MONEY I OWE, MONEY I AY
By now our resident accountant and auditor, Mr. David Bevan, has been in touch with all Fantasy League managers, and following the successful resolution of a couple of anomalies in his feverish calculations, has arrived at agreed bank balances for all managers. I am therefore happy to say that all bank balances are now active (and will be credited with new gate receipts etc. from this weekend), and the embargo on transfers is now officially lifted. I have been in touch with those managers who expressed interest in certain pool players (not new ones) during the embargo, so the transfer market is well under way again.
In connection with this, I list below a full list of the new and recent Premiership players, who are subject to an extended 48 hour “bid” period (please note that a number of these players are “on loan” to the Premiership clubs in question, and if they are not bought by those clubs at the end of the loan period, then you lose your money on the players);
Player Position Premiership Club
Brian O’Neil Defender Derby County
Gary Locke Defender Bradford City
Andrei Kanchelskis Midfielder Manchester City
Junior Lewis Midfielder Leicester City
Ragnvald Soma Defender West Ham United
Andy Booth Forward Tottenham Hotspur
Sandro Zamperini Defender West Ham United
Egil Ostenstad Forward Manchester City
Gregory Vignal Defender Liverpool
Svetoslav Todorov Forward West Ham United
As previously mentioned, I will accept single bids from interested managers for any of these players until 8 p.m. on Monday 19 February. Mainly for Rich Smith’s benefit, the process is this; if a competitive bid is won for any of the above, the bid value will be debited from the successful managers’ balance, and I will advise the manager in question. If a non-competitive bid is won for any of the above (i.e. if only one bid is received for any player), the minimum bid value of £500,000 will be debited from the successful managers’ balance, and I will again advise the manager in question. Any players not bidded for by this date and time will immediately go into the pool, and be available for the first manager who shouts, at the usual pool price of £500,000.
AIN’T JULIAN SAINT JULIAN
Slight confusion over the possible availability of Julian Joachim, previously reported in Newsletter 18, which I’d like to clear up. Willy Shakey manager Peej put Joachim into the pool to finance his bid for Juan Pablo Angel, and asked to buy him back again if said bid was unsuccessful (which it was). This activity predated both the transfer embargo and the introduction of the pool “cooling off” period, hence Peej bought him back out of the pool for the compensation value he’d previously received for him. This hadn’t previously been reported in the newsletter “Transfer Update” section, but did happen before all the recent confusion. So sorry if anyone was interested in buying Joachim. If you still are, then speak to Peej!
I AM HOME, LEEDS STATION
The weekend’s fixtures saw Willy Shakey regain top position by squeaking past lowly York’s Returning Glory with a late Tony Adams goal, whilst Real Muppets dropped 2 points at the home of the resurgent Groove Machine, Joe Cole netting a late equaliser for Ryan’ team. The real movers this week were Elland Road Big Boys, Dean’s Antipodean beauts putting Claymore well and truly into mid-table with a 2-1 win which lifts the Big Boys into a challenging 4th spot and bags the TOTW award. Good on yer, cobber.
Elsewhere, Mega Bucks maintained their title challenge and dented Freds, a Jari Litmanen penalty earning MC’s mob the points in Chicago. Our newest team’s first official game ended in defeat, Kylie Bumcheeks’ Christian Dailly’s last-minute own goal handing victory to Donkey Derby. And elsewhere, free-scoring Aardvark Abacus slam another 4 goals in, this time past Viola’s Pier. That’s 13 in 3 games for Ady, with Trusted their next league opponents. Better start boarding the goal up, Beef…
Talking of our bovine colleague, the FA Cup 1st Round Second replay finally saw a result, just in time for the Quarter Final fixtures on the 24th of this month. Beef’s Trusted by Millions finally dispatched the persistent Pacer’s Pacesetters by 3-1, thanks to goals from Don Hutchinson, Dominic Matteo and Richard Rufus. Their reward for their struggle against the bottom side is a QF tie with double chasing Real Muppets. Out of the frying pan and into a bigger one, eh Beef?
IN A CROWDED ROOM, STARING INTO SPACE
Thanks to those managers who provided me with comments regarding the way the gate receipts are allocated. Real Muppets boss Ryan made a very salient point, whilst conceding that the current gate allocation method is biased towards top teams, that
“the poor are more than compensated by receiving a Team Of The Week or Manager Of The Month award every time they beat a higher placed team or string 3 or 4 wins together. Teams at the top have little chance of getting a team of the week award unless involved in a top 4 vs. top 4 thrashing.”
Good point Ryan. For my part, I understand TOTW awards have habitually been awarded for lower teams beating higher teams. I also feel that, for example, if the team who are 17th or 18th in the table drew 3-3 with the top team and effected a change at the top as a result, then that performance would also merit a TOTW award. MOTM awards however are purely and simply awarded to the team with the best record, be they top or bottom. In fact, they’re more likely to be near the top if they’re winning regularly. Perhaps there’s a scope for reviewing the criteria for MOTM awards? Any views?
STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA
A couple of little gems have been sent to me, which I couldn’t resist sharing. Enjoy.
The Tale of Lee Todd; Here’s a little story from the Taunton Sunday League. Cross Farm Park Celtic's striker, Lee Todd, holds the world record for….being sent off in the quickest time. Todd was sent off after just two seconds, for muttering “Fuck me, that was loud” after the referee had blown his whistle to start the game!
Toby the Sheep; Desperate to change their luck, Scottish club Greenock Morton adopted Toby the Sheep as their mascot. When Morton won their first game under Toby’s influence, celebrations had to be cut short, when it was discovered that Toby had been locked in the dressing room and had drowned in the bath!
Thanks very much to Clive, for those gruesome little tales of everyday football folk.
TRANSFER NEWS
A bit from before the embargo;
Player From To Fee
Julian Joachim Willy Shakey Aston Villa £3,700,000
Julian Joachim Aston Villa Willy Shakey £3,700,000
Naguyan Ghayrib Pacer’s Pacesetters Hapoel Haifa £250,000
Hannu Tihinen West Ham United Prettier Than You £500,000
Spencer Prior Prettier Than You Manchester City £250,000
Spencer Prior is therefore subject to the “cooling off” period until 8 p.m. on Monday 19 February, so single bids for Prior to me by then if anyone’s interested, guys. Don’t all rush at once.
By the way, Dan Petrescu, a recent scorer from midfield for Southampton, is still in the pool…
THE FF£75,000 QUESTION
A nice easy question this week, about footballers’ nicknames.
Who were/are the Black Pearl, the Black Panther and The Black Octopus?
Name all 3 footballers to win the dosh, please. A clue; they’re not all black! One entry per person as usual please, to me on phone number 01793 495101 (home) or e-mail Swindonsheriff@aol.com, by close of play on Sunday 18 February.
The team sorely in need of a visit from the fashion police were Coventry City. Not only did they have hideous away kits in the 70’s, but they also actually had a home strip design incorporating a giant stylised “T” which ran down their shirt and shorts, in deference to their sponsors Talbot. Yuck.
Right answers from Peej, Clive and Ady by the deadline. Ady won the draw for the cash, so congrats to him. Aardvark Abacus are now £75,000 richer.
LEAGUE RESULTS 2000/01
W/E 10 February 2001 - Week 25
Aardvark Abacus 4-0 Viola’s Pier
Hasselbaink (1)
Campbell
Harte
Perry 22,586
Donkey Derby County 2-1 Kylie Bumcheeks
Gough (1) Beattie
Dailly (OG) 28,912
Elland Road Big Boys 2-1 Claymore Athletic FC
Powell (1) Campbell
Dixon 30,409
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 0-1 Mega Buck Bandits
(1) Litmanen 38,011
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1-4 Trusted by Millions
Rebrov Matteo
Rufus
Richards
Hutchinson 34,960
Pacer’s Pacesetters 1-3 You know your Boston Rock FC
Andrew Cole (1) Pahars
Jeffers
Ferdinand 14,651
Prettier Than You 1-2 Short Straw Rovers
Stone Bartlett
Dodd 20,043
22 Legged Groove Machine 1-1 Real Muppets
Ehiogu (2) Joe Cole 38,789
York's Returning Glory 0-1 Willy Shakey
Adams 34,399
Performance Of The Week – Elland Road Big Boys
FA CUP 1st ROUND REPLAY RESULTS 2000/01
W/E 10 February 2001
Trusted By Millions 3-1 Pacer’s Pacesetters
Hutchinson (1) Andrew Cole
Matteo
Rufus 47,553
WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE, as at 12 February 2001
Team P W D L F A Diff Pts
1 Willy Shakey 25 17 2 6 46 26 20 53
2 Real Muppets 25 16 5 4 54 35 19 53
3 Mega Buck Bandits 25 14 5 6 51 37 14 47
4 Elland Road Big Boys 25 14 2 9 41 28 13 44
5 Trusted by Millions 25 14 1 10 54 47 7 43
6 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 25 14 1 10 41 35 6 43
7 22 Legged Groove Machine 25 13 3 9 64 39 25 42
8 Aardvark Abacus 25 12 4 9 60 37 23 40
9 Short Straw Rovers 25 12 3 10 44 35 9 39
10 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 25 11 5 9 39 31 8 38
11 Kylie Bumcheeks 25 12 2 11 43 46 -3 38
12 Claymore Athletic FC 25 11 4 10 47 42 5 37
13 You know your Boston Rock FC 25 11 3 11 38 46 -8 36
14 Viola's Pier 25 10 1 14 33 41 -8 31
15 Donkey Derby County 25 9 3 13 24 39 -15 30
16 Prettier Than You 25 5 2 18 26 62 -36 17
17 York's Returning Glory 25 3 4 18 16 50 -34 13
18 Pacer's Pacesetters 25 2 0 23 20 65 -45 6
Totals 450 200 50 200 741 741 0 650
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