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Football Fans - EPL Fantasy League

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DopeDiecuts
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Anyone interested in joining a NS Fantasy League for this upcoming 2011/2012 season? I'll create a league and leave the code here if enough people are up for it. You can create your teams now.

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
Jul 27 2011 6:43PM
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tristanjtaylor
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threads for when i get my team together!
Jul 28 2011 7:29PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Sick we have 13 people so far, one question: Who was everyone number 1 pick?
Jul 29 2011 5:08PM
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steep
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Berbatov
Jul 29 2011 5:16PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Really? He probably won't be in the starting 11 at all.

I'd say Joe Hart was my biggest pick, the man is gonna be unstoppable next season.
Jul 29 2011 5:21PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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im down. sounds like a great idea
Jul 29 2011 5:42PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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yeah! fuck this sucks i wasted my time setting up my account and shit because it hought it was FOOTBALL not soccer. wtf i want my time back
Jul 29 2011 10:59PM
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Fun_dip
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you though american football was played in the English Premier Leauge?
Jul 29 2011 11:01PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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naw. i thought that there might e like a side thing where you can also do american football
Jul 29 2011 11:02PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Yeah it's pretty dumb if you didn't realize right away when you clicked the link, I didn't see a pigskin anywhere on that page.
Jul 29 2011 11:30PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Bump it up we have 13 I believe lets go for 20. 2 weeks till league starts.
Jul 31 2011 4:33PM
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PJS.
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Bahahahahahaahaha your an idiot
Aug 1 2011 5:18PM
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H8CH
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Threads
Aug 1 2011 5:22PM
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Yeezus
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ok i joined
Aug 1 2011 5:54PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Tottenham Vs. Everton game cancelled, tons of injuries, etc.
Might want to reconsider who's on your team.

Two days!!
Aug 11 2011 11:07AM
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Peter.
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ok i finally got in

let's do this boys
Aug 11 2011 1:09PM
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mistaT
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RVP - Bent - Odemwingie
Silva - Walcott - Albrighton - Some scrub
Cahill - Kompany - Some scrub
Howard - Schwarzer

Bam!
Aug 11 2011 4:23PM
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DopeDiecuts
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I can see this either going really well, or failing miserably.
Gary Cahill is the only player from your team in mine.

I'm gonna share my team on Saturday so nobody can make massive changes and copy mine ;)
Aug 11 2011 4:39PM
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Fun_dip
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lol
Aug 11 2011 4:39PM
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white+wolf
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arkirsch@frontier.com
Aug 11 2011 4:43PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Actually to be honest I see it failing miserably now that I look deeper.
Odemwingie is doubtful to even play and even then his opener is against Utd.
Bent is a total waste of 10m, might as well wait it out for Hernandez.
RVP is shit and will always be shit.
Walcott had trouble even seeing the pitch last year.
Albrighton is too young and inexperienced to make a large impact on a shit team like Villa.
Howard is shit go with Cech, Hart, de Gea (someone reliable on a good team) and the substitute could be an 4m rated player because the main goalie is always gonna play.
And to include 2 "scrubs" in your starting line-up is stupid.
Aug 11 2011 4:47PM
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mistaT
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Where to begin?

Transfers aren't something I use a whole lot which explains some of this but:

Odemwingie over the full season is a great buy as he had the third most goal + assists (22) last year....only after RVP and Drogba.

Bent is the primary scorer on a respectable team and a noted poacher that last year had 4 more goals than Hernandez. 

RVP is shit?  His goals per game, and assists per game were unmatched last year and he's in great form to start a new season. 

Theo had 16 goals/assists....great return for a midfielder in Fantasy but is essentially a forward.

F spending 7+ on a goalie - they don't get enough points to justify that cost.

Aug 11 2011 6:55PM
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Culla
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anders.herreidoneill@gmail.com

If your still looking for people to join.
Aug 11 2011 7:15PM
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mistaT
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Further Cahill and Kompany are on two of the stingies defenses out there.

Curious to see your line up
Aug 11 2011 7:19PM
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Culla
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nvm, just joined.
Aug 11 2011 7:25PM
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mistaT
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And when I'd originally posted I forgot my other midfielder is Taarabt and my other defender is Baird....far from scrubs :)
Aug 11 2011 7:29PM
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DopeDiecuts
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I don't wanna get into a full blown argument aha just giving some feedback (maybe a bit harsh).

In your first post your recommendation was transfers although they cost you points, which is why I thought Odenwingie wasn't a suitable pick atm with all the speculation about moving to Wigan and his injury might sit him out for the first game (costing valuable points).

Bent might be good for now, but when Hernandez comes back he seems like a better pick (coming from a guy who hates United and Hernandez) as he's on a more respectable team, is a way better poacher, and will see a lot more of the pitch than he did last season.

Van Persie was more of opinion really, I just find him useless everytime I watch him and for 12m is quite a waste I would rather Rooney who is coming back to peak form.

