You may have laughed at your friend who had his Fantasy Football team prepared for weeks now.
Many thought they were being clever in waiting until Saturday morning to decide on any final transfers, consider who to make captain and hold off in case Lionel Messi was announced as a Middlesbrough player on Friday night.
But a lot of those that chose to play the waiting game have been punished on the opening day of the Premier League season because, horrifically, the Fantasy Football website and app have been playing up all morning.
We can’t say we blame those who found themselves panicking as the 11.30am deadline quickly closed in on them while they furiously, frantically, tearfully refreshed.
Have one hour left to make a 15 man squad and the @premierleague app and website are screwing me over.
— Pranav (@pn99__) August 13, 2016
Oh great! The Fantasy @premierleague website is down. Quality. @_fantasypremier
— Alex Ouliel-Hancock (@alexhancock_) August 13, 2016
C'mon @premierleague sort the website out I've got a fantasy team to put together!
— Karl Hoods (@karlhoods) August 13, 2016
The last hour and the #FPL website and app aren't letting anyone log in. Well done guys. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @premierleague
— Richard St⭕️ne (@stoner_uk_80) August 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/tobyroguk2/status/764397629727989761
https://twitter.com/scottpickavance/status/764397759638142976
@premierleague I cant log on to fantasy football, I'm therefore going to miss the deadline, your website is so rubbish.
— Oliver Campbell (@The_Oliminator) August 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/beanaldo/status/764398640987275264
@premierleague is there an issue with Fantasy Football this year? Tried both your website and app but neither are working…
— Matthew Hexter (@hexter101) August 13, 2016
Cool story bro, is your Fantasy website working yet?
— Aidan (@aidanjmcg) August 13, 2016
Sort your website out ffs
— Jason (@Jason_R86) August 13, 2016
@premierleague fix your website or send me 50 millions transfer monies in for compensation #FantasyPremierLeague
— im me init (@imdoingapoo) August 13, 2016
@premierleague can't sign into the website pic.twitter.com/DCmE5UwGh6
— Thomas Cooney (@tcooney08) August 13, 2016
damm the fantasy premier league website is down won't let me choose team #premierleagueisback #FantasyPremierLeague
— R2-D2 (@AbsoluteZeroME) August 13, 2016
Are you going to acknowledge that your website has crashed..fantasy comp should start from next week instead due to issue
— Sam (@FiremanFella) August 13, 2016
Come on @premierleague , get your Fantasy Football site back up. I've got grass to cut
— Emmet Mc Grane (@Emmet31) August 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/madamoulas39/status/764404057129816064
First the Census, now can't log on to Fantasy Premier League. Bloody technology …
— christian nicolussi (@mrchrisnico) August 13, 2016
Dammit @premierleague … Been trying to log into Fantasy Football for last hour, on app and web, and neither are working! #OpeningDayFAIL
— Paul Newman (@PNewman001) August 13, 2016
The struggle is real.
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