24 March 08

just the scores for now. commentary and individual player scores to follow later

24 mars 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	950	57	87
2 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	883	50	83
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	868	44	75
4 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	852	42	60
5 (-)	Shaybees	848	53	85
6 (-)	Hammer XI	832	51	90
7 (+1)	Dans Macs	814	43	72
8 (-1)	Sonya	791	19	38
9 (+1)	Dermot G	789	49	76
10 (-1)	Mairead	789	32	54
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	722	29	52
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	692	25	59
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	648	32	51
14 (-)	Donal G	570	22	40

15 March 08

Scores that should have been out a week ago, but here they are now anyway.

15 march 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	893	30	30
2 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	833	33	33
3 (-)	Pat Murphy	824	31	31
4 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	810	18	18
5 (-)	Shaybees	795	32	32
6 (+2)	Hammer XI	781	39	39
7 (-1)	Sonya	772	19	19
8 (-1)	Dans Macs	771	29	29
9 (-)	Mairead	757	22	22
10 (-)	Dermot G	740	27	27
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	693	23	23
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	667	34	34
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	616	19	19
14 (-)	Donal G	548	18	18

Where are the latest scores?

AAAGGGGHHHHHHHH! Sorry, but i’ll have them up as soon as i get my jig together.hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday. All that then on top of no scores from last week. It’s a secretarial problem, she’s decided to get lazy on me!

Final Transfer Window

As stated before, please get your transfers in  by next Saturday 15th March 12pm. I am not around in the morning so you’ll have to send me a text/email or get them to me some other way.

I will allow changes to be made next week too because it’s generally short notice, but just not retrospectively. So, changes will apply from when they are submitted.

24 players allowed over the season.  Here are the  number of players each team has left to make:

Mikes Magicians	3
Ola’s Eagles	1
Pat Murphy	2
Don’s Deadlies	3
Sonya	1
Shaybees	0
Dans Macs	2
Hammer XI	3
Mairead	7
Dermot G	7
Dermot Mc	8
Pats Vultures	5
Donies Dynamos	10
Donal G	13

13 March 2008

So Dan wins the Inter-Transfer 3 Competition. Please get your last changes in for the end of the season.

12 mars 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	863	27	309
2 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	800	45	299
3 (+1)	Pat Murphy	793	63	274
4 (-2)	Don’s Deadlies	792	31	261
5 (+3)	Sonya	753	43	246
6 (-1)	Shaybees	743	14	254
7 (+2)	Dans Macs	742	41	346
8 (-2)	Hammer XI	742	22	262
9 (-2)	Mairead	735	25	275
10 (-)	Dermot G	713	19	223
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	670	34	181
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	633	46	246
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	597	60	194
14 (-)	Donal G	530	63	161

09 March 08

Pat Murphy is back with a bang. He has shot up two positions this week and put himself into second place overtaking Ola’s Eagles and Don’s Deadlies thanks in main to his Liverpool pair Torres and Gerrard who both scored 22 points each. And all this goes on while he’s otherwise preoccupied with a new addition to his squad!

There was more shuffling around in the middle of the pack this week as a few more personal battles are being played out. Long may the friendly rivalry continue!

Dan Really does look destined for top spot in the inter-transfer window now. 29 points ahead and only 3 games left … surely he has it in the bag!

The scores include last Wednesday’s game and will include the three games next Wednesday, and then the transfer window will open for three days.

9 mars 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	860	24	306
2 (+2)	Pat Murphy	790	60	271
3 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	783	28	282
4 (-2)	Don’s Deadlies	782	21	251
5 (+3)	Sonya	742	32	235
6 (-1)	Shaybees	742	13	253
7 (-1)	Hammer XI	741	21	261
8 (+1)	Dans Macs	733	32	337
9 (-2)	Mairead	726	16	266
10 (-)	Dermot G	712	18	222
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	667	31	178
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	622	35	235
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	567	30	164
14 (-)	Donal G	503	36	134

06 March 08

Only one game this midweek, just a catch-up game for teams that had played a game less than the others in the league. It finished  Liverpool 4 – 0 West Ham, with a hat-trick for Senyor Torres, and another for the Stevie Gerrard despite the fact that he says they are just not good enough. Liverpool as about as good as I’d like them to be, that is to say that they’re languishing in the upper-mid table, of no threat to anyone.

Pat Murphy who has been steadily creeping up the table again, and is now only two points behind third position, having moved himself away from the chasing pack for the moment. He has the pedigree from last year … but has he left it too late?

Dan continues his meteoric rise up the table, and will soon be looking at fifth if at all possible, and then hopefully for him into the real prize-money. He looks odds on now for the inter-transfer crown as he’s 31 points ahead with only one round of games remaining.

7 mars 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	842	6	288
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	766	5	235
3 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	757	2	256
4 (-)	Pat Murphy	753	23	234
5 (-)	Shaybees	729	0	240
6 (-)	Hammer XI	720	0	240
7 (+1)	Sonya	716	6	209
8 (+1)	Dans Macs	715	14	319
9 (-2)	Mairead	710	0	250
10 (-)	Dermot G	697	3	207
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	647	11	158
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	602	15	215
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	544	7	141
14 (-)	Donal G	480	13	111

02 March 08

No games on tomorrow Monday.

