gameweek one: in review

we are off to flying start with gameweek one providing what some might feel are surprises (reading/middles'bro, liverpool/sheff utd), but mostly ample room for mockery and garbage talk amongst each other. i'll leave that up to the rest of you for now, as i'm in no position to taunt any of you (except my one point over mike).

alberto (ye olde speckled hen) demonstrated to all of us he has a faculty for opening week luck, or perhaps a fantasy skill set waiting to be released. his 60 point gameweek total was supported by the performances of: john terry's season opening goal for the blues off a set piece, stevie gerrard's penalty box dive (watch it here) to save liverpool's face against premiership debutantes sheff utd., wayne rooney's two goals in man utd's 5-1 hammering of fulham, darren bent's unshaken form and reliability as fantasy player, and brad friedel's penalty save, despite giving up 3 goals in a frustrating loss to portsmouth. although the hen received 0 points due to ballack's injury, after a weekend of competition they rest at the top of the table. question of the gameweek, how do you get terry, ballack, gerrard, and rooney on your team and still have money left over for players who actually play? i'm sure its all in the math, but...wow.

yet, it will be alberto who returns to the drawing board for gameweek two with rooney suspended until sept. 10th.

other sides showing early on promise
no surprise holmes tallies up with bobby zamora's two goal performance in west ham's 3-1 win over charlton, and yakubu's goal/assist work in the middles'bro loss to maiden reading. germain, who sent me an e-mail telling me he couldn't figure out how this all works or how to select his team, puts up 42 points off the backs of the toon army's ameobi, wigan's lee mcculloch and drogba's goal against a shorthanded man city. pat zemanski's steak, despite appearing undercooked in gameweek one, could be the squad to have with terry in back, pretty boy c.ronaldo in midfield who made up with rooney, and henry threatening at the top.

other players of note:
bolton: ivan campo
west ham: lee bowyer
man utd: louis saha
aston villa: mellberg
portsmouth: david james

transfers:
today
khalid boulahrouz [hamburg sv-chelsea]

gameweek two begins tomorrow, the 22nd of august.