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Update From EPL Talk HQ

The Gaffer — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:58:15 +0000

There are only 27 days to go before the 2008/2009 Premier League begins when Arsenal kicks off at the Emirates Stadium against West Bromwich Albion.After taking a little break to write the EPL Travel Guide, I’m now back on a daily basis for what will hopefully be insightful analysis and news regarding anything and everything Premier League-related.As well as writing the new book, I also took some time this past weekend to redesign the EPL Talk site. You may not have noticed, but the articles have moved from the left column to the center, while the sidebars now take up the left and right side of the screens.Over the next few weeks, I’ll be making some other enhancements to the site to make it better than ever, so keep an eye out for those.In the meantime, be sure to check out the other sites in the network. Kartik Krishnaiyer over at Major League Soccer Talk has been covering SuperLiga as well as talking up a storm for the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast.Lonnie Smetana at Champions League Talk has been busy covering the Intertoto Cup, the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup and Champions League first qualifying round.Mark Moll from Bundesliga Talk has a feature on new Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp.Over at Championship Talk, Shakira Graham has almost completed her sneak preview of all of the clubs in the Championship. She’s saving one of the best ones for last (Swansea City).At Serie A Talk, Kevin Walker has pictures of the new Inter Milan jerseys for the 2008/2009 season.

Join The 2008/2009 Fantasy Premier League

The Gaffer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:50:45 +0000

Great news. The Premier League has opened the doors to its 2008/2009 Fantasy Premier League, and on behalf of EPL Talk, I’d like to invite you to join our private league.

To play for free against hundreds of football fans from around the world, here’s all you have to do:

Visit the Fantasy Premier League site and log in
If you’ve never registered before, go to http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/register.mc
After logging in, click the ‘League’ link in the left navigation
In the “Join A League” field, enter the code 55864-15648 and then click the ‘Join League’ button

Last season, out of the 113,062 teams that participated in the competition, the EPL Talk private league ended in 61st position and had 430 players participating. Let’s try to beat those records this season!

The winner of the EPL Talk Fantasy Premier League will receive a package of Premier League-related prizes from EPL Talk, so may the best manager win!

Join the 2009-2010 Fantasy Premier League today!

Final Standings For EPL Talk Euro 2008 Fantasy Football League

The Gaffer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:58:16 +0000

The EPL Talk Euro 2008 Fantasy Football League ended in 46th place in the Best Leagues standing with an average score of 268.2. As far as we can tell, we ended up in first place among the private leagues originating from the United States. Here are the top 10 winners. First placed Luis Arias wins a Euro 2008 jersey of his choice. Congratulations.

Steddy2000, Luis Arias, 334 points
Scursed, Saullus Valasinas, 321
UDontNoWhatY:DoinFC, Pat Pence, 310
Riverdale FC, James Dutra, 308
The Man Moths, Jude Eichas, 304
Alpine Wanderers, MT, 298
Foolish FC, Mark Aegerter, 297
Walker’s Old Boys, Kevin Walker, 291
Winning 11, Leonard Vitarana, 291
Athleague FC, Little Rudiger Connaughton, 290.

Be sure to check back with EPL Talk this summer when we announce the launch of the EPL Talk private league for the 2008/2009 season.

Win An EPL Talk T-Shirt

The Gaffer — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:36:38 +0000

The first person who emails a PDF of issue number two of the EPL Talk Magazine to me at thegaffer[at]epltalk[dot]com will receive their very own EPL Talk T-shirt (pictured; blonde not included). As soon as I receive it, I’ll update this post. So if you see no note here, then you still have a chance to get the T-shirt.

The T-shirt reads “For Hardcore Soccer Fans Only.”

Share Your Thoughts On How To Make EPL Talk More Interactive

The Gaffer — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:00:18 +0000

I’d like to get your valuable input on a couple of new ideas I’m interested in implementing to EPL Talk. Over the past 12 months, the EPL Talk site has zoomed up the charts and you’ve posted 7,943 comments. As a result, I’ve taken down the message boards because the banter between you, the readers, has been taking place in the comments of the posts instead of the message forum, which is fine by me.What I’d like to do, though, is make the site more interactive, essentially more 2.0. Currently the only opportunity to interact with the site is in the comments section. So, I’d like to get your thoughts on two new ideas and what ideas you have to make them work for you and your fellow readers:

A wiki, and/or
Interactive maps.

Wiki: I could create a wiki (a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content) and incorporate it into a section of the site. But the question for you is what information should the wiki profile that would be remarkable?One idea is to build a wiki featuring all countries of the world. Each country’s page would then list how you can find the Premier League on TV, radio and on the internet (for highlights). This list could be updated by users around the world so no matter where you live, you can find coverage of the Premiership.If you’re not familiar with a wiki, here’s the football wiki at Wikipedia.Interactive maps: We’ve all seen Google Maps, but there’s also the opportunity to make them interactive and collaborative so that other users can add markers and other points of interest to the maps. But what type of interactive map would be useful, addictive and something that you’d return to as a resource again and again?As an example, EPL Talk created a static Google Map last year to highlight the stadiums visited on a 2006 tour throughout England.Please share your ideas and feedback via the comments link below. The ideas should be Premier League-specific. Thanks in advance for your valuable insight.