FFL Week 16

I doubt anyone will be reading this, what with last minute shopping and other festive chores taking precedence, so I'll make it short and succint. This week probably saw the lowest cumulative score in FFL history, with only two managers breaking into double figures, and only just.

Your Chairman's recent slide has been halted, albeit briefly, with a top weekly score of 13, thanks largely to the Steed's goal and two assists against Hull. Nick PC's recent revival also comes to a dramatic halt, with a meagre 2 points.

Here are the scores:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Theo	188
16	2nd	James	172
20	3rd	Stathi	168
25	4th	Nick PC	163
37	5th	Nick Ath	151
48	6th	Don	140
53	7th	Sid	135
53	8th	Mike	135

There were no transfers.

Expect some big scores next week, what with a double gameweek.

And Merry Xmas.

Your Chairman.

FFL Week 15

Yes, Week 14 did disappear into the ether. As Mike knows, this can happen. There are other (less important, admittedly) things that demand a scorekeeper's attention from time to time.

So, let's squeeze two weeks into one. Nick PC is the big shaker over the fortnight, amassing 25 points. It might not sound like much, but it's been a quiet couple of weeks for the big hitters. And with Agbonlahor, one of the few Premier League strikers guaranteed 90 minutes most weeks, he could be a threat. If Cole, Fabregas and Arteta start justifying their fees, he certainly will be a threat.

So many managers had a bad fortnight that it's barely worth singling one out. Let's just say it was me, for argument's sake. Even if it wasn't, I deserve the accolate for buying Robbie Keane the weekend before Benitez decided that he'll never play again. Liverpool desperately need a goal? Let's give the kit man a run out.

The scores:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Theo	181
18	2nd	Stathi	163
20	3rd	Nick PC	161
19	4th	James	162
43	5th	Nick Ath	138
46	6th	Don	135
50	7th	Mike	131
51	8th	Sid	130

There were 2 transfers: Theo gets rid of his lovechild James Milner and buys Leon Osman. Sid swaps one United fullback for another, bringing in Rafael for Neville. A good move that.

And that's it for another week.

Or two.

Your Chairman

Where is the chairman...?

Answers on a postcard or reply to this blog...

FFL Week 13

So it was all Silverstre's fault - that much emerged from a frankly disappointing FFL week with no great movers and much mid-range scoring.

Rooney's return to form re-establishes Stathi's credentials once again, and he top scores, albeit with a fairly modest 12. Last week's top scorer, Mike, is this week's bottom scorer with just 1 point, saving my blushes once again.

This week's table:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE			week15
Diff			Total Points	Defence
	1st	Theo	161	57
15	2nd	Stathi	146	55
19	3rd	James	142	76
25	4th	Nick PC	136	59
37	5th	Don	124	51
38	6th	Nick Ath	123	74
45	7th	Mike	116	47
43	8th	Sid	118	51

No bonus points for guessing who made the only transfer this week. Your chairman takes a huge gamble, buying Robbie Keane for Yakubu. I fancy Cahill for a season-ending injury this weekend.

Oh, and well done all you pin-prickers for the Ronaldo sending off. Shame it wasn't a straight red though.

Until next week,

Your Chairman

The perfect player.............

Check out the link

PERFECT PLAYER

Some dubious choices there:

Brain - Dimitar Berbatov - eh?

Set-pieces - David Beckham - ok

Movement - Thierry Henry - do they mean pace?

Turning - Robin van Persie - hmmmm. NO

Finishing - Ruud van Nistelrooy - could be anyone of a dozen strikers

Strength - Didier Drogba - Blow and he falls down

Explosiveness - Fernando Torres - explosive. What does that actually mean?

Balance - Zlatan Ibrahimovic - most overrated footballer since David Platt

Dribbling - Lionel Messi - the man has 'sticky' feet. Ball stuck to them

Heading - Cristiano Ronaldo - Ronaldo is there for........heading?

Tricks - Robinho - not sure about this

Some serious omissions. What a shit player that can't PASS. What about TACKLING? MENTAL STRENGTH.

Load of Michael Ballacks if you ask me.

FFL Week 12

Keep stabbing those dolls boys! Blank scores are all well and good, but we need injuries and more injuries.

