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SirNorbertClarke
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I have to beat the wife this season!

If you play, where do you get tips and advice?
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Report s.kenbo August 19, 2026 7:56 PM BST
That’s why he beats you every year. He far smarter than you! Wink
Report duffy August 19, 2026 8:00 PM BST
You don't need to wink, it's bloody true.

Not this year thoughDevil

Have we dragged Nobby back from the edge yet?
Report s.kenbo August 19, 2026 8:04 PM BST
I think he’s still out. I think I counted 28 players, could easily be one either side of that number though.

Stringvest. Are you still Totally Weird!!?
Report strivingport August 19, 2026 8:52 PM BST
Yes, you are right, sorry. Never read the bulk text or skimmed through the paragraph, I see the payment info is included with the fantasy league code and details.. There is another guy who might join, can I pass on the details to him?
Report s.kenbo August 19, 2026 9:05 PM BST
The Betfair Footy Forum is a free league. Emitdeb is the man you need to message if you want to join the paid league. That’s £20.

You’re welcome to pass the details on.
Report strivingport August 19, 2026 9:06 PM BST
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Report s.kenbo August 19, 2026 9:06 PM BST
Doh. I thought I was replying to Stringvest then! My post still stands though.
Report strivingport August 19, 2026 9:12 PM BST

Aug 19, 2026 -- 9:06PM, s.kenbo wrote:


Doh. I thought I was replying to Stringvest then! My post still stands though.


Yeah, it was the paid league I entered ('The Big One'), I have paid the £20 entry fee for that already and that's the one I want to pass on the info for..   I dunno who Stringvest is ...a different user. I might enter the free league too, not sure yet..

Report Emitdeb August 19, 2026 9:13 PM BST
You have the details strivingport, pass them on...
Report strivingport August 19, 2026 9:15 PM BST
@Emitdeb Great, thanks! I will do..
Report Stringvest August 20, 2026 10:17 AM BST
Yes I am Kenbo , but not in that gaff anymore Cool
Report s.kenbo August 20, 2026 11:40 AM BST
CoolCool
Report Lifter August 21, 2026 8:16 AM BST
Atkins Allstars are back and going to win the lot Cool
Report Lifter August 21, 2026 8:16 AM BST
Last minute thoughts of going no bruno
Report SirNorbertClarke August 21, 2026 8:29 AM BST
No Raya, no Gabriel, No Bruno and no Haaland.
Report Lifter August 21, 2026 8:53 AM BST
must have a lot of money in the bank?!
Report SirNorbertClarke August 21, 2026 1:09 PM BST

must have a lot of money in the bank?!


My inner chimp has spent the entire £100m on top quality players and he's very confident he'll crush the opposition!

Report jasstardust August 21, 2026 2:42 PM BST
inner chimp....
the monkey on yer back !!!!?
Report mesmerised August 21, 2026 4:37 PM BST
finished tarting around with my team
Report TribalMedlyn August 21, 2026 4:42 PM BST
Is there a Head 2 Head league or just the standard one this year
Report MrStrawMan August 21, 2026 4:43 PM BST
Prices seem pretty generous this season , 3 Man City 3 Liverpool 2 Chelsea 2 Man Utd 1 Arsenal starting eleven .
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 4:48 PM BST
I’ve been messing around with mine this afternoon. I’ve got 15 averageish players. A mistake I’d say but I can’t play around any more.

Not sure if the h2h league is done by the website or not?
Report duffy August 21, 2026 4:51 PM BST
Stewpot (incredribbles) created it last year somehow didn't he?
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 4:54 PM BST
I came up with a genius idea!... Stick with my B-boost 1st week.. Wild-card second or third week.. Cool

Little voice in the recesses of my mind, calling me a fecking idiot... CryCry

1 hour 30 minutes... to go.
Report MrStrawMan August 21, 2026 4:55 PM BST
You have to create it yourself head to head league
Report duffy August 21, 2026 4:58 PM BST
Emit,
Is it too late to enter the BIG ONE, I've got your details from the lad (Tribal)
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 4:58 PM BST
I think Stewpot formed the second half league. I think the h2h will be done automatically once all players are known.

Loads played the bench boost early last year. An early wildcard does sound absolutely ridiculous though! You’ve had unlimited changes for weeks!
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 5:00 PM BST
uw8ea1

H2h code. Not gonna get many now.
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:05 PM BST
there's a date on the text Duffy...
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:07 PM BST
I'm not sure what it says... tbh

Do it if the text message says you can..
Report duffy August 21, 2026 5:08 PM BST
Not sure what you mean, text message??
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:10 PM BST
If you haven't paid by 20th August you'll be kicked out the league!

