Scoreboard - Week 1

With the dust finally settled on Week 1, let's see who tops the table in Today Fantasy League:

TFLTalk League - Week 1

Pride of the North's Andrew Him tops the week 1 TFLTalk league table with 39 points. An avid Woodlands Wellington fan (pretty obvious with his team name), 2 goals from Baines & Podolski, coupled with 2 assists from Carzola & Sterling and 3 Clean Sheets gave him a 1 point advantage over 2nd placed derek jacobi's Get to the Chopper.

Despite his team scoring 4 goals AND captaining one of the star performers for the week Bertatov, his team was unlucky not to finished top, due to none of his defence being able to keep a clean sheet.

Rounding up the Top 5 are 3 teams that are tied with 34 points: Ken Ooi's Ken United, Abdullah Hussien's Anfield & Farhan Shah's The Poppy Cocks.

Overall Leaderboard - Week 1

Unfortunately, TFLTalk's league leader is quite some distance away from the overall leader, Caprica XI, managed by Lin Weiqiang. With 5 goals, 1 assists & 3 clean sheets, his captaincy choice of Demba Ba propelled him right to the top with a 6 points lead!

3 teams are tied with 49 points, though Choy Keng Mun's Echo FC could have gotten more points had he picked the correct captain. 

As mentioned in the FAQ & shown in the standings, when teams have the same number of points they are separated by goals scored and then by assists. This put an additional pressure/incentive to select those on-form goalscorers, particularly if you're in the running for Manager of the Month.

I've also noticed that some teams have already made 3-4 transfers on Saturday! Do note that the transfer limit has already began, and you only have a maximum of 30 transfers in a season, and only maximum of 5 transfers in a month. There's no need to knee-jerk after a bad gameweek, and since there isn't any price change, transfers can be made when it's closer to the weekends in case the player suffers a mid-week injury during training.

Do not despair if you have a bad start. Remember, there are still 34 more weeks to go! This is a marathon, not a sprint! :)

Follow me on Twitter (@TFLTalk) for personal opinions & updates, and it's never too late to join my TFLTalk League (PIN: 28330), which you'll have a high possibility of finishing above me, after my disastrous week 1 start (Sigh.)

With the news that Singtel confirming on the broadcast of Champions' League, let us all enjoy the midweek fixtures, and hope no injuries befall upon our BPL stars.