It was a shit week, it has to be said. Very few goals means low scores, and only 2 managers managed to break into double figures. Top of the pile was Mike (not Donald, as previously stated), with 13 points. Bottom, once again, was your increasingly fulminating chairman. Single points in 9 out of the last 10 weeks has seen my stock fall faster than an Icelandic bank's.

Still, I have solved a couple of mysteries mentioned on this blog recently. Firstly, I think I know what the fuck is wrong with Arsenal's defence after a bin-raider found a shredded message in William Gallas's garbage last week which he pieced back together. It read 'Agent Gallas. Please return to Stamford Bridge. Your mission is now complete. PK xx.' And as for the pink boots:

The scores look like this:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Theo	150
16	2nd	Stathi	134
18	3rd	James	132
22	4th	Nick PC	128
30	5th	Nick Ath	120
34	6th	Don	116
35	7th	Mike	115
43	8th	Sid	107

The only transfer this week was mine: Geovanni comes in for Walcott. Somebody had to do it.

Keep stabbing those dolls.

Your Chairman

Who is going to buy PINK football boots?????

Beware the FFL "bok"

Unbisteftable.

Quite expectedly having spent two weeks at the top of the FFL table I was subjected this week to the usual FFL "bok". I decided to go for the double-bluff by playing along and what happens? I switch on the TV to hear that Wes Brown is out for 5wks and William Gallas is rewarded for his honesty with the press by not only being stripped of the captaincy but dropped from the squad - probably the end of his career in the Premiership.

The smart money must say that Ronaldo + Malouda will get injuries this weekend and Adebayor will leave in the January window.

Who needs voodoo dolls when you have the power of the bok?

Like I said, unbisteftable.

Nature truly is amazing..............

and HARDCORE.



Click on the link for the world's most terrifying insects. Photos and videos as well.

OH MY GOD!

Quote:

Bullet Ant

"It's a full inch long, it lives in trees and thus can and will fall on you to scare you away from its hive - the one you didn't know was there, because it's in a fucking tree. Before it does this, it shrieks at you. This ant, you see, can shriek. It's called a Bullet Ant because its 'unusually severe' sting feels like getting shot. On the Schmidt Sting Index, Bullet Ants rate as the number one most try-not-to-shit-out-your-spine painful in the entirety of the Kingdom Arthropoda."

Theo is the champion...........

Confirmed.

We can all give up on this year's Dwight Yorke Cup

Leaked photo evidence of Theo with the trophy

Got to be RVP?

So who is Gallas talking about?

GOBBY GALLAS

Clues:

Whenever there is dresing room unrest, there is always a Dutchman nearby.

25 years old? (assuming Gallas can subtract 6 from a two digit number)

Got to be RvP

Over to you James.....................................

FFL Week 11

If the last four weeks are anything to go by, the contest is over. I could probably copy and paste the previous week's update and it would go undetected.

As you've probably already guessed, Theo top scores this week with 21 points. And as long as the point-hoarding quintet of Reina, Ronaldo, Malouda, Adebayor, and Anelka stay fit, we might as well all start buying West Brom players. If ever there were a time to bring out the voodoo dolls, it's now.

James's team is also worth a mention this week, scoring a respectable 17 and keeping up some sort of challenge. Donald has another bad week, with just 7 points, but he doesn't give a shit because he's on holiday.

And since we're almost a third of the way through the season, I though I would take the liberty of anticipating the thoughts of each manager. Consider it a pre-Christmas treat.

James: Dossena's hopeless, Modric is lightweight, Torres can't stay fit, I'm already starting to regret the Ballack sale and Delap probably won't score another point all season. On the plus side, Vidic, Young and Nasri are scoring regularly, and Bent's recent form is promising. When am I going to win this fucking competition?

Mike: Cole, Ferdinand, Berbatov and Robinho are pulling their weight. SWP better get his act together though, and I don't know why I'm still holding on to Rosicky and Alonso. How the fuck am I bottom? And what the fuck is up with Arsenal's defence?

Theo: Who needs a defence when you've got Ronaldo, Adebayor, Malouda, and Anelka? Why did no one go for Malouda and Anelka? Why do I keep buying James Milner? And what the fuck is up with Arsenal's defence?

