Author: Duncan

Week 6 Fantasy: a quick look

Thursday night football was exciting but not necessarily a fantasy points gold mine. I missed last weekend, I am sorry and this weeks look is going to be a brief look at possible options and possible starters. I was seriously off last week, the Gents ending 1 – 3 and...

Week 4 fantasy: no averages this week

Well the Gents teams went 2-2 in week 3 so some of my decisions did not really pan out. My problem is getting regular scoring running backs. I know I said last week I would start looking at means (a measure of averages) and I will try a few this...

Week 3 Fantasy: The danger of averages

This was started after the Thursday night game, just to keep it as fresh as possible as we look to week 3 and well week 2 was certainly interesting. In all I went 5-1, with the Gents teams going 3-1 again, so not bad really. This week I will again...

Fantastic week 2: Options and views

Week 1 is done and the usual collection of high scoring fantasy surprises greeted us. Now is the time to hit the waiver wire, at the same time do not panic your season is not over after even week 3 so there is time to really find out who is...

Some fantastically different drafts

A lot of talk as the fantasy season comes ever closer to starting is with drafting for standard leagues, but there is a plethora of possibilities in terms of leagues. Here I will look into PPR, Keeper, IDP, Auction and our very own Quidditch leagues and considerations for their draft....

A fantastical game to play: an introduction

As the off season approaches the end and the dawn of the pre-season is just breaking on the horizon, the pages of various websites start filling up with fantasy football articles and encouraging us to play. This also means we’re dusting off the Gridiron Gentlemen fantasy league and re-vamping it...

Duncan’s attempt at a Top Ten: Running Backs

As we work our way through the positions, Dan, Dylan and Simon have been diligently ranking and providing in depth reasons behind the ranks, I thought I would chime in with some off the cuff ranks (as I have done on the podcast) for running backs. You may have an...