GOODBYE GOODBYE GOODBYE, SO LONG SO LONG SO LONG
It is with regret that I announce that Pete Thompson of Thommo’s Titans has decided to leave the ranks of WSFFL managers at the end of the season. Despite little success during his tenure, Pete has been building up a useful squad of young players (Djourou, Van Persie, Hoyte, Wright-Phillips, Carrick et al) and it’s a shame that he won’t be at the helm when those players fulfil their promise. However Pete will be busy in other areas – as he says “I am moving in the next couple of months and all my time will be taken up with demolition, building and decorating!”
I’m sure you’ll all join me in wishing Pete every success with his plans, and with his young family. He’s around until the end of the season, so I hope, Pete, that you’ll come along to the January Auction to say goodbye to your WSFFL colleagues.
I actually have one or two interested potential managers, so Pete’s decision gives me time for succession plans. In the meantime, I’m placing an embargo on outgoing transfers involving Thommo’s Titans. This is to stop vultures swooping in and asset-stripping his team in advance of another manager taking over, and give said new manager the best chance to be competitive in the league. That’s only fair, innit?
INCREMENT BY INCREMENT
Prettier Than You are stretching their lead at the top, little by little, each week. This week they go 3 points clear, following a 3-0 crucial win this weekend over fellow title contenders the 22 Legged Groove Machine. Goals from Bellamy, Ferdinand and Meite helped Rachel eke out a further point’s lead at the top.
Their closest pursuers are now Aardvark Abacus; the league’s strongest squad continue to flex their muscles with a 3-2 win over recently-reviving Trusted By Millions. Continuing to rotate his forwards shrewdly, this time it was Obafemi Martins who came up trumps for Ady with a double strike to lift him to 2nd. Champions Boston Rock halted their recent 2 game losing streak, but could only draw 2-2 with Real Muppets, thanks to long range efforts from Lampard and Bentley. They slump to 3rd, having collected only 1 point from a possible 9.
Nil Satis continue their good recent run and go 5th after beating Claymore in the Toffee Derby, 3-0 the scoreline, with goals fittingly from Yobo and Arteta. Fred slips to 6th after losing 3-2 to Eleven Imaginary Boys, recent signing David Wright bagging the crucial winner to give Prov another POTW half a million. Well done chap!
At the bottom, Yorks are a point adrift following a close 3-2 defeat to Mega Buck Bandits, Speed and Hulse hitting the target for Yorks in vain. Thommo’s Titans edge one point clear in 15th, following their 1-1 draw with the Dead Parrots, who slip to 14th following Prov’s win.
Elsewhere, Final Fantasy XI leap above Trusted into 9th following a 1-1 draw with San Dimas, Heidar Helguson getting a late equaliser to keep the High School in 7th.
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, CHANGE FOR THE WORSE, CHANGES WITH SUMMER AND FALL
Hear ye! Hear ye! I hereby announce that the 2006/07 Mid-Season Recategorisation Process has been done. Once again your esteemed co-ordinator, and our recat guru, Peej, have reviewed the position of every single Premiership player thanks to the auspices of premierleague.com, and hereby wish to announce the following findings;
· Julio Baptista (Arsenal, Nil Satis) from ATTACK to MIDFIELD
· Gareth Barry (Aston Villa, Trusted) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Abdoulaye Faye (Bolton, Muppets) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Joey O’Brien (Bolton, Muppets) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Jon Aarne Riise (Liverpool, Aardvark) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Stephen Warnock (Liverpool, Parrots) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Alan Smith (Manchester United, Boston Rock) from MIDFIELD to ATTACK
· Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United, Groove Machine) from MIDFIELD to ATTACK
· Roudolphe Douala Mbela (Portsmouth, Final Fantasy) from ATTACK to MIDFIELD
There were one or two others, but those were ones we’ve squabbled about on numerous previous occasions, so I’ve saved us the hassle and ignored them. The above, however, will be recatted unless they’re appealed (and even then, they might still be recatted if the appeal is unsuccessful).
Taking about appeals, this is how the timings are going to work this year, if you wish to appeal any of the above revised categorisations, or indeed the categorisations of any other of your players;
· Managers to let me have any appeals by NO LATER THAN Saturday 30 December 2006.
· The Appeal Review Board will sit during the first week in January. As usual, the Review Board will comprise of myself, recat guru Peej, and the Exec Committee (Ady, Rich and Paul Saleh), providing we can pin them down.
· Managers will be notified immediately of any positional changes.
· Positional changes to take effect from Week 17, on 13 January.
The exceptions to this are the pool players listed overleaf, who will be immediately recategorised into their revised positions.
