FFL 2007 / 08 Week 6

The obvious talking point this week has been the departure of Maureen from (a half-empty) Stamford Bridge.

Before I give out the scores for the week I want to have my say on the matter.

While at the game on Sunday I was thinking about the whole situation and interspersed with Rent Boys chanting “Stevie Clarke’s Blue and White Army” during Sunday’s match, something occurred to me.

In a way Ambramovich must be sooooooooo gutted. He has bought the club, had a top manager, spent half a billion quid on his toy and for what?

Here is what I mean:

Having all that money – more than some countries - and being able to have anything you want, any woman, any yacht, any executive jet – absolutely anything (you get the picture). You are able to more or less ‘buy’ anybody even bribe anybody but at Old Trafford on Sunday you had to sit through 90 minutes while 76,000 people around you took the piss and you know they think you're a cunt!

Having to sit there, owning his little club in blue (and steward yellow for away games), with all their smallness, all their insignificance in the greater scheme of things. A club with such a desperate longing to be loved and wanted – the true wannabes of football - while all around you sit among something immense, something genuinely huge, a club with history, a club with true meaning and one that offers everything you really want but is beyond you. To make matters worse, on your way home, up in the air in your executive jet surrounded by yes-men (and women) you think about it all and down the road where you live there is another club. A club that is fighting hard against your like. Playing a brand of football you can only get at Stamford Bridge if you are watching it on Sky or playing PS3.

Just a thought Roman, Arsenal’s last team was made up of players that cost a total of approx. £50m. Yes, that’s less than a Sheva and an Essien. Think about it. And the fans you so longingly want to chant your name think you are a cunt.

It must hurt to be the man who has everything, and who can have anything but not have what he wants in football. What will he do? The drama continues……………

Anyway, back to matters FFL. A stonking week for Nick PC with an incredible score of 25, the season’s top score thus far. Even goalkeeper Carson got an assist! Leader Stathi still managed a credible 15 points and is 11 points clear.

The Rafa ‘Shit, I knew I should’ve played that bloke that cost me £23m against Birmingham’ Benitez award for wrong decisions and poor performance goes to James with a mere 3.

Congratulations to Sid who not only scored 17 but lowered the Grovelands Pitch and Put record score among us regulars (this year that is just me and Sid!) to 31. Well done.

Here is the table:

Diff			Total Pts
	1st	Stathi	86
11	2nd	Nick Ath	75
12	3rd	Rico	74
12	4th	Nick PC	74
28	5th	Theo	58
31	6th	Mike	55
49	7th	Sid	37
60	8th	James	26
66	9th	Don	20

On the transfer front, a gutted Theo gets rid of Michael ‘forget that scoring record, will ever play 10 games in a row’ Owen for Viduka. The rotund one was also the subject of a bid from Nick PC but Owen was worth more than Bianchi.

Theo also got rid of “Benafuckingyoun” for Cahill.

Nick PC did manage to get rid of Bianchi by using Dean Ashton as his back-up bid.

That’s it for another week.

Kick them while they're down

Nice quote from Peter Hill-Wood:

"I don't want to run Chelsea down but you can't compare them to Manchester United or Liverpool," he added.

''For Chelsea to think they are suddenly going to dominate Manchester United and Liverpool is just fantasy – it's not going to happen."

You couldn't make it up!

Unbelievable.

I'm sure you have all heard that Monopoly will now be published featuring cities and towns from across Britain.

Guess which city is in place of Old Kent Road? Liverpool! You can't make it up!


It also brings up several issues. If Liverpool is now in Monopoly, does that mean the playing pieces (ie boot and car etc) are replaced by Stanley knifes and Giros?

Is it just a coincidence in that when you leave Liverpool you cannot get 'home' without passing jail?

In timed honoured Scouse tradition will there be a mass boycott of board games?

City of Culture eh?

Emirapists

Who is this Alisher Usmanov character anyway?

Crap pundit alert............

Anyone watch skysports yesterday? He was well and truly put in his place by Gullit and Souness.

Deserves a place alongside Shearer for sheer 'rubbishness'

Absolute dross.

Only there as eye-candy for the ladies.

FFL 2007 / 08 Week 5

After a week of lame international football the serious matter of FFL is back this week.

Stathi and McNick top score with 16 which is also the same number of points DP has accumulated over the course of the season. Incidentally, Fabregas is top scorer at the moment with 17! Inspired Mr. Marneros, inspired.

Stathi stays on top (ooh-er!), with McNick coming up behind him.

The Martin ‘your days are number sunshine, get you locker cleaned out’ Jol award goes to James for a rather limp 3 points.

