29 July 2003
Fantasy Premier League is the best online fantasy football game — and it’s free. It follows from last year’s game, which was preceded in turn by the Can You Kick It? game. All have been top-quality, offering a friendly interface and greater fluidity in team selections than certain well-promoted fee-charging leagues.
Bargains to look out for are too numerous to mention, but on last season’s form you cannot afford not to have Thierry Henry. He was in the hunt for the Golden Boot, got a record number of assists, and picked up a fair few performance bonuses along the way to become by far the top-scoring player in the league. He’s also the most expensive, but not by much.
My team is always undergoing lots of revisions, but this is the current version: Niemi, Mellberg, Laville, Pires, Okocha, Jensen (Claus), Scholes, Reid, Henry, Anelka, Ormerod. Subs: Murray, Lescott, Higginbotham, McEveley.