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Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here FISO - Fantasy & Interactive Sports Online Fantasy Sports Newsletter - FSN 75 - 05 December 2003 07:00 ==================================================================== In This Issue: - Welcome! - IKTS - Your Chance to Influence a NEW Prediction Game and Qualify for £10 of free credits. - Football1x2 - New Simulated Game - David Tonkin's Monthly Premiership Review - New Fantasy Football Games - Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com - Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum - BoysStuff Christmas Presents!
Welcome! Welcome to FISO's Fantasy Sports Newsletter. You are one of many thousands of worldwide fantasy sports fans who have subscribed to this newsletter. To update your profile please use the link at the end of this email. Today we cover a number of new fantasy football games including an urgent appeal from a new predictions game that requires people to test its game prior to its launch in the Spring. David Tonkin's EPL review for December is also included along with EPL injury news from PhysioRoom.com and the latest hot topics from the FISO forum which includes a new fantasy sports betting game. Check out the latest news on our Fantasy Sports forums! http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_latest.asp IKTS - Your Chance to Influence a NEW Prediction Game and Qualify for £10 of free credits. Here's your chance to influence one of the new prediction games on the market. The company that runs the impressive PremierLeague.com prediction game, are working on a multi-category prediction site. They have added some new concepts to the traditional games you have been playing, including Challenger (head to head competitions) and QuickWins (which will allow you to win prizes based on your predictions). IKnowTheScore (IKTS) - http://www.iknowthescore.com - is now open for "free" beta testing over the next 5 weeks. FISO members have a unique opportunity to see the game and provide feedback ahead of the official launch next year. As a player you can join one or more of the following the prediction games: * Premier League Football * Formula 1 Motor Racing (Simulated) * The Weather!! * Financial Markets * Division One Football * Euro 2004 Football (simulated) So sign up today and help shape what looks a useful addition to the available fantasy games by taking part in the test site. You will qualify for £10 of free credits when the IKTS Prediction Leagues get underway for real in next year http://www.iknowthescore.com (BETA PIN 7318 when you register). Please feel free to provide feedback via their feedback forms or via the FISO forum. Click here for the FISO forum thread on IKTS http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7875 Football1x2 - New Simulated Game Football1x2 is a virtual fantasy football game that simulates a season every hour. You can play for fun(monthly prize of up to £250) or gamble for real money. There are over 50 leagues representing most countries around the world. The game simulates a football season with a weekend's matches played every 90 seconds and the season completed every hour. Although football1x2 does reflect realistic team strengths, the championship is seldom just a 2 or 3 team race with even the most unlikely clubs walking away with the title. You can either play for real and receive a complementary £10 matched deposit or warm up by playing for fun and get 1000 fun credits simply by opening an account, no deposit required. Click here to access Football1x2 http://www.football1x2.com?affID=48 David Tonkin's Monthly Premiership Review 5 sets of fixtures in December which take us up to the half way mark of the season, the top 3 are still pulling clear and there's not very much covering the rest. A good month for a side currently near the bottom will have them considering a possible Euro spot, a series of losses for any of those outside the top 3 and a possible relegation fight looms, Fulham in 4th are 9 points off the top 3 and 9 points clear of the relegation zone, could that 4th CL spot still be in range for even Leeds??? Chelsea (35 +19 wWwW) - Leeds (a) Bolton (h) Fulham (a) Charlton (a) Portsmouth (h) top scorers, best defence, 5 straight wins in the league without conceding since the Arsenal loss and now top of the league, can they be knocked off it? For that matter which of these are likely to score against them, if any? A couple of interesting derbies either side