UPDATE: Y! has hit reboot and the game now has the proper valuations. You'll have to start over building a team, but at least you'll be doing it for real this time.
http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football/
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I'll make this quick since there is quite possibly a time-sensitivity to this information. The new season of Yahoo! Fantasy Premier League Football has been opened up. We look forward to everyone joining in on both the game and all of our fun over here at the blog.
The most important thing for you all to know is that the prices are a bit crazy right now. Here are the most obvious bargains if you don't want to search yourself...
1.00 - Friedel, Hart, Given, van der Sar, Defoe, Dempsey, AJ, and others
3.93 - JT, Gerrard
5.35 - Vidic, Verm, Bale
Under 10 - Elk (7 and change), Lamps (8 and change), RvP (8 and change)
Those are just some of the names out there available to you at incredibly cheap prices. I have written to the guys who run the game at Yahoo because this is potentially setting things up for a very ugly year of fantasy football if some people get in on the low prices and others don't. I don't know what they'll do about it but my first action was to build the team I wanted with the crazy prices. You know, just in case.
Plenty of season preview materials to come between now and the start of the season.
Cheers - Neal
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England vs. USA Part 4: This Time It's Personal...
The Spirit of '50
You may have read somewhere in your history books that the US has faced off against England a number of times throughout history. In most of those encounters, the Yanks have been prohibitive underdogs.
The Revolutionary War (1776) - granted we had home field advantage in this one but if there were bookmakers in international conflicts at this point in history we would have looked a lot like North Korea going up against Brazil in the opening round of this World Cup. No chance. As it turns out, we did slightly better than expected.
The War of 1812 (well, 1812) - Washington, DC was burned to the ground and my soon-to-be hometown of Leesburg, VA (a bucolic town about 30 miles up the Potomac River) was briefly the center of government for the United States. That said, home field advantage still held and we actually built a winning steak against the highly favored Brits. Let's just say that we became their "bogey team" well before they started losing grip of their empire.
1950 World Cup - Could the magic hold when we didn't hold a decided home field advantage? Well, in 1950 we produced an incredible upset that, until we hosted the Cup in 1994 and started what I like to think of as the modern era of US involvement in the world's game, was without question the high water mark for US Soccer. It may still be the single greatest accomplishment in the US game but since 1994, we've certainly had our share of moments that at least approach it (draw vs. Italy in 2006, beating Spain in Confederations Cup, etc.).
Since 1950, there have been friendlies between the two countries but there haven't been many moments that mattered. The friendly matches have, as you might expect, been dominated by the more talented English squads. So, where does all of this leave us? Well, I'm not a huge fan of sequels but let's see how this one is likely to play out...
Injuries and Suspensions
Premier League Team News - Barclays Premier League - ESPN Soccernet
The news from Arsenal (or at least it is news to me) is that Denilson is out this week with an abdominal injury. This definitely leaves me wondering about who will nominally play in the holding spot this weekend for Arsenal. Denilson wasn't a great choice as a replacement for Song but he IS a better choice than anyone else on the roster. I guess the next most likely candidate is former "next Vieira" Diaby even though he has been playing much better in a more advanced role this season. If Diaby is indeed the choice then that would re-open a more advanced spot for Ramsey or Rosicky (probably Ramsey as Wenger can't help but be ultra-cautious with 'sicky at this stage...right?)
Elsewhere the news is what we expected...
Liverpool - Nando, Gerrard, GJohn, and Benayoun all out (Riera too not that anyone really cares); Masch returns (pushing Aquilani a little further forward?) and Maxi Rodriguez will play if he is cleared (like there's a choice). For the 3 of you who may be thinking that Babel is an option given the injury issues up top and on the wings we have this from Babel's very own Twitter page...
ManYoo - Fletch and Rio are out and I'd personally rate Vidic as questionable given his recent health record but EvdS returns for ManYoo leaving the possibility that things will be solid at the back again. Not a guarantee, just a possibility.
Spurs - King, Hutton, BAE, Lennon, and Woody are all ruled out. This means Bale and SeaBass are in at the back (both are under 7 in cost and playing winnable matches where Spurs could easily get a CS). Lennon's continued absence means that the Modric/Kranjcar pairing is likely to continue (and why not? as they're doing well). No mention of Defoe's injury which I assume means he's in good shape to play.
