TFLTalk Scoreboard - Week 1

First off, I would like to give a shout-out to all 97 (!) managers who have signed up for TFLTalk League. I didn't expect the huge turnout, especially since I haven't been writing on this blog nor on TodayOnline, so thank you all for participating in one of the largest (I assume) leagues in Today Fantasy League.

Now, let's take a look at the standings, shall we?

TFLTalk League - Week 1 (Overall)

Hm, I think I spotted a duplicate account....just to note, you are only allowed to enter one team into the game. Entrants who are found to have entered multiple teams will not be eligible for prizes and can be removed from the game entirely.

Until proven otherwise, I will not be discussing about those teams in my write-ups.

Kahirul Salleh's THE UNSANGKARABLE was unlucky not to top the league in Week 1, despite having 4 goals and 3 assists in his team, with almost all players contributing to a goal, or clean sheet. However, he has already made 2 transfers so far, so he is restricted to 3 more in September.

Kai Xiang Wong's KX is in 4th place with 47 points, which his entire backline contributed to 5 clean sheets. Derek Tan's Lekuasimi is looking strong in 5th place with his front 3 of RVP, Giroud & Benteke contributing to half of his week's score.


Overall Leaderboard - Week 1

Darren Sim's Dynamix tops the Overall Leaderboard with 60 points in Week 1, with everyone on his team, barring Fellaini, contributed by either scoring, assisting or keeping a clean sheet. Considering his team cost only £57.9 mil, this means that his team averaged more than a point per million spent.

2nd placed Kugendren K Puranavalu's Shepherd_21 is 2 points behind with 58 points, correctly opting for Giroud as captain for the week.

2 teams, Kian Haw Kong's [Artician] & afiq zulhilmi bin abbas' afiq FC are tied-3rd for Gameweek 1 with 57 points. Afiq took the most daring approach by captaining Aaron Ramsey, and was rewarded with 18 points from his captain's brace.


Congrats to all who have done well in Week 1. Remember, this game is a marathon, not a sprint, so for those who had a disappointing week, there's plenty of time for your team to turn around. 

Scoreboard - Week 14

Apologies for the lack of updates, as I've been sick & busy with some personal stuff for the past few days.

As such, there will be no description to the Scoreboard this week.

Scoreboard - Week 13

I'm finally back from Bangkok! Here's a delayed look at the Week 13 happenings in TFLTalk League:

TFLTalk League - Week 13 (Overall)

Nothing changed in the top spot, as Chew Howe Chen's Rob Rangers retained pole position with 270 pts, His consistent performance moved him into #8 in the Overall Leaderboard, though he remains 32 points behind the overall leader Zwe Oak Soe.

Ong Kuan Yuan's KY $5,000 IS MINE! remained in 2nd spot with 262pts, narrowing the gap to 8 points from the top of the league. A solid 32pts weekly total caused his team to move up to 28th position in the Overall Leaderboard.

Another non-mover is mika boy's MikaBoyz, who also scored 32pts this week, though with the unusual captaincy choice of Peter Crouch. Nevertheless, it propelled him up to the 31st spot in the Overall Leaderboard.

Making a reappearance in the Top 5 is Chiau Ren Yu's Manchester Jurong United. Besides the usual suspects of Fellaini, Suarez & Mata, the selection of Bergovic & Caulker meant that his team finished #1 in the weekly rankings, and is currently ranked #35 in the Overall Leaderboard. 

That's 4 teams from TFLTalk League that is in the Top 50 Overall Leaderboard, which shows how competitive this league have been so far! :)

Falling 1 place to #5 is Ong Xin Zhong's TeamToday with another average week of 19 points. The captaincy of Rooney didn't panned well for Ong, while Suarez, Jelavic & Nolan were the only performing players from this week. With only 10pts separating 5th and 11th, another average week could see a new team in the Top 5. 

TFLTalk League - Week 13 (Weekly)

Interesting captaincy choices from the Top 5 teams: Manchester Jurong United & Bummers United went with the popular choice of RVP, Luqman FC selected Suarez, Beanoz FC went with Fellaini, but the most unique choice has to go to Dream FC selection of...GEOFF CAMERON!

However, based on the number of clean sheets this season, it's extremely risky to captain a GK or Defender to double on clean sheet bonus. My advice would be to captain strikers, where the chances of them scoring are much higher.

