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August 11, 2009
EPL Fantasy League Starting Up Soon: The Premiership begins play Saturday when Chelsea plays Hull City at Stamford Bridge. Here's the discussion for members interested in playing this season.
posted by tselson at 11:26 PM on August 14, 2009
Season starts tomorrow and there are no posts!?!
posted by StarFucker at 01:12 AM on August 15, 2009
What to say SF? After the games there will be plenty.
I can say that anyone (I'm looking at you, Ives Galarcep) who picked Aston Villa to push up into the top four this season are likely already proved wrong. They were crap all over the world, to paraphrase Status Quo.
posted by billsaysthis at 02:03 PM on August 15, 2009
And with Villa having a home defeat by Wigan, that's why billsaysthis is currently third in our league. Well spotted, sir!
posted by owlhouse at 05:57 PM on August 15, 2009
Fourth now. Still, better than where I was in May :)
posted by billsaysthis at 02:13 PM on August 17, 2009
Villa's form collapsed last year when Laursen disappeared and now they don't have Barry in the middle. They won three of their last 16 to end last season, I think, (two of those against Newcastle and Hull).
I know MON can turn sow into silk, but I think they'll really struggle this year, as they've lost a lot of steel there.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:14 PM on August 17, 2009
Rumours abound of disharmony in the Villa camp, payers fighting each other at pre season tournaments, players not supporting the team when they haven't been picked, that sort of thing.
It's all rather fantastic, unlike my dismal early season form. Is it too early to say I hate this game?
posted by Fat Buddha at 02:53 PM on August 17, 2009
Ives picked Arsenal to finish 7th. What alternate universe is he living in. It's definitely possible that one of the top 4 could drop out of those spots, but two of them? And one as far as 7th. (I wonder how he feels about that after the Gunners put six past Everton).
posted by trox at 04:29 PM on August 17, 2009
Controversy sells papers blogs.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:03 PM on August 18, 2009
I wonder how he feels about that after the Gunners put six past Everton
Not as badly as I do. I was away for the day, came back and saw your post on Twitter about Arsenal's result and thought "Good for them". Then I remembered who Everton was playing in the first week.
posted by yerfatma at 02:53 PM on August 18, 2009