AS PRETTY MUCH every Ireland supporter has been saying over the past few weeks, Seamus Coleman is quite good at this football thing.
Don’t believe me? Well then check out his Fantasy Football stats, which is obviously the only rational way of measuring a footballer’s performance.
Coleman, despite being a defender, has 118 points — 19 more points higher than his nearest challenger (Per Meresacker), while outscoring most midfielders and strikers as well (he is the fifth highest-scoring player in the entire game).
So there you have it — Seamus Coleman is definitively the greatest thing since sliced bread, the Irish Cafu, the Donegal Denis Irwin, the SOLE reason for Everton’s success. Consequently, we normally pursue a policy of picking only cheap defenders, but we’re willing to make an exception for the Everton full-back.
And so needless to say, I have him in my team and so should you. Hell, while we’re feeling patriotic, why not just fill the entire side with Irish players in celebration? There seems to be a fair few of them floating about in the Premier League these days.
Elsewhere in the team, our policy of forgetting to change/keeping faith with Aaron Ramsey is about to pay off, with the midfielder set to return from injury soon. Ditto, Ross Barkley, who at £5.2million, represents a better bargain than anything you’d find in the post-Christmas sales.
Finally, some advice: United are playing Chelsea this week, so don’t forget to take Rio Ferdinand out of your teams, if — for some bizarre reason — you’re one of the 2.1% of players who still have him in there.
Until next time,
Your crafty Fantasy Football-playing, Seamus Coleman-loving canine.
Come on Cork, sent the Bitter boys home empty handed
@Andrew Cosgrave: How’s that big Cork bandwagon going for ya?
@John McNamara: Anyone but the Bitter boys John
@Andrew Cosgrave: ye were bitter in 2013 buddy and havent been heard since, then ye come out of the woodwork when ye win a few games
@John McNamara: I’m a Limerick man John, plenty of rivalry there between Clare and us.
@Andrew Cosgrave: haha Limerick hurling??? Laughable!
@John McNamara: Ye, ye, ye, ye and ducking ye.
@John McNamara: I would say enjoy it John but you lot were soundly beaten today. All talk of big balls with no substance. Maybe poor auld Davey wasn’t holding back these players after all, maybe they just ain’t good enough to consistently contest. Clare’s Munster record is atrocious in fairness, even ‘laughable’ Limerick have a way richer recent Munster history than the world beating Bitter boys.
@Andrew Cosgrave: no doubt Cork were the better team and they deserved it, Clare had too many individuals…..but do not ever praise Davy, that man was a drain on the entire county, nobody realises what he is like until he is over the county team. Clare players are more than good enough to contest, they just need to be let play with their instincts. Limerick on the other hand, I’d say an u8 team would beat that gaggle of geese
Following the live blog in Romania. Rebels Abu
@Anthony P: multmesc
Poor quality game but Cork are slightly better team so far and the defence are holding up ok.Ref has given clare one or two really handy ones and very little in the peanlty could possibly be a free out for overplaying.RTE panelists are a joke its all what Clare can do to win, two teams their lads.
I hope clare lose this and wexford draw them in 1/4 final.
@David Higginbotham: my bad don’t think losers of munster and leinster can meet at that stage .
Poor match so far
Every game I watched in the Munster championship has been enthralling. Outstanding hurling, especially from Cork. Why are there no black or Muslin hurling players?
Is Nash knackered?
Now Kevin, call it as it is ör we will…..l am Sirian sorry serious…
Clare are woeful