August 25, 2003

Lilnemo, this is beautiful. Thank you for doing this. Now, you should've waited until Wednesday's games were done. But I'm looking forward to your next update. Beautiful.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:06 PM on August 25, 2003

Prevaricators Utd manager comments: "Well, I'm obviously disappointed that we've slipped in the standings this week, but it's early doors, and we have a packed schedule this week. We're definitely in touch with the front runners, and have been making lots of chances. We just need to take more of them."

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:43 PM on August 25, 2003

Nice work Lilnemo. Who's who? Who's the cellar dwellar? woohoo! Second place with a bullet. Although I was away for the weekend and didn't have a chance to change up my team for the midweek games. I still don't understand where Mossy's 72 points came from in the first week, though.

posted by sauril at 09:33 AM on August 26, 2003

do they fix that sort of stuff eventually?

posted by sauril at 10:52 AM on August 26, 2003

Mossy week 1: 28.85 - Anelka 3.91 - Postiga 1.23 - Barton 0.88 - Fernandes 3.29 - Holland 0.38 - Geremi 1.61 - Johnson 2.44 - Finnan 19.00 - Howard 10.65 - Mossy correction factor God bless Enron accounting :) I claim those points as Yahoo didn't let me change my players that first friday before the deadline - was going to put giggsy in :( What on earth has happened to Blammo's? Lulling us into a false sense of security?

posted by Mossy at 12:39 PM on August 26, 2003

Yahoo gives yahoo_ids for manager names so I couldn't make an educated guess as to who is who.

posted by lilnemo at 01:13 PM on August 26, 2003

Mossy = mossy sauril = sauril Misanthropic = Fat Buddha Prevaricators = worldcup2002 Atlanta = trox mbd1 = mbd1 37 push ups = corpse BABG = andy? huh? identify yourself! spacemen = jasonspaceman Bosiak = etrader9 billsaysthis = billsaysthis Docile = lilnemo Blammos = StarFooker (44pts? You must be kidding me! Oh, for shame!)

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:38 PM on August 26, 2003

Let's just say that the BillSaysThis got a right good shaking up yesterday and the team will be reborn in the next round of games. Or there will e more shaking up!

posted by billsaysthis at 05:32 PM on August 26, 2003

Just a little. You won't be up there for very long.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:15 PM on August 26, 2003

You never know which StarFucker will show up. Do we have a choice? Could we vote none of the above? LMAO

posted by billsaysthis at 09:29 AM on August 27, 2003

Watch out. They've taken the yahoo league server down. SF may be top when the server comes back up.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:08 PM on August 27, 2003

22 shots on goal to Villa's 9. We were blasting them and not a goal to show. We started with all your fecking favorite players, Fooker! Murphy was only a sub at the 72nd minute. Heskey didn't play, period. Houllier started with a 2-5-3, the most attacking-minded formation I've ever seen from him. He started feckin' Diouf, Baros, Kewell, Smicer and Owen. And we didn't score one feckin' goal. At home! Holy crap! So much for your theories, Fooker. (OK, OK, he still played Carragher and benched Riise. But on all counts, this was not a conservative team.)

posted by worldcup2002 at 05:19 PM on August 27, 2003

Why was Biscan in the middle of the defense? Even Riise would have been a better choice there!

posted by billsaysthis at 07:53 PM on August 27, 2003

That is sad, SF, if it's true. That is very sad.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:52 AM on August 28, 2003

It will be hard to make up seven points if LFC never scores another league goal. Anyone fancy the First Division for next season?

posted by billsaysthis at 11:18 AM on August 28, 2003

I should have said he is the Ari Fleischer of the Premiership...

posted by StarFucker at 12:31 PM on August 28, 2003

oh wait a minute.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:28 PM on August 28, 2003

Oh, thanks, mate! I will be away for the weekend with family, celebrating the last days of summer. I will, however, be wondering what the score is. Oh! Maybe the place where I'm staying will have FSW! Yes!

posted by worldcup2002 at 05:10 PM on August 28, 2003

Oh, don't torture me there. I'm going to have to find an internet cafe or something (heh). Christmas list: Laptop w/ Wi-Fi.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:26 PM on August 28, 2003

Done - 49.98 points, exactly half of last week ;) Now to sit back and watch as half of my players don't start :D Have a great weekend y'all, I'm off to do some odd and generally random stuff (I've had tooo much sugar, muahaha). ;)

posted by Mossy at 11:36 AM on August 29, 2003

Just watch, Mossy's band of half-priced wonders will score the most points ever.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:50 AM on August 29, 2003

