Gameweek 1 results

1	Finn Harps FPL Trevor Gordon	80	80
2	Fritzel Palace Trev Reams	79	79
3	Craques Tyrone R	77	77
3	Who Ate All Depays? Owen Lloyd	77	77
3	For Fox Sake Phil Woolgrove	77	77
3	Real Cliffe James mulrooney	77	77
7	The Ka of Kaark Kathryn Swift	76	76
8	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	75	75
9	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	74	74
9	FCChummy Nathan Cameron	74	74

11	Egg Fried Reus Ryan Garoghan	72	72
11	Blakes11 Steven Darling	72	72
13	Cotton & Guns Patrick Martin	71	71
13	Thunderstruck FC Robert Frost	71	71
13	Marsch on Together Michael Williams	71	71
16	BACK OF THE NET Darren Frankland	70	70
16	Frechfield United Kris Mohindra	70	70
18	Pain in Diaz Richard Clarke	69	69
19	Yellow Submarine Ben Lawson	68	68
20	Flavian five stars FLAVIAN LITORO	67	67

Finn Harps FPL are our GW1 leaders. They have amassed 80 points with, perhaps, Dejan Kulusevski and Erling Haaland being their key players. Kulusevski stepped in where his more illustrious and expensive Spurs teammates failed, also outscoring the more popular picks in that desirable group of £8 million rated midfielders. Other than Salah, Haaland was the only premium midfielder or attacker to hit double figures. Having Salah made little difference. Everybody else did and pretty much everybody else captained him.

Our highest placed non-Salah captaining manager was ShakeItDown in 23rd place, who took a worthwhile punt on his team mate, Darwin Nunez. He’s a player who is bound to be in a lot more people’s thoughts now. Including pre-season, Darwin has come off the bench to score in every game he has played for Liverpool.

Kane captainers were the big losers this week. Tottenham cruised to victory as expected and when they score four you expect him to at least grab an assist. Son obliged, Kane didn’t. Choosing Kane over Haaland places you no higher than 19th in this league and around 1.5 million in overall rank. Managers have already started to act. Haaland has risen in price, while Kane has dropped. Bear in mind that Spurs travel to Chelsea, and Manchester City welcome newly promoted Bournemouth in GW2. It’s a big call. Who’s making it?

Manager of the week	Mustafa Khan	INIT FC!!!	85 pts
Player of the week	Pascal Gross	Brighton & Hove Albion	15 pts
Bargain of the week	Fabian Schar	Newcastle United	15 pts
Twat of the week	Mohammed Salisu	Southampton	-2 pts

Goal of the week

For the newcomers, I don’t just post videos of Newcastle goals every week. Fabian Schar at 1m50s.

Gameweek 1 results

1	Mission Impossible Roy Staines	117	117
2	MurderonZidaneFloor shamil gillani	111	111
2	HHB All-stars Simon Barker	111	111
4	Jonterrysallgold john kirby	107	107
4	Moves like Agger Ben Jacklin	107	107
6	Six times Harrison Smith	104	104
7	Cotton & Guns Patrick Martin	102	102
7	Gingerfizz Noel Driver	102	102
9	Alice in wonderland Tim Dodd	101	101
9	Saka spuds Paul Callaghan	101	101

11	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	100	100
11	But da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	100	100
13	Dave’s Dreamers David Phillips	99	99
13	see ya latte Stu Smith	99	99
15	Homerton Academical Adam Burnett	97	97
16	JazeeJoe. Ian Driver	96	96
17	Runners Tyrone R	95	95
18	Panic! At the Xisco Ryan Garoghan	94	94
18	Finn Harps FPL Trevor Gordon	94	94
18	musttryharder fc Paul Telford	94	94

Welcome back. It’s like you’ve never been away. And you would be forgiven for thinking you were looking at the table from the end of last season. Honestly, this league isn’t sponsored by Mission Impossible.

They’re back on top. They’ve been there since February. They almost produced a full house of points returns with only Luke Shaw and Robert Sanchez falling short. Bruno Fernandes and Mohamed Salah were obvious picks, and MI, along with pretty much everybody else bagging an 80+ score, drafted them into their midfield. The majority captained the Liverpool player. I have spotted a few Bruno captainers, but strangely, they tended not to have picked Salah as well. I guess if you had both – Salah against Norwich felt like the better option.

Altogether, twelve teams surpassed the 100 point barrier. Salah, for the fifth consecutive season, has contributed a scoring start. Was anybody tempted to triple captain? It’s a must for next season surely?

