i've got both of them too Hi5! :D

only bad thing is i had bendtner as captain!!! he went off injured after 12mins! ffs

loool save that Hi5 stuff for the finnish women

 

Originally Posted by nickh

i've got both of them too Hi5! :D

only bad thing is i had bendtner as captain!!! he went off injured after 12mins! ffs

Me too! Hi5!

Ughhhh, I seriously thought about picking up Keane with the wildcard but I was afraid McLeish was stupid enough to sign him for a month and bring him off the bench.

 

Originally Posted by fly44

Ughhhh, I seriously thought about picking up Keane with the wildcard but I was afraid McLeish was stupid enough to sign him for a month and bring him off the bench.

No worries, at least you are in first place. Between a little bit of unlucky, and a whole lost of mistakes, I am in fifth now at this moment.

A 0 from Walters was huge this week. Kills his upward ascent in the markets, and cost me 14 points. I need a massive game from either Jones or Rooney to save my spot in the league.

Just fucking wow. Can Manchester City run any better?

A.) How does Defoe not score there? Just a few inches too short, he is.
B.) Not sure Balotelli should be on the pitch after the studs up backheel into Parker's face that may or may not have been intentional.

What an insane second half. Looks like Spurs title hopes are close to over. Down from 12/1 to 25/1 favorites. Massive turn of events there.

 

Originally Posted by jesterwords

Do you guys find it more advantageous to make a middy your captain because their value is higher due to both points for clean sheets as well as inflated pts for goals?

I find myself having a hard time making Van Persie or Rooney a Captain when I have Bale, Dempsey, and Lampard at midfield.

It all depends on statistical metrics and a little bit of feel. I'd post more, but I don't want my competitors to see where I'm getting my information from, lol



Edit: And Jones is off after 14 minutes. What in the fucking fuck. I am viscerally pissed right now. What a brittle pussy. Jaw and flu and ankle and blah blah blah blah. Would have been fantastic to have this happen a week ago, then I would have prolly traded down from him to shotton, and had the budget for Dempsey from Sinclair. Ridiculous.

 

Originally Posted by jesterwords

Yea for making Bale my captain this week.

oh yea, and WTF did cole get a red card for today? I was traveling and couldn't watch any games

I capt. Bale as well. Might get me back into the mix somewhat. Cole got two yellows. I only saw the 2nd tackle and it wasn't pretty. Didn't really catch the player but it was pretty rash.

Need RVP to stay a little quiet tomorrow. 1 goal is enough.

had to use wildcard, Yakubu Jones Tiote Terry Nani Rooney were all out! was trying to save it.

However going to be a tight run league by the looks of things, the trick is to pick players before they run hot as we all know.

if you dont want to win the league put Saha in your fantasy team or the new bloke at Everton.. Toilet

Absurdly entertaining game. Mata with one very sick goal, and he should've won it on a set piece if not for a mind-boggling save by De Gea.

Great game.

Brad Friedel, at 40 years old still one of the top 3 keepers in the EPL. He was quality again last night. Has he retired from international football?

Count me in as a new premier league fan. My brother has been living with me the past few months and he is an aspiring pro and had to have his soccer channels so I said okay and added them. Wouldn't you know it I now watch like 4 games a week. It really is mind bottling how soccer gets so little love in the states it is exciting as shit. I will go as far to say that after the NBA which obviously destroys all other leagues it's probably tied with the NFL and MLB for me.

 

Originally Posted by AbnormalQ

United showing the character of champions at Stamford Bridge tonight. A fourth would go down in history.

No doubt it was a great game but I hate seeing the comeback from two PKs seems like it cheapens it a bit (I know there is no perfect system but the penalty does not fit the crime for the vast majority of PKs and these two were no exception).

Definitely a great game though. Sucks because I live on Chelsea Lane so I have chosen them as my team and my brother hates them so all the trash talking I did at 3-0 made a U-turn right back at me lol

 

Originally Posted by coolhandkev

Count me in as a new premier league fan. My brother has been living with me the past few months and he is an aspiring pro and had to have his soccer channels so I said okay and added them. Wouldn't you know it I now watch like 4 games a week. It really is mind bottling how soccer gets so little love in the states it is exciting as shit. I will go as far to say that after the NBA which obviously destroys all other leagues it's probably tied with the NFL and MLB for me.

Welcome.

On keepers, its hard to look past Hart and Reiner. Im pretty sure Hart is better but I seem to have a small man-crush on Reina which makes me wanna put him top. Friedel is as gooda shout as any for 3rd but im pretty sure he shares that podium spot with a few others.

 

Originally Posted by Ptrou

szczesny, Hart, Reina, Top 3 ( no particular order) although i think right now Hart.

Yeah. I was joking when i said the Szczesny bit but i dont think he is that far off.

This season i think Hart is on another level. Then i think you could argue between quite a few different keepers for the next spots. Reina, Friedel, Szcez, Worm, Krul, Al Habsi and then maaaaaybe Lindegard (sp?) if he had played a few more games. Then i think you have the likes of Howard, Given, Hennesey, Foster and then down in about 48th spot (behind keepers that havent even played) you have De Gea

definitely friedel. think he has been a bit underrated over the past few seasons. so solid.

Ha yeah maybe a bit harsh. But why pay that much money for a keeper that isnt ready? there is 7 months between him and Szcezny. I would say thart Szcez is a long way ahead of him right now. De Gea could turn out to be great, but i really havent seen much from him that makes me feel that confident about it.

Wow, Capello has quit as England boss. Fair play to him. The FA completely undermined him by removing Terry as captain. Bye bye Redknapp i guess