It's that time again.
Yahoo's English Premier League site is up and running, with a fresh facelift. It's time to spend your 100 million dollars/euros/drachmas/meeples and pick your 11 players/benchwarmers/crocks.
The official season start is August 13, but registration is open now. Come challenge for the top spot.
Bits of advice:
- Transfers into the EPL from other leagues can be delayed in Yahoo's system, sometimes for weeks. Keep your eyes open. Transfers within the EPL are still good for points, even the player is listed for the wrong team. Feel free to buy the guy who just got sold.
- Gareth Bale is now listed as a midfielder, to the dismay of nearly everyone.
Words of caution:
- New players simply cannot believe how long the EPL season really is. It's 38 weeks. Some people will drop out. Some people will drop out and come back. Almost everyone will miss a week update somewhere. It happens.
Words of encouragement:
- It's free, and if you get bored and wander off, it's no big deal. The league will carry on without you. There's no "lock up good players in a draft" aspect, it's every fan for himself.
Come beat "Maniac FC", the defending champion of F:AT (that's me)!
http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football
Group: 3911 (Fortress Ameritrash)
Password: eugene
Please post a message in the group messageboard or here (or both) if your name doesn't match your username here, just so we can keep track. I typically do occasional update blog posts throughout the season.