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Fantasy Sports Newsletter 59 - Tuesday 5
November 2002
Welcome to FISO's Fantasy Sports Newsletter number 59.
Over 2,500 fantasy sports fans have already subscribed to this newsletter.
So the divisional split in TFF (Telegraph Fantasy Football -
the paper version) has happened! Do you have a team below 50,000th
position? If so, then congratulations are apparently in order; you now
have a Divisional title to aim for! See our TFF news section in part 2 for
more details on this game (TFF) and the Telegraph's online game (TFFO).
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Confused with the terminology and abbreviations used in
Fantasy Sports and on the FISO Fantasy Sports forum?
Well we've provided a useful summary for you here.
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Contents:
1. Fantasy Cricket Club - £10,000 Ashes Game!
2. Telegraph Fantasy Football news.
3. Fantasy Cricket Club - India v West Indies One Day
International
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 - a 10/1 Winner in
FSN 58!
9. Access to previous Newsletters including a search
facility, FISO contact details & How to Unsubscribe from this
newsletter.
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The 2002/3
Ashes Series begins on Thursday 7 November (entry deadline Wednesday 20:00
GMT) and the £10,000 FCC Ashes Fantasy Game is now accessible via www.fantasycricketclub.com.
It costs £5 to enter a team.
The Game rules have been summarised by FISO member, Sam David, as
follows:
- Select an
11-man team with a total ratings value not exceeding 75 points (quite a
tight budget!)
- There's no
limit on the number of players from either country
- Pick 5
Batsmen, 1 Wicketkeeper, 1 All-Rounder and 4 Bowlers from the Player List
- You are
allowed up to 11 free transfers during the Series
- Batsmen
score 1 point for every 5 runs
- There's an
innings bonus of an extra 5 points for a 50, 10 pts for 100, and so on
- Bowlers
score 6 points for a wicket, less 2 pts for each 30 runs conceded in an
innings (so if the England bowlers take a
hammering then the ones that play may well be into negative points!)
- There's an
innings bonus of 5 points for 5 wickets, 10 pts for 6 wickets, etc
- Fielders
(including wicketkeepers) score 2 points for each catch
- Keepers
score 4 points for each stumping, with a bonus of 5 pts for 5 dismissals in
an innings
- Any
selected player who does not appear will score a fixed 5 points for that
match (so the cheap non-playing bowler could be useful)
- Closing
entry deadline to be eligible for the Series prize is 2000 GMT on Wed 6
November
- Due to taking postal entrants there are NOT
unlimited transfers prior to the start of the game so be careful when
picking your initial team (and don't pick Darren Gough who is already ruled
out of the 1st Test and may miss the entire Series!)
- The series
prize winner will collect £5,000 and the runner up £1,000
- The first
and second in each of the five Tests will receive £500 and £300
respectively
PLAYER LIST
& RATINGS (these will NOT be added to during the Series)
BATSMEN
101 M Hayden AUS 9 107 M
Trescothick ENG 9
102 J Langer AUS 7
108 M Vaughan ENG 9
103 R Ponting AUS 8 109
M Butcher ENG 7
104 M Waugh AUS 7 110 N
Hussain ENG 7
105 S Waugh AUS 7 111 J
Crawley ENG 6
106 D Martyn AUS 8 112 R
Key ENG 4
WICKETKEEPERS
201 A Gilchrist AUS 9
202 A Stewart ENG 8
203 J Foster ENG 5
ALL-ROUNDERS
301 D Lehmann AUS 7 302 A Flintoff ENG 7
BOWLERS
401 G McGrath AUS 9 408
D Gough ENG 7
402 J Gillespie AUS 8
409 A Caddick ENG 7
403 A Bichel AUS 6
410 M Hoggard ENG 8
404 S Warne AUS 8 411 S
Jones ENG 6
405 B Lee AUS 7
412 A Giles ENG 6
406 S MacGill AUS 6 413
R Dawson ENG 4
407 N Hauritz AUS 5 414
S Harmison ENG 5
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2.
Telegraph Fantasy Football news.
Statistics:
Sorted for you in 'Value For Money' order are the top 10 Strikers, Midfielders,
Full Backs, Centre Backs and Goalkeepers in TFF:
OMITTED FROM THE WEB COPY
Players to watch:
We have highlighted one
defender, midfielder and striker from each club. In amongst our list may just be
the player you're looking for to beef up your TFF/TFFO team.
