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April 21, 2005
EPL Fantasy League Week 34: Can the Baggies survive?
| # | Team | Manager | Gam | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardley Athletic | Squealy Neily | 41 | 1807 |
| 2 | Sauril's Wideboys | Mark D | 51 | 1802 |
| 3 | BillSaysThisSCORES!! | Bill Lazar | 41 | 1774 |
| 4 | Crap City United | g s p m | 46 | 1762 |
| 5 | Deadly Calm | Big Calm | 59 | 1752 |
| 6 | RED DRAGONS! | worldcup 2002 | 46 | 1739 |
| 7 | the pistolwhippets | Ufez Jones | 44 | 1721 |
| 8 | kwacky's kwitters | mr kwacky | 59 | 1692 |
| 9 | Cutters Redux | mbd1 mbd1 | 36 | 1663 |
| 10 | Salmacis FC | Huw Morris | 35 | 1662 |
| 11 | Cream of Chicken | Ian Townsend | 45 | 1643 |
| 12 | Arsenal's Back Four | Pete W | 34 | 1609 |
| 13 | 40,000 Headmen | Fat Buddha | 42 | 1607 |
| 14 | phatcat footie | garfield on catnip | 48 | 1596 |
| 15 | FC Murcielago | skronk _ | 50 | 1592 |
| 16 | ATL Untitled | Tim Truxell | 27 | 1591 |
| 17 | Spacemen United | Jason Wilder | 40 | 1578 |
| 18 | sporting lisbian | john o'neill | 35 | 1545 |
| 19 | Bayern Mucus | Danny the Taupe | 46 | 1541 |
| 20 | Blammos! | Star Unsuitable | 32 | 1472 |
| 21 | Terrapin Utd | R Scully | 23 | 1461 |
| 22 | born to lose | J B | 35 | 1412 |
| 23 | Bosiak Bashers | etrader 9 | 46 | 1398 |
| 24 | Mossy Unathletic | Me Mossy | 36 | 1304 |
| 25 | Slow And Foamy | J Warwick | 35 | 1279 |
| 26 | Cool Springs United | John Hill | 50 | 1213 |
| 27 | last again | eckeric eckeric | 17 | 1201 |
| 28 | Napsacks | lil nemo | 23 | 1026 |
posted by BigCalm at 03:23 AM on April 21, 2005
I canNOT get out of 20th!!
posted by StarFucker at 09:04 AM on April 21, 2005
worldcup is slacking... 6th?!
posted by StarFucker at 09:05 AM on April 21, 2005
there is a interesting battle in the middle of the table, with 5 teams within 18 pts, and 6 within 31 pts. should be interesting to see who will finish 12th, assuming no one leaps to the top 10.
posted by garfield at 09:22 AM on April 21, 2005
Yeah, SF, I appear to be stuck in 6th. This will be the make-or-break weekend, I think. If I can't advance now, I don't think I'll do it again. Although, it's heartening to see the top 6 are separated from each of their neighbors by about 13 points or less. That's a matter of just picking the right captain. Man.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:04 AM on April 21, 2005
btw, I'm rooting for the Baggies to survive.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:06 AM on April 21, 2005
So am i...
posted by StarFucker at 10:35 AM on April 21, 2005
w00t! 5 points from the top! And it would have been closer if they hadn't changed Fowler's goal to an own goal...
posted by sauril at 10:49 AM on April 21, 2005
Sure sauril, but it'd be further if I'd remembered to take the captaincy off an injured Henry last week. That really was a fuck up of biblical proportions.
posted by squealy at 12:26 PM on April 21, 2005
par for the course of late. bill and I used inactive captains last week. though our players were in no way gonna play, an obvious fact known WELL in advance as compared to Henry who was ruled out by injury while his team was actually playing that week.
posted by gspm at 01:59 PM on April 21, 2005
oh. you're talking about the same week I am talking about. arsenal didn't play that week.
posted by gspm at 02:01 PM on April 21, 2005
that's bad, squealy. I've had some fuck ups like that so far this year, too. like leaving a two-game-playing, 9-point-getting defender on the bench while i left in someone who didn't play a few weeks ago. duuhhh...
posted by sauril at 02:13 PM on April 21, 2005
Swings and roundabouts sauril mate. I certainly won't be harping on about the Henry fuck up if you win it. These things happen, especially to drunks like me.
posted by squealy at 06:32 PM on April 21, 2005
Swings and roundabouts. Cockney slang? Hope me!
