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Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here FISO - Fantasy & Interactive Sports Online Fantasy Sports Newsletter - FSN65 - 28 February 2003 ==================================================================== In This Issue: - Welcome! - Fantasy F1 Games - 2003 - Formula One - GP Dates and Times - David Tonkin's Monthly Premiership Review - March 2003 - New Fantasy Football Games - Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com - Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum - The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Tipster Corner Welcome! Welcome to FISO's Fantasy Sports Newsletter. You are one of over 3,000 worldwide fantasy sports fans who have subscribed to this newsletter on UK based Fantasy Sports news. To update your profile please use the link at the end of this email. Today we track down the fantasy F1 games that are open for business in advance of the first GP on Sunday 9 March 2003. We hope that you find the right formula when putting your team together! Check out the latest news on our Fantasy Sports forums! http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_latest.asp Fantasy F1 Games - 2003 Fantasy F1 2003 Games Material collated by Sam David 01. DreamTeam F1 02. Fantasy League F1 03. ITV Fantasy F1 04. Fantasy Factory 05. Fantasy Formula One 06. FSUK 07. Snowchicken 08. DreamRace 09. Dreamracers 10. DreamShares 11. Brinkster 12. Sportdreams 13. Portal Net 14. F1 Rogues 15. F1 Tipping 16. FF1 2003 17. F1 Predict 18. Angelfire 19. JimWebF1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. F1 Dream Team Provider: The Sun Website: Summary: All you have to do is pick eight drivers and four constructors, two each from six groups. Their performance on the track over the course of this year's 16 Grand Prix determines how your team does. Quite simply the better your 12 selections do, the more points you score. Entry deadline: Midnight Friday 7 March 2003. Transfers: You may dump up to three poor performing selections and bring in fresh ones during the mid-game Pitstop. Entry Cost: £5 per team. If you enter five teams you only pay for four. Transfers cost £2.50 per team. Prizes: £50,000 in total. First Prize: £25,000; Second £4,000; Third £3,000; Fourth £2,000; Fifth (new): £1,000; Sixth (new): £500. Plus 16 individual Grand Prix prizes of £500. And £5,000 of constructor league prizes (new): you get to choose which of the 10 constructors you wish to associate your team with. At the end of the game the top team in each constructor league wins £500. Mini League Option: Yes; see below. Best mini league wins £1,000. Prize is awarded to the Mini League with the highest average points total of its top five teams. The Mini League that finishes runner-up gets £500. To join the FISO mini-league then click on join mini-league after entering your team and: Mini League name is: FANTASY@FISO.CO.UK Mini League password is: FISO ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Fantasy League Formula 1 Provider: Original Fantasy League Website: http://www.fantasyleaguef1.com/index.asp?friend=fisof1 Summary: Use £50m fantasy budget to purchase drivers, vehicles and tyres. The two-race warm-up event starts with the Oz GP on 9 March and concludes with the Malaysian GP a fortnight later. The manager who scores the most points across these two events wins a VIP trip for two to the British GP. The main championship commences with the Brazilian GP on 6 April. The overall winner at the end of the season will be whisked off to Melbourne for the 2004 Australian GP. Entry deadline: Sunday 9 March for warm up; 6 April for main championship Transfers: Changes are unlimited right up until the start of the Brazil GP on Sunday 6 April. Changes made before this time take place with immediate effect. Once the Main Championship has commenced, team managers can make three changes between each race, up to a total of 20 transfers for the remainder of the season. Entry Cost: £10 Prizes: - £10,000 cash and a VIP trip to the Australian GP - VIP tickets to the 2003 & 2004 British GP - £100 cash and a case of Foster's (each GP) Mini League Option: Yes. The winning league's top five win 16 cases of Fosters to share! Once you have entered your team click below and enter your team details to apply to join the FISO mini-league: http://www.fantasyleaguef1.com/app/friends/join.aspx?team=501864&league=160 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ITV Fantasy F1 Manager Provider: ITV & Littlewoods Website: http://www.dreamleague.com/Clever/servlet/DreamLogin?homename=ITV-F1&language=ENGLISH&aff_id=6 Summary: You get $200m to spend on your F1 "Dream team" and you need to select 4 team drivers, 2 cars and 1 tyre manufacturer. Points are awarded on how your team performs in each real-life Grand Prix. The scoring system now includes Friday and Saturday qualifying. Entry