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Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here Fantasy Sports Newsletter 61 - Friday
3rd January 2003 Welcome to the New Year and FISO's Fantasy
Sports Newsletter number 61. Over 2,500 fantasy sports fans have already
subscribed to this newsletter. Will 2003 bring you the inspiration you need to
capture a Fantasy Sports title? Hopefully the FISO newsletters will help guide
you to that elusive title and today's newsletter takes a look at FA Cup games
starting tomorrow. Contents: 1. FA Cup Games starting Saturday 4
January 2003. 2. Telegraph Player Statistics (TFF &
TFFO) and the low-down on Southampton. 3. January Premiership Preview by David
Tonkin. 4. Premiership Injury news courtesy of
PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre. 5. Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy
Sports Forum. 6. Background to the FISO Forum - the
place for the latest news and views on UK fantasy sports games. 7. New fantasy sports game reviews. 8. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Corner. 9. Access to previous
Newsletters including a search facility, FISO contact details & How to
Unsubscribe from this newsletter. 1. FA
Cup Games starting Saturday 4 January 2003 Telegraph
Fantasy Football Online (TFFO) TFFO's
FA Cup game starts this Saturday 4th January 2003 at 12:30 (enter your team now
and you have unlimited transfers until midnight Friday). Choose 18 strikers
or midfielders from 18 ranked groups from the 3rd round of the FA Cup and see
how they fare through to the Final. 12 transfers are allowed and you can choose
more than one striker from each club. The first prize is £2,000 and there are
runners-up prizes of £1,250 and £750 for second and third places. The entry
fee is £3.
Each
goal scored by one of your strikers earns you points and these increase with
every round they progress. And the lower the division, the more points a striker
earns you per goal. A striker from the lowest group can score up to 10 times
more points for a goal than a striker from the top group. Choose a star player
for each round and his points are doubled. So find that 'low group' on-form
striker whose team progresses through to the latter stages of the FA Cup and you
could be on to a winner!
Managers
may earn additional points for their teams by answering quiz questions. The
questions will be available to answer at the start of each round commencing from
the onset of the fourth round. These questions will be a mixture of historic and
prediction. 5 points will be awarded for each correct answer.
Five
new questions will appear on the site five days before the start of each round.
Managers will have until the first kick off of that round to lodge their
answers. Once the quiz page has been activated, managers will have a total of 5
minutes to submit their answers to that round's questions. Managers will only be
given one opportunity to answer any round's questions. The answers to the
previous round's questions will be revealed on the first score update after each
round. The first quiz will appear on Monday 20/01/03 and the final quiz will
appear on Monday 12/05/03. The "64"
qualifiers for the third round have been broken down in to 8 pools of 8 teams,
you pick one team form each pool to form your Super 8. One of these teams is
your joker team, this score is multiplied by a multiple dependent on which pool
they came from. The team winning the FA Cup scores you 120 points, losing
Finalists 80 Points, losing semi 60 Points, down to losing third round team
scoring -10 points. When the replays have finished then the form will be updated
to reflect the qualifying team but as this would not affect their pool position
the game is open to entries now. 2. Telegraph Statistics (TFF
& TFFO) and the
low-down on Southampton. Sorted for you in 'Value For Money' order are the top 20+ TFFO Strikers, Midfielders, Full-Backs, Centre-Backs and Goalkeepers as at 2 January 2003: OMITTED
FROM THE WEB COPY The
low-down on surprise package Southampton: Like
our previous reviews of Middlesbrough and Everton, many of the Southampton
players may represent great value for money in TFF/TFFO (and other Fantasy
Football games), so we've taken an in depth look at their very settled 1st team