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:34 PM on April 21, 2005
'zactly. and drunks like me.
posted by sauril at 09:58 AM on April 22, 2005
"This is a shortened version of the fairground proverb 'What you lose on the swings you win on the roundabouts', current from the beginning of the twentieth century in various forms. It is used to mean that things will balance out in the end." Penguin Dictionary of Cliches.
posted by squealy at 12:11 PM on April 22, 2005
Ah. Thanks. btw, what the HELL is wrong with Liverpool? 0-1 Crystal Palace? Only 2 shots on goal after 70 minutes? They played all four strikers. What?
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:36 AM on April 23, 2005
Gambling with the captaincy and double transfers pays off sometimes at the sharp end of the season. Sometimes.
posted by squealy at 11:15 AM on April 23, 2005
Gera as cpt. might not have been a master stroke.
posted by garfield at 01:49 PM on April 23, 2005
may, might, whateva
posted by garfield at 01:50 PM on April 23, 2005
Here's my self-pitying self link on today and the next few weeks.
posted by billsaysthis at 02:33 PM on April 23, 2005
I'm glad I stayed with Lampard. Phew. I was going with Pedersen, until I read a late report he was being checked for a calf injury. He still played today, got a respectable 4 pts, but not the blinder he had last week. Maybe he'll prove me wrong and rake them in against WBA.
posted by worldcup2002 at 04:23 PM on April 23, 2005
And bless you, Mr Lua-Lua.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:35 AM on April 24, 2005
I call him Lomana...
posted by StarFucker at 01:15 PM on April 24, 2005
I call him Yo'Mama!
posted by worldcup2002 at 06:40 PM on April 24, 2005
The Blammos! in a solid 20th! We are safe from relegation!
posted by StarFucker at 08:30 AM on April 25, 2005
Blammos! top 1500!
posted by StarFucker at 04:14 PM on April 26, 2005
What a disappointing scoring week. Though why I thought Hoult with two matches would be preferable to one for Jaskaleinnen(sp?) is beyond me. Maybe Hasselbaink will come through against the sad sacks in Newcastle shirts.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:03 PM on April 26, 2005
I'm hoping for a 4-4 draw with the goals shared between JFH, Downing and Shearer.
posted by squealy at 09:31 AM on April 27, 2005
| # | Team | Manager | Gam | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardley Athletic | Squealy Neily | 57 | 1860 |
| 2 | Sauril's Wideboys | Mark D | 42 | 1836 |
| 3 | BillSaysThisSCORES!! | Bill Lazar | 44 | 1818 |
| 4 | Crap City United | g s p m | 49 | 1811 |
| 5 | RED DRAGONS! | worldcup 2002 | 65 | 1804 |
| 6 | Deadly Calm | Big Calm | 51 | 1795 |
| 7 | the pistolwhippets | Ufez Jones | 57 | 1778 |
| 8 | kwacky's kwitters | mr kwacky | 52 | 1744 |
| 9 | Cutters Redux | mbd1 mbd1 | 57 | 1720 |
| 10 | Salmacis FC | Huw Morris | 51 | 1713 |
| 11 | Cream of Chicken | Ian Townsend | 58 | 1701 |
| 12 | FC Murcielago | skronk _ | 66 | 1658 |
| 13 | 40,000 Headmen | Fat Buddha | 39 | 1646 |
| 14 | phatcat footie | garfield on catnip | 57 | 1645 |
| 15 | Arsenal's Back Four | Pete W | 33 | 1642 |
| 16 | ATL Untitled | Tim Truxell | 51 | 1642 |
| 17 | Spacemen United | Jason Wilder | 36 | 1614 |
| 18 | sporting lisbian | john o'neill | 42 | 1587 |
| 19 | Bayern Mucus | Danny the Taupe | 45 | 1586 |
| 20 | Blammos! | Star Unsuitable | 50 | 1522 |
| 21 | Terrapin Utd | R Scully | 32 | 1493 |
| 22 | born to lose | J B | 41 | 1453 |
| 23 | Bosiak Bashers | etrader 9 | 32 | 1430 |
| 24 | Mossy Unathletic | Me Mossy | 57 | 1361 |
| 25 | Slow And Foamy | J Warwick | 35 | 1314 |
| 26 | Cool Springs United | John Hill | 53 | 1266 |
| 27 | last again | eckeric eckeric | 28 | 1229 |
| 28 | Napsacks | lil nemo | 14 | 1040 |
posted by BigCalm at 04:14 AM on April 28, 2005
Did I just kick ass this week? Whoa. This shoulda been a new Locker Room post. C'mon!
