April 05, 2004

EPL Fantasy League Week 31 (beginning of April): The FA Cup semifinals delay the customary huge point hauls from Charlton and Portsmouth players to other gameweeks, leaving many rosters full of many holes. Could kWaCkY's pursuers take advantage? Well, Alan Shearer finally busted another 16-point move to help the three closest pursuers -- including week-winners Bayern Mucus (with 75) -- close a bit of the gap, but Kwitters still lead bluebears with a game in hand for Matt Holland and some other guys. (more inside)

posted by taupe to navel gazing at 09:26 PM - 31 comments

Keeping the color fade in the 17-20 range, just 'cos:

Overall
   Team   Manager   T   G   R   P 
 1  Kwacky's Kwitters   mr kwacky   32   22   2,934   1,528 
 2  bluebears   andy griffiths   20   63   3,672   1,516 
 3  Bayern Mucus 03   Danny The Taupe   41   75   3,922   1,513 
 4  Ardley Athletic   Squealy Neily   44   52   5,040   1,500 
 5  Rings of Saturn   David Hansen   5   44   9,906   1,459 
 6  Crap City United   g s p m   17   31   10,401   1,456 
 7  Mossy Athletic   Emad Mostaque   26   48   22,657   1,396 
 8  Cottage Cheesers   worldcup 2002   47   46   28,290   1,375 
 9  The Bog Bandits   Fat Buddha   38   30   28,782   1,373 
 10  FC Cacahuate   skronk _   44   47   38,607   1,341 
 11  Deadly Calm   Big Calm   26   18   44,744   1,322 
 12  Bosiak Bashers   joe bieda   35   39   48,534   1,311 
 13  Blammos!   Star Unsuitable   28   31   49,182   1,309 
 14  last again   eckeric eckeric   8   21   52,137   1,300 
 15  fascist bully boys   Ufez Jones   22   45   55,003   1,292 
 16  Terrapin Utd   Rick Scully   20   33   57,733   1,284 
 17  BillSaysThisSCORES!!   Bill Lazar   27   48   61,027   1,275 
 18  vagabonds   christopher f   20   22   66,284   1,260 
 19  cutters   mbd1 mbd1   24   52   72,592   1,242 
 20  37 Push Ups   Corpse R. Christ   1   14   76,938   1,229 
 21  Atlanta Untitled   Tim Truxell   22   48   78,082   1,226 
 22  Finally   Mark D   13   37   79,051   1,223 
 23  Salmacis FC   Huw Morris   14   28   83,091   1,211 
 24  SilentInTheMorning   pful ler   2   21   84,994   1,205 
 25  Nemo's Dreamers   lil nemo   14   5   86,734   1,200 
 26  Sporting Goats   Eliot Shepard   0   23   97,492   1,167 
 27  Generals F.C.   Noah Egorin   14   41   99,288   1,162 
 28  AVZ Bulls   usf bull   17   37   118,850   1,098 
 29  tallclay   Clay H   16   21   121,147   1,090 
 30  Trendelmaniacs   t trendel   0   18   176,655   878 
 31  The Phat Cats   garfield one bad SpoFo!   9   34   260,894   326 
 32  JasonSpaceman   Jason Wilder   17   21   273,694   227 
 
April
   Team   Manager   T   G   R   P 
 1  Bayern Mucus 03   Danny The Taupe   0   75   852   75 
 2  bluebears   andy griffiths   0   63   7,156   63 
 3  cutters   mbd1 mbd1   0   52   25,402   52 
 3  Ardley Athletic   Squealy Neily   1   52   27,919   52 
 5  Atlanta Untitled   Tim Truxell   0   48   37,004   48 
 5  BillSaysThisSCORES!!   Bill Lazar   0   48   37,004   48 
 5  Mossy Athletic   Emad Mostaque   0   48   37,004   48 
 8  FC Cacahuate   skronk _   1   47   44,029   47 
 9  Cottage Cheesers   worldcup 2002   1   46   48,113   46 
 10  Rings of Saturn   David Hansen   0   44   52,503   44 
 11  Generals F.C.   Noah Egorin   0   41   67,063   41 
 12  Bosiak Bashers   joe bieda   0   39   78,360   39 
 13  Finally   Mark D   0   37   91,191   37 
 13  AVZ Bulls   usf bull   0   37   91,191   37 
 13  fascist bully boys   Ufez Jones   3   45   98,009   37 
 16  The Phat Cats   garfield one bad SpoFo!   0   34   113,158   34 
 17  Terrapin Utd   Rick Scully   0   33   121,043   33 
 18  Crap City United   g s p m   0   31   137,992   31 
 18  Blammos!   Star Unsuitable   0   31   137,992   31 
 20  Salmacis FC   Huw Morris   0   28   164,462   28 
 21  The Bog Bandits   Fat Buddha   2   30   191,461   26 
 22  Sporting Goats   Eliot Shepard   0   23   209,076   23 
 23  vagabonds   christopher f   0   22   217,504   22 
 24  last again   eckeric eckeric   0   21   225,591   21 
 24  SilentInTheMorning   pful ler   0   21   225,591   21 
 24  tallclay   Clay H   0   21   225,591   21 
 24  JasonSpaceman   Jason Wilder   0   21   225,591   21 
 28  Trendelmaniacs   t trendel   0   18   247,813   18 
 28  Deadly Calm   Big Calm   0   18   247,813   18 
 28  Kwacky's Kwitters   mr kwacky   2   22   254,162   18 
 31  37 Push Ups   Corpse R. Christ   0   14   270,625   14 
 32  Nemo's Dreamers   lil nemo   0   5   293,867   5 

posted by taupe at 09:28 PM on April 05, 2004

I'm in the pre-fade group. w00t! So now wait, what exactly does "with a game in hand for Matt Holland and some other guys" mean? Asks the Texas boy.