of Xmas dinner. No dominant striker for FF purposes but the rest of the line up has been much more stable and producing points throughout the month. Arsenal (34 +18 wWwD) - Leicester (a) Blackburn (h) Bolton (a) Wolves (h) Southampton (a) the longest unbeaten run ever to start the Premiership and they're second! Creating plenty of chances and surely they won't face another Van Der Sar like display again. None of these look likely to cause any major problems, will 5 wins return them to the top or do they have to win to keep in the race? Man U (31 +16 WwWl) - Villa (h) Man C (h) Spurs (a) Everton (h) Middlesbrough (a) all very winnable fixtures which they'll probably need to win just to stay in touch with the top two and maybe recapture a little ground on one or both of them. Fulham (22 +6 LlWd) - Bolton (h) Leeds (a) Chelsea (h) Southampton (h) Villa (a) top of the rest, at the moment anyway. Home and away form is a mirror image with 3W 2D 2L 12F 9A in both lists, points look possible from all of these but then 2 or 3 losses wouldn't be a great surprise either, will they still be in that CL spot at the turn of the year? Charlton (22 +3 wWdL) - Southampton (a) Middlesbrough (a) Newcastle (h) Chelsea (h) Spurs (a) looking at these fixtures you might expect them to struggle in most of them but this is Charlton who have proven themselves very capable of putting together a string of good results against anyone. Liverpool (21 +6 wLdW) - Newcastle (a) Southampton (h) Wolves (a) Bolton (h) Man C (a) Owen has yet another injury which can't help (certainly isn't helping me!) in the push for 4th, their main rivals (according to the bookies anyway) for that spot is their first fixture of the month, a decisive result will give one a little advantage. The other 4 matches are should win but will they be? Newcastle (20 +1 DlWd) - Liverpool (h) Spurs (h) Charlton (a) Leicester (a) Blackburn (h) a reasonable looking set that most will expect 4 or 5 wins from, Shearer seems to be the only one capable of scoring for them these days, 20 for him by the end of the month perhaps? Birmingham (20 -2 LdLl) - Blackburn (h) Leicester (a) Middlesbrough (h) Man C (h) Everton (a) a couple of wheels fell off in November, 8 of their 14 conceded for the season hit the back of their net in those 4 games, can Bruce get them back into clean sheet mode to halt the slide? A month ago you'd have all these down for 0/1-0, but now??? Man C (18 +3 wLlL) - Everton (a) Man U (a) Leeds (h) Birmingham (a) Liverpool (h) 7 conceded without reply in the final 3 matches in November, certainly not the expected form from a Keegan side although if you look back at last month's preview I did predict them to be struggling to score goals. I don't know whether it's the players, the formation or the tactics but if something doesn't change soon they will be spending the rest of the season in the bottom 6. Middlesbrough (18 -3 WwDw) - Portsmouth (h) Charlton (h) Birmingham (a) Blackburn (a) Man U (h) a good month scoring 5 without reply, the new Birmingham perhaps? Good chances for more clean sheets here and maybe able to nick a goal here and there to win several of these. Bolton (18 -6 wDwW) - Fulham (a) Chelsea (a) Arsenal (h) Liverpool (a) Leicester (h) similar to Middlesbrough 5-0 for the month but it wouldn't be a surprise if the lost a few of these 5-0 with 4 of the top 6 to face and 3 of them away from home at that. Southampton (17 +1 LdLl) - Charlton (h) Liverpool (a) Portsmouth (h) Fulham (a) Arsenal (h) 0-4 for the month, no goals from Beattie means no goals from anyone else, can he score a few to get them some points or will the slide continue? Another with 4 of the current top 6 to play during the month, can they upset some of them? Leicester (15 0 WwDw) - Arsenal (h) Birmingham (h) Everton (a) Newcastle (h) Bolton (a) 8-1 during November's good sequence, clearly something's been learnt from the 2nd half collapse against Wolves at the end of October. They really could get something from all of these games. Portsmouth (15 -3 lWlL) - Middlesbrough (a) Everton (h) Southampton (a) Spurs (h) Chelsea (a) continuing to slip down the table and this month doesn't look to be one likely to halt the slide. Spurs (15 -5 LlWl) - Wolves (h) Newcastle (a) Man U (h) Portsmouth (a) Charlton (h) missing Kanoute badly along with a midfield and a defence, looking likely to stay in the bottom 6 for a while yet. Blackburn (14 -5 lWlW) - Birmingham (a) Arsenal (a) Villa (h) Middlesbrough (h) Newcastle (a) a couple of home victories to