Fantasy Premier League

Monday Morning Manager

Mon May 12 03:59PM by Jeremy

Manchester United's Giggs celebrates with team mates after lifting the Premier League trophy following their match against Wigan Athletic

Well, I got one thing right this week.

"I wouln't bet on CRon coming away empty handed... I'll just hope Giggs can collect a souvenier goal or assist along with a winner's medal."

Sure enough, CRon PK topping off the most remarkable fantasy season I've ever seen, and Giggs getting his goal ten minutes from time having come off the bench.  Lita, Jummy, and Shorey also did well for me.  But the rest was pretty much a wash.  Most disappointing were Terry and Drogba, both of whom now seem doubtful for the CL final.  And everyone else was stuck on the bench... which with Pantsil and Gordon was probably the lesser of two evils.

Congratulations to all the winners in the private, public, personal and Beat the Blogger groups.  It's been quite the season and we'll be digesting it for weeks.  Or at least until Euro2008 begins or until the hot stove heats up. 

Special thanks and congratrulations to Neal who this season just crushed it from kick-off to the final whistle.  He got all the big moves right and didn't miss on too many of the little ones either.

And thanks to all the readers, commenters, correspondents.  You make this blog so much fun to write and this game so much fun to play.

Until next season,

The Manager 

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  • (1)

    Does anyone know the URL for checking your past fantasy achievements? Does it still even exist? Can't see a link anywhere and I wouldn't mind seeing how my overall position this season has compared with previous years.

    Posted by: ocuk_kaiowas on Mon May 12 04:08PM | Report abuse
  • (2)

    CRUSHED? maybe you. I was less than 80 pts away at the end of the season. :) Any chance I can get the jersey I bought you back? Look at it this way, at least you did not get the 5 hole. I was hooing to break into the top 1000, but 1351 will have to do.

    Posted by: jon_wolfsthal on Mon May 12 04:17PM | Report abuse
  • (3)

    finished on 3336, not my best season ever, but I did manage to "Beat The Bloggers" !!!

    Posted by: petegoddard11996655 on Mon May 12 04:39PM | Report abuse
  • (4)

    http://profiles.sports.yahoo.com/

    Posted by: jspitzberg on Mon May 12 05:01PM | Report abuse
  • (5)

    Neal will have to change his introduction at the top right of the page for next season - it's outdated!

    Posted by: benjipoulton on Mon May 12 05:40PM | Report abuse
  • (6)

    2nd in Beat the Bloggers 2... though way off first place in the end with a very bad final week... Jeremy will you be aiming for top 50 again next season? Quite a surprising downturn in form but I can't believe it's more than a season long blip!

    Posted by: richslashdot on Mon May 12 11:06PM | Report abuse
  • (7)

    Me commenting after my first season playing FF or even watching the EPL. Great experience overall but I realized that I invested too much time researching through the week and poring over scenarios on Friday nights. Let's just say my gf is happy the season is over. In my private group I was first by 9 points and after Sunday was third by 30. My epiphany, more research doesn't exactly equal better results though maybe I need to work on a better strategy. Any thoughts out there? At least I know who K2 is now. Ha ha.

    Posted by: dyosh15 on Tue May 13 12:54AM | Report abuse
  • (8)

    Jeremy and Neal, can you please post your teams again so we can check out your performance. What I really want to do is check out your strategies throughout the season. You both kicked my ass by over 6 points.

    Posted by: dyosh15 on Tue May 13 01:03AM | Report abuse
  • (9)

    Neal - http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football/1376; Jeremy - http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football/752; Let us know what you find out. ;-)

    Posted by: jspitzberg on Tue May 13 04:29AM | Report abuse
  • (10)

    I top Beat The Bloggers Group 1 but heck still ended up only 140th in the World. It's Top 10 next season or I quit!

    Posted by: piscesian2000 on Tue May 13 08:26AM | Report abuse