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Game Week 12 Discussion November 8, 2006

Posted by Ed in : Uncategorized , 26 comments

So Game Week 12 is getting close.

Here are the Fixtures.

Saturday, 11 November 2006
Blackburn v Man Utd, 17:15
Chelsea v Watford, 15:00
Everton v Aston Villa, 15:00
Man City v Newcastle, 12:45
Middlesbrough v West Ham, 15:00
Portsmouth v Fulham, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Bolton, 15:00
Wigan v Charlton, 15:00
Sunday, 12 November 2006
Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00
Reading v Tottenham, 13:30

What Does everyone think?

Are Everton finished there good spell?

Are Arsenal going to start scoring goals?

Will Sheva start to score in the premiership?
Can Newcastle pull out of there shocking Premiership Slump?

Discuss!

Game Week 8 October 11, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 34 comments

Well I left it too long after the holidays to get back into the fantasy football. The international break has given us a few shock international results (and thats an understatement)!

Dave Joyce is still top of the league, the fantastic week that young at Watford had helped with that, keeping Dave just ahead of Aya Kamiki who is a close second.

Last game week I didn’t do too well and only got 38 points, mostly due to having Andy Johnson as captain.
This is my team for this week.

Game Week 8 team

So we will look at some of the players who have done well during the International week.

Captain of the week

Christiano Ronaldo In incredible form lately very consistent this season so far, worth a shot for me.Christiano Rondalo

Buy of the week

Christiano Ronaldo Scored two for portugal at the weekend and has been in sensational form for Manchester United this season. A really good alternative to the dissapointing Steven Gerrard for only £0.1 million more.

Players to Buy

Leighton Baines Looked really good for the England U-21’s scored a cracker and setup one for Walcott in the return leg against Germany last night. A very good young player who has played every minute for his club so far this season and at £4.3 million is good value for money. A word of warning though Wigan are playing Man United this weekend and the likelyhood of a cleansheet is slim.

The French Trio Thierry Henry, Louis Saha and Nicholas Anelka all scored this evening. Henry is coming back to full fitness, Anelka needed the match and Saha is scoring regularly for both club and country. Any of the three are good buys, I do expect Anelka to get back to top form very soon.

Milan Baros scored twice at the weekend and got another good run out tonight. With Luke Moore out until at least christmas expect Baros to take his place.

Richard Dunne scored on saturday but despite Irelands dismall performance I expect him to be in top form against Sheffield United.

Robin Van Persie Arsene Wenger seems to have gotten RVP’s temper under control and has molded him into a fine player who contributes goals and assists to Arsenel a good player to think about.

Gamble of the week

Theo Walcott a bit of a gamble this one, played brilliantly over both legs against Germany. He may get his chance this weekend, but a gamble.

This Weeks upcoming games

Saturday, 14 October 2006
Arsenal v Watford, 15:00
Aston Villa v Tottenham, 15:00
Liverpool v Blackburn, 15:00
Man City v Sheff Utd, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Everton, 15:00
Portsmouth v West Ham, 15:00
Reading v Chelsea, 17:15
Wigan v Man Utd, 12:45
Sunday, 15 October 2006
Newcastle v Bolton, 16:00
Monday, 16 October 2006
Fulham v Charlton, 20:00

Have a good gameweek!

Domain Problems September 25, 2006

Posted by Ed in : Uncategorized , 13 comments

Over the last week or so, I have being having problems getting my domain name re-registered. Nothing serious, just a few red-tape issues. So I have seen a bit of down time on the blog.

Apologies if you have tried to come to the site and got redirected to a holding page or anything recently. Hopefully this will be sorted out by close of business today.

Oh, and the holiday was great :)

Holidays! September 17, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 5 comments

Well I’m off for a well earned rest in the Mediterranean :)

I made my change for the next game week already, I brought in Scharner for Wayne Bridge.

I doubt Bridge will get much first team football while Ashley Cole is fit, so I took my £0.2million profit(after the 50% sell on tax) and hope to make a couple of quid on Scharner. He has always been a goal scoring threat and plays in midfield alot too. If he can follow up this weekends brace with another solid performance, he will rise in value nicely I think.

Players to buy

Andy Johnson Just keeps putting them away, he looks a good candidate for captain too!

Tim Cahill Solid as ever another assist today, buy him while he is still reasonably cheap

Glen Johnson I have been watching him over the last couple of weeks and he looks like he is begining to fufill his promise at right back.

Kevin Doyle Scored again today, looks really comfortable in the premiership, could go on to great things this season.

Richard Dunne Has played brilliantly this season so far and Man City have a managable set of fixtures coming up, worth a punt!

Well thats all I have time for, i’m off to sit on a beach for a week!

I’m sure you can last for a week without me, can’t you? ;)

Game Week 5 September 15, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 5 comments

Well with all the excitement of the champions league in midweek, Gameweek 5 has kind of crept up on us! Last week I got 51 points which was an improvement on the week gameweek 3.
Firstly a word on our league leader, Dave Joyce continues to lead with 233 points, but is only 2 points ahead of Aya Kamiki a new addition to the fpl blog league. Maybe the lead could change hands this weekend?

This is my team for this week.

GameWeek 5 team

Out
Jimmy Bullard Got a bad injury (dislocated kneecap, Ouch!) in the game against Newcastle at the weekend and looks set to miss the rest of the season. So, pretty much a forced change.

In
Scott Parker Since taking over as captain of Newcastle has come on leaps and bounds, with plenty of all-action displays. This year he has been instructed to get forward more and has scored a couple of great goals and got 6 bonus points from three games.

