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THE SEASON SO FAR (IN FIVE MINUTES)
PFA Representative: Mark Darnbrook
It's been a funny old season so far. It promises to be the most interesting
Premiership for many a year with arguably 4 realistic title contenders,
sorry as ever Chelsea fans...Even Everton briefly topped the table for
the first time in 8 years, although admittedly they had only played 3 games,
but singing 'We're gonna win the league' in the Stanley Park would have
lived long in the memory if I hadn't been quite so drunk.
The sale of Stam and the demise of Jesterveld's Anfield career would have left many
DreamTeamers ruing their ill fortune. Surprise package of the season has to
be Bolton, tipped by most pundits to finish 20th and last, but remarkably
have gained creditable draws away to Arsenal and Leeds, beat Liverpool at
the Reebok and did the unthinkable by winning at Old Trafford to the chorus
of 'Can we play you every week?' from the travelling Bolton contingent. The
cheeky monkeys.
| Michael Ricketts - bargain of the season (seen here scoring against Everton...) | Bargain of the season (and there is always one) has to be
Michael Ricketts, whose 80 points have come at a cost of a measly £1.5m. I
suspect that quite a few of us will be looking to recruit him into our
squads once the transfer window opens. Last season's Bolton, i.e. Ipswich
might be making strides in Europe but UEFA Cup glory will be scant reward if
they find themselves back in the Nationwide.
Other notable highlights include:
- Bolton's injury time winner against Liverpool at the Reebok
- Aston Villa's stunning 3-1 victory over the RS in front of the
Norwegian/Devonians home crowd
- Phil Jevons extra time winner from 35 yards at Anfield
- Barcelona's fantastic 3-1 win at Anfield (OK, so there's a pattern
emerging)
- Nick Barmby's injury with threatens to rule him out for the season
(Bitter? Not me
- Everton's first win against Villa in the league since 1996
With European action taking place, high scoring was the order of the day, I
mean week. Top scorer this week was none other than yours truly with 68 points moving me up from 4th to 2nd place. I'm sure Craig (Salford Strokers and Athletico Salford) will agree with me that I'm
fairly modest when my team does well so I'll leave it there. Craig's
Athletico Salford were second top scorers with 63 moving him up 3 places to
21st. Most other teams scored in the 40s or 50s but wooden spoon of the week
award goes to Billy's Boots whose tally of 13 meant they plummeted 5 places
to 23rd.
Crumbs DM are top of the pile once again, although the lead has been reduced
to 21 points. It's tight in behind the top two with just 19 points
separating Supersonic FC in 3rd place and Feck-Arse-Nil FC in 8th place. The
triumvirate of Craig, Gary, Clare are in this pack separated by just 8
points in 5th, 6th and 7th respectively. It has been an astonishing
turnabout of fortunes for Ms Devaney, bottom of the league after week 1 now
finds herself just 9 points outside the spondoolies and catching up Gary and
Craig faster than a scouser in an unattended parking lot.
Not much change at the bottom, in fact no change at all as the bottom five
remain in the erm, bottom five. Oh Sheffield should break the 200 point
barrier next week and I'm sure the additions of Stam and our Sandra will
ensure that they at least don't have to pay for the privilege of finishing
bottom.
I'll leave you with this, admittedly quite poor joke:
Q. What's red and invisible?
A. The Man Utd defence
Laugh, I nearly did.
POS |
TEAM |
PTS |
SC |
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1 |
CRUMBS DM |
548 |
53 |
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2 |
KEANE AS MUSTARD |
527 |
68 |
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3 |
SUPERSONIC FC |
506 |
44 |
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4 |
1FC LAUNDROMAT |
504 |
50 |
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5 |
SALFORD STROKERS |
503 |
43 |
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6 |
GAZTON VILLA |
496 |
57 |
|
7 |
SPAKATAK TOXTETH |
434 |
61 |
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8 |
FECK-ARSE-NIL |
487 |
40 |
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9 |
RÓISÍNS XI |
469 |
39 |
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10 |
THE DARLING DUBS THAT PLAY |
457 |
21 |
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11 |
1897 - THE GOLDEN YEAR |
455 |
49 |
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12 |
TORPEDO BERMONDSEY |
455 |
47 |
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13 |
LUKE PERRY ALL-STARS |
450 |
35 |
|
14 |
SOFT CENTRES |
384 |
56 |
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15 |
PATRICK DUFFY THISTLE |
424 |
55 |
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16 |
AOIFE'S XI |
419 |
32 |
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17 |
CLINT BIZZELL JUNIORS |
412 |
38 |
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18 |
BIRMINGHAM SHITTY |
402 |
44 |
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19 |
WOODBOURNE ROVERS |
400 |
56 |
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20 |
CRAZYHORSE FC |
396 |
35 |
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21 |
ATHLETICO SALFORD |
394 |
63 |
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22 |
BILL S PRESTON NORTH END |
387 |
40 |
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23 |
LION OF VIENNA SLEEPS TONIGHT |
378 |
33 |
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24 |
BILLY'S BOOTS |
378 |
13 |
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25 |
A TASTE OF THE RAJ |
370 |
42 |
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26 |
WHATEVER |
349 |
20 |
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27 |
LONE RANGERS RETURN |
348 |
25 |
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28 |
DUCK UTD |
319 |
26 |
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29 |
HICKY'S HEROES |
310 |
42 |
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30 |
OH SHEFFIELD |
199 |
40 |
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