This Week: Fantasy Football
This Week: Fantasy Football
Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
In this podcast, Jack and Rich chose their fantasy football squad on fantasy.premierleague.com. They needed to choose fifteen players for their squad and they have £100 million to spend. They also decided to give themselves an additional challenge. They decided to choose players from fifteen different countries and fifteen different Premier League clubs.
Fantasy
Fantasy Football: Goalkeepers
Rich and Jack needed to choose two goalkeepers. They chose Arsenal's Bernd Leno (£5M) and Brighton's Roberto Sanchez (£4.5M). Look at the sentences from the podcast and check your understanding of the phrases in bold.
Jack: So, who have we chosen to play in goal for the Premier Skills team? We needed to choose two goalkeepers.
Rich: Well, we decided not to break the bank with goalkeepers but we wanted to choose a keeper that will play every week and has a good chance of keeping clean sheets.
Jack: Our first choice is Arsenal’s German goalkeeper, Bernd Leno. He should play every week so should pick up points if Arsenal concede fewer goals than last season.
Rich: And if we decide to drop Leno we’ve got Brighton’s Spanish, Roberto Sanchez, in reserve to go between the sticks.
Jack: Brighton finished 16th last season but let in fewer goals than nine of the teams that finished above them so we think Sanchez could get a few points.
Fantasy
Fantasy Football: Defenders
Rich and Jack needed to choose five defenders. They chose West Ham’s, Vladimir Coufal (£5M), Newcastle’s Fabian Schar (£4.5M), Southampton’s Jannik Vestergaard (£5M), Crystal Palace’s Cheikhou Kouyaté (£4.5M) and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5M). Look at the sentences from the podcast and check your understanding of the phrases in bold.
Jack: So, who do we have at the back?
Rich: In defence, we have West Ham’s Czech defender, Vladimir Coufal.
Jack: That looks like a defence that won’t concede too many and should get a few clean sheets.
Fantasy
Fantasy Football: Midfielders
Rich and Jack needed to choose five midfielders. They chose Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne (£12M), Tottenham’s Heung-min Son (£10M), Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (£12M), Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi (£5M) and Leeds United’s Raphina (£6.5M). Look at the sentences from the podcast and check your understanding of the phrases in bold.
Jack: And who will we have in midfield?
Rich: We’ve got Manchester City’s Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, Tottenham’s South Korean midfielder Heung-min Son and Manchester United’s Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes.
Jack: These players should score a lot of points.
Rich: Hopefully. It’s much better to try to pick a creative midfielder than a holding midfielder because they will score you more points.
Fantasy
Fantasy Football: Attackers
Rich and Jack needed to choose three forwards. They chose Norwich City’s Teemu Pukki (£6M), Wolverhampton Wandererer’s, Raul Jimenez (£7.5M) and Watford’s Cucho Hernandez (£5M). Look at the sentences from the podcast and check your understanding of the phrases in bold.
Rich: Well, after spending all that money on our midfield we didn’t have that much left so there’s no Harry Kane up front.
Jack: So who have we gone for in attack. Remember that we need three different clubs and three different nationalities.
Rich: Yes, we made it very difficult for ourselves but in the end, we’ve gone for Norwich City’s Finnish forward Teemu Pukki, Wolverhampton Wandererer’s Mexican striker, Raul Jimenez and Watford’s Colombian attacker Cucho Hernandez.
Jack: We had to take a few risks with our forward line - let’s see how many goals we can get.
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How to play Fantasy Football
Sign up for the Premier Skills English Fantasy Football League on premierleague.com by using this code: ufn7bv
Or follow this link: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/ufn7bv
Vocabulary
Football Phrase
Have you had a go at this week's football phrase? Every week in our main podcast we ask our listeners to guess a football phrase. We repeated it in this episode. Do you know the football phrase? Guess the right answer and we'll announce your name on next week's show.
Write all your comments and answers in the comments section below.
Vocabulary
Language Challenge
Jack and Rich chose their fantasy football squad in this podcast. Have you chosen your team yet? Tell us the players you want in your fantasy football team and use the words in bold in your answers.
- Who will you have in goal?
- Who will you have at the back?
- Who will you pick in midfield?
- Who will you choose up front?
Write your answers in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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06/08/2021
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A company from my country called "Getir" which means "Bring" in Turkish became official sponsor of my team Spurs.Perfect choice for both of them-:)
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/tech/turkeys-getir-seals-tottenham-f...
06/08/2021 15:35
Tottenham Hotspur
5560
A company from my country called "Getir" which means "Bring" in Turkish became official sponsor of my team Spurs.Perfect choice for both of them-:)
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/tech/turkeys-getir-seals-tottenham-f...
06/08/2021
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I have chosen Emiliano Martinez and Robert Sanchez in goal.
I will have Aaron Wan-Bissaka , Vladimir Coufal , Virgil Van Dijk , Ben White and Luke Shaw at the back.
I have picked Mohamed Salah , Todd Cantwell , Bruno Fernandes , Mohamed Elneny and Jack Grealish in midfield.
I will choose Michail Antonio , Allan Saint-Maximin and Ivan Toney up front.
I might make some changes during the last few days as well :)
Good luck everyone in this season's Fantasy Premier League competition :)
06/08/2021 10:13
Manchester United
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I have chosen Emiliano Martinez and Robert Sanchez in goal.
I will have Aaron Wan-Bissaka , Vladimir Coufal , Virgil Van Dijk , Ben White and Luke Shaw at the back.
I have picked Mohamed Salah , Todd Cantwell , Bruno Fernandes , Mohamed Elneny and Jack Grealish in midfield.
I will choose Michail Antonio , Allan Saint-Maximin and Ivan Toney up front.
I might make some changes during the last few days as well :)
Good luck everyone in this season's Fantasy Premier League competition :)
05/08/2021
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This week's football phrase must be * *** *** ****
05/08/2021 12:46
Manchester United
6539
This week's football phrase must be * *** *** ****
05/08/2021
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Football Phrase
The phrase is stalemate if the match ends 0-0 and for all other scorelines (1-1, 4-4, 7-7,...n-n)...the word is deadlock.
05/08/2021 05:23
Chelsea
1749
Football Phrase
The phrase is stalemate if the match ends 0-0 and for all other scorelines (1-1, 4-4, 7-7,...n-n)...the word is deadlock.
05/08/2021
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Welcome back to Premier Skills English, Idzingirai. We haven't seen you for ages!
The phrases you mention are high-level, useful to learn and are good ways to describe a match that finishes level but these are not the phrases we are looking for. The phrase we are after is a bit simpler!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
05/08/2021 09:01
Liverpool
594
Welcome back to Premier Skills English, Idzingirai. We haven't seen you for ages!
The phrases you mention are high-level, useful to learn and are good ways to describe a match that finishes level but these are not the phrases we are looking for. The phrase we are after is a bit simpler!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
07/08/2021
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Thank you Rich. I am busy these days, but I listen to all podcasts.
07/08/2021 07:56
Chelsea
1749
Thank you Rich. I am busy these days, but I listen to all podcasts.
04/08/2021
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Vocabulary;
• Hugo Lloris (Spurs) in goal-Virgil van Dijk(Liverpool) at the back- Ilkay Gundogan(M.City) in midfield-H.Kane (Spurs) up front.
Football phrase; * ***-*** match.(British) A zero -zero match (American)
Phrases;
• My childhood hero actor wasn't as popular as today when I met him in the flesh.
• In the run up to the new investment, all datas of product line such as marketing, producing so on should be picked out and evaluated.
• The matches in which underdog team play against the teams on the top spot, a holding midfielder should be preferred to support defence line instead of assisting striker.
• Having a good keeper gives fifty percent achievement chance in the beginning of the game other percentage depends on how the team is good at the pitch.
04/08/2021 13:44
Tottenham Hotspur
5560
Vocabulary;
• Hugo Lloris (Spurs) in goal-Virgil van Dijk(Liverpool) at the back- Ilkay Gundogan(M.City) in midfield-H.Kane (Spurs) up front.
Football phrase; * ***-*** match.(British) A zero -zero match (American)
Phrases;
• My childhood hero actor wasn't as popular as today when I met him in the flesh.
• In the run up to the new investment, all datas of product line such as marketing, producing so on should be picked out and evaluated.
• The matches in which underdog team play against the teams on the top spot, a holding midfielder should be preferred to support defence line instead of assisting striker.
• Having a good keeper gives fifty percent achievement chance in the beginning of the game other percentage depends on how the team is good at the pitch.
03/08/2021
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The phrase is *** ***
03/08/2021 17:40
Arsenal
4
The phrase is *** ***
04/08/2021
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Hi Omar,
Welcome to Premier Skills English!
You've used the correct word but what is the phrase? How would you use it in a sentence?
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
04/08/2021 08:53
Liverpool
594
Hi Omar,
Welcome to Premier Skills English!
You've used the correct word but what is the phrase? How would you use it in a sentence?
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
04/08/2021
points
Hi Rich,
I think the phrase would be "* ***-*** ****".
04/08/2021 11:18
Arsenal
4
Hi Rich,
I think the phrase would be "* ***-*** ****".
04/08/2021
points
Well done, Omar. You are spot on and the first with the right answer this week! We'll announce your name in next week's podcast!
04/08/2021 11:37
Liverpool
594
Well done, Omar. You are spot on and the first with the right answer this week! We'll announce your name in next week's podcast!
03/08/2021
points
*** ***
03/08/2021 17:18
Arsenal
4
*** ***
03/08/2021
points
I think the phrase is * goalless ****
03/08/2021 14:24
Everton
442
I think the phrase is * goalless ****
04/08/2021
points
Hi Hayato,
The phrase has the same meaning as this but we're thinking of a slightly different phrase.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
04/08/2021 08:50
Liverpool
594
Hi Hayato,
The phrase has the same meaning as this but we're thinking of a slightly different phrase.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team