FriendlyFire - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd

7/13/2010 10:14:45 PM

elduderino - Everton (in toffee blue, please) - Prediction: 5th

A mostly optimistic prediction, however, we have slightly increased our stock in the striker department, arguably our weakest link. Beckford will get a chance to prove he's for real, and some of the younger players will likely get a chance to impress, mainly James Vaughan and Joao Silva. Behind the strikers, the rest of the starting XI will largely remain the same.

Questions to ponder:

1) Will either Mikel Arteta or Steven Pienaar be courted away from Merceyside?
2) Will Michael Bradley materialize, and if so, will he even make an impact?
3) Can the Toffees develop the consistency that has eluded them the past few seasons?

There were spurts last season where I would have argued Everton was the best team in the league, at least on form. At other times they looked like a team at the bottom of the table.

7/14/2010 12:42:49 AM

JTMONEYNCSU - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
d7freestyler - Manchester United - Prediction: 1st
heelfan - Manchester City - Prediction: 3rd
Ernie - Leeds - Prediction: Back in the EPL in 2 or 3 years
McWinger03 - Aston Villa - Prediction: 5th
aimorris - Liverpool - Prediction: ?
NyM410 - West Ham - Prediction: ~17th
hey now - Everton - Prediction: 7th
kiljadn - Manchester United - Prediction: 3rd, Blackpool - Prediction: 16th
mizzo - Liverpool - Prediction: 4th
wolfdawg4 - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd, Blackpool - Prediction: 20th
amac884 - Wolves - Prediction: 13th, Arsenal - Prediction: Invincible
timmy - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd or 3rd
CalledToArms - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
blanks - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
God - West Bromwich Albion - Prediction: 7th
Jabbo - Manchester City - Prediction: 4th
cyrion - West Ham - Prediction: 13th
FriendlyFire - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
elduderino - Everton - Prediction: 5th


i dont see everton as high as 5th. maybe if they can stay consistent and healthy all season but i dont think theres really been a season where david moyes has had that.

id also like to know why you man city fans think buying more and more defensive center mids is gonna help them gain a few positions in the table..

[Edited on July 14, 2010 at 1:49 AM. Reason : f]

7/14/2010 1:45:13 AM

I said "mostly optimistic".

Don't rain on my parade.

7/14/2010 2:16:04 AM

lol its ok. if they can finish ahead of man city i would love that

7/14/2010 2:20:05 AM

JT, I'm in, since my Magpies are back in the top flight. And guess who we open up with......

Didn't we escape with a point two years ago at Old Trafford on opening weekend?

I think we'll be lucky to stay up after this campaign...

7/14/2010 6:52:03 AM

Quote :

"more and more defensive center mids"

they bought a little more than that

and I thought Viera was on his way out anyways

7/14/2010 7:41:22 AM

torres muscle rupture. what shitty luck to have it happen right before the game is over in the world cup final. they said it's not too bad, but he'll probably miss the start of the season

7/14/2010 11:03:02 AM

but yet, brilliant luck for Liverpool

7/14/2010 11:53:12 AM

The Damned United is now on Netflix instant watch.

7/14/2010 4:58:55 PM

JTMONEYNCSU - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
d7freestyler - Manchester United - Prediction: 1st
heelfan - Manchester City - Prediction: 3rd
Ernie - Leeds - Prediction: Back in the EPL in 2 or 3 years
McWinger03 - Aston Villa - Prediction: 5th
aimorris - Liverpool - Prediction: ?
NyM410 - West Ham - Prediction: ~17th
hey now - Everton - Prediction: 7th
kiljadn - Manchester United - Prediction: 3rd, Blackpool - Prediction: 16th
mizzo - Liverpool - Prediction: 4th
wolfdawg4 - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd, Blackpool - Prediction: 20th
amac884 - Wolves - Prediction: 13th, Arsenal - Prediction: Invincible
timmy - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd or 3rd
CalledToArms - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
blanks - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
God - West Bromwich Albion - Prediction: 7th
Jabbo - Manchester City - Prediction: 4th
cyrion - West Ham - Prediction: 13th
FriendlyFire - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
elduderino - Everton - Prediction: 5th
KASPIRITUS - Newcastle - Prediction: Lucky to stay up

Quote :

"JT, I'm in, since my Magpies are back in the top flight. And guess who we open up with......"

haha, well i feel like that game was the first of the season too, when they drew with each other....so who knows


[Edited on July 14, 2010 at 5:44 PM. Reason : f]

7/14/2010 5:41:28 PM

I went to the Bolton Wanderers vs. Charlotte Eagles game tonight. It was pretty good, bolton was obviously a lot better, I think the score was 3-0. They had most of their starters in for the first half so it was cool to see them, especially at such a small venue. Owen Coyle was chatting with the fans a bit and Zat Knight was the biggest soccer player i've ever seen in person. Martin Petrov was sick and scored a really nice goal, he'll probably be a really good signing for them.

