- 10:11 PM
- 03/21/10
lbb, I don't follow or agree with your reasoning at all. Either this place is open for all sports fans to join us, or not. We're not some clique.
posted by salmacis at 03:14 PM on July 30
Well how can you count the number of posts about rugby when they have to be categorised as "other"!? Seriously, cricket and rugby are such major international sports that it's ridiculous not to have them as categories.
posted by salmacis at 10:38 AM on July 30
I've set up a team in the Guardian league as well.
posted by salmacis at 06:47 AM on July 25
I'm in. I promise to actually keep an eye on the team this year..
posted by salmacis at 11:09 AM on July 17
garfield, no I havn't seen any highlights from midweek. I wouldn't be at all surprised at all if he did did dive (a penalty? At Old Trafford? To Man Utd? You don't say!)
posted by salmacis at 05:03 PM on February 01
Basically anyone with ladyboy as captain did really well this week. Again. :-)
posted by salmacis at 09:45 AM on February 01
Disastrous week. You know it's bad when a Watford defender is your best scorer..
posted by salmacis at 05:25 AM on January 25
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
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
I used up my wildcard to get Ronaldo and it's paid off handsomely in the last two weeks. I'll probably regret using it so early in the season as injuries and suspensions bite though. I have no idea how to post a link to my team's profile.
posted by salmacis at 03:50 PM on December 28
Oh God don't bring religion into it.. ;-)
posted by salmacis at 03:15 PM on December 25
I'm on 954. If I ever get to join, it's a three way battle for the lead!
posted by salmacis at 03:08 AM on December 25
Listen, if it causes you a problem, then don't worry about it. If it was just a case of opening the league up again, that's one thing, but I don't want to inconvenience you.
posted by salmacis at 11:07 AM on December 11
Why can't I join this league? I'd be up there near the top!
posted by salmacis at 08:03 AM on December 08
Sadly, "league is not accepting new entries". Bugger. Somebody needs to wind up that Bluenose.
posted by salmacis at 11:04 AM on November 21
I've been away from this site for a while. I've been running a team in the rec.sport.soccer league. Is it OK to add it to the SpoFi league?
posted by salmacis at 05:13 PM on November 20
TBH, I very rarely visit any more. The qality of posts AND comments is way down. There needs to be a seperate section for discussing match results and upcoming games. The focus on the site should be on interesting articles about Sport (sort of like the Observer Sport Monthly magazine), and the rest deleted. As to the comments, the moderators need to rule with an iron fist. Perhaps a system like MeFi, where it costs $5 to sign up would help. I'm sure it's a great way to stop the trolls signing up, and it would help pay the bills.
posted by salmacis at 01:15 PM on June 05
I *really* need Henry to have a stinker tomorrow. If I does, I'm laughing...
posted by salmacis at 03:10 PM on February 13
Hmm. If I sell Robben now I only get 9.7 million for him. (You only get half the profit if his value rises). Then if I want to buy him back again, it costs 10.4! What the hell do I do? Gamble on him being fit quickly? Replace him with Scholes? God I love this game...
posted by salmacis at 06:56 PM on February 03
I think it's a pretty poor week for me. I understand Dickov missed a penalty, so I'm feeling smug that I benched him this week..
posted by salmacis at 05:55 PM on February 02
Henry: 14.2, 156 points Johnson: 9.4, 114 points Hasselbaink: 10.7, 113 points If you consider that Henry scored a disproportionate amount of his points at the start of the season, the other two look a good bet. Meanwhile the 5.8 million saved by swapping Henry for Johnson is the difference between Lampard & Duff against Solano and Murphy, for example.
posted by salmacis at 12:13 PM on February 01
I'm sure Henry will score big between now and the end of the season. The question is, will he score enough to justify his price tag, considering who you can get for 4 million less?
posted by salmacis at 05:35 PM on January 31
In that case, you're in third. Thicko. How many are in your league, three?
posted by salmacis at 05:27 AM on January 29
Ironically, my problem was not buying Henry until the end of August, by which time I was a full 75 points behind Calmy. I've pretty much kept pace with people since then.
posted by salmacis at 12:21 PM on January 28
So am I the only one who ditched Henry a few weeks ago?
posted by salmacis at 03:11 PM on January 27
Updated table? I'm gunning for Big Calm!
posted by salmacis at 12:06 PM on January 25
*sigh* West Brom finally win again, and all we're doing is tread water..
posted by salmacis at 01:34 PM on January 22
New England, cover, under Philadelphia, cover, over
posted by salmacis at 06:32 PM on January 19
I'm annoyed I got off to such a slow start this year. Otherwise I'd be in touch with wc2002 in 7th. Still, I've made steady improvement since about week 4.
