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Last poll:
Who has been the biggest waste of money so far?


1. Jaap Stam
27 votes (18%)

2. Sergei Rebrov
23 votes (15%)

3. Mark Schwarzer
21 votes (14%)

 
 
ALL YOU NEED IS LUCK

As we approach the end of the season, the time as come to reflect on the hopes and dreams we all had at the start of the season. For many, it promised to be a great season, but come May, twenty of us will go back to the drawing board, our dreams shattered, to make plans for next season. Hopefully the lessons of the past will be learnt, but you never know, because with the Dreamteam, you need a large amount of luck to go with your tactical genius to help you through the year.

Although some teams were intentionally crap - step forward Villa Rejects - the vast majority of us set out to actually win the competition. Teams were selected and re-selected then, just when we thought we'd finalized our squads, torn up and selected all over again. Everyone when to the starting post, eager to make a good start, and it was at that point, that for some, it all went pear-shaped.

Faced with relegation, Ron's old goiter trouble started playing up again, turning his hair ginger in the process...
Probably the biggest losers in the early stages were Torpedo Bermondsey and Crazyhorse FC, both of whom suffered horrendous injuries right at the start. At one point, neither of them could put out a side of more than four players. For them, it has been a season of what could've been. Both have risen up the table in recent weeks and it's no coincidence that these rises coincided with the return of key players to their squads.

Others have also been hit by injury. Patrick Duffy Thistle has had an appalling season by anyone's standards and was not helped by John Gregory's decision to leave out David Ginola whenever he could. Michael Bolton Wanderers looked doomed the moment Carl Cort was ruled out for five months although Rob's decision to pick Stan Collymore was open to question from the very beginning.

The hard luck stories have continued in the latter part of the season to. Those that picked Teddy Sheringham on the back of his pre-Christmas form have suffered while anyone that picked up David Beckham during the transfer window must be cursing their luck - the footballer everyone loves to hate has managed to pick up just six measly points since January.

Others have only had themselves to blame. Despite warnings to the contrary, new leaders St. Reatham FC decided to drop Leeds United's Ian Harte instead of Graeme Le Saux in January. Had they listened to the advice on offer, Mark's team would've been running away with the league now, instead of only just going top…

Turning our attentions to the league, biggest loser of the week, despite scoring the highest score of 66 points, is Dave Nicholson and his Villa Rejects. Their mammoth score meant they comfortably eased past the Soft Centres to leave Ron firmly fixed at the bottom and Dave wondering just where it all went wrong.

It was a week of mixed scores - with some very high scores from some and some very low scores from others - which has scrambled the table somewhat. Michael Bolton Wanderers moved up three places thanks to a score of 63 while A Taste of the Raj went the other way having only scored fifteen. Athletico Salford are still in the money in 15th and look comfortable to take the honours.

At the top, Ron had a bit of a double whammy this week with Bill S Preston North End leapfrogging the field to move into 4th place for a second possible money spot. Previous incumbent, Supersonic FC, fell to 7th following another poor week while last week's leaders, the Luke Perry All-Stars are now in second.

That's it for this week. Here's the table.

POS TEAM PTS SC
1 ST. REATHAM FC 1322 60 £
2 LUKE PERRY ALL-STARS 1302 35 £
3 DUCK UTD 1283 25 £
4 BILL S PRESTON NORTH END 1186 53 £
5 SUNDAY STROOLERS 1180 42
6 FREAKIN' LAST 1178 39
7 SUPERSONIC FC 1173 31
8 TORPEDO BERMONDSEY 1137 58
9 GAZTON VILLA 1134 42
10 SHAMROCK UNITED 1080 53
11 THE PORCELAIN HORSE 1065 24
12 CRUMBS DM 1057 40
13 CRAZYHORSE FC 1047 22
14 SPAKATAK TOXTETH 1045 18
15 ATHLETICO SALFORD 1023 33 £
16 MICHAEL BOLTON WANDERERS 1010 63
17 LION OF VIENNA SLEEPS TONIGHT 999 53
18 BILLY'S BOOTS 999 31
19 1897 - THE GOLDEN YEAR 993 56
20 A TASTE OF THE RAJ 987 15
21 RUSHDEN ANNE DIAMONDS 982 27
22 BIRMINGHAM SHITTY 893 8
23 PATRICK DUFFY THISTLE 835 33
24 THE LONE RANGERS 811 13
25 VILLA REJECTS 734 66
26 SOFT CENTRES 698 8 £