That's what the guy wrote...
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:10 PM BST
Sad
Report duffy August 21, 2026 5:12 PM BST
Oh ok, never mind, my fault, should have decided to go in earlier rather than last minute.
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:13 PM BST
It's almost like comedy that someone asks to join on the 21st.. with an hour to go.. Laugh

You could try.. you have all the details... Blush
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 5:16 PM BST
Duffy runs up to the counter with his betting slip 15 seconds after they’re off!
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:18 PM BST
Duffy runs up to the counter with his betting slip 15 seconds after they’re off!

Technically, 17 hours late.. Grin
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 5:18 PM BST
The Big One has filled up a bit. Was only about twenty teams when I paid up recently. Well over forty now. Everyone being wise and holding on to their dosh for as long as possible!
Report duffy August 21, 2026 5:21 PM BST
Yep fair enough, I'll take that on the chin, it was just a last minute thought that's all.
Report MrStrawMan August 21, 2026 5:34 PM BST
The day before is quite generous , as players should know what the payout structure is before the league kicks off .
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:49 PM BST
I've gone Captain Haaland and I hate myself for it!
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 5:50 PM BST
Don’t worry about. 80% of people probably have!!
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 5:56 PM BST
That's why I'm not happy tbh.... Just know he's only got 65-70 minutes in him Saturday.. Blush
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 6:00 PM BST
Definitely captain him if that’s the case!
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:00 PM BST
Bugger! Gonna change my captain last minute...
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:03 PM BST
Feck it! I'm going left field! Plain
Report mesmerised August 21, 2026 6:10 PM BST
anyone want some last minute coaching ?
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:11 PM BST
18 minutes left!
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:12 PM BST
who's your captain mes?
Report mesmerised August 21, 2026 6:12 PM BST
Fernandes
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:16 PM BST
Never made my squad... Getting on, Hard world cup and everyone has him... Is my opinion Scared
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:17 PM BST
But, almost flipped Haaland for him last minute...
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:22 PM BST
Site is about to crash!! Shocked
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:25 PM BST
If I finish in the bottom half of the Betfair Forum League.. I will never play again.
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 6:27 PM BST
Enjoy your last season!
Report SirNorbertClarke August 21, 2026 6:31 PM BST
18:30, shiit or bust
Report mesmerised August 21, 2026 6:31 PM BST
Changed my captain last minute to Haaland
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:37 PM BST
Enjoy your last season!

Laugh... My BB will see me top 5 first week.. or I'm a Dutchman. Cool
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 6:43 PM BST
Foden is my captain!... Take That!
Report Emitdeb August 21, 2026 8:13 PM BST
28 Teams.. in. At first glance, I'm almost feeling it might be in the bag already! Happy

Good Luck People.
Report s.kenbo August 21, 2026 8:34 PM BST
I like your early season optimism. It will be tears and tantrums come Xmas!
Report SirNorbertClarke August 21, 2026 8:41 PM BST
Come Monday!
Report MrStrawMan August 21, 2026 9:09 PM BST
3-0 all over , Arteta itching to do the 59 minute subs .
Report duffy August 21, 2026 9:14 PM BST
Don't want to be taking Odegaard offCool
Report MrStrawMan August 21, 2026 9:43 PM BST
Calafiori off , very unlikely but a Coventry goal now would be nice .
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 6:44 PM BST
I'm still waiting on the Big One prize breakdown...
Report SirNorbertClarke August 23, 2026 6:55 PM BST
63 points with Joao Pedro still to play
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 7:02 PM BST
We'd all know that if you stayed in the league... Mischief
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 7:06 PM BST
Captain Haaland and Fernandes both duds this week. Lucky I went for Foden Cry.
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 7:06 PM BST
You’d be in seventeenth place if you’d stayed in the league!!
Report duffy August 23, 2026 7:12 PM BST
Only Arsenal delivered, blanks from practically all the other usual suspects, but that makes it more interesting I suppose, instead of having the usual three or four bankers, going to get more diversity perhaps.
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 7:12 PM BST
I'm guessing his undercover "B" team might still be there... Grin
Report duffy August 23, 2026 7:14 PM BST
Sadly we're going to have to take his word for it.

I blame mes and the scarecrowCry
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 7:16 PM BST
Short term maybe. Once the season kicks in and the early point scorers are established, most of us will be putting them in our teams. If you’ve got £6m for a midfielder it’s hard not to pick the highest scoring one for that money.
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 7:18 PM BST
I don’t think he’s in. Most of us have got our proper names down, the ones that haven’t we pretty much know who they are.
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 7:19 PM BST
Honch in tied third spot. I bet he’s got a nosebleed!
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 7:27 PM BST
Pedro's on his bench... Wink
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 7:32 PM BST
Yeah. Unlikely to get off there for him either.
Report duffy August 23, 2026 7:34 PM BST
Honcho must still be banned, he messaged me in February and said it was for three months, the prosecution must have appealed against the sentence.....and won!!!
Report SirNorbertClarke August 23, 2026 7:42 PM BST
I'm in Napsters Premier League
Report SirNorbertClarke August 23, 2026 7:44 PM BST
Did Honcho say why he was banned?
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 7:47 PM BST
Why withdraw from one league for being a cheat but not the other!!?
Report duffy August 23, 2026 7:51 PM BST
Honcho didn't say why he was banned but he did say who he thought got him banned!!
Report SirNorbertClarke August 23, 2026 7:53 PM BST
Your league will get on fine without me.
Report duffy August 23, 2026 7:55 PM BST
He said it was failure to meet terms and conditions but said he had no idea what he did wrong.
Report SirNorbertClarke August 23, 2026 8:00 PM BST
There was some divvy, I can't remember exactly who, who kept saying Honcho and I were one and the same.

