Dream R's Introduction 2020/21

Welcome to Dream R’s for 2020/21! This is our very own Fantasy Football / Dream Team game based around QPR. You are tasked with picking a Dream Team of eleven QPR players whilst remaining within a set budget of 40 points and you will score points based on how those players perform over the remainder of the season.

It is FREE to play and we’ll offer a QPR prize to the winner if we have over 60 players.

Prizes for the top 3 if we get over 100 players? Keep the entries coming!

This year with the season starting later and the R’s squad up in the air somewhat we have waited until the season started to open up the competition. The competition will now be open for entries for 3 weeks with the entry deadline on Saturday 17 October 2020. All teams entered will then start scoring from our first match after the international break on 17 October against Bournemouth. It means the competition only fails to take into account 4 QPR league matches.

Anybody else QPR happen to sign after the deadline on free transfers etc will be available in the Dream R’s January transfer window, which is always an influential part of the game.

You need to register to the site to enter the game so we can give updates, verify your entry and of course be in touch if you win. So if you aren’t already registered it will literally take you 1 minute by clicking here:

Register for Hoops & Dreams/Dream R's

You will then be able to enter the Dream R’s section of the site where the entry form is held here: Entry Form

You need your Hoops & Dreams username and the email address you used to register to our site on the Dream R’s entry form.

Anyway, here is a further overview including the rules of Dream R’s, including how it works, the rules and how to pick your team.

Game Details

Dream R’s is a “fantasy football” type game based around Queens Park Rangers football club. Your job as manager is to pick the best QPR side you can within an allowed budget of 40 points – your Dream R’s.

You must pick a team of eleven QPR players to represent your team and their real life performances will generate their Dream R’s scores. The person at the end of the season with the highest points total will be deemed the Dream R’s champion.

Last seasons champion was chache1 who amassed over 3100 points.

Picking Your Squad

You must pick a team of eleven QPR players within a 40 point budget.

Here comes your first decision as manager of your Dream R’s – which formation to pick...

You have 2 choices... 4-3-3 or 4-4-2, that gamble is down to you

So you’ll either have 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards or 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 forwards to choose.

Please note that the players' positions are for the purpose of the game only. For example, Geoff Cameron has been categorised as a midfielder. If he plays a game in defence he will still score points as a midfielder (see “Scoring Points” below).

Each QPR squad member has been assigned a rating from 1 to 5; this is their 'Dream R’s value’. Your eleven players total Dream R’s values must not exceed your allocated “spending” budget of 40 Dream R’s points.

The players’ Dream R’s value is specified in the "value" column. For example, new boy Lyndon Dykes will cost 5 of your 40 Dream R’s points to buy. The full squad listing, including the applicable positions and Dream R’s value is as follows:



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Scoring Points

You earn or lose points based on what actually happens to the players throughout QPR’s season. All competitions count; The Championship including any possible Play-Offs (wishful thinking), FA Cup, and League Cup (although we are already out of that this season!)

There are NO rule changes for 2020/21; everything will run the same as last season.

Here is the full breakdown of how players score Dream R's points:

First Team Start
+ 10 Points

Substitute Appearance
+ 5 points

Goal Scored
+ 5 Points

Hat-trick
+ 10 Bonus Points (plus the 15 points for the three goals so 25 total)

Yellow Card
-2 Points

Red Card (2 yellows)
-5 Points

Straight Red Card
-10 points

Midfielders Only:

Team Goal Scored
+ 1 point

Team Goal Conceded
- 1 Point

Your Goalkeeper and Defenders earn and lose points based on goals conceded as follows:

Clean Sheet
+ 6 Points

Every Goal Conceded
- 2 Points
Forwards Only:
Start and fail to score
-2 Points

Sub appearance and fail to score
-1 Point

Be aware that if a player makes an appearance at any point of a match he scores as if he had played the full game. Therefore if your defender is taken off he will still lose points for any goals conceded after he leaves the pitch, conversely he will earn points for clean sheets as if he was still playing. This rule also works the same if a player comes onto the pitch, they will be penalised for goals conceded before they came on.

Example: if Yoann Barbet comes on as a sub in the 87th minute and we win 2-0 he would score 5 points for his substitute appearance plus 6 points for the clean sheet = 11
However, if he comes on in the 87th minute, gets booked and we lose 3-0 he would score -3 (5 points for sub appearance but then -6 for 3 goals conceded in the game and -2 for the yellow card)

Points awarded for goals scored or points lost for red cards will not be adjusted if these decisions are overturned at a later date.

