RE: Interesting Facts

1) The average age of the 14 Arsenal players used was 22.8. For Spurs 25.8.
So yes they were a little younger.

2) The Arsenal starting XI cost £51m to Spurs £39m. Including the 3 subs used this becomes £62m Arse to £53m Spurs.

3) The 14 players used by Spurs have started 279 games between them this season, the Gooners 14 have started 214 between them.

4) There were 11 players out of the 14 for Arsenal who have full international caps. Spurs had only 10.

5) The total caps held by the 14 goons is 261 (hardly kids eh!) to Spurs 341.

6) 2 players for the goons have won the World Cup. That's not bad for experience!!

7) The injury ravaged Spurs team that played in the league game at the Emirates had a younger average age than the gooners and played them off the park with everyone at the game agreeing that they should have won the game.

8) After 60 minutes, Spurs took off their first choice attack and Lennon, allowing some of the reserves to join in with the fun.

Special one has a new job...........

Obviously not seen by many as its on Setanta!!

Amen to that!

Rooney revealed his frustration at the Dubious Goals Committee’s recent decision not to credit him with the opener in the 2-2 draw at Arsenal in November.

“I don’t know who gives and doesn’t give these goals,” he said. “Over the last three years Frank Lampard has had about 50 deflected goals and never had one took off him.

“I’ve had one deflected goal and had it took off me, so maybe they need to look at the game a bit closer.

Get in there son!

Silly season in full flow.........

Transfer windows. Don't you just love them?

Is it me or does the rumour below not sound right? If anyone can find a more ridiculous transfer rumour than this then please post it:

"Chelsea will ask Barcelona for Lionel Messi or AC Milan for Kaka if Didier Drogba decides to join either team in the summer" (from the Daily Mirror)

RE: Boobs

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Shameless self publicity

For those who haven't noticed, Eleftheria Newspaper is now online (only took 10 years!)

I have put a link to the right for those who want to read it and maybe have a look at my latest rant in print!

SPOT ON!

Click on the link.

MARY POPPINS GETS WHAT HE DESERVES

Having read it I had to do a double take and make sure it wasn't actually ME who wrote it!!!

FFL Week 20

Slowing but surely? Is Rico timing his second half of the season run to try and overtaken the leader? Well, based on the last two weeks the facts speak for themselves. Rico has made up 15 points and is currently 42 points adrift - certainly not an impossible position with which to snatch his first FFL title.

Rico again top scored with a stonking 19 points. Stathi could only manage 11. Yours truly even beat Stathi's scores and how many times has the nailed on one been beaten into third in the weekly points totals?

Theo and James jointly won the 'Newcastle defence against Ronaldo' award for the inability to get anywhere near double figures.

Here is the table:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Stathi	302
42	2nd	Rico	260
66	3rd	Sid	236
80	4th	Mike	222
111	5th	James	191
111	6th	Nick Ath	191
113	7th	Nick PC	189
128	8th	Don	174
156	9th	Theo	146

Transfers:
Rico swaps Michael Essien for Shaun W-Phillips (typical, I get rid of the vertically challenged, some may harshly say ability challenged one, and he goes and scores last weekend!)

FOOTNOTE:
Of course all teh good vibe about this season's FFL possiblly turning into a comeptition rather than a procession was blown out of the water when the overrated one (a lot of ones in this synopisis today! Does that make sense??) scored a hat-trick against a goalkeeper who couldn't kick, a semi-retired forward who used to play for Liverpool playing at centre-half and a bunch of players who were more intent on saving their legs and energy in the hope of getting paid to play football. Sums up this FFL season really. Another hearty well-done to Stathi.

PS read the link posted in the blog above. Wonderful stuff.

FFL Week 19

After this week’s cup exploits, when Dave Kitson claimed he didn’t “give two shits about the FA Cup” well can he tell that to Sid please? The FA Cup gave Sid almost as many points as there are letters in Havant & Waterlooville; 13 in all to give him a total for week 19 of 26.

Added to last week’s phenomenal 42 and he has accumulated 68 points in two weeks or to put it another way more than a third of the total for the season from any of the teams in fifth place to last! 24 of those points have come from Berbatov! Lets see where he will be come the end of January! (rumour I have heard is that should Spurs knock Arsenal out of the Carling Cup he is United-bound at the end of the season. If Arsenal’s wondrous young team who are paying football better than anyone has ever seen ever in the history of the world (trademark The Sun, The Mirror, The Star and another London-based rag) get to Wembley then Ramos is ‘happy’ to get the money and spend in January with a view to the summer and beyond. (please don’t shoot the messenger!!)