Better enjoy it while it lasts. I'm gaining on all of you.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:00 PM on August 29, 2003

Emerton's overrated. And I put salt and vinegar on me hat already, just in case.

posted by squealy at 07:38 PM on August 29, 2003

Well well well... Heskey and Murphy on the bench and WHAT happens? Only took two games to get some rhythm... I applaud myself... Now if only they would leave this uncoordinated poof on the bench we may take the Premiership this year...i still canNOT fucking believe they put Carragher in place of Riise...how the hell did Houllier get his job?! Here's my boy!

posted by StarFucker at 06:09 PM on August 30, 2003

Interesting read Bill... I would also add that Heskey and Murphy did nothing to help the 'Pool after coming on. I couldn't even find Murphy on the pitch and Heskey could have given Owen his hattrick if he knew how to cross. Due to Carragher's mistakes, Everton almost scored twice, maybe 3 times. Baros was great up front with Owen and Diouf was my Man Of The Match if not Dudek. Dudek was awesome today. I'm glad Kewell finally scored and he was the one who assisted Owen on the first. You were a bit hard on Gerrard as I thought he played ok. He made some nice midfield passes and came back on defense very well to make some important tackles. If Riise was in that game it could have been 5 or 6 nil. When i saw Heskey and Murphy getting off the bench i almost puked. But at that point we were up 2-0 and i was hoping there wouldn't be enough time for Liverpool to fall apart before the end of the game.

posted by StarFucker at 09:00 PM on August 30, 2003

Houllier doesn't like to play ANYONE in their natural position... He isn't the type of person that likes to admit he is wrong...thats why Heskey and Murphy keep playing in his lineup. The other reason why they are constantly showing up is because there is some rule that insists an English team play domestic players. I don't know exactly what the ratio is, but i am pretty sure that at least half the team has to be English, bench included. Buddha or squealy probably know what i am talking about.

posted by StarFucker at 02:12 AM on August 31, 2003

I don't know of any such rule SF (at least that applies to the Premiership), though it may have been introduced whilst I wasn't looking. I'm fairly convinced I've seen both Arsenal and Chelski field entirely non-English teams in the past.

posted by squealy at 03:21 PM on August 31, 2003

"Howard can sign in the UK due to the Home Office’s decision to allow full EU rights to candidate national Hungary with immediate affect. Howard holds a dual US and Hungarian nationality passport." Source.

posted by squealy at 04:22 AM on September 01, 2003

I don't know of any such rule SF (at least that applies to the Premiership), though it may have been introduced whilst I wasn't looking. I'm fairly convinced I've seen both Arsenal and Chelski field entirely non-English teams in the past. Well if thats the case, then i REALLY don't know the reason for playing these muppets, unless Liverpool have an unspoken rule themselves that makes the club play shit ass domestic players regardless of how bad they perform...i am at a loss.

posted by StarFucker at 02:36 AM on September 02, 2003

Tell ya what... Lets keep a running tab on Liverpool and the games where Murphy, Carragher and Heskey play... So far we got: Chelsea, Murphy, Heskey and Carragher all started And they all stayed on. Lost 2-1 Aston Villa, Murphy-Heskey-Carragher all started Murphy came off 86, Heskey came off 58. 0-0 Tottenham, Carragher started Murphy came on 72. 0-0 Everton, Carragher started Murphy and Heskey came on 73, Liverpool was already winning 2-0. Won 3-0 I see a pattern developing already...

posted by StarFucker at 10:43 AM on September 02, 2003

I'm beginning to believe that Houllier is actually insane. I still rate Murphy, and he was one of the top-scoring FFL midfielders last year, however the system obviously wasn't working and needed tweaking. Heskey is a clown and given the choice of Carragher or Riise I'd go for Riise every time. Perhaps it should have been obvious when in a team crying out for a creative midfielder he consistently left Jari Litmanen on the bench. I say boot out Houllier before another season goes down the drain (if it hasn't already).

posted by squealy at 11:03 AM on September 02, 2003

SF, that's an excellent list you're keeping. It would be awesome if we could get Houllier's email and send it to him. I'd love to see what happens when Heskey and Carragher don't start, and Baros and Riise are starters instead. I think the fact that Houllier didn't start conservatively in the Everton game is a step in the right direction. Based on your list, he may be slowly inching toward your ideal formation. That way he can say he gave the players every chance but they didn't perform, so now he's got to go with the new lineup. Going from a non-scoring side to beating their deadly rivals 3-0 is a good way to shore up that thinking. We are the champions ...

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:11 PM on September 02, 2003