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Fantasy Football Fixtures Game-week 32
Fantasy Football Fixtures Game-week 32 What was I to do? The wife was going to be out of town all week, leaving me at home with our two young boys. I was housebound for a whole week of evenings and I needed a plan. So I made a list. Idea number one – “Buy a workout DVD”. Maybe one of those intense P90X ones. Yeah, that’d be great I thought. I could lose a load of flab, and maybe even rediscover a noticeable boundary between my chin and my neck. But wait. What was I thinking? I live in Texas, and so even at an “obese” BMI by UK standards, I was still the skinny one in my new home. Yep. Exercise...[Read More]
Playing the WC prior to DGW37
Playing the WC prior to DGW37 – Your Honour, the Plaintiff would like to change their plea! – We’re on final allegations, counsel. – The Plaintiff is well aware of that, but new evidence has just arrived. – And what’s that? – Well respectfully your Honour, another double game week has just been announced! – Which are the teams involved? – Everton and Crystal Palace your Honour. – Humm … well, reluctantly, I’ll allow it. Well, well, another DGW! Just the two teams involved but a DGW nonetheless. So, they still blank on GW35 but hey they play 4 tim...[Read More]
Playing the DGWs with a Difference – Wildcard in GW32!!
Playing the DGWs with a Difference – Wildcard in GW32!! I had planned to play my Wildcard in GW 33 in order to play the Bench Boost chip in GW 34. As I looked for a few calculated moves that would be good for GW32 I noticed that there were some teams and players that I felt had huge potential that week who weren’t in my existing team. This sparked me to consider what it would be like to Wildcard for GW32 and develop a plan that would prepare my team well for the weeks around the doubles. The major danger here is players getting injured during GW’s 32 & 33 leading up to the doub...[Read More]
Playing the DGWs with no Wildcard
[three_fourth padding=”0 20px 0 0″] Embed from Getty Images [/three_fourth]Many will be reading this with a wildcard in their pockets, comfortable with not having to hit for DGW players leading up to DGW34 & 37. That’s nice for you, I’m truly happy for you, honest!! Sadly, my wildcard pocket is empty though I do still have my Bench Boost and Triple Captain chips to use over the next few weeks. For a quick summary, I played my Wildcard in GW21 for a couple of reasons – my rank was shocking, the deficit to my mini-league leader was too much, there were 5/6 players I didn’t own wh...[Read More]
MLS DGW4 Tips – Fantasy Major League Soccer
MLS DGW4 Tips – Fantasy Major League Soccer Are you still playing FMLS? Because if you are, you’re about to encounter one of the worst things about the American league – the nonsensical way in which the MLS handles international breaks. Whereas this coming weekend is a period of rest from club play for (pretty much) the entire world, the MLS still managed to schedule three matches. So 14 MLS clubs get to take the time off and not be affected by international call-ups, but 6 clubs have to navigate around reduced rosters. Makes sense right? Somehow those three matches are so crucial ...[Read More]
Playing the DGWs with a Wildcard in GW33
So while Cookie and his chums are in a state of panic myself and my cohort just sit back relax and ‘pass the kouchie’. I mean I hadn’t given my wildcard a moment’s thought until Init suggested I write this article. Ok I said, I love a good waffle! Before I give you my thoughts as to what my wildcard team will look like I suppose I should briefly explain why I’ve chosen to activate my wildcard in GW33. When the double game-weeks were announced last week I had five players (Hennessy, Cathcart, Payet, Ozil & Aguero) who were set to have a double in GW34. With Kompany injured that number was ...[Read More]
Socks, Sandals and Soccer: MLS Game Week 3 – Dallas Style
Socks, Sandals and Soccer: MLS Game Week 3 – Dallas Style Have they let us come back and write another version of our FC Dallas “Fantasy MLS” blog? Yes, it certainly looks like it. Will anyone read it? Probably not. Have I lived in the USA long enough to think that it is socially acceptable to ask, and answer, my own questions? Why, yes. Yes, I believe I have. So wassup people? All well I hope. Not too down in the dumps about last week’s 5-0 beating at Houston? You what? You didn’t even know they played?! Shocking. Well, as the season rumbles on, and as your FPL season comes to an end, o...[Read More]
Fantasy football Trends From The Top – GW31
Fantasy football Trends From The Top – GW31 Welcome to this week’s edition of Trends From the Top. What have the leaders been up to and what will our leaders being doing as we edge towards the end of the season? More importantly, how will they approach the ensuing DGW bonanza set for DGW’s 34 and 37? Let’s take a look and see what’s going on. How are our current leaders going to approach GW 34? Unlike many of my league competitors who have deployed nearly every chip and wildcard, I have failed to use one so, like many of you, I have been planning and plotting potential possibilities (I l...[Read More]
