April 22, 2004

The moral of EPL Fantasy League Week 34 (April) should be obvious: You need Thierry Henry. You can't not have Thierry Henry on your squad and expect to contend for the title. Full stop. Henry's 21 was the basis of catfish's season-high-in-the-league (I think) 100 (and late entrant garfield's 96!), as well as the scores of four of the league's top five squads. With four weeks to go, first place sits on a knife's edge between kWaCkY and squealy, separated by a single point. (more inside)

posted by taupe to navel gazing at 01:12 PM - 15 comments

I am really fed up. Van Nistelrooy didn't play on Saturday and my first sub, Campo got 11 points, but then bloody horse face played on Monday so I didn't get the Campo points. It ain't just, I tell you.

posted by Fat Buddha at 01:21 PM on April 22, 2004

I had a good week! who would have thunk it?

posted by corpse at 01:30 PM on April 22, 2004

(apparently premierleague.com has made changes to their own table code, forcing me to tweak the script I use to generate these)

Overall
   Team  Manager  T  G  R  P  
 1  Kwacky's Kwitters  mr kwacky  36  79  4,676  1,680  
 2  Ardley Athletic  Squealy Neily  49  88  4,772  1,679  
 3  bluebears  andy griffiths  24  65  6,911  1,656  
 4  Rings of Saturn  David Hansen  5  81  10,501  1,627  
 5  Crap City United  g s p m  19  71  13,259  1,610  
 6  Bayern Mucus 03  Danny The Taupe  43  48  13,842  1,607  
 7  Mossy Athletic  Emad Mostaque  29  68  23,055  1,559  
 8  The Bog Bandits  Fat Buddha  39  75  28,813  1,534  
 9  Cottage Cheesers  worldcup 2002  53  90  33,460  1,516  
 10  Blammos!  Star Unsuitable  29  78  37,231  1,501  
 11  FC Cacahuate  skronk _  51  59  37,581  1,496  
 12  Deadly Calm  Big Calm  29  76  43,655  1,478  
 13  Terrapin Utd  Rick Scully  20  90  45,332  1,472  
 14  vagabonds  christopher f  20  100  46,803  1,467  
 15  Bosiak Bashers  joe bieda  37  64  48,946  1,460  
 16  last again  eckeric eckeric  9  73  56,919  1,433  
 17  fascist bully boys  Ufez Jones  30  66  63,217  1,413  
 18  cutters  mbd1 mbd1  26  53  74,821  1,375  
 19  37 Push Ups  Corpse R. Christ  1  76  75,602  1,372  
 19  BillSaysThisSCORES!!  Bill Lazar  28  36  75,758  1,372  
 21  Nemo's Dreamers  lil nemo  14  61  81,250  1,354  
 22  SilentInTheMorning  pful ler  2  68  82,083  1,351  
 23  Finally  Mark D  13  57  87,354  1,334  
 24  Atlanta Untitled  Tim Truxell  23  45  92,242  1,318  
 25  Salmacis FC  Huw Morris  14  53  92,798  1,316  
 26  Generals F.C.  Noah Egorin  14  59  98,097  1,298  
 27  Sporting Goats  Eliot Shepard  0  58  100,753  1,289  
 28  tallclay  Clay H  16  68  118,577  1,228  
 29  AVZ Bulls  usf bull  17  53  119,668  1,224  
 30  Trendelmaniacs  t trendel  0  21  188,633  956  
 31  The Phat Cats  garfield one bad SpoFo!  13  96  256,343  506  
 32  JasonSpaceman  Jason Wilder  30  72  279,258  331  
 
