Hollie Louise Does Lifestyle,Fashion and FPL
am i a blogger,i dont know,i just write stuff! Fashion/Fantasy Football and Mental Health posts
Monday 20 February 2017
My First Post in 4 Months
Hey guys and girls,it's been 4 months since my last post so today i decided that it is about time that i actually went back to writing a post. I am sure nobody missed my writing but just on the slim chance that someone actually did lol,i am now going to give an update on how i have made a few changes in my life since i started on anti depressants almost a year ago.
Just to say briefly that i was not in a great place a year ago and i have other blog posts about this but nowadays i feel 100% better and although i have absolutely no idea if being on "sertraline" has contributed this but i assume it has. I take one 50mg tablet daily and i have 1 months prescription left before i have to go back to my GP and see what he has to say. I do have some bad days though but nowhere near as many as before.
I am definitely more positive with everything i do now and less anxious but sometimes anxiety does take hold of me depending of the situation but i do believe that i handle it a little better now.
I have taken on another job a couple of weeks ago and now do 2 part time jobs as opposed to having the 1 full time one that i had for years. My boss has been amazing and so understanding and supportive when i decided to drop down from full time to part time. It is something that i just had to do and i am now enjoying the variety of working some days and some evenings too.
Since i posted about being on anti depressants,i did notice that some people who i used to talk to regularly on twitter just disappeared but also the support that i have had from some lovely friends has been heartwarming and especially from ManueLita @MuratoreManuela
who practically every day wished me a happy day. This lovely lady always put a smile on my face.
Also what helped get me through very difficult times was the #fpl community in general and also by playing the game which has turned out to be a very challenging and difficult season but i will do my best to have a respectable overall finish.
Thanks for reading and i hope this will be the first of many new posts,
Hollie x
Tuesday 25 October 2016
This Season's #FPL
Hi guys and girls,i will get straight to the point here and ask where has the fun aspect gone in playing #FPL? This season is just not the same and the general banter and all round interaction is just not the same as it used to be.
I have noticed that certain accounts and some friends seem to no longer have the same interest as they used to have and certainly are more twitter quiet than previous years. Could this be the introduction of the Official FPL account that has put alot of former very active accounts off,maybe but i am not sure.And with now over 4 million players playing the game which is the most ever amount playing,i would have thought that interaction would be better than ever but it doesn't seem that way to me.
Also i have noticed that some fantastic accounts who do tweet about FPL are no longer getting the likes and comments that they used to get,they are getting them but not in the same volume of previous seasons. And to add that i have also noticed that when people in general tweet about FPL,they are not getting much of a response from the community in general,you can scroll down the posts and see no likes,comments or shares on so many posts. This must also be disheartening to those who tweet a post.
Previously when i logged into twitter and searched #fpl,i used to recognize so many accounts,nowadays when i search it,i hardly know anyone at all. It's just not the same. In my opinion,certain people and accounts used to "drive" FPL and make it an enjoyable experience but with alot of these people and accounts being less active,the fun aspect is diminishing week by week.
The demise of "Battle of the Sexes" #Bots has not helped as this used to generate alot of banter between the girls and the guys and this in general was a good thing for FPL. I must also mention that an fpl account who did not like girls playing the game and expressed his opinion on the matter has also caused some of the girls to no longer tweet about fpl as he called some of us Sluts and other choice language was used. All of his comments have been removed now but it certainly didn't help.
It is always awesome to see the opinions and thoughts of previous FPL Champions and Matt,Simon and Tom are amazing guys who do be twitter active and are always available to offer an opinion,it is such a shame that last years FPL Champion does not seem to be interested in the world of twitter.
Although the game has grown considerably over the years,to me it has lost the fun aspect,not fully but it's just not the same as it was before. It is also more difficult as there are more performing players across the board which is great and keeps the idea of template teams at bay and also with the highest ever amount of overall FPL managers playing.
I wonder if it is a case that so many post tweets like "had a great week and got 80 points" where most of us have only got around 30 that week,does this as they say piss people off and put them in bad form? Mmmmmmm i wonder.
Could it be that when we post that we have had an awful week,someone comments saying "you should have listened to me" or something to that affect or is it that there are so many accounts which include alot of new ones claiming to offer advice as fantasy football experts.I must point out here that this is not something that i am against and i do applaud all you guys. But there are some fraud accounts like the guy who has an account using the historical overall finishes of the legend that is Ville Ronke (whoever that really is) claiming to be an expert but this is not him and he is fooling over 400 followers into thinking that he is an expert with these amazing overall finishes. This guy is infact the same guy that has called some of the girls sluts. In the last few days,he has actually removed his overall finishes but he should never have claimed them in the first place.