Donald: Why am I still bothering? Elano's not playing, Jo has seemingly died, and Jagielka and Given might as well play facing their own goal. Thank God for Terry and Lampard.

Sid: Gerrard, Bentley, Downing, Barry, Drogba, van Persie...great on paper, shit on a spreadsheet. And after such a promising start too. Why haven't I made any transfers? And what the fuck is up with Arsenal's defence?

Stathi: Top for a long time, but a little disappointed. Deco is playing too deep, Rooney gets his points in batches, Skrtel's injury has cost me at least 12 points and I don't know why I bought Joe Hart. Still, Ireland was a good buy. Why did I get rid of Osman for Riera though? And what the fuck is up with Arsenal's defence?

Nick PC: What has happened to Fabregas? Delap's got more fucking points than him. I bet Zaki won't score again until 2009 and Cole will probably play another 5 games this season. And what the fuck is up with Arsenal's defence?

Your chairman: And it was all looking so good to begin with. Cech, Carvalho, Santa Cruz, and Yakubu can't seem to stay fit, and Diouf is the biggest cunt that's ever worn a pair of boots. Why do I play this game if all it does is make me moan? And what the fuck is up with Arsenal's defence?

Anyway, enought of that nonsense. Here are the points:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Theo	144
17	2nd	Stathi	127
20	3rd	James	124
27	4th	Nick Ath	117
28	5th	Nick PC	116
35	6th	Don	109
40	7th	Sid	104
42	8th	Mike	102

There were no transfers this week.

A bientot,

Your Chairman

I don't make up stereotypes..............

I just observe them:

NOT AGAIN

FFL Week 10

What a difference a couple of weeks makes. If any FFL season testifies to the wisdom that transfers are the key to winning FFL championships - last season aside, of course - it's this one. And Theo has pulled off yet another masterstroke in the signing of Anelka last week. You have to wonder why it took so long for a manager to sign the FFL's top scorer so far this season in arguably the best side in the Premier League. With Malouda in Theo's team too, and playing regularly, there are sacks of points on the way there.

It's no surprise, then, that Theo tops the scoring charts yet again this week, jointly with James. Both scored 11 and they are within 14 points of each other. Nick PC's poor form sees him score a paltry 3 this week; that's 14 over the last 3 weeks, and his challenge is fading fast.

Interestingly, of the 6 players who scored a brace this week - Anelka, Tuncay, Nasri, Bent, Keane, and Saha - only 2 were in FFL teams. I found it interesting, anyway. So here are the scores [drum roll]:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Theo	123
6	2nd	Stathi	117
14	3rd	Nick Ath	109
14	4th	James	109
21	5th	Don	102
24	6th	Nick PC	99
30	7th	Mike	93
31	8th	Sid	92

There were 2 transfers this week. Mike picked up Ballack, discarded last week by James, for Palacios. And James delved into the transfer market again this week for the in-form Darren Bent, ditching Crouch (or crouching Ditch).

On we roll to Week 11...

Your Chairman

FFL Week 9

Apologies for the delay this week, but I had the small matter of fatherhood to attend to. If you don't already know, Leon was born on Tuesday 4 November at 11.02am and weighed 6lbs. He's getting less ugly by the day too, which is an enormous relief to all.

To more important matters now. Double-weeks tend to make or break seasons and this one was as spectacular as they get. The chief beneficiaries were Theo and Donald, with 39 and 35 points respectively. To put it into context, the next-highest score was James's 14. New signing Florent Malouda contributed 9 points to Theo's score with the redoubtable Ronaldo scoring 4 goals - 12 points. It's no surprise that Theo now holds top spot, with 112 points. No less impressive is Donald's recovery to withing 15 points of the lead.

And just when he looked like threatening again, Mike drops to 2nd-bottom with just 7 points. Sid props up the table, 29 points off Theo's lead. However, don't be surprised if they're both challenging for the lead this time next week.

Oh, and happy birthday boys. Sorry I couldn't make it but I was on holiday with Pork Chops. The scores are as follows:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Theo	112
5	2nd	Stathi	107
11	3rd	Nick Ath	101
14	4th	James	98
15	5th	Don	97
16	6th	Nick PC	96
22	7th	Mike	90
29	8th	Sid	83

Transfers

Theo outbids James for Anelka, getting rid of Owen who's now played his 3 games for the season. However, James did manage to capture Rory Delap for Michael Ballack. Now I never thought I'd ever be typing that sentence.