deadline: By midnight on Thursday 6 March. The first 2 Grand Prix will act as a warm-up to help you decide tactics and gauge form, before the overall league (to win the MR2) starts with the Brazilian Grand Prix. In order to guarantee scoring points for the whole of the cumulative Competition entries must be received by 00.01 London time on April 4, 2003. Entries will be permitted after this date, but will only score points from the transfer deadline following the date the entrant submitted their entry. Transfers: You can make 50 transfers throughout the season allowing for loads of tactics for and during each race. During each Grand Prix "weekend" (Friday to Sunday) transfers will operate on a daily basis, i.e. changes to your ITV Fantasy F1 Team made on a Grand Prix Friday will come into effect at 00:01 UK time on the Saturday. Changes on a GP Saturday will come into effect at 00:01 UK time on the Sunday. Entry Cost: £10. If you enter 5 teams you only pay for four. Prizes: Winner will receive the very latest Toyota MR2. There will also be prizes for the winner of each race weekend. Mini League Option: A Challenge League (maximum of 20 managers) can be set up at no extra cost. No additional prize. Look out for the FISO mini-league on the FISO F1 forum. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 2003 Formula One Provider: Fantasy Factory Website: http://www.fantasyfactory.co.uk/pages/default.asp?GAME_ID=280&PAGE_TYPE=1 Summary: This unique interactive challenge promises players the opportunity to enjoy every Grand Prix. Simply put the 20 chosen racing drivers in the order you think they will perform according to the FF scoring system. Drivers gain points by winning or finishing races. You can earn bonus points by making correct predictions. Entry deadline: An hour before race time of Oz GP on Sun 9 March. Transfers: None Entry Cost: Free! One entry per person Prizes: FF points for top five places (these can be exchanged for gift awards) Mini League Option: Yes. No extra prize. Select www.fiso.co.uk for the league name and password = cking ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Fantasy Formula One Provider: Joe Ciampa, who also brought you Fantasy Snooker Website: http://www.fantasyformulaoneleague.com Summary: Simply select Drivers/Constructors from each group on entry form (3 Drivers from Group A, 2 Drivers from Group B, 2 Drivers from Group C, 1 Driver from Group D, 1 Driver from Group E, 1 Constructor from Group F, 1 Constructor from Group G, 1 Constructor from Group H, 1 Constructor from Group I). You can play JOKERS for additional points at three GP venues - simply select one circuit from each of the 'Joker' drop down lists (Groups J, K and L). Entry deadline: Before midnight GMT Friday 7 March Transfers: None Entry Cost: US $8.50 or GB £5 per entry. Prizes: Cash awards, based on number of entries. Details will be published on site shortly after closing date. Mini League Option: Yes. Each mini league must contain at least 5 members but no more than 10. Any entrants who are not part of a mini league by the start of the first GP will be randomly placed into one with at least four other entrants. A prize will be given to the best performing mini league at the end of the season, based on the average score of all its members. --------------------------------------------------------------- 6. FSUK Fantasy F1 Provider: FantasySportUK Website: http://www.fantasysportuk.com/index.html Summary: Build your dream Formula 1 team and follow it through the 2003 season. Your team must consist of seven elements: three Drivers, one Engine, one Car, one Crew and one set of Tyres. Total budget is £60M. The team will earn points based on their performances in every Grand Prix. Scores will be calculated and posted to the website within three hours after each race. Entry deadline: By 23:00 GMT Friday March 7. Transfers: If you select this option you will be able to trade up to a maximum of five elements of your team at any time during the regular season. Entry Cost: Each team costs £7.50, plus £2.50 if you elect for transfers. If you enter three teams, FSUK will give you a fourth team for free. Prizes: For best performing teams of the season, there is a prize fund of £10,000. 