Showing posts with label Guy Harewood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guy Harewood. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Week 40: Poor Guy

Poor Guy (far left)
You can stop banging on about it now. Yes, you know who you are.... You've won it. You were underdogs. Nobody expected it. We get it. 

Now belt up, pipe down, pack it in and leave it out.

It also means that everyone else is struggling to find something meaningful to get excited about for the end of the season. And that's the remit we've accepted for this edition of Studmarks. Let's give it a try, shall we?

7 points separate Fourth from Seventh meaning that that Fourth place is up for grabs. And can Eleventh-placed Ali McMoist slide themselves into the top ten? And if so, at whose expense? Edgar Rayner's? Neil McConaghy's? And is Karyn Meaden going to hold on to that Twentieth place, while Alex Blundell is seedily breathing down her beautifully-formed and Mallyable neck.

Oh yes, there's Guy Harewood, look... picking up his Manager of the Week certificate for steering his Com-a ma mau papas to a score of 12 points this week. Oh, hang on, there's no need for that... he's looked down at the unimpressed audience, who really aren't paying much attention, and has let the certificate drop to the floor. Exit stage left.

Poor guy that Guy. Even he knows that to overhaul Ms Minty's Minty's Minions' mighty lead of 41 points - in one week with a quarter of his line-up being the same as hers - is probably not going to happen. Unless most of his different players score a hatrick each.

Could happen.

It won't.

Cheer yourself up, Mr Harewood, by looking forward to the glamour and glitz of the...

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OFFL Cup
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FINAL, in play.

        Inter Milandrover  v  RS-TBOY
                  Smasher     Rick Beecroft

The two finalists share 3 players: Smalling, Barkley and Mahrez. The difference will therefore come from the following...

Inter MilandroverClub  Value  RS-TBOY           ClubValue
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138 GK P Cech    ARS    4.2   121 GK J Hart     MC    4.3
243 FB C Fuchs   LEI    3.5   226 FB N Clyne    LIV   4.1
229 FB B IvanovicCHE    5.0   280 FB A Kolarov  MC    4.6
356 CB T AlderweiTOT    4.2   331 CB S Dann     CP    3.7
555 MF R Firmino LIV    4.8   575 MF M Ozil     ARS   5.5
558 MF D Payet   WH     4.0   812 MF D Alli     TOT   3.5
684 ST S Aguero  MC     8.4   603 ST H Kane     TOT   7.4
719 ST R Lukaku  EVE    6.8   614 ST J Vardy    LEI   5.6

Anyone's bet this one. Recent form has RS-TBOY in the ascendancy. Maybe.

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 52.4  8 437
 2 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5 12 396
 3 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  53.1  7 389
 4 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    54.0  5 377
 5 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         53.1  4 375
 6 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  4 374
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.4  1 370
 8 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   50.9 11 345
 9 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.3  8 337
10 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  3 334
11 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 51.1  6 333
12 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    53.7  3 331
13 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    50.6  5 324
14 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8  2 315
15 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     52.9  8 313
16 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.6  2 309
17 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      52.0  2 297
18 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     50.0  5 287
19 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3  3 285
20 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.1  2 224
21 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9  4 221
22 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   51.7  2 205


                              Week's Average Points     4
                              Total Average Points    326

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T r a n s f e r s   a n d   s t u f f
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Bad Wolf United
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   From: Karyn Meaden
     To: @Studmarks
Subject: Third from bottom place under threat

Gah! My boys need a good talking to next week.

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Chairman responds:
Can't it wait till after the season end?   Oh, I see, yes.  Yes they do.  Sorry.

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

5000 - 1 may be, but a joy to behold nonetheless! X

Komapny OUT, 391 M Rojo MU IN

Mane OUT, 838 Antonio WH IN

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Chairman responds:
Indeed, indeed.  1 can only marvel at 1's dominance this season.  Well d'1 you.

DYSWIDT?

Hang on!  Have you just slipped in a couple more transfers?  Give it a rest.

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Thursday, 21 April 2016

Week 37: Arise Lady Karyn

Karyn Meaden: third from bottom
SHE'S DONE IT!