give them some cheer but not convincing with them, some decent players there but certainly not enough to make a half decent team. No draws since August, an away draw or two here could signal a team coming together but continuing the sequence of losses looks more likely. Aston Villa (14 -6 dLlW) - Man U (a) Wolves (h) Blackburn (a) Leeds (a) Fulham (h) the home form is as good as any outside of the top 3, away form is dismal, a couple of decent looking opportunities to improve it, all they need to do is score a few goals and as it's coming up to Xmas perhaps Angel will shine. Everton (13 -4 LlWl) - Man C (h) Portsmouth (a) Leicester (h) Man U (a) Birmingham (h) another with reasonable home form and dire away, the early fixtures gives them a chance against other currently poor sides, if they can't turn it around then they look to be in real trouble as January has them facing 4 of the current top 6, the 4/1 for them to go down at the moment could be good value. Wolves (11 -18 lDlD) - Spurs (a) Villa (a) Liverpool (h) Arsenal (a) Leeds (h) we all knew they were going to struggle and were first on everybody's list for relegation but even though the first 2 matches are away they are against out of form sides, could they possibly battle their way out of the bottom 3 for Xmas? Leeds (11 -21 LlLw) - Chelsea (h) Fulham (h) Man C (a) Villa (h) Wolves (a) they've won a game, further mutterings of an Arab takeover so it's all going to get better from now? No, I don't think so either but 3 home fixtures and they have two poor sides to visit, there are certainly plenty of points opportunities here if Gray can find the right tactics. Comment on David's review on this forum thread. http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7872 New Fantasy Football Games We've recently received information from the webmasters of the following games: Armchair Footy - http://www.armchairfooty.com Armchair Footy is a 'Real Life Performance' fantasy football game. It differs from most on the market in that it offers you the chance to manage players from all four English divisions - Premiership through Division 3. Managers compete for an Overall prize and also for nine monthly prizes. All teams are entered into two Cup competitions, one that parallels the F.A. Cup and another knockout competition, pitting managers against each other on a week-to-week basis. They provide 'mini-leagues', offer free transfers throughout the season and provide monthly quizzes that can earn you extra transfers. SPL Fantasy Football - http://www.higgsitsolutions.co.uk/ff/ A free to enter Scottish Premier League Fantasy Football game has been brought to our attention. This is a free to enter online fantasy football game for the SPL and includes latest news, fixtures and current league table. Choose 11 Players (1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders, 2 strikers) and 1 manager while staying within a budget of £21.5 Million and with no more than 2 from the same club. There are 20 transfers. You can enter as many teams as you want, but only 1 per email address. Additional Player's will be updated every other month. There is a Mini-league facility. Website is run by Higgs IT Solutions who are based in Fife. See this forum thread for comment and FISO mini-league details - http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7299 Fantasy FC - http://www.fantasyfc.com Fantasy FC is a free Premiership Football fantasy game in a community orientated environment. It's a non-commercial website, made by and for fantasy football game's fans. Premier League Fantasy Footy - http://www.leaguelineup.com/premiership This is a PBEM (Play by email) footy management game based on the English Premiership and is split into 2 divisions; Premier League A & B. You have to pick your line-up every week before 6pm on Friday, if you don't pick your line-up for two weeks you are sacked and must apply for a new team. Only one team is allowed per person. Each team will start each season with £20,000,000 for transfer funds. Games are played every Friday. ESL - European Super League - http://www.geocities.com/eslsoccer/ ESL is a fantasy football league made up of 20 of the best clubs from around Europe. The idea is based around real players who are bought and sold just as in real life and the managers are given £20,000,000 to start off with. They spend this how they wish but then have to make their own money by selling players or by loaning out players. The squads with which the teams started off with were the actual