1st Place: 50% of Prize Pool (£5,000) 2nd Place: 25% (£2,500) 3rd Place: 15% (£1,500) 4th Place: 6% (£600) 5th Place: 4% (£400) Mini League Option: Not Available this season Note: FSUK also offer a second competition 'Formula 1 Pools'. This will run for each race during the season. If your six selected drivers all finish in the top six you will win the rollover jackpot. Drivers will be awarded points based on their performance/ finishing position. So, even if you miss the jackpot, you can win one of the other prizes on offer. There is a guaranteed Jackpot fund of £7,500 for each race. Entry cost £5 per race or £60 for the entire season. --------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Fantasy F1 Provider: Snowchicken Website: http://www.snowchicken.co.uk/servlet/com.scl.horus?service=f1 Summary: Select one Driver from each of five groups (A to E). Select one Constructor from each of four groups (F to I). Fantasy points will be awarded according to how a player's team performs in each Grand Prix, i.e. grid position, laps completed, end of GP race position Entry deadline: The deadline for receiving new entries is 12 midnight GMT on the Friday before each Grand Prix. To be eligible to score points throughout the season entries must be in before 12 midnight on Friday 7 March for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday 9 March. Transfers: Players may make as many changes as they wish to their teams throughout the season. Deadline is midnight GMT on the Friday preceding a Grand Prix. Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Small items of merchandise to top three Mini League Option: No --------------------------------------------------------------- 8. DreamRace Fantasy F1 Provider: DreamRace Website: http://www.dreamrace.co.uk/ Summary: Pick a team of 6 drivers (3 from 2 groups) and 3 constructors. Points are allocated for qualifying positions, finishing positions, improvement position (from qualifying to finishing), correct podium position, number of cars to complete a lap and a joker circuit (double points). Entry deadline: Before first GP Transfers: Up to 3 drivers and 3 constructors may be changed during the season. These must be completed by noon on the Wednesday before a race. Entry Cost: FREE, with maximum of 3 teams per person. Prizes: Team that comes first receives a framed picture of Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari. Team that comes last will get a framed print of Heidfeld in a Sauber! Mini League Option: None? --------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Dreamracers F1 Provider: Dreamracers Website: http://www.dreamracers.com/1_index.php3 Summary: You must select three drivers, a chassis, engine & tyre supplier. Scoring is based on qualifying and race finish positions. Entry deadline: You may enter at any point in the season. Team will score points only for the races run AFTER it was entered. Transfers: Yes Entry Cost: Free! One team per person and/or email address. Prizes: Play for fun Mini League Option: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Dreamshares F1 Provider: DreamShares Website: http://dreamshares.com/ Summary: 'You know those 'boring old fantasy games', where you pick a team and they get points for doing stuff? Well, this isn't one of them'. Dream Shares is a fantasy F1 stock exchange game. Player can trade shares in the F1 drivers and teams. All the features you'd expect from a financial site are there, including comprehensive tables and graphs. There are over 27,000 other registered players. Entry deadline: Before first GP Transfers: None? Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Cash awards Mini League Option: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------- 11. F1 Challenge 2003 Provider: Brinkster Website: http://f1challenge.brinkster.net/ Summary: 7th year of running. Select drivers who will qualify in pole, finish in top eight and last place. Predict the pole position qualifying lap time. Also pick a wildcard and joker. There are a maximum of 133 points to be scored every race, which can be doubled, by playing your Joker, on ONE race! Entry deadline: Before first GP Transfers: None? Entry Cost: £3.99 Prizes: Yes Mini League Option: No ---------------------------------------------------------------- 12. F1 Manager Provider: Sportdreams Website: http://www.f1manager.com/cgi-bin/admin?action=page&lang=106&url=main.html Summary: With a budget of 100 million Euro, pick two drivers, engine, chassis, tyres, sponsor and even pit girl! Entry deadline: Before qualifying stage on Fri 7 March Transfers: Yes, between each GP Entry Cost: 10 EUR administration costs Prizes: Yes Mini League Option: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Formula 1 Team Management Provider: F1 Portal Net Website: http://www.f1portal.net/Games/ Summary: The developers, based in Belgium, offer four free F1 games. Team Management is a traditional fantasy F1 game - pick 2 drivers, 1 engine and 1 chassis using a budget of $50m. In each GP you'll win money and points based on the performance of your drivers. Entry deadline: Before first race Transfers: You can change driver, engine & chassis as many times as you want, as long as you have funds available. No change can be made between 0000 CET Saturday and 23h59 CET Sunday. Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Yes. The winner will be the player with the most points at the end of the season. Only the 12 best Grand Prix results will count. Mini League Option: No ---------------------------------------------------------------- 14. F1 Rogues Provider: F1 Rogues Website: http://www.f1rogues.com/ Summary: F1 Rogues is the site that celebrates drivers and teams who are willing to "cheat" (allegedly) with crashing, ruthless driving tactics, manipulation of the press, technical scams... These are the things that will earn drivers points in the 2003 F1 Rogues championship! Use budget of $45m to choose drivers, chassis, engine and tyres. 'Retro Rogues' section contains articles, crash investigations and the All-Time section, an exhaustive database of crashes, cheating and general bad behaviour in F1 history. 'Off Camber' takes a satirical view of F1 shenanigans. Entry deadline: Before first GP Transfers: None(?) Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Win model F1 car kit worth £100. Top manager will also receive a limited edition print of a famous rogue moment. --------------------------------------------------------------- 15. F1 Tipping Provider: F1 Tipping Website: http://www.f1tipping.com/ Summary: Free online Formula One prediction competition. Before each race, predict the 1st, 2nd and 3rd qualifiers and race finishers. Maximum points are scored by guessing the positions in the correct order, but supplementary points are also awarded if a chosen driver finishes in the top three. There are also bonus predictions to gain extra points. You may either participate in the Quinella or Trifecta bonus but not both. Entry deadline: Can join at any time Transfers: Not known Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Play for fun against mates (see below) Mini League Option: Yes. The league's score is the average of its members' score per F1 race. A league will get bonus points for having more members in it. Players also receive team bonus for joining a league. -------------------------------------------------------------- 16. FF1 2003 Provider: FF1 2003 Website: http://www.ff1.co.uk/ff1/team_rules.asp Summary: Player must select an 'A' Driver, 'B' Driver, Chassis, Engine and Tyre, plus Joker race. Overall budget is £55 million. Points will be awarded according to how the components of the player's team perform in each Grand Prix. Joker Race counts double. A bonus point will be awarded, at the start of the season, for every £1 million your team costs under the budget. Entry deadline: 12 midnight on Thursday 6 March 2003 for the Australian Grand Prix. Can enter at any stage of the season, but won't accrue points from any previous race. Transfers: No Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Play for fun Mini League Option: No --------------------------------------------------------------- 17. F1 Predict Provider: F1 Predict (same group who created Score Prediction League for football) Website: http://www.f1predict.co.uk/ Summary: Before each race, pick 6 drivers - one from each pool of four. Drivers score points based on grid and finishing positions and fastest lap. Over 200 teams have been entered to date. Entry deadline: Game starts with the first race of the season Transfers: N/A Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Play for fun Mini League Option: No -------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Angelfire F1 Provider: Angelfire Website: http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/fantasyf1/ Summary: Before each race, five drivers will be selected at random. You must predict their finishing positions, and the driver you think will earn pole position and fastest lap. Entry deadline: Not Known Transfers: N/A Entry Cost: Free! You may have as many teams as you want, but in the event of a draw the player with the least teams will be the winner. Prizes: None Mini League Option: No --------------------------------------------------------------- 19. JimWeb Formula 1 Provider: JimWebF1 Website: http://www.jimwebf1.co.uk/formulajimweb Summary: Pick a combination of two drivers, 1 engine, 1 chassis, and a tyre company. Budget is 100m. Teams score points based on real F1 results. There are currently 3 divisions of Formula Jimweb but this keeps expanding when new members join. There are three promotions/relegations between each division during the F1 season. Entry deadline: None Transfers: No Entry Cost: Free! Prizes: Play for fun Mini League Option: No Click here for news on Fantasy Formula 1 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=6 Formula One - GP Dates and Times Race dates: In each case the date used is the Friday: March 7th (Australia, Melbourne) March 21th (Malaysia, Sepang) April 4th (Brazil, Interlagos) April 18th (San Marino, Imola) May 2nd (Spain, Barcelona) May 16th (Austria, A-1 Ring) May 30th (Monaco, Monte Carlo) June 13th (Canada, Montreal) June 27th (Europe, Nurburgring) July 4th (France, Magny-Cours) July 18th (Great Britain, Silverstone) August 1st (Germany, Hockenheim) August 22nd (Hungary, Hungaroring) Sept 12th (Italy, Monza) Sept 26th (United States, Indianapolis) Oct 10th (Japan, Suzuka) Race times: Friday: 0830-1030 - Private session for those teams who have signed up for limited testing during the season (Renault, Jaguar, Jordan and Minardi so far). 