I think if you're banned for 3 months I think it's highly likely you'll find somewhere else to go and never come back.
Report duffy August 23, 2026 8:14 PM BST
Nobby,

I was just reading through the thread in question, very strange, Honcho posted that he was banned, but was able to post, then a few of you were all discussing it, then it appeared that Irish got banned and you happened to mentioned that you thought that Irish, honcho and clarky 9 were all mesmerized.

There is no way irish is honcho or mes as I've been in a row with him and he was far too vicious to be either of them.Shocked
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 8:15 PM BST
The Big One

1st.. £700

2nd.. £150

3rd.. £90
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 8:21 PM BST
mes can be vicious... Once called me a Gnat! and a virgin.. CryCry
Report SirNorbertClarke August 23, 2026 8:24 PM BST

you happened to mentioned that you thought that Irish, honcho and clarky 9 were all mesmerized.


I must have been winding up mes Grin

Unless you are posting k***y p**n I don't think anyone should be banned.

Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 8:26 PM BST
Not as scathing as the time he told you were sh11t at chess!
Report duffy August 23, 2026 8:26 PM BST
I'll give irish his due, he told me three years ago that Gaelic Warrior was a three miler, I wondered why he hadn't been back to remind me of that since the Gold CupGrin
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 8:37 PM BST
Not as scathing as the time he told you were sh11t at chess!

Been trying to mentally block that one out... And I'm not totally convinced he isn't using a bot.. Still refuses the 5 minute rush challenge. Plain
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 8:44 PM BST
And here’s me opening up an old wound. My apologies!
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 8:48 PM BST
Your rating is amazing kenbo, tomorrow I'll give you a chance to equalise... 11.5 - 10.5 to me... Happy
Report s.kenbo August 23, 2026 8:51 PM BST
Cool
Report Emitdeb August 23, 2026 8:53 PM BST
Unfortunately I have plans @ 9... until tomorrow.
Report mesmerised August 23, 2026 9:41 PM BST
emitedeb you mug, I didn't call you a gnat, I said you have the brains of a gnat, but the gnats kept threatening me with legal action over the slur Laugh

Turn it in with the bot nonsense , you're just coming across as bitter. Not only would you have to bypass their highly sophisticated, anti-cheating algorithm that closes over 100,000 accounts every single month using all sorts of metrics and methods to detect foul play including time stamps of each move, pre-moves or lack of, cursor movements/mechanical clicking patterns, highlighting squares/drawing arrows or lack of, cookies placed on browser to detect software use and /or switching of tabs, accuracy levels, unnatural pauses, moves made v top engine moves recommended etc etc

But even if you managed to get past that, you'd still also have to be one sad case considering there is no logic to doing so, there's no prize money, there's nothing to be gained and moreover, it would not help you improve in any way. 8 players have used bots against me and been banned, if I was doing the same the game would have been a draw but I was well beaten, as I can't be a 3800 rated Chess engine.

Instead, why don't you ask me how to improve or what you should be doing on the other thread, like openings, how to analyse a game etc, but you're probably not interested and would rather cry foul play to make yourself feel better. I usually charge £20 an hour for coaching but for you, £40 an hour, as I get the feeling I'll have to tell you everything twice Laugh

Incidentally Honcho was never banned, he can say he was banned but he wasn't, his profile has always been visible, you are banned when your profile has gone, read the other week that the Liverpool fan Pineapple for example has been banned, and his profile has gone.

Honcho went missing when he posted that thread in the politics forum as it seemingly made him look like he'd accidentally posted under the irisonone's name. Speaking of which, he was a bit of a saddo, spent every day on the politics forum making a flurry of Anti English comments all the while pretending to be living it up in Spain, yeah right.

Clarky9 is just an idiot who keeps trying to get my attention for the last few years, a la the latest Haaland thread, the other Clarke poster quickly posted on it, again, draw your own conclusions. Both are blocked anyway.

Kind Regards.
Report duffy August 24, 2026 1:47 AM BST
SirNorbertClarke 23 Aug 26 18:55 
63 points with Joao Pedro still to play


With Bench BoostWink
Report jasstardust August 24, 2026 4:01 AM BST
best place for chess is hmp
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