FFL Week 35

 

 

Gents this is the final table:

 

week35	FFL 2015/16 League Table
Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	384	135	140	109
21	2nd	Nick Ath	363	118	140	99
52	3rd	Stathi	332	114	98	109
53	4th	Harry	331	49	121	161
53	5th	James	331	111	174	78
123	6th	Nick Ach	261	89	117	43
135	7th	Sid	249	72	110	64
158	8th	Don	226	17	128	81
165	9th	Theo	219	110	61	46

 

 

I’ve checked it again today, twice. I’ve checked it against the info on the spreadsheet and the scores that incoming transfers were subbed at.

 

I find nothing different to my previous audit which I performed FOUR times on Monday evening / Tuesday morning.

 

I know there is conjecture from one or two but I want to put a close to this.

 

I will send the spreadsheet today to all so those who want to check for themselves......(I have ringing in my head butterfly ballots, Florida and George Bush)

 

Thanks

 

Your (outgoing) Chairman

FFL Week 34 and 9/10ths

 

This should’ve been the final blog post of this season, alas, the incompetence of the security industry knows no bounds.

Rumours of a man with a thick Dutch accent phoning in the ‘Code Red’ at Old Trafford proved unfounded, but the hilarity that Van Gaal would do anything to prolong his stay at the Theatre of Dreams is very much real….FFS. (Ed Woodward – DO. YOUR. JOB….you gimp)

From the Theatre of Dreams to the stuff of nightmares as St Totteringham’s day was again celebrated by the red half of (South) North London. Giroud’s hat trick not only ensuring a final day belly laugh at the Emirates at the expenses of their rivals but also giving Stathi an opportunity to claim third place from fifth – more on that below!

Spurs’ capitulation in the final straight has drawn comparison with other historic submissions, but the fact remains they were never in front and leading so put away your Devon Loch analogies. However, coming third in a two horse race takes some doing – the very definition of ‘Spursy’.

Had anyone told Arsene Wenger that this season his side would’ve finished above Chelsea, City, United, Tottenham and Liverpool he would’ve expected to be celebrating his fourth title in 20 years. Alas Arsenal’s best finish in years is still abject failure.

Leicester. LEICESTER CITY are the champions!

Are Manchester City modern football’s biggest disappointment. So much money spent. So much talent but distinctly uninspiring, just like Pellergini’s jumpers. 

End of season awards?

Here’s mine:

Player of the Year – Mahrez. A revelation. The playmaking goalscorer plus got me 61 FFL points!

Signing of the season? – Sam Allardyce. The £140m saviour.

Flop of the season? Hazard – whata fall in form in a year. Special mention to Benteke. Not one-dimensional but half dimensional.

Goal of the season? – Vardy v Liverpool. Ball dropping over his shoulder. 30 Yards out and hit FULL on the volley. Boom.

Match of the season? Swansea 2-2 Chelsea. Not necessarily for the football but the historical relevance and consequences. The Caniero incident erupted and blew up in Jose’s face. Jose himself undermined by some of his players. Champions drop points again. The very public unravelling of Chelsea started here.

And on to FFL business.

With one match to go, and having gone through a THOROUGH audit – trust me, I did it four times – the table shows McNick is within 16 points of top spot. That should be it, shouldn’t it?

More interesting is the race for third and with a game to go ONE point separates 3^rd from 5^th and with £40 up for grabs, it is all to play for.

Tonight’s final match sees Harry, James and Stathi praying that Van Gaal plays their players, even though the Cup Final is days away.

For the record:

Harry has Lingaard – a likely starter tonight

James has no United players and Afobe for Bournemouth unlikely to play

Stathi has Darmian and Martial. Darmain may be back from injury. Will Martial play so close to Wembley and with nothing to play for? I doubt it.

McNick will be hoping for De Gea and Rooney (both mine) to not play and for a clean sheet and Smalling (his) to score five goals for the most incredible turnaround in FFL history. 

Team of the week goes to Nick PC with 21 taking the Olivier “Yep, I’m still sexy” Giroud prize. 

Low score of the week is me with 1 and taking the Mauricio “can the season just end NOW please” Pochettino prize. 

Incidentally, I only scored one point in three weeks – relegation form!