I was chuffed to bits that Adebayor scored twice on his debut. Just need the others to do the same. (I'm also chuffed that I got a ticket for Sunday’s game after Chelsea couldn’t sell all their allocation – sooooooooooooo part-time. Big club my arse. Oh and Stath, the first episode of Prison Break series 3 is quality!)

Here is the table:

Diff			Total Pts
	1st	Stathi	71
1	2nd	Nick Ath	70
5	3rd	Rico	66
19	4th	Theo	52
22	5th	Nick PC	49
27	6th	Mike	44
48	7th	James	23
51	8th	Sid	20
55	9th	Don	16

One transfer to announce. Donald gets rid of Boa Morte and brings in Etherington.

That’s all.

FFL 2007 / 08 Week 4

I’ll be brief this week.

Rico top scores with a mammoth 21 points. Stathi also scores heavily with 17 to make them the top two in the table.

By contrast, last week’s leader McNick could only muster 12 points.

Crap score of the week goes to Don with a rather lame 3. He has only scored a total of 8 so far. Very Derby that, very Derby. (Sorry Nick!)

Here is the table:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Rico	55
2	2nd	Stathi	53
4	3rd	Nick Ath	51
9	4th	Theo	46
16	5th	Nick PC	39
23	6th	Mike	32
35	7th	James	20
38	8th	Sid	17
47	9th	Don	8

Transfers this week:

Donald finally gets rid Carrick and in comes Clit Dempsey. Donald also tried to buy Gareth Bale but he is already in Nick PCs team!

I tried to buy Michael Owen by getting rid of Eduardo and while my bid was higher than Theo’s attempt using Viduka I forgot to notice that I already had two Newcastle players so the injury prone one is yours Theo!

So my second choice kicks in with swapping Eduardo for Adebayor who no doubt will spend time on the bench now.

Theo completely re-jigged his forward line with Kuyt (excellent appearance record) sacrificed for Louis 'balsa-wood man' Saha.

That’s it. Oh and I am serious about quitting this lark next season. People you need to get thinking about getting another sucker………….sorry person to do this!

Bet of the week? England to not win either game.

Ronaldinho vs Zidane

Think everyone knows my answer on who's better...

Panayia Mou

Maybe she's there to tell them to stop eating so many fucking pizzas and spawning future petrol-station attendants.

FFL 2007 / 08 Week 3

Right, that’s it. I hereby resign the chairmanship for next season. Every year I do this I am languishing near the bottom. Getting tedious now and its only week three! For crying out loud none of my three forwards have played yet (Ronaldo, Eduardo and Yakubu). Is there something in having players with a vowel as the last letter in their name????

McNick retains his top spot with a credible 11 points and in the process retaining the accepted 10 points a week scoring rate to be a contender.

Both Theo and Rico close the gap at the top with a thumping 15 points each to gain the Rafa “I promise he is the missing piece of the jigsaw Mr. Chairman and this year we will win the title and no his name is not Djibril Cisse” Benitez award for manager of the week. Rico was thankful for Nani’s goal and Ferdinand’s clean sheet while Theo got 7 points from defence.

James made up for a poor two weeks with 14 with Anelka bringing instant dividends after his transfer.

Don, grateful that Nicky Shorey didn’t play against Wigan, still finished pointless (that’s without a point not you Don being meaningless or inane!!!) to win this week’s Sammy “why did I become a manager” Lee award.

Here is the table:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	39
3	2nd	Theo	36
3	3rd	Stathi	36
4	4th	Rico	35
9	5th	Nick PC	30
19	6th	Mike	20
24	7th	James	15
26	8th	Sid	13
34	9th	Don	5

On the transfer front, there was a three-way battle for the services of “I’m staying, I’m going, I’m staying ‘cos I got a pay rise but I’m probably off in the summer” Berbatov.

Nick PC tried to offload Bianchi (£5.9m) but was usurped by my attempt to get rid of Eduardo (£6.8m). However the winner of the tussle was Sid who decided that Shevchenko (£7.1m) was surplus to requirements.

Sid predictably got Belletti having got rid of Ferreira.

Nick PC did manage to make one transfer bringing in Diouf for Ljungberg.

That’s it for this week.

Another funny - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog rips Star Wars nerds

I know I am clogging up the blog, but I keep getting these sent ot me and I have to share them. This one is seriously funny......................

Football Comedy

Some very funny clips here:

The greatest footballer ever....................

How we have gone a year without ANY clips on Maradona is a travesty!

Here are two clips. One is him in training - tennis ball kick-ups, skills etc. The other is THAT goal with Argentinian commentary. Best goal ever? I think so.....................

FFL 2007 / 08 Week Two

Here we go, it’s only week two and Mr Barwick of the FA has already got on the phone to the Mr. Hacket of the refs association and DEMANDED that the admittedly shit referee from Sunday’s game between the renty boys and LFC be demoted to refereeing Sunday League football for all eternity.

