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December 31, 2006
Spofi EPL fantasy footie: Week 21 Update. In words of Fat Buddha: "Good week this week for all those who made the Ladyboy captain".
| # | Team | Manager | Gam | Tot | Chg | Transfers | Overall Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crap City United | gspm | 71 | 1077 | 0 | 24 | 11,944 |
| 2 | ATL Untitled | trox | 56 | 1051 | 0 | 12 | 26,854 |
| 3 | The Lawn Wranglers | lawn_wrangler | 71 | 1035 | +1 | 16 | 42,197 |
| 4 | Ardley Athletic | squealy | 74 | 1027 | +3 | 26 | 52,036 |
| 5 | BillSaysThisScores!! | billsaysthis | 57 | 1025 | -2 | 17 | 54,233 |
| 5 | Phatcat FC | garfield | 74 | 1025 | +1 | 24 | 54,616 |
| 7 | The Clitorati | Fat Buddha | 50 | 1013 | -2 | 10 | 71,455 |
| 8 | Inter Hoxton | skronk | 60 | 1004 | 0 | 23 | 87,502 |
| 9 | FIFA Rankings | Mr Bismarck | 77 | 1000 | +1 | 19 | 94,909 |
| 10 | The Red Mist | walrus | 51 | 985 | -1 | 16 | 125,640 |
| 11 | PunksInTheBeerlight | holden | 58 | 975 | 0 | 14 | 148,827 |
| 12 | Ball Booters | cabuki | 71 | 964 | +3 | 19 | 177,157 |
| 13 | My Hair Is So Bangin | chicobangs | 43 | 959 | -1 | 19 | 190,768 |
| 14 | Zizou Headbutters | worldcup2002 | 47 | 945 | 0 | 20 | 230,992 |
| 15 | Upper V, Bitches! | Jeffwa | 39 | 943 | -2 | 4 | 235,372 |
| 16 | Middle Pocket Mares | owlhouse | 40 | 923 | 0 | 9 | 297,879 |
| 17 | TX Devils | Texan_lost_in_NY | 40 | 905 | 0 | 22 | 357,102 |
| 18 | Arrowwood United | klangklangston | 38 | 883 | 0 | 3 | 426,676 |
| 19 | Range Park Queens | yerfatma | 39 | 881 | 0 | 12 | 434,008 |
| 19 | Th'All Black (Hand)s | The_Black_Hand | 73 | 881 | +6 | 20 | 434,623 |
| 21 | Cutters IV | mdb1 | 44 | 874 | 0 | 10 | 455,983 |
| 22 | EnFuego | etrader | 24 | 864 | -2 | 17 | 487,919 |
| 23 | Yukon United | YukonGold | 40 | 857 | +1 | 22 | 509,978 |
| 24 | This is Anfield | 27 | 53 | 851 | +2 | 0 | 525,480 |
| 25 | 00100011 00110001's | geekyguy | 50 | 846 | +2 | 15 | 542,686 |
| 25 | Sauril's WideBoys | sauril | 21 | 846 | -3 | 1 | 541,415 |
| 27 | The Magyars | obstacle2 | 17 | 841 | -4 | 2 | 556,350 |
| 28 | Spofield Town | James H | 39 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 589,959 |
| 29 | Fencers | Fence | 37 | 822 | 0 | 11 | 611,488 |
| 29 | Tunbridge Turtles | terrapin | 37 | 822 | 0 | 7 | 611,182 |
| 31 | I Like Beer | nickmark | 35 | 812 | 0 | 11 | 637,742 |
| 32 | Blammos! | StarFucker | 41 | 800 | 0 | 7 | 667,884 |
| 33 | vagabonds | catfish | 31 | 784 | 0 | 18 | 706,282 |
| 34 | FC Hammer | rcade | 29 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 755,275 |
| 35 | Sock My Balls | HATER 187 | 26 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 817,445 |
| 36 | Salmonbellies | rumple | 23 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 879,683 |
posted by gspm at 09:47 AM on December 31, 2006
posted by gspm at 09:48 AM on December 31, 2006
Top Twenty now, Top Ten next! "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee..." That Ronaldo, he's pretty damn good.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 11:23 AM on December 31, 2006
I'm back, I'm bad. I'm not black but I am mad.
posted by squealy at 07:54 PM on December 31, 2006
I picked the right day to sell bloody Samaras and buy Anichebe. I hate this game.
posted by Fat Buddha at 11:01 AM on January 01, 2007
Strangely, I'd just come here to taunt you about that FB. Still, at least you weren't spooked into selling Saha like me. Cue hat-trick.
posted by squealy at 11:09 AM on January 01, 2007
Sorry that was a typo. I meant cue groin-strain. :-)
posted by squealy at 11:56 AM on January 01, 2007
I sold Saha and Fabregas to get Solskjaer and Ronaldo. Solskjaer doesn't even make it to the bench today (after scoring in two straight games) and right now, James Milner of Newcastle has scored the only goal of the match. I imagine Fabregas will have a hattrick and two assists tomorrow.
