⚽ La Liga Fantasy Marca Fixture 22 Update

in hive-185836 •  3 years ago 

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It's strange to be writing my Gameweek 22 update before Gameweek 21's finished - Gameweek 21 not officially ending until the remaining fixtures are played at some unknown point in the future! Nice one Fantasy Marca. A total mess.

But we work with what we know, and we know Gameweek 22 is now over.

I'm also implementing the same rule changes that I've included in FPL recently so please ensure that you pay attention to these posts.

The change is related to my desire to reward the players who are more engaged with the game and with the Steemit league - who take the time to update their team, read my updates and particularly comment.

The change which will start from this post is that if you are the highest Gameweek scorer, you need to reply to this post to claim your prize which I will then transfer. This is still only eligible for teams that have officially entered and will prevent me from transferring Steem to people who have left the platform or who ignore notifications from me.

If a prize isn't claimed for a particular Gameweek, I might even roll some of it over to the following Gameweek (+2 per week to the pot).

These rules aren't as necessary as they were in FPL because inactive players are removed from the league after 3 inactive Gameweeks but I'll implement them anyway.

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Fixture 22 Results and Prize Winner

Having bought Canales from me shortly before the Gameweek deadline, he helped @o1eh to a winning Gameweek score of 63 points with the following team:

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@arahman also scored highly as the only other player to score more than 50 points.

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Congratulations @o1eh, please reply to this post to claim your prize 🏆

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Overall Ranking

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@the-gorilla has pulled away at the top and now leads @titopx by 173 points. @araham's good score has moved him back ahead of @chenty into 3rd position in what's become a great battle.

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@abduljawad002 didn't get back to me last week and has missed 5 fixtures in a row so has been removed from the league - we'll be seeing his players appear back on the transfer market in the coming days.

5 Spaces Remaining

We now have 5 spaces for any new players interested in joining the fun - with plenty of Steem still to be won (with weekly prizes + the overall prizes), it's never too late to sign up. Details of how to join can be found in this post.

Good luck everybody 👍
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What a good week for me🔝. And a successful purchase of an effective player🏃.

I like La Liga Fantasy the most⚽. I'm not playing it for prizes🏅, so I'll be grateful if you keep the prize ☺️

What's the latest news on your situation in the Ukraine with regards to Russia? It's getting a lot of press coverage over here now so I'm interested in hearing your perspective and if anything's changed recently?

We are now living under extreme information pressure. Almost all the news concerns the likelihood of a large-scale war. This is a severe blow to the already underdeveloped economy. Investors are fleeing, government securities are depreciating, inflation has reached a significant level.

Regarding the political situation. You have probably heard that Russia has been negotiating with the United States on spheres of influence. The demands made by Russia were obviously unrealistic. When we in Ukraine learned about these requirements, we immediately realized that these negotiations were made only to pass the time. The very fact that negotiations are underway on Ukraine without Ukraine's participation does not bode well for us.

The fact is that Russia has gathered 90-120 thousand soldiers near our border, there is a lot of military equipment. Now they are sending troops to Belarus, so our northern border is also under threat. In addition, in recent years, Crimea has been transformed into a continuous military base. Preparation is very confident and it does not bode well.

Will there be an attack? I don't think anyone knows that. But after the expected failure of negotiations, Russia is forced to take some action.

We are preparing the army and deploying territorial defense. My colleagues are called to training grounds. But we must understand that it is impossible to compare our and Russia's armies.

We in Ukraine are very grateful for the position of Great Britain. While Germany has in fact sided with Russia, we have only a handful of allies left in the political arena. These are Great Britain, Canada, the USA, the Baltic States and Poland. The rest, although they express support, do so mostly under duress.

I grew up thinking that war was a thing of the past and I still find it hard to believe what is happening.

I hope that not all Russians share the position of their government. But I had to face chauvinism here on Steemit. So it is obvious that a certain part of the population still supports this aggression.

In general, there is no panic in society, but there are no reasons for positive forecasts.

The very fact that negotiations are underway on Ukraine without Ukraine's participation does not bode well for us.