Your Chairman.

I swear it's Redknapp

Or should that be Redknapp swears?

Quality stuff

Arsenal - Spurs (4-4) Fanzone

Why do people do this?

Can you imagine 'Son of a Baker' and 'Mighty Mouse' doing this?

VIDEO

Who'd be a manager?

Flipping 'eck, will make me think about my team selections from now on.

Player left out commits suicide

Read the last line - surely not right that. Could they not wait until after the match?

On another note, I thought Gallas was going to explode again last night - fragile that man, very fragile.

Post a great goal..............

With none of the usual suspects.............

Here are three from me:

Justin Fashanu - its against the vermin!


Mark Hughes sideways scissors kick - ah, childhood memories



Cambaisso at the World Cup - my favourite goal of recent times

Confused...........

This is the list for FIFA's World Player of the Year Award.

Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo),
Sergio Agüero (Argentina),
Andrei Arshavin (Russia),
Michael Ballack (Germany),
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy),
Iker Casillas (Spain),
Deco (Portugal),
Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire),
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon),
Cesc Fabregas (Spain),
Steven Gerrard (England),
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden),
Andrés Iniesta (Spain),
Kaká (Brazil),
Frank Lampard (England),
Lionel Messi (Argentina),
Franck Ribéry (France),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal),
John Terry (England),
Fernando Torres (Spain),
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands),
David Villa (Spain)
and Xavi (Spain).

The names in blue have me baffled - how on Earth are they on this list? What did they do last season? How is Terry there and Ferdinand not? How many games did he play? How many penalties did hero score? Oh

Based on last season Drogba shouldn't be there. Is Arshavin there based on two weeks in the sun during EURO 2008?

Why is Zlatan in red? Is there really a more over-rated footballer playing the game at this moment in time. What a steaming pile of SH*T. Absolutely atrocious footballer with the work ethic of a scouser.

Where is Rio, Evra, Sneijder, Benzema and Senna (who in my opinion was player of the tournament at EURO 2008)?

Football, it's all about opinions (and idiots it seems)

FFL Week 8

A good week for people whose names end in O this week. Robinho nets his first Premier League hatrick, Alonso ends Chelsea's four-year unbeaten home record in the league, and Theo top scores with 16 (in a week in which Spurs get their first 3 points of the season).

However, Mike's the one to really look out for at the moment. With 32 points in the past 2 weeks, he moves up to within 11 points of the top spot. With Robinho and Berbatov up front, and a solid defence, he's looking like a serious contender.

Spare a thought for Donald. Bottom of the table, lowest score of the week, Jagielka and Given chipping away at his total every week, and Jo nowhere to be seen.

The scores:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Stathi	94
6	2nd	Nick Ath	88
9	3rd	Nick PC	85
10	4th	James	84
11	5th	Mike	83
21	6th	Theo	73
24	7th	Sid	70
32	8th	Don	62

There was 1 transfer to report this week: Nick PC finally gets rid of Petrov and buys Ryan Babel (Theo's reject, Theo's reject, woah, woah).

Expect the table to look very different next week, with a double week upon us. Exciting times.

Your Chairman

FFL Week 8

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

I'm not sure what that means, but a French epithet feels appropriate in a week of upheaval and movement. We have a new leader, just as I predicted a couple of weeks ago, in Stathi. He may not have finisihed as the week's top scorer, but 15 points was enough to see him leap into the top spot. Once again Rooney was the chief provider, with 7 points. Let's hope Ferguson's claim that Rooney's goals come in spurts is not simply a ploy to keep the little fat balding man motivated (and the big fat balding man at the top of the table - sorry, that seemed to type itself).

It was Mike, with 17 points, who topped the scoring charts this week, his strike force of Berbatov and Robinho yielding 5 apiece. James also continued his impressive recent form with 14 points, lifting him into 2nd place.

As for me, well, how the mighty have fallen. 15 points in 3 weeks just doesn't do it at this level. However, Cech, Carvalho, Cahill, Santa Cruz, and Diouf can't possibly all miss another week this season. Not that any of you fuckers care, and why should you?

