Sunday, August 16, 2009
So, um…
It's rare to win an entire fantasy season 1.19% of the way through it, but Locomotiv Hamster might have done just that.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Fantasy football gameweek: site switch
Last year, I fizzled out in my attempts to keep up with Premier League fantasy football (perhaps this had something to do with my focus being on American fantasy football for a living). We used the premierleague.com site to manage everything, and I have to say I was impressed by its interface and player valuations.
This season, we attempted a switch to ESPN, which has basically an identical scoring system, but it was clear that 1) the system had plenty of bugs (like every transfer completely mangled your starting lineup at unrelated positions), and 2) their player valuations were not as sharp as premierleague.com's. Imagine that. I intend to keep up with my ESPN team because I think it'll be fairly easy, but our money league has moved.
Also, thanks to rowinio, you can compete with any and all pandgoalies in the league Versus Rowinio by entering 674350-265271 as the league code. You can have one team in several leagues, so sign up before tomorrow and let's duke it out with our favorite Pandagoal fantasy expert.
So what kind of roster did I (more of the fantasy intermediate) manage to field in the EPL site?
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Holland 2 England 2
Some quick thoughts on last night's Holland v England friendly, as I don't think it would have been screened in the US.
Robert Green - the West Ham 'keeper had a solid game, despite conceding two first half goals. Really, he was pretty much blameless for either, both coming as a direct result of a defensive player giftwrapping passes to the Dutch strikers. He made a number of pretty good saves, and started the move that led to Defoe's opener for England. Carlton Cole, of whom George Best once said: 'He can trap the ball further than I could kick it', also impressed with a late cameo, so there are reasons to be cheerful for the cash-strapped Irons and Gianfranco Zola.
Jermain Defoe - scored two, looked lively, could get 'Arry's Spurs off to a flier against a weakened Liverpool defence this weekend.
Dirk Kuyt - full of the usual industry - could get Rafa's Reds off to to a flier against a weaked Spurs defence this...erm....
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Today’s fantasy lineup
Does anybody else tinker with their fantasy lineup every day, or is it just me?
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