January 17, 2005

posted by BigCalm at 03:42 AM on January 17, 2005

woah. how did I get 60 points without Henry getting anything, without my goalie getting a shutout? ahhhh. wright-philips and Lampard.

posted by sauril at 02:44 PM on January 17, 2005

btw, thanks for the timely posting, Calmy. I hope this means you've fully recovered from your surgery. Cheers.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:57 PM on January 17, 2005

I think this week will see some real shuffling in the top 7; there's only about 3-9 pts separating any contiguous spot. Man!

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:49 PM on January 17, 2005

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, 2005

Stay away from me, salmacis! I fart in your general direction! Pooh! Pooh!

posted by worldcup2002 at 04:38 PM on January 18, 2005

Well, it was Djimi Traore's fault ... 1-0 to Burnley. Good for them. As for Liverpool ... When you can't be bothered to send the very best ...

posted by worldcup2002 at 05:54 PM on January 18, 2005

the internet demands videoclips, animated gifs and the like!

posted by gspm at 07:00 AM on January 19, 2005

Holy cow, that's a bush league mistake if I've ever seen one. Hell, all he had to do was leave the ball well enough alone! Apparently, the FA Cup isn't high on Rafa's list of priorites. (Of course, after last weekend, it became a lot higher on my team's than it was before most likely).

posted by trox at 01:53 PM on January 19, 2005

I don't know, i feel bad for Traore. He has really improved this year. I like him much more than Carragher who is a liability. Traore made a mistake, but he couldn't just leave it alone as you say trox, as there was an opponent ready to pounce coming in from the right. What he should have done is just kick the ball away for a corner.

posted by StarFucker at 07:20 AM on January 20, 2005

Traore was stuck in central defence whereas he's been playing fullback all season long, and this might have been was a Benitez mistake. If he wanted to give youngsters a chance to play, and rest some of the regulars, why not use Jon Otsemobor to partner Sammi. Or better, couldn't Pellegrino, who had no first team football before last week, use the game to run up his form and develop the partnership with Hyypia and Dudek? Better news: 'Pool have beaten off Chelsea for Scott Carson. Southampton seem like a good first opponent if he's in game shape.

posted by billsaysthis at 02:34 PM on January 20, 2005

Saints 2 Liverpool 0? That Pellegrino was a little flat, no?

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:20 AM on January 22, 2005

*sigh* West Brom finally win again, and all we're doing is tread water..

posted by salmacis at 01:34 PM on January 22, 2005

Benitez, man, he makin' some mighty questionable decisions lately, I and I be sayin'. /in honor of the EPL debut by Trinidad and Tobago's Kenwyne Jones, who the US will be seeing on 9 Feb.

posted by billsaysthis at 02:29 PM on January 22, 2005

I think i am going to STAY forever in 21st place...

posted by StarFucker at 10:45 AM on January 25, 2005

Updated table? I'm gunning for Big Calm!

posted by salmacis at 12:06 PM on January 25, 2005

Calmy's in Holland until Wednesday.

posted by worldcup2002 at 06:23 PM on January 25, 2005

I'd like to hear something from Calmy to explain his huge slide. 31 points? You almost got topped by lilnemo and he, for all intents and purposes, ain't playing. What happened?

posted by gspm at 07:11 AM on January 27, 2005

Maybe Calmy went off to Holland and in his rush to smell the tulips forgot to make any team changes? Hey WC, get any closer and I'll reach down and give you a big noogie. Know what I mean?

posted by billsaysthis at 03:02 PM on January 27, 2005

i've been struggling with that decision for a few weeks....right after the holiday game weeks...and he did exactly shite. nice work on pulling the trigger.

posted by garfield at 03:23 PM on January 27, 2005

geekatronic!

posted by worldcup2002 at 05:12 PM on January 27, 2005

Sell Henry?!? *faints*

posted by squealy at 02:06 PM on January 28, 2005

FA Cup this weekend... So unfortunately, no points to be had. However, in my other league, (which i paid for) the FA Cup is a side competition that we can all participate in. Right now i am in second. There are two players tied for first.

posted by StarFucker at 11:00 PM on January 28, 2005

FSW is showing Arsenal-ManU live on Tuesday--will Henry turn it on against the arch-rivals or once again fail to show up in a big match?

posted by billsaysthis at 03:50 PM on January 29, 2005

I still remember Henry's brilliant one-touch-turn-and-volley winner from just outside the box against United one or two seasons ago. I'm hoping he does it again. Several times.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:59 PM on January 30, 2005

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, 2005

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, 2005

SHHHHHH!

posted by gspm at 01:04 PM on February 01, 2005

well, me dropping Henry was directly responsible for him getting two assists today (if the text commentary is to be believed and they get credited as such). yup. directly responsible.

posted by gspm at 04:23 PM on February 01, 2005

none. they are forwards. For playing in a game 1 For playing at least 60 minutes in a game (includes playing points mentioned above) 2 For each goal scored by your goalkeeper or defenders 6 For each goal scored by your midfielders 5 For each goal scored by your forwards 4 For each goal assist 3 For your goalkeeper / defender conceding 0 goals (must also play at least 60 minutes) 4 For your midfielder conceding 0 goals (must also play at least 60 minutes) 2 For every 3 saves made by your goalkeeper 1 For every penalty save 5 For every penalty miss -2 Bonus points for being judged to have made an excellent performance in a game 3 For every 2 goals conceded by your goalkeeper or defenders -1 For every yellow card -1 For every red card (includes any yellow card points) -3

posted by garfield at 05:06 PM on February 01, 2005

All season? I've had a Johnson all my life.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:43 AM on February 02, 2005

You have Kanoute?!?

posted by StarFucker at 01:48 PM on February 02, 2005

i hope I can retain the lead through this week so the next thread can start suggesting that I rule rather than this one that references Sauril when the second update in the thread shows that Sauril's wideboys have edged back to second spot.

posted by gspm at 02:10 PM on February 02, 2005

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, 2005

Please, let's put up a new post for the next update. No more hiding stuff in the comments.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:49 PM on February 02, 2005

I meant: Every weekly update should be a new post. Not one post for week 22, with the updates for weeks 23, 24 and 25 stuck in the comments. btw ... Well, well, well. Looks like I've moved up to fourth this week. Even with my sent-off striker and two no-shows. Thanks again to supersub Clement.

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:59 PM on February 02, 2005

DNP?

posted by StarFucker at 02:27 AM on February 03, 2005

Given that we don't get fantasy points for the Carling Cup, and Liverpool is my team, I don't see how Robben not playing in the final is a bad thing.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:55 PM on February 03, 2005