So, here are the points:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Stathi	86
8	2nd	James	78
9	3rd	Nick Ath	77
14	4th	Nick PC	72
18	5th	Mike	68
27	6th	Sid	59
29	7th	Theo	57
29	8th	Don	57

Amr Zaki's double at Anfield finally resulted in the scramble for his signature, with 3 managers bidding for him. Alas, Alves (Donald) and Owen (Theo) couldn't match Tevez in value, so he goes to Nick PC (who managed to take time out from planning his holiday to ring some changes). However, Nick's attempt to jettison Petrov for Malouda was ambushed by Theo, who ditches Babbel (there was only £1k between the bids).

That's it for another week.

Your Chairman

UPDATE: Oh, and I forgot to mention that James bought Peter Crouch last week for Dean Ashon. Sorry, it was that silly international week.

FFL Week 7

Well, don't say I didn't warn you. Could Stathi be the first manager to win back-to-back titles? Rooney and Defoe will surely be the top strike force this season, and with Deco to return there are lots of goals in the team. However, the defence is weak - Lescott's a sieve this year, Silvestre's not likely to feature much and Skrtel's out for a while.

As you've probably guessed, Stathi top scored this week with 12 points. He's now just 1 point behind the leader (that's me) who only managed a meagre 2 points, the lowest this week. Elsewhere, 8 points was about the average.

The table looks like this:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	72
1	2nd	Stathi	71
8	3rd	Nick PC	64
8	4th	James	64
17	5th	Theo	55
21	6th	Don	51
21	7th	Sid	51
21	8th	Mike	51

There were no transfers this week. And with one of those poxy international weeks coming up, it's time for another breather.

A bientot

Your Chairman

Will this be the summer's transfer saga?

Not another one......................................

FAB WANTS OUT..........eventually

"But the fact is that Barca are playing 'cinematic' football and it's fantastic to see."

RE: Japan Banking Update

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on Northern Rock in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan.

In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches.

Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.

While Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black.

Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

He's still special.......................

The Inter Milan boss enjoyed the last laugh in a joust with a journalist before a 1-1 home draw with Werder Bremen.

The former Chelsea boss offered to let an Italian reporter, who had been needling him, select the Inter team - rather than slag off the lineup afterwards.

"I would if you gave me part of the nine million euros you earn," beamed the scribe.

Mourinho shot back: "It's not nine million, it's 11 and with sponsors it comes to 14."

FFL Week 6

Some action at last this week, with one of the big boys finally making his presence felt. A double by Torres sees James score an impressive 21 points, moving him up to 4th, just two positions away from his recently-neglected destiny of 2nd place. His seat is being kept warm by Stathi, whose 13 for the second consecutive week promises a spirited defence of his title.

The big loser this week was Nick PC, who only managed 1 point and who slips a place to 3rd.

A few other statistics from this week:

• Top defence so far: Nick A: 41
• Top midfield: Donald: 26.
• Top forward line: Theo: 24.

The table looks like this:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	70
11	2nd	Stathi	59
14	3rd	Nick PC	56
14	4th	James	56
21	5th	Theo	49
22	6th	Don	48
25	7th	Sid	45
25	8th	Mike	45

Transfers:

Nick Ath:
OUT: Beye (that's me Geordie-free), IN: Armand Traore (post-avalanche, hopefully).
OUT: Pedersen (or the doppelganger who poses for him these days), IN: Malbranque (ground looks good to firm for the Steed).

Mike:
OUT: Pavlychenko (about to do a Carew), IN: Robinho (until it gets cold anyway).

Your Chairman

Those who speak with forked tongue...................

This is what he says:

Wenger's Attacking Legacy

This is what he did:

2005 FA Cup Final -

Sent out a team to DEFEND and play for PENALTIES. 120 minutes and NO shots on goals. Some attacking legacy!!!!

Travel chaos in North London................

or is it???

Money and football

NASA spent £150 million and reached the outer limits of the universe.

Some Arab spends £250 million on City and can't get past Brighton!





I'll get my coat......................

FFL Week 5

It's been a subdued start to the season, with a lot of expensive players - Fabregas, Gerrard, Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov - being outscored by Wigan defenders, and normally dependable defences - Everton, Portsmouth - haemorrhaging goals at an alarming rate. So although there's a gap of 22 points from top to 4th already, I imagine this will all change dramatically over the next few weeks.

