FFL Week 4

Bit of a crap scoring week for most but what this week has done is narrow the gap between first and eighth with only nine points separating me and Nick PC.

 

Don this week looks cast adrift at the bottom but Monday’s nights Lukaku hat trick will no doubt help his cause!

 

Top score this week and winner of the Pep ‘look at my sexy football’ Guardiola award with 13 points goes to both Nick PC and Stathi.

 

Bottom score this week and recipients of the Mark ‘what the fuck? Hughes award is shared between me and Theo.

 

Table:

 

 

week4	FFL 2015/16 League Table
Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	39	11	10	18
3	2nd	Theo	36	16	13	7
4	3rd	Stathi	35	8	15	12
5	4th	James	34	8	15	11
5	5th	Nick Ath	34	19	10	5
7	6th	Rico	32	-3	24	11
7	7th	Sid	32	8	18	6
9	8th	Nick Ach	30	3	20	7
18	9th	Harry	21	-3	7	17
27	10th	Don	9	-1	10	0

 

As an exercise borne of pure nerdism, I collated the current top scoring players in all positions to get the ULTIMATE team. 

Total points a mammoth 105!!

(Stathi's new best mate is second in points for midfielders - must be all that BBQed loukanika and halloumi he's been feeding him!!!)

 

Position	Player	Points	Manager?
GK	De Gea / Foster	5	Mike / None
FB	Walker	10	McNick
FB	Shaw	7	Theo
CB	McAuley	8	None
CB	Koscielny	6	Sid
MID	Antonio	12	James
MID	Capoue	11	None
MID	Sterling	10	Theo
MID	Cazorla	10	Nick PC
FOR	Costa	14	Stathi
FOR	Zlatan	12	Harry
TOTAL		105

 

 

Transfers:

 

Feverish post transfer deadline day activity this week. I finally manage to get some business done and there was a scramble for Daniel Sturridge!…can the stupid dance prick stay fit?

 

Harry

Pedro OUT Snodgrass IN

Mangala OUT Terry IN

 

Theo

Ramirez OUT Zaha IN

 

Mike

Morgan OUT Jagielka IN

Ibe OUT Wilshire IN

Rooney OUT Sturridge IN 

(beating Sid’s offer of Wilson, Nick PC’s offer of Deeney and McNick’s offer of Gray)

 

And so to this week. We have a cracking Friday night match to look forward to and lets see which of the top teams will suffer from midweek Euro action!

Your Chairman

FFL Week 3 to 4 transfers

Exciting transfer deadline day - this has taken me longer than expected to work out given that there were TWENTY TWO total transfer attempts. Nick PC was closest to guess with 21, which means he pays for the drinks next time we meet!

Indeed, it's the only thing he wins as, like yours truly and Sid, none of his transfers were successful.

James must be busy - no transfers submitted.

Big winner is Stathi with two successful transfers.

And so to this week's big games...thank fuck for that!

Successful transfers:

Stathi

Fischer OUT Chadli IN

Terry OUT Luiz IN

Don

Sturridge OUT Perez IN

Rico

Gabriel OUT Mustafi IN

Theo

Ayew OUT Bony IN

Harry

Darmian OUT Alonso IN

McNick

Carroll OUT Defoe IN

One void transfer

Total transfer attempts - 22 - here they are:

Chadli IN

Stathi - Fischer (4.0)  - winner

Theo – Ramirez (3.6)

Mike – Ibe (3.8)

Perez IN

Don - Sturridge (7.3) - winner

McNick – Carroll (6.0)

Mustafi IN

Mike - Morgan (4.1)

Rico - Gabriel (4.4)  - winner

Harry - Mangala (4.4)

Don - Mertesacker (4.4)

Bony IN

Theo - Ayew (6.2)  - winner

Sid – Wilson (5.7)

Nick – Deeney (6.2)

McNick – Carroll (6.0)

Alonso IN

Theo – Soares (4.0)

Harry – Darmian (4.4) - winner    

Luiz IN

Harry - Van Dijk (4.1)

Don – Lovren (4.2)

Stathi – Terry (4.5) - winner

Nick PC – Zouma (4.3)

McNick

Carroll OUT Defoe IN

FFL Week 3

As soon as we get started, we have to take a back seat to international football shite…

Week 3 of FFL gave us plenty, not least City, United and Chelsea all maintaining their 100% records. Chelsea easily dispatched a poor Burnley team with a routine 3-0 win, giving managers with Chelsea defenders points in the bag – not least Sid with his Ivanovic – Courtois axis giving him 6 points.

Man City look to have already embedded the Pep philosophy and are playing football that is aesthetically pleasing, much to the delight of the Guardiola fanboys who can talk about ‘third man runs’, ‘between the lines’ and ‘passing in triangles’ until they multi-ejaculate in their pants. By the way I fully expect to lose Aguero for three games but that’s cool as it’s the Manc derby next!

United left it late but already it is clear that Mourinho has built another team with power, physical presence and mental fortitude – how long will that last???

Elsewhere, the ‘Wenger-In’ fraternity were happy.

Liverpool were rather Spursy in their draw with Tottenham as profligate finishing meant they didn’t get what their endeavours deserved (is that the definition of Spursy????)

As for FFL, at this early stage, I’m still at the top thanks to 11 points but TC cuts that lead to only three points and top scores this week to take the Raheem ‘I’m back bitches’ Sterling award with 19 big points.

The Joe ‘what the fuck happened’ Hart award goes to Don with a paltry 1 and sees him prop up the table.

First to seventh place is separated by 15 points. A five point gap beyond that to Nick PC with Harry 11 points clear of bottom.

Table:

Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	37	16	5	16
3	2nd	Theo	34	14	13	7
9	3rd	James	28	11	9	8
10	4th	Rico	27	-2	18	11
11	5th	Nick Ath	26	11	10	5
15	6th	Sid	22	10	12	0
15	7th	Stathi	22	6	10	6
20	8th	Nick Ach	17	3	12	2
23	9th	Harry	14	1	2	11
31	10th	Don	3	0	3	0

Early season transfers continue with a battle for City’s Bravo with both McNick and Rico not surprisingly battling it out. Only one winner as Hart was valued far higher than Mignolet(themin)

Transfers:

Rico

Hart OUT Bravo IN

Don

Betrand OUT Holgate IN

Navas OUT Fer IN

Stathi

Moreno OUT Zabaleta IN

Enjoy (???!!!) the World Cup qualifiers.

Your chariman