Could it be that last season done major damage to our enjoyment of the game as a template team emerged which really destroyed the fun aspect of playing as so many teams had the same players.
Could it have something to do with the fact that some dead teams which sail along like a ghostship are scoring more points that teams that spend hours analyzing everything before making transfers and captain choices.This can be very disheartening to active players.
I really dont know what has turned certain people/accounts off and what their reasons for not being as interested as had been previously but i would love to know as it's just not the same and i miss what it was. Maybe it's just me but i just cannot put my finger on it as to why things have changed,i just don't know but just remember that we all have bad weeks,some more than most but it is only a game so please try and enjoy it for what it is and hopefully the fun aspect will return.
I do really doubt that there are many players out there who are enjoying it as much as they used to but i hope i am wrong in saying this,or maybe it is just me,
thanks for reading,
Hollie
Saturday 8 October 2016
"BOTS Girls v Guys" League Cup 3rd Round Draw
This is the draw for the 3rd round of knockout cup fixtures,all ties will be played in GW10. With only 2 girls left in the cup,there are 6 guy v guy fixtures!
Jay Slack 71-85 David Porter
Francisco Campos 53-77 Jack Smillie
Pratulya Rajan 90-78 Jasprit Sudan
Steve Totterdell 76-82 Monil Jhaveri
Jonathan Ounsworth 90-60 Holly Shand
Aakash Chhabra 59-62 Craig McGorum
Andrew Openshaw 66-74 Pamela Mwashighadi
Khalil Darmoul 62-66 Muhammad Yousuf Jhumka
RESULTS of 2nd Round
FPL Walt 35-40 Jay Slack
David Porter 51-41 Masroor Haider
Ankit Dhul 40-46 Francisco Campos
Callum Smith 47-51 Jack Smillie
Pratulya Rajan 59-53 Professor Boogie
Aakash Chhabra 32-25 Nicola Steatham
Khalil Darmoul 37-26 Kathryn Foster
Monil Jhaveri 55-29 Hollie Garner
Jasprit Sudan 42-30 Elaine Govender
Steve Totterdell 46-35 Patsy Blue
Jonathan Ounsworth 51-35 Teen McViegh
Muhammad Yousuf Jhumka 42-34 Tarah Stevenzon
Andrew Openshaw 32-23 Leslie Sawyer
Craig McGorum 47-35 Gemma Harrison
Greg Saunders 33-34 Pamela Mwashighadi
Martin Coleman 38-44 Holly Shand
14 Guys and only 2 Girls left now,
on behalf of the BOTS crew,
Hollie
Friday 23 September 2016
"Battle Of The Sexes" League Cup 3rd Round Draw
Here is the 3rd round cup draw and all ties will be played in GW10. 1st and 2nd round results can be found further down the page!
Rob Black 72-60 Holly Shand
Ron Mcllreavy 74-71 Mauricio Arias
Patrick Cobbold 49-66 Lynne Walton
Sagar Chowdhry 82-40 Claire Lukka
Tor Ragner Moller-Hansen 67-86 Alex Bower
Miguel Penetra 80-72 Patsy Blue
Arun Singh 46-75 V.Shirova
Mohammed Ebrahim 32-56 Becca Wilson
Results round 2
Rob Black 39-31 Vikki Marshall
Ron Mcllreavy 62-20 Julie Lea
Kaarthik Jayakumar 30-44 Holly Shand
Mauricio Arias 46-38 Lauren Cochrane
Fares Al-ansi 20-53 Lynne Walton
Patrick Cobbold 45- 34 Kate McAlister
Umar Bashir 36-41 Claire Lukka
Sagar Chowdhry 45-35 Gemma Harrison
Tor Ragner Moller-Hansen (wins on goals conceded) 34-34 Pamela Mwashighadi
FPL Junior 2 22-25 Alex Bower
Miguel Penetra (wins 2-1 on goals scored) 43-43 Lucia Stiglich
*Leah Pardo 31- 34 V.Shiroya*
Mohammed Ebrahim 41-29 Hollie Garner
Arun Singh 54-47 Fay McCormick
Rafi Ali 28-35 Patsy Blue
Cameron Davies 29-35 Becca Wilson
now there are 9 Guys and 7 Girls left.
1st Round RESULTS
As you are all aware,there are 3 separate Bots leagues and here is the 1st round knockout Cup Results for the league titled "Battle Of The Sexes"
Ties were played GW 6 and all fixtures are listed by the player name rather than team name.