My prediction for bolton is probably the lower half around 15, best case scenario 10th.

7/14/2010 10:10:54 PM

rezanator - Liverpool - Prediction: 6th

*sigh*

7/14/2010 10:22:49 PM

Did Stu play? ^^

7/15/2010 12:55:25 AM

no stu was in LA for the espys, pretty lame

7/15/2010 2:00:09 AM

man united's home kit unveiled today....NOT a fan

7/15/2010 10:34:50 AM

You guys up for a TWW fantasy league on the official Premier League site? I've been doing it for a couple years and enjoy it. I'll run it if we have the interest. No pay, just for fun.

7/15/2010 12:55:15 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSzUpyE7SGU

7/15/2010 1:11:32 PM

im down for fantasy. are there any leagues that draft like fantasy baseball, or is it all the salary things?

7/15/2010 3:41:26 PM

Salary, I'll put up the league website when I get back home.

7/15/2010 5:29:28 PM

will you guys play the whole season? JT and i were the only ones that played the whole season in our league last year.

7/15/2010 8:55:42 PM

I definitely stick it out on the site I'm on. 38 weeks is nothing. It's so low maintenance its not hard to put in the 10 minutes a week necessary to do well.


Here is the site.

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

League name: TWW

password: 146515-43047

[Edited on July 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM. Reason : f]

7/15/2010 9:01:54 PM

ya no prob, i commished a league last year

7/15/2010 9:03:54 PM

fantastic. i'm in.

7/15/2010 9:05:23 PM

^^^

Just go to join league and put in the code.

You can make as many free transfers as you want before the first week of games. After that, you can make 1 free transfer per week. Any extras deduct 4 points from your score. You also have ONE wildcard during the season where you can make as many free transfers as you want, but you only get one so don't waist it.

[Edited on July 15, 2010 at 9:10 PM. Reason : f]

7/15/2010 9:06:03 PM

i used to do fantasy on this one. i got tired of it cause you can only make 1 transfer per week, then you lose points. its kind of annoying. :/

7/15/2010 10:15:13 PM

yeah, i don't know how i feel about that format.

7/15/2010 10:50:14 PM

Most of the guys who do well in this format make about 3 transfers a week and just take the 8pt hit. I dig it because its so low maintenance.

7/15/2010 11:57:24 PM

ToastyMuffin - Spurs- 6th

7/16/2010 8:06:14 AM

I have no idea how to play Fantasy _______. If someone wants to teach me I would be willing to join.

7/16/2010 8:29:21 AM

Man Utd-Celtic friendly in Toronto is on tonight at 7pm on ESPN2.

7/16/2010 9:39:44 AM

i played fantasy back in 06 and 07 and i will admit, i faded by the end of the campaign, it seemed once the standings were set, it was difficult to move up...but maybe i will give it another go

7/16/2010 2:33:36 PM

Berbatov looked excellent tonight, like he wasn't even trying most of the time.

7/16/2010 9:10:45 PM

Oh and I just signed up for TWW Fantasy League. My team is OrangeCrush

7/16/2010 9:41:11 PM

JTMONEYNCSU - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
d7freestyler - Manchester United - Prediction: 1st
heelfan - Manchester City - Prediction: 3rd
Ernie - Leeds - Prediction: Back in the EPL in 2 or 3 years
McWinger03 - Aston Villa - Prediction: 5th
aimorris - Liverpool - Prediction: ?
NyM410 - West Ham - Prediction: ~17th
hey now - Everton - Prediction: 7th
kiljadn - Manchester United - Prediction: 3rd, Blackpool - Prediction: 16th
mizzo - Liverpool - Prediction: 4th
wolfdawg4 - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd, Blackpool - Prediction: 20th
amac884 - Wolves - Prediction: 13th, Arsenal - Prediction: Invincible
timmy - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd or 3rd
CalledToArms - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
blanks - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
God - West Bromwich Albion - Prediction: 7th
Jabbo - Manchester City - Prediction: 4th
cyrion - West Ham - Prediction: 13th
FriendlyFire - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
elduderino - Everton - Prediction: 5th
KASPIRITUS - Newcastle - Prediction: Lucky to stay up
rezanator - Liverpool - Prediction: 6th
ToastyMuffin - Tottenham - Prediction: 6th