The biggest mover this week was Stathi, in his attempt to be the 1st to win back-to-back titles. He deserves some credit too for his 13 points this week - 10 of them came from his early substitutions: Hart (3), Denilson (5) & Ireland (2). Good buys, all of them. The David James debacle turned out to be a blessing (unless you're Mike, who I imagine has been foaming at the mouth over the last couple of weeks - losing to Liverpool, buying David James, selling John Carew, bottom of the FFL table).

Spare a thought for Sid too - Downing misses a penalty, Gerrard has a good goal disallowed, van Persie gets dropped and he's got a Portsmouth defender to top if all off. No surprise to see him score the fewest points of the season so far: -2.

The table looks like this:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	62
7	2nd	Nick PC	55
16	3rd	Stathi	46
22	4th	Don	40
24	5th	Theo	38
25	6th	Sid	37
27	7th	Mike	35
27	8th	James	35

There were no transfers this week. Quite surprising really.

Your Chairman.

FFL Week 4

It's a relief to be back to proper football after one of those nasty, disruptive international weeks that seem to go on for a month.

There were mixed fortunes this week, with most managers either doing very well or very badly. I top scored - I was considering referring to myself in the 3rd person but then realised that it sounded ridiculous, so I'll do it like this from now on - with 14 points. Tim Cahill's return was a very pleasant surprise as was Carvalho's goal against Man City. Nick PC and Theo both scored a very respectable 13 - Nick's strong midfield (Arteta and Joe Cole) and Theo's investment in Adebayor yielding results.

Bottom of the pile this week was James, with 2. With Torres, Ashton, Ballack, Modric and Nasri all injured or off with injuries, and Alex and Dossena not playing, it's hardly surprising. Frustrating times.

So, here's the table after 4 weeks:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	52
3	2nd	Nick PC	49
13	3rd	Sid	39
16	4th	Don	36
18	5th	James	34
19	6th	Stathi	33
20	7th	Mike	32
21	8th	Theo	31

Transfers:

Stathi made his 4th transfer of the season, buying Riera for Osman.
I made my 1st, selling Gutierrez and gambling on Walcott. Somebody had to do it.

That's all for another week folks.

Your Chairman

You cannot make it up

Typical. Only been there a few weeks!!!!!

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_4121815,00.html

I know hte story is unbelievable but the most shocking thing while reading is is still seeing the words:

'Keane', 'Liverpool', 'transfer', 'Robbie' and '£20m' in the same sentence!


I bet he scores on saturday now I have said that!

Wrong, just wrong

Robinho and his mum.

Dodgy photo IMO!

What would you do?

If you had £500billion burning a hole in your pocket,

if you had the ego to match your wealth,

if you wanted to be taken seriously,

if you knew about football,

if you wanted to be a major player in the game of football

why choose city?

A cash rich DOLLAR TRILLIONAIRE could have had any of the following:

AC Milan
Juventus
Bayern Munich
Cesspool
Real Cuntrid
Barcelona
Arsenal
Inter Milan
Ajax
Manchester United
Tottenham
Celtic
Rangers
etc, etc

why city?

Will it end in tears? Maybe. Every interview, every annoucement the new owners have talked about their new toy as an investment. If this is the case then they will a budget and a business plan.

Surely it would be easier to buy of the above and make an established clu the biggest and best, no questions asked? But where's the fun in that?

The fact that they are saying that they will bid £135m for Ronaldo and bid for everyone else shows they know fuck all about football and how it works.

Then again, egotism and narcissim can be a strong human trait and these guys just want to turn up in the West, take one of the West's playthings, be the boss and rule the football world by doing it THEIR WAY.

All in all, very interesting and extremly funny thinking how Peter Kenyon has fucked up another trasnfer. Abramovich gazumped? Ha fucking ha.

Arsenal and Liverpool will be twitching their arses a little now knowing that top four is not a certainty (given that United and Chelsea have the team to be at the top this season at least).

DIC (how appropriate!) will no doubt come in for Liverpool.
Arsenal? Seems like David Dein was right all along!

FFL Week 3

Here we go again then.