As there are 48 teams in the league,the highest ranking 8 girls and guys get a bye to round 2,this means there will be 16 ties in round 1. The following have a bye to round 2,
The Guys
Rob Black,
Ron Mcllreavy,
Kaarthik Jayakumar,
Mauricio Arias,
Fares Al-ansi,
Arun Singh,
Patrick Cobbold,
Mohammed Ebrahim
The Girls
Holly Shand,
Gemma Harrison,
Pamela Mwashighadi,
Lucia Stiglich,
Alex Bower,
Fay McCormick,
Becca Wilson,
Leah Pardo
@FPL Stag 41 -48 Kate McAlister
Kiel Smith 65 -73 Lauren Cochrane
Imtiaz Hussain 25- 51 Claire Lukka
Umar Bashir 53 -49 Kat Mortensen
Sagar Chowdhry 44 -31 Tania Plascencia
Tor Ragner Moller-Hansen 51-47 Leanne Wheeler
FPL Junior 2 49- 26 Kirstine Dyg
Miguel Penetra 60 -47 Therese Kieve
Joshua Landon 51 -70 V.Shiroya
Moti Fanta 37-47 Hollie Garner
Ian Muhutsu 38- 51 Patsy Blue
Rafi Ali 58- 48 Zako Jeewa
@4everhornets 28- 50 Julie Lea
Rami Z 32- 55 Vikki Marshall
Owen Davies 41- 61 Lynne Walton
Cameron Davies 39- 37 Joanne Mayhew
on behalf of the Bots team,
Hollie
Thursday 22 September 2016
"The BOTS Prenup" League Cup 3rd Round Draw
Here is the draw for the 3rd round of the knockout cup,all ties to be played in GW10. All results from Round 1/2 can be found further down this page. Due to more girls left in the cup,there will be 1 girl v girl ties!
Potty Morbid FC 66-53 Tania Plascencia
Phil Hackett 70-49 Gurjinder K
PM 61-50 Aakriti Mehrotra
Christine Brown 94-35 Antoinette Buckley
Lee Seng Kwee 70-63 Laura Lawson
Ervin Ang 80-58 Charlotte Holmes
Vignesh Bhatt 59-79 Natasha Barratt
Procky Proctor v Calamity Jane
RESULTS from round 2
Sabellullah md 34-46 Tania Plascencia
Potty Morbid FC 41-32 Anthony Dosanjh
Phil Hackett 44-35 Poppy Dinsey
Sushant Garg 33-43 Gurjinder K
PM 38-29 Hollie Garner
Bryan Boen 28-45 Christine Brown
Ervin Ang 61-46 Linn Bjornbakk
FPL Maestro 34-35 Aakriti Mehrotra
Lee Seng Kwee 46-31 Vikki Marshall
Darren Wilson 17-53 Charlotte Holmes
Chuck May 26-45 Laura Lawson
Rags @FPL_TransTips 39-40 Natasha Barratt
Vignesh Bhatt 41-33 Holly Lewis
Mohammed Al-Juboori 35-36 Antoinette Buckley
Christopher Klein 44-47 Calamity Jane
Procky Proctor 33-23 Clare Colgan
9 Girls and 7 Guys left now
RESULTS Round 1
Ties were played GW 6 and all fixtures are listed by the player name rather than team name.
Sabellullah md 49-22 Kerry Bethorn
Potty Morbid FC 42-20 Cathy Francis
Kaarthik Javukumur 40- 57 Gurjinder K
Bryan Boen 55-52 Kate Eveleigh
Phil Henderson 55-70 Linn Bjornbakk
Robbie McDonnell 45- 47 Clare Colgan
Phil Hackett 36- 35 Avigail Z
Anthony Dosanjh 69-48 Marie Claire Platt
Sushant Garg 70-41 Chrysanthe Prashmita
PM 44-37 Yayo Z
Michael Bridger 36 -47 Hollie Garner
Ervin Ang 59 -16 Hayley Wright
FPL Maestro 62 -51 Nikki Jude
Lee Seng Kwee 57-32 Barbara Brown
FPL Junkie 31-31 Tania Plascencia (0-1 on goals scored)
Darren Wilson 68- 43 Jessica Swindol
Chuck May 55 -48 Ellyn C
DM Hann 48 -78 Poppy Dinsey
Rags @FPL_TransTips 49-48 Hannah Burt
FPL Muppet 38 -47 Christine Brown
Vignesh Bhatt 74 -70 V Shiroya
Mohammed Al-Juboori 58-31 Charly B
Allan Smith 17-65 Aakriti Mehrotra
Christopher Klein 50 -39 Simar Ghassane
Procky Proctor (2-1 on goals conceded) 51-51 Fatimah Zohroh
Ali Tahir 50- 55 Vikki Marshall
Ian Muhutsu 38 -44 Charlotte Holmes
Jesus FPL 51 -53 Laura Lawson
John Griffiths 44-48 Natasha Barratt
Cameron Davies 39 -43 Holly Lewis
Amogh Kelkar 46-51 Calamity Jane
Aaron Cottrell 46-47 Antoinette Buckley
on behalf of the BOTS crew,
Hollie
Wednesday 21 September 2016
"BOTS Girls v Guys" League Cup 1st Round Results
RESULTS
Ties were played GW 6 and all fixtures are listed by the player name rather than team name.
