EPL Fantasy League, Week 32: How come Man U can't beat the rubbish?
Jesus wept. That is the worst week I have ever had in this competition. I'm bringing the whole squad in for extra training, the useless bastards.
posted by squealy at 05:05 AM on April 11, 2005
Ha! I'm catching up squealy, 1 point at a time. Although at this rate, we'll be in the bottom half by the time that happens...
posted by sauril at 11:40 AM on April 11, 2005
And I thought gameweek 33 was going to be bad.
posted by squealy at 01:38 PM on April 11, 2005
Ace.
posted by skronk at 04:25 PM on April 11, 2005
I'm the West Brom of our league...
posted by StarFucker at 04:29 PM on April 11, 2005
that must make me the everton. except that everton hasn't fallen as many spots as I have. they've just sort of fallen back to the front of the pack of also rans.
posted by gspm at 06:36 PM on April 11, 2005
I'm aiming for the top 3. Given that next week will be a disaster for most, and my predictions are off by a week, I'll say I'm pretty much on course.
posted by worldcup2002 at 09:58 PM on April 11, 2005
I've just wasted 12 points on muppets. Sigh.
posted by BigCalm at 04:11 AM on April 12, 2005
Hmm I suppose that makes my team Tottenham (OK that's just Arsenal bias--I'm more likely Blackburn).
posted by trox at 09:27 AM on April 12, 2005
17 pts on the bench. I couldn't have planned it any better.
posted by garfield at 11:48 AM on April 12, 2005
So if i'm the West Brom of the league, i should pretty much be safe from relegation right? Right?!
posted by StarFucker at 10:23 PM on April 15, 2005
ok, anybody else in the top part of the table adjust tweak their team a bit in advance of the lean gameweek but not change the captaincy off of their usual player who happens to be not playing? THAT's the kind of thing that explains why I was at the top but not anymore. Booo.
posted by gspm at 09:40 AM on April 16, 2005
foookin' 'ell. looking at the depleted lineups of those ahead of me and bill's similar captaincy gaffe and my some decent performances in my squad the IF ONLY i'd switch the captaincy to one of my forwards that had a good day (and picking our Johnson for captain woulda been the logical choice given his fantasy totals this season) and I might have surged up the table (sure, only to suffer a bit when the mega depleted teams this week are full of double game gameweeks soon).
posted by gspm at 11:50 AM on April 16, 2005
I was so freaking stoopid! Just looked at the scores before coming here and thought the same thing. Ugggh!!!
posted by billsaysthis at 03:41 PM on April 16, 2005
Shite, I forgot to change the skipper.
posted by squealy at 07:29 PM on April 16, 2005
(wow, my English in that passage above seems to have been sprinkled with whatever some of the newbies are drinking). Well, with a few other teams near the top making similar captaincy gaffes I guess I don't feel too bad. Out of the top 6 squads the only captains selected that actually played weren't doing so hot so no big loss.
posted by gspm at 09:17 AM on April 17, 2005
I am Liverpool. Sixth.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:31 AM on April 17, 2005
I am ManUre, third?
