HEY LITTLE SISTER, SHOTGUN
Aardvark Abacus suffered their second league defeat in a row this weekend, as Ady’s sister in law Ceri’s Final Fantasy XI fired a hole in Aardvark’s title push. A couple of penalties from Andrew Johnson were the feature in FFXI’s crushing 5-2 win over the Abacus, which rightfully earned “the Robins” the POTW £100,000. Well done Ceri!
Unfortunately, leaders You Know Your Boston Rock FC couldn’t fully capitalise on this, as they were held to a 2-2 draw by bottom club Nil Satis Nisi Optimum. A fired-up and much-changed Nil Satis line-up pulled off an impressive draw thanks to Keiron Dyer’s late equaliser, which meant Boston Rock’s lead at the top stretched to 7 rather than 9 points. And with tough back-to-back league fixtures against Claymore and Aardvark coming up next, it’s definitely not all done and dusted for “the Sky Heroes”…
Talking of Claymore, they kept up their impressive February run (see “Shorts”) with a crushing 5-1 victory over Real Muppets, featuring a brace from in-form Wayne Rooney, to close within 7 points of 2nd placed Aardvark. Claymore also go into the crucial League/ Cup double-header with Boston Rock next weekend as a team with serious momentum, and must be considered the favourite to progress to the FA Cup Final, even against the long-time league leaders. There, Clive, the pressure’s all on you now!
At the bottom, the dogfight continues. Mega Bucks beat Kylie Bumcheeks 2-0 with a debut goal for Stephen Kelly, and Thommo’s Titans beat Prettier Than You 2-0 thanks to Kiraly and Boyce. This reshuffled the pack at the foot of the table, with Kylie dropping below weekend opponents Mega Bucks, and PTY going back into bottom slot following Nil Satis’ point against Boston Rock. I’m in the doghouse now, I reckon…
IF IT WASN’T FOR CHIP FAT THEY’D BE FROZEN
I thought I’d print a timely reminder about what happens if Premiership games on a WSFFL weekend are called off, for adverse weather conditions or for any other reasons (plus it gives me an excuse to use that splendid Kaiser Chiefs lyric!). Basically, a WSFFL game will only be postponed if over half the starting line-up of one of the WSFFL teams represent Premiership clubs whose Prem games are postponed that weekend. F’rinstance, if my Boston Rock starting line-up was Robinson; Huth, Ferreira, King, Johnson; Lampard, Kewell, Hendrie, Pires; Defoe, Smith, and a Spurs-Chelsea game scheduled for that weekend was called off, so would my game, as 7 of this starting line-up would have been involved in that game. Postponed games are rearranged to the following WSFFL weekend, doubled up with the scheduled fixtures. Okay? Any more questions please see me after class!!
TRANSFER NEWS
Player From To Fee
Sebastian Svard (D) Real Muppets Pool £250K
Dwight Yorke (A) Real Muppets Pool £250K
Gabriel Agbonlahor (A) Pool Real Muppets £500K
David Wheater (D) Pool Real Muppets £500K
Nick Chadwick (A) Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Plymouth Argyle £250K
Oliver Tebily (D) Pool Prettier Than You £500K
Don’t forget that the players highlighted are now subject to the pool “cooling off” period, Any managers interested in buying them can bid until close of play Saturday 5 March 2005, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Second of two in a row on the former “It’s A Knockout” presenter…
And where, according again to Radio 5 commentator, Stuart Hall, was “The Theatre of Base Comedy”?
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 5 March 2005. First correct answer out of the metaphorical hat wins the dosh.
Stuart Hall refers to Anfield, home of course of Liverpool, as “The Coliseum”. No idea why, maybe they used to let lions onto the pitch to eat some local Christians before the game. Weird pre-match entertainment up on Merseyside!
Only one correct answer, from Peej, who also advises me that Hall actually now refers to Anfield as the “Corrida”, presumably in deference to Senor Benitez. No extra cash for the homework, but £100,000 to San Dimas High School nevertheless.
One incorrect guess, from Ryan, who went for Old Trafford.
SHORTS
· The February 2005 Manager of the Month is Clive Fenwick of Claymore Athletic FC. Amazingly, despite the shortness of the month (3 games only), Claymore were the only team in February to achieve a 100% win record. So the top manager accolade and, more importantly, £250,000 cash, goes to Clive-lad. Now, let’s hope the MOTM curse hits Claymore next week (uncharitable ed)…
(more) SHORTS
· Dumbass alert – I incorrectly said in Newsletter 20 that Fred West LGXI were £100,000 richer after getting the Les Ferdinand question right. Of course it was a rollover, so Fred in fact won £200,000 for his efforts.
· You Already Know This But I Thought I’d Tell You Anyway Dept.; When a Cup game counts as part of a WSFFL Fixture, as the Carling Cup Final did this weekend, the score at 90 minutes only counts towards the weekend’s fixtures. What happens in extra time does not count. Hence, Didier Drogba’s goal in the final did not count for Fred, despite Fred playing him in his team, as it happened in extra time. Okay? Them’s the rules…
· And on a similar vein – what was that with the six minutes of stoppage time at the end of normal time in the Carling Cup Final?? That ticked me off good and proper, I tell thee, as it meant that my defender Glen Johnson, who came on in the 81st minute of the game, actually played 15 minutes of normal time, keeping a clean sheet in the process. However, that didn’t count, as only 9 of those 15 minutes really count in our game. This meant I only drew rather than won my game with Nil Satis this weekend. Rules, schmules…
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 22, W/E 26 February 2005
Aardvark Abacus 2-5 Final Fantasy XI
Solano Andrew Johnson 2
Riise Traore
Granville
Bartlett 67,989
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-1 York’s Returning Glory
Ljungberg Crouch 50,430
Mega Buck Bandits 2-0 Kylie Bumcheeks
Kelly
Naybet 23,376
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2-2 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Cahill Paul Robinson
Dyer King 29,603
Real Muppets 1-5 Claymore Athletic FC
Gary Neville Osman 2
Rooney 2
Bowyer 31,815
San Dimas High School 3-0 Trusted By Millions
Gerrard OG
Holland
Sibierski 40,248
Thommo’s Titans 2-0 Prettier Than You
Kiraly
Boyce 24,302
22 Legged Groove Machine 3-2 The Dead Parrots
Riggott Fowler 2
Giannakopoulos
Hall 35,885
Performance of the Week: Final Fantasy XI
WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE
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Season 2004/05
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As at 28 February 2005
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
|
Diff
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Pts
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1
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
22
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
71
|
21
|
50
|
56
| |
2
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
22
|
16
|
1
|
5
|
72
|
31
|
41
|
49
| |
3
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
22
|
13
|
3
|
6
|
64
|
41
|
23
|
42
| |
4
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
22
|
12
|
3
|
7
|
49
|
35
|
14
|
39
| |
5
|
San Dimas High School
|
22
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
45
|
39
|
6
|
36
| |
6
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
22
|
10
|
2
|
10
|
44
|
42
|
2
|
32
| |
7
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
22
|
10
|
2
|
10
|
39
|
48
|
-9
|
32
| |
8
|
The Dead Parrots
|
22
|
10
|
1
|
11
|
35
|
35
|
0
|
31
| |
9
|
Trusted By Millions
|
22
|
9
|
3
|
10
|
44
|
39
|
5
|
30
| |
10
|
York's Returning Glory
|
22
|
9
|
2
|
11
|
33
|
38
|
-5
|
29
| |
11
|
Thommo's Titans
|
22
|
7
|
3
|
12
|
29
|
51
|
-22
|
24
| |
12
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
22
|
6
|
5
|
11
|
19
|
31
|
-12
|
23
| |
13
|
Real Muppets
|
22
|
6
|
4
|
12
|
21
|
47
|
-26
|
22
| |
14
|
Kylie Bumcheeks
|
22
|
6
|
3
|
13
|
23
|
51
|
-28
|
21
| |
15
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
22
|
5
|
5
|
12
|
22
|
40
|
-18
|
20
| |
16
|
Prettier Than You
|
22
|
6
|
2
|
14
|
25
|
46
|
-21
|
20
| |
TOTAL
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352
|
154
|
44
|
154
|
635
|
635
|
0
|
506
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