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April 05, 2004
EPL Fantasy League Week 31 (beginning of April): The FA Cup semifinals delay the customary huge point hauls from Charlton and Portsmouth players to other gameweeks, leaving many rosters full of many holes. Could kWaCkY's pursuers take advantage? Well, Alan Shearer finally busted another 16-point move to help the three closest pursuers -- including week-winners Bayern Mucus (with 75) -- close a bit of the gap, but Kwitters still lead bluebears with a game in hand for Matt Holland and some other guys. (more inside)
posted by taupe to navel gazing at 09:26 PM - 31 comments
I'm in the pre-fade group. w00t! So now wait, what exactly does "with a game in hand for Matt Holland and some other guys" mean? Asks the Texas boy.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:14 PM on April 05, 2004
And by the by, total props go out to Rings of Saturn who have made a scant 5(!) transfers all season long yet still remain in the top five. Impressive, that.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:16 PM on April 05, 2004
Won't this week be updated when ManUre and Arses play their postponed matches? Most of us have substantial roster bits from those two outfits.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:32 PM on April 05, 2004
For once, for just bloody once, I'd like to have an emphatic eye-popping score.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:45 AM on April 06, 2004
Pah! It's a fix I tells ya.
posted by kWaCkY at 12:54 AM on April 06, 2004
with a game in hand for Matt Holland and some other guys It means that all teams have to play the same number of games. Charlton, Manchester United, Arsenal and Portsmouth have played one game less than the rest of the league. So at some point in the seaason, those of us with players from those teams, will be picking up some points when the postponed games are played.
posted by kWaCkY at 12:57 AM on April 06, 2004
i gotta learn to pay attention to this pool EVERY week. getting a hit with three actionless arsenal players doesn't help but at least considering shearer as captain would have crossed my mind had I looked at the thing. and with arsenal playing two EPL games in three days next weekend I will assume that the three aresenal players I have won't give me two full games worth of points. that said, getting 22 points while sitting at the top of the table is even more grim.
posted by gspm at 01:14 AM on April 06, 2004
Last week I wondered if my policy of having 3 playing subs would pay off this week. Well it did, they all played. Sadly though, they managed a grand total of 0 points between them; for the first time this season. Thanks guys. I *heart* Shearer.
posted by squealy at 02:02 AM on April 06, 2004
picking a captain is fucking aggravating. ....and double kudos to rings of saturn....5 transfers is hella impressive.
posted by garfield at 07:21 AM on April 06, 2004
I am aiming for the Tinkerman "Most Transfers" award.
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:35 AM on April 06, 2004
Look at it this way, gspm: at least you won't have that problem with those players anymore this season.
posted by taupe at 02:45 PM on April 06, 2004
heh, true. i am sure the arsenal players will be motivated from here on in.
posted by gspm at 01:37 AM on April 07, 2004
and now Henry is out for 2 weeks :-( I can see me doing an Arsenal
posted by kWaCkY at 03:44 AM on April 07, 2004
I did an Arsenal last year... Oh the horror!
posted by StarFucker at 02:03 PM on April 07, 2004
In the Champions League thing, I've just done an AC Milan.
posted by taupe at 02:42 PM on April 07, 2004
that is better than doing an "I forgot I was in the pool and never changed any of my picks after the second set of teams were eliminated".
posted by gspm at 03:21 PM on April 07, 2004
(well, maybe not since my mostly inactive guys seem to have outscored your fully active team)
posted by gspm at 03:25 PM on April 07, 2004
I seem to have a choice between "shit or bust" and "shit and bust". Shit.
posted by squealy at 04:09 PM on April 07, 2004
oh BOLLOCKS Feck and ARSE I sell Henry and then he goes and has a scan to find out he's only got a niggle in his back and it's not his fecking hamstring IT'LL BE MORE THAN HIS FECKING HAMSTRING IF I LAY MY HANDS ON HIM Anyone want a title? I just threw a good one in the bin.
posted by kWaCkY at 12:20 PM on April 08, 2004
i'm sure you didn't swap henry for some worthless schlub. i was gonna swap him until i heard on the radio on my way home that he's possible or probable for liverpool so i guess i'll hang on to him. maybe that kind of thinking is what keeps me in 5th/6th though.
posted by gspm at 12:54 PM on April 08, 2004
Regrets? Ive had a few....
posted by kWaCkY at 08:34 AM on April 09, 2004
Well, that's the worst trade I've ever made. Henry (who would've been my captain) traded away on the week he scores a HAT-TRICK! Graaaaaaaaargh!
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:00 AM on April 09, 2004
I'm glad I trigger shy. Too bad I thought Pires would pick up the slack in his absence. Oh well.
posted by garfield at 10:36 AM on April 09, 2004
squealy's in first now, pending Everton-Spurs.
posted by taupe at 12:15 PM on April 09, 2004
squealy should have made Henry captain, but he ain't complaining too much. Sad to say, I was sat with my finger on the captain button at 11.28am waiting in vain to hear an all-clear on Henry before the deadline, and chose Pires because I knew he was going to play.
posted by squealy at 12:26 PM on April 09, 2004
I just hope I can hang onto a Euro spot :-S
posted by kWaCkY at 12:30 PM on April 09, 2004
My minor (very minor) consolation is that I picked Owen, who scored today. But we still lost to the Arsenal. :-(
posted by worldcup2002 at 01:27 PM on April 09, 2004
I guess I picked a good week to have Graveson on the field and as captain. Fuck Henry and his three goals, though, the 'Pool rulez!
posted by billsaysthis at 03:04 PM on April 09, 2004
bill: You may want to read a Liverpool fan's perspective on the game today. [April 9 (today's) post. Sorry, no permalink.] The whole team needs to change.
posted by worldcup2002 at 07:07 PM on April 09, 2004
WC, I was looking at the match stats and wondering why Finnan was not in the Carragher slot and Henchoz in where Biscan was lying down.
posted by billsaysthis at 09:13 PM on April 09, 2004
Keeping the color fade in the 17-20 range, just 'cos: