Vote has been passed

Well the voting has finished, with 10 of the 14 participants voting on the resolution to “Allow one transfer per team from now until the end of the current Inter-Transfer window (Jan 2nd)”.

And the results are: Yea – 7 ; Nay 3

This is an overwhelming majority by any standards, thus the change will be made so. In fact as soon as I sent out the text on the vote, I had half a dozen replies, so thanks guys & gals. These are the rules:

• One player transfer ONLY.
• It is NOT an extra free transfer. It will be counted as one of the 12 allowed during the season.
• It is an OPTION of a transfer, so you may or may not use it. It is up to your own personal discretion whether to transfer a player or not
• You may request the transfer at any time between now and Jan 2nd. The transfer will apply from when the request is made. Transfers made during matches will come into effect after that match has finished.
• Normal game rules will apply. So please don’t make the usual mistakes (ye know who ye are):

• stay under £60m
• max of 3 players from any one team …
• 4-3-3 formation

Pre-Christmas Transfer?

Due to current injury crisis / severe lack or form / or out of favour amongst our players, a proposal has come from the floor to allow one player transfer to be made from now until the start of the next inter-transfer window (Jan 3rd). This would not be an extra free transfer, but would be counted as one of the 12 than can be made through the season. Now, it is only a proposal an it will be put to a democratic vote, so it can be either be voted for or against.

To change the rules, I will have to insist on an outright majority for those in favour (YEA). A vote not cast will not be counted either way.

A text has been sent out to everyone this morning. The votes will be counted and the result posted here tomorrow morning (Thursday 13th December).

I’m putting it to a vote because I know that views are divided on the matter, and I don’t want to take any personal responsibility. (You can hear me saying cluck, cluck, cluck…..)

Below is a list of the numbers of players affected on each team, So I don’t think that anyone is going to lose out if it goes through.

Pat Murphy	3
Mikes Magicians	2
Don’s Deadlies	2
Hammer XI	2
Sonya	4
Dermot G	1
Shaybees	2
Dermot Mc	2
Mairead	2
Ola’s Eagles	4
Donies Dynamos	2
Donal G	3
Dans Macs	3
Pats Vultures	4

Smile :)

I was asked to post this picture on the blog by my mum. It’s a long time ago … 1982 I think …. but, who are these good looking lads in the photo who had just received their First Holy Communion, and stood for pictures in the front garden of the Convent afterwards (which is now unfortunately a building site) ?

The two on the  right should be easy … but the third is a little more difficult, cos you can only see a shoulder … but it should be enough to make him out.

The picture is not cropped. What is shown is exactly how the print is. Knowing this, take a guess at who the photographer was.

Une petit problème

You’ve probably noticed that the dates on the tables are displayed in French Now, i’m not trying to be eccentric or anything! I’m having a bit of a problem getting the language settings on my computer back to their former settings. Hopefully I’ll get it sorted sometime soon, but it seems easier said than done.

9 Dec 07

All change again tonight after the final four games of the weekend were played. Pat Murphy, ravaged by injuries had lost his position on top of the leader-board overnight, but has managed to scrape back into the lead thanks in main to a clean sheet and assist from George McCarthy of West Ham. Don’s Deadlies too who had been twenty points off the lead last night has bounced up today with goals and assists from Downing and Anelka, putting him right back in the thick of things. So again we have only five points separating the top three teams, BUT… the teams directly behind are catching up at a ferocious rate. Hammers XI and Dermot G are laying down their markers now. Up 3 and 4 places respectively on the week, they are really making themselves heard. Rosicky’s consolation in the dying seconds for Arsenal was enough to push Dermot up two place in the leaderboard. DermotMc had an average week by his own high standards, but only ten points will see him move up four places also. Only 20 points behind the front runners, these challenging teams mean that it is all up in the air again.

You know, it’s like the Tour de France. There was an early breakaway group, who have dropped weaker riders from the group, and have gained some others form the chasing pack. But, things are getting serious now, and the peleton are making a concerted effort to close things up and leave it for a sprint finish … but we’re not even half way there yet.

But of course, for what goes up, something else must also come down at the same time, so there’s disappointment this week for Sonya, Shay, Dermot Mc, Ola and Dan, who all find themselves slipping slightly down the food chain this week.

It’s amazing to watch the table chopping and changing so often, it makes it fascinating. As the old Chinese proverb states “May we live in interesting times”

I mentioned a good few weeks back how all the Golden clan were grouped near the bottom of the table, and it was a sorry sight for a family that are sporting mad. Indeed those comments now seem like a red rag to a bull, as they now cover the top five places in the weekly table, and are gaining momentum to climb the main leaderboard. Now before Mairead says that she wasn’t down in that mess early on, well neither was she a Golden at that stage either! and as for the Vultures, well their bellies are fat, and they have lost interest in going on!

Late news that Leigton Baines  (Pat Murphy) is out for the next six weeks with a torn hamstring. His team now have more injuries than the Arsenal. Troubled times for the current leader.

9 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Pat Murphy	379	19	144
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	375	28	180
3 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	374	27	153
4 (+3)	Hammer XI	356	36	169
5 (-1)	Sonya	355	20	143
6 (+4)	Dermot G	354	49	171
7 (-2)	Shaybees	350	25	128
8 (-2)	Dermot Mc	349	29	160
9 (-)	Mairead	335	29	119
10 (-2)	Ola’s Eagles	333	19	148
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	327	34	114
12 (+1)	Donal G	313	37	134
13 (-1)	Dans Macs	311	27	106
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	252	23	97
9 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	375	28	180
2 (+6)	Dermot G	354	49	171
3 (-1)	Hammer XI	356	36	169
4 (-1)	Dermot Mc	349	29	160
5 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	374	27	153
6 (-2)	Ola’s Eagles	333	19	148
7 (-1)	Pat Murphy	379	19	144
8 (-1)	Sonya	355	20	143
9 (+1)	Donal G	313	37	134
10 (-1)	Shaybees	350	25	128
11 (-)	Mairead	335	29	119
12 (-)	Donies Dynamos	327	34	114
13 (-)	Dans Macs	311	27	106
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	252	23	97
	Weeks Top Teams (4 déc.to 9 déc.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Dermot G	354	49	171
	Donal G	313	37	134
	Hammer XI	356	36	169
	Donies Dynamos	327	34	114
	Mairead	335	29	119
	Dermot Mc	349	29	160
	Mikes Magicians	375	28	180
	Dans Macs	311	27	106
	Don’s Deadlies	374	27	153
	Shaybees	350	25	128
	Pats Vultures	252	23	97
	Sonya	355	20	143
	Ola’s Eagles	333	19	148
	Pat Murphy	379	19	144

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A New Leader

Its a miracle … a bit of an anomaly, because there were only six games today… and, albeit a very short-lived one for the moment … but it’s still a miracle. Pat Murphy has been shunted off the top position by the Magicians after a very poor day from his troops, and a pretty average one from the Magicians. Murphy has a number of players playing tomorrow, so I would expect him to take the helm tomorrow night again … but I’m going to take this moment for some personal glory.

HUUURRRAAAAYYYYY, I’m on top. (Now expect me to fall down the table as fast as the other table toppers have in the last few months!!! ;o] )

8 dec 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (+1)	Mikes Magicians	373	24	178
2 (-1)	Pat Murphy	369	8	134
3 (+1)	Sonya	353	17	141
4 (-1)	Don’s Deadlies	353	6	132
5 (+1)	Dermot Mc	349	29	160
6 (+1)	Hammer XI	346	26	159
7 (-2)	Shaybees	344	12	122
8 (+1)	Dermot G	336	27	153
9 (-1)	Ola’s Eagles	327	13	142
10 (-)	Mairead	323	17	107
11 (+2)	Donal G	311	26	132
12 (-)	Dans Macs	306	19	101
13 (-2)	Donies Dynamos	305	12	92
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	244	17	89

5 Dec 07

Last night Newcastle and Arsenal played out a 1 – 1 draw. It’s always nice to see the Arsenal leaving in a goal or two, and even more so when they don’t get the win (but even I will admit that they can be a joy to watch). So due to injuries and leaking that goal, most Arsenal players on your teams didn’t pick up many points, except for Shay’s man Adebayor who fired home a tremendous volley at the start of the game. The other man to do well last night, and out of the blue it was too … was Donal G who picked up 9 points for that goal from defender Steve Taylor who made the Arsenal hearts drop. It sees him move to two points from lifting himself from second last, and only eight points from moving away from the drop zone. He seems to be the only one down there that’s performing at the moment.

I though Obafemi Martins would get an assist for his dummy over the ball before Taylor scored, but I see that it has not been awarded this morning Elsewhere, four points for DerG sees him leapfrog up over his better half Mairead.

One other anomily this morning is that even though they had no players playing last night, the Vultures were docked two points from Dean Ashtons total. I don’t know why, but that’s what has happened.

5 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Pat Murphy	361	1	126
2 (-)	Mikes Magicians	349	2	154
3 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	347	0	126
4 (-)	Sonya	336	1	124
5 (-)	Shaybees	332	7	110
6 (-)	Dermot Mc	320	0	131
7 (-)	Hammer XI	320	0	133
8 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	314	0	129
9 (+1)	Dermot G	309	4	126
10 (-1)	Mairead	306	0	90
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	293	0	80
12 (-)	Dans Macs	287	3	82
13 (-)	Donal G	285	9	106
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	227	-2	72

Amazing Touchdown

I know this has nothing at all to do with our Fantasy Football Game, but this has to be one the most amazing touchdown I’ve ever seen in my life.

Missing Players

Here’s a list of the players that have been missing this last while due to injuries, suspensions … or just not good enough. Some of our teams are really suffering.