RECATS (continued)
· Didier Agathe (Aston Villa) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Danny Guthrie (Liverpool) from DEFENCE to MIDFIELD
· Hogan Ephraim (West Ham) from MIDFIELD to ATTACK
· Ismael Miller (Manchester City) from ATTACK to MIDFIELD
These 4 players are available from the pool in their new positions, with the exception of Miller, who as he has been recatted into an advantageous position, is subject to the pool “cooling off” process until 23 December, as per “Transfer News” below.
OK? Right, stand back, here come the avalanche of appeals…
TRANSFER NEWS
Player From To Fee
Fangzhou Dong (A) Pool Claymore Athletic FC £500K
Lee Carsley (M) Claymore Athletic FC Pool £250K
Gabor Kiraly (G) 48 hour rule (sole bid) Prettier Than You £500K
Claudio Reyna (M) Prettier Than You 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 close of play Saturday 23 December 2006, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Let’s see who was listening at the AGM Auction…
Which Midfielder was voted by Four Four Two magazine as the best Football League player last season, then promoted with his club into the Premiership?
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 23 December 2006. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
Sheffield United and Mega Buck Bandits goalkeeper Paddy Kenny had his eyebrow bitten off in a curry house car park incident, during the week leading up to the Blades’ home game against Manchester United on Saturday 18th November. His assailant (a mate of Kenny’s apparently – hey, who needs enemies…) obviously didn’t fancy the lychees for afters!
Apparently, Neil Warnock, on hearing about this incident, merely said, “I told him not to go out in Halifax”. Which makes me very curious – is Halifax the home of the phantom eyebrow-biter or something? I think we should be told…
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION (continued)
So, 4 correct replies this time, from Ryan, Peej, Clive and Beef. Trusted By Millions was the name out of the hat, so Beef trousers the hundred grand. Well done Beef!
SHORTS
· Has anyone else noticed Johan Djourou’s eyebrows? The Arsenal and Thommo’s Titans youngster has got a serious pair of Groucho Marx specials – wonder if he does the cigar and funny walk thing as well?
· Snatch of commentary overheard while I was booking in the scores Saturday evening; “Sutton in the box… he’s in two minds whether to shoot himself”. Speaking as the WSFFL manager of the blank-firing striker, I would say, yes, please do Chris, I’ll even hand you the gun…
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 14, W/E 16 December 2006
Eleven Imaginary Boys 3-2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Hyypia Matt Taylor
Barton Drogba
David Wright 27,450
Mega Buck Bandits 3-2 York’s Returning Glory
McCarthy Hulse
Finnan Speed
Hunt 27,111
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3-0 Claymore Athletic FC
Gilberto Silva
Arteta
Yobo 39,825
Prettier Than You 3-0 22 Legged Groove Machine
Bellamy
Anton Ferdinand
Meite 60,037
San Dimas High School 1-1 Final Fantasy XI
Helguson (1) Huddlestone 34,966
Thommo’s Titans 1-1 The Dead Parrots
McBride (1) Howard (OG) 23,074
Trusted By Millions 2-3 Aardvark Abacus
Gerrard Martins 2
Ben Haim Alonso 33,970
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2-2 Real Muppets
Bentley Reina
Lampard Abdoulaye Faye 49,231
Performance of the Week: Eleven Imaginary Boys
THE 2006/07 WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE
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As at Monday 18 December 2006
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Team
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P
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W
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D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff
|
Pts
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1
|
Prettier Than You
|
14
|
9
|
2
|
3
|
26
|
16
|
10
|
29
| |
2
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
14
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
35
|
21
|
14
|
26
| |
3
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
31
|
21
|
10
|
25
| |
4
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
21
|
17
|
4
|
24
| |
5
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
14
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
31
|
25
|
6
|
23
| |
6
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
14
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
25
|
24
|
1
|
23
| |
7
|
San Dimas High School
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
23
|
27
|
-4
|
21
| |
8
|
Real Muppets
|
14
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
25
|
24
|
1
|
20
| |
9
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
14
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
20
|
17
|
3
|
19
| |
10
|
Trusted By Millions
|
14
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
23
|
21
|
2
|
19
| |
11
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
14
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
31
|
29
|
2
|
17
| |
12
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
14
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
19
|
24
|
-5
|
17
| |
13
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
14
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
16
|
21
|
-5
|
16
| |
14
|
The Dead Parrots
|
14
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
19
|
29
|
-10
|
15
| |
15
|
Thommo's Titans
|
14
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
15
|
26
|
-11
|
10
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
11
|
15
|
33
|
-18
|
9
| |
TOTAL
|
224
|
89
|
46
|
89
|
375
|
375
|
0
|
313
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