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[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Admiral Stricker

That was my final line-up until today

warspite1

Doubling up on Liverpool defenders was a good move - although I think you may lose some for Agger giving away the penalty.

Snodgrass apparently is not even in the Norwich squad today - may be that is why I got a point for Lucas (one of my subs).

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...and points for Rickie Lambert too [:)]

[Dixie]

A decent, if unspectacular start for my lot. Not helped by Wenger not starting Cazorla and Snodgrass not making the Norwich team [:@] And Stekelenburg has picked up an injury.

Still, Lambert scored and I told you all that Wolfswinkel was going to be good! [:D] 28 points from day 1, I'm expecting good things from Chelsea, because if they're rubbish then I'm buggered already! At least I remembered to change my goalkeepers before the match.

When the points update we can have a more in-depth analysis of who messed up the most! The annoying thing is I considered changing my team around to fit Benteke in but decided Villa were likely to struggle against Arsenal. I'd also considered putting Nolan (West Ham) in the team instead of Giaccherini. Bah!


This clearly shows what I know and why my advice might not be very good [:D]

[warspite1]

Yep - maybe I made the wrong decision re RvP [:-][:(][&:][:@][8|]

[Encircled]

23 points, with three chelsea players to come

As I detest everything about Manchester United, I can never have any of their players in my team!

[Sardaukar]

Swansea ruined my score for De Gea...dammit! [8D] Evra too.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Swansea ruined my score for De Gea...dammit! [8D] Evra too.

warspite1

Me too with Evra - soooo annoying [:@]

[VPaulus]

34 points.
Van Persie is a beast.[8D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

34 points.
Van Persie is a beast.[8D]

warspite1

34? Wow - that's double my score already....

[JeffroK]

59pts so far, what potential if Swansea didnt score!

A late change of mind so this was my team.

de Gea,

Evra, Hangeland, Ivanovic, Johnson(Liv)

Mata, Coutinho, Routledge, Colback

van Persie(c), Lambert

Bench Davis(gk) Johnson(Eve), O'shea, Naismith

[JeffroK]

Wasnt Dixie organising a prize???

A lap of Britain in the back seat of his work ride??

[VPaulus]

Well, Van Persie scored 20 pts. He's the captain.

[ezzler]

36 points
3 still to play.

[Dixie]

I'm up to 31 now that they've doled out the bonus points. Of course, it would have been more if the real managers knew how to organise a team properly. Mr Wenger, j'accuse! [;)]

[Dixie]

The first weekend (but not the first round of fixtures) is over. It's probably apparent that the Brits didn't do too well and I think some of the people mentioning their lack of knowledge may have been fibbing [:-]

Although it's early, both JeffK and Admiral Stricker have opened a sizeable gap through the work of Robin van Persie [:@] Both JeffK and Admiral S. earned more points through their defensive players (thus proving my theory on defenders was tosh!). JeffK had three high scoring defenders whilst Admiral S plumped for Simon Mignolet of Liverpool who saved a penalty and earned three bonus points despite an indifferent start.


My total was ruined by several things. My captain (Mata) didn't play against Hull, neither did Snodgrass for Norwich and my other big bucks midfielder (Cazorla) didn't start. Cazorla played 90 minutes (1 point) and got a yellow card (-1 point). So if Mata doesn't play against Villa I miss the double points for my captain [:(] And one of my keepers got injured.
To make things worse, I had considered dropping one of my midfielders and putting Ross Barkley of Everton in, I didn't and young Barkley scored a goal [:@]


After two days the table looks like this....



Barring an absolute stormer for Chelsea against Villa it's likely that our top two will stay there until next weekend.

[Encircled]

39 points after today

So thats third by my reckoning!

I'll take that

[warspite1]

Gameweek 1

This is what I make the table with one game to go tomorrow (Man City vs Newcastle) and one in the week (Chelsea vs Aston Villa).

1. Laralayabouts2 (JeffK) – 65pts
2. Last Post ( ? ) – 51pts
3. FC Stricker (Admiral Stricker) – 50pts
4. Matrix FC (th1207) – 44pts
5. Les Paul (VPaulus) – 42pts
6. Lord of the Ings (Encircled) – 39pts
7. Ormster United (Orm) – 38pts
8. Tired & Emotional (Dixie) – 37pts
9. Warspite Hotspur FC (warspite1) – 34pts
10. Zeta16 (Zeta16) – 23pts
11. Sardaukars (Sardaukar) – 21pts

A stunning performance from the English (as expected) [8|]

Looks like Encircled and Sardaukar's scores have been updated now.

[warspite1]

List of excuses why I am languishing in either 8th, 9th or 10th (depending on Encircled and Sardaukars real scores) are:

- My gamble on removing van Persie was just rubbish - no excuses, JUST. PLAIN. DUMB [&:]

- My gamble on Bent didn't come off but hopefully he will play in future

- I should go with my hunches- I said in an earlier post Cazorla was a risk as I could see Arsenal getting turned over.... and then left him in [8|]

- I did not see Snodgrass was injured - again bad planning on my part [:-]

[VPaulus]

I'm still waiting for Man City match.
I'm pleased with my team, but I need to tweak it. I should exchange Nani, but I want a Portuguese player in my team. [:(]
Mata wasn't injured but he didn't play. Hmmm, maybe the special one thinks that he doesn't work enough. If that's the case than he will be in the bench for a couple of games... at least.

I'm sure the English will end up well. So is this going to be another rot season for the gunners?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

I'm still waiting for Man City match.
I'm pleased with my team, but I need to tweak it. I should exchange Nani, but I want a Portuguese player in my team. [:(]
Mata wasn't injured but he didn't play. Hmmm, maybe the special one thinks that he doesn't work enough. If that's the case than he will be in the bench for a couple of games... at least.

I'm sure the English will end up well. So is this going to be another rot season for the gunners?

warspite1

I've been hoping and praying for a rubbish season for the Gunners (being the sporting gent that I am [:D]) since the last time we finished ahead of them in 1995...

BUT - no matter how bad they appear, no matter how much money we spend and they don't spend, they always beat us in the end....[:@]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

I'm still waiting for Man City match.
I'm pleased with my team, but I need to tweak it. I should exchange Nani, but I want a Portuguese player in my team. [:(]
Mata wasn't injured but he didn't play. Hmmm, maybe the special one thinks that he doesn't work enough. If that's the case than he will be in the bench for a couple of games... at least.

I'm sure the English will end up well. So is this going to be another rot season for the gunners?

warspite1

Out of interest VP, what was the thinking behind the Italy-style strip you have chosen?