PARTY POLITIC, HEADS WILL ROLL
Well, heads had to figuratively roll this weekend, when the only two remaining 100% records went head to head in a battle of the bluenoses. And, hey, both records went, as Claymore Athletic and Nil Satis battled out a dour 0-0 draw in front of the biggest ever WSFFL league crowd. Yawnsville! This kept Claymore top by goal difference, but there are now 4 teams tied on 7 points at the top. The Dead Parrots trounced York’s Returning Glory 4-1 to go 2nd, York’s falling to the bottom as a result and, thanks to other results, becoming the only team yet to get off the mark this season. A splendid Lua-Lua strike was the pick of the bunch for Dean. Nil Satis dropped to 3rd, and Mega Buck Bandits, no doubt galvanised by my tipping them to finish bottom, rose to 4th with a 3-0 win over Thommo’s Titans. A Kuszczak penalty save “goal” and a Benny McCarthy goal figured in Dave’s win.
San Dimas picked up a battling 3-2 win over Final Fantasy XI to go 5th, thanks to a Paul Scharner double. Fred West beat a battling Groove Machine 1-0 with a stunning Drogba strike to go 6th, and up to 7th at this early stage to Aardvark Abacus, a brilliant defensive performance earning them a 4-0 win over Real Muppets, who drop to 15th.
Elsewhere, defences were on top in the battle between last season’s top 2 – five clean sheets each were chalked off in the 0-0 draw between You Know Your Boston Rock FC and Trusted By Millions, a result which nevertheless gives Beef his first point of the season. And finally, Eleven Imaginary Boys also got off the mark for this season this weekend. Joey Barton and James Beattie were on the mark in Prov’s 2-0 win over Prettier Than You, a result which also gives Jared the POTW half a million, his first such award since rejoining the league. Well done Prov-lad!
TRANSFER NEWS
Player From To Fee
David Weir (D) Claymore Athletic FC Pool £1.1m
Lee Carsley (M) Pool Claymore Athletic FC £500K
Danny Shittu (D) Pool Dead Parrots £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 23 September 2006, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
And another question loosely related to the World Cup – and the Animal Kingdom (there’s a clue…)
Also on the excuse front, German authorities blamed the World Cup Finals for their failure to catch what, on the loose in Bavaria?
Answers to meby close of play Saturday 23 September 2006. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
What kept the Ukraine squad awake? Frogs! Their chirruping was identified as the reason why the Ukraine players were kept awake before their clash with Spain. This excuse ranks up there with the Phil Neville “wrong type of grass” in my view…
I received 3 correct replies, from Rich (who added “apparently it was mating season and the frogs were very amorous and vocal that night”. Trust the Big Man to know that!), Ryan and Clive (who also noted “Rumour has it that the frogs were wearing Basque style berets and were croaking away in Spanish accents!”). Claymore Athletic won the coin toss, so the hundred grand goes to Clive, breaking Rich’s question-winning roll for this season. Well done Clive!
Incidentally, Rich wanted to correct me – the roll he was on is a “great big breakfast roll with bacon, egg, sausage and mushrooms”. So now you know. No ketchup though.
2 wrong answers this week, from Peej (a complete stab at an “oompah band”) and Ceri (“German fans who were driving around & tooting their horns all night”), both logical, but wrong.
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 3, W/E 16 September 2006
Aardvark Abacus 4-0 Real Muppets
Doyle (2)
Campbell
Carvalho
Gallas 26,130
Claymore Athletic FC 0-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
(1) 75,595
The Dead Parrots 4-1 York’s Returning Glory
Duff (1) Hulse
Lua-Lua
Tuore
Carr 37,117
Final Fantasy XI 2-3 San Dimas High School
Andrew Johnson (2) Scharner 2
Pedersen Terry 34,938
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-0 22 Legged Groove Machine
Drogba (3) 36,131
Mega Buck Bandits 3-0 Thommo’s Titans
Kuszczak (2)
McCarthy
Chimbonda 41,882
Prettier Than You 0-2 Eleven Imaginary Boys
(1) Beattie
Barton 21,164
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 0-0 Trusted By Millions
(5) 25,011
Performance of the Week: Eleven Imaginary Boys
THE 2006/07 WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE
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As at Sunday 17 September 2006
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Team
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P
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W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff
|
Pts
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1
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
1
|
11
|
7
| |
2
|
The Dead Parrots
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
7
| |
3
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
7
| |
4
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
7
| |
5
|
San Dimas High School
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
6
| |
6
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
6
| |
7
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
4
| |
8
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
4
| |
9
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
4
| |
10
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
-1
|
4
| |
11
|
Thommo's Titans
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
-2
|
3
| |
12
|
Prettier Than You
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
-2
|
3
| |
13
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
-5
|
3
| |
14
|
Trusted By Millions
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
-3
|
1
| |
15
|
Real Muppets
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
-9
|
1
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
10
|
-6
|
0
| |
TOTAL
|
48
|
19
|
10
|
19
|
86
|
86
|
0
|
67
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