BKN FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE CHALLENGE - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

BKN FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE CHALLENGE

Shamus · Forum Moderator & Expert

TRAINING LINK wrote:
How hard is it to get money from an Accountant?

Depends if you give invoices?

Whats the return on capital?

What Tax breaks are involved in this?

lol, sorry, couldn't resist.

... Reminds me of the monty python sketch where they are trying to get a charitable contribution from a banker... See here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUhb0XII93I

Marky65 · Guru

Hi Dave

Missed the Euro comp but will look forward to this one.

Mark

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Hi Mark

Be good to have you on board where you will be beaten by my superior footballing knowledge but hey ho always good to take part wink

Seriously though competition is open to friends, family and colleagues and be even more pleasing to see some more new BKN forum members as well

Dave

Marky65 · Guru

Hi Dave

We shall see :)

Mark

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Shaun

Brilliant, and really funny had me and the boss going through other monty python sketches and of course the master himself Spike Milligan, you do realise you are responsible for the surge in YOUTUBE usage and lack of Training Link employee productivity lol

Dave

Ann-marie · Senior Member

Hello,

I'm up for doing this - although I don't know much about football...what do they say it's the taking part that counts.

Anyway I have registered but can't find out how to join the league.... any pointers in the right direction would be great.

Thanks
Ann-marie

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Hi Ann-Marie

Good to have you on board and as you dont know a lot about football you will probably win lol. As for setting up on the football, all you need to do (easier said than done) is log on and then click on football fantasy league, select your team and then click on leagues which you will find highlighted at the top of the page, then you can click on the tab which says join a league, you will be prompted to enter the league number 247050-71071 and then your in.

Hope this is of help
Dave

Ann-marie · Senior Member

Great - I've managed to do it

Thanks for you help :)
Ann-marie

AJS · Newbie

Hi All,

First post for me, I have been registered a few months now thought it time to make a comment biggrin .

Registered for the Fantasy League looking forward to the start of the season like Ann-Marie football is not my strong point (more of a golfer) but should be fun.

AJS

woody88 · Senior Member

I'll be registering too in the next few days.

I'm hoping to follow up my BKN Euro success - but can I do it over a whole season?? I guess we'll find out.

Good luck to everyone participating.

Ben

Stardoe · Guru

I will be joining up in the next couple of days.....can I pick the whole of the Man City squad? (my team) lol

I was pleased with my 8th place in the Euro fantasy league, so want to see if I can beat it this time!

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

AJS wrote:
Hi All,

First post for me, I have been registered a few months now thought it time to make a comment .
Registered for the Fantasy League looking forward to the start of the season like Ann-Marie football is not my strong point (more of a golfer) but should be fun.

AJS

First post for me, I have been registered a few months now thought it time to make a comment

Welcome to the Forum and good luck with your fantasy football

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Good to see so much interest, lets hope we get a decent sized league

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Great News, there will be a trophy to the winner of the BKN Fantasy Football League, BKN in conjuction with Training Link will present the winner of the Football challenge with a returnable Trophy, winner gets to keep the trophy for one season where it will be handed to the next seasons winner assuming there is enough interest. All winners names will be engraved on the trophy and therefore secure a place in BKN Fanatsy Football Folk law, of course we rely on the honesty of the winner returning the trophy but if you cant trust an Accountant/Bookkeeper then who can you trust? And be warned any winner not returning the trophy will be named and shamed lol, winners we know who you are lol. Of course the plan is that I will be the winner each and every year. If you have not signed up already you only have a few days to go, and remember there are site prizes as well. Do you have what it takes to win the BKN/Training Link Challenge Cup, got to be in it to win it!!!!!! GO GO TEAM BKN lol.

Have a great weekend
Dave

Stardoe · Guru

Just joined ....hardest thing I've ever had to do..choosing the team within the budget....thought £100m was loads of money!!

Disappointed to see that there are only 7 of us so far though!

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Good to have you in the league Pauline, yes 100 million is not hard to spend in fantasy football. Only 7 is down I hope to people being engrossed in the Olympics, was hoping for around 20 or so teams. Few more sign ups please??????

woody88 · Senior Member

I'll be choosing my team over the next few days, looking forward to backing up my Euro 2012 win with a full season victory!

Good luck everyone.

Ben

NickCraggs · Guru

Joined!

