21 Jan 08

Scores as of Monday night 21st Jan. Dan McCarthy had another scorcher this weekend. The second week in a row, and looks like he may pass out the brother soon, after being 90 points behind only two weeks ago!

Elsewhere, it was a stalemate around most of the table, as most teams got between 35 and 45 points, though Mairead closed in on the mid-table group again with a very handsome 50 points, with another player in action tonight.

21 janv. 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	669	39	115
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	611	39	80
3 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	602	42	101
4 (-)	Shaybees	591	44	102
5 (-)	Sonya	585	38	78
6 (+1)	Hammer XI	576	37	96
7 (-1)	Pat Murphy	575	31	56
8 (-)	Dermot G	571	34	81
9 (+1)	Mairead	560	51	100
10 (-1)	Dermot Mc	533	20	44
11 (-)	Dans Macs	524	57	128
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	458	22	71
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	420	9	17
14 (-)	Donal G	396	15	27

Weekly Updates gone bad

I’ll be away for the next few days, and probably won’t be able to get the scores done until Monday evening. Also I’ll be away on holidays from Jan 24th to Feb 9th … so no updates to the scores for two and a half weeks as i’ll be in Kitzbuhel (picture below) enjoying myself … for once

13 Jan 08

Sunday night of the big scoring weekend. Ronaldo with three, Tevez with two. Laursen, Lescott, Ferdinand, and Beletti all scoring from the back, plus Torres, Ashton and Adebahoyor all notching up goals.

12 janv. 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	630	76	76
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	572	41	41
3 (+2)	Ola’s Eagles	560	59	59
4 (+4)	Shaybees	547	58	58
5 (-1)	Sonya	547	40	40
6 (-3)	Pat Murphy	544	25	25
7 (+2)	Hammer XI	539	59	59
8 (-2)	Dermot G	537	47	47
9 (-2)	Dermot Mc (*)	513	24	24
10 (-)	Mairead	509	49	49
11 (+1)	Dans Macs	467	71	71
12 (+1)	Pats Vultures (*)	436	49	49
13 (-2)	Donies Dynamos	411	8	8
14 (-)	Donal G (*)	381	12	12

‘*’ denotes no changes in the transfer window, for whatever reason.

Top Team IT2

This is the best team you could have had for the second Inter Transfer window (Nov 2 – Jan 2). A massive 528 points, far outscoring any of our lame efforts. How many of those players did you have? I think that all but Joe Hart and Sol Campbell were represented on peoples teams.

 

	£	Points
Joe Hart	3	25
William Gallas	7	46
Martin Laursen	3,5	43
Phil Neville	4,5	38
Sol Campbell	5	35
Cristiano Ronaldo	9,0	84
Steven Gerrard	8,0	63
Tim Cahill	5,5	60
Dimitar Berbatov	8	55
Roque Santa Cruz	4	46
Kenwyne Jones	2,5	33
	60	528

Our best team only managed 359 points. We could have beaten that with the following team purchased for only £37m:

 

	£	Points
Joe Hart	3	25
George McCartney	2	22
Martin Laursen	3,5	43
James McEveley	2	9
Stephen Kelly	2	4
Cristiano Ronaldo	9,0	84
Clint Dempsey	2,5	37
Tim Cahill	5,5	60
Mikael Forssell	2,5	25
Kenny Miller	2,5	23
Kenwyne Jones	2,5	33
	37	365

 

 

 

He’s a winner alright !

Mike Cashman cordially accepted his prize as winner of the Inter-Transfer Competition #2 recently. He commented that his recent good form was in no small part to his ability to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to football players. Time and experience has taught him well, but on being pressed further, he admitted that it was a pure fluke that won it for him in the end … after the disaster of the first leg of the campaign, they could only get better. He thanked all the others for not being as lucky as he was, especially for lots of other teams players getting injured at the wrong times, and the good sportsmanship shown by everyone all along.

Unfortunately there were no pictures taken at the presentation, because the press photographer was unable to find the venue, so remote is this place called Tullig. But Cashman as usual wanted to keep a low profile and not to get tongues wagging, so he took his prize and slinked back out of the limelight, and into that shady place that is Tullig House.

However recent news reports are telling us that he has absconded to Vegas to see if he can further increase his prize-winnings, confident he is that his run of luck will continue after his recent success locally. One eagle eyed member of the paparazzi spotted him on the roulette table and grabbed a quick snap before he realised what was happening (as seen in the picture above). The chips were flying, cigars and whiskey were the norm and he was generally living it up with all the trappings of his new found wealth.

But it begs the question … how far could €20 really take him?

Transfer Window 2

The second transfer window is now open, and will remain so until before the games on Jan 12th. The table below shows the number of transfers remaining for the rest of the season and the value of each team (£60m max), so it is a good guide to work off of.

	Team Value	# Transfers Remaining
Dans Macs	59,5	8
Dermot G	58,5	9
Dermot Mc	60,0	9
Don’s Deadlies	60,0	7
Donal G	56,5	13
Donies Dynamos	58,5	13
Hammer XI	57,0	6
Mairead	59,0	8
Mikes Magicians	60,0	5
Ola’s Eagles	59,0	5
Pat Murphy	59,0	6
Pats Vultures	59,5	6
Shaybees	60,0	5
Sonya	59,5	8

 

You can find your current team of players HERE (in last weeks scores). All Player available for selection and their details can be found if you follow these links:

• Goalies
• Defenders
• Midfielders
• Strikers

To assist you when you are in those pages, you can sort the players according to value, points, alphabetical by clicking on the header on top of the lists. Also clicking on each player gives more detailed statistics of points scored in each game.

I’m going to allow one transfer after the transfer window, a bit like the Christmas transfer last time around, partly because I know that people will be screaming to allow a change, but also because the actual transfer premiership transfer window doesn’t end until the end of January … so some players like Lampard, Anelka or others may be moving abroad or to lower divisions where they can be guaranteed their game. But use the transfer wisely, there will be no second one.

I would also recommend getting rid of your African players that are heading off to the African Cup of Nations next week, and the final is scheduled for February 10th. Of course some players may be hole long before this if their countries do poorly. It’s up to you to decide whether to take a chance until they get back or not.

I’d be looking closely at the list of injured & suspended players which can be found HERE, HERE and HERE.

Don’t forget that there’s another transfer window in March, so use all your transfers now at your pearl …. like DJ last year when he bought Larsson in January, knowing full well that he was heading back to Sweden in March … and he left himself no remaining transfers … and down the table he dropped.

The usual rules apply:

• 1 goalie, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 3 strikers
• £60m max team value
• 3 players max from any one team (yes i will enforce it this time)

As I think of more (or as they happen to come into me), i will write them down here.

Inter Transfer 2 Final Scores

The Inter Transfer Competition from November 3rd to Jan 2nd has finished. Mikes Magicians have beaten off the competition with what proved to be a tremendous Christmas for the team as they ran away with the second Inter Transfer competition, and have also soared to the top of the overall leaderboard. He gutted his original team back at the start of November, and this gave him almost immediate results as he has continued to climb the table since. Leading inter-transfer 2 from the second week onwards, he never gave up his lead, and pulled away over the Christmas period.

He is sure to be presented with his prize in the next few days if anyone can track him down, so maybe there will be a photo taken for here too. But knowing his luck, it will be monopoly money that he will get!

