THAT’S WHEN IT ALL GETS BLOWN AWAY
Ooh, the Master dodger outdodges himself and blows the game as a result! Aardvark Abacus’ last-minute dropping of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink this weekend, to bring in a non-playing Carl Cort into his starting line-up and therefore get his Robbie Keane sub goal, effectively cost Ady a point as Fred West beat the table-toppers 3-2. Amazingly, Van Nistelhorse didn’t score in this win for Fred, which earns him the POTW £100,000. Geez, Fred, you do have a team after all!
Typically for lucky lucky Ady, the chasing teams weren’t able to capitalise on his loss so Aardvark are still top, albeit by one point only now. 2nd placed Claymore and 3rd placed San Dimas both drew, so the chasing pack took centre stage, gaining ground on the top 3. The Groove Machine, 2-1 winners over recently resurgent Real Muppets, are in 4th and are now only 4 points off the lead, with a big game against Aardvark Abacus next weekend! Final Fantasy are back up to 5th after a good 4-0 win over Yorks, and champs Kylie Bumcheeks’ 3-1 win over Trusted By Millions lifts them back to 6th place.
At the bottom, Nil Satis beat Thommos Titans in the basement battle, thanks to a solitary O’Shea goal, and go above them into 14th place. Prettier Than You are still bottom and are now 4 points adrift of young Mr. Thompson, after losing 4-0 to Boston Rock in the Gooch Street derby. Guess I’m in big trouble now…
ASKED MISTER JACKSON FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
The FA Cup Quarter Final draw went as follows;
You Know Your Boston Rock FC v Mega Buck Bandits
Aardvark Abacus v Real Muppets
Trusted By Millions v Elland Road Big Boys
22 Legged Groove Machine v York’s Returning Glory
Games to be played w/e 24 January 2004, on the FA Cup 4th Round weekend. Yes I know some Premiership teams got knocked out in the 3rd round and therefore aren’t playing, but hey, that’s what you’ve got 27 player squads for!! As for the draw itself, Ady drew the home teams and Rachel the away teams, so you know who to blame!
TRANSFER NEWS
A couple of big players dumped into the pool this time around…
Player From To Fee
Ibrahim Ba (M) Real Muppets Pool £250K
Patrice Luzi (G) Pool Real Muppets £500K
Massimo Maccarone (A) Fred West LGXI Pool £5m
Hugo Viana (M) Fred West LGXI Pool £5m
Don’t forget that the players highlighted are subject to the pool “cooling off” period. Any managers interested in buying them can bid until close of play on Saturday 17 January 2004, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please. I’m expecting a few…
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
And, following on from last week…
Who, up until Boxing Day, had been caught offside the most in this season’s Premiership? Clue – he’s a striker with a Midlands club.
Guesses by close of play on Saturday 17 January 2004. First correct one out of the hat after that date gets the dosh!
Up until Boxing Day, Fulham’s Barry Hayles had been the most used substitute in this season’s Premiership, with 12 Premiership appearances from the bench this season. Hands up who thought it might have been a Chelsea striker!
Lots of guesses this time – cool! I got correct guesses from Rachel, Dean and Clive, and Claymore Athletic FC win the £100,000, so well done Clive lad.
Wrong’uns from Peej, Fred and Ryan (all fell into the Chelsea trap and went for Eidur Gudjonsson), and also Ceri (guessed Joe Cole – since when is Cole a striker?) and Dave (Kanu – since when is Arsenal in West London??).
SHORTS
· My typing went a little awry in last week’s “Shorts” section wherein I announced Elland Road the MOTM for December in a “touch” month. Obviously I meant “tough” month, but I got this riposte from the MOTM himself, Deano; “Newsletter - Did you mean it was a tough month or as you said a touch month - If it was a touch month I'm not sure I want to play anymore apart from against Prettier & The Fantasy's”. Perv!
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 17, W/E 10 January 2004
Claymore Athletic FC 2-2 Elland Road Big Boys
Malbranque (1) Clemence
Henry Anthony Gardner 67,622
Final Fantasy XI 4-0 York’s Returning Glory
Nolan 2 (1)
Biscan
Djorkaeff 35,365
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3-2 Aardvark Abacus
Ljungberg (2) Robbie Keane
Sheringham Anelka
Silvestre 43,771
Mega Buck Bandits 3-3 San Dimas High School
Doherty (1) Yakubu 2
Henchoz Sibierski
Ornerod 31,547
Thommo’s Titans 0-1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
O’Shea 23,538
Trusted By Millions 1-3 Kylie Bumcheeks
Mutu Taricco
Perry
Hyypia 29,071
22 Legged Groove Machine 2-1 Real Muppets
Giannakopoulos (1) Woodgate
Saha 38,117
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 4-0 Prettier Than You
Gresko (1)
Rio Ferdinand
Pires
Kishishev 26,148
Performance of the Week: Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
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