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Good to have you on board Nick

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Only two days left to register your Team for the BKN/Training Link Fantasy Football challenge, like to see a final surge of entrants for a spot of fun, trophy and who knows maybe even a prize, you gotta be in it to win it

Dave

Marky65 · Guru

Just made a couple of late transfers and now selected side for the weekend. Can't wait for it to start

Mark

Stardoe · Guru

I made a substitution yesterday too...due to last minute injury! Who gets injured training!?.......lol

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Heres a tip, Van Persie is signing for Man U and is fit to face Everton, Team GB players from the Olympics will have a fitness edge and may score well in the first couple of weeks, for example Tom Cleverley who was Englands best player last night against italy, this comp is costing me and Steve from BKN money so come on more sign ups please. Forgive the grammar lol Im a BRUMMIE

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Dont forget to make your transfers before 11 am in the morrow, very close after initial game.

Have a great bank Holiday

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

FOOTBALL UPDATE

Well only 2 games gone and the BKN/Training Link Fantasy league is taking shape with the early running being made by

1. Jeremy Robbins
2. Mark Lovejoy
3. Nick Craggs

Still loads of points to play for so use your tranfers well! As an incentive to those at the bottom of the table I will give them the wooden spoon, but in the shape of a deluxe box of chocs from Hotel Choclat Mmmmmmm but this will be for the team that is nearest the bottom that have played the game in its entirity, this meaning of course should you finish last and not played or made transfers then the chocs go the place above. So no giving up lol.

Should you be transferring out more than 4 or 5 players dont forget you have a wildcard which means no points deducted for transfers. Jeremy we are comin for ya lol.

Good Luck
Dave

GJRobbins · Senior Member

Hi Dave & fellow challengers

Thanks for the mention... does not take much for it to all turn around.

Interesting week this one with no Chelski or Reading game and the transfer deadline potentially taking some players outside the PL - use the wildcard wisely..

Another tip is to get your transfers done early in the week as the prices rise with the number of transfers made for a specific player... take Michu for example! Think his price rose by 0.5m in a week!

Last tip is to ensure you have no Liverpool players haha - they are all rubbish! My only one was at Swansea when I set the team up so think I am excused!

Cheers

Jeremy
Optegra Financial

www.optegrafs.co.uk

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

So Fantasy Football is on international break this weekend which means we have to make sure our players dont get injured if they are playing for their countries.

Game week 3 saw the BKN/Training Link League leader gaining an impressive 72 points maintaining his lead but 3rd place Nick Craggs drops out of the top 3.

Top 3 are now as follows

1. Optegra Rocks 240pts (Jeremy Robbins)
2. Hometown Refugees 202pts (Mark Lovejoy)
3. Brizzas Villians 175pts (Ross Brinsdon)

Training Link staff Rob Hupston and Dave Campbell take up 4th and 5th spot but a long way behind the leader, but still plenty of time to catch up. Well done Jeremy lets hope you have a stinker in game week 4 lol

Dave

NickCraggs · Guru

Hopefully Van Persie wont be having a weekend like last weekend again!

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Howdy BKNers

Well the Olympics are over, Andy Murray wins his first Grand Slam, and we all come down to earth with a bump thanks to a lack lustre display from England, Scotland Wales and N Ireland in the football internationals, but fear not my workaholic BKNers for this weekend sees the return of the BKN/Training Link fantasy football league, its transfer time so dont forget to check out all the new players that have been bought in at the end of the official transfer window, so pick well and dont forget your wildcard should you need to use it. Will update after the next round of games.

Good luck and have a great weekend
Dave

Stardoe · Guru

Already used my Wildcard...think I changed nearly all of my team! lol

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

So Pauline has used her Wildcard and I so very nearly did but hanging on to it for a short while I think.

The top 3 all remain the same this week with top scorer Ross Brinsdon on a cool 60 points, good news is some points have been caught up on the leader so still lots to play for.

1. Optegra Rocks (Jeremy Robbins)
2. Hometown Refugees (Mark Lovejoy)
3. Brizzas Villians (Ross Brinsdon)

Will there be any changes to the top 3 after this week?

Dave

Stardoe · Guru

TRAINING LINK wrote:
So Pauline has used her Wildcard and I so very nearly did but hanging on to it for a short while I think.

Lot of good it did me! lol Got 3 Swansea players and Swansea lost, Michu got booked and Routledge only played 56 mins! Tevez didn't score and neither did Torres. Man City can't seem to keep a clean sheet.

What is Jeremy's secret (apart from having Van Persie)?

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Dont worry too much Pauline still lots of time to catch up. Jeremy got off to a flyer but is there to be aimed at, just looked at your team and its not too bad, both Tevez and Torres could score well this week, Dzeko I would not have in as he is not certain to play and played in champions league last night and man city now have all strikers fit, I would have thought Dzeko is at the bottom of the pecking order, will be shouting your team on this week biggrin

Dave

GJRobbins · Senior Member

Haha, my secret is top secret (though I did give a few tips earlier on..)

Come and see me at stand A520 @ Accountex 2012 and I will share some more....

Jeremy

Stardoe · Guru

Lol....thanks for the tips Dave. I did have Aguerro and not Dzeko, but then he got himself injured in the first game of the season!