April
   Team  Manager  T  G  R  P  
 1  Ardley Athletic  Squealy Neily  6  88  19,030  231  
 2  vagabonds  christopher f  0  100  20,298  229  
 3  Blammos!  Star Unsuitable  1  78  29,359  223  
 4  Terrapin Utd  Rick Scully  0  90  31,517  221  
 5  The Phat Cats  garfield one bad SpoFo!  4  96  45,190  214  
 6  Rings of Saturn  David Hansen  0  81  47,364  212  
 7  Mossy Athletic  Emad Mostaque  3  68  51,003  211  
 8  bluebears  andy griffiths  4  65  68,242  203  
 9  FC Cacahuate  skronk _  8  59  61,790  202  
 10  Bosiak Bashers  joe bieda  2  64  105,299  188  
 11  The Bog Bandits  Fat Buddha  3  75  108,041  187  
 11  Cottage Cheesers  worldcup 2002  7  90  108,349  187  
 13  cutters  mbd1 mbd1  2  53  113,319  185  
 13  Crap City United  g s p m  2  71  113,319  185  
 15  Generals F.C.  Noah Egorin  0  59  133,043  177  
 16  Deadly Calm  Big Calm  3  76  143,826  174  
 17  Kwacky's Kwitters  mr kwacky  6  79  155,138  170  
 18  Bayern Mucus 03  Danny The Taupe  2  48  157,634  169  
 19  SilentInTheMorning  pful ler  0  68  160,759  167  
 20  AVZ Bulls  usf bull  0  53  171,884  163  
 21  Nemo's Dreamers  lil nemo  0  61  183,090  159  
 21  tallclay  Clay H  0  68  183,090  159  
 23  fascist bully boys  Ufez Jones  11  66  188,683  158  
 24  37 Push Ups  Corpse R. Christ  0  76  188,708  157  
 25  last again  eckeric eckeric  1  73  199,299  154  
 26  Finally  Mark D  0  57  212,881  148  
 27  Sporting Goats  Eliot Shepard  0  58  220,511  145  
 27  BillSaysThisSCORES!!  Bill Lazar  1  36  222,706  145  
 29  Atlanta Untitled  Tim Truxell  1  45  234,699  140  
 30  Salmacis FC  Huw Morris  0  53  248,096  133  
 31  JasonSpaceman  Jason Wilder  13  72  264,708  125  
 32  Trendelmaniacs  t trendel  0  21  292,601  96  

posted by taupe at 01:39 PM on April 22, 2004

The battle to avoid relegation is shaping up too. How many weeks are left? Four?

posted by Ufez Jones at 01:56 PM on April 22, 2004

Damn it, I saw the April results and thought I moved up in the standings. I am curious to know how many of the teams I am beating (or losing to) are still coaching their teams. T Trendel has zero transfers all season, so that probably answers that question. Even so, I am barely holding on to the coveted 29 slot.

posted by usfbull at 02:54 PM on April 22, 2004

Finally, a respectable score for me. Maybe a top 5 is not completely out of reach. And merci, Monsieur Henry. Merci.

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:32 PM on April 22, 2004

There is a reason I am not the general manager (or EPL equivalent) of a soccer club. But I really do love to watch, does that make me a bad person?

posted by billsaysthis at 11:00 PM on April 22, 2004

Of course, the smart manager made Saha captain last week as he had a double gameweek. Bastard.

posted by squealy at 03:10 AM on April 23, 2004

Liverpool 1, Manchester United 0. On Danny Murphy's PK! StarFucker, who's ass you kissing today???

posted by billsaysthis at 11:17 AM on April 24, 2004

How sweet it is.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:20 AM on April 24, 2004

Victory, I mean. Not Murphy's ass. We'll leave that to the Fooker. Ahem.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:03 PM on April 24, 2004

WC, if FSW shows the Newcastle-Liverpool match on the 15th, you want to bring the Mrs. and the Mini down here? TiVo's your pal! All other Bay Area SpoFites welcome too!

posted by billsaysthis at 08:20 PM on April 24, 2004

That would be fun, mr. bill. Thanks, I will check and let you know.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:25 PM on April 25, 2004

m'kay!

posted by billsaysthis at 06:56 PM on April 25, 2004

Funny stuff worldcup...

posted by StarFucker at 01:09 AM on April 26, 2004

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