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January 14, 2008
Week 22 update for the Spofi EPL fantasy footie.: Ronaldo runs riot and pleases all who had him captain. At least until you notice that he was also captain of the teams that you had any hope of passing. Ah well.
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posted by gspm at 02:19 PM on January 14, 2008
Recent Overall ranks
| Team | Manager | Overall Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wk 22 | wk 21 | wk 20 | wk 19 | wk 18 | ||
| Ardley Athletic | squealy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Phatcat FC | garfield | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hamburglar SV | trox | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| jellyfish-in-trifle | lawn_wrangler | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Unsuitably Named | tselson | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Rollercoaster Tits | worldcup2002 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Foreign Exchange | holden | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Crap City United | gspm | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| BillSaysThisScores!! | billsaysthis | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| The UnNamed | Fence | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| Ball Booters | cabuki | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Leonard Marx FC | chicobangs | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Yukon United | YukonGold | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Dover Divers | yerfatma | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 |
| The Bazooka Joes | Fat Buddha | 15 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| TX Kickin' Devils | Texan_lost_in_NY | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Salmacis FC | salmacis | 17 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| SpoFi Spurs | r8rh8r27 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| Ladyboy's Garters | The_Black_Hand | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| Cutters V | mdb1 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
| Laconico United | Ricardo | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Hackney Hipsters | skronk | 22 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 |
| Middle Pocket Llamas | owlhouse | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Mighty Redmen | walrus | 24 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| vagabonds | catfish | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| En Fuego | etrader | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Buckeye FC | Jeffwa | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Slide Rulers | geekyguy | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| AFX Argonauts | afx237vi | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| Velocity Boys | jasonspaceman | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Liver Spots | rcade | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
posted by gspm at 02:19 PM on January 14, 2008
The pool average of 70.0 is the highest yet. Squealy's week score of 102 is the highest yet with the top 4 scores this week all beating the previous high that was 90 (set by Yukon United in week 15). Personal best weeks posted by AFX Argonauts, Ball Booters, The UnNamed, The Foreign Exchange, The Bazooka Joes, Crap City United, Phatcat FC, Salmacis FC, Velocity Boys, Buckeye FC, Ardley Athletic, jellyfish-in-trifle, Unsuitably Named , Ladyboy's Garters, Red Dragons If you didn't have your best week I guess you didn't have enough ManU, Villa or Everton players.
posted by gspm at 02:27 PM on January 14, 2008
phthtlhthphptht.
posted by chicobangs at 03:21 PM on January 14, 2008
with the international break coming again soon perhaps the time is night to use the wildcard and blow up my squad.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:38 PM on January 14, 2008
@WC: As well as you did this week, I would just like to point out that you don't have a color bar on your score and indeed rather than moving into the top three you actually dropped a spot (like me). PPPPPhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by billsaysthis at 03:39 PM on January 14, 2008
Just my luck to rack up 71 and have it be average. Damn Ronaldo owners.
posted by yerfatma at 03:42 PM on January 14, 2008
Phew, I survived a week without Ronaldo as captain (which helped quite a few folks it appears).
posted by trox at 04:03 PM on January 14, 2008
I've got no problems with my team, have pretty much the players I want but am certainly losing ground on the top of the table. Oh well. At least I won this pool once so I don't have to be all Sisyphus FC.
posted by gspm at 04:46 PM on January 14, 2008
Indeed, this weekend's experience was very much like winning a lottery and discovering that everyone else had also won ... bigger prizes than you. Having said that, I'm only 1 point behind #5 and have moved closer, points-wise, to #3 and #4 than in previous weeks. My only mistake was expecting that Portsmouth would beat Sunderland. This week, I'll be back up in the top 5, possibly top 4.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:24 PM on January 14, 2008
Thanks CRon.
posted by squealy at 03:08 AM on January 15, 2008
Just my luck to rack up 71 and have it be average. No kiddin'. 83 points and not a hint of color. And I did it without Ronaldo, no less!
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:05 AM on January 15, 2008
Never should've dropped Tevez. Doh!
posted by garfield at 07:43 AM on January 15, 2008
ARRRGGGGHHHHH! I hate this fucking game.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 12:51 PM on January 15, 2008
No kiddin'. 83 points and not a hint of color. And I did it without Ronaldo, no less! That's admirable, and I like the look of your team. Fact is though you'll do shit all in this game without Ronaldo. He's the new Henry.
posted by squealy at 01:27 PM on January 15, 2008
Yeah, but he's a dick. He's the Roger Clemens of soccer, and since I'm not going to win, I can stand on principle and leave him off my team. I don't want to ever be put in a situation where I have to cheer for him to do anything other than choke.
posted by chicobangs at 01:56 PM on January 15, 2008
posted by yerfatma at 01:58 PM on January 15, 2008
I've warmed to him somewhat, which wasn't difficult seeing as my perspective after he got Rooney sent off was glacial. He coped well with the grief he got after that, a little like Beckham's pathetic sending off against the Argies proved to be a turning point. He's even started doing post-match interviews now and comes across as a self-effacing, modest young man. And he plays with a smile on his face, which is always good to see. He's still a twat though.
posted by squealy at 06:26 PM on January 15, 2008
Chico. A man after my own heart.
posted by owlhouse at 09:06 PM on January 15, 2008
May you all burn in Old Trafford hell. Except maybe Squealy. I'm not sure twat-calling is a burnable offense.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 09:46 PM on January 15, 2008
I believe it is an event at one of those hunting competitions though.
posted by yerfatma at 05:48 AM on January 16, 2008
Release the twat-hounds!
posted by The_Black_Hand at 07:44 AM on January 16, 2008
Woof! Woof!
posted by worldcup2002 at 09:22 AM on January 16, 2008
posted by YukonGold at 03:28 PM on January 16, 2008
/retires to filing cabinet
posted by yerfatma at 05:51 PM on January 16, 2008
Hong Kong Phooey, world's number one super guy!
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:07 PM on January 16, 2008
Picked the wrong guy for captain this week 23. Ronaldo got a nice goal but Benjani got a hattrick!
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:34 PM on January 19, 2008
And I had my finger on the "sell" button for Keane when he didn't start, but then he scored... Seems like Ramos should look at Keano's form and start him. Defoe? C'mon. That cost me a whole extra point for minutes played.
posted by gspm at 07:58 PM on January 19, 2008
And to think, I almost gave up Benjani to get Ronaldo.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 08:55 PM on January 19, 2008
I have Benjani but Adebayor was my captain this week, not a bad second choice. I need Gerrard to get another hat trick tomorrow and big points from Petrov, Lescott and Laursen would help since despite nice scoring today I'm still 16 points behind the team ahead of me.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:10 AM on January 20, 2008
Top ten! w00t etc :) I know I'm late, but I've been absent a lot from webland recently. And I'm top of my work league, so its all good. Course I do expect to fall from grace any moment now
posted by Fence at 12:04 PM on January 24, 2008
Where's the week 23 update, gspm? It's not like you have a new baby to take care of!
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:30 PM on January 24, 2008
I'm on it. Slowly. When she sleeps six consecutive hours last night you savour the day.
posted by gspm at 07:30 PM on January 24, 2008
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