I may be shouting my team on this week (shame about last night) but it might be muted shouting as they are playing Arsenal which is who my son supports, so there may be a bit of in-fighting at home! -:)

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

GJRobbins wrote:
Haha, my secret is top secret (though I did give a few tips earlier on..)

Come and see me at stand A520 @ Accountex 2012 and I will share some more....

Jeremy

Problem with being on Top Jeremy is there is only one place you can go, if you can avoid us closing on you over the course of the season you would have done it the hard way, much rather be chasing than leading lol.

As for Accountex 2012 hope it goes well for you, might be an idea to do a BKN blog on the event? I will be doing the same for the ICB conference, be good for fellow members? Back to football, shall I use my wildcard, really tempted but dont do my team until Saturday morning so time will tell.

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Lol Pauline you cant beat a bit of in house sports rivalry, but your Mum so there can only be one winner regardless of scores and results. My money is on Pauline every time lol

Dave

Stardoe · Guru

Lol....thanks for the vote of confidence Dave!

My son and husband have their own Fantasy League going on with members of their golf club, so I'm getting it from all sides!

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Oh Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

You are a fantasy football and golfing wife, thank god for the respite of BKN Pauline? lol

Dave

Stardoe · Guru

Yes I'm afraid so Golf widow on a Saturday and sometimes a Sunday as well. Still, I have my own interests, but thank goodness for BKN definitely!

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Stardoe wrote:
Yes I'm afraid so Golf widow on a Saturday and sometimes a Sunday as well. Still, I have my own interests, but thank goodness for BKN definitely!

Pauline

Pauline I used to love the in-house banter but my Son and Daughter have fled the nest and my other half hates sport and she is now a sky sports widow in return I have to put up with the soaps and reality TV lol, Oh the things we have to put up with eh?

Good news is that BKN Fantasy kicks off again tomorrow so dont forget your subs need to catch Jeremy up, cant have him becoming complacent lol.

Have a great weekend

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Game week 5 saw a change in the top 3 which now reads as follows

1.Optegra Rocks Jeremy Robbins 343 points
2.Brizzas Villians Ross Brinsdon 290 points
3.The Baking Boys Craig MacDonald 284 points

Special mention to Premier Trainings Nick Craggs who was the leagues top scorer with 72 pts and no subs.

Dave

NickCraggs · Guru

Cheers Dave,

the only reason why there wasn't any subs was becuase i forgot, it wasnt tactical!

Nick

Stardoe · Guru

NickCraggs wrote:
Cheers Dave,
the only reason why there wasn't any subs was becuase i forgot, it wasnt tactical!
Nick

Lol....perhaps I'll forget next week as well...might improve my scoring!

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Here we are again with weekend fantasy football to play. Last weeks top scorer Nick gets 2 free transfers this week as he never used any last week, so expecting another good week from you Nick I think my wildcard is calling me????? Pauline to improve her chances appears to be wishing amnesia upon herself, which is just as well for me as she still owes me £1000 lol

Good luck and have a great weekend.

Dave

Stardoe · Guru

TRAINING LINK wrote:
Pauline to improve her chances appears to be wishing amnesia upon herself, which is just as well for me as she still owes me £1000 lol

Good luck and have a great weekend.

Dave

Huh? I do? Oh dear, memory is worse than I thought...lol

Pauline

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

A bad week for league leader Jeremy only scoring 25 points meaning the gap is not so big with Ross Brinsdon only 33 points off the lead, Mark Lovejoy moves back into 3rd place.

1. Optegra Rocks (Jeremy Robbins) 368 points Wk 25
2. Brizzas Villians (Ross Brinsdon) 335 points Wk 45
2. Hometown Refugees (Mark Lovejoy) 330 points Wk 53

Top scorer this week with 60 points was Christine Kitching with her Bakewell Tarts FC team, Chris is my other half so no bragging rights in my house this week

D Day for the BKN awards today so good luck to all those who have been nominated.

Dave

TRAINING LINK · Senior Member

Another international break after this weeks games, and I find myself wishing my life away not only for the BKN/Training Link football challenge but the ICB conference, I could understand it if I was single lol. League leader Jeremy will be looking to extend his lead after losing ground in last weeks games. Good luck dont forget to make your substitutions before 11.00 am on Saturday. Will update on Monday morning. Have a great weekend BKNers.

Dave

Stardoe · Guru

Is anyone else having problems logging into the Fantasy Premier League site this weekend? I keep putting my details in and it just keeps going back to the log in screen. I have tried clearing cache, cookies, browsing history etc and tried two different browsers but sometimes it logs me in and sometimes it doesn't.

Just when I seem to be doing quite well this week!

Pauline