With so many players moving about and in some cases departing the dreamteam, many managers are already seeing the hopes and dreams they had at the start of the season turning to dust.

None more so than the aptly named Birmingham Shitty, who are firmly rooted at the bottom of the table and already look out of it. With Sander Westerveld frozen out at Anfield and Silvinho off-loaded to Celta Vigo, manager Dave Nicholson knows he has flushed £8 million of his £40 million budget down the lavatory and he can only hope he can keep in touch with those above him until the transfer window opens in January otherwise its gonna be a very cold winter for Birmingham Shitty.

Tripping the light fantastic

Still, he shouldn't give up hope altogether. He's not the only one that has lost a player and he can take heart from this week's top performers, Billy's Boots. The Boots rose 18 places, from 23rd to 5th, after scoring a whopping 76 points - thanks largely to Craig Bellamy's performance in the Worthington Cup. Such a display merely proves that its early doors so those at the top need not start spending their prize money yet…except that last week's leaders, Salford Strokers, scored 65 points to extend their lead. Ahem…

It was good week for Spakatak Toxteth too with Claire Devaney (no relation) moving up 10 places to 12th while 1 FC Laundromat moved into 3rd with a score of 54.

At the other end of the scale, Torpedo Bermondsey had a week they'd rather forget, scoring a paltry nine points and dropped out of the Top Ten. Supersonic FC also fell fast but things are so tight in the middle that such leaps and falls we become common over the coming weeks.

Of course, you shouldn't really read too much into these scores. With so many games postponed this week, the points total should level out by Christmas. Unless of course you're Dave - who is now lying under a spirit level with a perfect bubble.

More fun and games next week, but for now, enjoy the fruits of my html table tags…

POS	TEAM	PTS	SC
1	SALFORD STROKERS	181	65
2	KEANE AS MUSTARD	151	42
3	1FC LAUNDROMAT	149	54
4	GAZTON VILLA	146	40
5	BILLY'S BOOTS	136	76
6	FECK-ARSE-NIL	135	52
7	RÓISÍNS XI	131	41
8	CRUMBS DM	121	28
9	PATRICK DUFFY THISTLE	120	45
10	1897- THE GOLDEN YEAR	114	42
11	SOFT CENTRES	113	31
12	SPAKATAK TOXTETH	110	50
13	ATHLETICO SALFORD	110	25
14	TORPEDO BERMONDSEY	109	9
15	LUKE PERRY ALL-STARS	66	22
16	LION OF VIENNA SLEEPS TONIGHT	102	28
17	AOIFE'S XI	102	35
18	A TASTE OF THE RAJ	101	34
19	BILL S PRESTON NORTH END	99	25
20	WOODBOURNE ROVERS	98	37
21	CLINT BIZZELL JUNIORS	97	33
22	SUPERSONIC FC	94	21
23	CRAZYHORSE FC	93	37
24	DUCK UTD	93	37
25	HICKY'S HEROES	86	37
26	LONE RANGERS RETURN	86	22
27	THE DARLING DUBS THAT PLAY	79	23
28	WHATEVER	74	24
29	OH SHEFFIELD	60	10
30	BIRMINGHAM SHITTY	49	9