Gameweek 38 and May Manager of the Month

1	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	64	2448
2	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	63	2406
3	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	55	2381
4	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	62	2344
5	Bielsa Ringing Alan Hardy	63	2323
6	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	58	2314
7	INIT FC Mustafa khan	71	2269
8	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	69	2259
9	Game of Stones Ryan Garoghan	70	2219
10	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	40	2218
11	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	59	2216
12	FTM Stu Smith	67	2190
13	Aribo Haribo Paul Hawkins	56	2171
14	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	78	2163
15	Nashton Villa Jaime Nash	51	2150
16	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	49	2144
17	King raggg Steven Darling	68	2144
18	Frostee Rucker Paul Bentz	53	2137
19	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	59	2122
20	Salah Buffoon!!! Jitesh Lakhani	51	2113
21	Deeney in a Bottle Stephanie Cripps	49	2104
22	Cookie fc Peter Cook	45	2091
23	Mour Salt and Pep Noel Driver	36	2086
24	Crazy Leg XI David Caldicott	68	2080
25	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	73	2068
26	Fake Madrid Andrew Wade	72	2067
27	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	80	2063
28	Dinamo Spinks David Spinks	39	2060
29	Musttryharder fc Paul Telford	44	2047
30	Need son luck Matt Jarvis	48	2042
31	Kompany & Co DEAN CRIPPS	63	2037
32	PenshawPerformers david bruce	39	2031
33	The Big Lewandowski Paul Callaghan	77	2025
34	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	68	2013
35	Dropit like its Hart Jason Earwicker	65	1999
36	Hemel Hotspurs Paul Jarvis	67	1999
37	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	93	1998
38	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	31	1995
39	Puddle Splash Van Ian Williams	88	1995
40	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	76	1978
41	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	53	1964
42	El Loco No Joko Paul Murray	61	1962
43	It’s coming home scott mcgow	68	1961
44	Pique Blinders Colin Goulding	60	1934
45	Hoose Reus James Whitfield	52	1924
46	Morningblues Jeff Morning	58	1901
47	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	55	1876
48	ClipityKlopptotitle tanya thursby	66	1871
49	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	56	1796
50	Ross’s champions darren frankland	60	1714

 

May Manager of the Month – Queen of the North – Dorine Reacher – 76 points

The two week sprint to become May manager of the month was won by Queen of the North. Despite racking up some big totals over the season and winning three weekly awards (the joint highest), consistency was lacking. They won by a point, playing their free hit and bench boost in the last two weeks. A curious decision which only just worked.

Manager of the week – Atletico Chappers – Richard Chapman – 93 points

Chappers’ season panned out in a similar fashion to QOTN’s. Occasional mega totals were lost in among a sea of guff. This is also their third weekly triumph. They challenged for the highest weekly score prize with a 121 point total in GW35 and won the February manager of the month off the back of an 86 point haul in GW27 – the 1,226th best score in the world that week. Chappers regularly jumped a million in rank one week only to plummet back to where they started the next.

Player of the week – Nathaniel Mendez-Laing – Cardiff City – 16 points

Only 3,002 players benefited from Mendez-Laing’s weekly high in the entire game. He claims Cardiff’s fourth weekly player accolade, two more than the “team” they beat this week, Manchester United. In fact, United only managed two player awards, joint equal lowest with Fulham and Huddersfield. Cardiff went down on a deserved high given the tragedy that beset them earlier in the season.

Bargain of the week – Fabian Schar – Newcastle United – 15 points

Schar’s third player award – one more than Manchester United. An impressive return for a cut price Newcastle defender who only played two thirds of the season’s games. Newcastle were on the right side of a typical GW38 thumping with the Swiss scoring, keeping a clean sheet and collecting top bonus.

Twat of the week – Jose Holebas – Watford – -4 points

Picked up the first twat of last season and the last of this – plus a few more in between I think. This list isn’t complete without an appearance from Jose. Well done son. You made it.

Goal of the week – Jefferson Lerma. Screamer 1m48s.

