August 31, 2004

EPL Fantasy League, Week 4: Now why didn't I get Yakubu?

posted by BigCalm to fantasy at 08:22 AM - 59 comments

# Team Manager Gam Tot
1 Deadly Calm Big Calm 66 290
2 Ardley Athletic Squealy Neily 83 273
3 Crap City United g s p m 77 272
4 Arsenal's Back Four Pete W 92 261
5 ATL Untitled Tim Truxell 71 259
6 Sauril's Wideboys Mark D 70 248
7 BillSaysThisSCORES!! Bill Lazar 72 235
8 RED DRAGONS! worldcup 2002 58 235
9 FC Murcielago skronk _ 49 232
10 Terrapin Utd R Scully 71 230
11 Spacemen United Jason Wilder 60 229
12 40,000 Headmen Fat Buddha 52 227
13 the pistolwhippets Ufez Jones 60 226
14 kwacky's kwitters mr kwacky 59 219
15 phatcat footie garfield on catnip 80 218
16 Salmacis FC Huw Morris 72 215
17 sporting lisbian john o'neill 65 203
18 Blammos! Star Unsuitable 65 192
19 Bosiak Bashers etrader 9 52 190
20 last again eckeric eckeric 55 185
21 Bayern Mucus Danny the Taupe 51 176
21 Cutters Redux mbd1 mbd1 54 176
23 Cream of Chicken Ian Townsend 55 170
24 Mossy Unathletic Me Mossy 47 160
25 Slow And Foamy John Warwick 41 148
26 born to lose J B 43 142
27 Cool Springs United John Hill 54 141
28 Napsacks lil nemo 56 129

posted by BigCalm at 08:23 AM on August 31, 2004

More to the point, why did I sell him? Doh!

posted by squealy at 08:40 AM on August 31, 2004

ouch squealy lots of points this week. some had over 100.

posted by sauril at 11:55 AM on August 31, 2004

bronze for the week, but that transfer binge really hurt.

posted by garfield at 12:11 PM on August 31, 2004

Garfield, possibly those four goals Van Der Saar let in against Portsmouth(!) had a little to do with it as well. Still, you did score higher than me this week--thanks Mr. Cisse and a crap back line!

posted by billsaysthis at 01:01 PM on August 31, 2004

Yeah, he isn't putting up the numbers like last year. at least not yet. Should I be more wary of Fulham? I'm thinking Tottenham might be the way to go: above avg. record, low scoring games with alot of saves. Robinson, here i come.

posted by garfield at 01:27 PM on August 31, 2004

I could hold on no longer. I had no option but to sell Lampard in order to afford Henry. So this is the week Arsenal stop scoring..

posted by salmacis at 06:53 PM on August 31, 2004

A piddling performance from my boys these past two gameweeks. We're back down to #8. I'm looking for improvement when matches resume Sep 11. September 11. Hmmm.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:34 AM on September 01, 2004

Wonder if Shearer will put himself on the starting XI when they take the field against Rovers that day.

posted by billsaysthis at 10:14 AM on September 01, 2004

With nothing to lose, I did blow up my squad. Still no Henry, though.

posted by taupe at 01:16 PM on September 01, 2004

this is what I call blowing up a squad.

posted by garfield at 01:25 PM on September 01, 2004

Yowch, garfield. I've committed myself to not being Tinkerman this season. So far, I've been a good boy, and the damage has been limited. I expect to be back in the top five next gameweek!

posted by worldcup2002 at 10:40 PM on September 01, 2004

I just find the double gameweeks so difficult resist. Mmmmmmm, double gameweeks. *drools* Trouble is I now have to fix all the mayhem I've wrought. I damn you Kronenbourg and your ability to cloud my FFL judgement. Mmmmmmm, Kronenbourg.

posted by squealy at 03:43 AM on September 02, 2004

I did the same as you squealy - I couldn't resist swapping Reyes out for Smith, and making Alan Smith captain was a biiiiig mistake, you're only 17 points away now!

posted by BigCalm at 04:50 AM on September 02, 2004

I toyed with the idea of making Smith captain too, but it was too risky with the form Henry's been in. Comically enough, if I hadn't fucked with my team lineup I'd have scored 19 more points. But c'est la vie, sometimes these things pay off, sometimes they don't.