posted by worldcup2002 at 04:42 PM on April 28, 2005
You came second for the gameweek. What do you want? A fucking medal?
posted by squealy at 06:20 PM on April 28, 2005
65 points is a good week and nothing more, get over yourself. ;)
posted by billsaysthis at 06:31 PM on April 28, 2005
This week will be gooder. Or maybe next week.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:40 AM on April 29, 2005
Dear Fulham Manager Chris Coleman. Please do not play Mark Pembridge on Wednesday. If you do this favor for me then the 15 pts I have sitting under the name of Peter Crouch, first one off my bench, will be added to my score. Alternatevly, Charlton manager Alan Curbishley please do not play defender Talal El Karkouri against Man Utd tomorrow. Same reasoning applies.
posted by gspm at 12:23 PM on April 30, 2005
Please play both Pembridge and El Karkouri, Mr Coleman and Mr Curbishley. You know it makes sense. I watched Liverpool v Boro via what I think was a Korean feed of ESPN today on my puter thanks to Coolstreaming. Not the biggest or best quality picture and a bit jerky at times but I'd cautiously recommend it to my fellow footie addicts with broadband. Downside is that certainly on pc's as crap as mine it makes it virtually impossible to use the interweb while you're watching.
posted by squealy at 01:51 PM on April 30, 2005
Ok, please play both Pembridge and El Karkouri and make them score three goals apiece in shutout victories. Against squealy's team.
posted by gspm at 03:06 PM on April 30, 2005
Play Pembridge and El Karkouri and for sure let's get McBride another goal in that game.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:08 PM on April 30, 2005
If there was ever a time when I wanted to see the phrase "failed a late fitness test" I think it'd be round now.
posted by gspm at 04:22 PM on April 30, 2005
Oh, what a craptacular week. My season is over unless Ronaldo comes on and scores a hattrick.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:44 AM on May 01, 2005
My season is over.
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:59 AM on May 01, 2005
My season has just begun!
posted by StarFucker at 01:21 PM on May 01, 2005
bloody inaccurate injury news. "Crouch is doubtful..." Bah!
posted by garfield at 10:46 AM on May 02, 2005
which would be why I put him on the bench, methinks. i don't know exactly why now, just regreting it unless pembridge conks his head before the match tomorrow. (or Pires tonight. thought I am sure he's got some value seeing as he's playing west brom).
posted by gspm at 01:03 PM on May 02, 2005
GREAT. Mark Pembridge steps in but Chris Coleman is otherwise expected to name an unchanged team... I hate this game. I've got 15 pts sitting on the bench with I guy I put there because in order to use the double gameweek Pembridge and possibly an injury rumour. Then Pembridge doesn't even play the first game (rendering that advantage moot) and the injury rumour is false. On the other hand, Sauril is gonna get those 15 pts, seemingly by luck unless his strategy is to have an injured player that hasn't played in weeks as his first sub (don't question it). I thought last year that my late season slide down a few places to 6th was due to not paying as much attention to the schedule as I could have. So I've paid more attention this year (save for the recent Lampard is my captain, Chelsea doesn't play this week debacle) and there are still ways to trip up. GRRR. I guess there's slight hope. Pembridge is playing Newcastle so he's got the potential to EXPLODE for 2 appearance points.
