THE WORLD WON’T LISTEN
Well, I told you guys I might have to do it if you didn’t help me, but I still had to go chasing people about who they’d drop if their 48-hour bids were successful, this time for the new Man United blokey. So, I have to follow through on my promise.
So, from now on, if a manager who already has a squad of 27 players bids for a player under the 48-hour rule, or under the “pool cooling down” rule, and doesn’t declare which player he or she would drop if successful in their bid, then that bid is immediately invalidated. Ignorance of your squad size is no excuse, ladies and gentlemen, I’m not going to spoonfeed you about this one. The fact is, I’m sick and tired of having to chase up forgetful managers about this, having relied on you all to help me out. I don’t want to bring the above rule in, but I have no choice.
I GOT A HANDFUL OF THIS, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT?
That’s what I like to see, the WSFFL FA Cup Quarter Finals all “doing it clean” and producing results at the first time of asking. And once again Kylie Bumcheeks knocked Claymore Athletic out of a cup this season, with Hyypia and Shearer’s double seeing Kylie home. Aardvark Abacus sneaked past an unlucky Groove Machine, a jammy clean sheet from sub Ledley King proving crucial for the Abacus. San Dimas eased past Viola’s Pier, the midfield duo of Sinclair and Gardner on target in their 3-0 win. And Mega Buck Bandits shocked Real Muppets with a 2-0 win, Dave’s goals coming from Matt Holland and, er, Phil Neville. Yup, you heard right…
As Kylie are in such good form at the moment, and are also Cup specialists, so it seems, I decided to give the POTW to Mega Buck, as nobody saw that one coming. So Dave, you’re £100,000 better off. Well done.
Also, the draw for the WSFFL FA Cup Semi Finals was made this weekend over a hot bath and a Dave Gorman novel, and is as follows;
Aardvark Abacus v Kylie Bumcheeks
Mega Buck Bandits v San Dimas High School
So, this keeps alive a couple of intriguing prospects; the WSFFL FA Cup Final could turn out to be a) a repeat of the Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Final, giving San Dimas a chance of revenge against winners Kylie Bumcheeks, or b) a Bevan derby!! Course, it could turn out to be a couple of other things as well…
CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
All change both at the top and the bottom after this weekends fixtures. Champions Trusted By Millions take over at the top by virtue of a 3-1 win over Viola’s Pier, Owen bagging a brace for Beef (try saying that fast!). They go top as Claymore Athletic were beaten by challengers Aardvark Abacus, late goals from Campbell and Blanc lifting the Abacus above Clive and giving him a real dose of the blues, as he drops to third. This win also bags the Abacus the POTW £100,000 this week into the bargain. Well done Ady lad!
Real Muppets revitalise their challenge after beating San Dimas High School 3-1, a superb free-kick from Laurent Robert the pick of the bunch for Ryan. And don’t discount Prettier Than You – another win for Rachel, this time by 2-0 over York’s, keeps her in a firm 6th place, just 7 points off top slot.
At the bottom, Nil Satis score a second league win in a row, goals from Anderton and sub Xavier giving Paul the win over Mega Bucks. This win lifts them off bottom slot, where York’s now find themselves, after their defeat by PTY.
Elsewhere, the Groovers and Elland Road fought out a 2-2 draw, and Short Straw beat stuttering Boston Rock 2-1, with manager Sheriff ruing his decision to drop top scorer Pahars. Finally, Kylie Bumcheeks continue their impressive recent run, and move into 7th with a 4-0 demolition over Fred West. I say “impressive recent run”, as Rich Smith was the only manager with a 100% record in January, and therefore won the January Manager of the Month £250,000 for Kylie Bumcheeks.