posted by squealy at 05:32 AM on September 02, 2004

making Alan Smith captain was a biiiiig mistake Okay, I feel a *little* less stupid right now. At least I wasn't the only one.

posted by Ufez Jones at 09:28 AM on September 02, 2004

Hey, making Alan Smith captain is better than having Cisse on your team. I had Henry as captain, but I also had Cisse. ;-)

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:42 AM on September 02, 2004

ditto. I was going to sell him, but of course as soon as I do he'll break out *that very day* of course he will.

posted by sauril at 11:58 AM on September 02, 2004

i have the same sentiment about Gerrard....9.5 ain't worth 14 pts.

posted by garfield at 12:50 PM on September 02, 2004

I also have Gerrard. Sigh. My Liverpool fanaticism has cost me some points again.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:57 PM on September 02, 2004

btw, thanks for the updates, Calmy! It ain't pretty, but it works. And all we need is the update so we can gloat and trash talk. Good show, Clammy, on the updates and topping the table.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:59 PM on September 02, 2004

Let's get on with week 5 already! *impatient*

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:42 AM on September 10, 2004

Moved up to #6, even with two gimpy players. With my substitutes bringing in six more points, I should be set for the week. Can't wait for Calmy's update.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:51 PM on September 12, 2004

er, we've still got a game to go this gameweek?

posted by BigCalm at 03:35 AM on September 13, 2004

New game week...tonight.

posted by StarFucker at 08:58 AM on September 13, 2004

One more game today (Charlton v Soton) for Gameweek 5. New Gameweek (6) is next Saturday. Fooker is trying to throw us off, cheeky bugger.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:56 PM on September 13, 2004

Charlton v Soton, now there was a match for the ages. I cannot tell you how much joy there is in my life for having watched it.

posted by billsaysthis at 06:45 PM on September 13, 2004

I'll post it here, because it's going to clutter the locker room otherwise. A summary: A slightly lower scoring week, but somehow I've extended my lead (/lifts shirt over head in celebration), but this week's star players are Kwacky and Garfield, getting 61 and 57 respectively, and who now lead the september table; there's plenty of movement in mid table - gspm moves up to second after a poor performance from squealy's boys, worldcup has jumped a couple of places too. Update below

posted by BigCalm at 03:10 AM on September 14, 2004

# Team Manager Gam Tot
1 Deadly Calm Big Calm 56 342
2 Crap City United g s p m 47 319
3 Ardley Athletic Squealy Neily 38 311
4 Arsenal's Back Four Pete W 48 309
5 ATL Untitled Tim Truxell 46 305
6 RED DRAGONS! worldcup 2002 54 289
7 BillSaysThisSCORES!! Bill Lazar 52 287
8 Sauril's Wideboys Mark D 38 286
9 FC Murcielago skronk _ 47 279
10 40,000 Headmen Fat Buddha 50 277
11 phatcat footie garfield on catnip 57 275
12 Spacemen United Jason Wilder 52 273
13 the pistolwhippets Ufez Jones 51 273
14 Terrapin Utd R Scully 42 268
15 kwacky's kwitters mr kwacky 61 268
16 sporting lisbian john o'neill 56 259
17 Salmacis FC Huw Morris 47 258
18 last again eckeric eckeric 49 234
19 Bosiak Bashers etrader 9 38 224
20 Blammos! Star Unsuitable 30 222
21 Cream of Chicken Ian Townsend 50 216
22 Cutters Redux mbd1 mbd1 42 214
23 Bayern Mucus Danny the Taupe 48 208
24 Mossy Unathletic Me Mossy 40 200
25 Slow And Foamy John Warwick 45 193
26 Cool Springs United John Hill 36 173
27 born to lose J B 27 169
28 Napsacks lil nemo 33 162

posted by BigCalm at 03:10 AM on September 14, 2004

Firking snit.

posted by squealy at 04:18 AM on September 14, 2004

C'mon, Clammy, we need this in the main locker room so we can track it, not one long-ass post! C'mon! ;-p

posted by worldcup2002 at 10:23 AM on September 14, 2004

C'mon, I'm embarassed enough as it is topping the table and doing the updates! Charlton v Soton, now there was a match for the ages. I cannot tell you how much joy there is in my life for having watched it. bill, I've got a recently painted wall that you might find even more riveting!

posted by BigCalm at 10:44 AM on September 14, 2004

Ouch. what a terrible week. And my grass has stopped growing. you might want to watch that too, bill!

posted by sauril at 11:12 AM on September 14, 2004

Calmy: C'mon, I'm embarassed enough as it is topping the table and doing the updates! Nothing to be embarrassed about. Congrats to you. And you make a "Big" target. Ha. I'm just glad someone's doing the update. Keep it up. And take it to the front of the Locker Room!

