#RogueAgainstTheMachine - A journey through FPL

Starman ‘Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.’ Take what you will from the words of David Robert Jones but delving deeper in to the life & times of a musical visionary reveals predictions associated with technology. We all know David Bowie had many facades from his glam alter ego of Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke but what most missed is the fact that he was a technology trailblazer. I was lucky enough to have an older brother who was an avid Bowie fan so I was immersed in the sounds of “ The Man Who Sold The World ”, “ Station to Station ” and of course “ Aladdin Sane ” emanating from the old 33 RPM’s vinyl’s in our household but never did I once associate him with technology. Some analysts of Bowie even go as far to suggest he could see the future! So, the ability to see the future in FPL would be fantastic and the closest the FPL Community came to this unbelievable feat was following the tweets from another Rockstar, in @FPL_Rockstar . If...

‘I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player.’ Words echoed by Edson Arantes do Nascimento the man synonymous with coining the phrase “The Beautiful Game” or was it Stuart Hall ? The modern game is ubiquitous these days with a vast majority of games televised via the multitude of TV Sports Channels available around the globe. Prior to the Premier League era there was a limited amount of live televised football on Planet Earth. Growing up I looked forward to the FA Cup and the World Cup or European Championships to satiate my cravings for a sport that I couldn’t get enough of as a kid. If only I had been old enough to witness the World Cup of 1970 in Mexico I would have drooled at the mesmerizing skill and technique of the Brazil side of 1970. The South American’s are arguably the greatest side ever to take to a football pitch. The Samba nation have football running through their veins and the 1970 World Cup winners were no exception to tha...