WAITING FOR THE CRUCIAL THREE
After the lengthy International break, normal service is swiftly resumed in the Fantasy League. Namely, the 3 teams with 100% records after 2 weeks still have 100% records after 3! San Dimas still top the table following a 2-0 win at Kylie Bumcheeks, with “the goat”, Christian Ziege netting twice. Hot on their heels, with only goal difference separating them, are Claymore Athletic, 2-0 winners over Mega Buck Bandits, and the 22 Legged Groove Machine, who eased to a 4-1 win over York’s Returning Glory.
Moving into contention are Aardvark Abacus, whose impressive 4-0 win over Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, thanks to goals from Sullivan, Harte, Haas and Hasselbaink, leaves Nil Satis rock bottom and earns Ady the £100,000 performance of the week award.
Last year’s runners-up Real Muppets notch their first victory of the season, beating Fred 3-1. Fred called with a late team change from the Grand Canyon! There’s devotion for you, but it didn’t help his team. Prettier Than You continue their impressive start, with Darius Vassell and Simon Davies amongst the goalscorers in their 3-1 win over Elland Road Big Boys, who have yet to get off the mark this season, lifting Rachel to 6th. Trusted By Millions continue their ominous climb with a 2-0 win over unlucky Boston Rock, both teams having their goalkeepers sent off! Just to clarify the Fantasy League rule here – if a goalkeeper or defender is sent off while his team are keeping a clean sheet, the offending player loses their own clean sheet as they’ve likelily placed the clean sheet of their team in jeopardy. Anyway, didn’t make a difference in this game!
SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT YOU REALLY LOVED ME BUT I FELL ASLEEP ALMOST INSTANTLY
So much for the England vs Germany pre-match hype about the England team staying in a hotel so close to the noisy Munich Hofbrauhaus! The hotel management were so pleased by the England team’s patronage and their 5-1 win over Germany, that it took out a full page advertisement in The Times newspaper.
“After a good night’s rest at Mandarin Oriental, Munich, the results can be amazing”, the ad read under a photograph of the scoreboard at Munich’s Olympic stadium displaying the 5-1 result. “Thanks for staying with us, England.”
Who says Germans haven’t got a sense of humour?
I BUILT A WALL, A WALL AROUND NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL
I was also amused to read this “Soccernet” article on Benni McCarthy, Celta Vigo’s South African striker, who has now been targeted by Middlesborough boss Steve McClaren to add firepower to the Riverside squad’s attack.
“McCarthy joined Celta from Ajax Amsterdam in 1999 and scored eight goals in his debut season in Spain. He failed to find the net in 19 league games last season, however, as Brazilian-born Spanish international Catanha became the club's first choice striker.”
Should fit in well at ‘Boro, then!
MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL
Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe was quoted as saying, on the subject of Tottenham Hotspur’s apparently “derisory” £4million bid for Saints (and Trusted By Millions’) centre half Dean Richards (Southampton weren’t prepared to accept less than £10million);
“When something is not for sale you have to pay a large amount of money to buy it.”
Does that strike anyone else as a really stupid thing to say?
I WANT THE ONE I CAN'T HAVE, AND IT’S DRIVING ME MAD
I’ve only had a couple of “most wanted” lists, from San Dimas’ (Beckham, Harte and Owen, although not necessarily in that order) and Elland Road Big Boys (Sol Campbell, Lee Bowyer and Michael Owen, although anyone who could kick straight would be good right now, eh Dean?). So, any more out there, guys?
TRANSFER NEWS
Nil Satis undertakes some necessary squad restructuring work, in the process lashing out an impressive £8 million for Kylie Bumcheeks’ talented midfielder Keiron Dyer.
Player From To Fee
Chris Hogg 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £250,000
Steve Caldwell 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £250,000
Mike Whitlow Pool 22 Legged Groove Machine £250,000
Bosko Balaban Dinamo Zagreb (48 hour) Trusted By Millions £500,000
Jay Bothroyd Trusted By Millions Released £250,000
Mattias Svensson Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Aardvark Abacus Loan Return
Transfers continued overleaf.
Player From To Fee
Stefan Schwarz Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Aardvark Abacus Loan Return
Chris Perry Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Aardvark Abacus Loan Return
Richard Dunne Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Released £250,000
Steve Howey Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Released £1,000,000
Keiron Dyer Kylie Bumcheeks Nil Satis Nisi Optimum £8,000,000
Chris Perry Aardvark Abacus Kylie Bumcheeks £1,000,000
Stefan Schwarz Aardvark Abacus Pool £250,000
Dean Sturridge Aardvark Abacus Pool £250,000
Jaap Stam Claymore Athletic FC Lazio £16,500,000
Silvinho Aardvark Abacus Celta Vigo £3,500,000
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 17 September, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available.
THE FF£75,000 QUESTION
A topical one, this. At least, it is if you know it.
“He squealed like a little girl!” Who said that about whom?
One entry per person as usual please, to me by close of play on Sunday 16 September.
Jordi Cruyff is called Jordi because he’s named after the patron saint of Catalonia. Johann decided to honour the Catalan nation by naming his son Jordi, whilst playing his trade with Barcelona. I personally think it’s silly, naming your kids after patron saints, footy players or severely frazzled rock stars. Wouldn’t catch me doing that.
Well done to Peej for a near-as-dammit guess (guessing that Jordi was the name of the patron saint of Barcelona), so the £75,000 goes to San Dimas High School. Can anything go wrong for them right now??
WSFFL RESULTS; Week 3, W/E 25 August 2001
Elland Road Big Boys 1-3 Prettier Than You
Melville OG (1) S Davies
Song
Vassell 27,802
Kylie Bumcheeks 0-2 San Dimas High School
(1) Ziege 2 40,153
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-3 Real Muppets
Beckham Dabizas
G Neville
Robert 40,855
22 Legged Groove Machine 4-1 York’s Returning Glory
Riggott (1) Boa Morte
Gray
Taricco
Hendrie 45,103
Trusted By Millions 2-0 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Gerrard (2)
Cole 44,102
Aardvark Abacus 4-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Sullivan
Harte
Haas
Hasselbaink 33,668
Claymore Athletic FC 2-0 Mega Buck Bandits
Henry
McCartney 67,534
Viola’s Pier 1-1 Short Straw Rovers
Quinn (1) Stewart 30,004
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