1100-1200 - Free practice. 1400-1500 - First qualifying practice (fastest runs last in Saturday's session). Saturday: 0900-0945 - Free practice. 1015-1100 - Free practice. 1330-1345 - Warm-up practice session. 1400-1500 - Second qualifying. Sunday: 1400 - Race start, except for Malaysia (1500), Canada (1300), Britain (1300), United States (1300) and Japan (1430). Check out the FISO Fantasy F1 forum here http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=6 David Tonkin's Monthly Premiership Review - March 2003 March arrives with most teams having played 28 fixtures with the only outstanding fixture scheduled to be played early in the month. Be careful with the first set of fixtures, 3 of them have been moved to the following week due to TV and the Worthless Cup final, mistiming in OFL’s week will again add to the lottery feeling for those left in the KO stages. It can be no coincidence that the top 3 in the table are also the 3 teams playing in the CL 2nd group stage, Arsenal are still looking very strong to take the title but any slip and one or both of Man U and Newcastle are close enough to take advantage. The 4th qualifying spot is more open now, Chelsea are still hanging in there despite the unimpressive sequence that started with the Xmas / New Year tinkering. Everton, Charlton, Liverpool and Spurs will all be hoping to take 20+ points from their remaining fixtures to either take that 4th spot or at worst one of the UEFA places, they can’t all make it! Blackburn, Southampton and Man C need to win every game to join the Euro pack. At the bottom Sunderland and West Brom continue to look doomed, West Ham have Bolton and Birmingham in their sights. OFL related points scoring below. Arsenal – Charlton (h) Blackburn (a) Everton (h) this looks to be a competitive set of matches, the 2 visiting sides need points for European qualification, whether they’ll be good enough to get any is a different matter. February was again the Pires and Henry show, no defensive points scored as 1 goal was conceded in each game. Aston Villa – Birmingham (h) Man U (h) Southampton (a) back to back 5-2 victories to end January and start February then returning to the usual rubbish, presumably they’ll have a bit of fight in the two home matches and then roll over and die at St Marys. Another good month for Barry and Dublin, virtually nothing elsewhere. Birmingham – Aston Villa (a) Man City (a) West Brom (h) a couple of big derby games that could well make a big difference to Premiership survival. Big minus points from the defence, Lazaridis, Clemence and Morrison the only positive points scorers in the squad. Blackburn – Man C (h) Arsenal (h) Newcastle (a) it looks as if some of the backs to the wall defending that was successful at Stamford Bridge is going to be needed in all three of these matches but they’re up against more clinical finishers in these, still got double Blackburn defenders? Oh dear! A lot of players used, especially in defence during the month, did you have those that conceded 5 or kept the clean sheet? Dunn’s goal and assist makes him their top scorer for the month. Bolton – Liverpool (a) Sunderland (a) Spurs (h) looking a very tidy team during January and very capable of taking something from all of these matches to extend the gap to the bottom 3. a positive / negative mix at the back, Djorkaeff was top scorer with 3 goals. Charlton – Arsenal (a) Newcastle (h) Middlesbrough (a) again the form team in the league with 5 straight wins, this month couldn’t be much more difficult against 2 of the title contenders and the team that had to buy a new defender to show them where the goal was. A brilliant season so far and no reason to believe that they will do anything less than give their all for the remainder of it, they won’t be looking for draws in these, they’ll be trying to win them! They should be a decent price on the fixed odds for all of these too. Good defensive points throughout, a couple of assists from midfield and all 5(!) forwards got something. Chelsea – Newcastle (a) West Brom (a) Man C (h) a poor 2003 so far and the season is in danger of stuttering to a halt this month, will the players be really pushing at St James Park or will they be thinking of the FA Cup tie at Highbury the following weekend? These two matches now define Chelsea’s season and West Brom are well placed to take the points regardless against an either over confident or dejected squad. Only Hasselbaink, Zola and Gudjohnsen made worthwhile contributions in February. Everton – Middlesbrough (a) West Ham (h) Arsenal (a) the 2 home wins have kept the Euro challenge in good order, recent away form has not brought many points but the losses have been by the odd goal. Only a fan would expect anything from the Highbury trip so wins must be gained against a couple of teams that will have gained in confidence from their wins last week, potentially a very difficult month. Points throughout the squad in February with Radzinski being the main man. Fulham – Sunderland (h) Southampton (h) Man U (a) 1W 1D 1L in February, 3 wins from 3 home matches in 2003. 