Still my beating heart. Unlike American sports with Free Agent waiting periods and other silly artificial constructs, the transfer market is already in full swing. The hero of my 2003-04 fantasy season Yakubu will be the next to test the curse of the 'Boro striker (OK, its not quite the curse of the Bambino, but ask Viduka, Maccarone, and Ricketts about arriving on Teesside as a striker with expectations - not good times). Tottenham also announced the signing of a Canadian wing defender - Paul Stalteri - from Werder Bremen. Here are some quick thoughts...
1) Unless Yakubu pulls a hammy on his way to deposit all of his money, he'll be in my starting line-up in the fall;
2) Stalteri has some things going for him in the fantasy footie world - descriptions of his play imply that he plays a fairly attack-minded wing-back and is proficient at crossing the ball. OK, he's not French but Canadian is the next best (worst?) thing when it comes to fantasy stats. Now the questions is whether he can overcome Tottenham's inexplicable knack for producing fantasy football mediocrity. Seriously, can anyone remember the last time a Spurs player was a fantasy no-brainer? The last one that comes to mind is now managing Germany.
"Seriously, can anyone remember the last time a Spurs player was a fantasy no-brainer?"
ReplyDeleteEasy... last week. Radek Cerny.