 

Team Name	IT2	Christmas (22 Dec – 2 Jan)
Mikes Magicians	359	139
Ola’s Eagles	316	134
Don’s Deadlies	310	109
Dermot G	307	102
Dermot Mc	300	119
Sonya	295	114
Hammer XI	293	103
Pat Murphy	284	109
Shaybees	265	118
Mairead	244	90
Pats Vultures	232	116
Dans Macs	191	60
Donal G	190	51
Donies Dynamos	190	61

 

On a side note, just so you can see how the overall table has changed during the second transfer window, you can see a lot of big movement up and down the table. It seems that most teams have either gone up 5-6 places or fallen 5-6 places. I wouldn’t expect so much movement in the next Inter Transfer window because teams are a little more spread out, teams are a little more settled, and people are running out of transfers to make.

	Team Name	IT2	Christmas	Overall (2/Jan)
1 (+7)	Mikes Magicians	359	139	554
2 (+1)	Don’s Deadlies	310	109	531
3 (-2)	Pat Murphy	284	109	519
4 (+2)	Sonya	295	114	507
5 (+6)	Ola’s Eagles	316	134	501
6 (+6)	Dermot G	307	102	490
7 (+2)	Dermot Mc	300	119	489
8 (-6)	Shaybees	265	118	487
9 (+1)	Hammer XI	293	103	480
10 (-6)	Mairead	244	90	460
11 (-6)	Donies Dynamos	190	61	403
12 (-5)	Dans Macs	191	60	396
13 (+1)	Pats Vultures	232	116	387
14 (-1)	Donal G	190	51	369

 

02 Jan 08

• There have been lots of goals this week with Martin Laursen,Benni McCarthy,Elano,Carlos Tevez,John Utaka and Emmanuel Adebayor all finding the net, and with a number of teams claiming sheets (ManU, Arsenal,Portsmouth,Everton, Man City,Blackburn), points for this set of New Years games have been among the highest in a number of weeks.
• Top man this week was Shay with 53 points. Three goals, three assists, four clean sheets and a few yellow cards saw him put up this big total. So like a football dropped from a height, he’s on the bounce back up the table, picking up two places this week, and lots more in his sights if they’re not careful.
• The Vultures have produced an astonishing display with 51 points this week and have moved off the bottom of the table, and only another sixteen points will see them move up two further places! Little did he think on Christmas morning as he scaled Mushera that he would be in such a position just a week later. But now can they choose wisely for this transfer window, and put his dark days behind him?
• The Magicians have pulled away from the challengers this week, gaining ground on their nearest six challengers, and it very much looks like they have sown up the second inter-transfer window. Their first trophy in Fantasy Football history, all thanks to a sparkling turnaround since the last transfer window.
• The Deadlies see the lead slip further from their grasp again this week, losing a further 21 points on the leader. Injuries and non-selection continue to blight his defense and midfield. He would probably still be on top otherwise, as it has been a problem for the last six weeks
• Shaybee is showing resurgent form again, and is beginning to climb up the table again
• Ola produced a strong display and has moved from a position of barely holding onto fifth to challenging for fourth.
• Pat Murphy is not out of it yet, but will have to do some serious shopping in this transfer window.
• Pat and his current nemesis Sonya, have been having a ding-dong battle over Christmas, exchanging third position a number of times. But Sonya has not challenged this week, and will have to mind her back in case she slips down a notch.
• The two Dermots have settled on the middle ground for this week, continuing their similar form of recent weeks. Much is expected of each of these up and coming managers.
• Mairead had a good week, only to see the teams just above her do even better! But, she’s not far off that big bunch in the middle of the pack. She has a little work to do.
• An awful big gap of sixty points has opened up between tenth and eleventh position in the table. Any of the four teams below that line will find it very difficult to bridge that gap.
• It’s the end of the current Inter-Transfer competition, so therefore you will be able to exchange your players over the next 9 days (until the matches on the 12th Jan). I will post details on the transfer details in due course (tomorrow if i have time).
• Oh … and a very Happy New Year to everyone

Individual player details can be found by clicking this link this is for you DON … but the “more…” link was below the three leaderboard tables all the time … but here it is anyway:

http://tullig.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/02-jan-08/#more-115 

