bluegrass superliga

By: Mark Boyle

One word summarizes Week 1 – Who? Reality and fantasy coincided perfectly as no names scored goals all over the pitch and rookie fantasy teams took the veterans behind the woodshed. Out of the 26 players who scored a goal, this league had a total of 6 of them. 6… Those who spent hours researching and tinkering with lineups saw their hopes go down the drain while others simply auto filled and were catapulted to fantasy success. There were 5 veteran vs. rookie matchups. Rookies went 4-0-1. Unlikely this trend continues as the cream always rises to the top but I’ll tip my hat to them this week. Except those who chose Dzeko. If there was ever a fantasy version of “Come on Man!!, you kids would be on it.

Week 1 fantasy killer – Courtois. I think he wins this hands down. You could make an argument for all the blanks (Hazard, Sterling, everyone on Arsenal (my sincere apologies for that effort elder Kleinschmidt), Benteke, Kane, etc…) However no one sent teams in the wrong direction for this week and upcoming weeks quite like Thibbie. Hopefully the guys who picked him have a good backup plan or a week 2 goalie transfer is in the cards. And that’s like having to use a waiver wire pick on a kicker in fantasy throwball.
Week 1 fantasy stud – Yaya. But, no one had him. So I guess Cain wins by default by somehow starting Marc Albrighton. Well done…I think.

My personal (“I hate that guy”) player – David Silva. For those who have bet horses with me, he’s my Little Mike. A horse who finishes up the track when I have money on him but looks like the next superhorse when I’m on the last leg of a Pick 4 and he’s not on my ticket. Screw this guy and that horse.
Fantasy team of the week – tig-ole-bitties. The first team I came to who didn’t have Dzeko, Ings, Cuadrado, or Schweinsteiger in their lineup. Not sure if Faris auto-selected or is just picking cool names to have on his team.

Best player only one team has – (tie). How Cabaye, Darmian, Kolarov, Payet, and Wijnaldum are owned by only 1 team each is a complete mystery. But Dzeko is owned by 2. Perhaps an even greater mystery. And yes Randy I would say Aguero but pretty much everyone will have him within a few weeks.
Week 2 sees me taking on the Commish aka the Chael Sonnen of this league. Win, lose, or draw, Sir Jeff is always confident in his abilities just like Mr. Sonnen. This will no doubt come down not between all the stuff Ken mentioned but instead, a battle of wits between Ritchie and Sinclair. May the best low priced midfielder win.

Speaking of Ken, we all welcome you back to the world of technology this week. The things we sometimes do for women. Please let Winchell’s know we would like them to start being cool again and show more games than Aston Villa/Bournemouth. Regardless, I had a great time with those that made it out.

This was a little rushed so I apologize for any incorrect grammar or spelling. I’ll get more in depth next week when I have more time. Good luck to all this week. And screw David Silva.