Captain of the week
Scott Parker Playing two games this game week and has looked a real goal threat so far this season.

Buy of the weekTim Cahill

Tim Cahill Looks back to the form of the 04/05 season, a goal scoring midfielder worth having in any team.

Players to Consider

Bobby Zamora Just can’t stop scoring goals, Alan Pardew will be hard pushed to leave him out of the West Ham side until his blistering form dies down.

Louis Saha Scored two great goals midweek against Celtic. His partnership with Wayne Rooney is really starting to flourish. Could be worth the money.
Jermaine Jenas Scored for Spurs in Europe and has become a vital component in Martin Jols team.

Andy Johnson Another player showing the kind of form he was in during the 04-05 season, as Alex Ferguson pointed out last week, “He could be the bargain of the season�.

Steven Gerrard Playing twice this game week and was rested for the Champions League game against PSV. A sure starter on Sunday.

The Pompey Defence The only team not to concede a goal yet this season and with Tony Adams coaching players like Sol Cambell, David James, Linvoy Primus and Glenn Johnson this form could continue for a while to come. Playing a poor Charlton side this weekend, real bargain players at the minute.

Gamble of the Week

Luke Moore Aston Villa is playing Watford at the weekend and Moore has looked the part since becoming a regular starter under Martin O’Neil. Worth a punt? You decide.

This Weeks upcoming games

Saturday, 16 September 2006
Bolton v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Charlton v Portsmouth, 12:45
Everton v Wigan, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Reading, 15:00
Watford v Aston Villa, 17:15
Sunday, 17 September 2006
Blackburn v Man City, 15:00
Chelsea v Liverpool, 13:30
Man Utd v Arsenal, 16:00
Tottenham v Fulham, 15:00
West Ham v Newcastle, 15:00
Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Liverpool v Newcastle, 20:00

Good luck sports fans!

Champions League Game Week 1 September 12, 2006

Posted by Ed in : Fantasy Champions League , 3 comments
I hope everyone has there fantasy Champions league teams picked! Some great football to come this year in the champions league. I’m not really going to write too much about the Fantasy Champions League on the blog other then to post the fixtures and name the current leader of our league, lets just have a laugh with it :)

Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Barcelona v Levski Sofia, 19:45
Bayern Munich v Spartak Moscow, 19:45
Chelsea v Werder Bremen, 19:45
Galatasaray v Bordeaux, 19:45
Olympiacos v Valencia, 19:45
PSV v Liverpool, 19:45
Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk, 19:45
Sporting v Inter Milan, 19:45

Wednesday, 13 September 2006
AC Milan v AEK Athens, 19:45
Anderlecht v Lille, 19:45
Dynamo Kiev v Steaua Bucuresti, 19:45
FC Copenhagen v Benfica, 19:45
FC Porto v CSKA Moscow, 19:45
Hamburg v Arsenal, 19:45
Lyon v Real Madrid, 19:45
Man Utd v Celtic, 19:45

Best of luck to everyone!

Game Week 4 September 9, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 8 comments

A little too late to help anyone, but here it is anyway.

Still in the lead in the FPL Blog League is Dave Joyce with his renamed team Merv Gray Autos, on an astounding 231 points! which puts him 2,512nd overall. Good work mate!
Gameweek 3 I scored only 39 points. Not the greatest week I have ever had, so I decided to play my transfer wildcard.

I made quite a few changes as you can see here. A lot of the changes were made for monetary reasons, but some where based on form.
Transfers game week 3

This is the team for this week.
Game Week 4 team

This weeks upcoming games

Saturday, 09 September 2006
Arsenal v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Bolton v Watford, 15:00
Chelsea v Charlton, 15:00
Everton v Liverpool, 12:45
Man Utd v Tottenham, 17:15
Newcastle v Fulham, 15:00
Portsmouth v Wigan, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Blackburn, 15:00
Sunday, 10 September 2006
West Ham v Aston Villa, 16:00
Monday, 11 September 2006
Reading v Man City, 20:00

Fantasy Champions League is back! September 7, 2006

Posted by Ed in : Fantasy Champions League , 3 comments

Fantasy champions league is back :)

Pick the best players from the best teams in europe!

Sign up here : http://en.uclfantasy.uefa.com/M/home.mc
Code to join this league: 9969-2202

Looking at the amazing number of participants in the FPL league, this could be good fun too!

Transfers made on Wildcard August 31, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 26 comments

Well here is my team and value as of this morning.

Look at the E (cost at last deadline) column and the C (cost now).

Wilcard team gains

As Nic pointed out in the comments of the Quick Buy Alert post I said

‘However it may also be worth noting that the 12 day gameweek usually stops people buying for a few days. You don’t want to buy a player at the begining of an international break and they come back from international duty injured.’

The main reason I have decided to backtrack on this is that I have had a poor start to the season and some of the teams I had bet on doing well have had a poor few games. So I decided that during the International break I would change my team to hopefully make some money and also if anyone got signed/injured I could buy/sell them. Lets face it people I have had an average start at best to the season and I’m willing to admit I was wrong.

What do you think?

Transfer Wild Card Played August 28, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy, General , 15 comments

I have played my Transfer Wild Card.

With the international break coming and my team not making the impact I expected I have played the wildcard in a bid to A) choose some form players B) make some quick cash.

I have brought in most of the players who done really well this week, so I hope the cashflow improves.

Has anyone else played it yet?