re: 2015-2016 TD Premier League

Eriksen's Hair Week 1 Score

Keeper
GK Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) DNP

Defense
Gary Cahill (Chelsea) 1
Danny Rose (Tottenham) DNP
Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) 0

Midfield
Oscar (Chelsea) 6
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) *C* 2X2=4
Erik Lamela (Tottenham) 1
Bastian Schweinstieger (Manchester United) 0

Forward
Christian Benteke (Liverpool) *VC* 2
Radamel Falcao (Chelsea) 1
Rickie Lambert (West Brom) 2

Subs
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham) DNP
Joe Cole (Aston Villa) DNP
Gael Clichy (Manchester City) DNP
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) 6

Total = 23

Week 2 lineup: An Ivorian Shower Scene FC

GK
Pete Cech

DEF
Leighton Baines
Nathaniel Clyne
Matteo Darmian

MID
Alexis Sanchez (VC)
Phil Coutinho (C)
Jordan Ibe
Juan Mata
Jack Grealish

FWD:
Callum Wilson
Troy Deeny

SUBS:
Joel Ward
Gabby Agbonlahor
Marko Arnautovic
Casper Schmeichel

The Dodgy Flappers Week 2 Starting Lineup

GK - Stekelenburg - Sou

Def - Scott Dann - CP
Def - Luke Shaw - ManU
Def - Joe Gomez - Liv

MF - David Silva - MC
MF - Theo Walcott - Ars (VC)
MF - Georginio Wijnaldum - New
MF - Riyad Mahrez - LC

Fwd - Diouf - Stoke
Fwd - Gomis - Swans (C)
Fwd - Rodriguez - South

Subs
1) Pappis Cisse - New
2) Puncheon - CP
3) Bertrand - South

GK2) Krul - New

Yeah, transfer window closes tonight.

quote:

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Drop: Robert Huth - DEF, Lei
Add: Kyle "OG" Walker - DEF, Spurs

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And with this move, Mick moves back into the lead for # of transactions in the season

Landycakes FC Week 1 Score

GK Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City) - 1

DEF Jose Fonte (Southampton) - 0
DEF Chris Smalling (Manchester United) - 9
DEF Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) - 14
DEF Ashley Williams (Swansea City) - 0

MID Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) VC - 2
MID Dusan Tadic (Southampton) - 6
MID Chris Brunt (West Brom) - 2
MID Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) - 2

FWD Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) C - 2 x 2 = 4
FWD Danny Ings (Liverpool) - DNP

Subs (that literally do not matter):

GK Julian Speroni (Crystal Palace) - INJ
1. FWD Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) - INJ (as usual)
2. MID Angel Di Maria (PSG) - LOL
3. FWD Edin Dzeko (Roma) - LOL

Total: 40 points

Real Legendairy's Week 2 Lineup

GK
Butland STK

DEF
Coleman EVE
Azpilicueta CHE
Bellerín ARS
Amavi AVL

MID
Sterling MC
Chadli TOT
Payet WHU *C*
Montero SWA *VC*
Deulofeu EVE


FWD
Costa CHE


SUBS
Sakho WHU
Walters STK
Naismith EVE


Courtouis CHE

Week 1 Recap:

Last year, opening week of our fantasy league had two ties and one more in week 22. A tie is a pretty rare occurrence in this league. This week, GC and BPG each put up 43 points. BPG was led by Coutinho's wonder strike and 10 points. GC choosing to captain Pelle instead of Harry Kane made the difference as it netted him an additional three points.

Despite two players leaving to PSG and Roma, my defenders more than picked up the slack. Kompany's 14 and Smalling's 9 points were huge as Smalling begins his campaign as a top 5 fantasy DEF. Kolarov and Zaha each posted a 7 for War, but the rest of the team looked it was on a preseason tour in Asia. Hazard only getting two points was disappointing in a low-scoring week for most fantasy teams.

Rooney had a decent showing for Tigerstark, but the star of the show was Yohan Cabaye. His 10 points more than picked up the slack for a surprisingly poor showing from his studly back four. I am afraid of this team when Chelsea gets a clean sheet. Sticky took over a last place team, but it appears that he is staying there after the first week. Oscar posted a solid 6 point total, but there were a lot of DNP's for week 1. Luckily, it was just one week.

Wait tends to produce high-scoring teams, but his 34 were not enough this week against the defending champ. Some dude named Amavi led the way with 9. Payet looked fantastic, and I am not sure his 6 points truly describe how impressed I was. Courtouis scored 2 points in fantasy and 1 babe in a Holiday Inn this week. The defending champion was led by a nice balance of solid performances with a Defoe goal. Sometimes, just having everyone at least contribute a couple points is not too bad, especially in the low scoring week 1 environment.

It seems that Mick's team did not get the memo to not have star do anything. Yaya Toure went HAM even if Silva has been credited with the goal after the fact (Toure keeps the point according to the league site). I am still surprised that he made it to pick #22. Ayew's 10 pointer was a welcome debut to the BPL, and it is hard to lose when your keeper scores 11. Then again, anyone can stop Arsenal days. Etm was this week's hard luck loser. His 48 points were the second best score posted, but he still lost by 31. Riyad Mahrez was the week 1 fantasy star with a brace. Silva, Shaw, and Gomis all posted six point performances to give etm enough points to beat anyone, but Mick's team led by the captained Yaya Toure.

I am aware that I still need to do a preview for Sticky, rdw, BPG, Tigerstark, and myself. My goal is to do those tonight. The league site is all up to date.