WON’T YOU COME BACK TOMORROW, CAN I SLEEP TONIGHT
Just a final reminder that the January 2006 Transfer Window Auction takes place tomorrow, Monday 6 February, around our place. Time is 7.30 for an 8.00 p.m. prompt start.
Be there and find out who hurls most money at Theo Walcott!!
THE DIAMOND DOGS ARE POACHERS AND THEY HIDE BEHIND TREES
Some serious goal-poaching going on this weekend in the Fantasy League, with 30 goals being fired in, in just the normal 8 games. Three of them went past Final Fantasy XI’s goalkeeper Mike Pollit, 2 from the recalled goal poacher Jermain Defoe and one from Jermaine Jenas, to give You Know Your Boston Rock FC a 3-0 victory and a 5 point advantage at the top. This was also achieved thanks to Claymore Athletic FC’s 2-2 draw with challengers Trusted By Millions; indeed Trusted were indebted to their own poacher extraordinaire, Hernan Crespo, who scored a late equaliser in that game after Weir and Henry goals had put Claymore into a 2-1 lead.
Aardvark Abacus remain in 3rd following a 2-0 win over Nil Satis, their second such win over the same opponent in 4 days, but are now only 3 points behind Trusted, with a superior goal difference. The impending clash between Aardvark Abacus and Trusted By Millions, the WSFFL weekend after next, assumes some serious significance… Real Muppets stay in 4th; however they lose ground on the leaders after being whacked 6-0 by a goal-rampant San Dimas High School this weekend. Of the 6 different scorers on target for San Dimas, no doubt the one Peej would be most pleased with is the returning Dean Ashton. This result lifts Peej into 6th, above a slipping Fred West team who only drew 1-1 with Thommo’s Titans this weekend, and also gave San Dimas the POTW £500,000. Well done Peej!
Elsewhere, Prettier Than You continue their good recent run with a 6-1 hammering of bottom club York’s Returning Glory, Rachel’s own goal-poacher Luke Moore bagging a superb hat-trick in that game. The 22 Legged Groove Machine also won again to edge away from the bottom, 2-1 over Mega Buck Bandits, with the rejuvenated Luis Saha getting the winner there. And The Dead Parrots were the biggest movers in the league this weekend, up 3 places to 9th in the congested mid-table, following their 2-1 win over Eleven Imaginary Boys, the unlikely figure of Paul Konchesky getting a double for Dean to score the win.
ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE, THE PRETTIEST STAR
Well, I predicted there’d be an upset following the intriguing WSFFL FA Cup Quarter Final draw, and indeed there was an upset! And Prettier Than You were the stars of the show in the midweek Cup fixtures, turfing out title contenders Trusted By Millions by 3-2 in a closely fought game. Beef and Rachel traded goals like prizefighters trading punches, with Gerrard and Andrew Cole on target for Beef, and Vassell and Luke Moore scoring for Rachel, before Matthew Etherington popped up with the late winner to put Rachel through. The POTW half a million unsurprisingly went to Rachel – well done girl!
The other Quarter Final games went with form. Despite my fears for most of last Wednesday night after leaving hat-trick hero David Bentley on my bench (D’oh! D’oh! D’oh!), Boston Rock squeaked through, Robert Pires scoring a late winner in the 1-0 win over Real Muppets. This sets up the possibility of a husband vs. wife Whitby Grove Derby in the semi-finals – or even final! What will tomorrow night’s draw bring…?
Elsewhere, Aardvark Abacus won 2-0 against Nil Satis, Hreidarsson and the recalled Hasselbaink on target for Ady, and Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s double fired Fred to a 3-2 win over the Dead Parrots. All 4 ties decided on the first bounce – that’s what I like to see!