squads as that particular team had in real life at the time the league started. Mangers then submit their squads for matches on Saturday and the results are done using a simulator which takes into account the recent form of a team, quality of squad and tactics. They are going to have a winter break in the league for a 5-a-side cup competition which will allow managers to win money for the actual league. Click here to access the forum thread on SPL Fantasy Football http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7299 Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre: Club - No. of Injuries - Players Charlton Athletic 7 Rufus (knee 3 weeks) Rowett (knee [no return date]) Bartlett (ankle 2 months) Young (ankle 1 week) Lisbie (hamstring 1 week) Johansson (thigh 1 week) Di Canio (groin 1 week)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 Ndah (knee 2 months) Lescott (knee [no return date]) Cameron (stomach muscle strain 1 week) Murray (stress fractured foot [no return date]) Ince (knee 1 week) Iversen (thigh 1 week) Liverpool 5 Baros (broken ankle 3 weeks) Carragher (broken leg 3 months) Finnan (calf 2 weeks) Owen (thigh 2 weeks) Henchoz (knee 2 weeks) Portsmouth 5 Todorov (knee [no return date]) Pericard (thigh 1 week) Roberts (ankle 1 week) Hislop (hernia 1 month) Quashie (knee 1 week)
Tottenham Hotspur 5 Davies (groin 1 week) Ziege (knee 2 months) Redknapp (knee 1 week) Poyet (wrist 1 week) Blondel (knee 1 week) Arsenal 4 Taylor (shoulder [no return date]) Garry (stress fractured legs [no return date]) Lauren (knee 1 week) Parlour (hamstring 1 week) Chelsea 4 Macho (ACL 1 month) Petit (knee surgery 1 week) Veron (back 1 week) Gudjohnsen (leg 3 weeks) Everton 4 Watson (hernia 1 week) Wright (knee [no return date]) Weir (knee 1 week) Campbell (hamstring 1 week) Leeds United 4 Bakke (patella tendinopathy [no return date]) Singh (dislocated shoulder 2 months) Junior (achilles [no return date]) Sakho (broken rib 3 weeks) Leicester City 4 Jones (back 2 months) Sinclair (achilles 2 weeks) Dickov (back 1 week) Taggart (thigh 1 week) Manchester City 4 Weaver (knee [no return date]) Seaman (hamstring 1 week) Jihai (hamstring 1 week) Wanchope (knee 1 week) Birmingham City 3 Taylor (flu 1 week) Hughes (groin 1 week) Upson (calf 1 week) Blackburn Rovers 3 Amoruso (knee 1 month) Thompson (knee [no return date]) Flitcroft (groin 1 week) Manchester United 3 Brown (ACL 1 week) Solskjaer (knee surgery 3 weeks) Scholes (groin surgery 1 week) Southampton 3 Draper (ankle [no return date]) Oakley (knee 7 months) Le Saux (hamstring 1 week) Bolton Wanderers 2 Laville (ACL 3 months) Giannakopolous (back 1 week) Fulham 2 Harley (broken foot 1 month) Pembridge (calf 1 week) Middlesbrough 2 Job (knee 2 months) Christie (broken leg 8 months) Newcastle United 2 Bellamy (knee 2 months) Kerr (broken leg 1 month)
Aston Villa 1 Delaney (knee [no return date]) 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. Telegraph launch new Fantasy Betting game run by Danish company, Enetpulse http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7737 How could you improve TFF? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7845 Telegraph (TFF) password and leaders http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=5070 Student Telegraph (STFF) leaders http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7670 Herald & Evening Times transfer codes http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=6738 150+ Jokes http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=5898 What Fantasy Gift would you like for Christmas? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7524 Multi-entries on STFF - Spirit of the Game? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=7384 Full list of FISO's Fantasy Football mini-leagues http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=3832 Football Talk - try our new Football Talk forum out http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=34 New FISO members - have you introduced yourself yet? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1518 The FISO fantasy sports forum was launched in August 2001 and with thousands of topics and posts about fantasy sports, 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. The Forums include Fantasy Football, Football Talk, Fantasy Cricket, Fantasy Golf, Fantasy Formula One, Fantasy Horse Racing, Other Fantasy Sports, Pub Talk and The Betting Place. Click here to see the latest topics on our forums. |
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