Players continue to gain or lose points as appropriate throughout any periods of extra time that QPR may play during cup or play off competitions. Penalty shoot outs however do not count for point scoring.

It goes without saying, but a player who does not feature in a match scores zero points.


Loyalty Captain & Vice Captain = Goal Difference

You are required to pick a ‘captain’ and ‘vice captain’ as key men for your Dream R’s team.

Whoever you choose as captain will earn 10% bonus points. So if they score 300 points you would earn 330 points.

Whichever of your players you name as your main skipper and vice captain you must be loyal to and you will not be able to transfer either of them out of your team when the transfer window opens; that is the gamble on who to pick! The score of your captain and vice captain will be added together and this will be used as a sort of ‘goal difference’ if two or more Dream R’s team scores are tied on the leader board.

So if for example your captains score is 500 over the season and your vice captain scores 400 for the season your ‘goal difference’ would be 900. The higher the better. If you had a tied game score with another player then the player with the higher score from their captain and vice captain combined will place higher. More simple than it sounds I assure you, if in doubt just pick the 2 players that you think will score you the most points!

Transfers

Speaking of the transfers... just like real life there will be one transfer window in the season, giving you the chance to refresh your squad, replace your underachievers and bring in some new blood.
The transfer window will open for a week or two sometime towards the close of the January window/the start of February to give you opportunity to change three of your team for new faces. But not your captain or vice captain of course! Nevertheless, you’ll have 9 players up for the chop provided you stay within the 40 point Dream R’s budget.

The exact dates of the window will be announced nearer the time to fit in with fixture gaps. This will be announced on Hoops & Dreams in the Dream R’s section.

Winner

The winner will be the person who at the end of the season (determined by the last competitive game QPR play in) who has accumulated the highest total of Dream R’s points.

If for any reason this score is drawn between one or more players the winner is decided by the ‘goal difference’ of the combined score of your captain and vice captain.

If it is still drawn after that the winner will then be decided by the team with the best defence (the total score of your 4 defenders compared to another player). If it is still all square after all of that it will simply be a tie but that is rarer than a Yoann Barbet free kick hitting the top corner!

Prizes

The main prize will always be the pride of winning of course! But as mentioned in the introduction, if we can get more than 60 Dream R’s players there will be a QPR related prize for the winner of the competition. If we get over 100 players then the top 3 will each bag a QPR prize.

Updates

The Dream R’s section on the site will be updated each month, with a new thread to include current league standings and some player stats for the matches in the month just concluded. Updates will be published in the Dream R’s section on Hoops & Dreams

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get notification when results updates are available


Entry Deadline

You can enter your team anytime between now and 2pm on Saturday 17th October 2020.

All teams will start scoring from the next QPR game after the deadline which is the clash with Bournemouth on 17 October 2020.


How to Enter

Make sure you have read through all of the rules and details above first

Now you are ready to fill out the entry form

Click the below link to take you to the entry form

Dream R's 2020/21 Entry Form

As mentioned above if you haven’t already you need to first register to the site so we can verify your entry. You can do that quick, free and easily just click HERE

Please ensure you complete all of the following details on the entry form:

Your Hoops & Dreams username, email address and Team Name (what you would like your Dream R’s squad to be called on the league table)

It is very important that you are registered to the site for us to contact you and have a valid email address otherwise your entry will be invalid

Your Team: Use the drop downs to select each of your eleven players and your captain. Do check to make sure you haven't exceeded your Dream R’s transfer budget of 40 points before sending us your team otherwise it will be rejected.

Once you are happy with your team hit ‘Submit Your Dream R’s’ at the bottom of the form to send us your entry. We will validate the teams and send you a Private Message on the site to confirm that your team has been entered into this seasons competition. Validation is a manual and solo process. You will usually be contacted within a day or two of entry, but please bear with me.


Remember the last date for entries to the game is 2pm on Saturday 17th October 2020

Thank you as always to our old friends at QPRnet for allowing us to carry on the legacy of Fantasy Rangers.

If you have any questions please hit ‘reply’ and leave a message below, otherwise thanks for playing Dream R’s and supporting Hoops & Dreams.

Don't forget you can also join in with our other weekly prediction games and QPR chat across the site!

Good luck and enjoy!



Disclaimers
Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only one team per person will be permitted.
Rules subject to amendment prior to deadline on 17 October 2020.
Entrants agree to having their names used for articles and stories about the competition.
Players “Dream R’s value” are for the purpose of the game only and mostly bear no reflection on their abilities as professional footballers.
The game "Dream R’s", and the website "Hoops & Dreams" are not officially connected with Queens Park Rangers football club.