posted by Ufez Jones at 10:14 PM on April 05, 2004

And by the by, total props go out to Rings of Saturn who have made a scant 5(!) transfers all season long yet still remain in the top five. Impressive, that.

posted by Ufez Jones at 10:16 PM on April 05, 2004

Won't this week be updated when ManUre and Arses play their postponed matches? Most of us have substantial roster bits from those two outfits.

posted by billsaysthis at 10:32 PM on April 05, 2004

For once, for just bloody once, I'd like to have an emphatic eye-popping score.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:45 AM on April 06, 2004

Pah! It's a fix I tells ya.

posted by kWaCkY at 12:54 AM on April 06, 2004

with a game in hand for Matt Holland and some other guys It means that all teams have to play the same number of games. Charlton, Manchester United, Arsenal and Portsmouth have played one game less than the rest of the league. So at some point in the seaason, those of us with players from those teams, will be picking up some points when the postponed games are played.

posted by kWaCkY at 12:57 AM on April 06, 2004

i gotta learn to pay attention to this pool EVERY week. getting a hit with three actionless arsenal players doesn't help but at least considering shearer as captain would have crossed my mind had I looked at the thing. and with arsenal playing two EPL games in three days next weekend I will assume that the three aresenal players I have won't give me two full games worth of points. that said, getting 22 points while sitting at the top of the table is even more grim.

posted by gspm at 01:14 AM on April 06, 2004

Last week I wondered if my policy of having 3 playing subs would pay off this week. Well it did, they all played. Sadly though, they managed a grand total of 0 points between them; for the first time this season. Thanks guys. I *heart* Shearer.

posted by squealy at 02:02 AM on April 06, 2004

picking a captain is fucking aggravating. ....and double kudos to rings of saturn....5 transfers is hella impressive.

posted by garfield at 07:21 AM on April 06, 2004

I am aiming for the Tinkerman "Most Transfers" award.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:35 AM on April 06, 2004

Look at it this way, gspm: at least you won't have that problem with those players anymore this season.

posted by taupe at 02:45 PM on April 06, 2004

heh, true. i am sure the arsenal players will be motivated from here on in.

posted by gspm at 01:37 AM on April 07, 2004

and now Henry is out for 2 weeks :-( I can see me doing an Arsenal

posted by kWaCkY at 03:44 AM on April 07, 2004

I did an Arsenal last year... Oh the horror!

posted by StarFucker at 02:03 PM on April 07, 2004

In the Champions League thing, I've just done an AC Milan.

posted by taupe at 02:42 PM on April 07, 2004

that is better than doing an "I forgot I was in the pool and never changed any of my picks after the second set of teams were eliminated".

posted by gspm at 03:21 PM on April 07, 2004

(well, maybe not since my mostly inactive guys seem to have outscored your fully active team)

posted by gspm at 03:25 PM on April 07, 2004

I seem to have a choice between "shit or bust" and "shit and bust". Shit.

posted by squealy at 04:09 PM on April 07, 2004

oh BOLLOCKS Feck and ARSE I sell Henry and then he goes and has a scan to find out he's only got a niggle in his back and it's not his fecking hamstring IT'LL BE MORE THAN HIS FECKING HAMSTRING IF I LAY MY HANDS ON HIM Anyone want a title? I just threw a good one in the bin.

posted by kWaCkY at 12:20 PM on April 08, 2004

i'm sure you didn't swap henry for some worthless schlub. i was gonna swap him until i heard on the radio on my way home that he's possible or probable for liverpool so i guess i'll hang on to him. maybe that kind of thinking is what keeps me in 5th/6th though.

posted by gspm at 12:54 PM on April 08, 2004

Regrets? Ive had a few....

posted by kWaCkY at 08:34 AM on April 09, 2004

Well, that's the worst trade I've ever made. Henry (who would've been my captain) traded away on the week he scores a HAT-TRICK! Graaaaaaaaargh!

posted by worldcup2002 at 10:00 AM on April 09, 2004

I'm glad I trigger shy. Too bad I thought Pires would pick up the slack in his absence. Oh well.

posted by garfield at 10:36 AM on April 09, 2004

squealy's in first now, pending Everton-Spurs.

posted by taupe at 12:15 PM on April 09, 2004

squealy should have made Henry captain, but he ain't complaining too much. Sad to say, I was sat with my finger on the captain button at 11.28am waiting in vain to hear an all-clear on Henry before the deadline, and chose Pires because I knew he was going to play.

posted by squealy at 12:26 PM on April 09, 2004

I just hope I can hang onto a Euro spot :-S

posted by kWaCkY at 12:30 PM on April 09, 2004

My minor (very minor) consolation is that I picked Owen, who scored today. But we still lost to the Arsenal. :-(

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:27 PM on April 09, 2004

I guess I picked a good week to have Graveson on the field and as captain. Fuck Henry and his three goals, though, the 'Pool rulez!

posted by billsaysthis at 03:04 PM on April 09, 2004

bill: You may want to read a Liverpool fan's perspective on the game today. [April 9 (today's) post. Sorry, no permalink.] The whole team needs to change.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:07 PM on April 09, 2004

WC, I was looking at the match stats and wondering why Finnan was not in the Carragher slot and Henchoz in where Biscan was lying down.

posted by billsaysthis at 09:13 PM on April 09, 2004

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