I WILL SIT RIGHT DOWN, WAITING FOR THE GIFT OF SOUND
It’s a well-known fact that I despise Bolton Wanderers and the boring, destructive style of non-football they play, and shudder at the mere thought of that oafish whinging berk Sam Allardyce being one of the favourites for the England job. However, I had to admire their style, when I heard James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good)” belting out of their tannoy, celebrating Stelios’ winner against Arsenal last week. This got me thinking about what other songs might be appropriately played over the tannoy at football games. Such as;
· Kaiser Chiefs’ “I Predict A Riot”, whenever Gary Neville celebrates a goal at Old Trafford, in front of visiting Liverpool fans,
· The Crocketts “Don’t Curse In Front Of My Kids” every time Craig Bellamy opens his mouth,
· “Ugly” by the Violent Femmes, every time Robbie Savage launches into a tackle, or
· Death Cab For Cutie’s “Why You’d Want To Live Here” for any visiting club entering Bolton (well have you been there? “Grim” doesn’t even begin to describe it…)
The possibilities are endless – any other suggestions out there?
TRANSFER NEWS
Lots of transfer window prep going on this week. In particular, a revolving door policy seems to be in place at both Thommo’s Titans and Fred West LGXI, as Pete does a Harry Redknapp in a bid to revive his season, and Fred buys up Chelsea’s youth team… Full details overleaf.
TRANSFER NEWS
Player From To Fee
Pedro Mendes (M) Pool Real Muppets £500K
Tomas Repka (D) Thommo’s Titans Slavia Prague £500K
(undisclosed therefore refund)
James Collins (D) Pool Thommo’s Titans £500K
Darren Moore (D) Thommo’s Titans Derby County £750K
(undisclosed therefore refund
Szilard Nemeth (A) Thommo’s Titans Strasbourg £500K
Johan Djourou (D) Pool Thommo’s Titans £500K
Curtis Davies (D) Pool Thommo’s Titans £500K
Lee Croft (M) Prettier Than You Pool £250K
Michael Brown (M) Pool Prettier Than You £500K
Robert Earnshaw (A) Claymore Athletic FC Norwich City £2.75m
David Bellion (A) The Dead Parrots Pool £250K
Scott Parker (M) YKY Boston Rock FC The Dead Parrots £3m
Per Kroldrup (D) Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Fiorentina £500K
(undisclosed therefore refund)
Quincy Owusu-Abiye (A) Final Fantasy Spartak Moscow £500K
(undisclosed therefore refund)
Andrew Barrowman (A) Fred West LGXI Walsall £0K
Klaus Lundekvam (D) Fred West LGXI Southampton £250K
Russell Hoult (G) Fred West LGXI Pool £250K
Luke Steele (G) Fred West LGXI Pool £450K
Mark Gonzalez (M) Returned Fred West LGXI £500K
Jack Cork (D) Pool Fred West LGXI £500K
Scott Sinclair (A) Pool Fred West LGXI £500K
Fabrice Fernandes (M) Mega Buck Bandits Betar Jerusalem £0K
Zeshan Rehman (D) Thommo’s Titans Pool £250K
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 7.30 p.m. tomorrow, Monday 6 February 2006, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please. The reason for the very short cooling down window this time, is so that they can be included in the “open pool” element of the Transfer Window Auction evening.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Number three in this Premiership goals series then;
How did Thierry Henry celebrate scoring his wonder goal in the 1-0 win against Manchester United back on 1 October 2000? (you know the one, he swivelled and hit a fierce cross cum lob cum volley which Fabien Barthez could only watch dumbfoundedly as it soared majestically over his bald pate)
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 11 February 2006 As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
Following Matt Taylor’s brilliant second goal for Portsmouth against Sunderland, a frustrated Black Cat follower ran on to the pitch and pointed out to goalkeeper Kelvin Davis where his goal line was. His point obviously was that Davis should have been on it when Taylor lobbed him. A footnote to this was that Davis wasn’t on his goal line for Sunderland’s next Premiership game – he was on the bench!
Just one correct reply this week, and it was from Davis’ WSFFL manager, so the £100,000 goes to Prettier Than You. Well done Rachel!
