FFL update....................finally!

As you have no doubt realised there was no FFL update last week since our esteemed Chairman took it upon himself to test our patience to the limit! His excuse was that he simply forgot! Anyway, this week while we are enduring a soggy Christmas and New Year period he is off to sunnier climes relaxing in Egypt – enjoy!

So, what has been happening FFL-wise? Well James, never let it be said that we are not rooting for you to be the FFL champion. As we have already stated numerous times on this blog you are the champion-elect. It is only a matter of time. The overly obese lady is currently on stage waiting to unleash her voice. Ladbrokes, William Hill and BetFred have suspended betting, the winning tape is currently wrapped around your neck and the trophy is currently being engraved. My FFL spreadsheet already has your name as 2006/07 winner – the only thing missing is the points total – I think you get the point.

Anyway, since I swapped Obafemi Martins for Robbie Keane my luck has certainly changed – must be some JN voodoo or something since the past two weeks have seen JN amass a table topping 29 points. In the slip stream is yours truly with a poor 19 and Nick PorkChops, who has risen quicker than a meringue, with 30. This has meant that 13 points covers the top three.

Below that Sid consolidates fourth place thanks in no small measure to Ronaldo who is responsible for 20 of his 25 points in the last fortnight!

The biggest score last week was McNick who has soared eagle-like from eighth to fifth thanks to a huge score of 31 from last week making it a total of 42 for the last two weeks – truly impressive.

Bottom and still detached is Stathi who has nearly HALF of JN’s points and whose players could only score 12 points in two weeks. Stath, you now must know how Aidy Boothrooyd feels like!

Here's the table

James	215
Mike	213
Nick Ach	202
Sid	189
Nick Ath	167
Donald	162
Theo	156
Rico	152
Steve	138
Stathi	109

NOTE: Can everyone PLEASE check their scores. While I have endeavoured to make sure the scores are correct, I cannot be sure due to the spreadsheet &*^@ing up on me last week!

No transfers to report.

Happy New Year everyone. May 2007 bring joy, happiness to everyone and of course to a particularly loathed part of West London I wish continued injuries, problems and an inability to mould the most expensively assembled squad in football history into a coherent, balanced team. In addition, may the ego that runs this team continue his attempts to create disharmony among those he has labelled and marginalised as 'untouchables.' Whatever do the touchables think? May the swelling of discontent continue unabated. Roll on 2007!

United Christmas do...............

You've read about it, and here is a video of the United FIRST team singing a few terrace chants! (could you see the likes of Drogba, Shevchenko and Essien doing the same?)

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Incredulous!!!!!!! - Mourinho's comments

1. It was not a dive in the first place
2. How on earth can he have the cheek / temerity / gall to accuse a player from another team of diving
3. Perfectly reasonable to do so, if like Pearce, you stand up and openly state that your team is the biggest bunch of diving cheats ever seen on a Premiership pitch
4. He's a cunt
5. I'm starting a petition to Arsenal to let Utd beat us at the Grove.............just to spite them

Top Boy.........

Francesc Fabregas has lifted the lid on his spat with former Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole, saying that the player is now forgotten and that Cole didn't show any respect to his former team mates.
Fabregas refused to shake Cole's hand after Arsenal's draw with Chelsea and there were reports for a tunnel bust-up between the two players.
The Spanish midfielder said: "For me, Ashley Cole is a closed subject. He is not a friend because after leaving Arsenal he said many unjust things about us.
"In the world of football, respect between companions is the key - and he broke this rule.
"This player is forgotten - and also the person. I do not want to speak to him again.
"I believe that Cole was very well treated by Arsenal and that his response was not correct.
"I still don't think I am a star, but a player who desires to progress each day.
"On the pitch I appear to be fragile but week by week I am ripening and will never be intimidated by anyone. Never."

FFL amendments

I've been sleeping. More tranfers to report:

Donald:
OUT: Jenas
IN: Campo

OUT: Downing
IN: Andy Reid

Sid:
OUT: Crouch
IN: Martins

Also, Donald is owed 2 more points for a Rosicky assist last week.

FFL scores

Well, what a week! Points galore for some, points aplenty for others and what's-the-fucking-point for me and Donald. As Sid's challenge fades away, a new contender enters the fray in the shape of Nick PC, after a momentous 26-point week. Who knows, this might even warrant a scribble in the comments box.

However, the big mover in real terms has to be Mike, now well in contention for his 3rd title and inducing some black magic from James. 21 points in the bag, 3 more already for next week (Petrov's goal on Monday) which translates to a lead of 9 over James. Crucial games to come tonight though.

As for the rest of us, anyone from Donald down is thinking about next season already. There's always next season...

The scores:

"FFL 2006/07
LEAGUE TABLE"

Total Points
1st Mike 187
2nd James 181
3rd Nick Ach 162
4th Sid 154
5th Donald 135
6th Theo 134
7th Nick Ath 124
8th Rico 120
9th Steve 107
10th Stathi 82

Since my purchase of Distin didn't raise a giggle, I thought I'd buy another Man City defender this week. In comes Micah Richards, out goes Aaron Hughes. Hopefully, he'll be at Chelsea in January, but you can laugh anyway.

On a brighter note, the mighty Rams are on the march. Oh, to be back in the big time.

Congratulations New Leader and Champion Elect 06-07

Nice one Mike. Well done. Congrats. You must be chuffed. As I said earlier in the week, it's in the bag, all bets are off, the bookies are paying out, the fat lady is hoarse...............

The magic of the Champions League.............

Click on the link.

LINK

One EURO! One sodding EURO!!!!

Back to norrmal: FFL Update

My PC thanks you all for the get-well cards and flowers. He's okay now after undergoing a hard-disk transplant last weekend which he hasn't rejected yet. Keep praying for him.

So, a strange week in which most people scored between 14 and 17 points (even your humble chairman). James keeps his nose in front of Mike, thanks to a bumper week for Matt Taylor and yet more points from Gareth Barry, an unlikely midfield heavyweight this year thanks to a penalty every game for Villa at the moment. Joint top scorers for the week were Steve and Rico, both with 17 points (in Steve's case, all from defence). Another sorry week for Stathi with 6 points and Sid's challenge is seriously fading with just 7 points and focal point Henry out for the busy Xmas period. So, little change in the order of things:

"FFL 2006/07
LEAGUE TABLE"

Total Points
1st James 172
2nd Mike 166
3rd Sid 144
4th Nick Ach 136
5th Donald 129
6th Theo 126
7th Nick Ath 118
8th Rico 106
9th Steve 97
10th Stathi 70


One transfer to report: my own. Finally rid of that shaven-headed dufus Senderos (thanks for the -3 pal) for Sylvain Distin. Desperate times call for desperate measures. His 3 points foll forward into next week's scores where they'll be cancelled out by United's 4 goals at the weekend.

Onwards Christian soldiers...

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