Incredible. I never thought I’d live to see that the Michael Thomas moment topped but the drama of Sergio Aguero’s injury time winner was simply breathtaking. The repercussions of City’s win could be hugely significant to English football. That one goal could spell the start of a football dynasty – a new era. Extraordinary stuff.
While Fantasy Football took a backseat against the backdrop of such historic scenes, it’s ironic that Aguero’s at the death strike suddenly turned the Fantasy Premier League title race on its head. As the sole owner of Aguero in the top three and with the armband on the Argentinian, Scout League leader Gary McLean came from behind to draw in sight of the FPL title. Cruelly, however, the yellow card received in the goal celebrations may well have snatched it from him. A Fantasy season turns on such fine margins.
As the dust settles, we now await the FPL bonus before we can fully assess matters. With a handful of points in it, McLean faces an anxious wait. Unlike Roberto Mancini, nobody can really celebrate just yet – an anti-climax on an incredible day.
An incredible season in fact. I’d go so far to say it’s been one of the best in Fantasy terms. We endured a stalled start, but the emergence of an almost ever-present Robin Van Persie, a stunning first season for Aguero and the January emergence of Papiss Cisse and Nikaca Jelavic, all provided the ingredients for a superb, rollercoaster nine months. Clint Dempsey’s goals, the constant battle to find clean sheets amongst lemming-like defences: Fantasy managers were given challenges and puzzles at every turn. Regardless of your final rank or league position – it’s been far from dull.
It’s been a real pleasure to be involved and share it all with you all. Again, it’s been a year of great progress for us at the Scout. The contributions of the team have, yet again, been superb. The contributions that you, the community, have made to what we’re trying to put together, again extraordinary.
Now we’re gearing up to go again. We’ll be with you over the Summer to cover your Euro 2012 Fantasy experiences. Our guides to tournament start soon. We’ll have an announcement of another game partnership to come next week and they’ll be more site improvements. More ideas and plans will hopefully come to fruition. I don’t play golf and I burn in the sun – I simply don’t rest over the Summer.
Thanks again for your support over another great season. Here’s to Gameweek one.