squad. ·
Goalkeeper - Niemi - reserve Jones ·
Right Back - Dodd (injured) - reserve Telfer ·
Centre-Backs - M. Svensson and Lundekvarm - reserve Williams ·
Left Back - Bridge (free-kicks) - no need for a reserve! ·
Left midfield - Marsden - reserve Andres Svensson (free-kicks) ·
Centre midfield - Delap & Oakley - reserve Andres Svensson
(free-kicks) ·
Right midfield - Fernandes (free-kicks and corners) - reserve Telfer ·
Centre Forwards - Beattie ( free-kicks & penalties) &
Ormerod - reserve Tessam, Pahars, K Davies & Delgado 3. January Premiership Preview
by David Tonkin on 28 December 2002 Another month is upon us! With the
Premiership just past the half way mark we have some good pointers to form (or
lack of it). The race for the title looks to be between Arsenal, Man U and
Chelsea (if you fancy anyone else get down to the bookies!) with currently
Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle and Spurs as the main challengers for the
remaining European spots. At the bottom West Ham, West Brom, Sunderland and
Bolton are clearly in the most danger but a bad run from anyone even as high as
Middlesbrough currently in 10th and it won’t take long to slide
towards the drop zone (and of course it’ll need a couple of the named teams to
greatly improve their results too). January
sees the opening of the transfer window with the possibility of some big names
switching clubs or even leaving the Premiership and there’ll be a few new
names that will be hoped to be key signings for those challenging for Europe or
trying to avoid relegation. TFFO’s extra 3 transfers may be best held onto
until the window is closed, a bit pointless to bring in a player a few days
before he gets sold out of the Prem. Managers with transfers in hand should be
at a big advantage when the OFL knockout stages get underway. We’re
also at that time of year when a few managers get the push by desperate
chairmen, will they be trying to get new men in as the transfer window opens? Newcastle
v Bolton on the 22nd is a provisional date at the time of writing,
presumably dependant on neither having a FA Cup replay to schedule and will be
an important fixture for MotW attempts. Arsenal
– Chelsea (h) Birmingham (a) West Ham (h) Liverpool (a) potentially a
difficult month with the home fixtures being derby matches, 3 or 4 draws
wouldn’t be a surprise (but then, 3 or 4 wins wouldn’t be either!) Aston
Villa – Bolton (h) Liverpool (a) Spurs (h) Middlesbrough (a) still finding
goals and points few and far between away from home, just 3 goals and 3 points
so far with the home form just keeping them clear of trouble. My preseason tip
for relegation and if the home points dry up for a few games that call won’t
be far off. Birmingham
– Leeds (a) Arsenal (h) Blackburn (a) Man U (h) proving difficult to beat in
mainly low scoring matches thus far but this looks to be a very difficult month
for them but they’ll probably nick a point or two somehow. Blackburn
– Middlesbrough (h) Sunderland (a) Birmingham (h) West Ham (a) they win a few,
draw a few and lose a few with most decisive results decided by the odd goal,
any game could have any result. Bolton
– Aston Villa (a) Fulham (h) Charlton (a) [Newcastle (a)] Everton (h) odds on
to go down and looking at later fixtures if they’re going to save themselves
they need to keep the recent upturn going through this month. Expect a couple of
decent signings (possibly on loan) during the next couple of weeks. Charlton
– West Ham (h) Chelsea (a) Bolton (h) West Brom (a) following their good run
of results from mid-November many will fancy them against the 3 strugglers and
possibly to repeat last seasons victory at Stamford Bridge too. Charlton players
will probably influence many MotM attempts, whether their inclusion will
contribute to successful attempts or be the cause of failure well, that’s the
gamble isn’t it? Chelsea
– Arsenal (a) Charlton (h) Man U (a) Leeds (h) definitely the most difficult
month remaining for them this season. Following 2 bad Xmas results title dreams
have been dented, a poor month could easily see a slide down the table and out
of the Euro spots. A good month, especially if it includes a win or 2 away from
home should nail a CL place and make them live title contenders again (don’t
hold your breath! J).