posted by billsaysthis at 08:28 PM on April 17, 2005
# | Team | Manager | Gam | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ardley Athletic | Squealy Neily | 26 | 1766 |
2 | Sauril's Wideboys | Mark D | 27 | 1751 |
3 | BillSaysThisSCORES!! | Bill Lazar | 26 | 1733 |
4 | Crap City United | g s p m | 32 | 1716 |
5 | Deadly Calm | Big Calm | 24 | 1693 |
6 | RED DRAGONS! | worldcup 2002 | 7 | 1693 |
7 | the pistolwhippets | Ufez Jones | 18 | 1677 |
8 | kwacky's kwitters | mr kwacky | 19 | 1633 |
9 | Cutters Redux | mbd1 mbd1 | 32 | 1627 |
10 | Salmacis FC | Huw Morris | 13 | 1627 |
11 | Cream of Chicken | Ian Townsend | 17 | 1598 |
12 | Arsenal's Back Four | Pete W | 23 | 1575 |
13 | 40,000 Headmen | Fat Buddha | 23 | 1565 |
14 | ATL Untitled | Tim Truxell | 24 | 1564 |
15 | phatcat footie | garfield on catnip | 47 | 1548 |
16 | FC Murcielago | skronk _ | 3 | 1546 |
17 | Spacemen United | Jason Wilder | 16 | 1538 |
18 | sporting lisbian | john o'neill | 36 | 1510 |
19 | Bayern Mucus | Danny the Taupe | 17 | 1495 |
20 | Blammos! | Star Unsuitable | 15 | 1440 |
21 | Terrapin Utd | R Scully | 6 | 1438 |
22 | born to lose | J B | 29 | 1377 |
23 | Bosiak Bashers | etrader 9 | 23 | 1352 |
24 | Mossy Unathletic | Me Mossy | 4 | 1268 |
25 | Slow And Foamy | J Warwick | 8 | 1244 |
26 | last again | eckeric eckeric | 11 | 1184 |
27 | Cool Springs United | John Hill | 27 | 1163 |
28 | Napsacks | lil nemo | 12 | 1003 |
posted by BigCalm at 05:08 AM on April 18, 2005
I am Aston Villa 1998/99 season, top at Christmas, barely scraping into Europe by the end of the season. A little low scoring this week, no?
posted by BigCalm at 05:20 AM on April 18, 2005
w00t! my second winning week of the year!
posted by garfield at 09:28 AM on April 18, 2005
A little low scoring this week, no? What are you talking about BigC? I was theeeeees close to going double-digits! I see that, somehow, Murcielago, Terrapin and Mossy conspired to score even lower than I. The bounders!
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:53 AM on April 18, 2005
At this rate, I shall catch up with no. 1 in 2007.
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:53 AM on April 18, 2005
Back in 20th!! Look out bill!
posted by StarFucker at 12:24 PM on April 18, 2005
Week 32: 61 points, first place Week 33: 3 points, the opposite of first place
posted by skronk at 02:46 PM on April 18, 2005
My ass is feeling a little itchy, SF, is that you?
posted by billsaysthis at 02:51 PM on April 18, 2005
bill, its the dingleberries
posted by garfield at 03:30 PM on April 18, 2005
There should be some sorta Godwin's Law when it comes to dingleberries ...
posted by worldcup2002 at 04:32 PM on April 18, 2005
Single digit point totals? Ouch. I thought I'd be hosed in this round....
posted by sauril at 05:23 PM on April 18, 2005
My ass is feeling a little itchy, SF, is that you? Good lord!
posted by StarFucker at 11:31 PM on April 18, 2005
I hope you guys realized there are matches today and tomorrow.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:14 AM on April 19, 2005
And I hope you realise that Henry is out injured again and the transfer deadline just passed.
posted by squealy at 01:32 PM on April 19, 2005
I haven't had Henry for a month. As for the rest of you, HA!
posted by worldcup2002 at 02:01 PM on April 19, 2005
Giannakopoulos scored today because I was gonna pick him up but then didn't. He did this to spite me. Arse.
posted by gspm at 03:36 PM on April 19, 2005
Gianno did it to spite me too.
posted by worldcup2002 at 04:05 PM on April 19, 2005
I do have the Greek muscle man, so POOP on you both!
posted by billsaysthis at 03:46 PM on April 20, 2005
Out of the three options I was considering in my transfer dealings last week: A) keep Garcia (a goal today, 6pts) B) swap him for Giannakopoulos (a goal yesterday, 6pts) C) swap him for Okocha (played but didn't do any scoring, 2pts) you can guess which one I took.
posted by gspm at 06:14 PM on April 20, 2005
Sixth! I'm now ... the Bolton of our fantasy league.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:20 AM on April 21, 2005
posted by BigCalm at 03:36 AM on April 11, 2005