FFL Week 32

And so it comes to pass? In the week where the country celebrated the 400^th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the utterances of another famous orator may seem more apt. In those immortal words of Kenneth Wolstenholme:

 

“….they think it’s all over….”

 

Well it isn’t mathematically certain yet, but events at White Hart Lane last night would strongly suggest that the Premier League trophy will have a new name engraved on its base. 

 

Leicester City? L E I C E S T E R. C I T Y. Beggars belief and is surely a triumph for the mediocrity that is this season’s Premier League. Exciting, yes, but lacking in quality surely? A debate for another time. 

 

With only three match days to go, the 21st edition of the DYC sees the gap at the top increase to 50 but below top spot things took another turn this week as long time potential winner James, drops to fourth, quite apt for our Arsenal-loving friend.

 

Harry jumps into third, only eight points behind McNick, thanks to a stupendous 26 points but that is not enough to top score as Stathi accumulated an impressive 30 points to take this week’s Loopy Louis “it’s not all bad is it?” Van Gaal award for top score.

 

Sid and Theo share this week’s Roberto “I’ve got the players but not the plan” Martinez award for bottom scoring with a frankly shitness score of 7, akin to a Lukaku-esque first touch.

 

 

Table:

Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	378	138	140	100
50	2nd	Nick Ath	328	120	117	91
58	3rd	Harry	320	52	112	156
64	4th	James	314	108	169	72
78	5th	Stathis	300	120	89	82
149	6th	Nick Ach	229	81	98	43
150	7th	Sid	228	69	106	50
168	8th	Don	210	16	119	75
181	9th	Theo	197	101	51	43

 

Transfers:

 

Only one to note. 

 

McNick’s strange on-off love affair with Shaquiri seems to be off again.

 

Shaquiri OUT Lallana IN

And so to next week......

Your Chairman

 

FFL Week 31

 

For the first time since week 7, James is no longer in the top 2. A run of poor point scoring in the last few weeks has allowed the chasing pack to catch and in McNick’s case, overtake him. McNick is now 49 points off top spot.

Harry is breathing down James’ neck too, poised to pounce as a jackpot 15 points this week and the Sergio “I really am the best player in the league” Aguero award sees him just 10 points off third and that last prize winning spot.

Don bottom scored this week to take the Jon “I should really be giving different interpretations of the same offence multiple times in a game” Moss award with a poor 2; incidentally 2 is also the mark out of 10 most people gave the referee in the Leicester v West Ham match.

Table:

Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	357	123	134	100
49	2nd	Nick Ath	308	114	109	85
53	3rd	James	304	102	162	72
63	4th	Harry	294	41	109	144
87	5th	Stathis	270	100	79	82
136	6th	Sid	221	62	106	50
142	7th	Nick Ach	215	79	92	37
154	8th	Don	203	11	117	75
167	9th	Theo	190	96	49	43

 

Only four match weeks to go but plenty of midweek games this week.

Just like the title race, it might be getting a little bit more interesting than we all thought!

One transfer to note:

McNick -

Shelves OUT Shaquiri IN

And so to next week

Your (getting anxious!) chairman

 

 

FFL Week 30

Are Leicester REALLY going to do it? 

 

A seven point lead with five games to go is a strong position to be in and the clean sheets they are keeping is making it difficult for Spurs to close the gap.

 

Arsenal are just, well, being Arsenal. When Wenger finally decides to hang up his duvet jacket (unzipped of course), I’m sure the next man in charge will look to rectify the defensive fragilities and mental weaknesses that have blighted the last decade at the Emirates. 

 

Old Trafford? The asylum more like. What was Loony VG thinking? Young as a centre forward? Mata as a right winger to try and contain Rose? FFS, sick and tired of him – get Jose in NOW……….

 

As for FFL, I win this week’s Louis ‘it’s not my fault, it’s the philoshophy, the playersh, the shky and bacon I had this morning which ish to blame’ van Gaal award for shit week with a Matteo Darmian-esque score of -1.

 

The lead at the top is therefore cut to 52 points with James scoring 6 but it is McNick with a high of 15 and this week’s recipient of the Jamie ‘chat shit, get points’ Vardy award for top score of the week. He closes the gap to second to a measly three. Still all to play for.

 

Table:

 

Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	353	119	134	100
52	2nd	James	301	102	162	69
55	3rd	Nick Ath	298	109	107	82
74	4th	Harry	279	35	109	135
86	5th	Stathis	267	97	79	82
135	6th	Sid	218	59	106	50
144	7th	Nick Ach	209	83	89	32
157	8th	Don	196	10	114	72
171	9th	Theo	182	93	44	43

 

Transfer:

 

Mirroring the annual auction, Nick PC makes his move at about the time when most have lost interest:

Henderson OUT Lesbian Nasri 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	NASRI	TADIC	ARNAUTOVIC
MID	TOWNSEND	WIJNALDUM	FIRMINHO	TOURE	MAHREZ	MILNER	PEDRO	SHELVEY	LINGARD
MID	REDMOND	OSCAR	PAYET	ERIKSEN	DEULOFEU	LANZINI	MANE	LAMELA	BARKLEY
STR	IGHALO	BENTEKE	VARDY	SAKHO	LUKAKU	GIROUD	PELLE	SANCHEZ	KANE
STR	AUSTIN	AFOBE	BERAHINO	DEENEY	ROONEY	MARTIAL	STURRIDGE	COSTA	AGUERO

 

And so to next week……

 

Your chairman