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Arsenal - Cole, Ljungberg, Henry
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Aston Villa - Barry, Kinsella, Vassell (when injury free)
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Birmingham - Cisse, Savage, John
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Blackburn - Taylor, Thompson, Cole
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Bolton - Campo, Okocha, Ricketts
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Charlton - Rowett, Jensen, Euell
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Chelsea - Le Saux, De Lucas, Hasselbaink (when he recovers
from his groin injury in mid Nov)
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Everton - Hibbert, Pembridge, Campbell
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Fulham - Finnan, Malbranque, Marlet
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Leeds - Woodgate, Kewell, Viduka
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Liverpool - Riise, Murphy, Owen
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Man City - Jensen, Berkovic, Anelka
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Man Utd - G Neville, Scholes, Van Nistelrooy
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Middlesbrough - Geremi, Greening, Maccarone
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Newcastle - Griffin, Robert, Shearer
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Southampton - Bridge, Fernandes, Beattie
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Sunderland - Gray, Kilbane, Flo
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Spurs - Carr, Poyet, Keane
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West Brom - Clement, Koumas, Roberts
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West Ham - Dailly, Cole, Di Canio
The low-down on Everton F.C.
So the heir apparent to the
title of English soccer superhero is making the headlines just days after his
17th birthday but Wayne Rooney probably wouldn't be doing so if he wasn't part
of a successful team that has been put together by young manager, David
Moyes. Like our review in FSN of Middlesbrough, many of the Everton 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 1st team squad.
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Goalkeeper - Wright - reserve Gerrard & Simonsen
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Right Back - Hibbert - reserve Naysmith/Watson/Pistone
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Centre-Backs - Yobo and Stubbs (free-kicks and reserve for
penalties) - reserve Weir & Watson
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Left Back - Unsworth (penalties, free-kicks and corners) -
reserve Naysmith/Watson/Pistone
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Left midfield - Pembridge (free kicks and corners) -
reserve Alexandersson (injured)
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Centre midfield - Gravesen (currently injured - free kicks)
& Li Tie - reserve Linderoth & Rodrigo (injured)
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Right midfield - Carsley - reserve Gemmill (injured)
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Centre Forwards - Campbell (captain and reserve for
penalties) & Radzinski - reserve Rooney & Ferguson (injured)
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Confirmation about the TFF Divisional Split on 4
November:
You may have caught in FSN 58 that
the TFF game will be split into separate divisions based on tiers of 50,000
teams within the game as at midnight last night (Monday 4 November). This
is to provide extra entertainment to those teams perhaps out of reach of the
overall prizes. A snapshot is taken at that
time. If you are outside the top 50,000 teams, you will be informed
of your league position and points total, as well as the number of
points you are behind the leader of the Division in which you will be
competing - so watch out for this letter in the post coming very soon.
There is no extra prize
available for the top 50,000 teams (the so-called Premier League) but those in
the 1st Division (50,001 to 100,000), 2nd Div'n (100,001 to 150,000), 3rd
Div'n (150,001 to 200,000) and also 4th Div'n (200,001 to prob around
205,000), each compete for an extra £5,000 for the winner of each Division.
Click here for the latest news
on the form.
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Total
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management genre - £26.99
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FISO member, Sam David, summarises FCC's ODI game involving
India and West Indies - entry deadline tonight. For full
entry details, log on to www.fantasycricketclub.com
Simply pick a squad of 11 players to accumulate points for
you based on the amount of runs they score, wickets they take and stumpings
and catches they manage in the 7-match one-day international series between
India and the West Indies.
The Game starts on Wednesday 6 November 2002 and covers the following
matches:
6 November - First ODI at Jamshedpur
9 November - Second ODI at Nagpur
12 November - Third ODI at Rajkot
15 November - Fourth ODI at Ahmedabad
18 November - Fifth ODI at Baroda
21 November - Sixth ODI at Jodhpur
24 November - Seventh ODI at Vijayawada
Entry Deadline and Transfers
Until Tuesday 5 November (2345 GMT) entrants can make unlimited changes to
their selected squads. After 5 November (2345 GMT) and before 23
November (2345 GMT) you may make up to 6 transfers online.
Entry Fee and Prizes
The Entry Fee is £3 per team. There is no limit on the number of
teams
which can be entered by any one person.
Cash awards will be as follows:
1st Prize £1,000; 2nd Prize £500; Highest score in each of the
7 ODIs:
£150
The total Player Ratings of your 11-man squad must not exceed 75 points.
There is no restriction on the number of players that you may select from
any one country.
The 14-man Indian squad is as follows (with FCC's classifications and
ratings as stated):
Batsmen: S Bangar (5), V Sehwag (8), D Mongia (6), V Laxman (5), M Kaif (7),
S Ganguly (7); Wicketkeeper: R Dravid (8);
All-Rounder: Y Singh
(7); Bowlers: H Singh (8), A Kumble (8), J Srinath (7), A
Agarkar (7), A
Nehra (7), J Yadav (4).