• Alexander Hleb has re-injured his hamstring, as well as his ankle and looks like being out for a while.
• Cesc Fabregas looks likely to miss two more matches (Newcastle & Middlesboro) due to his hamstring injury.
• Robin Van Persie (PatM,DonalG,DerMc) will not be back for another two or three weeks.
• Anyone know if Rio Ferdinand was injured last night or if he was struck down by the same bug as Patrice Evra?
• Hermann Hreidarsson (Mairead,Sonya,Ola,PatG,Dan) was injured during October/November, but he’s injury free since November 10th. It’s just that he can’t get his place in the Portsmouth defense, and has been on the bench for the last three games. They haven’t left in a goal in a month either, so don’t expect him to break back into the starting lineup soon, unless they’re looking to score a few more goals (they’re scarce at the moment).
• Olivier Kapo (Magicians,DerG, Mairead,Ola,DonalG,Shaybee) did not start the last day for Birmingham in their exciting win over Spurs. It looks like he may fall out of favour with new manager Alex McLeish, and won’t be scoring much from now on in.
• Petr Cech (Sonya,Ola,Shaybee) is due back on December 8th.
• Ricardo Carvalho (Sonya,Don) isn’t due back until December 16th.
• Robbie Keane (PatM,DerMc) is suspended for the next 2 league games after his appeal against his straight red against Birmingham failed. He’s back for the game against Arsenal on December 22nd.

03 Dec 07

For the second week in succession Dermot Mc and Dermot G are up at the top of the weekly high scorers, miles ahead of most other teams. Only a few short weeks ago, they were languishing as no-hopers second-last and third-last in our leader-board. DerMc jumps an amazing four places this week into sixth thanks to an amazing 13 points from Gerrard (who also scored 13 points last week), and with second place only 27 points ahead of him, will be looking to overtake some of the waning former table toppers and stake his claim for the top of the table. DerG moves up to tenth position having made up huge ground on the teams in front of him, and a mere 20 points will take him up to fifth spot. So it’s all to play for in the middle of the table.Pat Murphy holds onto top spot on the table, but another poor showing thanks to three injuries and a poor defensive display are dragging him down. Indeed his only ray of light was a brace of goals from Robbie Keane, who in turn got sent off for and is suspended for the next three weeks after his appeal was rejected. He’s only 13 points ahead of the chasing pair, who are eating into his lead week on week. The Deadlies managed a par with Pat Murphy’s team this week but have slipped down a place thanks to a great week for the Magicians who now look like challenging for top spot over the festive season, after they have made up huge ground in the last five weeks. Sonya and Shaybee continue their slide from the top and will need to pick up their form if they are not to find themselves in the lower reaches of the table.

Fellow strugglers Mairead and Dan have shown some form this week. Maybe they can resurrect themselves again. They both had good starts to the campaign, but have slipped considerably since.

Donies Dynamos however are only going down down down. Their manager refused the chance to change the team, and now he’s paying the price. Fourth last now, and looking like slipping another two places soon. Methinks he’ll settle there for the rest of the season.

• Newcastle v Arsenal this Wednesday night. Expect those with a few Arsenal players to gain a few points here (Sonya, Pat Murphy, Don). Though, I’m hoping Newcastle will pop in a few to stop the Arsenal defenders from getting too many points…. that is assuming their Arsenal players are actually playing and not injured! GO ON OBAFEMI !!! … (ye donkey).
  
• There was some controversy about the three player rule recently, but Mairead thankfully fixed her team, so it didn’t make any difference in the end. That rule will be dropped for the rest of the season from the next transfer window because it’s too much effort.

3 déc. 07	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Pat Murphy	360	22	125
2 (+2)	Mikes Magicians	347	39	152
3 (-1)	Don’s Deadlies	347	23	126
4 (-1)	Sonya	335	17	123
5 (-)	Shaybees	325	21	103
6 (+4)	Dermot Mc	320	45	131
7 (-1)	Hammer XI	320	22	133
8 (-1)	Ola’s Eagles	314	21	129
9 (-)	Mairead	306	30	90
10 (+1)	Dermot G	305	40	122
11 (-3)	Donies Dynamos	293	11	80
12 (-)	Dans Macs	284	28	79
13 (-)	Donal G	276	21	97
14 (-)	Pats Vultures	229	17	74
3 déc. 07	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	347	39	152
2 (-)	Hammer XI	320	22	133
3 (+4)	Dermot Mc	320	45	131
4 (-1)	Ola’s Eagles	314	21	129
5 (+1)	Don’s Deadlies	347	23	126
6 (-1)	Pat Murphy	360	22	125
7 (-3)	Sonya	335	17	123
8 (-)	Dermot G	305	40	122
9 (-)	Shaybees	325	21	103
10 (-)	Donal G	276	21	97
11 (+1)	Mairead	306	30	90
12 (-1)	Donies Dynamos	293	11	80
13 (+1)	Dans Macs	284	28	79
14 (-1)	Pats Vultures	229	17	74
3 déc. 07	This Weeks Top Teams
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Dermot Mc	320	45	131
	Dermot G	305	40	122
	Mikes Magicians	347	39	152
	Mairead	306	30	90
	Dans Macs	284	28	79
	Don’s Deadlies	347	23	126
	Hammer XI	320	22	133
	Pat Murphy	360	22	125
	Donal G	276	21	97
	Ola’s Eagles	314	21	129
	Shaybees	325	21	103
	Pats Vultures	229	17	74
	Sonya	335	17	123
	Donies Dynamos	293	11	80

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