lol at 0 chelski fans. fuck those russian assholes



also, not to persuade people away from the fantasy on here already, but me, d7, and kiljadn did the fantasy on yahoo sports, and i found that to be a lot more fun. i will be participating in that one when they start it up and ill post info of it on here. there are more stuff to score points with and you can change everyone up on your team without penalty in between weeks.

[Edited on July 16, 2010 at 10:45 PM. Reason : f]

7/16/2010 10:38:16 PM

I have no idea how fantasy sports work.

7/16/2010 11:41:17 PM

Hey my Birmingham City prediction isn't in there...6th or 7th

I might join the Yahoo group too. I've never done a fantasy league either but thought I'd finally give it a try this year with a sport that I actually follow.

7/17/2010 8:50:18 AM

JTMONEYNCSU - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
d7freestyler - Manchester United - Prediction: 1st
heelfan - Manchester City - Prediction: 3rd
Ernie - Leeds - Prediction: Back in the EPL in 2 or 3 years
McWinger03 - Aston Villa - Prediction: 5th
aimorris - Liverpool - Prediction: ?
NyM410 - West Ham - Prediction: ~17th
hey now - Everton - Prediction: 7th
kiljadn - Manchester United - Prediction: 3rd, Blackpool - Prediction: 16th
mizzo - Liverpool - Prediction: 4th
wolfdawg4 - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd, Blackpool - Prediction: 20th
amac884 - Wolves - Prediction: 13th, Arsenal - Prediction: Invincible
timmy - Arsenal - Prediction: 2nd or 3rd
CalledToArms - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
blanks - Manchester United - Prediction: 2nd
God - West Bromwich Albion - Prediction: 7th
Jabbo - Manchester City - Prediction: 4th
cyrion - West Ham - Prediction: 13th
FriendlyFire - Arsenal - Prediction: 3rd
elduderino - Everton - Prediction: 5th
KASPIRITUS - Newcastle - Prediction: Lucky to stay up
rezanator - Liverpool - Prediction: 6th
ToastyMuffin - Tottenham - Prediction: 6th
Opstand - Birmingham City - Prediction: 6th or 7th


sorry, must have overlooked your post last page

7/17/2010 9:41:52 AM

Not gonna do fantasy this year. I suck too bad at paying attention to it after about 10 weeks, and there was stuff I didnt like about the Yahoo one - like how a player's value would go up but you'd only get what you paid for him if you were trying to sell him.

7/17/2010 11:19:43 AM

yeah, i definitely think that's lame too. but the premiere league fantasy is just not for me. we need to investigate other options (if there are any).

and nick, i'm pretty sure you were paying attention, you were just mad you were getting your ass beat!

7/17/2010 11:35:41 AM

I was paying attention to how I wasn't gonna be able to recover that deficit

7/17/2010 12:22:58 PM

We could have a our own draft and just set up our own point system.

7/17/2010 12:35:45 PM

now that just sounds like waaaaay too much work.

7/17/2010 12:47:15 PM

why aren't there any leagues with a draft online? i found one auction style league but it costs like 70 dollars. it seems like it'd be just as easy as any other sport to have a draft.

7/17/2010 12:50:45 PM

Looks as if Lahm could be headed Man U with Real Madrid bidding as well

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2010/07/14/2025732/report-manchester-united-ready-to-move-for-lahm

7/17/2010 1:31:16 PM

For some reason I'm watching Tottenham/San Jose on ESPN

Ever notice that English commentators are pretty terse and talk almost exclusively about the action on the field

Whereas American commentators talk non-stop for 90 minutes about anything but the match itself

7/17/2010 4:31:41 PM

Did you hear about Lebron?

7/17/2010 4:45:07 PM

rawr rawr rawr
americans don't "get" soccer
rawr rawr rawr

7/17/2010 5:05:53 PM

I'm sure these two guys "get" soccer just fine

They're just shitty commentators

7/17/2010 5:17:02 PM

where do these retarded man utd transfer rumors keep coming from? why would lahm leave bayern munich? lol

7/17/2010 5:46:55 PM