March 10, 2004

Finally with the EPL Fantasy League Week 27 and the updating. Big congrats to the unknown David Hansen, whose Rings of Saturn have won February by a single point over Kwacky's Kwitters, who lead the big table by five points and whose 60 tied etrader's 60 for the best of the week. Mikael Forssell and guys named Taylor were the key, witht he extra game (as shows the Team of the Week, which contains Birmingham and Middlesborough players almost exclusively); another 11-fixture gameweek approaches, so adjust your rosters accordingly and bla bla bla. (more inside)

posted by taupe to navel gazing at 08:09 PM - 30 comments

Overall
   Team   Manager   T   G   R   P 
 1  Kwacky's Kwitters   richard looker   30   60   3,167   1,315 
 2  Bayern Mucus 03   Danny The Taupe   35   49   3,598   1,310 
 3  bluebears   andy griffiths   17   51   5,926   1,287 
 4  Ardley Athletic   Squealy Neily   38   54   8,408   1,270 
 5  Crap City United   g s p m   13   47   13,051   1,245 
 6  Rings of Saturn   David Hansen   5   52   15,100   1,236 
 7  Mossy Athletic   Emad Mostaque   23   29   28,527   1,189 
 7  The Bog Bandits   Fat Buddha   33   37   28,581   1,189 
 9  Cottage Cheesers   worldcup 2002   40   57   29,945   1,185 
 10  last again   eckeric eckeric   8   37   31,417   1,180 
 11  FC Cacahuate   skronk _   40   48   41,156   1,154 
 12  Blammos!   Star Unsuitable   21   57   43,333   1,148 
 13  Deadly Calm   Big Calm   24   28   44,829   1,144 
 14  Terrapin Utd   Rick Scully   17   39   51,401   1,127 
 15  Bosiak Bashers   joe bieda   28   60   52,654   1,124 
 16  37 Push Ups   Corpse R. Christ   1   29   53,560   1,121 
 17  BillSaysThisSCORES!!   Bill Lazar   25   46   55,321   1,117 
 18  Finally   Mark D   13   31   59,142   1,107 
 19  fascist bully boys   Ufez Jones   17   50   59,558   1,106 
 20  Nemo's Dreamers   lil nemo   14   27   71,062   1,077 
 21  vagabonds   christopher f   20   35   76,521   1,063 
 22  cutters   mbd1 mbd1   21   42   81,072   1,051 
 23  SilentInTheMorning   pful ler   2   29   83,854   1,043 
 24  Salmacis FC   Huw Morris   14   26   87,584   1,033 
 25  Sporting Goats   Eliot Shepard   0   42   91,679   1,021 
 25  Atlanta Untitled   Tim Truxell   20   40   91,965   1,021 
 27  Generals F.C.   Noah Egorin   14   47   96,971   1,006 
 28  AVZ Bulls   usf bull   12   46   117,359   942 
 29  tallclay   Clay H   16   29   123,742   920 
 30  Trendelmaniacs   t trendel   0   35   153,040   810 
 31  The Phat Cats   garfield one bad SpoFo!   5   44   263,104   148 
 32  JasonSpaceman   Jason Wilder   5   19   267,300   104 
 
February
   Team   Manager   T   G   R   P 
 1  Rings of Saturn   David Hansen   0   52   10,772   209 
 2  Kwacky's Kwitters   richard looker   3   60   12,581   208 
 3  Bayern Mucus 03   Danny The Taupe   4   49   19,305   203 
 4  bluebears   andy griffiths   2   51   22,071   201 
 5  BillSaysThisSCORES!!   Bill Lazar   4   46   36,347   194 
 6  Mossy Athletic   Emad Mostaque   2   29   38,142   193 
 7  The Bog Bandits   Fat Buddha   2   37   50,830   188 
 8  Terrapin Utd   Rick Scully   0   39   57,380   185 
 9  Ardley Athletic   Squealy Neily   5   54   69,386   182 
 9  Cottage Cheesers   worldcup 2002   8   57   69,539   182 
 11  last again   eckeric eckeric   0   37   69,570   181 
 11  FC Cacahuate   skronk _   4   48   72,407   181 
 13  Bosiak Bashers   joe bieda   0   60   79,271   178 
 14  Atlanta Untitled   Tim Truxell   2   40   88,394   176 
 15  Finally   Mark D   0   31   89,285   175 
 16  Crap City United   g s p m   1   47   108,979   170 
 17  Nemo's Dreamers   lil nemo   0   27   113,394   168 
 18  SilentInTheMorning   pful ler   0   29   120,431   166 
 18  Blammos!   Star Unsuitable   3   57   123,343   166 
 20  Sporting Goats   Eliot Shepard   0   42   123,879   165 
 21  AVZ Bulls   usf bull   5   46   156,992   156 
 22  fascist bully boys   Ufez Jones   2   50   172,102   151 
 23  Deadly Calm   Big Calm   4   28   178,161   149 
 24  Generals F.C.   Noah Egorin   0   47   178,402   148 
 24  The Phat Cats   garfield one bad SpoFo!   5   44   181,136   148 
 26  Salmacis FC   Huw Morris   0   26   204,728   138 
 27  cutters   mbd1 mbd1   3   42   209,273   137 
 28  vagabonds   christopher f   0   35   213,919   134 
 28  37 Push Ups   Corpse R. Christ   0   29   213,919   134 
 30  tallclay   Clay H   0   29   226,056   128 
 31  Trendelmaniacs   t trendel   0   35   242,020   118 
 32  JasonSpaceman   Jason Wilder   5   19   264,225   91 
(table late due to McCoy Tyner show and travel)

posted by taupe at 08:10 PM on March 10, 2004

At least I made some ground up on those immediately ahead of me. Have we determined where we're making the relegation Fantasy EPL cut yet? I feel dirty being on the (potential) cusp.