posted by gspm at 07:10 AM on May 03, 2005
Can I just say that all of you who had double-gameweek players but picked Lampard as skipper instead are idiots. Lucky, lucky idiots. BBC site says Pembridge will play tomorrow night. Let's hope they're right and that Shearer gets a hattrick to boot.
posted by squealy at 07:42 AM on May 03, 2005
Fulham 3 - 0 Newcastle...
posted by StarFucker at 08:30 AM on May 03, 2005
posted by garfield at 11:10 AM on May 03, 2005
I'm afraid i won't be able to come back here for the rest of the day as i am going to watch it when i get home...
posted by StarFucker at 12:09 PM on May 03, 2005
Liverpool in the Champions League final! Whooooooo!
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:46 PM on May 03, 2005
that was something. plenty of drama, full credit to the Reds. I've yet to see a convincing view of their goal, thought. I will say that the people on the field must have had a better view than the cameras did AND the Chelsea players who would have had most reason to passionately disagree with the call did not. as the announcer (on ESPN at least) said, any time that beats Juventus 2-1 at home and holds them 0-0 on the road and then holds Chelsea 0-0 on the road and beats them 1-0 at home deserves to progress.
posted by gspm at 04:08 PM on May 03, 2005
Oh for fuck's sake, Souness is resting my skipper Shearer (who was only signed and made skipper because he had two double gameweeks on the trot). This game has to be the most frustrating, irritating and addictive thing ever invented. That was never a Liverpoo goal btw. Though to be honest if it hadn't been given I suspect they'd have been awarded a penalty and maybe Cech would have been sent off too.
posted by squealy at 04:44 PM on May 03, 2005
A well deserved result for Liverpool (and boy was their defense amazing today).
posted by trox at 05:12 PM on May 03, 2005
I just finished watching-THANK YOU MR TIVO!!!-and my wife nearly called the EMTs when I was screaming the last three minutes of extra time and afterwards. As Tommy Smythe observed, there was barely a nail left in the stands after that early goal. What great defense! Finally played up to our potential even without Alonso. Baros and Luis Garcia ran their asses off and Hyppia and Carragher were walls of concrete. W00T W00T W00T W00T W00T W00T W00T W00T!!!
posted by billsaysthis at 10:11 PM on May 03, 2005
Fucking fantastic!! All the Reds played well... Unbelievable!
posted by StarFucker at 10:29 PM on May 03, 2005
Blimey, PSV have scored and what a goal! Game on!!
posted by squealy at 02:02 PM on May 04, 2005
Luck luck luck will hopefully be coming to me. I dropped Crouch as i heard he was injured, and then tried to put him back in after I heard Duff wouldn't be playing after all. The subs order was generated automatically. squealy, i have no idea if that was a goal or not, but if it wasn't called, it should have been a penalty and a red card to Cech, although I suspect that ref would have chickened out and gone with a yellow. How Carvahlo escaped without getting booked is beyond me. Garcia probably should have been booked too...
posted by sauril at 02:12 PM on May 04, 2005
I think they should check Riise's blood for equine DNA....that boy can run all day.
posted by garfield at 02:20 PM on May 04, 2005
Half-time 1-0 to PSV. Great game of football. Live on ESPN via Coolstreaming.
posted by squealy at 02:38 PM on May 04, 2005
Coolstreaming?! DAMMIT! NOW I FIND OUT!
posted by StarFucker at 03:45 PM on May 04, 2005
coolstreaming : link or explanation, please
posted by garfield at 03:51 PM on May 04, 2005
posted by squealy at 04:05 PM on May 04, 2005