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prob with berbatov and keane is that they're not in the FA cup anymore - they should play every other game mind you. What's the gen with UEFA games - do they count?

nope, uefa does not count. i would not worry about that. there are not many games left in FA cup anyway, plus you never know who is playing there as Arsenal, Liverpool etc.. use their reserves mostly.

No, only Premier League and FA Cup count. I've always been puzzled as to why they don't include the League Cup?

EDIT: I've fired off a mail and asked them.

Yeah, I don't understand about the league cup either - it's the biggest trophy of the lot!

Biggest Trophy in Football is the LDV Vans Trophy mate, which none of you plastic gay teams are allowed to enter. FACT!

Berbatov and Lennon dream of holding the LDV Vans Trophy aloft mate. They dream of it.

Granted, those are nightmares, but still...

Answer from The Telegraph


Now I definitely see no good reason why it isnt included, it scores no different to the FA Cup.

Here is the update that includes points from last nights games. I've also updated the file to include the lastest player additions.

Adebayor does it again. 2 goals, 1 assist and probably MoM.

Yes. He really needs taking away and strangling.

Final table for week 26.

First update, the final table for week 27, I'll do tomorrow after the Arsenal v Blackburn game.

Week 27 final.

This weeks Table -

@Ihsan's Shade - You are short by 1pt, the excel file is not recognising your Alves transfer from last week for some reason, which I'm looking in to.

boring?

Boring? Boring??? I'm fuckin' insensed, browned or cheesed off, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, hacked off, infuriated, irate, miffed, peed off, peeved, riled, rousted, tee'd off and/or wrathful. Benitez has been acting like a cunt all season. I kept faith with Torres all season. In the end I could stand it no longer and reluctantly dropped Torres... at the exact same moment he chooses to score his first hat-trick of the season. I used to be indifferent. I will now be hating Liverpool until that Spanish twat (the one with the beard) is gone.

Just slid in 3 transfers.

Prob a touch late to make a charge on the lead though.

I do not fuckin' believe it. I don't believe it. This isn't happening to me.

*THUNK!*

Table for week 29.

Interesting, Porstmouth is bringing Solent Gale the title

It's always gonna be that way isn't it cos most of the teams have the usual suspects like Ronaldo, Gerrard etc so you need someone to be different.

Some interesting transfers going in to week 30...though I'll leave you all to sweat as who has changed what till next week.

Bear in mind we only have 10 more weeks of this.

Think i need 10 months to make an impact

Some very interesting transfers. Jimbo dropping Keane and Berbatov. Sin dropping Torres and Dempsey (who got the MoM this week). 3 Lions dropping Arbeola the week he starts to play and Komland still keeps Robinson as keeper but finally his faith in Drogba will start paying

Why do I feel like Liverpool this season? Have I been a right Benitez? Whatever. It's miracle time for me to be able to win this year. 05/6 Runner-up, 06/7 Third, 07/8 Who knows?

However, I'd like to introduce something I've seen online in another FF game I've been playing. Brilliant idea. Fantasy Cup. You don't have to do anything. It works like this:

1. Fantasy Cup is a straight knock-out competition.
2. 'Byes' may be drawn for the first round.
3. Fantasy Cup games score dependent upon player points awarded as a course of the Fantasy Football League Week number.
4. Fantasy Cup does not score points from real FA Cup games.
4. The Week numbers are chosen for when the rounds will take place before the season begins.
5. Games are over 2 legs.
6. In the event of a tie a 'replay' will follow with the next weeks scores.
7. If equal, the higher number of goals scored in all 3 games wins.
8. Prize of a % of the pot as agreed.

Aim: Bit of fun to give another random chance for some lucky manager with the minimum of effort. It starts and ends earlier than the FA Cup too. It's all over mid-February, meaning Fantasy Footie League doesn't get skewed too much towards players still in the real FA Cup... and of course, more players are still eligible.

Whaddayafink?

Wanted to bump this during the daylight.

Not a bad idea at all, plus I'm sure something like this could easily be added to the Excel sheet.*

*Though I've decided that this year is the last year I'm running this, I'll happily pass on the file and reigns to someone else for next season.

Easily added to the Excel sheet? Easy for you to say, mate.

Fair enough mate - all of us that have played this for the last few years owe you (and JJ) a debt of gratitude - so cheers guys. I fear that this season will be my last on TT FF too.

Anyway - cheers gents. Always a pleasure and never a chore etc etc.

I would miss this but i'm an Excel numpty so dunno if i could take it.

Me too Dave, updating the file is mostly copying & pasting numbers from the website. My life has become a lot easier largely thanks to changes that JJ has made to the file.

Next season doesnt even have to be using the Telegraph site, if someone knows of another Fantasy Football set up thats better, then people can go with that.

I can take over the process from next season on, provided i am still around

Fat Frank has had his red card rescinded.

Does that mean i get my 5 points back then?

I bet, they did this to correct their fuck-up from Aliadiere.

Am i wrong or i got 23 points from Torres?

Will you please shut up about Torres? I carry his deadweight all season and then the second I drop the Spanish bastard for being pants he scores two hat tricks in a fuckin' row. I hate this fuckin' game, so I do. It's so predictable. Next season I'm picking Arse players just so's I can weave my touch of death on them.

Don't worry Sin - he's wrong. Since West Ham are still under investigation for the Tevez affair goals scored by West Ham players, or against West Ham players, will all be retracted at the end of the season. I, personally, have seen some of the evidence concerning the alleged payments to Tevez by MSI and JSI and they've not got a leg to stand on. So Torres scored 0 pts yesterday.

I am more than happy to give up Torres as long as Tevez is gone. My hate list :

1. Gerrard
2. Tevez
3. James
4. M Laursen
5. S Campbell

3 Lions, Could you please let us know, when will you send an update? It would be good to know who made which transfers

Final table from week 30.

Jimbo, so you did not want to end this without your team's strikers, right?

not much going on with the fa cup and this for obvious reason, but it really is a great fa cup this year no boring man poo vs chelsasrse combination of a boring fa cup final afternoon. football is the winner this year.

As i said.

Week 31's table.

Is Defoe cup-tied?

Yep, he played in the 3rd round against Reading.

When will Alves start scoring? . Thanks to Torres i can still keep up

Here is the table for week 32.

Table for week 33.

Table for week 34.