Dawson injury to prompt fire sale

StretcherMichael Dawson has suffered what looks like a serious injury playing for England tonight. All 23.6% (at the time of writing) of Dawson owners winced and groaned as Dawson landed awkwardly and was then stretchered off.

The injury will no doubt prompt thousands of fantasy managers to transfer Dawson out of their squads with a few price drops on the cards, and interest in William Gallas, who is the likely beneficiary, will increase.

It’s a real shame for Dawson, who’s been so consistent over the last year and was looking forward to hard earned Champions League football. I hope it’s not as bad as first feared.

Adam . F and The People talk to FPL Dugout

Subs boardIn the first edition of ‘Programme Notes’, I asked FPL Dugout League newcomers Adam . F and The People for their views on all things fantasy football and Premier League.

Adam . F and The People have had their say. How about you? Who do you think will win the title? Or get relegated? I’m backing Man United to miss out on the top four, myself.

Expect an announcement on FPL Dugout’s August Manager of the Month award in the next few days!

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Early goal rush keeps defenders in shade

GoalThe first two weeks of the Premier League season saw 64 goals – a record since the top flight was reduced to 20 teams in the 1995/96 season.

This raises a number of early questions for us fantasy managers – is this goal glut merely down to sluggish early season fitness and freak defending or can we begin to draw some longer term conclusions from the avalanche of goals?

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Gameweek 3 review – that’s not the point Frank

PlayerGameweek 3 is over then and it proved to be the trickiest Gameweek so far for a lot of fantasy managers. Steve Foster’s highest score this season of 84 wasn’t in danger of being trumped.

Wigan beat Tottenham 1-0 at White Hart Lane to shake the Premier League world to its core. Hands up who predicted that? Ben Oldfield, With Myself manager, certainly didn’t, opting to select nine point Hugo Rodallega as his second sub.

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Steve Foster’s Lambournes bitches! set early pace

Pitch chalkboardIt’s time for a new feature, Team Tracker, which is where I will track and analyse the teams making the headlines in the FPL Dugout League, for good and bad reasons!

The early headline maker is undoubtedly Lambournes bitches!, managed by Steve Foster, who hit 81 and 84 points in the first two Gameweeks.

Both those scores were the highest scores for Gameweek 1 and 2 in the FPL Dugout League and have propelled Steve to the top of the table. Not bad for your first season!

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Gameweek 2 review – week of the 6-0 scorelines

It’s ok. No, seriously. Don’t worry. Stop frowning. I know, I know. I’m not Aaron. Let me explain. Mr C is taking a well earned fantasy break this week on the sunny (or possibly flash-floody) South coast. Which I would imagine involves him evaluating FPL tactics using a bucket and spade.

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Wildcard glitch blights FPL transfer market

As you begin to digest your Gameweek 2 performance, here’s a bit of light hearted news for you.

Fantasy Premier League have confirmed that some fantasy managers have been able to play their second wildcard, even though the second wildcard can only be played between Gameweeks 23 and 27.

Clearly a bug in the system, FPL have dealt with the problem by resetting teams who played their second wildcard to their state at the start of Gameweek 2.

This had a knock on affect to the FPL transfer market, with these second wildcard managers making lots more transfers in and out than they normally would do, which then skews player price rises and drops.

Not a single player changed value on Sunday night, so it looks like they froze the transfer market while they were resetting teams and their wildcard transfers.

Gameweek 2 is over then. Your review is on the way later this week, written by our latest author, Ben Oldfield.

Saturday night reaction – 3 wildcards deployed and Drogba powers on

While I look out over the Cornish sea – with a glimmer of sun starting to pierce the dense cloud and the sound of sea gulls in my ear – I thought I’d update you on the latest FPL Dugout League goings on and offer some early thoughts on today’s Gameweek 2 action.

I start with a welcome to Sir Gaffa’s Babes, managed by The People (real name Lee), who joined the league today.

I’ll add Lee’s new team to the team guide shortly, but here’s some quotes from the latest boss to join the FPL Dugout League ranks…

“I’ve recently come across the FPL Dugout website and thought I’d try my wits against in this Champions League standard league. This is my third season playing FPL and I’ve learnt something new every season, and am hoping to better my previous rankings.”

We may only be in Gameweek 2 but, dramatically, three wildcards were let loose today by Rushton’s Diamonds, The Funky Chickens and new boys Sir Gaffa’s Babes.

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Ghastly garments for the new season

A new season brings a new set of kits (although I’m sure once upon a time they used to change every other season) and after reviewing the latest threads from our top flight teams this week, I can safely say that one club has outdone the lot.

Congratulations goes to Everton for their hideously offensive pink away shirt.

If the rationale behind the design was that it would put the opposition off, then it failed miserably against Blackburn. Everton’s new shirt is the metaphorical equivalent of scoring an own goal!

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Gameweek 1 review – Lord of the Wings off to flyer

Adam . F announced himself to the FPL Dugout League by hitting 78 points with his Lord of the Wings side.

I alluded to Adam’s potential title chances in the FPL Dugout League team guide and he’s started to deliver already.

We also saw strong starts from Steve Foster’s Lambournes bitches!, who top the league, Chris Elliot’s The Death of 442, Tom Howells’s Shapeshifters, and notorious slow starter, Richard Clements, did his best to shake off that label with a solid 65 points.

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