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October 08, 2002
SpoFi EPL Football Fantasy League WEEK 8 Leader: elsoltano!
Wanna play? ID#: 574, Password: spofi
[full standings and trash talk inside]
posted by worldcup2002 to navel gazing at 10:41 AM - 10 comments
I sure like that big type for #1 :) Congrats to Cory on the huge leap. I think my performance so far should at least put me in the running to be Sunderland's new coach.
posted by elsoltano at 11:32 AM on October 08, 2002
There's a job for you waiting at Villa Park elsotano - we'll take absolutely anyone apart from Graham Taylor at the moment.
posted by BigCalm at 01:45 AM on October 09, 2002
Well Derby seem to be doing their best to offload John Gregory and are offering him around to anyone that might have him. In the spirit of selflessness for which we Blues fans are renowned, I offer you a link, BigCalm.
posted by Fat Buddha at 01:34 PM on October 10, 2002
My heartfelt thanks FB - I needed that. And, yes, I'd take John Gregory back tomorrow, if he would come back.
posted by BigCalm at 03:06 AM on October 14, 2002
OK, we're back in it, lads. It's been a terribly long week with no action (aside from the Euro 2004 qualifiers which, sadly, don't count in our fantasy league points). I've started reading Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch" and come to terms with the depths of my obsession. The time has come to throw down once again. I can feel it in my bones. This week, I'm really moving up to #7!
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:18 PM on October 14, 2002
worldcup2002, I have offered my thoughts on Hornby too loudly and in too many places, so I will spare you my thoughts on it. The best book on football I have ever read, by a country mile, is "All Played Out" by Pete Davies. It is an account of Englands World Cup Italia campaign and is absolutely brilliant. He managed to get himself unprecedented access to the squad and was not exactly discreet in reporting their thoughts. It's worth getting hold of if you can. I have loads of Leeds and Liverpool players and I am having an existential crisis trying to decide who to get rid of. I think my decline is set to continue.
posted by Fat Buddha at 01:06 PM on October 14, 2002
FB: Better let go of Paul Robinson -- the Red will be plundering this weekend! ;-) And thanks for the book tip. Another one to add to my list. Speaking of books, I have fond memories of stealing class time in my high school/secondary school days to read big football books (encyclopedia-size) that contained superb illustrations of plays leading to classic goals, as well as techniques used by players such as Beckenbauer, Ardiles, Best, Cruyff and Pele. Unfortunately, those books belonged to my classmates. If anyone can point me to these goodies, I'd like to get my hands on them again so I can build up a library for myself ... I mean, my son! ... yeah ... Remember, let go of Robinson. Most of the Leeds players are crocked, and nothing will stand in the way of a resurgent Owen, rampant Baros, and swashbuckling Gerrard. I can hear Robinson's knees knocking. 5-0 to the Pool!
posted by worldcup2002 at 02:47 PM on October 14, 2002
btw, FB, have you read The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinnis? It's the American writer's memoir of how he fell in love with soccer during a year-long writing assignment with a lowly third division Italian team.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:14 PM on October 14, 2002
I haven't read the Mcginnis, but you are the second person to tell me about it in recent months, so I will give it a whirl. Perhaps the pantheon should set up a book reccomendations corner?
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:41 PM on October 14, 2002
1. elsoltano 539.89 2. StarFucker 537.63 (-1, dethroned) 3. Fat Buddha 509.92 (-1) 4. corpse 456.75 5. apt820 449.13 6. trox 413.39 7. jasonbondshow 385.55 8. wc2002 384.80 (+1 - yeah!) 9. Drood 376.05 (-1) 10. cory 374.27 (+3) 11. BigCalm 366.71 12. etagloh 358.15 (-2) 13. jipe 331.50 (+1) 14. eckeric 328.45 (-2) 15. pfuller 284.78 (+1) 16. mossy 268.15 (-1) 17. sauril 0.00 Reshuffle at the top, and major jostling for position all the way from #8-#16. elsoltano is back at #1, leap-frogging StarFucker and Fat Buddha with an impressive 113 pts this week. (Noone else scored more than 90 points this week.) cory was the week's biggest mover, jumping up from 3 to #10. At the bottom (#15 and #16), pfuller switched places with mossy. These lads have a two-week disadvantage on the rest of us, but appear to be making up the gap (point gap between #14 and #15 last week was 72; this week, it's 44). I'm expecting pfuller or mossy to make the breakthrough in about two weeks. Of course, the highlight of the week was that I moved up from #8 to #7. (btw, how you like the big type for #1?)