The West Indian 16-man squad is:
Batsmen: C Gayle (7), S Chanderpaul (7), W Hinds (6), R Hinds (6), R Sarwan
(6), R Powell (5), D Ganga (5), M Samuels (5); Wicketkeeper: R
Jacobs (6); All-Rounder: C Hooper (8); Bowlers: M Dillon (8), P
Collins (7), C Collymore (6), V Drakes (6), C Cuffy (6), M Nagamootoo (4).
4. Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com,
the Premier League Sports Injury Centre.
5 November 2002 - Reported Premiership
injuries:
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Sunderland
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8
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Sorensen (dislocated elbow 2
months) McAteer (hernia 1 month) Butler (hamstring 1 month) Medina
(knee [no return date]) Quinn (back [no return date]) Myhre (thigh 1
week) Reyna (knee 6 months) Arca (ankle [no return date])
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Manchester City
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7
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Wanchope (knee 3 months) Macken
(knee 2 months) Weaver (knee 1 week) Negouai (knee(s) 2 months)
Haaland (knee [no return date]) Bischoff (hernia 1 month) Schmeichel
(knee [no return date])
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Chelsea
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6
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Cole (leg 1 week) Keenan (broken
leg [no return date]) Zenden (ankle 1 week) Stanic (stomach strain 1
week) de Goey (back 1 week) Hasslebaink (groin 1 week)
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West Ham United
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6
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Bywater (fractured hand [no return
date]) Kanoute (thigh 2 weeks) Hutchison (knee 2 weeks) Di Canio
(groin 1 week) Defoe (leg [no return date]) Sinclair (fractured
cheekbone 1 week)
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Everton
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4
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Rodrigo (knee 4 months) Ferguson
(back 1 month) Gravesen (knee 1 week) Gemmill (back [no return date])
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Leeds United
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4
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Matteo (knee 1 week) Johnson (knee
1 week) Okon (hamstring 1 week) Dacourt (groin 1 week)
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Manchester United
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4
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Brown (Fractured ankle 1 week)
Keane (hip 2 weeks) Butt (ankle 3 weeks) Webber (dislocated shoulder 2
months)
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Arsenal
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3
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Aliadiere (groin 1 month) Parlour
(hamstring 1 week) Keown (hamstring 1 week)
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Birmingham City
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3
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Johnson (groin 1 month) Grainger
(knee 1 month) Vickers (broken rib 1 week)
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Fulham
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3
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Saha (hamstring 1 week) Davis
(fractured toe 1 month) Sava (calf 1 week)
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Liverpool
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3
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Heggem (achilles 1 week) Xavier
(virus 1 week) Henchoz (calf 1 week)
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Newcastle United
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3
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Bellamy (knee 1 week) Bramble
(hamstring 2 weeks) O'Brien (back 1 week)
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Tottenham Hotspur
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3
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Sullivan (fractured thumb 2 weeks)
Thatcher (leg [no return date]) Tarrico (groin 1 week)
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Aston Villa
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2
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Vassell (toe 1 week) Alpay (virus
1 week)
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Blackburn Rovers
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2
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Bjornebye (fractured eye socket 1
month) Berg (achilles 2 weeks)
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Bolton Wanderers
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2
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Bergsson (calf 3 weeks) Warhurst
(groin 3 weeks)
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Charlton Athletic
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2
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Pringle (broken leg [no return
date]) Stuart (knee 4 months)
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Middlesbrough
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2
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Juninho (Knee ligaments 2 months)
Boksic (flu 1 week)
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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 sorted out a list of hot topics
that may be worth viewing:
- Just got 1 team in TFF? Then this is the thread for you:
Think you can do better that Terry Venables? Then why
not try one of the two main PC football management games:
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6. FISO Forum
The FISO fantasy sports forum
was launched in August 2001 and with approximately 1,600 topics
and 12,000 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,
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Bookies!). To access the latest postings across all the
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on communication with real people! A few manager places are currently
available.
PBEMFF
(Play By Email Fantasy Football League)
PBEMFF is a free simulated
management game using the ESMS+ software and consists of 2 divisions of 16
teams each.
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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:
Well we seem to be winning still ! Hopefully Pugin will
reward those who took 10/1 for the Melbourne Cup.
2/10 rating: Perfect Fellow 6/1 e/w with Corals for the
Thomas Pink Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 16 November. Is a certain
runner barring injury having won a trial that has thrown up past
winners. Improving and very well suited by the trip and the way in which
the race is run, kicking off the home turn. Looks a solid e/w chance at
the favourable ante post terms of 1/4 for 1.2.3.4
1/10 rating: Statue of Liberty 16/1 to win the 2003
Guineas in May with Corals. A long way ahead, but this speedy miler by
Storm Cat is, I gather, the more fancied of the O'Brien inmates and will
be a short price if he makes it on the day. I hope to be there with
Chris King and others so will no doubt get some flak if it goes wrong! A
winner of the best early season 2yo, the Coventry at Royal Ascot, we are
still betting on reputation to a large extent.
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