TFLTalk League - November

The current top 3 teams for November are in the Top 5 TFLTalk League leaderboard, while Rob Rangers is in the Top 10, which makes an interesting dilemma: Should you copy their teams in order to rise up the leaderboard, or is it time to go for differentials in order to catch up with them?

I'm still resisting the urge to place Fellaini & Suarez in my fantasy team until their 5th yellow card...hopefully after next weekend when they serve their bans. :P

And lastly...

David Ngiau's Eat My Shorts Scoreboard (Week 13)

Yaya Toure 7

Frank Lampard 8

Story: David Ngiau has quoted that he will eat his shorts if Frank Lampard outscores Yaya Toure this season. If that happens, I'll personally sponsor a pair of shorts for his consumption.

With Frank Lampard unlikely to feature again this weekend, looks like Yaya Toure will finally catch up with the Chelsea midfielder.

Scoreboard - Week 12

There are some new entries in the TFLTalk league in the past 7 days, and one even created a splash in this week's leaderboard. Read on to find out:

TFLTalk League - Week 12 (Overall)

Chew Howe Chen's Rob Rangers remained in pole position with 240pts overall, extending his lead from 2nd place to 10 points. Switching back to Fellaini has paid off handsomely for him with a weekly score of 30pts. What's more, he's currently 13th placed in the Overall Leaderboard, and is only 32pts away from the converted #1 spot.

Debuting in 2nd spot is Ong Kuan Yuan's KY $5,000 IS MINE! His ambition to win the overall title is well on pace, with 33pts in Gameweek 12, and ranked 44th overall. Although he has used 4 transfer this month, but his team looks strong enough to last through November.

Jumping 2 positions to #3 is mika boy's MikaBoyz. Yet again, his double-up on Man City defence earned the top spot for the Week 12 TFLTalk Weekly Standings, and just within Top 100 in the Weekly Leaderboard!

Ong Xin Zhong's TeamToday slides to 4th due to average week of 21pts, with only Rooney, Suarez and Hart as the players who earned more than 1pt this gameweek. His team is still good enough to be ranked 94th in the Overall Leaderboard, which means TFLTalk League one of the largest and most competitive Private Leagues in Today Fantasy League! :D

Eliya Handayani's Arek Suroboyo FC dropped 2 places this week, and is only 3 points away from dropping out of the Top 5. Using 12 transfers so far, he might want to save some up, for there are 28 more gameweeks to go...

TFLTalk League - Week 12 (Weekly)

Despite 3 teams having 5 goals this week, it was MikaBoyz's Clean Sheets that nabbed himself top spot for the week. 

Lionel Leow's Hangeld FC clinched 2nd spot thanks to his Sunday transfers. By transferring out Poldoski and Kompany after the Man City match, their 6pt contribution was included into his weekly tally. His transfer tactics paid off, as the transferred-in Suarez & Mertesacker netted him another 5pt for a total of 34 this week, placing his team in the 14th spot in TFLTalk League.

Martin Chong's Buncis finished behind Ong Kuan Yuan's KY $5,000 IS MINE!, as his team managed 3 goals compared to KY's 5 goals haul, while Andrew Him's Pride of the North makes an appearance in the Top 5 with 32pts for Gameweek 12.

No Monthly Scoreboard for now, as it'll be exactly the same as the Weekly Scoreboard, but I'll never forget this scoreboard:

David Ngiau's Eat My Shorts Scoreboard (Week 11)

Yaya Toure 6

Frank Lampard 8

Story: David Ngiau has quoted that he will eat his shorts if Frank Lampard outscores Yaya Toure this season. If that happens, I'll personally sponsor a pair of shorts for his consumption.6

Even after giving Toure 2 weeks advantage, the Man City midfielder still could not overtake Lampard's overall score.

Scoreboard - Week 11

Last week, there was a team that was in the Top 50 for October, and I told him that if Rooney have a bad week, he might have a chance to clinch the top. How did Chew Howe Chen's Rob Rangers did for the week?

TFLTalk League - Week 11 (Overall)

With yet another impressive performance for the week, Rob Rangers overtook Ong Xin Zhong's TeamToday to secure top spot in TFLTalk League at end-Oct. Rob Rangers scored 4 goals and 2 assists from RVP, Suarez, Mata & Bale for 36 pts this week, while TeamToday only managed 1 goal and 2 assists from Suarez & Duff.

Eliya Handayani's Arek Suroboyo FC remained at 3rd spot with a 7 point gap from Chiau Ren Yu's Manchester Jurong United. His overall tally of 199pts meant that TFLTalk League has 3 teams that are in the Top 100 Overall Leaderboard! Well done guys!

