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December 23, 2006
Spofi EPL fantasy footie: Week 19 Update. Halfway through, your leader is...
posted by gspm at 07:34 PM on December 23, 2006
I hate December.
posted by owlhouse at 12:53 AM on December 24, 2006
Don't be a holiday suicide. Happy birthday to me ignoring the fact I got bested by a late arrival. Poor form, sir. It is interesting that *fucker has been first, middle, last over the past three weeks. Ok, maybe not "interesting", but it's notable. Because I noted it.
posted by yerfatma at 10:11 AM on December 24, 2006
Something else to note is that the highest week score in the whole pool was this week, 128. And that team only joined last month and has a team value of 100.0. So that highest score ever was realistically within reach of anybody with a team value over 100.0 and a wildcard. Hindsight being 20/20.
posted by gspm at 10:35 AM on December 24, 2006
And be thankful it's just a wafer, gspm. (Monty Python allusions absolutely intentional.) I, on the other hand, have to chomp on a thick rum-soaked 21-pt fruitcake in order to move up to the next rung. Merry Christmas, and to all, a good night.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:04 PM on December 24, 2006
I'm on 954. If I ever get to join, it's a three way battle for the lead!
posted by salmacis at 03:08 AM on December 25, 2006
C'mon, let salmy in. It's Christmas, fer baby Jesus's sake.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:51 AM on December 25, 2006
Oh God don't bring religion into it.. ;-)
posted by salmacis at 03:15 PM on December 25, 2006
Well it would be nice to keep the Brummie hegemony going. I know Salmacis is only an imitation Brummie, but sod it, it's close enough for us to claim him as one of our own!
posted by Fat Buddha at 04:39 PM on December 25, 2006
My only (feeble, admittedly) reason to veto salmacis' inclusion is that I'm barely hanging in the top ten as it is, and the last thing I personally need is someone else who knows what the hell they're doing bringing our already impressive averages up into an unreachable stratosphere. But like Doctor Johnny Fever once said: what the hell, it's Christmas.
posted by chicobangs at 05:23 PM on December 25, 2006
I just need a little luck and my forwards to start going net and closing in on the top two (three w/sal) is reachable. Still have the wildcard in hand too.
posted by billsaysthis at 08:27 PM on December 25, 2006
Two goals for Primus and two for Drogba, my captain. O joy of joys excelling.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:31 AM on December 26, 2006
Hey, where's the week 20 update, huh? I'm just saying, I think someone got a pretty big score this week.
posted by worldcup2002 at 09:56 PM on December 27, 2006
1. update coming tomorrow. 2. I told salmacis to just post a link to his team so that I can grab all his old performance data and then I can integrate it into my existing spreadsheet....
posted by gspm at 10:10 PM on December 27, 2006
I like December.
posted by owlhouse at 02:48 AM on December 28, 2006
Is it just me or has this whole thing become more interesting since everybody got rid of Henry? There is now much more diversity in the teams which leads to a much greater fluctuation in the scores. It doesn't explain the sad demise of Squealy though!
posted by Fat Buddha at 05:05 AM on December 28, 2006
Is it just me or has this whole thing become more interesting since everybody got rid of Henry? And now with Terry out for an undetermined length of time, only Lamps remains of the holy trinity, Fantasy Footie style. Let the transfers begin!
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 08:21 AM on December 28, 2006
Indeed (and the fluctuation in scores -- except mine -- too)!
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:01 AM on December 28, 2006
76! nice work. and not even your season high score. Lampard isn't even the king anymore. He lost top spot Ronaldo this week.
posted by garfield at 11:57 AM on December 28, 2006
If I had Ronaldo ...
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:13 PM on December 28, 2006
I used up my wildcard to get Ronaldo and it's paid off handsomely in the last two weeks. I'll probably regret using it so early in the season as injuries and suspensions bite though. I have no idea how to post a link to my team's profile.
posted by salmacis at 03:50 PM on December 28, 2006
I'll probably regret using it so early in the season as injuries and suspensions bite though. Think I used mine in week 2 or 3. Then again, I reworked my whole awful team.
posted by yerfatma at 04:13 PM on December 28, 2006
salmacis, just email me the link (or even the four digit code that is in the URL of your team page, see my profile for my email). I tried to be industrious and lookup the leaders for Tottenham fans but you aren't quite that good.
posted by gspm at 04:33 PM on December 28, 2006
Trox, by a wafer thin margin.