The gospelrhys.co.uk Fantasy Football Premier League 2007/08 and Toilet Seats
It’s that time of year again! Every year at this time I set up a fantasy football league through my blog. I do it through the official premierleague site, reason because it’s a good balance between the pretty pictures, and the super stats. It’s not too statty, like some (Yahoo for instance, put FAR too much emphasis on “throw ins in the attacking third. Yawn”), so even newbies can play.
Being the second year of The Official GATR on on Premierleague, you may be pleased to know that all those who joined up last year will have the same login detials and accounts as this year, so all you need to do is create a team, and you’re in.
How To Play
If you didn’t play last year, you can follow this post which contains a guide for setting up an account and creating a team. All I ask is you do not follow Step 5. The number has changed. Instead, to join a league, click on leagues on the right sidebar, and then in the “Join A Private League” textbox enter the following:
313707-63173
That number will join our league, and it is called “World Superleague” if you are unsure if you’ve joined the right league (yeah, it’s a shit name). Once your in, that’s it, you can make one free change per week and one “Wildcard” (complete restructure of your squad for free) change thoughout the season.
I know nothing about football because I’m a girl/American/Chelsea fan, why should I join?
Because, my dear friend, it’s fun. 9 times out of 10 the teams who are expected to do well do rubbish, and vice versa. Last year’s world cup fantasy football ended up with me third from bottom, and Kaz (a female friend of mine, with no interest in the game) came third. How good would it be to beat me at it? Rub your nose in my face!
Is David Beckham in it? If not I have no idea who to pick!
No, he’s not, but to help you Premierleague have kept last season’s individual player scores up to give you an idea of how they performedd last season. Of course, that’s no definite for this season, but it can give you an idea. As a guide, what I try and do is:
- Pick players who have scored points in previous seasons – that means they are used to the Premiership, and you’re not getting duffers like Shevchenko.
- Avoid the expensive players (such as Ronaldo and Drogba).
- Pick players who play alongside the expensive players (you get points for clean sheets, so any non Terry defender for Chelsea is good).
- Pick a decent keeper.
- Avoid players from Sunderland, Derby and Birmingham as they are too unpredictable, being the new teams.
As I said, it’s just for fun, so if you’re bored today, why not sign up? It’s completely free, and fun!
Non Football Bit
If I haven’t already chased off the female contingent of my blog, the remaining can answer me this question.
There was the following sign on the loos in work today, it has been edited to read it, but the font and the wording is exactly the same.
Please explain, why do women get hung up with the loo seat? I mean, for every loo seat you put down and complain about, we – as men – lift up and we don’t complain! Is it really that big an issue?
Unless, we’ve got the toilet seat mixed up (I assume it’s only one of the seats, not both. Leaving one seat up is understandable).
I apologise for the crass nature of the ending of this post, but it’s a personal blog, and it’s been puzzling me. Will talk about
something more suitable tomorrow.
Comments: 22 Comments
Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay. 
I didn’t know we even had the chance to pick Ronaldinho this year! Blimey… transfer news must of missed that one.
yes im mocking you
i dont get the toilet seat either! its more effort for a bloke to bend down and pick it up then a woman to lower it on her way down!
its blatantly because when there pissed they forget and sit on the porcelain and tis cold on their bottys or some nonsense! Viva le MAN!!
Okay, I’m probably going to get disowned and banned from even READING this blog… maybe. But I ALWAYS put the toilet seat down. But not just the seat, I always put the lid down too.
The whole purpose of the lid is to keep all the germies and bad things IN the toilet when it is flushed, otherwise they are thrown into the air and float about all over the place.
Unless of course I’m drunk… then I don’t care. But also when I’m drunk I normally can’t be arsed with the whole aiming trick and just go outside anyway. Hurrah!
It’s because (and this stems ffrom years of living with boys) you piss all over the rim and as you are too lazy to clean your piss up and I’m certainly not going to clean up someone else’s piss if you leave the rim up anyone who goes into your loo is greeted with gross yellow patches all over the show. Therefore just put the rim and lid down.
Guy: Duely noted and changed
Rhys & Celeste: I can understand putting the lid down to protect from germs, I just don’t understand leaving seat down and lid up. I know some people (mentioning no names) gave me such a bollocking when I left the toilet seat up at their gaff.
Wait. you are telling me that germs will be stopped? Ahahahaha! Theres like a good 5mm of air between bowl and said seat/lid combo for all your germs to come flying out anyway, if you put the seat down before the flush the germy air will hit the underside and circulate along the underside of the seat and out the gap. If you put it down after the flush then of course its all gone everywhere already anyway.
And who ever had a problem with toilet germs anyway. Thats ridiculous. If you’re that worried you’re probably likely to have far more illnesses than people who are more lax as they’ve built up more immunities from the everyday germs so when a nasty one (of similar type admittedly) comes along, their body is ready and prepared.
The toilet seat one has always been an annoyance of mine too Rhys. Also, Celeste, I do agree with the splash back thing, I think its a bit gross too and dislike cleaning others’ up, but surely forcing the seat to always be down is more likely that we’ll just be lazy and not put it up when standing for a piss, causing more likely splash back on th side where you’ll sit, so I really don’t understand your argument.
Right, I’m done ranting.
Sibz – it basically just looks untidy. It’s like going into a bedroom with an unmade bed or a kitchen where someone has made a cup of tea and left tea stains on the counter.
Some girls just put the seat down but I put the seat and the lid down. Looks much nicer.
Last time I was in a fantasy football league I did very badly so I need to change this!
I put the lid down after I finish because it keeps the bathroom a bit neater in my eyes so I ask my male housemates to put seat and lid down after use for the same reason.
But then I am a bit strange.
@Rhys I was training you for later life – I HATE blokes leaving the seat up because a) I have to touch it and there’s desease’s (you know how I hate diseases) and b) I didn’t realise it was up once and in my rush to the loo I fell in it!
Oi! I’m the one who explains football to my boyfriend. Neither of us care, but my Dad did, so I know these things.
Also, I don’t mind pee on the seat, that can be wiped, it’s when you all miss and piss on the floor that bothers me. I mean, how hard can it be to aim? If going to the loo was a computer shoot-em-up you’d all die in the first three seconds!
I wrote about this toilet seat issue on my blog a few months back. Economists have found (PDF) that it is most efficient to just leave the seat whichever way you, er, left it at.
I think of it as a bit like a lift. If you have a lift that visits two floors, would you always send it back down to the lower floor? Of course you wouldn’t! That is just a waste of time and energy.
I put the seat down because it looks better – oh, and because my wife says I have to!
“Avoid players from Sunderland, Derby and Birmingham as they are too unpredictable, being the new teams.” But isn’t it the unpredictable that can win a league?
I’ve done fantasy leagues for a few years but I usually virtually give up half way through the season if I’m not doing well … perhaps my unpredictable strategy isn’t too good after all.
Gah, you had me all excited when you mentioned Fantasy Football, then I realized you were talking about soccer
Well, for that matter, why do you refer to it as the loo instead of the bathroom? hehe
I’m in!
Just want to confirm: those germs people are terrified off… came out of your own bowels and bladders. Thats about the long and the short of it.
PS: great idea for an album title: “bowels and bladders”
PPS: great idea for a future career for me: “not-an-album-namer”
Go ManU!!!
@ Tom, yeah I know those germs and shit came out of my own bladder… but I don’t need to breath it all.
@ Sibz, I’m generally fairly lax, and I very rarely get sick. But that 5mm hole is going to let a lot less germs and shit out than a 10inch hole.
Guilty!!
I will be joining shortly . btw which team are you supporting .