4th placed Manchester Jurong United bounce back into Top 5 after his last appearance in Week 6, due to 3 goals and assists this week. The team has appeared in all editions of TFLTalk League Scoreboard, and looks to be a strong contender for the TFLTalk league title.

mika boy's MikaBoyz makes up the Top 5. Despite having only 2 goals and assists, his gamble to double-up on Man City defence paid off handsomely this week, though it's slightly negated by having the Chelsea duo of A.Cole & B.Ivanovic...

TFLTalk League - Week 11 (Weekly)

3 of the TFLTalk League Overall Top 5 appears in Top 5 Weekly Charts (Manchester Jurong United, Rob Rangers, MikaBoyz). 

The top 2 teams for the week, Gan Heng's Southside & huey chin Teo's Ajunied crescent united, both finished with 43pts, but Southside just nudged it due to 2 extra assist. This weekly highscore puts him just outside Top 10 at 12th spot.

TFLTalk League - October

With 8 goals and 13 assists, Chee Howe Chen's Rob Rangers finished 1st in October for TFLTalk League....and 8th in Overall Ranking for October, just 3 pts behind the MOTM Tan Kevin's Unicorn, who had 10 goals and 9 assists from his players. What's more amazing is that Kevin HAVE NOT MAKE A TRANSFER SO FAR.

On the other hand, how close was it for Rob Rangers? If Fellaini did not get injured, he wouldn't have swapped for Pienaar (-1), then swap for Carzola (+1), for a total of 0pts. Moreover, if he had kept Fellaini all the way, he would have gotten +4 points...and claim $500 for October Manager of the Month.

Ouch.

David Ngiau's Eat My Shorts Scoreboard (Week 11)

Yaya Toure 5

Frank Lampard 8

Story: David Ngiau has quoted that he will eat his shorts if Frank Lampard outscores Yaya Toure this season. If that happens, I'll personally sponsor a pair of shorts for his consumption.

Even with Frank Lampard injured, he still has more points than Yaya Toure.

Scoreboard - Week 10

After missing Week 8 due to reservist (my bad) & Week 9 was an international week, let's zoom in to the TFLTalk standings for Week 10:

TFLTalk League - Week 10 (Overall)

After a month of dominating the standings, we finally have a new leader in Week 10. Ong Xin Zhong's TeamToday made it to the top of the charts thanks to his strong October performance of 76pts, out of which 50% comes from captaining Wayne Rooney. His overall total of 180pts puts him 15th place in the Overall ranking...WELL DONE!

Just a spot behind is my long-term rival from Hattrick, Chee Howe Chen's Rob Rangers, who is currently October's TFLTalk League leader with 87pts. The main contributor for the month has been Juan Mata, though he has yet to hand him the captaincy. His current performance puts him in Top 50 for both Overall and October standings. Good luck to him in the quest for October Manager of the Month!

The leader for the past 4 gameweeks Eliya Handayani's Arek Suroboyo FC slipped to 3rd spot due to a lack of Man Utd or Chelsea players in the starting 11, and is trailing the current leaders by 12 points.

4th place belongs to Muhd Khairul's El Nino XI, whose captain is unsurprisingly Fernando Torres. His transfers does seem a little too eager, with 10 transfers already being used, all performed within the 1st gameweek of the month. Do remember that you only have 20 transfers left in the season... and there's about 30 gameweeks to participate.

Rounding up the Top 5 is Hanna Hurwood's Anja Cabanja. The only team in the top 5 who has RVP, he could take advantage if the Dutchman performs well against Chelsea next week & snatch the top spot, though similarly, his team won't be able to make any more transfers till November.

TFLTalk League - Week 10 (Weekly)

My own name appears in the ranking for the 1st time!!! :P

& in a league-first, the team with the most goals & assists made it to the Top of the Week. Congrats to Rob Rangers once again!

TFLTalk League - October

As you can see, it's still early in the season where the standings are pretty fluid. Once you got a good run of 2 gameweeks, you could find yourself in the Top 1,000 of the overall standings, so don't be dishearten with a poor gameweek.

Yea, I have to keep telling myself that for the past few weeks.....

I won't be reviewing the Overall Leaderboard & Monthly Leaderboard, as I would prefer to leave this weekly article to be purely for TFLTalk supporters. Hope everyone doesn't mind this change.

