Monday 18 January 2016

Week 23 & 24: A Terrible Show

A terrible show.
Manager of the Week this week is, of course... Nick Reed whose Guess Hughton scored a massive 28 points.  And Nick joins us live via Satellite from Las Vegas where he's selling second hand self-driving cars... Hello Nick?  How do you feel about winning this week's Manager of the Week certificate?

Hello Nick?  Nick?

I'm sorry we seem to have lost him.

In order to fill the dead air while we find some library footage of a trombone I shall distractingly ask if the January transfer window has brought any intriguing new footballing talent into your team yet?

No?

This is a terrible show.

Cut to the music...

Here's Loopy's new single, 'Gallery of You'
https://soundcloud.com/loopytheband/gallery-of-you/

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5  7 239
 2 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 15 216
 3 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    55.0 25 213
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 28 211
 5 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9 15 204
 6 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.7  8 203
 7 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 10 201
 8 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5 13 191
 9 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      52.0  7 184
10 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.2  1 176
11 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 18 176
12 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    50.7 11 174
13 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     52.9 26 174
14 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 13 174
15 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 51.1 17 169
16 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3 13 166
17 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    51.5 19 165
18 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.6 12 158
19 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9 18 145
20 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     50.3 11 133
21 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   51.7 17 115
22 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.1 20  87


                              Week's Average Points    14
                              Total Average Points    176


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Inter Milandrover
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   From: Smasher
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com
Subject: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

OUT
228 FB S Coleman
388 CB G McAuley
506 MF T Walcott
843 ST A Martial

IN
282 L Baines FB EVE
334 P Wollscheid CB STO
558 D Payet        MF WH
601 D Costa        ST CHE

Dangerous

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Chairman responds:
Highly dangerous.  And unexpected.


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Wednesday 13 January 2016

Week 22: OFFL Cup Group Stage Results

Gavin Ward and Alun Edwards are the Managers of the Week this week helping their respective Seb Blattered Cod and Radnorshire Tigers through to the next round of the OFFL Cup.  Congratulations both.  18 points each.

But, yes, what of the cup?  Any Oxford/Swansea-type shocks?

Well YES as it happens...

Runaway League Leaders, Minty's Minions CRASH OUT of the OFFL Cup after two weeks' worth of scores.  Minty Colquhoun will not be Doing The Double with her Minions this season in spite of being over 30 points ahead of the chasing pack in the League table.  Minty's miserly score of 5 meagre points last week was only enough to finish 2nd from bottom of Group A, which means She and her wannabe-Champions are OUT.

Oh Yoo Tee spells OUT.

Not through.  Not qualified.  Exited.  You are naturally inconsolable.  We know you had your heart set on that Louis Van Goal biography.

But what of the rest of you?

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OFFL Cup
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First Round Group Stage Results

Group A                       Value Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Which Team                    53.3  21  13   34
  Seb Blattered Cod             52.0  15  18   33
  The Flying Geese              53.9  16  10   26
  Moobchester United            54.9  19   7   26
  Minty's Minions               51.5  17   5   22   Out
  It's a Snickers FC            51.7  10  10   20   Out

Group B                       Value Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Radnorshire Tigers            50.7  20  18   38
  Livercoolio                   54.7  14  13   27
  Moreton Rovers                54.6  15   9   24
  Pyeators                      53.7  15   3   18
  Bad Wolf United               54.1   4   9   13   Out
  Irishpool                     50.3   5   7   12   Out

Group C                       Value Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Guess Hughton                 53.9  28  15   43
  Old Malcolm Academicals       54.8  19  12   31
  Inter Milandrover             54.8  17  10   27
  Oak Hamsters                  51.6  13   8   21
  Real Mcdrid                   51.5  11   5   16   Out

Group D                       Value Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Neil's Diamonds               53.2  32   8   40
  RS-TBOY                       51.4  25  10   35
  Ali McMoist                   51.1  25   9   34
  Moanchester United            54.9  20  12   32
  Com-a ma mau papa com-a mau   53.5   9   6   15   Out

So there you have it, commiserations to Guy 'Bird is the Word' Harewood, Craig 'Zizou' McHugh, Mike 'Rantathlete' Smears, Karyn 'Prattwoman' Meaden*, Ashley 'Not Again' Keeler and Minty 'What How Come' Colquhoun.  Take comfort from the fact that you're not alone in your total failure to lift the Cup this season.  You can be failures together.

*Congratulations, however, for hitching yourself to manager of Old Malcolm Academicals, Malcolm Pratt, Mrs Pratt.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5  5 232
 2 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 10 201
 3 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   51.4 10 195
 4 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 13 191
 5 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9  7 189
 6 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.7  3 188
 7 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 15 183
 8 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5  6 178
 9 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      52.0 18 177
10 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.2  8 175
11 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    50.7 18 163
12 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 12 161
13 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  9 158
14 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3 13 153
15 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 51.1  9 152
16 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     53.9 10 148
17 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    51.5  5 146
18 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.6  8 146
19 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9 12 127
20 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     50.3  7 122
21 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   51.7 10  98
22 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.1  9  67


                              Week's Average Points     9
                              Total Average Points    161

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RS-TBOY
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   From: Rick Beecroft
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

Merry New Year chief, hope you had a good one

Sub time

OUT
492  MF  J Milner  LIV  4.2

IN
575  MF  M Ozil    ARS  5.5

Kind Regards

Rick


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Chairman responds:
Transfer complete.  Not really interesting to note: you still wouldn't be top if you'd had Ozil from the beginning of the season.

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Which Team
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   From: Rachel Jones
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

Rayner.. only 9 behind you now!!!

With best regards,
Rachel Jones

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Chairman responds:
Bants.

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Minty's Minions
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   From: Minty Colquhoun
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

I know this is tempting fate, especially as I'm top of the league and yet know nothing about football . . . but can I have Jordan Graham from Wolves on my team please?  I understand from my recent sojourn in the West Midlands that they beat Brighton 1 - 0 (away) which seemed to excite the entire household!

Lovely.

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Chairman responds:
Congratulations, you win Star Email of the Week.

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Flying Geese
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   From: Mandy Noble
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

Happy New Year!!!
Please could I make some transfers for my very sorry state of a team.

OUT – CB - Jagielka – 338 – CHE
IN – CB - SMALLING – 342 – MU

OUT – FB – HAZARD – 517 – CHE
IN – FB – OZEL – 375 – ARS

OUT – ST – BERAHINO – 736 – WBA
IN – ST – VARDY – 614 – LEICS

OUT – FB – CLYNE – 226 – LIV
IN – FB – KOLAROV – 280 – MC

Ta very much!

Mandy
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Chairman responds:
Transfer Complete.  It still looks like your team is Puncheon above its weight.

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Pyeators
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   From: Dave Clayton
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

Dear Mr Chairman Sir, Happy New Year to you and your Umperlumpers!

New Year, new squad (well almost)! The transfer window is open and so is your wallet!

Out 228 Coleman in 245 Azpilicueta
Out 336 Kompany In 396 Vertongen
Out 465 Mane In 836 De Bruyne
Out 417 Redmond in 575 Ozil
Out 473 Depay In 558 Payet

Many Thanks

Dave Pyeating Clayton
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Chairman responds:
Transfers Complete. You now have just the two transfers remaining.  Happy New Year to you too.  Two remaining.  Two.

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