30 Dec 07

30 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (+1)	Mikes Magicians	511	32	316
2 (-1)	Don’s Deadlies	509	23	288
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	488	28	253
4 (-)	Sonya	473	15	261
5 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	462	29	277
6 (+1)	Dermot Mc	461	33	272
7 (-2)	Dermot G	461	21	278
8 (-)	Hammer XI	438	15	251
9 (+1)	Shaybees	436	25	214
10 (-1)	Mairead	421	9	205
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	390	13	177
12 (-)	Dans Macs	374	9	169
13 (-)	Donal G	350	6	171
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	336	10	181
30 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	511	32	316
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	509	23	288
3 (-)	Dermot G	461	21	278
4 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	462	29	277
5 (+1)	Dermot Mc	461	33	272
6 (-1)	Sonya	473	15	261
7 (+1)	Pat Murphy	488	28	253
8 (-1)	Hammer XI	438	15	251
9 (+1)	Shaybees	436	25	214
10 (-1)	Mairead	421	9	205
11 (-)	Pats Vultures	336	10	181
12 (+1)	Donies Dynamos	390	13	177
13 (-1)	Donal G	350	6	171
14 (-)	Dans Macs	374	9	169
	Weeks Top Teams (28 déc.to 30 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Dermot Mc	461	33	272
	Mikes Magicians	511	32	316
	Ola’s Eagles	462	29	277
	Pat Murphy	488	28	253
	Shaybees	436	25	214
	Don’s Deadlies	509	23	288
	Dermot G	461	21	278
	Hammer XI	438	15	251
	Sonya	473	15	261
	Donies Dynamos	390	13	177
	Pats Vultures	336	10	181
	Dans Macs	374	9	169
	Mairead	421	9	205
	Donal G	350	6	171

click on the “more…” link below to see how each player on each team is getting on.

29 Dec 07

Saturday night. Berbatov scoring 4 for Ola in Spurs 6-4 ding dong battle with Reading was the highlight of the day. It pushed her to the top of the table for the week. The Hammers beating United (as usual it seems at this stage), thanks to Christiano Ronaldo’s missed penalty and the hammers scoring a brace almost immediately. Kenwyn Jones scored one at last and had two assists, and of course Tim Cahill scoring again from midfield to keep the Deadlies on top of the table.

Only two games left tomorrow Derby v Blackburn & Liverpool v Man City. Full scores and texts after that.

29 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	503	17	282
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	499	20	304
3 (+1)	Sonya	473	15	261
4 (-1)	Pat Murphy	473	13	238
5 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	456	23	271
6 (-1)	Dermot G	450	10	267
7 (-)	Dermot Mc	447	19	258
8 (-)	Hammer XI	435	12	248
9 (+1)	Shaybees	426	15	204
10 (-1)	Mairead	419	7	203
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	387	10	174
12 (-)	Dans Macs	373	8	168
13 (-)	Donal G	342	-2	163
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	331	5	176
29 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	499	20	304
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	503	17	282
3 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	456	23	271
4 (-1)	Dermot G	450	10	267
5 (-)	Sonya	473	15	261
6 (-)	Dermot Mc	447	19	258
7 (-)	Hammer XI	435	12	248
8 (-)	Pat Murphy	473	13	238
9 (+1)	Shaybees	426	15	204
10 (-1)	Mairead	419	7	203
11 (-)	Pats Vultures	331	5	176
12 (+1)	Donies Dynamos	387	10	174
13 (+1)	Dans Macs	373	8	168
14 (-2)	Donal G	342	-2	163
	Weeks Top Teams (28 déc.to 29 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Ola’s Eagles	456	23	271
	Mikes Magicians	499	20	304
	Dermot Mc	447	19	258
	Don’s Deadlies	503	17	282
	Shaybees	426	15	204
	Sonya	473	15	261
	Pat Murphy	473	13	238
	Hammer XI	435	12	248
	Donies Dynamos	387	10	174
	Dermot G	450	10	267
	Dans Macs	373	8	168
	Mairead	419	7	203
	Pats Vultures	331	5	176
	Donal G	342	-2	163

27 Dec 07

Okay, this is the full list of scores for the 26th & 27th of December. Most of the commentary is in last night’s post, but tonight the news is that Santa Cruz has scored another brace.

