The FA Cup match between Arsenal and Aston Villa featured the unbelievable collapse of Villa and the unintelligible rambling of announcer Martin Tyler.

Premier League action doesn’t resume until January 31, so fantasy managers have a long list of injured players to consider when it comes to who will play or who should be transferred out.

Today’s FA Cup replay between Wolves and Birmingham City was as dreary a match as one could imagine, compounded with the mumbling Martin Tyler behind the microphone.

Everton and Tottenham had two matches in Week 21 and many managers loaded up on their players to get double points for the week and double-double for captains.

Sir John does not believe in so-called bad luck connected with Friday the 13th; however, two transfers today are not likely to bring much good fortune to their new teams or fantasy managers.

The beginning of Segment 2 probably caught many fantasy managers by surprise with late news that David Silva is injured and at first word was he could be out for several weeks.

One of the great joys of fantasy players is to watch the football games on TV each week from England, even those that begin at 0445 in San Diego.

While fantasy managers are restarting the season with a new selection of players, there are lingering complaints about the way the new game has been designed and operated.

Today we saw the reworked player value list for Segment 2. Sir John has his 15 players selected and is pleased with what he was able to get for 100 million. Observations: