Fantasy Football 08/09

[Omnis]

I'm well disappointed with my team. Little did I know that Berbatov would not get off his arse and that Fabregas was injured Now Man City (yes, Man City!) look like they are going to get Berbatov, and Torres is injured. What a bunch of donkeys my dream team is turning out to be 👎 Still, impressive scores at the top of our league already... I'm in another league with some non-GTP mates at the top scorer is only on 41...

Yeah, it's a crazy season. And with stupid Liverpool's squad rotation, I can't ever figure out who is playing. Each week, 2 of my 3 transfers wind up not playing.

 

[itgirlxx]

Smallhorses is still a little miffed that I've beaten him for the last 3 weeks.

 

[Smallhorses]

Make that 4 out of 4 weeks.

That's it. I'm taking my betting money and heading for Blackpool to bet on the donkeys there. At least they're reliable!

Although, I'm still tremendously glad that my fantasy manager scores a big fat zero this weekend at Liverpool's expense!

 

[Smallhorses]

Jose Mourinho's "I'm On Setanta Sports" - YouTube Thread

"The Special One".....

....is most disappointed that none of you are "doing it to him on the YouTube" thread even though all 27 episodes have been provided for your viewing pleasure.

On another note, I've had my most successful Fantasy League week yet, added 13 points to my tally. Sadly, everyone else did more-or-less the same thing, so I'm still the Tiny Lifeboat that's following the Giant Tugboat (everyone else!) that's escorting Only_in_f1's Gargantuan Cruise-Liner out to sea.

 

[Alex.]

I'm back upto 2nd. I doubt I'll get anywhere besides there but oh well.

 

[Only_in_f1]

Well im doing alright I think.

Interesting fact. Gareth Bale, also my left back, has never won a Premiership game.(

 

[Touring Mars]

Congrats, Mike 👍 You are doing fantastically well, esp. since you still have 100% of the squad you started with - your striker selection in particular was inspired It's hotting up for 2nd place, but we are currently all eating your dust, mate

 

[Only_in_f1]

Thanks very much. Im thinking of taking out my Tottenham pair of Bale and Modric as they are doing naf all. Apart from that its going good.

Im just waiting for Fabregas to turn it on.

Interesting fact #2: Im 99 overall. 2nd place in the league is 10153
#3: Only manager in top 100 not to change 1 player, or so im told.

 

[Smallhorses]

Im just waiting for Fabregas to turn it on.

I gave up on him. Injured for the first 2 games, played last 4, scored none, no assists. Too expensive to be doing nothing, so I got shut of him and the misfiring Darren Bent from Tottenham and used the funds to plug the gaps in my leaky defence and draft in a cheaper, but point-scoring midfielder & striker!

Sods Law now dictates that Fabregas will score a hat-trick and get a couple assists when Arsenal thrash Sunderland 5-0 next weekend.

 

[itgirlxx]

I'm back upto 2nd. I doubt I'll get anywhere besides there but oh well.

If we forget about the number of goals for a minute, then we're tied at 2nd place.

 

[Only_in_f1]

I gave up on him. Injured for the first 2 games, played last 4, scored none, no assists. Too expensive to be doing nothing, so I got shut of him and the misfiring Darren Bent from Tottenham and used the funds to plug the gaps in my leaky defence and draft in a cheaper, but point-scoring midfielder & striker!

Sods Law now dictates that Fabregas will score a hat-trick and get a couple assists when Arsenal thrash Sunderland 5-0 next weekend.

Im keeping faith. I hope he gets back to his ways of last season.

If he's too expensive to carry just think where I might be if I picked someone else.

 

[Alex.]

If we forget about the number of goals for a minute, then we're tied at 2nd place.

Hooray for Torres

 

[Touring Mars]

I kshould have known that swapping Torres for Berbatov was a bad move

Not a great weekend for me, but atleast I'm only 8 pts off the lead in my other league

 

[Smallhorses]

Damned stupid international break.

Torres hamstrung for Spain.
Gallas hamstrung for France.
Cech injured for Czech Republic.
Bosingwa injured for Portugal.

Guess which 4 players were in my fantasy team?



Emergency transfers necessary methinks.

 

[itgirlxx]

Thanks for the reminder!

 

[Smallhorses]

Damnit.
So it was sensible to remove Torres for Rooney for the weeks that he's injured, however, I'd also given Zaki just 1 week to score, and given that he was facing Liverpool this weekend, had no chance of scoring right?
D'oh.
2 goals, 6 points wasted, and Cisse who missed a hatful of chances and struck the woodwork in his place.
Dang.

 

[itgirlxx]

Miserable week for me! A measly 5 points. I think I need to start paying more attention to the fitness of my players.

 

[Omnis]

Damned stupid international break.

Torres hamstrung for Spain.
Gallas hamstrung for France.
Cech injured for Czech Republic.
Bosingwa injured for Portugal.

Guess which 4 players were in my fantasy team?



Emergency transfers necessary methinks.

Yeah, you're telling me. What sucks is there's only 3 transfers.

 

[Touring Mars]

Hey Mike, I've cut your lead to just 7 points now, and my team is 29th in the Monthly Leaderboard, with 80 points this month alone

I'm also cruising in 1st place in my mate's league

 

[Alex.]

I've gone down faster than a thai hooker, Torres is keeping my team alive!

 

[Only_in_f1]

Hey Mike, I've cut your lead to just 7 points now, and my team is 29th in the Monthly Leaderboard, with 80 points this month alone

I'm also cruising in 1st place in my mate's league

I can't change me team

Every time I log in it says I haven't selected one.

So that seems to be my team for the rest of the season

 

[Touring Mars]

Strange Have you tried deleting your cookies etc. and logging in again? When you log in, can you see your own team page? Perhaps you could try emailing them about the problem - my advice is to wait a few weeks until I have over-taken you, and then try to solve the problem

Seriously, though, that's a pisser - how long have you been unable to change players?

 

[itgirlxx]

I was wondering why the gap at the top was closing so quickly. And Mars, stop getting so many points!!!

 

[Touring Mars]

Did you get the problem sorted, Mike?

I have a sneaky strategy planned - been studying the form books, checking the ins and the outs, and keeping my ear to the ground blah blah blah, and am now waiting on the moment to make my master stroke (or atleast it could be...) Of course, my "master stroke" last season was to ditch Ronaldo after 5 games... Go me....

And Rachel, sorry about scoring all those points - I'm not doing it on purpose, honestly

 

[Only_in_f1]

Well, remember I had trouble entering? Well after the first time didn't work I took the advice to register again and second time around it worked. On my old pc it auto logged me in to my account and my team. So when I got this new PC I logged in and it said that I hadn't picked a team.

 

[itgirlxx]

This has to be my worst week - currently standing at 1 point with the Villa game still to be played. Guess my 22 points from last week were just a tease

 

[Only_in_f1]

After a quick email to the admins I have sorted out my problems

 

[Smallhorses]

Wooooo!!!!

I'm not last anymore!!!!

Even after my inauspicious forays into negativity for the first few weeks, you may now call me "Rotherham" for the rest of the season!

 

[Touring Mars]

Good weekend for me Not only did all but one of my defenders get clean sheets, the only one who didn't was Gallas - who wasn't playing in Arsenal's 3-0 drubbing by Man City.

 

[Only_in_f1]

I spoke too soon didn't i..