FFL Week 21

Double bubble this week with two full Premier League programmes which again emphasised the topsy-turvy, unpredictability of this season. High on drama and low on quality.

Going into Sunday’s matches a few emails were bouncing back and forth between James and yours truly. I was hoping for a Rooney hat-trick to help slay the vermin while James, as was his want, was eager for a Benteke treble to preserve  midweek accumulation if points that saw him close the gap at the top of the Dwight Yorke Cup.

Alas James was to be disappointed by late Sunday afternoon as the fat scouse granny shagger smashed home the winner. Scenes in the Pieri household. Add to that a De Gea clean sheet and with a Bellerin shutout I’d clawed back 9 points in one day to maintain a 24 point lead – such is the life of an FFL manager – elated one match, pig sick the next.

For many Soares’ 8 points for James were as much a surprise as Rooney’s 11 which meant that over the week both James and I scored 26 points each to claim the Louis “get the fuck in you rat munchers” Van Gaal award for top score of the week.

Elsewhere a more than commendable 20 points has lifted Don clear beyond the dreaded floor. Nick PC’s see him rooted and a -2 this week gives him the Roberto “shit defence” Martinez award for bottom score of the week.

Stathi and McNick, along with Harry, are in a battle for third place. Stathi could only score 12 points this week against McNick's 15. Over the past three weeks McNick has made up 12 points on Stathi and sits just 9 behind in fourth. Harry, just a point behind McNick scored 11 this week.

Table:

Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	256	75	99	82
24	2nd	James	232	54	126	52
62	3rd	Stathis	194	69	55	67
73	4th	Nick Ath	183	63	69	51
74	5th	Harry	182	35	70	77
92	6th	Sid	164	51	81	34
102	7th	Theo	154	79	38	35
125	8th	Don	131	15	63	53
144	9th	Nick Ach	112	40	49	18

Some transfer activity to note:

Theo:

Son OUT Austin IN

Montero OUT Dembele IN

James:

Bolasie OUT Oscar IN

Pelle OUT Afobe IN

Current Teams:

	THEO	JAMES	DON	SID	MIKE	STATHI	Nick PC	McNick	HARRY
GK	CECH	MIGNOLET	VORM	HOWARD	DE GEA	HART	FABIANSKI	COURTOIS		STEKELENBURG
FB	CLYNE	SOARES	ZABALETA	ROSE	AZPILICUETA	DARMIAN	IVANOVIC	COLEMAN		KOLAROV
FB	BAINES	SAGNA	CRESSWELL	JOHNSON	BELLERIN	WALKER	MONREAL	CLICHY		NAUGHTON
CB	VAN DIJK	MANGALA	CAHILL	KOSCIELNY	OTTAMENDI	ZOUMA	EVANS	SMALLING		DANN
CB	KOMPANY	DIER	SKRTEL	STONES	VERTONGHEN	SAKHO	GABRIEL	ALDERWEIRELD		MERTESACKER
MID	DEMBELE	RAMSEY	FABREGAS	STERLING	SILVA	HAZARD	MATA	SIGURDSSON		WILLIAN
MID	CABAYE	OZIL	DEPAY	WALCOTT	COUTINHO	DE BRUYNE	HENDERSON	TADIC		ARNAUTOVIC
MID	SINCLAIR	WIJNALDUM	FIRMINHO	TOURE	MAHREZ	MILNER	PEDRO	SHAQUIRI		LINGARD
MID	REDMOND	OSCAR	PAYET	ERIKSEN	DEULOFEU	LANZINI	MANE	LAMELA		BARKLEY
STR	IGHALO	BENTEKE	VARDY	SAKHO	LUKAKU	GIROUD	BONY	SANCHEZ		KANE
STR	AUSTIN	AFOBE	BERAHINO	DEENEY	ROONEY	MARTIAL	STURRIDGE	COSTA		AGUERO

And so to next week

Your chairman…