posted by Ufez Jones at 11:39 PM on March 10, 2004

oooh, excellent fade to relegation table colouring effect!

posted by gspm at 07:08 AM on March 11, 2004

Wow, I've been in the top half of the table for three months in a row. too bad my disastrous start still has me stranded in the relegation zone.

posted by trox at 08:52 AM on March 11, 2004

Whilst it appeared to be a decent gameweek for me, it was in fact marred by a disasterous series of bad decisions. 1) Get spooked by rumour of Saha injury and swap him for Defoe - cost 4 points. 2) Fail to buy Tebily in double gameweek on account of said transfer - cost 8 points. 3) Determine that Henry is likely to score more points in one game than Forsell in two and make him captain - cost 8 points. 4) Leave Craddock on bench - cost 6 points. I coulda been a contender ma. *sobs*

posted by squealy at 09:19 AM on March 11, 2004

There, there, squealy, there are still ten weeks to go, and everything to play for. btw, I scored decent points but am still stuck at #9. But I gained some ground on the people above me. And I feel good with my team this week. I was actually OK with only having one trade this time. Good luck this weekend!

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:03 PM on March 11, 2004

McCoy Tyner show One of the coolest reasons for being late I've read on the 'net.

posted by billsaysthis at 05:30 PM on March 11, 2004

I thought the BCFC games against Boro and Bolton would be in another week and therefore made my team changes too late :-( Shit 'appens On the plus side I've improved my Finnish and can now say "Mikael Forssell" with the correct levels of drunken affliction

posted by kWaCkY at 05:18 AM on March 12, 2004

with the correct levels of drunken affliction Isn't that a Scottish Irish Welsh English British Isles thing, kWaCkY?

posted by billsaysthis at 04:47 PM on March 12, 2004

I did think Brits were the only beer tourists until I went to Estonia. 4.5m Finns got to Tallinn each year just to get pissed, and boy do they get pissed.

posted by kWaCkY at 03:31 AM on March 13, 2004

I think we agreed on the top 20 making it didn't we?

posted by StarFucker at 09:22 PM on March 13, 2004

My concession speech is in the editing stages. 0-0 between Tottenham and Newcastle?! I give up.

posted by taupe at 10:42 AM on March 14, 2004

I thought it was top 15, then top 16 when more people joined. 50-50 split. ANyway, what happened to this week? Talk about upsets. Man.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:09 AM on March 14, 2004

I thought we agreed Top 20 Premiership and then recruit a few new members to have a bigger First Division.

posted by billsaysthis at 11:25 AM on March 14, 2004

What upsets? ;-) /me ignores the Blues v Leicester game

posted by kWaCkY at 01:04 PM on March 14, 2004

Was ManUre crap today or what? Just finished watching that and except for being really sad for Timmy, what a laugher especially the second half. Then again, WTF was up with LFC? Kirkland breaks another bone in training and Owen misses another PK? Bring on Cisse, bring on Okocha, bring on O'Neill. At this point, even UEFA Cup qualifying is not looking like an easy achievement for the Reds!

posted by billsaysthis at 03:16 PM on March 14, 2004

Glad I didn't have any Viler players in my team. :-(

posted by squealy at 04:26 PM on March 14, 2004

I don't remember an agreement, just a bit of sulking.

posted by Fat Buddha at 04:31 AM on March 15, 2004

Liverpool look well on their way to victory. 2-0 up at half-time with Portsmouth getting ZERO shots on goal! Too bad I didn't pick Owen.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:47 PM on March 17, 2004

Yeah, those 18 points from Owen (as my captain) in the first half feel pretty good.

posted by Ufez Jones at 03:06 PM on March 17, 2004

Owen scores again. I smell bonus points.

posted by Ufez Jones at 03:25 PM on March 17, 2004

You are moving up this week, Ufez!

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:29 PM on March 17, 2004

I dunno man, a lot of people had really strong weeks. My squad's at 71 for the week though. Been a while since I crossed that threshold.

posted by Ufez Jones at 03:59 PM on March 17, 2004

71 is an excellent score. I don't think I've ever hit the 70s. But 3-0 to Liverpool it is, and 2 goals for Owen. Yeah! btw, SF and bill, check this online offering of Liverpool stuff. $77 for a jersey? Man! For that money, I could buy me the official Liverpool history video set and this blue cap. And this beanie.

posted by worldcup2002 at 05:10 PM on March 17, 2004

English kit in America has always been pricy, WC, which is why I treasure my Owen jersey from those long-ago, still-employed dot com days. Cuban got the Mavs, I got my #10 LFC jersey. And Owen rocked today!

posted by billsaysthis at 06:04 PM on March 17, 2004

Make that a 75, still only good enough for 3rd on the week. That's okay, I'm back in the top 15, safely(?) out of relegation, hopefully.

posted by Ufez Jones at 06:32 PM on March 17, 2004

I bought an official Liverpool shirt with Harry Kewell's numbers on it soon after he joined Liverpool. Cost me quite a bit of scratch, but i'm not sure how much as it was in pounds not dollars.

posted by StarFucker at 02:48 AM on March 18, 2004

Well, the LiverpoolFC.TV site is having a sale on the kit: GBP24.99 which would be about US$50. Too bad I don't know anyone who's over there but coming over here soon. Heh.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:59 PM on March 18, 2004

Well, the LiverpoolFC.TV site is having a sale on the jersey: GBP24.99 which would be about US$50. Too bad I don't know anyone who's over there but coming over here soon. Heh.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:59 PM on March 18, 2004

WC, one our English buddies could take delivery and just post it to avoid the customs...

posted by billsaysthis at 09:35 PM on March 19, 2004

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