After languishing at the base of the League Table for so long, Karyn Deborah Meaden has finally hoofed herself up to the lofty position of third [from bottom].

While Karyn's Bad Wolf United's score of 9 was enough to leapfrog the backwards-moving Moanchester United it was not enough to clinch a Manager of the Week certificate.  That honour is shared between Guy Harewood and Neil McConaghy.  Guy's Com-a mawhatsit and Neil's Diamonds both scored 18 points.  This has lifted both teams in the League, Guy into second and Neil into ninth.

And talking of Second Place, only 14 points separate seventh from second.

Meanwhile, the Semi-Finals of the OFFL Cup have commenced.  The OFFL Cup Winner will receive a biography of a Dutch manager who has been favourite for the sack all season - Louis Van Goaaaal.

But which teams are embarrassing themselves with their unashamed clamouring for it?

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OFFL Cup
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Semi Finals, Week 38

Radnorshire Tigers v   Inter Milandrover
Alun Edwards                     Smasher

RS-TBOY            v  Moobchester United
Rick Beecroft                   Jon King


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 50.6 13 389
 2 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5 18 352
 3 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  53.1 13 351
 4 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    55.0  4 349
 5 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 10 340
 6 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.4 12 340
 7 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         53.1 12 338
 8 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.7 12 311
 9 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.3 18 307
10 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 51.1 13 304
11 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    50.6  8 299
12 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  8 292
13 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     52.9  7 285
14 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      52.0  3 281
15 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    53.7 17 281
16 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8  7 277
17 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.6  9 270
18 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3 15 270
19 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     50.0  6 253
20 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.1  9 205
21 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9 -1 201
22 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   51.7  3 169


                              Week's Average Points     9
                              Total Average Points    293

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Week 33: Will No One Rid Me of this Troublesome Pushchair?

The Poorest Gag of the Studmarks Season So Far
Mike Smears is still with us.  The bedside vigil has been keeping his weak pulse registering a gentle beeping on the heart monitor machine.  It was the news this week that his Irishpool have won him a Manager of the Week certificate that brought him out of the coma, a coma which he slipped into after pressing send on his last ranting email.

According to his wife, Christine, he's been sitting up in bed joking with the nurses.  In case he relapses, it mustn't be mentioned that he has to share the certificate with Guy Harewood, whose 'Bird Is The Word' inspired 'Com-a ma mau papa com-a mau' also scored 20 points this week.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to OMG Chairman, the order he barked to the governess of his two sired mini-mes was taken a little too seriously by Newcastle's Chairman Mike cAshley: The Governess couldn't decide which pushchair to retrieve from the boot of the Rolls so he flippantly blurted "Get the MacLaren out!".  And the rest is history.

Eat your heart out Henry II.

And that's about as good as it's going to get for this week.  It's now up to you to press the big red button in front of you that'll turn your 'The Voice'-like throne around in acceptance of yet another poorly warbled-out Studmarks.

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OFFL Cup
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Quarter Finals
To be played over Week 35

Radnorshire Tigers    v     Neil's Diamonds
Alun Edwards                 Neil McConaghy

Which Team            v   Inter Milandrover
Rachel Jones                        Smasher

RS-TBOY               v       Guess Hughton
Rick Beecroft                     Nick Reed

Moobchester United    v      Moreton Rovers
Jon King                       Edgar Rayner

Louis Van Goaaal WANTS YOU to read his biography.  

Scratch that - the AUTHOR of the Louis Van Goaaal biography WANTS YOU to read his autobiography on Louis Van Goaaal.  It's about Louis Van Goaaal apparently.

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 50.6 14 360
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    55.0 13 312
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         52.6 14 308
 4 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  53.1  9 308
 5 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  6 306
 6 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5 20 299
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.4 11 297
 8 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.7  9 282
 9 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 11 266
10 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 51.1 10 264
11 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    51.2  6 263
12 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.3  4 262
13 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      52.0  3 258
14 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     52.9 10 251
15 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 14 248
16 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    53.7 19 241
17 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.6 13 239
18 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3  0 234
19 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     50.0 20 230
20 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9  7 200
21 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.1  5 163
22 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   51.7  3 158


                              Week's Average Points    10
                              Total Average Points    261
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