Oh, there's one more scoreboard which I'm sure everyone is interested in

David Ngiau's Eat My Shorts Scoreboard (Week 10)

Yaya Toure 4

Frank Lampard 8

Story: David Ngiau has quoted that he will eat his shorts if Frank Lampard outscores Yaya Toure this season. If that happens, I'll personally sponsor a pair of shorts for his consumption.

Doesn't those shorts looks appetizing now, David? :P

Scoreboard - Week 7

Let's make it a quick one for the week:

TFLTalk League - Week 7 (Overall)

Last week's leader Eliya Handayani's Arek Suroboyo FC  (formerly known as Hangouts) kept his top spot, thanks to goals from Suarez, Ba & Gervinho.

No Money No Honey climbed up 11 spots to take 2nd spot after captaining Luis Suarez, which gave him 32 out of his weekly 56 points. MikaBoyz rose 3 spots to take 3rd place, while Anfield remained at 4th place with 105 points.

TFLTalk League - Week 7 (Weekly)

Yet again, the team with the most goals wasn't able to top the weekly ranking charts, though this time it's not due to clean sheets, rather it's due to the wrong captain choice. Despite having Luis Suarez, he captained Marouane Fellaini for a total returns of 2 points...

Overall Leaderboard - September

Congrats to Siew Boon See's Boony FC for clinching the Manager of the Month for September! His 155 points in September was good enough to beat nick bueno's Bueno FC by an amazing 13 points!

Interestingly, the QPR-West Ham match was not included in this gameweek, hence fantasy managers who have picked players from either teams will have a slight lead at the moment.

Overall Leaderboard - October

MIA - Missing in Action

Sorry guys, due to my current reservist duties, I'm unable to promptly update the TFLTalk League Scoreboard on time, and am unsure if I'm able to complete the Friday's edition of Picks of the Week.

Let's hope everything work out fine, yea? Apologies for missing in action.

Scoreboard - Week 2...I meant 6.

With all 10 matches completed on Sunday, here's an early edition of the Scoreboard after the second game week (which is Week 6....I'll explain that later):

TFLTalk League - Week 6 (Overall)

Hangouts, led by Eliya Handayani, jumped 12 spots to nudge Andrew Him's Pride of the North off the top spot for the overall ranking in TFLTalk League, thanks to his 46pts week, which is the highest for the week. (The Weekly Ranking charts is shown below).

Chiau Ren Yu's Manchester Jurong United climbed from 15th to 3rd with an impressive 44pts gameweek, while Abdullah Hussein's Anfield remained at 4th, 2 pts away from a Top 3 spot. Rounding up the Top 5 is derek jacobi's Get to the chopper!, whose team scored 4 goals last week, but shot blanks this week.

TFLTalk League - Week 6 (Weekly)

Tang Lin Hei's The Punishers scored the most amount of goals for the week, due to Lambert (2), Duff, RVP & Fellaini, but as the captain's armband was assigned to the lowest goalscorer (RVP), Lin Hei was unfortunate not to top the charts.

Based on TFLTalk League, the average gameweek score was 28.86, so congratulations to those who have done well for the league!

Now, if you notice the "View Gamephrase" in the Weekly charts, TFL actually considers this as Week 6, even though the game has commence for only 2 weeks...which means the September Manager of the Month will be decided by NEXT WEEK!!!

Overall Leaderboard - Week 6

Unless there's a surprise scoring source (e.g. Buttner), the September Manager of the Month is likely to be from the current Top 16. In fact, I fancy Lim Guorong's Village Idiots chances, as he is the only Top 5 manager who still have 4 transfers to use.

For those who doesn't understand: If a player is in your team at the scheduled kick-off time of their match they will be eligible to score you points. Hence, it's possible to swap out players who have played & swap in players in the later games in order to increase your point tally.

If Village Idiots plans his strategy correctly, he could end up with 15 players FOR THIS GAMEWEEK. On the flip side, this means he will have to blow up his team & only have 25 more transfers in 32 rounds of Premier League. 

Guess it'll depends on whether he wants to go for glory now, or to fight a longer battle to be the Top Overall Manager. 

Oh, and I have to add one new scoreboard from this week:

David Ngiau's Eat My Shorts Scoreboard (Week 6)

Yaya Toure 2:2 Frank Lampard

Story: David Ngiau has quoted that he will eat his shorts if Frank Lampard outscores Yaya Toure this season. If that happens, I'll personally sponsor a pair of shorts for his consumption.

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.