I'm posting this because I don't think it will ever happen again, and I'm pretty excited about it.
I have made it to #1 overall in my English Premier League fantasy league.
I've bopped around the standings in this 20 team league, ranging squarely in the middle for most of the season. I started to creep up recently, going back and forth between #3 and #4 for a few weeks. All of a sudden, I jumped up. I noticed, after the first round of games this gameweek, that I was sitting in #1 position, barely. Keeping my fingers crossed, there was one game left - Man City vs. Wigan. I have one player from Wigan in my reserves, and the #2 guy has one player from Man City on his team - Carlos Tevez - as his captain (double points). I started the game yesterday ahead of him by 12 points. I knew that if Tevez played the whole game that would be 2 points (4), and if he scored two goals that would be another 6 points (12), and I would be back in second place.
The first half went well, with a 0-0 draw. Then the second half. Long story short, Tevez scored three goals. Oh well. I spent the rest of the day figuring that I was back in second.
Plot twist - I had picked Didier Drogba to be my captain, but he didn't play. That meant that the captaincy automatically shifted to the next highest value player. That player - Frank Lampard. Turns out Lampard scored 4 goals and an assist, for a total of 28 points. Since he became my captain, those points got doubled to 56, and I am still sitting in first place!!! (By 5 points, but I'll take it!)
Aaaaaaaaalllllllllll-batross!!!!
Here's the proof:
I have made it to #1 overall in my English Premier League fantasy league.
I've bopped around the standings in this 20 team league, ranging squarely in the middle for most of the season. I started to creep up recently, going back and forth between #3 and #4 for a few weeks. All of a sudden, I jumped up. I noticed, after the first round of games this gameweek, that I was sitting in #1 position, barely. Keeping my fingers crossed, there was one game left - Man City vs. Wigan. I have one player from Wigan in my reserves, and the #2 guy has one player from Man City on his team - Carlos Tevez - as his captain (double points). I started the game yesterday ahead of him by 12 points. I knew that if Tevez played the whole game that would be 2 points (4), and if he scored two goals that would be another 6 points (12), and I would be back in second place.
The first half went well, with a 0-0 draw. Then the second half. Long story short, Tevez scored three goals. Oh well. I spent the rest of the day figuring that I was back in second.
Plot twist - I had picked Didier Drogba to be my captain, but he didn't play. That meant that the captaincy automatically shifted to the next highest value player. That player - Frank Lampard. Turns out Lampard scored 4 goals and an assist, for a total of 28 points. Since he became my captain, those points got doubled to 56, and I am still sitting in first place!!! (By 5 points, but I'll take it!)
Aaaaaaaaalllllllllll-batross!!!!
Here's the proof:
