Well done gspm and thanks for all your hard work. I'm against two divisions and have been ever since it was first suggested about three seasons ago.
If your pride is that important, pay attention, or just realize this is for fun and next year is not effected by this year. Yeah. I had a complete mess of an opening 4 - 8 weeks, but had a blast trying to figure out how to make the whole thing work. I set a target (top half of the table) and when I hit that, set a new, completely unreasonable target (top 10). Texas and I had such a back and forth for the last two months that I turned him into an enemy and worked on beating him. Didn't work, but I did salt his lawn and wish harm upon anyone related to him. Alternatively, you could see how many times you can dribble basketball in an hour.
I have to point out that I had my traditional last month swoon (seeing me drop a few spots in each of the last few years, though, at best previously I'd only been dropping from about 4th). This year, I'd had a lead to work with, alead that looks like it would have been wiped out soon enough. The season was exactly the right length. And I never found out who Spofield Town/James H was.
Yeah, I won't go into the two division thing - I remember the beating I took for advocating it lo those many years ago. Yea, verily, I was beaten. Now, next year, please make sure your SpoFi name is somewhere in your team or manager name -- it ain't that hard. I recommend whoever starts the league to just kick out players until they make their names SpoFi-recognizable. I just want to make sure we know who we're making fun of.
I'm against two divisons too. If you are stuck down the league, amuse yourself with private battles with those around you. You never know, you might surprise yourself with an astonishing week and zip up the table.
Other than the rude "pay attention" dig I am fine with what others have said. It may sound like sour grapes, but I just can't amused myself when I am that far behind. Truly, I would probably feel the same if I was in the top 10. I LOVE the EPL season, but from a fantasy perspective it is just a bit too long. Life gets complicated and then suddenly you are staring up at everyone. In that respect the fantasy league is very much like the real thing. EPL seasons aren't won in the first 10 weeks, but they can easily be lost. I feel the same way about fantasy baseball (too long a season) but I actually follow EPL. *shrug* As I was marking up old locker room interviews from 2003 and saw a table where my EPL fantasy team was #3 in the table. Of course, I think there were 8 of us playing back then!
Does anyone have the list of previous end of season threads?
Other than the rude "pay attention" dig Sorry, but that's the #1 rule of roto sports. I know because I always break it. I didn't take that as snide; it's just how things are.
terrapin! Where are those old interviews? If you've got them all collated somewhere, post the link! Because, erm, I kinda miss them. Plus if you find my roundups from season 1, where StarFooker screwed the pooch on the final gameweek, that would be priceless if you posted them. I don't think he ever recovered from that.
Other than the rude "pay attention" dig That was not a dig. When I said "If your pride is so important..." I meant you in a general sense, not you specifically.
Great tables gspm! Jeez, i leave for a few months and i don't see any soccer stories on the front page! Oh, and i sucked this fantasy season...
Thank you, gspm. Your tables make it all the more interesting and I look forward to August. Now who's going to hand over the ManicDepression Cup?