Gameweek 34 results

1	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	42	2128
2	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	75	2123
3	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	42	2104
4	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	45	2063
5	Bielsa Ringing Alan Hardy	44	2018
6	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	43	1997
7	INIT FC Mustafa khan	82	1991
8	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	43	1973
9	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	64	1946
10	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	56	1944
11	FTM Stu Smith	43	1938
12	Aribo Haribo Paul Hawkins	59	1920
13	Deeney in a Bottle Stephanie Cripps	54	1896
14	Game of Stones Ryan Garoghan	36	1894
15	King raggg Steven Darling	90	1891
16	Frostee Rucker Paul Bentz	44	1879
17	Nashton Villa Jaime Nash	86	1879
18	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	62	1862
19	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	34	1859
20	Dinamo Spinks David Spinks	71	1858
21	Cookie fc Peter Cook	42	1855
22	Salah Buffoon!!! Jitesh Lakhani	65	1845
23	Mour Salt and Pep Noel Driver	54	1834
24	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	58	1831
25	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	55	1817
26	Kompany & Co DEAN CRIPPS	67	1805
27	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	59	1795
28	Musttryharder fc Paul Telford	74	1789
29	PenshawPerformers david bruce	59	1785
30	Fake Madrid Andrew Wade	49	1785
31	Crazy Leg XI David Caldicott	38	1782
32	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	39	1776
33	Need son luck Matt Jarvis	49	1775
34	Dropit like its Hart Jason Earwicker	59	1742
35	Hemel Hotspurs Paul Jarvis	48	1742
36	The Big Lewandowski Paul Callaghan	84	1737
37	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	67	1731
38	El Loco No Joko Paul Murray	62	1727
39	Morningblues Jeff Morning	70	1723
40	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	84	1722
41	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	33	1715
42	Pique Blinders Colin Goulding	66	1702
43	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	47	1689
44	Puddle Splash Van Ian Williams	70	1687
45	Hoose Reus James Whitfield	72	1685
46	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	46	1665
47	It’s coming home scott mcgow	85	1650
48	ClipityKlopptotitle tanya thursby	74	1641
49	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	55	1544
50	Ross’s champions darren frankland	57	1475

 

Top of the league – The Craggy Islanders – 2128 points

The three way battle for Buckets supremacy took another twist this week. The Islanders remain top, but theirs and Albions less than average totals opened the door for Da Pitch to creep back into real contention. The Islander’s wildcard was played with more than one eye on next weeks fixtures, but Brighton’s total failure as a double gameweek team this week let them and many others down. No goals scored and seven conceded is not what was wanted. Some managers fell even further into the trap and captained a Brighton defender. It’s a cruel irony that the best bet would have been to stick with those single gameweeking bloody Bournemouth players who hammered the first five past the hapless Seagulls defence. Take some consolation in the fact that Brighton defender Shane Duffy backed himself in his own fantasy side. Bizarrely, however, he also had Callum Wilson in his attack!

Manager of the week – King Raggg – Stephen Darling – 90 points

King Raggg accumulated 31 points from Bournemouth assets, as well as healthy contributions from captain Christian Eriksen and Raheem Sterling, to post an impressive 90 point total. It puts them top of the monthly league at the halfway stage. Not a single Brighton player in sight. A wise move.

Player of the week – Lucas Moura – Tottenham Hotspur – 21 points

Spurs players were popular among most managers and not just those on a wildcard ahead of next week’s double. Any team playing Huddersfield almost guarantees some return. Even before Dele Alli was ruled out, Lucas Moura should have come into contention for many more teams than he did, considering the likely rotation ahead of their European fixture in the midweek. Son was benched but nabbed a late assist much to the relief of many managers -and Christian Eriksen provided the same return in a 90 minute performance. This paved the way for Moura to provide a hat trick, top bonus and a load of hindsight.

Bargain of the week – Sean Morrison – 16 points

And in the end the best double gameweeker came from Cardiff. One point from the Burnley game was followed up with fifteen against Brighton. Its Morrison’s eighth clean sheet – Cardiff’s ninth overall. Brighton have kept six. Weren’t Cardiff the better bet for points in the first place?

Twat of the week – Troy Deeney – Watford – -2 points

Deeney was another popular choice on wildcard ahead of the double. He’ll play no further part in that. Watford will have to look to Andre Gray or Isaac Success to maintain their quest for the best of the rest. Some fantasy managers will be less enthused to make the same switch I imagine.

