FFL update.........

Our esteemed chairman has had a rather unfortunate time with his computer hence why I am updating the scores. Furthermore, his team looked to have been afflicted with the inability to score any points as yet again he has scored zilch.

The gap at the top has closed thanks to a modest nine points from me and James' paltry 3. Sid wins this week's "even playing beautiful football requires you to score goals to win matches especially at grounds like the Reebok where you always get dicked on" prize but stays in third despite a score of -2.

Top score this week goes to Nick Achilleos with a monumental 16. Incidentally he and Steve were the only two managers to score double figures.

No doubt this week there will be huge scores given the midweek games!

Table

1st

James

158

2nd

Mike

150

3rd

Sid

137

4th

Nick Ach

119

5th

Donald

115

6th

Theo

111

7th

Nick Ath

103

8th

Rico

91

9th

Steve

80

10th

Stathi

64

Transfers this week:
Theo signs Malbranque and discards Milner
Stathi signs McCulloch and gets rid of Benayoun

Football chants.......

In honour of the fantastic free-kick from the otherwise anonymous Shinso Nakamura, Celtic fans have perhaps come up with the season’s best chant: “He eats chow mein and he votes Sinn Fein, Nakamura.”

However, I still like this year’s offering from the Old Trafford faithful: v Liverpool when Peter Crouch was warming up “Does the circus know you’re here?” and when he finally came on a universal scream of “FREAK” (He actually looked pissed off every time it was screamed when he touched the ball!)

A personal favourite…………

Get your nostrils,
Get your nostrils,
Get your nostrils off the pitch

(Sung to Phil Thompson in the Houllier days)

Also, I am reliably informed by a Spurs fan that this was sung a couple of weeks ago to a certain Mr. Mourinho:

Your coat's from Matalan,
Your coat's from Matalan,

Quality stuff. Any others???

Belated FFL update

Sorry for the lateness but my computer, like my team, was fucked. Difference is, my computer's okay now.

No guesses who top scored this weekend, is it? It's always the most impatient one. So, congratulations to Theo with a respectable 14. Our leader (only in the 'points' sense of the word) managed 11, keeping his neck ahead.

Which is what can't be said for my disgraceful bunch of fuckwits, managing another blank for the week which means I've managed 2 points in 3 weeks. As much as I enjoy self-flagellation - I was an altar boy once - this is too much to bear. My Lord, My Lord, why hast thou forsaken me?

...10 minutes later...

I'm okay now. So, here are the scores:

"FFL 2006/07
LEAGUE TABLE"

Total Points
1st James 155
2nd Mike 141
3rd Sid 139
4th Donald 113
5th Theo 105
6th Nick Ath 103
7th Nick Ach 103
8th Rico 82
9th Steve 69
10th Stathi 59

No transfers this week. I sense some fireworks this weekend. The Chelsea v Man United game will finish 0-0, so place your bets now.

What the f...?

Wakey, wakey pal. Its Wednesday night and theres still no FFL update - what the hell is going on? And its not even like I give a damn given that I'm so far off the lead. But the point if we start getting sloppy by posting the FFL results a few days then before you know it you're scratching your balls watching Nuneaton Borough versus Hendon in the FA Cup qualifying rounds with empty pizza boxes lying around and no beer in the fridge...

Alas, poor Rummy...

He will be missed.

Another fucking FFL update

Okay, I'll try to be enthusiastic this time.

A big week for Donald (obviously, with Drogba hat-trick and assist) sees him move up into 4th and to within 33 of the lead. With Gallas grabbing 6 points on Sunday, James keeps some breathing space between himself and the chasing pack. Sid, the closest challenger, only managed 7 points this week as did Mike. My team isn't even worth commenting on at the moment.

I'm spared the blushes this week by Nick PC, who managed an impressive -3 (this season's record low). Thanks pal. What else is there to say? It's all the usual cliches about there being a long way to go, blah blah blah. I would say this though: for some reason, there really seems to be a dearth of quality players left in the pool. Anyway, the scores:

"FFL 2006/07
LEAGUE TABLE"

Total Points
1st James 144
2nd Sid 133
3rd Mike 129
4th Donald 111
5th Nick Ath 103
6th Theo 99
7th Nick Ach 91
8th Rico 71
9th Steve 63
10th Stathi 55

One transfer to report: Mike gets rid of Martins and buys Robbie Keane.

And there goes another week.

Shearer OUT........

The campaign starts here. What is this person doing on Match of the Day? If it wasn't difficult enough staying up on a Saturday night to watch the day's football, we are now confronted by 'Mr Personality'.

What also grates is his hypocrisy. Shearer has no right to talk about incidents where players tangle and attempt to kick / punch each other. Here was a serial elbower and lets not forget about the Lennon incident. If you recall television replays showed Shearer kicking Lennon in the face after the Leicester midfielder brought him down near the touchline. Lennon suffered cuts and bruising to his face. What did Shearer say about it? "I was brought down by Neil Lennon and we both fell clumsily," he said. What a joke……..and a liar.

