Cooked Mexican food all morning.
Served it to a baying crowd this evening (once I managed to get into my own house).
Played a bit of football.
Mardy opponents.
And now it’s draft night for the fantasy football league.
Bring forth the beers and the bad decisions.
More tomorrow.
After this weekend, the two tables that matter the most to me are both looking very pleasant.
This Championship one:
Yep. That’s my team at the top.
And then the Fantasy Football one:
Yep. That’s my team at the top.
Lots of talk of goal difference etc. on the fantasy football group, but I’ve been doing some rudimentary calculations, and apparently it’s points that matter when calculating whoever is higher than whoever else.
And right now, I’ve got the most of those.
I’m not sure how much longer either of these situations will last, but I’m going to enjoy the moment while I can. As Konkan told us back in ’88:
Come along and share the good times while we can.
Because after last season in the Premier League, and my perennial underachieving in our long-standing Fantasy Football league, those two tables make a very welcome change from the norm.
So right now, it’s party time (until Saturday, at least).
Draft night tonight, so I’m getting in early with something of a quota photo. And after our last two football matches being postponed due to adverse weather, I’m hoping for some sunshine. Hence this pic:
This is the Touwsrivier Solar Electricity Array, just off the N1 near… well… Touwsrivier.
It’s big. Check out the foreground in that shot of mine up there and you’ll note that there’s a full size railway line running in front of the CPV systems. Dwarfed by the panels behind it. Dwarfed.
The plant cost R1 billion to build back in 2014, covers 470 acres (190 ha), has a nameplate capacity of 44MW and a capacity factor of… er… 23%. Eish.
Inefficiency can like to be solar energy’s middle name.
Let’s hope for some decent weather today, not just so that Touwsrivier can make some much-needed electricity, but also so that we can actually get a match in before I choose some iffy EPL players to ruin my fantasy season.
Again.
For one reason or another (but mainly one reason), I haven’t been checking out much of the pre-season football that’s been occurring over the last few weeks. This has left me rather behind the curve with the annual fantasy football draft night coming up this week. And that’s why I have hijacked the TV for the afternoon and am doing some swift reconnaissance watching Manchester City and Liverpool.
Early days? Sure, but I think that it’s fairly clear that I won’t be selecting any Liverpool defenders -or midfielders – because apparently they simply don’t exist. Or maybe they’re just still on holiday. Either way, I can’t see them making a big splash early on in the season if they’re not even going to turn up.
That group of individuals aside, I do have a strategy for picking my players this year. And obviously, I can’t give that away just yet. Although, given my performance in previous seasons, I doubt that it would make any difference anyway.
Draft night is always a fun occasion, full of power banks, pizza and pisstaking. This season, with our league spread across four continents (although only three for the actual event), will surely be no different.
I’ll let you all review my team once it’s set in stone, so you’ll be able to predict just how routinely disappointing my fantasy season will be.
Last night was a lot of fun. Bit of a depressing drive home, if I’m honest, but I guess you can’t have everything.
Reality is a bummer, hey?
I ended up with some players from top clubs like Spurs, Liverpool, Man City, and a few from the also-rans like ManU, Chelsea and Arsenal.
My cosmopolitan team features some top names from three continents, and is ready to lose play its first match this weekend.
There was actually more interest in this than I thought (basically one person sent an email), so here’s the starting squad for the Regal Beagles on Fantrax.
Shotstoppers:
Hugo Lloris
Fabri
Big D:
Serge Aurier
Leighton Baines
Stephan Lichtensteiner
Ashley Young
Danilo
Midfield Maestros:
David Brooks
Fabinho
Jorginho
Riyad Mahrez
Jack Wilshere
Pedro
Up Top:
Laurent Depoitre
Firmino
Kelechi Iheanacho
On paper, I think it looks like a pretty decent team.
Sadly though, I’ve just been informed that most of the games this season will be played on grass, not paper.
I still have high hopes ready to be dashed.