Chelsea - Still missing their quartet of ACN players (Drogs, Mikel, Essien, and Kalou) along with the injured Deco and Bosingwa but the Elk returns. Seems to me that their best line-up at this point is Elk + Sturridge which is nice for fantasy owners but we certainly don't know that for sure. What we do know is that FloMal and JCole have been pretty close to useless and Sturridge has at least shown some flashes when given the chance so if you're taking a chance, go that way.
Elsewhere - I'm not sure on the status of O'Hara's loan deal at Pompey but I will be curious to see what they have left with Dindane, Belhadj, and Yebda all at the ACN. If O'Hara is recalled to Spurs then things will start looking pretty thin at Fratton Park (although KPB might re-emerge as a great fantasy option as he will see more of the ball)...Sunderland is still missing a bunch of players (Turner, Gordon, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, BFAR, Cattermole, and Mensah) which means that Chelsea are essentially playing the Sunderland reserves with the starting strikers...Citeh have their line-up essentially determined by the ACN + injuries with K2, Bridge, Ireland, Lescott, Onuoha, RSC, and Kolo all out for one reason or another according to BBC.com...Everton are likewise depleted with Yak, Yobo, Rodwell, Arteta, and Jagielka definitely out with Distin facing a fitness test.
Not too much excitement that we didn't know about already. Good luck choosing your squads and I'll see you tomorrow on the Live Chat...
Cheers - Neal
The news from Arsenal (or at least it is news to me) is that Denilson is out this week with an abdominal injury. This definitely leaves me wondering about who will nominally play in the holding spot this weekend for Arsenal. Denilson wasn't a great choice as a replacement for Song but he IS a better choice than anyone else on the roster. I guess the next most likely candidate is former "next Vieira" Diaby even though he has been playing much better in a more advanced role this season. If Diaby is indeed the choice then that would re-open a more advanced spot for Ramsey or Rosicky (probably Ramsey as Wenger can't help but be ultra-cautious with 'sicky at this stage...right?)
Elsewhere the news is what we expected...
Liverpool - Nando, Gerrard, GJohn, and Benayoun all out (Riera too not that anyone really cares); Masch returns (pushing Aquilani a little further forward?) and Maxi Rodriguez will play if he is cleared (like there's a choice). For the 3 of you who may be thinking that Babel is an option given the injury issues up top and on the wings we have this from Babel's very own Twitter page...
Hey people, I got some disappointing news, I m not travelling 2 Stoke.. The Boss left me out the squad. No explanation..So...where will Babel end up? Hopefully somewhere he can start and we can find out if he is going to be a solid player or not. I still hold out hope that he can contribute to a fantasy team and a real life team if given a legitimate shot.
ManYoo - Fletch and Rio are out and I'd personally rate Vidic as questionable given his recent health record but EvdS returns for ManYoo leaving the possibility that things will be solid at the back again. Not a guarantee, just a possibility.
Spurs - King, Hutton, BAE, Lennon, and Woody are all ruled out. This means Bale and SeaBass are in at the back (both are under 7 in cost and playing winnable matches where Spurs could easily get a CS). Lennon's continued absence means that the Modric/Kranjcar pairing is likely to continue (and why not? as they're doing well). No mention of Defoe's injury which I assume means he's in good shape to play.
Chelsea - Still missing their quartet of ACN players (Drogs, Mikel, Essien, and Kalou) along with the injured Deco and Bosingwa but the Elk returns. Seems to me that their best line-up at this point is Elk + Sturridge which is nice for fantasy owners but we certainly don't know that for sure. What we do know is that FloMal and JCole have been pretty close to useless and Sturridge has at least shown some flashes when given the chance so if you're taking a chance, go that way.
Elsewhere - I'm not sure on the status of O'Hara's loan deal at Pompey but I will be curious to see what they have left with Dindane, Belhadj, and Yebda all at the ACN. If O'Hara is recalled to Spurs then things will start looking pretty thin at Fratton Park (although KPB might re-emerge as a great fantasy option as he will see more of the ball)...Sunderland is still missing a bunch of players (Turner, Gordon, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, BFAR, Cattermole, and Mensah) which means that Chelsea are essentially playing the Sunderland reserves with the starting strikers...Citeh have their line-up essentially determined by the ACN + injuries with K2, Bridge, Ireland, Lescott, Onuoha, RSC, and Kolo all out for one reason or another according to BBC.com...Everton are likewise depleted with Yak, Yobo, Rodwell, Arteta, and Jagielka definitely out with Distin facing a fitness test.
Not too much excitement that we didn't know about already. Good luck choosing your squads and I'll see you tomorrow on the Live Chat...
Cheers - Neal
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