THIS IS OURSELVES, UNDER PRESSURE
In this weekend’s big top of the table clash, Trusted By Millions won a close encounter by 3-2 to put some serious pressure on opponents and league leaders You Know Your Boston Rock FC. An early double salvo from Boston Rock’s Georgios Samaras was not enough, as Beef soared back with strikes from Mido, Barry and Carragher to secure the win and move to within 4 points of Sheriff’s “Sky Heroes”. Trusted however stay 3rd, as 2nd placed Aardvark Abacus also move to within 4 points of Boston Rock with a rattling good 5-3 win over Real Muppets, with Aardvark’s Robbie Keane scoring a double, and Baros and Solano also getting on the scoresheet. Ady just can’t stop scoring at the moment, it seems…!
It seems more and more likely that this year’s eventual champions will come from this breakaway trio, as they are now 6 points clear of the chasing pack. Thanks to defeats for 4th placed Fred (more on that below) and Real Muppets, San Dimas spotted a chance to move up, and seized it with a Dean Ashton-inspired 1-0 win over Final Fantasy XI, moving Peej up to a more representative 5th place. Eleven Imaginary Boys move back in the right direction, up to 8th after a 3-1 win over Prettier Than You. And current Champions Claymore Athletic are on the move too, their second 4-0 win over Nil Satis Nisi Optimum in consecutive weeks moving them above their bluenose rivals into 9th place.
At the bottom, Yorks eke ever closer to Thommo’s Titans following another creditable draw. They held the Dead Parrots, 1-1, to move to within a point of the Titans following another defeat for Thommo’s, 2-0 against Mega Buck Bandits. Poor old Pete’s team are in freefall, having lost eleven of their last twelve league games, gaining one point from a possible 36, whilst Julian’s team are hitting form, having now gone 3 games unbeaten!
Finally, the Groove Machine are the real form team in the league right now – following their February MOTM achievements, Rich’s team turned over another fancied team this weekend, beating Fred West LGXI 2-1, with Riggott and Kishishev goals. This moved the Big Man up to 12th (don’t get a nosebleed, Dick), and wins him the POTW £500,000. Well done Rich!
TRANSFER NEWS
Player From To Fee
Danny Gabbidon (D) San Dimas High School YKY Boston Rock FC £5.5m
Steven Carr (D) YKY Boston Rock FC Pool £3.5m
Grzegorz Rasiak (A) 22 Legged Grove Machine Pool £3.5m
TRANSFER NEWS (continued)
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 11 March 2006, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please. Although you should be advised that Rasiak is on loan to Southampton for the rest of the season, after which time he joins the Saints on a permanent deal for £2m – hence Rich getting rid of him now while he’s still on loan!!!
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
This question would obviously be a dead giveaway if anyone had the up to date squad lists, so for the duration of this week don’t bother asking me for them!
Which WSFFL Manager has the highest value squad?
Now, I’m not giving away anyone’s bank balances or anything here. This is just the actual monetary value of the players in the squad, i.e. what was paid for them, which is public information. And of course as this is a moving feast, I’m looking for the highest valued squad as of today’s date. So, go on, hazard a guess!
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 11 March 2006. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
Birmingham City and Mega Buck Bandits forward Emile Heskey’s middle name is Ivanhoe. Isn’t that the craziest middle name for a footballer ever? No wait, wasn’t former Aston Villa, Liverpool and Swindon winger Mark Walters’ middle name Everton?? That’s pretty barking mad too!
Correct replies from Ryan, Clive and. Ceri. Claymore Athletic were picked at random by the computer, so Clive wins the £100,000. Well done chap.
A wrong but fun guess from Peej, who went for Jermain Defoe. J. Ivanhoe Defoe???? I like it, nice alliteration, but wrong…
SHORTS
· Does anyone else think it’s just plain wrong that Everton were able to sign Sander Westerveld on loan after the January transfer window closed? Sure, Martyn and Wright, their first choicers, are both injured – Wright rather comically, and all his own fault, after he fell onto a sign saying “Please Do Not Warm Up Here” in the Chelsea goal whilst, er, warming up. Also youngster Iain Turner is suspended, but they’ve still got John Ruddy, who they signed from Cambridge as a young player with a lot of potential. Time to show it, perhaps? Isn’t that what they’ve got squads for??
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 21, W/E 4 March 2006
Aardvark Abacus 5-3 Real Muppets
Solano (2) Joe Cole
Baros Viduka
Keane 2 Ronaldo
Eboue 43,892
Claymore Athletic FC 4-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Osman
Henry 2
Pogatetz 36,080
The Dead Parrots 1-1 York’s Returning Glory
Harewood (1) Young 34,866
Final Fantasy XI 0-1 San Dimas High School
(2) Ashton 30,194
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-2 22 Legged Groove Machine
Drogba Riggott
Kishishev 42,200
Mega Buck Bandits 2-0 Thommo’s Titans
Fabregas
Sinama-Pongolle 26,581
Prettier Than You 1-3 Eleven Imaginary Boys
Bellamy (1) Shearer
Perry
Hyypia 28,141
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2-3 Trusted By Millions
Samaras 2 (1) Mido
Barry
Carragher 52,012
Performance of the Week: 22 Legged Groove Machine
THE WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE, Season 2005/06
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As at 6 March 2006
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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
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Diff
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Pts
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1
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
21
|
14
|
2
|
5
|
60
|
25
|
35
|
44
| |
2
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
21
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
58
|
31
|
27
|
40
| |
3
|
Trusted By Millions
|
21
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
49
|
31
|
18
|
40
| |
4
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
21
|
10
|
4
|
7
|
51
|
38
|
13
|
34
| |
5
|
San Dimas High School
|
21
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
43
|
34
|
9
|
32
| |
6
|
Real Muppets
|
21
|
10
|
2
|
9
|
41
|
37
|
4
|
32
| |
7
|
The Dead Parrots
|
21
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
40
|
31
|
9
|
30
| |
8
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
21
|
9
|
3
|
9
|
28
|
35
|
-7
|
30
| |
9
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
21
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
38
|
32
|
6
|
29
| |
10
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
21
|
9
|
2
|
10
|
30
|
40
|
-10
|
29
| |
11
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
21
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
26
|
31
|
-5
|
27
| |
12
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
21
|
8
|
3
|
10
|
23
|
47
|
-24
|
27
| |
13
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
21
|
5
|
9
|
7
|
31
|
35
|
-4
|
24
| |
14
|
Prettier Than You
|
21
|
6
|
5
|
10
|
27
|
41
|
-14
|
23
| |
15
|
Thommo's Titans
|
21
|
4
|
2
|
15
|
14
|
45
|
-31
|
14
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
21
|
2
|
7
|
12
|
18
|
44
|
-26
|
13
| |
TOTAL
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336
|
132
|
72
|
132
|
577
|
577
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0
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468
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