Week 19

A trio of hounds breaks from the pack and gathers pace this week, among them a salivating Stathi with 23 points. Gerrard, Enrique and Azpilcueta provide the muscle that moves Stathi to withing a couple of good weeks of the lead. For Rico, it's Cahil and Ivanovic that propel him towards the summit. And with Torres and Fletcher scoring consisently, James completes the trio.

The scores below (typed due to a glitch I can't be bothered fixing) inclulde the Boxing Day games. It was a stragely low-scoring day, with only Rico managing double figures (12). Bad day for Harry, whose sale of Adam Johnson on Christmas Eve must have had him spewing leftover turkey all over his yuletide log.



200 Nick Ath
191 Harry
169 Rico
163 James
158 Stathi
140 Sid
138 Mike
126 Theo
112 Nick Ach
90   Don

Harry's transfer, De Guzman for Johnson, was the only transfer of the week.

So long,

Your Chairman.

Week 18

Make that three astonishingly bountiful weeks for Harry, with 14 points this week to add to his 23 and 28 in the previous two weeks. And again, it's the Rooney-van Persie partnership making the most significant contribution, wtih 7 points this week (14 & 9 before that). It all means that the gap between the top two teams is down to a single point, with the Christmas jam looming.

This week's losers are Mike and Donald, with -1 each. A season to forget for DP.

                                   
One transfer to report: Mike gets Benteke for Adebayor after outbidding Sid.

To week 19...

Your chairman

Update: it appears that my calculations were found wanting, and Harry is leading by 2 points. Apologies to him. Last time I fondle myself while inputting scores.