27 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	486	33	265
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	479	44	284
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	460	30	225
4 (-)	Sonya	458	38	246
5 (-)	Dermot G	440	37	257
6 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	433	39	248
7 (+3)	Dermot Mc	428	43	239
8 (-2)	Hammer XI	423	25	236
9 (-)	Mairead	412	27	196
10 (-2)	Shaybees	411	17	189
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	377	13	164
12 (-)	Dans Macs	365	22	160
13 (-)	Donal G	344	8	165
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	326	28	171
27 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	479	44	284
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	486	33	265
3 (-)	Dermot G	440	37	257
4 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	433	39	248
5 (+1)	Sonya	458	38	246
6 (+1)	Dermot Mc	428	43	239
7 (-3)	Hammer XI	423	25	236
8 (-)	Pat Murphy	460	30	225
9 (+1)	Mairead	412	27	196
10 (-1)	Shaybees	411	17	189
11 (+2)	Pats Vultures	326	28	171
12 (-1)	Donal G	344	8	165
13 (-1)	Donies Dynamos	377	13	164
14 (-)	Dans Macs	365	22	160
	Weeks Top Teams (24 déc.to 27 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Mikes Magicians	479	44	284
	Dermot Mc	428	43	239
	Ola’s Eagles	433	39	248
	Sonya	458	38	246
	Dermot G	440	37	257
	Don’s Deadlies	486	33	265
	Pat Murphy	460	30	225
	Pats Vultures	326	28	171
	Mairead	412	27	196
	Hammer XI	423	25	236
	Dans Macs	365	22	160
	Shaybees	411	17	189
	Donies Dynamos	377	13	164
	Donal G	344	8	165

click on the “more…” link below to see how each player  on each team is getting on.

26 Dec 07

Stephens Day games provided a whole host of excitement, and a load of goals. Chelsea 4 – Villa 4, Spurs 5 – 1 Funham, S’land 0 – 5 Man U. 29 goals today, and some pretty nice goals to add also, but some defending that not even I was guilty of in my day. Tut tut, kicking the ball out of the goalies hand to hand Steven Gerard the winner.

These scores are just up … and I’ve noticed that some assists are missing … like Lescotts cross for Cahill to hammer home, and probably one for Laursen’s headed pass to Shaun Moloney, before his run and shoot for Petr Cech’s howler … and then there’s the game tomorrow night (Man City v Blackburn) … so I’ll not send the texts out until all the scores are in.

Don’s Deadlies have been clawed in a little by the Magicians this week. They should have had the same number of points, but Van deSaar was injured late, and Patrice Evra was dropped… both would have recorded clean sheets if they were playing. That’s the luck of the game!

Team of the week seems to be that managed by Dermot Mc. With only six players on the pitch yesterday, he clocked up the huge score of 44 points. A brace by the returning Robbie Keane, pure flukes by Phil Neville and Steven Gerrard, and clean sheets by James and Vidic saw him mass the total.

Sonya has moved up into third spot with all her defense recording clean sheets … except for the calamitous Cech. She had every one of her players on the pitch which really means a lot. She has bypassed former leader Pat Murphy’s squad, who has been having a torrid time this December, and looks like he may still fall further. The fans are baying for blood at this stage!

The resurgent Vultures have at last woken up. Now only 19 points from second last. Current form would suggest that he’s going to drag himself out of the mire sometime soon at the expense of his big bro.

Update 27th Dec: Well the assists have come in and the relevent allocation of assists go to shorey(+2), lescott(+2), laursen(+2), berbatov(+4), so the updated tables are:

26 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	476	23	255
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	469	34	274
3 (+1)	Sonya	458	38	246
4 (-1)	Pat Murphy	449	19	214
5 (-)	Dermot G	430	27	247
6 (+4)	Dermot Mc	429	44	240
7 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	423	29	238
8 (-2)	Hammer XI	422	24	235
9 (-)	Mairead	411	26	195
10 (-2)	Shaybees	410	16	188
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	374	10	161
12 (-)	Dans Macs	363	20	158
13 (-)	Donal G	344	8	165
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	325	27	170
26 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	469	34	274
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	476	23	255
3 (-)	Dermot G	430	27	247
4 (+2)	Sonya	458	38	246
5 (+2)	Dermot Mc	429	44	240
6 (-1)	Ola’s Eagles	423	29	238
7 (-3)	Hammer XI	422	24	235
8 (-)	Pat Murphy	449	19	214
9 (+1)	Mairead	411	26	195
10 (-1)	Shaybees	410	16	188
11 (+2)	Pats Vultures	325	27	170
12 (-1)	Donal G	344	8	165
13 (-1)	Donies Dynamos	374	10	161
14 (-)	Dans Macs	363	20	158
	Weeks Top Teams (24 déc.to 26 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Dermot Mc	429	44	240
	Sonya	458	38	246
	Mikes Magicians	469	34	274
	Ola’s Eagles	423	29	238
	Pats Vultures	325	27	170
	Dermot G	430	27	247
	Mairead	411	26	195
	Hammer XI	422	24	235
	Don’s Deadlies	476	23	255
	Dans Macs	363	20	158
	Pat Murphy	449	19	214
	Shaybees	410	16	188
	Donies Dynamos	374	10	161
	Donal G	344	8	165