2 janv. 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	554	43	359
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	531	22	310
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	519	31	284
4 (-)	Sonya	507	34	295
5 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	501	39	316
6 (+1)	Dermot G	490	29	307
7 (+2)	Shaybees	489	53	267
8 (-2)	Dermot Mc	489	28	300
9 (-1)	Hammer XI	480	42	293
10 (-)	Mairead	460	39	244
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	403	13	190
12 (-)	Dans Macs	396	22	191
13 (+1)	Pats Vultures	387	51	232
14 (-1)	Donal G	369	19	190
2 janv. 08	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	554	43	359
2 (+2)	Ola’s Eagles	501	39	316
3 (-1)	Don’s Deadlies	531	22	310
4 (-1)	Dermot G	490	29	307
5 (-)	Dermot Mc	489	28	300
6 (-)	Sonya	507	34	295
7 (+1)	Hammer XI	480	42	293
8 (-1)	Pat Murphy	519	31	284
9 (-)	Shaybees	489	53	267
10 (-)	Mairead	460	39	244
11 (-)	Pats Vultures	387	51	232
12 (+2)	Dans Macs	396	22	191
13 (-)	Donal G	369	19	190
14 (-2)	Donies Dynamos	403	13	190
	Weeks Top Teams (31 déc.to 2 janv.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Shaybees	489	53	267
	Pats Vultures	387	51	232
	Mikes Magicians	554	43	359
	Hammer XI	480	42	293
	Mairead	460	39	244
	Ola’s Eagles	501	39	316
	Sonya	507	34	295
	Pat Murphy	519	31	284
	Dermot G	490	29	307
	Dermot Mc	489	28	300
	Dans Macs	396	22	191
	Don’s Deadlies	531	22	310
	Donal G	369	19	190
	Donies Dynamos	403	13	190

click on the “more…” link below to view all teams individual player scores

01 Jan 08

Scores after the six games on New Years Day. Four more games tomorrow.

1 janv. 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	547	36	352
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	522	13	301
3 (+1)	Sonya	507	34	295
4 (-1)	Pat Murphy	506	16	271
5 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	495	33	310
6 (+1)	Dermot G	483	22	300
7 (-2)	Dermot Mc	478	17	289
8 (-)	Hammer XI	468	30	281
9 (-)	Shaybees	463	27	241
10 (-)	Mairead	454	33	238
11 (-)	Donies Dynamos	394	4	181
12 (-)	Dans Macs	393	19	188
13 (+1)	Pats Vultures	368	32	213
14 (-1)	Donal G	362	12	183
1 janv. 08	Inter-Transfer Leaderboard
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	547	36	352
2 (+2)	Ola’s Eagles	495	33	310
3 (-1)	Don’s Deadlies	522	13	301
4 (-1)	Dermot G	483	22	300
5 (+1)	Sonya	507	34	295
6 (-1)	Dermot Mc	478	17	289
7 (+1)	Hammer XI	468	30	281
8 (-1)	Pat Murphy	506	16	271
9 (-)	Shaybees	463	27	241
10 (-)	Mairead	454	33	238
11 (-)	Pats Vultures	368	32	213
12 (+2)	Dans Macs	393	19	188
13 (-)	Donal G	362	12	183
14 (-2)	Donies Dynamos	394	4	181
	Weeks Top Teams (31 déc.to 1 janv.)
	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
	Mikes Magicians	547	36	352
	Sonya	507	34	295
	Mairead	454	33	238
	Ola’s Eagles	495	33	310
	Pats Vultures	368	32	213
	Hammer XI	468	30	281
	Shaybees	463	27	241
	Dermot G	483	22	300
	Dans Macs	393	19	188
	Pat Murphy	506	16	271
	Dermot Mc	478	17	289
	Don’s Deadlies	522	13	301
	Donal G	362	12	183
	Donies Dynamos	394	4	181