posted by salmacis at 02:06 PM on January 18
must... resist.... the... urge.... to.... slag... off.... the..... Villa.... *Gnnnah*! LionIndex: I don't think anyone has ever accused Witty of being intelligent.
posted by salmacis at 01:02 PM on January 11
Atlanta by 3 Minnesota by 7 Pittsburgh by 10 Indianapolis by 7
posted by salmacis at 05:13 PM on January 10
Seattle by 7 Green Bay by 12 San Diego by 4 Indian Police by 10
posted by salmacis at 04:19 PM on January 06
Somebody scored 96 this week in another league I'm in. Bastard. I'm still ahead of him though. It's a shame I made such a poor start. I've not been at all bad the last 10 weeks or so. Fat Buddha, I'm gunning for ya!
posted by salmacis at 03:13 PM on December 08
How the hell did Shaun Wright-Philips not get a 3 point bonus this week? All the commentators were raving about him. Bias!
posted by salmacis at 12:33 PM on November 23
I took a 4 point hit in order to get Robben. Already that looks like a smart move. Pires and Reyes - gone.
posted by salmacis at 02:59 AM on November 15
Throw the form book out for the Spurs game. WBA could well be on a new manager bounce, and Blues are nowhere near as bad as their league position indicates. In addition, Europe has shown EPL teams how to play Arsenal. Sit back, slow the game down, and they aren't half as effective.
posted by salmacis at 05:47 PM on November 09
Crystal Palace were bottom feeders...
posted by salmacis at 01:18 PM on November 09
Yup, I'm down there because I was too late joining the Henry bandwaggon. I'm now wondering if if might be time to sell and use the money on other areas.
posted by salmacis at 12:33 PM on November 09
shudder Now there's a mental image I could have done without before going to bed.
posted by salmacis at 06:50 PM on October 16
Nice week for me...I'm a movin' on up!
posted by salmacis at 06:26 PM on October 16
Actually, JJ is being a bit kind to me. I was crap (as I warned him beforehand) and it was Rob who kept us in the game. Fun though. I haven't played in *ages*. I got a few photos which are just about viewable after some cleaning up in the Gimp. I'll post them Monday.
posted by salmacis at 04:08 PM on October 08
*sigh* I'm even worse than I remember at table tennis.. StarFucker: You wait till you see the pictures of the synchronised doubles table tennis...
posted by salmacis at 04:47 PM on October 06
Gera's class. But I wouldn't trust him to get the points over a season. We're just not going to score enough goals.
posted by salmacis at 01:07 PM on October 05
garfield: I was going to replace Pires with Lampard as well, but I paused for two reasons: 1) Pires was rested after a midweek European game last week - that shouldn't apply this week, 2) I had to raise some money, so I made a switch in defence. I'm trying to limit myself to 1 transfer a week this year.
posted by salmacis at 01:06 PM on October 05
Fat Buddha doesn't ... the daft Brummie.
posted by salmacis at 01:04 PM on October 05
I find it sick that BigCalm is over 500 well before I even reach 400... Why did Pires not play again?
posted by salmacis at 03:36 AM on October 03
yeah squealy, I think that's the only weakness of this game - the player valuations are a bit too static. Mind you 19,000 transfers in out of around 330,000 players? That's only about 6%.
posted by salmacis at 09:19 AM on October 02
I've had a good think about it and I've decided that I'm going to steer clear of Rooney for the moment. His goalscoring last year was nothing special and it remains to be seen just how often he'll play.
posted by salmacis at 01:06 PM on September 30
Damn..never got a chance to read this yesterday... I probably would have been there otherwise.
posted by salmacis at 01:02 PM on September 30
Table tennis tomorrow night at Peers School, eh? I literally am just round the corner... ;-)
posted by salmacis at 01:11 PM on September 28
Hoult is no longer in my starting 11. I discovered that Green was almost the same price.
posted by salmacis at 12:39 PM on September 22
I see the Harlequin Bowmen practising occasionally as I leave work. I tried archery recently on an activity weekend. Good fun - I wouldn't mind trying it more seriously.
posted by salmacis at 12:18 PM on September 21
bastard, Big Calm. I'm a West Brom fan, and I don't have any of their players in my starting 11.
posted by salmacis at 12:13 PM on September 21
This is brilliant. Keep us posted with your updates. Also, let us know in advance when you're planning some of these. I'm in Oxford as well, and I'd happily take some pictures for the rest of 'em here to laugh at.
posted by salmacis at 04:48 AM on September 18
Welcome to the New Server
I'm finding it really hard to read comments with the new SpoFi. Is it possible to make the "posted by salmacis at 12:00 AM - reply" line made smalled and/or with a different colour background?