23 Dec 07

Christmas is upon us and the goose is getting fat. And so it is with Don’s Deadlies again this week for the second week in a row. They have created some more daylight between them and the chasing pack. A brace from Anelka, a strike from Tim Cahill, and a couple of assists from Fabregas supplied him most of his total.  I wonder if he’s going to start running away with things now, but the same players that have propelled him upwards at the moment, were dragging him down the table earlier. All their manager has to say for himself is that “What a nice surprise!”.

Now, as I keep saying, there’s a long way to go … especially over the Christmas period. Three sets of games to go in the next week. There will be lots of twists and turns in  those short days.

It was a horrible weekend for defences. Only Chelsea getting a clean sheet. There’s not many Chelsea defenders on peoples teams since most have shipped out Carvalho in the last two weeks. Maybe it looks like a not so smart move at the moment if Man Utd keep defending the way they are at the moment.

But there has been very little in it this weekend. There’s nothing to separate the crowd in the middle of the table, and not very exciting fare to be honest. I have a feeling however that there will be some some real movers and shakers over the Christmas period.

Anyway for now, a very happy and peaceful Christmas to one and all.

23 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	453	31	232
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	435	20	240
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	430	20	195
4 (-)	Sonya	420	27	208
5 (-)	Dermot G	403	15	220
6 (-)	Hammer XI	398	21	211
7 (+3)	Ola’s Eagles	394	27	209
8 (+1)	Shaybees	394	25	172
9 (-2)	Mairead	385	15	169
10 (-2)	Dermot Mc	385	15	196
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	364	22	151
12 (-)	Dans Macs	343	7	138
13 (-)	Donal G	336	18	157
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	298	27	143
23 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	435	20	240
2 (+1)	Don’s Deadlies	453	31	232
3 (-1)	Dermot G	403	15	220
4 (-)	Hammer XI	398	21	211
5 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	394	27	209
6 (-)	Sonya	420	27	208
7 (-)	Dermot Mc	385	15	196
8 (-)	Pat Murphy	430	20	195
9 (+1)	Shaybees	394	25	172
10 (-1)	Mairead	385	15	169
11 (-)	Donal G	336	18	157
12 (+1)	Donies Dynamos	364	22	151
13 (+1)	Pats Vultures	298	27	143
14 (-2)	Dans Macs	343	7	138
	Weeks Top Teams (17 déc.to 23 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Don’s Deadlies	453	31	232
	Pats Vultures	298	27	143
	Ola’s Eagles	394	27	209
	Sonya	420	27	208
	Shaybees	394	25	172
	Donies Dynamos	364	22	151
	Hammer XI	398	21	211
	Pat Murphy	430	20	195
	Mikes Magicians	435	20	240
	Donal G	336	18	157
	Mairead	385	15	169
	Dermot Mc	385	15	196
	Dermot G	403	15	220
	Dans Macs	343	7	138

Saturday Evening Scores

The O’Riordans and the Vultures have a storming Saturday. Can they keep it up on the Sunday? Only time will tell.

22 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	443	21	222
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	427	12	232
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	425	15	190
4 (-)	Sonya	413	20	201
5 (-)	Dermot G	395	7	212
6 (-)	Hammer XI	391	14	204
7 (-)	Mairead	384	14	168
8 (+2)	Ola’s Eagles	383	16	198
9 (-)	Shaybees	383	14	160
10 (-2)	Dermot Mc	380	10	191
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	360	18	147
12 (-)	Dans Macs	340	4	135
13 (-)	Donal G	327	9	148
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	293	22	138

Football Gets You Talking

Xmas Transfers

These are the one off transfers that have been made so far, since we have allowed one change for injuries over Christmas:

14/dec/07 Sonya: Rio Ferdinand for Carvalho

14/dec/07 Ola: Berbatov for Drogba

15/dec/07 Don: J A Riise for Carvalho

16/dec/07 Dermot Mc: Vidic for Bale (2pm before the utd ‘pool game)