TRANSFER NEWS
Ryan won the race to sign Diego Forlan. The blank-eyed Manchester United forward therefore becomes a Real Muppet! Lots of activity elsewhere; check this lot out…
Player (Pos’n) From To Fee
Zatyiah Knight (M) YKY Boston Rock FC Pool £250,000
Vladimir Labant (D) West Ham United YKY Boston Rock FC £500,000
Olivier Dacourt (M) 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £2,250,000
Gianfranco Zola (A) 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £1,500,000
Tommy Miller (M) Real Muppets Pool £600,000
Diego Forlan (A) Independiente Real Muppets £9,300,000
(48 hour rule)
Jason Gavin (D) Middlesborough 22 Legged Groove Machine £500,000
Jo Tessem (M) Southampton 22 Legged Groove Machine £500,000
Steven McPhail (M) 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £250,000
Stephen Clemence (M) Prettier Than You Pool £250,000
Joachim Bjorklund (D) Sunderland Prettier Than You £500,000
Ed De Goey (G) Fred West LG XI Pool £3,250,000
Winston Bogarde (D) Fred West LG XI Pool £250,000
TRANSFER NEWS (continued)
Albert Ferrer (D) Fred West LG XI Pool £1,600,000
Ade Akinbiyi (A) Elland Road Big Boys Crystal Palace £2,200,000
Gary Doherty (D) Trusted By Millions Pool £1,400,000
Ben Thatcher (D) Tottenham Hotspur Trusted By Millions £500,000
(G = goalkeeper, D = defender, M = midfielder, A = attacker)
Don’t forget that the players highlighted are subject to the pool “cooling off” period. Any managers interested in buying them can bid until 8 p.m. on Monday 18 February 2002, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. And I reckon there might be some interest for this lot…
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Popular ex-Swindon boss and Derby County legend Colin Todd has recently been sacked as Rams manager. All together now, aaaahhhhh! To celebrate, erm, I mean commemorate this event I thought I’d have a question about him.
Before joining Swindon Town, Colin Todd quit as manager of Bolton. Why?
One entry per person as usual please, to me by close of play on Saturday 16 February 2002.
If all the Premiership games this season, up to and including the games of W/E 19 January 2002, had ended with the same scores that they were at half-time, Chelsea would have been top of the league on that date. Yup, Chelsea, and actually by some distance. In fact the top three on W/E 19 January 2002 would have looked like this;
1. Chelsea 49 points
2. Manchester United 42 points
3. Liverpool 37 points
Funnily enough, Arsenal would be in mid-table. So, all we can assume from this is that Chelsea crumble in the second half, and Arsenal must come on strong!
I got correct guesses from Dean and Claudio, erm I mean Stevie Paul. And t’was our token Pensioner (that’s Chelsea fan, not actual pensioner, so please, no cracks about Clive here!) who won the draw, so the £100,000 goes to Viola’s Pier!
SHORTS
Recats aplenty! Claymore Athletic FC’s Olivier Bernard and Nil Satis’ Sylvain Wiltord are now both midfielders, Viola’s Pier’s Dean Windass is now a forward, and former Boston Rocker (now in the pool) Zatyiah Knight is now a six-foot five Carlton Palmer body-double midfielder…
WSFFL FA Cup Quarter Final Results;
W/E 2 February 2002
San Dimas High School 3-0 Viola’s Pier
Sinclair (2)
Queudrue
Gardner 40,216
Aardvark Abacus 2-1 22 Legged Groove Machine
Hasselbaink 2 (1) Harley 67,587
Real Muppets 0-2 Mega Buck Bandits
(3) Phil Neville
Holland 38,024
Kylie Bumcheeks 3-0 Claymore Athletic FC
Shearer 2 (2)
Hyypia 52,094
Performance of the week: Mega Buck Bandits
WSFFL RESULTS; Week 20, W/E 9 February 2002
22 Legged Groove Machine 2-2 Elland Road Big Boys
Solskjaer 2 (1) Charlton
Fowler 30,859
York’s Returning Glory 0-2 Prettier Than You
(2) Simon Davies
Hayles 25,608
Real Muppets 3-1 San Dimas High School
Merson (1) Gardner
Gary Neville
Robert 41,137
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 0-4 Kylie Bumcheeks
(1) Hyypia 2
Shearer 2 35,973
Viola’s Pier 1-3 Trusted By Millions
Quinn Owen 2
Jaaskeleinen 31,771
Claymore Athletic FC 1-2 Aardvark Abacus
Malbranque (1) Campbell
Blanc 51,857
Mega Buck Bandits 1-2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Henchoz (2) Anderton
Xavier 26,475
Short Straw Rovers 2-1 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Heskey 2 (1) Lampard 30,221
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