SHORTS
· Hooray! For once, no one reported in a new team line-up on FA Cup 4th round weekend, last weekend, which was of course a blank weekend for WSFFL fixtures. I can normally count on getting at least one team reported in – normally from Fred. Does this mean that y’all out there are reading my newsletters now? Excellent…
· Manager of the Month time again, and I’m going to be a bit controversial here. Only one team, namely You Know Your Boston Rock FC, navigated the whole month of January unbeaten; however, they don’t win the MOTM award. Nil Satis Nisi Optimum’s January form, however, was a 100% winning streak apart from an unlucky defeat against Aardvark in the FA Cup Quarter Finals in midweek, and propelled them up the table to a season-high of 5th place. I’ve therefore adjudged that to be more deserving than my own 3 wins and 2 draws. So, for his efforts, Paul Saleh of Nil Satis Nisi Optimum wins the January 2006 Manager of the Month award and the £250,000 that goes with it. Well done Paul!
· Hey, did anyone else check out new Arsenal recruit Emmanuel Adebayor’s hair on “Match of the Day” last night? It was brilliant! It looked like one of those synthetic black Elvis wigs you’d get from Giggles or Birthdays or somewhere, and wear to really bad costume parties…!
WSFFL RESULTS;
FA Cup Quarter Finals, Tuesday 31 January/ Wednesday 1 February 2006
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3-2 The Dead Parrots
Van Nistelrooy 2 Neill
Robben Albrechtsen 38,216
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0-2 Aardvark Abacus
Hasselbaink
Hreidarsson 42,413
Real Muppets 0-1 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
(1) Pires 43,851
Trusted By Millions 2-3 Prettier Than You
Gerrard (2) Vassell
Andrew Cole Luke Moore
Etherington 38,562
Performance of the Week: Prettier Than You
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 18, W/E 4 February 2006
Aardvark Abacus 2-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Gallas 2 (2) 67,544
Claymore Athletic FC 2-2 Trusted By Millions
Weir (3) Phillips
Henry Crespo 42,316
The Dead Parrots 2-1 Eleven Imaginary Boys
Konchesky 2 (1) Shearer 36,034
Final Fantasy XI 0-3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
(1) Defoe 2
Jenas 37,827
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-1 Thommo’s Titans
Del Horno (2) McBride 34,745
Real Muppets 0-6 San Dimas High School
Senderos
Gabbidon
Ashton
Helguson
Terry
Sorensen 51,627
22 Legged Groove Machine 2-1 Mega Buck Bandits
Giannakopoulos (2) Phil Neville
Saha 27,299
York’s Returning Glory 1-6 Prettier Than You
Greening N’Zogbia
Luke Moore 3
Aaron Hughes
Anton Ferdinand 27,075
Performance of the Week: San Dimas High School
THE WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE, Season 2005/06
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As at 5 February 2006
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Team
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P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff
|
Pts
| ||
1
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
18
|
13
|
2
|
3
|
55
|
17
|
38
|
41
| |
2
|
Trusted By Millions
|
18
|
11
|
3
|
4
|
44
|
24
|
20
|
36
| |
3
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
18
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
48
|
26
|
22
|
33
| |
4
|
Real Muppets
|
18
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
32
|
29
|
3
|
29
| |
5
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
18
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
30
|
31
|
-1
|
29
| |
6
|
San Dimas High School
|
18
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
37
|
27
|
10
|
28
| |
7
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
18
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
42
|
34
|
8
|
28
| |
8
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
18
|
7
|
3
|
8
|
22
|
29
|
-7
|
24
| |
9
|
The Dead Parrots
|
18
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
33
|
29
|
4
|
23
| |
10
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
18
|
5
|
8
|
5
|
28
|
29
|
-1
|
23
| |
11
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
18
|
5
|
8
|
5
|
27
|
28
|
-1
|
23
| |
12
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
18
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
23
|
29
|
-6
|
23
| |
13
|
Prettier Than You
|
18
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
23
|
35
|
-12
|
20
| |
14
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
18
|
5
|
3
|
10
|
19
|
46
|
-27
|
18
| |
15
|
Thommo's Titans
|
18
|
4
|
2
|
12
|
13
|
36
|
-23
|
14
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
18
|
1
|
5
|
12
|
15
|
42
|
-27
|
8
| |
TOTAL
|
288
|
112
|
64
|
112
|
491
|
491
|
0
|
400
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