Recent team selections have been interesting to say the least. Everton
– Man C (h) Spurs (a) Sunderland (h) Bolton (a) perhaps surprise challengers
at the moment, not the most prolific scorers but they’ve won plenty of games
to be up there. No doubt many will feel that a couple of their players will be
essential in MotM attempts too, well their defenders anyway. Fulham
– West Brom (h) Bolton (a) Middlesbrough (h) Man C (a) very inconsistent so
far this season, last season you’d have expected at least 3 clean sheets from
these fixtures but now???? Leeds
– Birmingham (h) Man C (a) West Brom (h) Chelsea (a) still very much a club in
trouble, who will be leaving? Several players will almost certainly go but what
about the manager? Capable of getting something from most if not all of these
fixtures and pulling clear of the drop zone, recent form (10 points from their
last 4 matches) says they will. Liverpool
– Newcastle (a) Aston Villa (h) Southampton (a) Arsenal (h) after a miserable
November and December will fortunes improve? A couple of months ago you’d have
fancied 4 wins but now 3 losses (and a 0-0 with Villa) seem more likely. Man
C – Everton (a) Leeds (h) Newcastle (a) Fulham (h) another inconsistent team,
scoring in most games but losing as many as they win, they’ll get something
from one or more of these games but whether the points will just be for FF
managers or a few for Keegan too could be a different matter. Man
U – Sunderland (h) West Brom (a) Chelsea (h) Birmingham (a) well it looks
straightforward enough doesn’t it? 3 “easy” wins where they shouldn’t
break sweat and just the one “real” match. And they actually have a Saturday
3pm kick off this month! Has the return of Keane strengthened the team or
disrupted a successful, balanced line-up? Recent results point to disruption.
Will any there be any moves in the transfer market? Middlesbrough
– Blackburn (a) Southampton (h) Fulham (a) Aston Villa (h) if you’ve held
onto your Middlesbrough defenders this long then you’ll be expecting them to
start picking up a few defensive points again now. Newcastle
– Liverpool (h) West Ham (a) Man C (h) [Bolton (h)] Spurs (a) as ever strong
going forward but not so strong defensively and it will be generally expected
that they’ll outscore most of their opponents this month. Southampton
– Spurs (h) Middlesbrough (a) Liverpool (h) Sunderland (a) excellent home
record, poor away although many of the loses have been by the odd goal. I
can’t see them getting much out of the month, perhaps you’ll have different
ideas? Sunderland
– Man U (a) Blackburn (h) Everton (a) Southampton (h) starting to score a few
goals but not picking up many points, can they get anything out of this month? Spurs
– Southampton (a) Everton (h) Aston Villa (a) Newcastle (h) confidence should
be high following a good December and another potentially good month here that
could see them challenging for the CL positions again. Will a new striker be
signed to partner Keane to help the cause? West
Brom – Fulham (a) Man U (h) Leeds (a) Charlton (h) heavy odds on to go down,
they’ll certainly battle hard but will they get much for their efforts? West Ham – Charlton (a) Newcastle (h) Arsenal (a) Blackburn (h) the team bottom at Xmas always goes down and with their abysmal home form they are certainly heading that way. Very little travelling for them this month with all their matches in London, perhaps they can travel a little way up the table as well? With just 5 draws from the 11 matches since their last win back in October can they find any improvement this month or even perhaps their first home win of the season? 4. Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre. OMITTED
FROM THE WEB COPY 5. Latest topics from the FISO
Forum Too busy to check the growing number of FISO
forum bulletins? Worried you may have overlooked an useful gem or two in recent
weeks? No worries - FISO member, Sam David, has selected a list of hot topics
that may be worth viewing: Horse
Racing – FSUK National Hunt contest is under way http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1854 Rugby
- Times weekly updates http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1846 -
FCC VB Series after five matches -
FCC NZ-India ODI series http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2050 Football -
BBC Squadulator - which Premiership club SHOULD
you support? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2135 -
New FISO members http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=697 -
Time for video referee? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2008
- Have Liverpool lost it; is Rooney
better than Owen? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2003 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2106 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2032 -
Times superleague fixing scandal! http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1946 Times
FF leagues http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1387 -
Times Golden Boot latest updates http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2073 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2116 -
William Hill FF game http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1903&recordnum=49 -
Premiership injury alert -
Telegraph password and leaderboard news -
TFF & TFFO FISO leagues http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1458 -
Just got 1 team in TFF? Then this is the thread for you: http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1249 -
TFF FA Cup http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2127 Sun
Dream Team – FISO league http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1432 Sky
(SSSM) monthly updates http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1930 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2144 -
Weekend scores predictor http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2110 -
Links to all FISO mini-leagues http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=713 6. FISO Forum The FISO fantasy sports forum
was launched in August 2001 and with approximately 2,100 topics and 15,000
posts about fantasy sports so far and averaging approximately 5,000 page views
per day, the FISO forum is the place to talk to your fellow players and get
an opinion about a game. The latest Fantasy Sports news is posted here so check
it regularly. All posts since August 2001 are contained in an archive system
accessible from the forum index. To search the FISO forum
click here. Why not join in our forum?