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:33 PM on September 14, 2004

yeah, I want to see Kwacky's and mine name in bright lights, or over a grey background! Either way, I've got Jimmy Floyd on the squad now, so look out. And Jimmy Floyd is one helluva name.

posted by garfield at 01:38 PM on September 14, 2004

BC, sauril, I only enjoy modern art, doubt that your wall or grass is nearly abstract enough. But thanks for the offers.

posted by billsaysthis at 03:05 PM on September 14, 2004

Standings Member List Rank Team Points 1 Dead Men Walking 407.86 2 BillSaysThisSCORES!!! 407.34 3 Bastards 361.55 4 Nyarlathotepspor 353.86 5 Blammos! 333.46 6 Fuck Offs 324.85 7 ATL Untitled 323.63 8 Bosiak Bashers 299.13 9 Spacemen United 281.54

posted by StarFucker at 08:28 PM on September 15, 2004

What are people's team values? It's a stat I haven't been able to find on other league members. Not that it matters all that much, but I'd still like to know. I'm up to 104.0.

posted by garfield at 08:39 AM on September 16, 2004

nevermind. i haven't had my coffee yet.

posted by garfield at 08:41 AM on September 16, 2004

Geez, second by half a point! Not sure I understand how fractional values get in since every player is full point awarded scores every week (or zero).

posted by billsaysthis at 11:49 AM on September 16, 2004

what the... is that the yahoo league? Just wonderin'.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:52 PM on September 16, 2004

Is it any better this year? How's the updating and accuracy? I think the guys who do the engineering are just across the room from me, but the people who run it are in the UK. I can check, but as you can see, I couldn't be bothered to play this year after the past year's deteriorating quality.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:55 PM on September 16, 2004

wc2k2, the format has changed quite a bit when transferring players in and out. Gone is the re-sign at lower price (my kluivert pick is just killing me because of this). Seems to update a little faster thus far anyway.

posted by trox at 01:30 PM on September 16, 2004

The usability went way down IMO. When making a transfer there is no search by name or list by team (instead of by position). That's engineering, right?

posted by billsaysthis at 06:22 PM on September 16, 2004

My days of mediocrity are over... I welcome the top score days!

posted by StarFucker at 05:11 PM on September 17, 2004

The Clamster may be a scummer, but I still think he should get credit for being 27th out of 300,000. ;-)

posted by squealy at 01:33 PM on September 19, 2004

Squeaky, all props to our current leader but don't forget that there are probably quite a few people with players from Liverpool, ManU or both and the game week is not over yet. Hat trick for Cisse tomorrow???

posted by billsaysthis at 03:00 PM on September 19, 2004

For Gerrard, preferably. Hahaha.

posted by worldcup2002 at 06:27 PM on September 19, 2004

No, I have Cisse in both leagues, he is a far better choice for massive scoring.

posted by billsaysthis at 11:04 PM on September 19, 2004

Oh, Gerrard. Please let it be Gerrard.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:38 AM on September 20, 2004

Mediocrity seems to be sticking around...

posted by StarFucker at 12:10 PM on September 20, 2004

Huh?

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:41 PM on September 20, 2004

Man, Fooker, you need to change that team of yours. And when did Jean Claude Van Damme switch to football? Hoo hoo hoo!

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:43 PM on September 20, 2004

My strikers are okay, and my midfield is decent... I'm just not getting anything.

posted by StarFucker at 12:46 PM on September 20, 2004

yeah, dude. the points vs. cost ratio is damn ugly.

posted by garfield at 01:25 PM on September 20, 2004

not what i was hoping for from gerrard

posted by garfield at 08:55 PM on September 20, 2004

Man, Silvestre is an ugly mother...

posted by StarFucker at 08:58 PM on September 20, 2004

so did you watch the game yet, Fooker? I have some words to say about it.

posted by worldcup2002 at 09:30 PM on September 20, 2004

I saw what you said...unless you have even more?

posted by StarFucker at 10:34 AM on September 21, 2004

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