And he also has no place admonishing players for their overreaction and dissent directed at referees. He was THE worst in this respect and only because he was England captain did he get away with it week in week out, season after season.

Oh, and on last night's show he had the temerity to take the piss out of Andy Cole's goascoring record. In a woeful attempt at humour he said: "…he's 70 odd goals behind me, isn't he?"

Yes, Mr Shearer, 70 goals but also just the 5 Premier League, 2 FA Cup and 1 European Cup medals to show for it. TWAT

The campaign to get Shearer off MOTD starts here! Where was Hansen? Can't the BBC find someone else? Will someone second the motion????

NWAF?*

*No Women At Football

What is the educated and biased opinion on Mike Newell's comments after Saturday's match?

Quotes:

"She shouldn't be here. I know that sounds sexist but I am sexist. This is not park football, so what are women doing here?"

"It is tokenism - for the politically-correct idiots," said Newell.

"We have a problem in this country with political correctness and bringing women into the game is not the way to improve refereeing and officialdom.

"It is absolutely beyond belief. When do we reach a stage when all officials are women because then we are in trouble?

"It is bad enough with the incapable referees and linesmen we have but if you start bringing in women, you have big problems."

Archidia

Forget JT and possible/alleged/my cousin's friend's neighbour says rumours.
Forget Wenger / Pardew handbags.

I cannot believe that anthing, even the above, has managed to allow the fact that our supposed finest player once again confirmed to the world last week that he is a cheating diving toerag to somehow be ignored by our national media.

If that had been a Johnny foreigner who had triple salcoe'd his way to another penalty, we'd never have heard the end of it.

Rooney is a CHEAT. Pure and simple. He doesn't have to do it. Somebody needs to sort it out now.

Lessons in losing

Who remembers Bobby Robson in 2001 after Newcastle beat Arsenal at Highbury, dealing them a bitter blow in the run up to Christmas. Robson said, 'But people have to learn how to lose now and again and a lot of people here have not done so.'

As the French say, 'Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.'

Dwight Yorke, Dwight Yorke

Dwight Yorke, Dwight Yorke

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story???

Apparently on the internet message boards it is alleged that John Terry told Ledley King to 'Shut up you lippy black monkey' before getting sent off on Sunday. This would explain the following:

Why King went mad, when normally he is mild tempered and the incident appeared harmless Why Chimbonda went berserk and had to be physically restrained Why Zakora went mad also Why Drogba, who was there and always gets involved, did nothing Why Terry calmly walked away expecting to be sent off for what appeared on TV to be nothing

Terry was accused by Eto’o of making racist comments in the Barcelona game last year. Apparently a Spurs player has leaked this, but Chelsea are working overtime to keep it quiet

Ashley Cole has said that Poll told him the lack of discipline by Chelsea was out of order and Chelsea are trying to discredit Poll, but he cannot possibly come out and say what Terry did as he is the England captain, preferring to say he was sent off for 'ungentlemanly conduct'.

Finally, Rio Ferdinand said in his book that a current England player was a known racist. Wonder who he meant?

If this story is true, it will be massive and I can't believe the press haven't got hold of it yet. Chelsea must be weighing journalists out left, right and centre

FFL Update

Not the most interesting fantasy league week unless you're Theo and stadily climbing the table. His 15 points (12 of which came from defence) see him rise to 7th and mark a resurgence of sorts. No guesses for the bottom team of the week, a record-matching -1. The gap between himself and James at the top is almost twice his total score. I blame the Ruskies.

"FFL 2006/07
LEAGUE TABLE"

Total Points
1st James 133
2nd Sid 126
3rd Mike 122
4th Nick Ath 103
5th Nick Ach 94
6th Donald 94
7th Theo 86
8th Rico 68
9th Steve 60
10th Stathi 45

Two transfers to report:

Sid gets rid of Zamora and buys Crouch.
Donald buys Evra for Samuel.

I feel a record-breaking score coming on this weekend. "...dedication's what you need..."

Rooney boxing, Ronaldinho playing the accordion and David Villa flying....

You've proabably seen the Rooney one. Click on the link and watch the video's.

I found it funny!

Video Link

Portuguese Peasant Mentality

Whatever you may think of Wenger, Ferguson or Benitez you have to give them this: the odds of hearing them publicly slagging off a former player are pretty remote. The notion of this becomes even more ridiculous if you were to imagine, let us presume, an international and well regarded player who had given 5years loyal service, who was asked to play out of position, was a fan's favourite and through all of this never once even hinted a complaint. Let us further say, this player was so well regarded in fact that even after he had been sold (for a healthy profit) to a European rival was so loved as to be given a 'special award' upon his first return to his former hunting ground...

Step forward Jose 'No Class' Moaninho. Two weeks ago he was shaking Eidue Gudjohnsen's hand amidst the warm applause at Stamford Bridge, earlier this week he was slagging him off as a diving cheat. The man is plainly and simply a tit.