A huge week for Sid, with 20 points in the bag. Distin (5) and van Persie (6) were the main contributors. Don and I had the lowest scores, with 4 each.

That's it - short and sweet.

So, after week 3 the scores are as follows:

	FFL 2008/09 LEAGUE TABLE
Diff			Total Points
	1st	Nick Ath	38
2	2nd	Nick PC	36
6	3rd	Don	32
6	4th	James	32
7	5th	Sid	31
9	6th	Mike	29
10	7th	Stathi	28
18	8th	Theo	20

Transfers:

TC tried to by SWP - Mike already has him (bought at auction).
Stathi bought Joe Hart (for James), Denilson (for Utaka) and Stephen Ireland (for Lennon).
Mike bought James (for Howard) and Pavlychenko (for Carew)
Nick PC bought Tevez (for Keane) and Zabaleta (for Corluka).

Your Chairman

Confused...............

Just watched the Champions League draw and couldn’t believe that the UEFA player awards were dominated by……………….Chelsea!!! Yes that free-flowing football giant that swept all before them on their way to being London’s first European Cup winners………….WAIT. That’s not what happened!!!!

Petr Cech was named club keeper of the year. How? Why? Was it on the back of the penalty saves he made in the final in Moscow?

And then there was ‘hero’, ‘JT’, the BNP card carrying shithouse of a man. How did he get voted defender of the year? He isn’t even the best defender at his club. Fucking overrated cunt of a man. How does winning a few headers and screaming at his teammates and arguing with the ref make you the best? Very one-paced and a dirty fucker. In the final he even blew a snot-rag on Tevez. When he is isn’t protected by one (and sometimes two) defensive midfielders and without Carvlaho, he is found out. Look at international level. Look at Baros’ goal the other week!!!!!!!

And of course everyone’s favourite ring kissing, skywards looking overrated greedy fucker, yes the man who made deflections an art form. Fat Frank was voted best midfielder. Now I can see the strengths he has a footballer. The ability to neglect defensive duties as he has someone (normally Makelele) doing his running and tracking back. Why did he get the vote? His excellent reading of defensive situations? His amazing tackling ability? His passing range? His dribbling ability? His ability to dictate a game? WHAT THEN?

I would love to see Fabregas given the freedom Lumpard is given at Chelsea. The lad would score 40 goals a season.

Rant over………..................blood pressure has fallen back to normal.

Fuck me.

What a crap interviewer

Stick to ice hockey, stick to the NFL, stick to basketball. Please leave football alone.

Chant of the season????

Laughed my nuts off when I saw this!

FFL 2007-08 Final Standings

I know its been a while. But now I am on summer holidays (SIX WEEKS!!!!!), I can update the final FFL standings.

Here is the final table:

Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Stathi	537	212	184	141
95	2nd	Rico	442	219	115	108
105	3rd	Mike	432	123	173	136
146	4th	Sid	391	172	107	101
190	5th	James	347	178	100	69
202	6th	Nick Ath	335	122	106	85
240	7th	Nick PC	297	163	74	60
244	8th	Don	293	117	57	119
246	9th	Theo	291	142	90	32

Here is the team of the season based on points:

TOP TEAM
GK	V Der Sar (FA 6)	48
FB	Evra (FA 6)	57
FB	Clichy	52
CB	Ferdinand (FA 6)	63
CB	Vidic (FA 6)	62
MID	Ronaldo (FA 9)	116
MID	Gerrard (FA 11)	70
MID	Fabregas	59
MID	Lampard (FA 8)	58
STR	Torres (FA 2)	82
STR	Santa-Cruz	73
SUB1	Adebayor	83
SUB2	Berbatov (FA 6)	71
SUB3	Belletti	51
SUB4	Anelka	44
SUB5	G Johnson (FA 9)	43

Lowest score of the season was -5 by Sid

Highest score of the season was 42 also by Sid

Roll on August!

You have to laugh.................

bet the insurance company is livid!!!

LINK

How the mighty have....................

Ballooned? Fuck me. How big is he?

The end of Chelsea

He's going for how much??????

Click on the link. From the Telegraph claiming that AC Milan are set to seal a deal for everyone's favourite elephant washer's son for £32m!!!!



















If he 's going for that much, United better cash in and flog Ronaldo for £300m!

Mad. Football has gone mad.