Tuesday, August 14, 2007

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.

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