FFL Week 3

Where do we start?

An incredible scoring week. Strikers scoring bundles of goals. Assists and goals from midfielders and no negatives.

Am I talking about city or United? No. DP has smashed it this week with a weekly score of 26 (twenty-six).

This mammoth haul is greater than the three week totals for all but the second placed Rico whose scoring consistency would otherwise in other years seen him top the table.

FFL is again a parallel of the real Premier League.

DP is very Manchester-like at the moment. Outscoring opponents at will. Dzeko’s 12 (twelve) points equalled Young’s 12 (twelve) points – easily the performances of the week.

Rico, like his beloved Liverpool, is looking up striving for the top but weaknesses may hinder in the long run – for Carragher in real life see Dawson (-6 points in a week)

7 (seven) points separates Sid in 8th to James in 3rd. – Like the battle for European places in real life. There have been some good performances this week; James, Sid and Stath scoring a healthy 12.

At the bottom Harry is mirroring those poor (form and in financial resources) North London giants. Smashed from pillar to post by city and United at the weekend Harry is very Arsenal and Spurs. The step up to the FFL elite is a wake-up call. Harry you remind me of Swindon Town back in 1993/4. They conceded 100 (hundred) goals, scoring only 43 (forty-three) and accumulated a paltry 30 (thirty) points. There is still a long way to go and anything can happen.............injuries, loss of form, Carroll deciding he is a footballer not a hod carrier.

Observation - I don’t recall an FFL start where there have been so many negative points scored by so many players.

Friedl: -6

Szezcncnzczmnzncyncnzyzncy: -5

Foster: -2

Kolarov: -1

Dawson: -6

Koscielny: -5

Here is this week’s table............

As for transfers. Well we’ve all been at it. Skysports News should have covered dwightyorkecuptransfers@hotmail.com.

There were 14 (fourteen) emails totalling 21 (twenty-one) bids.

Clearly the elephant washers son has his admirers as does new rent-boy Mata.

Donald

1st choice: out adel taarabat, in Mata (Chelsea)
2nd choice: out brunt, Mata (Chelsea)

Sid

K Davies for E Adebayor – null and void given Sid bid for a player who had yet to make it on the players lists.

Theo – fresh off the plane and still in the arrivals lounge sent these bids:

Zamora out, Elephant washers son in

Benayoun out, Mata in

Me

Sturridge OUT Adebayor IN (sent from the toilet)

Stathi

O Hara for Henderson
1st choice, Albrighton for Mata

2nd choice, Milner for Mata

Sid

Hibbert for Zabeletta

Rico

Out: Aaron Lennon

In: Juan Mata

Out: Phil Neville

In: Stephen Warnock

McNick

1st choice, Dzeko in, Defoe out – bidding for someone’s player!

Second choice, Adebayor in, Defoe out.

Rico – retraction and new bid.

Out: Aaron Lennon

In: Juan Mata

Out: Michael Dawson
In: Richard Dunne

Harry

B Foster out - M Schwarzer in.
J Wilshere out - J Mata in.
If Mata goes then T Cleverley as second choice.

Nick PC

Out: arshavin. In: mata
Out: tevez. In: adebayor

Sid ‘Levy’ Yanney with a transfer 1min and 9secs before the deadline. Harry and Daniel would be so proud.

Shawcross for Hughes

The upshot of all that is as follows.

Confirmed transfers

Sid

Shawcross for Hughes

Zabaletta for Hibbert

Nick PC outbids everyone for Adebayor AND Mata

(Tevez valued at 7.8 trumps Defoe 6.4, Sturridge 6.2,Davies 6.0, Zamora 5.9)

(Arshavin valued at 5.2 trumps Lennon 4.4, milner 4.4, Benayoun, Wilshire 4.2, Brunt 4.2, Taarabt 4.1, Albrighton 4.1)

Harry

Schwarzer for Foster

Cleverley for Wilshire

Rico

Dunne for Dawson

Stathi

Henderson for O’Hara

Phew........................................

Regards your gr-eight-ful chairman.

Pieri

PS

For those wanting to know why so many parentheses with numbers repeated and written as words – it just reminded me of the Grandstand style vidi-printer. You know why!!!!!