 

Table:

week35	FFL 2015/16 League Table
Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	379	135	140	104
16	2nd	Nick Ath	363	118	140	99
48	3rd	Harry	331	49	121	161
48	4th	James	331	111	174	78
49	5th	Stathi	330	114	98	107
118	6th	Nick Ach	261	89	117	43
130	7th	Sid	249	72	110	64
153	8th	Don	226	17	128	81
160	9th	Theo	219	110	61	46

 

I will update with the FINAL table tomorrow morning.

It then needs us to agree on a date for the summer auction.

We can go VERY early or after the September transfer deadline or some of you lot learn to use skype.

Anyone up for a EURO 2016 predictions league?

Your chairman

 

FFL Week 34

Sooooo busy this week so just a quick update.

Includes all games played this week too.

McNick closes the gap AGAIN. It has gone from 50 three weeks ago
to just 25 this week.

I’m officially bricking it.

Table:

Diff     Total Points Defence Midfield Attack   1st Mike 376 134 140 102 25 2nd Nick Ath 351 116 133 99 41 3rd Harry 335 52 121 162 55 4th Stathis 321 114 98 98 56 5th James 320 113 166 75 134 6th Nick Ach 242 80 112 43 136 7th Sid 240 66 110 61 152 8th Don 224 18 125 81 166 9th Theo 210 101 61 46

 
One transfer to note:

McNick:

Antonio IN Sigurdsson OUT (and he scored FFS)

And so to a gripping (?) final day where I will be glued to my phone while at a Christening!


I’ll leave you with this thought:

Leicester win the league and they get Bocelli to sing – classy, classical, stylish.

West Ham bid farewell to UPTON PARK (since when has it been the Boleyn ground?) and they use three black cabs to celebrate. Chav cunts.

Your Chairman



                                                  

FFL Week 33

Shame on Wenger. Shame on Van Gaal. Shame on Mourinho / Hiddink. Shame on Rodgers / Klopp. Shame on Pellegrini. 

But well done Ranieri. A record breaker in his last two jobs; taking the top seed in a Euro qualifying tournament to bottom of the group and losing to the Faroe Islands along the way and then a year later taking a bunch of hitherto relative unknown, discarded and (perceived) washed up footballers to the league title. As James Greaves always said “…it’s a funny ‘ol game”

 

Congratulations also to Spurs for a wonderful season. I’m sure our Lillywhite contingent would’ve snapped the proverbial hand off were they told back in August (after defeat at Old Trafford) that they would be in with a chance of the title with three games to go. Impressive also given the age of the team too. The future looks bright.....

Furthermore, petty fighting, eye gouging, stamping and a wholly belligerent response to being wound up by King Cunts Messrs Terry, Costa, Ivanovic et al will surely stand them in good stead when they are in a similar position 12 months hence.

As for the rest a season of 'what might have been' or the 'usual shite' to quote the red half of North London. 

 

And so to FFL matters.

 

Just as the real title race is over, the XXIst edition of the DYC seems far from over thanks to a leaky City defence and a return to prominence and point scoring by Tadic akin to Lazarus / Jesus proportions……by the way, Happy Easter to the Christian Orthodox subscribers among our flock.

 

McNick closes the gap at the top 42 and this is before the ‘Battle of Stamford Bridge’. Squeaky Bum time has arrived……

 

Top score this week and the Claudio “Dilly Ding, Dilly Dong” Ranieri award goes to Nick PC with 10 points. Bottom score is yours truly with a fat ZERO taking this week’s Manuel “I’m actually really a shit manager with a big cheque book” Pellegrini award for bottom score.

 

And so with two rounds left, it really is still up for grabs……..

 

Table:

 

week33	FFL 2015/16 League Table
Diff			Total Points	Defence	Midfield	Attack
	1st	Mike	378	138	140	100
42	2nd	Nick Ath	336	120	125	91
55	3rd	Harry	323	50	117	156
61	4th	James	317	108	169	75
76	5th	Stathis	302	117	89	87
139	6th	Nick Ach	239	82	107	43
142	7th	Sid	236	72	108	53
166	8th	Don	212	16	121	75
173	9th	Theo	205	106	54	43

 

 

No transfers this week.

 

(come on Villareal……….)