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:58 AM on January 01, 2007
Solskjaer's too old to play three games over the Xmas hols. He may even be older than Santa. HT 1-1 (Milner and Scholes).
posted by squealy at 12:17 PM on January 01, 2007
Strike that. 1-2, Scholes again, Ronaldo assist.
posted by squealy at 12:23 PM on January 01, 2007
I shoulda bought Scholesy instead of Ronaldo. Plonkers.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:30 PM on January 01, 2007
I came very close to getting rid of Saha and I wish I had done! I also came close to buying Shorey instead of Taylor, and I bleeding well wish I had done that as well!
posted by Fat Buddha at 01:24 PM on January 01, 2007
DON'T PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just sacrificed another 12 points, that's 24 over the course of the last two games. I hate this game.
posted by Fat Buddha at 01:37 PM on January 01, 2007
Blimey.
posted by squealy at 01:47 PM on January 01, 2007
I brought on Saha this week, and gave him the armband. Freefall has begun.
posted by chicobangs at 03:24 PM on January 01, 2007
I picked the right day to sell bloody Samaras and buy Anichebe. Yuh, and I picked the wrong year to not get hammered on New Year's to get up and watch a snooze-fest. I don't know if this would be better as a separate locker room thread (probably better as me doing my own homework), but can someone explain the rule (something about a "provisional keeper") that forced Sheffield to play a positional player as keeper after Kenny got hurt?
posted by yerfatma at 04:15 PM on January 01, 2007
Each team only gets three substitutions for the match. If you've switched them all out, and your goalkeeper goes down, he has to be replaced by someone already on the pitch while you play a man down. I didn't see the match, but I'm guessing that (or something close to that) was what happened.
posted by chicobangs at 04:30 PM on January 01, 2007
Good guess chico, but no cigar. Sheff U manager Neil Warnock thinks that Phil Jagielka; the outfield player that replaced Kenny ) is a decent enough keeper. So he doesn't bother to put a reserve keeper on the bench. I assume he thinks it gives him more flexibility in terms of outfield substitutions. To be fair, Jagielka didn't look at all out of place in goal.
posted by squealy at 04:54 PM on January 01, 2007
Warnock takes a playful pop at Jagielka: "I like having an extra forward on the bench. I didn't panic when he (Jagielka) went in goal, he doesn't get worried and neither do I. It's the only chance he's got of being man-of-the-match."
posted by squealy at 05:00 PM on January 01, 2007
It looks lke being a pretty poor week this week, but fortunately, that seems to be the case for most people. I can't bloody stand Man Utd, but while I've got Ronaldo as captain, I was screaming at him every time he missed a chance against the Magpies.
posted by salmacis at 05:13 PM on January 01, 2007
I'm in! Many thanks to all of you who supported my request to join the league late. Of course since my first request, Ladyboy has become a points machine, and I've suddenly rocketed up to first place...
posted by salmacis at 03:05 AM on January 02, 2007
Oh, that's just what I need... another piranha in the tank.
posted by squealy at 12:55 PM on January 02, 2007
yerfatma - That "positional player plays in goal" thing also happened to Chelsea in the opening match this season. Though in that case, both of their keepers got injured and John Terry put on the gloves. But the game only lasted another kick or two.
posted by gspm at 01:39 PM on January 02, 2007
Ok, so it's not like the NFL where you can't play your 3rd-string QB until a certain point in time (or the other two are knocked out).
posted by yerfatma at 01:53 PM on January 02, 2007
A couple of stat tables related to the first half of the season (through week 19, and thereby excluding Salmacis) First half of the season - Performance Summary
posted by gspm at 02:23 PM on January 02, 2007
Pssst. Henry's back.
posted by squealy at 05:01 PM on January 02, 2007
Got a new entry for best game weeks, thanks to RVP.
posted by yerfatma at 05:45 PM on January 02, 2007
Well, there it goes. I had to use my wild card. There's no time like the present, since I'm losing ground weekly.
posted by trox at 09:02 PM on January 02, 2007
OK, so I really had to use it to get Henry in my lineup.
posted by trox at 09:06 PM on January 02, 2007