2 mars 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	836	19	282
2 (+1)	Don’s Deadlies	761	34	230
3 (-1)	Ola’s Eagles	755	14	254
4 (+2)	Pat Murphy	730	23	211
5 (-1)	Shaybees	729	14	240
6 (-1)	Hammer XI	720	8	240
7 (+1)	Mairead	710	22	250
8 (-1)	Sonya	710	13	203
9 (+1)	Dans Macs	701	16	305
10 (-1)	Dermot G	694	7	204
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	636	13	147
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	587	21	200
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	537	28	134
14 (-)	Donal G	467	35	98

25 Feb 08

After two weeks since the last match because of the FA Cup last weekend and Champions league games, our teams were back in action over the weekend.

Dan has hand another storming week, and looks like passing out a bunch of players in the coming weeks unless his team collapses which really does not look like happening. He’s odds on for the third inter-transfer title, being 26 points ahead of his nearest challenger and 40 or so points ahead of third. His good form is a testament to his bravery with an “all-or-nothing” transfer policy, changing 7 players in one clean sweep, and leaving him with none for the final transfer window. His weekly total of 55 points came mostly from a Torres hat-trick, a brace from Ronaldo, and a goal and clean sheet from Everton defender Lescott.

The hammers also made a bit move as well, scoring a very commendable 47 points, and climbing 2 places in what still is a fierce mid-table battle.

A relatively poor showing by the Deadlies sees him loose second place to the Eagles, and are now finding themselves being slowly sucked into the middle of the table into where many a former leader has disappeared this season.

The Eagles are showing good consistent form, and have finally began to grab a hold onto second place, but will still have to look over their shoulders at the chasing pack. 11 matches to go, and anybody could finish up there yet.

On top however, one wonders if the Magicians are ever going to have a disaster week and get caught by the pack. Now 76 points ahead which is a full two weeks of good scoring  in front. Nothing  is going wrong for them, except maybe for Martin Petrov’s sending off last night for stupidly kicking out in frustration at the end of the game.

For me however the most interesting thing is that only 40 points separate third to tenth, and what happens in there is a real lottery, and to be honest good luck to each and every one of them because they’ll need it.

One final thing though is that i’m not sure when the last game of the current transfer window is. There is no week coming up where there is a full week without games. Two options really: 1)  All transfers in by Saturday March 22nd 12pm (8/9 games left for teams), or 2) Saturday March 15th 12pm (9/10 games left for teams). Personally, I would go for March 15th but for no particular reason at all. Tell me what ye want, cos it’s late in the day for me to be thinking about this now. The fixture list can be found here http://soccernet.espn.go.com/fixtures?league=eng.1&cc=5739

25 févr. 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	817	41	263
2 (+1)	Ola’s Eagles	741	41	240
3 (-1)	Don’s Deadlies	727	26	196
4 (-)	Shaybees	715	34	226
5 (+2)	Hammer XI	712	47	232
6 (-1)	Pat Murphy	707	28	188
7 (-1)	Sonya	697	22	190
8 (+1)	Mairead	688	47	228
9 (-1)	Dermot G	687	36	197
10 (-)	Dans Macs	685	55	289
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	623	17	134
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	566	29	179
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	509	28	106
14 (-)	Donal G	432	6	63

12 Feb 08

The weekend is over, the scores are up. Relatively poor scoring this weekend, but the Magicians on top have lost a little ground on the closing pack, but with only 12 weeks left, there’s some catching up to be done. He’s come back all in one piece to resume his management duties.

Dan has continued his good form of the last 4 weeks, again topping the table, all this time lining up the teams in the other teams in the middle of the table. He must be thinking of a top 4 spot at this stage, or maybe it’s to salvage pride if he wins the inter-transfer which he looks on course to do at present.

A strong weekend for Ola too as she attempts to get back into second spot. Joint top for the week has left her only one point behind  the Deadlies in second who are having a poor third quarter by their own high standards, their form going from good to bad as the weeks progress.

As ever the most interesting is the battle in the middle of the table. Only 40 points separate six teams. I’ve said it before, but it’s a real dogfight in there and it looks like staying that way all the way until the finish.

The Vultures have eaten too much again, and are rooted to the ground … unable to pick up enough points when all teams around them were doing poorly also.

10 feb 08	Overall Leaderboard
Position (change)	Team Name	Total	Week	Inter-Trans
1 (-)	Mikes Magicians	776	24	222
2 (-)	Don’s Deadlies	701	27	170
3 (-)	Ola’s Eagles	700	31	199
4 (+1)	Shaybees	681	30	192
5 (-1)	Pat Murphy	679	24	160
6 (-)	Sonya	675	27	168
7 (-)	Hammer XI	665	18	185
8 (-)	Dermot G	651	18	161
9 (-)	Mairead	641	21	181
10 (-)	Dans Macs	630	31	234
11 (-)	Dermot Mc	606	27	117
12 (-)	Pats Vultures	537	15	150
13 (-)	Donies Dynamos	481	20	78
14 (-)	Donal G	426	11	57