And don't get me wrong, Walcott is one of my favourites but isn't the most reliable when it comes to the points department. When he plays, he does well but I saw a lot of him on the bench last season.

And that's probably one of your biggest faults as a good goalie can make just as much as any other player (Hart who I have on my team made 175 which is like the 3rd most points and is looking just as promising to do it again).

Lastly, it's a whole new season man, one of the biggest mistakes people do is choose players who earned the most points in the previous. What I tend to do is choose wisely each gameweek (sometimes make a few extra tranfers even at the cost of points) according to the fixtures (Choose Cahill if Bolton are playing a shit team, remove/substitute him if their playing a quality team).
Aug 11 2011 9:51PM
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PacificRimJob
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I'm such a masochist...

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Aug 11 2011 9:58PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Get outta here you looney toon.

This:
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The Future:
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Aug 12 2011 12:46AM
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Peter.
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you guys think you're cool

CITY TILL I DIE

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stoke city that is

Aug 12 2011 12:52AM
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah, you guys did so well against us last year didn't you.

HAAAAA. Go home Chelski.
Aug 12 2011 12:53AM
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will_powder
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Aug 12 2011 1:41AM
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will_powder
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^^^^for the record, I may be the first man to ever embed a pic on mobile!!!!!
Aug 12 2011 1:42AM
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PacificRimJob
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nah. i embed mobile all the time.
Aug 12 2011 3:40AM
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DopeDiecuts
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Touche

I'd like to see what your capable this year then Newcastle is falling apart.
Aug 12 2011 10:35AM
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PacificRimJob
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At this point I feel we're fucking sunk....

Never should have ditched on Carroll... especially since we've lost our better players rather than really adding anything spectacular with that 35m...

Newcastle's a MASSIVE club... if they can't land serious talent with a 35 million dollar budget... them somethings wrong, or Mike Ashley's being a pocketing cunt.
Aug 12 2011 5:03PM
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JMooore
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Yeah selling Carroll was a huge mistake, and although 35m could get you a solid player or two, it's gonna be hard to replace him. Gotta hope Ameobi, Best, maybe even Ranger can step up to the plate this year.

And with all the Barton non-sense and ridding of Jose Enrique, the future doesn't look so bright.


Aug 12 2011 5:51PM
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah, it's safe to say, we're probably boned right now...

Getting guys like Ba, Obertan, and Cabaye are nice additions, but they shouldn't have been at the expense of losing Nolan and Enrique...

I hope Ben Arfa can do what he did last year before his Injury though...


Aug 12 2011 6:01PM
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DopeDiecuts
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Obertan is an interesting addittion though. He never broke into the United first team but anytime I've seen him he looks extremely talented.

Super excited for tomorrow morning thank God not all of the games are cancelled.
Aug 12 2011 6:44PM
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PacificRimJob
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Oh yeah I'm extremely excited to see what this team's capable of and whether it can actually be an improvement on last year's squad or not.

right now I feel that we really need to go to a 3 back defensive set though with the loss of el toro.
Aug 12 2011 8:24PM
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H8CH
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YES!

We're gonna dick Arsenal tomorrow*....

(*i've had a beer)
Aug 12 2011 8:31PM
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PacificRimJob
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I wouldn't put it totally beyond us to beat them... especially with our current luck against the better clubs ever since we rose up from the shit championship...



Still... if that were the case we'd TOTALLY have to manipulate their midfield and I just cant see us doing that right now lol.
Aug 12 2011 8:39PM
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H8CH
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We have always done well against them when at home... so we'll see - it's first game though, and it's pretty much gonna be france vs france after the summer signings.

Right - i have to go get my BA Business Class Flat Bed to London...... yes - Claim..... BOOF!

I land in london tomorrow about Lunchtime - straight to hotel, change then to the boozer for the 5:30 kick off..... cannae wait!

Here we gan again!
Aug 12 2011 8:43PM
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PacificRimJob
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HOWAY THE LADS!!!
Aug 12 2011 8:58PM
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Pussy_Sauce
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DingoSauce
Aug 12 2011 9:17PM
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will_powder
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Gar
Aug 13 2011 3:25AM
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DopeDiecuts
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GK: Hart (C)
DEF: Cahill, A.Cole, Hangeland
MID: Ramsey, Taarabt, Yaya Toure, Adam, N'Zogbia
FOR: Dzeko (V), Rodallega

SUBS: Cerny, Simpson, Ranger, Baines

Aug 13 2011 11:09AM
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Bluenose
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Just joined, bit late so I'll have to catch up
Aug 13 2011 1:37PM
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PacificRimJob
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Good day.

Celtic rolled. Toon drew and pissed off the Goons.
Aug 13 2011 7:52PM
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JMooore
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Oh man how mad are all the Arsenal lovers.
I actually like Joey Barton as a player but other people don't see it.

Aug 13 2011 7:57PM
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TheHoneyBadger
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It's nice to know that other people on newschoolers like footy also.

Aug 13 2011 8:03PM
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