FFL Week 10

It's football groundhog day again this week, as I'm sure everyone noticed over the weekend. The runaway leader has picked up pace yet again, scoring a momentous 24 points, 10 more than his nearest challenger this week and for the season so far. If this continues, we're looking at a score of 500 plus. Only Almunia, Brown, Bouma and Jenas failed to contribute.

At the other end Donald amazingly avoids being the turkey of the week once again, despite having 2 Man City defenders who both played the full 90 minutes. That accolade goes to Nick PC, with a mere 3 points.

The scores are as follows:

	FFL 2007/08 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Stathi	151
27	2nd	Rico	124
35	3rd	Nick Ath	116
52	4th	Nick PC	99
56	5th	Sid	95
66	6th	Mike	85
77	7th	Theo	74
83	8th	James	68
92	9th	Don	59

Transfers:

Sid rebuys Shevchenko for Johnson. Rico makes 2 transfers: Glen Johnson comes in for Enrique and Michael Johnson comes in for Geovanni.

Now over to Collars Up for the next episode in Mein Scousenschaften Kampf.

One year ago...

Time for a the ramblings of a man suffering from a serious case of indifferent non-chalance....

Rewind one year and the headlines were all about a London club whose manager was undermined by his board buying players he didn't want. That London club had got to a the FA Cup final the season before and had qualified for Europe for the first time in who knows how long. Unfortunately, the pressure of expectation at the start of the next season was too much and the club started off badly resulting in the manager getting the sack and the club just about staying up on the last day of the season. That was West Ham, this is Spurs. The question now is will we stay up? Not as ridiculous a question as it may have sounded a few weeks ago...

As for Martin Jol, from the minute our board were caught with their pants down it was only ever going one way. The fact that he was eventually fired BEFORE last night's game just about sums up our board. What a bunch of c*nts (and that's a word I don't like using). Our most successful manager in 25years gone in three seasons... who in their right mind will want to take over? I feel sorry for the man and I sincerely hope he gets a job he deserves somewhere soon.

As for me and no doubt other countless Spurs fans last night was one of the strangest atmospheres I've experienced or am likely to experience. Losing at home for the second time in 60yrs in Europe and the fans singing the name of the (at that moment!) ex-manager! Surreal.

That's the way to do it!

Arrogant, smug or class? You decide!

FFL Week 9

Mike has gladly (for him) handed me the baton until Christmas. A round of applause for Mike please gents.

So, here goes. It's an honour to take over on the week that Donald announces his return to form with the team of the week, scoring an impressive 18 points and improving his overall score by 50% in a single week. That must surely be a post-week 8 record. He's still getting fucked, but the arseholes of those ahead of him are finally within poking distance.

Stathi continues his relentless march towards a 2nd title with another large haul this week - 17 points. It came as no surprise to see Lescott grab another assist - as Stathi informed us last week, he'd done his research and found that Lescott and Hreirdarsson were both going for the golden boot this season. It should also be said that if Mark Shattenberg had two eyes instead of none, Lescott would've had two more assists. Shame.

Pauper of the week is Mike with a paltry 2 points, thanks to a late goal by Milner last night. So here are the scores:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Stathi	127
17	2nd	Rico	110
19	3rd	Nick Ath	108
31	4th	Nick PC	96
41	5th	Sid	86
49	6th	Mike	78
59	7th	Theo	68
71	8th	James	56
73	9th	Don	54

One transfer to report. Nick PC gets rid of Ashton and buys Benjani (the surprise top striker so far this season, with 21 points). Interesting to note that Martins was his 2nd choice, who scored last night after your caretaker chairman dumped him for Owen. I'm sure there were giggles all round, but we'll see who laughs last.

This game makes one feel paranoid at times.

Your Caretaker

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Did he really do that??????

I know I wear glasses but tell me my eyes were not deceiving me. Did everyone's favourite Scouse scally really TELL the ref to send Hibbert off?

Probably just as bad, but why did that twat of a ref put the yellow away as he was told to?

Imagine if Fabregas or Drogba went around charging at the ref and screaming like a banshee like Carragher did today.

Imagine any other player (not including that hero JT of course!) doing what Gerrard did today

And lets not even get started on what would have been the outcry and probable call for a public enquiry at governement level had Rooney done what Kuyt did.


I think the likes of Andy Gray, Martin Tyler and definitely Alan Green would have had a stroke.

Also what are people's opinions on this hypothesis: "rafa benitez is the luckiest manager in the Premiership"

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FFL 2007 / 08 Week 8

I hereby take up McNick’s invitation to do the FFL scores up to Christmas. Thank-you very much.

A thousand apologies for taking my time with the scores – lucky for Mickey Mouse week then (International matches!). Too many things going on at the moment!!!

The scores:

Diff.	Pos.	Manager	Points
	1st	Stathi	110
8	2nd	Rico	102
16	3rd	Nick Ath	94
20	4th	Nick PC	90
33	5th	Mike	77
35	6th	Sid	75
42	7th	Theo	68
66	8th	James	44
74	9th	Don	36

Transfers:

Two gambles. McNick for St Michael of Owen (Welsh district) and me for getting Knight the weekend Villa face United but I figured if Villa get a good result he will be highlighted and Rozenhal is only worth 50p in an auction!

McNick – Martins OUT, Owen IN

Me – Rozenhal OUT, Knight IN

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Along the lines of:

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FFL 2007 / 08 Week 7

Sid has started his charge! After a slow start the 1999 champion (yes that’s right the last champion of the 20^th Century) top scored this week with a stunning 22 points. Add to his 17 points from last week and it has been a fortnight to remember for a man approaching his fourth decade!

Stathi still tops the table after scoring 12 points to increase his lead at the top to 13.

Donald is rather grateful Shorey scored as this buffered his negative score this week but still got him the Steve “where the hell is my defence” Coppell with a total of -5!

The (negative) points from the 4-4 Spurs match against Villa will be part of next week’s roundup. Bouma’s -3 brings Stathi closer to the rest of us!

I have checked all the scores and they should be up to date and correct!

Two transfers this week.

Stathi makes his first foray into the market with the astute signing of Manuel Almunia for Fridel. Don, not surprisingly gets rid of Shorey for Man. city’s Garrido

Table:

Difference	Position	Manager	Points
	1st	Stathi	98
13	2nd	Nick Ath	85
14	3rd	Rico	84
18	4th	Nick PC	80
32	5th	Mike	66
34	6th	Theo	64
36	7th	Sid	62
53	8th	James	45
80	9th	Don	18

Classic Strachan..........

On Wayne Rooney...
"It's an incredible rise to stardom; at 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson."

Reporter: "Gordon, can we have a quick word please?"
Strachan: "Velocity" [walks off]



Reporter: So, Gordon, in what areas do you think Middlesborough were better than you today?
Strachan: What areas? Mainly that big green one out there.
Reporter: "Gordon, what will you take from today?"
Strachan: I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yoghurt to finish, the expiry date is today.

Reporter: There goes your unbeaten run. Can you take it?
Strachan: No, I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe jump off a bridge.

Reporter: There's no negative vibes or negative feelings here?
Strachan: Apart from yourself, we're all quite positive round here. So I'm going to whack you over the head with a big stick - down negative man, down.

Reporter: "What is your impression of Jermaine Pennant?"
Strachan: "I don't do impressions"

Reporter: So Gordon, any changes then?
Strachan: Naw, still 5ft 6, ginger and a big nose!