Week 35 - My Team

 Reina

    Skrtel   Luiz   Kolarov

Malbranque   Silva   Larsson   Pennant   Adam

Dzeko   Suarez

Really happy with this team - my only worry is Dzeko being benched, but I'm hoping Mancini gives him a start to build on the confidence from his winner at Blackburn. At 7.01 I felt it was worth the risk. I also went Meireles > Larsson which I think that's a sensible move seeing as I already have Reina, Skrtel & Suarez from 'Pool.

Now next week it's a double week for Man City & Tottenham, so remember that when you're doing your barndoor work. I'll probably load up on City players to be honest, Spurs are bang out of form at the moment, so VDV may be my only Spurs player!

Finally, to those of you slating me yesterday for not writing an update because I was at my mate's wedding - you're writing those insults anonymously because you don't want to be associated with your own comments. Get a fucking life!

Cheers,
AM

No Update...

...because I'm at one of my best mate's weddings and it is a very happy and proud day. Good luck tomorrow & if you fancy wishing Paul & Katie a happy life together they would massively appreciate it. Cheers guys

Week 35 - Player Picks

Week 35 sees us go back to a single week for all teams, and I'm pretty glad about that. The occasional double week is OK when it's for the majority, but skewing your team selection to just a couple of sides isn't all that fun, so it's good to be back to normal. Unfortunately it's another double in Week 36 (for Man City & Spurs) but we won't worry about that for now!

Before I get in to the fixtures, I'll quickly talk about the week just passed. I ended Week 34 on 136 points, which is probably below average (150 is par in a DW), but I'm generally pleased with that score after a terrible start saw me take just 57 from the first round of matches.

Dempsey, Pennant & Schwarzer did the business in their 2nd games, but Etherington was unlucky to pick up an injury that could see him miss the FA Cup final, Zamora's double benching left me wishing I'd gone for Kenwyne, and I was sorely lacking a good Stoke defender as Wilson proved why he's so cheap!

I now find myself drifting around just outside the Top 100, and my dreams of the Top 50 are disappearing quicker than Tottenham's dreams of a 2nd season in the Champions League. 40 points is a hell of a lot to make up with just 3 weeks to go, so I'm just concentrating on trying to secure my 3rd ever Top 100 finish.

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Spurs, Harry & Week 34 So Far

Excellent article that sums up my feeling on Spurs and Harry Redknapp at this point in time, specifically targeting Redknapp's recent comments about the fans, as our hopes of another season of Champions League football slip away...

Why Do Expectations Grate With Harry? - Such Small Portions Blogspot

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Week 34 - My Team

Schwarzer

Wilson   Hughes   Luiz

O'Hara   Pennant   Dempsey   Etherington   

Suarez   Sturridge   Zamora

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Good luck all!

Week 34 - Update

Sorry guys, I've been in Brighton all-day so I'm sending this from my phone as I'm not going to get back in time to write a proper update post tonight. I therefore recommend you visit the following sites for all the latest team & injury news.

Fantasy EPL - Jeremy & Neal always provide a great summary of injuries & suspensions.

FF Scout - Team news constantly updated throughout the day.

BBC Sport - Decent information on each fixture.

I'm not going to get a chance to update my team either so it will remain as it was earlier in the week:

Schwarzer, Wilson, Hughes, Luiz, O'Hara, Pennant, Dempsey, Etherington, Suarez, Sturridge, Zamora

How's your team shaping up?

Cheers,
AM

Week 34 - Player Picks

Apologies for the very brief Player Picks post this week. We're approaching the Easter Bank Holiday weekend & I'm off work for 11 days from Friday onwards, so I have work commitments that must take priority in the next 48 hours (hence why this entire post is being written in my one hour lunch break).

Straight in to it then, and as we know, four teams play twice this week...

FULHAM - @Wolves, Bolton
STOKE - @Villa, Wolves
WOLVES - Fulham, @Stoke
BOLTON - Arsenal, @Fulham

I know these aren't the four most glamorous clubs, but you all know the rule regarding DGers at this stage of the season - get in as many as you can!

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The Blog Cup - Final Results

The 2010/11 Blog Cup

800 team, 8 rounds, 1 winner!

And the winner is... 

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