Fuck me some clubs get swift justice. Who did Zakora fall over against and get a penalty last season? (to name one such similar incident) What happened to the ref – nothing! And let’s not forget last week’s rant about a certain scally and his protestations to the ref that led to a goal from a free-kick that never was. Oh well, still 8 and half months left…………

On the FFL front, Stathi has forgotten about Rooney’s broken foot / toe / ankle (whatever it is this time) and stormed in with a stonking 15 points which was equalled by McNick’s champion looking team. (IMO)

As I said last week, if this season’s is about getting goals, then it seems that McNick and Stathi have the midfield and forward line to do just that. But there is a long way to go and injuries, loss of form, bad luck or (Sid's) karma can all have a decisive effect on the destination of the 13^th Dwight Yorke Cup.

However, top score this week goes to Theo with a score of 17. A 0-0 draw between Villa and the Geordies gave him six points which was supplemented by fat Frank’s two goals. Well done TC you are the recipient of this week’s ‘Sven award’ for manager of the week.

James got the Daniel Levy 'Vote of Confidence' award as he managed to get positive points this week. A grand total of 2 to leave him on 1 – a whopping 27 behind pacesetter McNick. Only one other manager managed to get into double figures this week – Nick PC - even though there were some midweek games.

Here is this week’s table:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	28
1	2nd	Stathi	27
4	3rd	Nick PC	24
7	4th	Theo	21
8	5th	Rico	20
18	6th	Mike	10
19	7th	Sid	9
23	8th	Don	5
27	9th	James	1

On the transfer front, James has been busier that Harry Redkanpp on transfer deadline day. He has got rid of Berbatov, Owen and Reo-Coker and brought in Bent, Anleka and Malbranque.

A battle between McNick and Don for the services of Sibierski (of the Antoine variety)

Don tried to offload Carrick (3.8m) then Boa Morte (4m) but both bids failed as McNick’s bid of Cahill (4.4m) was superior in value terms.

Don was successful though in getting rid of Newcastle’s Cacapacacapacapcapcapa. In comes Dunne from city.

Already one manager has divulged they cannot wait for next season’s auction. I wonder who that is! Answers on a postcard please!

That’s all for this week.

Best youtube clip?

Quality stuff. Very clever - imo!

Before Carlton made it big on the Fresh Prince!!!

Quite funny

FFL 2007/08 Week 1

We are back and the controversey has started already! Can I ask something? Why is it the newspapers and the media were VERY eager to publish what Sanchez said about Arsenal's (foreign)'divers' and admonish them but there was not ONE mention of the ridiculous decision to award (English) Gerrard a free-kick?

In all of the Arsenal 'incidents' cited by Sanchez how many Arsenal players were flailing their arms about like a demented and rabid animal? None. As soon as Gerrard DEMANDS a free-kick he got it. The result? An admittedly brilliant free-kick winner. Is this what we are going to get this season? Oh well.................

FFL-wise, it was a bumper week for the two Nicks who scored 14 and 13. Interestingly, with Liuverpool and Chelsea both adopting a more attacking mindset, will this season's FFL King be the one with the best attack rather defence? Maybe. When was the last time Chelsea conceded twice at home. When did Liverpool and Chelsea both concede on the same day???? Something to ponder.

To emphasis this point, only Stathi's defence scored more than 2 this week. A sign of things to come? Too early to say I guess but only 14 of the 68 points scored (21%) were scored by the defence!

At the bottom this week is Dimitar Berabtov Fan Club chairman James wih a miserably -1.

I will send the spreadsheet today. Here are the scores:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick PC	14
1	2nd	Nick Ath	13
2	3rd	Stathi	12
3	4th	Rico	11
7	5th	Mike	7
10	6th	Sid	4
10	7th	Theo	4
13	8th	Don	1
15	9th	James	-1

Transfer-wise it has been hectic.

No less than four bids for Shaun-Wright Phillips. Nick PC tried with N'Zogbia (3.7m) but was trumped by Don's bid of Carrick (3.8m) and then mine Pennant (3.9m). This rendered Nick PC's second choice irrelevant (Ljungberg 3.9) James tried a late bid with Reo-Coker (3.7m) and here I want to clarify something.
Transfers HAVE to be submitted to the assigned email address (its on the spreadsheet). In the event that this cannot happen then a text or a phonecall will suffice BEFORE the deadline.

How to go off jiggy jiggy!!!!

Not sure if this real or not but what a story.

Extract: "AN OHIO teen was severely traumatized after discovering the stars of a downloaded porno flick were none other than his own parents."

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Remember the name...

I know a lot can happen (he's only nine years old) but the fact is some of the skills this kid is pulling off in a match situation most people would struggle to do at the park!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_RS4Q1myc

Best thing EVER on the net.....................