FPL Walt 54 -48 Kate McAlister
Deepak Goplani 54-57 Nicola Steatham
Jay Slack 54- 49 Kat Mortensen
David Porter 44-31 Tania Plascencia
Masroor Haider 66-47 Leanne Wheeler
Ankit Dhul 56- 48 Hayley Garrod
Francisco Campos 56-46 Yema Stowell
Callum Smith 45-26 Kirstine Dyg
Jack Smillie 61-47 Therese Kieve
Pratulya Rajan 63-55 Natasha Sporn
Aashish Niroula 53-69 Kathryn Forster
Professor Boogie 52-42 Lauren Ayre
FPL Mitch 46-47 Hollie Garner
Aakash Chhabra 19-18 Supriti Goonerette
Ivan Hadyan 49- 61 Elaine Govender
Khalil Darmoul 62-48 Zako Jeewa
Monil Jhaveri 57-47 Kali A A
Stefano Ghost 46-51 Patsy Blue
FPL Junkie 31-65 Teen McViegh
Jasprit Sudan 66-53 Ness Scott
Steve Totterdell 49-31 Sharon Parry
Jonathan Ounsworth 76- 37 Joanne Mayhew
Anant Dhul 49 -74 Tarah Stevenson
Muhammad Yousuf Jhumka 39-33 Clodagh Mullarkey
Vikesh Rama 44- 57 Leslie Sawyer
Andrew Openshaw 66- 35 Biibsi A
Craig McGorum 38 -36 Claire Blanshard
Greg Saunders 52 -46 Alex Bower
Sean Kehoe 41 -45 Pamela Mwashighadi
PeakyDave Wilks 49 -82 Gemma Harrison
Darryl Hughes 28 -47 Holly Shand
Martin Coleman 84 -66 Joanne Coulson
on behalf of the Bots crew,
Hollie
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Looking For Advice #Relationship Issue
This is a different post for me to my usual but i am hoping for some advice on what has happened.
As some of you may know, i was once married but my husband cheated on me with a good friend of mine and it was the end of our marriage. I struggled for years and eventually in April i started anti-depressants for the first time. A certain amount of paranoia can be associated with taking these though.
So this is the situation guys and girls. I have been told by my boyfriend that one of my closest and best friends is interested in him. Her sister has contacted my boyfriend and told him of her interest and it was done with the intention of finding out if he could be interested and how the land lies.She told him in strict confidence and asked him to promise that he would not say anything to anyone. He did make that promise but has broken it as he told me. As far as i know,my friend has no idea that she has done this but maybe she does and did actually ask her sister to find out.
My boyfriend has been upfront with me about it but me being me and what has happened to me in the past,i cant help but feel worried and anxious about the whole situation. I have noticed recently that when we are out,she seems to be there more times than not.I dont want history repeating itself but there is so many similarities to what happened in the past. Also he has told me that she texts almost every day for some reason or another.
I do remember her saying to me in a joke that if things went wrong with me and him that she would love a crack at him,we were just having a laugh at the time,well at least that's what i though.
My boyfriend has told me that he has no interest in her but he has always seen her as a friend as they both get on well together. However,last week she asked him if he would go for a coffee with her someday as she has recently had a family death and needs someone to talk to and as he is good at this sort of thing,she would feel better for having that talk. They both told me about this and i was totally ok with this at the time but i know now that this was suggested after he knew of her interest. My God,i am so confused writing this!
He is actually going away for a week next week but it is work related and myself and my friend have arranged a few girls nights out while he is away,oh God i just thought of when i was married and my husband was away,my friend who my husband cheated on me with tried to get me to get with another guy while we were out but i was having none of it as i am not like that.
So to sum it all up,
he knows of her interest and has told me,
she does not know that we both know as her sister asked,
knowing of her interest,he was willing to go for that coffee,
i have no idea what to do now.
Surely it is an unwritten rule that friends dont try it on with their friends other half,this is twice it has happened to me and i dont know what to do,
any advice will be welcomed,
thank you,
Hollie
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