of speech.

Lots of other issues including health care, Immigration, media freedom etc.

BUT!!! All the above is futile unless there is a fundamental belief that all Thais are equal. I don't see that happening any time soon.

I've little hope for fairness, equality and change in the Thailand that I live in.

I'm going to kick off by saying what I've done so far this season.

I've bought 9 teams for a tenner in Telegraph FF. This seems pretty good VFM although additional teams are quite a bit more expensive.

I used to do the Sun FF a few years back but it turned me off when a standing order element was introduced. This year I've just gone for the free team.

Draft footy. I've just seen my team and it's awful. No worse than some others though; that's draft footy all over.

So that's it for now but I'll probably do a couple of others. Oh yes! In saying that I've done a 3bee on the Championship.

The Daily Mail FF is no longer with us. Which is fortunate due to the ban on the paper here in Thailand and also that is had become very complicated to follow; double points for this and that.

I love the fantasy football that the UK has to offer. It keeps me very much in touch with England. Whenever I go to my local bar or coffee house 50% of the chat/banter/discussion is about English footy. Most do the fantasy football run by the UK papers. 

I have teams in three different competitions this season coming. I want to hear from footy fans about your fantasy football teams etc.

Season 2017/2018 is nearly upon us.

1 hour ago, Jasonron said:

It's easy for that idiot to change countries.. knowing that he is a culprit who killed a police officer, ignored summons for 5 years and escaped deliberately just two days before a warrant was issued do u need any more eveidence that he is making a mockery of the justice system??? Yes interpol needs to be contacted and involved so that he can't escape. Even then there are a thousand possibilities that he could escape to those countries with no extradition treaty with Thailand and invest a few tens of millions to get a passport too.. 

To be honest I'm as annoyed at the police and Thai authorities inaction than Boss's endeavors to avoid justice (whatever that means).

Boss is a rich SoB who is taking big liberties. This case is very poor International PR for Thailand.

Ch-o-ch should get personally involved (not that he will) to save Thai face.

1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Mendy

Or

Walker, Stones, Kompany, Mendy

Good.

The reason why I ask this is because if the game is going OK and there is no-one carrying an injury in defence the subs seem to be further up the field. Getting the back 4 right from the start is a real bonus.

Also I'm happy to put both Jesus and Aguero in the same team now. And Yaya is also in; he he on the cheap side anyway. Some have to go for others to stay.

In one team I've got a 6/5 split between M Cty and Chelsea. Give me the dosh now!!

I've just started sketching in my fantasy football for the coming season (Telegraph). A couple of teams I want to load with M Cty players.

A couple of questions;

01; What do you think Pep's defence will look like' assuming Vincent stays uninjured and K has departed?

02; Are there going to be many games where Aguero and Jesus start together?

03; Yaya Toure; how will the season go for him? Many starts or just sub!

Thanking you in advance.

12 minutes ago, sandrabbit said:

I think you would have liked the band last night, as the band was brought from Pattaya by a member of the Mad Dogs motorcycle club I was expecting a loud rock band (I'm a big fan of rock) but they were almost the opposite. Extremely good musicians at a volume you could still converse over and a wide pallet of music but aimed at our generation. I wouldn't normally advertise but if you live in the Pattaya area and you see them advertised they are well worth watching, they are Elements and they have a facebook page if anyone is interested.

Now that sounds great. Thinking back I've never been to a concert that I was comfortable with. I've often come out with my head thumping and ears ringing.

On 22/7/2560 at 11:36 AM, rooster59 said:

In the first six months of this year 6,712 people died at the scene of accidents nationwide. This compared to 5,308 in the same period in 2016.

That is 25% more deaths year on year.

The stats show that at this rate there will no-one left to drive or ride a bike in Thailand in 35 years time.

These figures show a trend in a certain direction; that's all. If the stats show that deaths are decreasing the Junta will probably claim credit.

It will soon normalise I'm sure. Perhaps the second half of this year.

On 22/7/2560 at 11:36 AM, rooster59 said:

January 947 Averaging around 30/day
February 850 30/day
March 1,281 41/day
April 1,382 46/day
May 1,124 36/day
June 1,128 37/day.

AS soon as the Thais have those squiggles drawn in their cars and pick-ups they think they are absolved from driving properly.

1 minute ago, bbbbooboo said:

hmmmm.....boring.......who care

The TAT lady cares.

All those soon-expected quality Russian and Chinese visitors might get the wrong impression about Pattaya and go to Hua Hin instead.

On 10/7/2560 at 10:54 PM, cornishcarlos said:

If not for my wife, then no, I wouldn't live in Thailand.

If not for my daughter (7), then no, I wouldn't live in Thailand.

Three very recent topics; the wall artist, Nate and begging Russians, have a lot of TvisaF members calling for deportation. 

Are they really THAT bad or are (some) members just going OTT?

3 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Trust me, I have absolutely no feelings of guilt whatsoever.  But I have lived here for over 9 years, married to a good Thai woman, and I know how they think.  If they see one drunk foreigner, then in their minds, all foreigners are drunks.  If they see one stupid foreigner, in their minds all foreigners are stupid.  Is that to difficult for you to understand and comprehend? 

What happens if they see a farang doing a good thing?

38 minutes ago, wombat said:

its my understanding that the Gulf of Thailand is to shallow for subs .......is this true or false ?

This is an interesting point. Perhaps the subs are intended to patrol International waters. Would the US allow them to do so? Or China even!

I've a feeling that it's just to impress (post 10).

To me this is just an example of 'Thainess'.

Ch-o-ch wants the world, and the Thai people, to acknowledge that Thailand is a big player both regionally and Internationally. Now Thailand can boast subs!!! Doesn't matter if they fit the shoe or not; it's all about show!!

Wasn't it Ch-o-ch that said a couple of years ago "The military hold a special place in Thai people's hearts."? He might really believe it!