This is very strange. I think that this shows how little it has to do with you as a nation and how much it has to do with geopolitics. I wonder if the existing sanctions have taken a bigger toll on Russia than we are aware of so they feel that they need to do something before they're too weak to.

These are Great Britain, Canada, the USA, the Baltic States and Poland. The rest, although they express support, do so mostly under duress.

These are fairly good allies to have although if there is a war, I fear that military intervention will be limited and response will be more sanctions. Which I'm not convinced will work.

So it is obvious that a certain part of the population still supports this aggression.

It could well be that they fear saying anything in opposition due to potential repercussions.

In general, there is no panic in society, but there are no reasons for positive forecasts.

That's good to hear - our media our painting a picture of everybody planning their routes to air-raid shelters.

I wonder if the existing sanctions have taken a bigger toll on Russia than we are aware of

I am sure that the sanctions are in place. Business is sensitive to any changes in the rules of the game. But in addition to sanctions, in my opinion, there is another factor - Putin's age. He understands that there is less and less time left to realize his dreams. He has repeatedly said that the greatest catastrophe of his life was the collapse of the Soviet Union. Therefore, he is doing everything to move towards the restoration of the USSR.

I fear that military intervention will be limited and response will be more sanctions.

We are well aware that in the event of war, no one will fight for us. This is quite understandable. Why should someone die for a foreign country and a foreign nation? Our task is to defend ourselves for so long that this war has become too expensive. And allies can make it even more expensive.

our media our painting a picture of everybody planning their routes to air-raid shelters.

In fact, they are not far from the truth. The war in Ukraine has been going on for 8 years, so our bomb shelters are being systematically inspected and restored throughout this period. They just showed it when they needed to :)

If it comes to it, do you think you'll need to fight? Having a war on the doorstep seems unimaginable and the reason for it incomprehensible. The Ukraine is not a threat to Russia - Even the excuse of NATO being a threat to Russia is ridiculous. Can you imagine NATO deciding "I know, let's invade Russia"?!

Everyone understands the absurdity of Russia's negotiating position. This is politics. They want to leave their traditional sphere of influence. Russia is satisfied with Ukraine as a separate state if it does not pursue an independent policy.

If it comes to war, and I don't even want to think about it, everything will be completely different than in 2014. This time our army is better prepared, we have 400,000 veterans who have the skills to fight, and society is ready to defend itself. We will not be able to stop the Russian army, but we will be able to slow it down and make its offensive very expensive. Society is set on fierce resistance, which means great losses on both sides.

There will be a lot of refugees that no one will need.

In short, a lot can be written about this, but I still hope for a political solution to this situation.

I really hope it doesn't come to war. It's beginning to look a lot like the "cold war" of East v. West now that China is having their say too.

Perhaps the attention that the US in particular has put on the situation will make it harder for Russia to do anything - perhaps it will antagonise them into doing something.

I hope for your sake that everybody shuts up and leaves you alone.

La Liga's become my favourite one too - it's a shame that more people haven't been interested in joining but perhaps we'll have more people join next season.

I'm afraid that I must transfer your prize 🏆 Congratulations 🥳

Thank you!💰

Congrats to oleh. @gorilla can you forget to set your team for at least 2 gameweeks? Would be very much appreciated 😅 . @arahman can only have himself to blame if I raid his team with the little funds I have left🤨.

I'll do my best to forget. Hopefully I won't forget that I've said this.

🤞 😂

What have I done to you? I don’t even have good players anymore on my team 😪

I only care about the points the get 😂

If so, then you’re welcome to take any player of your choice.
At least I’ll get some funds to improve my squad 😊

Ah so you also want funds 😂

I have my eye on one of them 😉

Hola sin mucho éxito, pero no me rindo hasta el último juego de la Liga

Never give up 🙂 I saw that Aspas got taken recently. It will be difficult to replace him.

Así es amigo, aunque es difícil alcanzar a los que lideran la puntuación, seguiré en juego

It's all good practise for next season too when we'll all start on zero 🙂