How we have NOT put this up I'll never know. Apologies to the those who do not understand Greek............

The new 'San Giro'

LFC's new stadium plans have been announced. Gone are the toilet design and the wheely bin and in comes........................the 'padlock' (again very in keeping with its surroundings!!)

Seriously though the Kop end idea is an attempt to keep the traditions of the old stadium. Great idea. (I can't believe I just wrote that!)

I do have one concern, with all the glass that is surrounding the stadium, how long before it is bricked to bits????

Opinions? I think it is too far removed from a football stadium. Too American. I personally like the bowl design of Wembley and the Ali Baba Stadium.

Videprinter

Spot the difference.........

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Sky-jacked games in full (and Setanta too!)

SKY LIVE GAMES

Saturday 11 Sunderland v Tottenham 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 12 Chelsea v Birmingham City 1.30pm TBC
Sunday 12 Manchester United v Reading 4pm TBC
Tuesday 14 Tottenham v Everton 8pm TBC
Wednesday 15 Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough 8pm TBC
Saturday 18 Portsmouth v Bolton 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 19 Manchester City v Man Utd 1.30pm TBC
Sunday 19 Liverpool v Chelsea 4pm TBC
Saturday 25 Sunderland v Liverpool 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 26 Man Utd v Tottenham 4pm TBC
SEPTEMBER
Sunday 2 Arsenal v Portsmouth 1.30pm TBC
Sunday 2 Aston Villa v Chelsea 4pm TBC
Saturday 15 Portsmouth v Liverpool 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 16 Manchester City v Aston Villa 4pm TBC
Sunday 23 Manchester United v Chelsea 4pm TBC
Saturday 29 Manchester City v Newcastle 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 30 Everton v Middlesbrough 4pm TBC
OCTOBER
Saturday 6 Manchester United v Wigan 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 7 Reading v Derby County 2pm TBC
Sunday 7 Fulham v Portsmouth 4.10pm TBC
Saturday 20 Everton v Liverpool 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 21 West Ham United v Sunderland 4pm TBC
Sunday 28 Bolton v Aston Villa 1.30pm TBC
Sunday 28 Liverpool v Arsenal 4pm TBC
NOVEMBER
Saturday 3 Arsenal v Manchester United 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 4 West Ham United v Bolton 4pm TBC
Saturday 10 Sunderland v Newcastle United 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 11 Birmingham City v Aston Villa 1pm TBC
Sunday 11 Portsmouth v Manchester City 4pm TBC
Saturday 24 Newcastle v Liverpool 12.45pm TBC
Sunday 25 West Ham United v Tottenham 1.30pm TBC
Sunday 25 Fulham v Blackburn Rovers 4pm TBC

SETANTA LIVE GAMES

Saturday, August 11th @ 5.15pm – Aston Villa v Liverpool
Saturday, August 18th @ 5.15pm – Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Saturday, August 25th @ 5.15pm – Everton v Blackburn Rovers
Sunday, August 26th @ 1.30pm – Middlesbrough v Newcastle United
SEPTEMBER
Saturday, September 1st @ 5.15pm – Manchester United v Sunderland
Saturday, September 15th @ 5.15pm – Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers
Monday, September 17th @ 8pm – Derby County v Newcastle United
Saturday, September 22nd @ 5.15pm – Fulham v Manchester City
Saturday, September 29th @ 5.15pm – Birmingham City v Manchester United
OCTOBER
Monday, October 1st @ 8pm – Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Sunday, October 7th @ 12noon – Arsenal v Sunderland
Saturday, October 20th @ 5.15pm – Aston Villa v Manchester United
Monday, October 22nd @ 8pm - Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday, October 27th @ 5.15pm – Portsmouth v West Ham United
NOVEMBER
Saturday, November 3rd @ 5.15pm – Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool
Monday, November 5th @ 8pm – Manchester City v Sunderland
Saturday, November 10th @ 5.15pm – Liverpool v Fulham
Monday, November 12th @ 8pm – Reading v Arsenal
Saturday, November 24th @ 5.15pm – Derby County v Chelsea

Retiring shirts.........

Reports this morning suggest that Arsenal have been planning for life without striker Thierry Henry but no player had been given his old number 14 shirt. Fans have suggested retiring the number to mark the Frenchman's contribution to the club.



What do you think?

Imagine the Arsenal number 14 shirt not turning up in big games anymore!!!!!



And before JN bites back, the rumour that United have retired the number 9 is totally false since its present owner is currently on sick leave after fracturing his toe nail while sleeping!

From toilet to wheely bin...............

New images of Liverpool's proposed new stadium. A bit of an improvement from the toilet you can below to what can only be descirbed as something resembling a wheely bin!