Back to FFL and needless to say Stathi maintains first position with a score of 20. Rico closes the gap slightly with the week’s top score of 27. The David ‘Shit I picked the wrong team for the FA Cup’ Moyes award for crap score is Theo with a rather Chasetown total of FIVE to leave him languishing in last place.

James closes the gap on those above him and has fifth place of higher in his sights as he seeks to maintain those averages!

Here is the table:

Diff			Total Points
	1st	Stathi	291
50	2nd	Rico	241
63	3rd	Sid	228
82	4th	Mike	209
106	5th	Nick Ath	185
106	6th	Nick PC	185
108	7th	James	183
124	8th	Don	167
148	9th	Theo	143

One transfer to report: Both yours truly and Rico tried to get Michael Ballack but I won having got rid of the kid from Diff'rent Strokes who cost more than Michael Essien.

FFL Week 18 - updated

It's nice to be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (is it F***!) I will be blunt and to the point.

I have lumped together the Christmas points from the past week and updated week 18 on the spreadsheet. This is to facilitate a smooth transition to the normallity of the football and FFL week.

A remarkable run of form from Berbatov saw him accumulate 16 points last week. Cynics pointed out that this had more to do with the opening of the transfer window than anything to do with wanting to see his side win a few games. For those unbelievers, watch his performance against Arsenal where there was more movement from his arms than his legs (this game obviously was played pre-trasnfer window!!)

Personally, I think Spurs should take the money and invest in some players who know what
a) marking is,
b) know how to tackle and
c) know how to organise that thing in football that is meant to prevent goals from being conceded.

At the moment, Joey Barton has a better defence than Spurs (and he's guilty as sin)

This gave Sid an amazing 42 points which elevated into third place. Stathi (obviously) stays on top with a more than credible 28 points helped by Santa Cruz. Lets hope this seasonally named forward stops scoring once the days get longer and the sun comes out. Rico keeps plugging away in second thanks to 17 points.

Scrooge award for lame points total is Theo with a a rather Ebeneezerly tight 9 which keeps him bottom.

Table:

Diff	Manager		Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Stathi	271	92	101	67
57	2nd	Rico	214	97	57	48
69	3rd	Sid	202	84	62	45
81	4th	Mike	190	57	70	63
97	5th	Nick Ath	174	73	55	34
102	6th	Nick PC	169	88	36	20
110	7th	James	161	76	49	36
126	8th	Don	145	38	18	71
133	9th	Theo	138	60	34	7

I have included the full table as we are now at the half-way point of the season. Next week is FA Cup weekend. Here's hoping Adebayor scores ten against Burnley while Fabregas is obviously rested.

The points from New Year's day onwards will be included in next week's round-up. As it stands before Santa Cruz scores a shed load against Sunderland tonight, Stathi maintains his 57 point lead at the top. James is this week's biggest mover so far with 17 points!

Finally, can I wish everyone a wonderful New Year. We have EURO 2008 on the horizon - anyone fancy a road trip to Salzburg for the 14th June Greece -Russia game? (It's a Saturday we can leave Friday)
Elsewhere, lets hope football continues to bring us joy - not just in the form of incisive, quality football not seen anywhere on this planet in the history of the game ever, ever, ever by such a young team that contains only teenagers ('trademark AFC' - as the London press keep telling us)

My hopes for the New Year include (apart from the obvious)
1) That that detestable little scrotum Eboue finally gets what he deserves. What a snidy little shit he is.

2) That Benitez keeps his job and keeps playing Kuyt

3) That football finally wakes up and stops giving very average footballers 50K+ a week contracts. Anyone see Reo-Coker on MTV Cribs? How can a player with no pace, little skill and an amazing inability to retain posession have the money to buy a holiday home in Orlando that he "uses two weeks a year" which has five bedrooms, swimming pool etc etc. Also see Antoine Sibierski (yes him) and his palatial home in Cannes as well as as Robbie Savage's amazing abode. Why? How?

4) A media realisation that some English footballers (you know who I mean!) are rather good - not WORLD class.

5) That Sam 'fat brown envelope' Allardyce keeps his job. I ma enjoying watching him squirm. Arrogant man who has an unhealthy and elevated opinion oif himself. I wouldn't mind if he did get his P45 just to see Mary Poppins have a go and send them down!

Regards, your chairman