Goal of the week – Mohamed Salah. 1m08s

Gameweek 20 results and December manager of the month

1	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	72	1235
2	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	55	1233
3	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	43	1228
4	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	55	1226
5	Thelma and Luiz Trevor Gordon	59	1190
6	Bielsa Ringing Alan Hardy	46	1173
7	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	74	1169
8	Frostee Rucker Paul Bentz	39	1164
9	Game of Stones Ryan Garoghan	50	1164
10	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	45	1163
11	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	44	1163
12	FTM Stu Smith	56	1157
13	King raggg Steven Darling	41	1137
14	Deeney in a Bottle Stephanie Cripps	43	1134
15	INIT FC Mustafa khan	61	1133
16	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	55	1124
17	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	50	1107
18	Cookie fc Peter Cook	44	1100
19	Aribo Haribo Paul Hawkins	54	1092
20	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	81	1090
21	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	74	1086
22	Mour Salt and Pep Noel Driver	36	1082
23	PenshawPerformers david bruce	74	1081
24	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	46	1080
25	Nashton Villa Jaime Nash	54	1079
26	Kompany & Co DEAN CRIPPS	50	1071
27	Fake Madrid Andrew Wade	55	1070
28	Dinamo Spinks David Spinks	53	1063
29	Morningblues Jeff Morning	54	1056
30	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	38	1055
31	Need son luck Matt Jarvis	50	1049
32	Musttryharder fc Paul Telford	34	1047
33	Dropit like its Hart Jason Earwicker	28	1043
34	Crazy Leg XI David Caldicott	40	1039
35	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	31	1037
36	Salah Buffoon!!! Jitesh Lakhani	43	1030
37	El Loco No Joko Paul Murray	45	1022
38	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	58	1019
39	Hemel Hotspurs Paul Jarvis	43	1013
40	The Big Lewandowski Paul Callaghan	46	1002
40	Hoose Reus James Whitfield	35	1002
42	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	55	1001
43	ClipityKlopptotitle tanya thursby	32	996
44	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	71	996
45	It’s coming home scott mcgow	64	976
46	Pique Blinders Colin Goulding	38	966
47	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	50	947
48	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	51	946
49	Puddle Splash Van Ian Williams	42	931
50	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	38	914

51

Ross’s champions darren frankland

58

858

 

Manager of the week AND December manager of the month – Rip Roaring Reds – Sean Whyton – 375 points

Last update I posted a league table of the runners and riders for the December manager of the month prize. It was the top 12 from Frostee Rucker who were out in the lead on 335 points down to Fake Madrid on 300 points. The Reds weren’t in that twelve. They were probably about 15th or 16th. They’re in at number one in the week that matters. With a bullet. Taking the manager of the week accolade to seal the monthly prize makes it even more impressive. And it’s boosted them 10 places in the overall rankings from 30th to 20th. It’s rare to jump that many places at this point in the season. You need a very, very good week to achieve that. Ousting one misfiring City asset in Leroy Sane and replacing him with Paul Pogba and then captaining him was the catalyst. A brave move that paid off handsomely.

Player of the week – Paul Pogba – Manchester United – 18 points

City players out. United players in. Not least the one player in red whose caused the most controversy, been the biggest talking point, been the most divisive, been the most disappointing. Not any more. Under Solksjaer, Pogba has hit three double figure scores in succession. That’s Salah-esque. For 5 million less. Can you afford to be without him? And his mates. It reminds me of Leicester’s championship winning season when everyone could afford to have Vardy and Mahrez because they were so damn cheap. You can have a triple pick of Pogba, Lingard, Martial and Rashford for the same price as Sterling and Aguero.

Bargain of the week – Neil Etheridge – Cardiff City – 15 points

Joining Callum Wilson as the only player to gain two weekly high scores, Neil Etheridge has risen to the second highest scoring keeper, keeping five clean sheets, saving three penalties, including one in this game, and making a shitload of saves – more than any other stopper. He’s way ahead of any other keeper in his price bracket, but still, more of us feel safer with the greasy gloves of Joe Hart and Lukasz Fabianski.

Twat of the week – Shkodran Mustafi – Arsenal – -1 points

What happened to the North London derby Arsenal? Only PEA seems capable of keeping up his pace of scoring. I’m not sure there’s ever been a more untrusted Arsenal defensive collective in fantasy league history. There is no Arsenal player on the first page of defenders.

Goal of the week – Victor Camarasa. 