2 more home wins on the cards? Again points shared around the squad with Malbranque having a very good month. Leeds – Man U (a) Middlesbrough (h) Liverpool (a) Seth Johnson scored their one goal in February, will they get another this month? Doesn’t look too promising does it? 11 points clear of the drop zone so probably safe, will all thoughts be on the cup match? Liverpool – Bolton (h) Spurs (a) Leeds (h) once upon a time you’d have these down as formalities but not now! 1W 1D 1L from February, 1W 2D 1L in January, home form is equally as poor as the away form, can it improve? Positive points throughout but certainly not VFM. Man C – Blackburn (a) Birmingham (h) Chelsea (a) not a good month, lost at home to West Brom, held Man U away then destroyed by Arsenal at home, will Dunne keep his place in the team? The Anelka / Fowler partnership hasn’t fired yet but it does look very potent and could click at any time and even if it does will the defence let them down again? Another with big negative points at the back and one score for a handful of other players. Man U – Leeds (h) Aston Villa (a) Fulham (h) very impressive in Europe and they star the month with the chance to add to the trophy cabinet, 3 wins are needed to keep the pressure on Arsenal, do any of these 3 look capable of stopping them? Or for that matter scoring against them?? Another with points scored throughout, Van Nistelrooy’s 3 goals making him the top points scorer again. Middlesbrough – Everton (h) Newcastle (h) Leeds (a) Charlton (h) Unbeaten in February! Okay they only played 2 games but a dramatic improvement on January. It took buying a new defender to find the goals again, Riggott and Christie have made an instant impact and 3 or 4 wins from these games would be no surprise. Newcastle – Chelsea (h) Middlesbrough (a) Charlton (a) Blackburn (h) still going along very nicely, looking almost assured of CL football next season and still with title aspirations, conceding very few as they go. All 4 of these matches look very competitive with Charlton looking to be the most difficult. The title challenge may slip a bit but 3rd spot should be consolidated. Points everywhere but no outstanding scorer from the 2 matches played. Southampton – West Brom (h) Fulham (a) Aston Villa (h) 3 out of 3 lost in February which has brought the European dreams to an abrupt halt, still in the cup though and they’ll fancy making it to the semis but perhaps the league form will continue to suffer whilst they remain in it. Beattie scored their only goal. Sunderland – Fulham (a) Bolton (h) West Ham (a) 3 beatings in February, they did score in each match but conceded a total of 10. A couple of 6 pointers here that they must win to have any chance at all of surviving, another 3 hammerings are more likely. Phillips got all 3 goals. Spurs – West Ham (a) Liverpool (h) Bolton (a) not particularly inspiring recent form with a couple of one alls and the not too difficult win over Sunderland. The points scored early in the season have kept them in touch with the Euro qualifiers but a run of wins are needed to move into a better position. 3 very competitive fixtures with all opponents desperately needing points too, the possibility of a few more cards being shown this month? A goal conceded in every game so no defensive points, Sheringham and Anderton the main scorers. West Brom – Southampton (a) Chelsea (h) Birmingham (a) another with 1W 1D 1L in February, certainly not enough to survive, wins are needed now, can they get them? Southampton and Chelsea may well be distracted by the cup and the derby match could be anything. Might be worth considering on the fixed odds at healthy prices. Generally negative points at the back with the goals and assists shared equally throughout the squad. West Ham – Spurs (h) Everton (a) Sunderland (h) they’ve been thrown a lifeline, can they grab it? Capable of getting 5 or 6 points this month but have the management team shot themselves in the foot by upsetting Di Canio at this crucial stage of the season? One of their least poor months defensively but still negative points, Sinclair’s 2 goals easily makes him top points scorer. Comment on David's review on this forum thread. http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2641 New Fantasy Football Games We've recently received information from the webmasters of the following games: http://www.footballfantastic.com Football Fantastic is based on real life team performances in the top leagues of Europe. You pick teams from the top leagues throughout Europe and score points dependent on their performances