Email received:

'For this week only we've increased the weekly prize to £5,000. That means if your team scores the most points this week, you could be netting yourself a cool £5,000. The best thing is it's not about the points you already have, or the position you are currently in - the weekly prize is based solely on your points for that week - meaning anyone can win'.

Anyone without Fabregas, Lampard ,Dembele, Walcott and all the other popular picks currently injured - and/or if you've the spare transfers available to replace them

Might have to enter a team just for this weekend.

I could have sworn I'd seen your team in the Fiso league Ashers. I must be mistaken,as it's a single entry competition.

Nothing like encouraging "family" entries

I have, but my girlfriend has not entered yet

No - this can only be won a new team that makes 5 transfers on Sunday.

Last weeks winner looks like a new entry. And the team name is Emery Towers 2, does that mean there's a Emery Towers?

Skybet havent thought these weekly prizes out very well - should be for teams only entered from the start!!!!

1st week of the month would've been the fairer option.

Like many other games organisers they haven't thought this through. Bloggies suggestion is far better than what Sky are actually doing but even that is not optimum, as managers doing well would be loathe to use five transfers in a one week lottery, even if they have five avaiable in a team with no current injuries. In practice most teams probably have 2 or 3 transfers remaining and at least one injured player, typically Fabregas.

If they were going to have occasional high weekly prizes this should have been stated from the start so that entrants could have planned for it. How about the Premiership deciding last week that points from this weeks games alone will be doubled. OK a pretty stupid analogy but no more stupid than the actions of the Sky geniuses who have moved the goalposts mid competition.

Its fair enough for them to want to encourage more entrants but do it in a thougtful way (OK that might be an oxxymoron when dealing with "hype everything" Sky). This might have involved allowing all existing competitors to enter another team from this week, after all by now its highly unlikely that any team entered now could win the seasonal comp. As others have implied, its just another invitation for those FF managers who are happy to "bend" rules to enter another team in someones name who knows nothing about football.

So what are the odds that this is won by a girlfriend/dog, (one and the same thing? ), who has just created their first ever Sky identity?

This made me chuckle.. a taylor made response!!
i actually disagreed with the idea .. i felt it should have been allowed only for teams that entered from day one.. and this encouraged.. multi-entry and don't bother after 5k not going to me entrants!!

just seen your quote.. as i was laughing so much at Vid's response.. but yes.. my gut reaction was as yours..
i hope they don't do something as silly this season!!