 

Gameweek 6 results

1	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	71	429
2	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	65	428
3	King raggg Steven Darling	76	395
4	Game of Stones Ryan Garoghan	61	387
5	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	61	386
6	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	59	385
7	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	58	385
8	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	54	381
9	Cookie fc Peter Cook	40	367
10	Mour Salt and Pep Noel Driver	72	366
11	Need son luck Matt Jarvis	70	364
12	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	65	362
13	The Big Lewandowski Paul Callaghan	53	362
14	Deeney in a Bottle Stephanie Cripps	50	362
15	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	58	359
16	Bielsa Ringing Alan Hardy	71	358
17	Frostee Rucker Paul Bentz	35	355
18	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	48	349
19	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	53	347
20	Hoose Reus James Whitfield	48	345
21	Musttryharder fc Paul Telford	59	341
22	Thelma and Luiz Trevor Gordon	54	340
23	PenshawPerformers david bruce	46	339
24	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	50	337
25	Kompany & Co DEAN CRIPPS	48	336
26	CAS Vampire Slayers Mustafa khan	58	335
27	Crazy Leg XI David Caldicott	56	332
28	FTM Stu Smith	60	331
29	Aribo Haribo Paul Hawkins	68	327
30	Morningblues Jeff Morning	58	322
31	ClipityKlopptotitle tanya thursby	65	320
32	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	61	319
33	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	62	316
34	Dropit like its Hart Jason Earwicker	53	315
35	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	58	314
36	Fake Madrid Andrew Wade	61	313
37	Pique Blinders Colin Goulding	49	312
38	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	58	310
39	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	77	304
39	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	54	304
41	Nashton Villa Jaime Nash	79	301
42	Dinamo Spinks David Spinks	59	296
43	Hemel Hotspurs Paul Jarvis	52	289
44	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	63	288
45	It’s coming home scott mcgow	72	285
46	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	48	283
47	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	50	278
48	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	57	276
49	Ross’s champions darren frankland	60	265
50	Puddle Splash Van Ian Williams	48	261

51	El Loco No Joko Paul Murray	44	260
52	Salah Buffoon!!! Jitesh Lakhani	54	254

 

 

Top of the league – But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 – Trev Reams – 429 points

Da battle for supremacy between Da Pitch and Perfidious continues with both cruising past da 400 point mark way ahead of anyone else, but it’s da former who have a slender one point advantage after outscoring their rivals this gameweek. Both sit in the top 10,000 overall and both lead the way in the battle for the September manager of the month.

1	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	71	218
2	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	65	204
3	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	59	201
4	King raggg Steven Darling	76	193
5	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	77	188

However, both have wildcarded, as have Slabhead. Could someone from further back steal ahead and claim the September prize?

Manager of the week – Jaime Nash – Nashton Villa – 79 points

A welcome change in fortunes for last season’s runner up who has jumped almost a million places in the overall game. Disappointingly it only equates to three Buckets positions, but it’s a step in the right direction after having spent the opening weeks struggling to get over average scores and gaining no real boost from an early wildcard in gameweek 3. Villa took an 8 point hit for transfers and two of the three new boys returned 9 points – Joe Hart and James Maddison. Goals from Salah (c), Kane and Aguero, and clean sheets and bonuses from double-barreled full backs topped the total up nicely.

Player of the week – Joel Matip – Liverpool – 15 points

It wasn’t Ryan Fraser, the most transferred in player. He continued that curse by winding up on the end of a 4-0 thumping at the hands of the league’s bottom club. Thanks Ryan. After a few near misses a Liverpool player has finally found their place on the honours board. Matip completed a near clean sweep of defensive points. He was only missing the assist. And you can bag him for less than £5 million.

Bargain of the week – Ashley Barnes – Burnley – 12 points

Burnley finally have a win on the board and a second clean sheet to add to the one they picked up in gameweek 1. Their season appears to have started now the international break has passed and their European adventure has come to a premature end. A lot of their players suffered price drops through those opening weeks, Barnes being one of them. If their season is going to pick up, maybe he and one or two others will come on to our radar. It was his scoring prowess off the bench last season that eventually earned him more starts and he became a useful third striker to own.