against other teams in the competition. £10 to enter. http://www.smcfa.freeservers.com SMCFA is a brand new simulated football management game using the @esms programme. Starts midday Saturday 1 March 2003. Click here to access the FISO Fantasy Football forum http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=3 Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre: 28 February 2003: Fulham 8 Hayles (neck 1 month) Clark (calf 1 week) Van der Sar (fractured metatarsal 3 weeks) Boa Morte (ankle 1 week) Goma (hamstring 1 week) Marlet (knee 2 weeks) Collins (stomach muscle strain 1 week) Davis (groin 1 week) Tottenham Hotspur 7 Redknapp (fractured toe 1 week) Ziege (thigh 2 months) Gardner (hamstring 1 month) Iversen (disc prolapse [no return date]) Keane (knee 1 week) Perry (neck 1 week) Poyet (knee [no return date]) Sunderland 6 Reyna (knee 3 months) Brown (knee 2 months) Thome (knee 1 week) Rossiter (knee 1 week) Myhre (thigh [no return date]) Bjorklund (hamstring 1 week) Arsenal 5 Juan (knee 2 months) Shaaban (broken leg 1 month) Luzhny (calf strain 1 week) Cole (hernia 1 month) Kanu (thigh 1 week) Manchester City 5 Negouai (knee(s) 1 week) Haaland (knee [no return date]) Tiatto (groin strain 2 weeks) Macken (hamstring 2 weeks) Wanchope (dislocated shoulder 3 months) Manchester United 5 Scholes (Groin 1 week) Brown (hamstring 1 week) Carroll (leg 1 week) Forlan (ankle sprain 2 weeks) Giggs (hamstring 1 week) Blackburn Rovers 4 Bjornebye (foot 1 week) Hignett (fractured fibula 1 week) Duff (hamstring 1 week) Thompson (knee 1 month) Leeds United 4 Bridges (ruptured achilles 5 months) Milosevic (fractured wrist 1 week) Matteo (hamstring 1 week) Bakke (ankle 1 month) Aston Villa 3 Delaney (knee 2 months) Taylor (thigh 1 week) Angel (knee 2 weeks) Birmingham City 3 Purse (ankle 1 week) Tebily (knee ligaments 1 month) Cisse (sprained ankle 1 week) Charlton Athletic 3 Rowett (knee 3 months) Mustoe (thigh [no return date]) Blomqvist (foot [no return date]) Chelsea 3 Keenan (broken leg 2 weeks) Desailly (ankle 1 week) Le Saux (groin 1 week) Liverpool 3 Heggem (achilles [no return date]) Berger (Knee [no return date]) Kirkland (knee 5 months) Southampton 3 Pahars (ankle 2 weeks) Delap (Medial knee ligaments 1 month) Delgado (back 3 weeks) Bolton Wanderers 2 Whitlow (knee 1 month) Pedersen (dislocated shoulder 1 month) Everton 2 Rodrigo (knee 2 weeks) Hibbert (hernia 3 weeks) Newcastle United 2 Jenas (achilles 3 weeks) Cort (ankle 2 weeks) West Ham United 2 Winterburn (wrist 1 week) Di Canio (gastritis 1 week) West Bromwich Albion 1 Johnson (broken toe 1 week) Check on FISO's Injury and Suspension News weblinks http://www.fiso.co.uk/teamnews.htm Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum We've selected a list of hot topics to help you keep up with the current fantasy sport topics. - TeamBoss reduce their prizes http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2631 - Want to meet Robert Pires on March 12th? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2636 - BBC Month 6 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2647 - New FISO members – have you introduced yourself yet? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1518 - Premiership injury alert http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2263 - Telegraph password, leader boards and new players http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1013 - For those with just one team in the Telegraph http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1249 - Telegraph Fantasy World Cup Cricket http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2265 The FISO fantasy sports forum was launched in August 2001 and with over thousands of topics and posts about fantasy sports 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. There is also a search facility. 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!). Click here to see the latest topics on our forums. http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_latest.asp The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Tipster 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. Today's report: Apart from New Field most of our ante post bets seem to be going the right way. Was thinking about a Grand National tip, but have decided to wait till after Cheltenham. I offer a minimum recommendation that I am confident will be well backed in the next few weeks. I am looking at the Lincoln - the first big handicap of the flat season. I've personally backed Adiemus @ 16/1 (now 8/1) and Golden Chalice @25/1 (now 20/1). I feel that there is still some value in the 20/1 e/w Golden Chalice who has been well backed recently, as I type the 20/1 is still available at Corals, Ladbrokes and handlers. Don't forget to see 'oddschecker' for the best odds - Andy. Catch more of Andy's tips on the Beat The Bookies part of the FISO forum. |
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