22/dec/07 1:45pm: DJ: Van Persie for Drogba

22/dec/07 am: Shaybee: Paul Scharner for Olivier Kapo

25/dec/07 Dan Mc: Giggs forNani

27/dec/07 Mike: Christiano Ronaldo for Frank Lampard

16 Dec 07

Another weekend of big changes. Long time leader Pat Murphy has fallen two places from the top into third. The Magicians have stayed firmly in second position, but team of the week by a proverbial mile are Don’t Deadlies, who have jumped from third into top spot, after what was a fantastic week for him. A hat-trick from Santa Cruz (I was wondering when he would score again), five assists, three clean sheets saw him cruise in with 48 points for the week. This even though his Blackburn defender left in five and got booked, he still had time to have a hand in two of Santa Cruz’s goals which meant that he came out on par for the day. This is the kind of luck you need sometimes. Indeed it was after the Saturday games that the table reshuffle happened, but the Deadlies extended their lead by a few more points on Sunday … just for good measure.

Even though the Magicians were second best of the week with 40 points (thanks again to Santa Cruz), they still find themselves now seven points adrift of the summit. They now are wondering if they will ever reach that top spot … but thoughts of turning to the Guinness make them think that “good things come to those that wait”.

Pat Murphy too has Santa Cruz, he also had Cesc return from injury and chip in a few points, and had clean sheets from Clichy and Evra, but his team really did poorly otherwise. He’s not out of it by any means, but it is a continuing slide which can only be arrested by a major injection of new blood.

Sonya’s lads are back on form with, 31 points from this Sunday afternoons two games thanks to a goal from Gallas and three clean sheets. Back up to fourth, looking more comfortable and maybe looking like they’re emerging from their few weeks of misery. They’re far from out of the race yet.

Der Golden was heard to say on Saturday evening that he’s looking like he’s going to wrap up the league yet after his good form that afternoon. He’ll have to do a little better than that though. Good is sometimes just not good enough! We all know he has it in him, and there are a lot of games from now to the end of the season. We will see what happens.

I think DJ has has definitely had his purpe patch. A few weeks ago he was looking dangerous as he charged for the top, but now just ten points less and he’ll drop another four places to tenth, cos he’s bunched up in the middle of the table with Mairead, Der Mc, Shaybee and Ola.

Arsenal v Chelsea , Liverpool v Man Utd

16 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (+2)	Don’s Deadlies	422	48	201
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	415	40	220
3 (-2)	Pat Murphy	410	31	175
4 (+1)	Sonya	393	38	181
5 (+1)	Dermot G	388	34	205
6 (-2)	Hammer XI	377	21	190
7 (+2)	Mairead	370	35	154
8 (-)	Dermot Mc	370	21	181
9 (-2)	Shaybees	369	19	147
10 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	367	34	182
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	342	15	129
12 (+1)	Dans Macs	336	25	131
13 (-1)	Donal G	318	5	139
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	271	19	116
16 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	415	40	220
2 (-)	Dermot G	388	34	205
3 (+2)	Don’s Deadlies	422	48	201
4 (-1)	Hammer XI	377	21	190
5 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	367	34	182
6 (+2)	Sonya	393	38	181
7 (-3)	Dermot Mc	370	21	181
8 (-1)	Pat Murphy	410	31	175
9 (+2)	Mairead	370	35	154
10 (-)	Shaybees	369	19	147
11 (-2)	Donal G	318	5	139
12 (+1)	Dans Macs	336	25	131
13 (-1)	Donies Dynamos	342	15	129
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	271	19	116
	Weeks Top Teams (10 déc.to 16 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Don’s Deadlies	422	48	201
	Mikes Magicians	415	40	220
	Sonya	393	38	181
	Mairead	370	35	154
	Ola’s Eagles	367	34	182
	Dermot G	388	34	205
	Pat Murphy	410	31	175
	Dans Macs	336	25	131
	Dermot Mc	370	21	181
	Hammer XI	377	21	190
	Pats Vultures	271	19	116
	Shaybees	369	19	147
	Donies Dynamos	342	15	129
	Donal G	318	5	139

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The Deadlies get deadlier

Don has leapfrogged over Murphy and the Magicians on top, before the crunch games today: Liverpool v Man Utd, and Arsenal v Chelsea.

15 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (+2)	Don’s Deadlies	402	28	181
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	399	24	204
3 (-2)	Pat Murphy	394	15	159
4 (+2)	Dermot G	378	24	195
5 (-1)	Hammer XI	366	10	179
6 (-1)	Sonya	362	7	150
7 (+1)	Dermot Mc	359	10	170
8 (+2)	Ola’s Eagles	356	23	171
9 (-)	Mairead	351	16	135
10 (-3)	Shaybees	348	-2	126
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	341	14	128
12 (+1)	Dans Macs	325	14	120
13 (-1)	Donal G	314	1	135
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	255	3	100