You do NOT need to join to view the posts but if you choose yourself a password
and username, leaving your name and email address, then you're free to post as
well. The Forums include Fantasy Football,
Cricket, Golf, Formula One, Other Fantasy Sports and Horse Racing Tips
(Beat the Bookies!). To access the latest postings across all
the fantasy sports forums in one easy page click here. 7. New fantasy sports game reviews. Simsoc Web Soccer is a multiplayer internet
soccer system in which you can manage teams in a variety of tournaments. You
select the team and the tactics for each game, trade players to achieve the
optimum strength and depth to your side. After the matches are played you can
then watch the animated match highlights with the free Match Viewer The
Interactive Fantasy Football Management League (IFFML) The Interactive Fantasy Football Management
League (IFFML) is a free PBeM football (soccer) league based on fantasy teams
created by the managers. It uses the @ESMS software and gives you the chance to
pick your team and define tactics, improve your squad, juggle your finances,
improve your stadium and interact with other managers. It will take an ability
to masterfully manage all these areas to be successful and repeatedly perform
well in the IFFML league and cup competitions. Punditz was trailed for the World Cup with
Ray Houghton as guest "expert pundit". Almost a thousand players
entered and Punditz is now open for business with Champions' League 2002-3.
The top pundit wins a DVD player and there is a mini-league facility. Free
to play. Also features a humorous sports news section, Punditz is the site that
fails to take sport too seriously. A new simulated management game from bluemfc.com fantasy
football, using real players names and all new improvements. This is a simulated premiership season with
the full 38 weeks and the 'winning team league cup'. All current premiership
teams and updates are happening to include English Divisions 1, 2 and 3. It is
free to play and all it takes is about 10 minutes a week to pick a team. You
must have MsExcel to run this game. Choose your team, control finances, do
transfers and loans and lots more. Visit the site to apply for a team! what's the score went live in November 2002
and is a soccer prediction game with superb prizes on offer weekly and monthly
for the top players. Each game consists of 4 sets of 10 top-flight UK matches,
points scored at 2pts for a correct result and a bonus 5pts for the correct
scoreline. The top scoring player/team each week will win £1,000, 2nd place £500
and 3rd place £250,with scores being accumulated for monthly prizes (again as
above for 1st 3 places). Should any paying player predict the correct scoreline
of all 10 matches they will win a bonus prize of £250,000. Predict the scores of 15 matches each
weekend including all premiership matches, Bristol City & Bristol Rovers
matches and the rest are made up from the first Division. You get one point for
correctly predicting the result (ie:home win, away win or draw) and you get a
bonus of two points if the scoreline is correct. There is also a 'Double points
joker' where you select just 1 of your 15 predictions each week. A
'Knockout cup' competition is also run. All competitors are divided into groups
and, once everyone in each group has played against each other, the top 2 of
each group go through into a knockout stage. There is a £10 entry fee to the
predictions league which is returned as prize money. Forecast-sports.co.uk
provides a regular football prediction competition with small cash prizes. They
offer a series of shorter competitions giving everyone a chance to win. Points
are awarded for correct predictions and the player with the most points at the
end of the competition is the winner. 8. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing
Corner. I'm pleased to provide the odd racing tip
for FISO members. I'll give a rating to the bet with 5/10 being average. You can
catch more of my tips on the Beat
The Bookies part of the FISO forum. Today's report: No tip this time, but any Racing fans may
find the following of interest. Following on from yesterday's successful gamble
by Richard Fahey's yard (Mr Pertemps from 25/1 to 7/1) there are a few stables
that you should respect big time when the money is down. The two that I have had
information from that have been very successful in recent years are Tony Martin
and Gary Moore. Martin now has some decent horses including David's Lad recently
backed for the Grand National (perhaps prematurely) and has a very good strike
rate when the money is down. Moore has taken over from the legendary Sutcliffe
gambling yard, and whilst the quality of horse is not great he has certainly
inherited the knack of landing a coup. I have not had the same level of info
from Fahey's yard but it has long been known as a shrewd gambling yard. In the
old days Paddy Murphy gave me some great results but the yard no longer has the
same sort of firepower. If you are a Racing fan don't forget Tony Martin in
particular when the money is down! Andy. |
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