Twat of the week – Wesley Hoedt – Southampton – -1 points

It probably should be a Cardiff player who are now shipping goals as we expected them to – four last week and five in this. Wesley Hoedt decided he’d score an own goal in a 3-0 defeat, which doesn’t do much for your fantasy cred.

Goal of the week – Joao Moutinho.

Gameweek 2 results

1	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	89	191
2	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	86	175
3	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	88	172
4	Game of Stones Ryan Garoghan	79	171
5	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	77	170
6	King raggg Steven Darling	82	166
7	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	83	164
8	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	95	159
9	The Big Lewandowski Paul Callaghan	84	158
9	CAS Vampire Slayers Mustafa khan	81	158
11	Deeney in a Bottle Stephanie Cripps	85	157
12	Crazy Leg XI David Caldicott	78	155
13	Hoose Reus James Whitfield	87	154
14	DoubleDee Noel Driver	79	149
15	Musttryharder fc Paul Telford	92	148
15	Bielsa Ringing Alan Hardy	87	148
17	Thelma and Luiz Trevor Gordon	86	147
18	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	54	145
18	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	63	145
18	PenshawPerformers david bruce	80	145
21	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	69	143
21	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	74	143
23	Kompany & Co DEAN CRIPPS	93	142
24	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	86	139
25	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	69	133
26	Need son luck Matt Jarvis	70	127
27	Frostee Rucker Paul Bentz	53	126
28	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	71	125
29	Cookie fc Peter Cook	68	121
30	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	71	119
30	ClipityKlopptotitle tanya thursby	48	119
32	Hemel Hotspurs Paul Jarvis	66	118
33	Aribo Haribo Paul Hawkins	49	117
34	Fake Madrid Andrew Wade	63	115
35	FTM Stu Smith	70	113
36	It’s coming home scott mcgow	68	109
37	Ross’s champions darren frankland	76	108
38	Dropit like its Hart Jason Earwicker	54	108
39	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	54	106
40	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	58	106
41	Dinamo Spinks David Spinks	45	102
42	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	47	102
43	El Loco No Joko Paul Murray	51	99
44	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	65	99
45	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	51	98
46	Pique Blinders Colin Goulding	59	98
47	Morningblues Jeff Morning	54	91
48	Nashton Villa Jaime Nash	40	91
49	Salah Buffoon!!! Jitesh Lakhani	45	88
50	Puddle Splash Van Ian Williams	45	87

51	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	43	85
52	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	41	68

 

Manager of the week – Upper Bullens – Andy Taylor – 95 points

Storming starts by lots of managers all thanks to doubling and tripling up on the two title favourites. Six goals for Liverpool without reply and eight for Manchester City with a single goal in the against column have helped towards some impressive looking totals in the first two weeks. There were three more 90+ scores and over half of us topping the 60 point average. And most of those were as a result of having Sergio Aguero as captain. The home tie against Huddersfield was too much to resist and the City striker duly delivered to the tune of 40 points with the armband. Bullens were the best with Marcos Alonso contributing 13 points and being one of only two players to post two double figure scores; and Richarlison scoring his third goal of the season and adding 9 more points to the 14 he got last week. They move up to eighth overall and lie just over 30 points behind the leaders, Perifidious Albion, who opted for a curious wildcard and could have surpassed the century mark again had they captained Sergio over that Harry Kane bloke. I’m not having that prick anywhere near my team this year.

Player of the week – Sergio Aguero – Manchester City – 20 points

This year’s Kane? Blanks then hat tricks. Then blanks. Then hat tricks. As long as it’s alternate weeks. Given the run of fixtures City have, it could be every week. They don’t get tough till October. The run till then sees them take on the other five promoted teams of the last two seasons.

Bargain of the week – Neil Etheridge – Cardiff City – 16 points

The goalkeeper no-one wanted. The goalkeeper with twice as many points as pretty much every other keeper. How long can that last? As long as Cardiff keep conceding penalties – it can last forever.

Twat of the week – Terence Kongolo – Huddersfield Town – -3 points

Huddersfield started last season with a run of clean sheets. Although that was never likely to happen coming up against Chelsea and City in their first two games, it looks like, with nine goals conceded, that they’re the team to avoid for defensive options. Five of the seven defenders that have turned out for them so far this season still haven’t made it past 0 points. Three of them have minus scores. One of them is Terence Kongolo.

Goal of the week – Will Hughes.