Manager of the week	Roy Staines	Mission Impossible	117 points
Player of the week	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	20 pts
Bargain of the week	Emmanuel Dennis	Watford	12 pts
Twat of the week	Junior Firpo	Leeds United	-1 pts

Goal of the week

Something for Leeds to cheer about. 1m07s for Luke Ayling’s goal.

Gameweek 1

1	Lovleybudd scott mcgow	102	102
2	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	92	92
2	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	92	92
4	Craques Tyrone R	90	90
4	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	90	90
6	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	80	80
7	Tbc Jitesh Lakhani	77	77
7	Terence Trent D’Arby Scott Denyer	77	77
7	Tuanzebe Does Dallas Trevor Gordon	77	77
10	Mission Impossible Roy Staines	76	76

11	Bruno’s Boys Patrick Martin	74	74
11	RoboBongoCocuKlopp James Whitfield	74	74
13	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	72	72
13	Massive Bereavement Simon Barker	72	72
13	Homerton Academical Adam Burnett	72	72
13	Yellow Snow Ben Lawson	72	72
17	Yellow Army Stephanie Cripps	71	71
18	Teddy’s Superstars Robert Frost	70	70
19	koch Blocked FC Paul Murray	68	68
19	raycrawfordscrackers Rob Hewer	68	68

We’re back. Welcome new managers and lots of them. I’ve tidied up the blog quite a bit. Thanks COVID. Being at home for 6 months afforded me a bit of time to figure out some WordPress basics.

For, I think, the fourth consecutive season, we’ve an opening day score over the 100 point barrier. Congratulations to Lovleybudd. I’m doubtless going to spell that wrong every single time I type it. Their 102 points was managed using just nine outfield players. Crucially, Mo Salah was handed the armband. And there was significant input from Romain Saiss, Willian and Jamie Vardy, all contributing double figure scores. It sets a good early marker for the highest single gameweek prize. As we’ve seen, COVID-era scores, for whatever reason, are proving to be set at a much higher average, so it may be broken next week.

The majority of the league went with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as captain. He appeared in 75% of squads, more than any other player and was subsequently captained by just under half of those. Tellingly, eight out of the top ten teams opted for Salah. Aubameyang’s single goal was paired with a booking in the first half. West Ham are up next. I wonder if many managers will jump ship this early with such a tasty fixture round the corner. Liverpool and Salah face a much tougher test against Chelsea.

Elsewhere, Craques just couldn’t wait to play their first chip. Why not? As with the previous four seasons, GW1 is not averse to big scores. 90 points from a bench boost is not to be sniffed at. Lets see if the rest of us fair any better when the double gameweeks roll round.

At the bottom, Lucas defied all logic, picking four players without a fixture, two that were never likely to play and captaining Jordan Ayew. Maverick.

Manager of the week	Scott McGow	Lovelybudd	102pts
Player of the week	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	24pts
Bargain of the week	Jeff Hendrick	Newcastle United	15pts
Twat of the week	John Egan	Sheffield United	0pts

Goal of the week

Reece James scored a screamer for Chelsea but my goal of the week came from this game. Salah’s was good (1m44s) but Mateusz Klich’s (2m05s) was cheeky.

Gameweek 1 results

1	Cook Pass Babtridge Marcus Baker	99	99
2	RED FIVE mark frankland	96	96
3	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	94	94
4	Rico United JASON REACHER	92	92
5	FTM Stu Smith	91	91
6	Getthebubbleonbud scott mcgow	90	90
7	To do is to dare Matt Jarvis	89	89
8	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	88	88
8	Locky Bauer Bowyer Paul Hawkins	88	88
10	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	86	86

We’re off. GW1 has delivered. We had a 100+, three 90+ and a top nine all above 80 points last season. We’ve arguably bettered that this season. Although not topping the century mark, we did see a third of our teams better 80 points. Just about everybody in the top half picked Mo Salah and Raheem Sterling. We all preferred Salah as the captain choice but it was the Man City man who came out on top in terms of points. He delivered a season starting hat trick in a regular routine victory over West Ham and with it came an almost instantaneous price rise. Cook Pass Babtridge’s week winning score owed more to their differential picks, namely Willy Boly and Divock Origi. Origi may not start again for a while once Sadio Mane’s back, but it was worth the one week punt at £5.5 million to get the 12 points he served up.

Manager of the week – Marcus Baker – Cook Pass Babtridge – 99 points

Player of the week – Raheem Sterling – Manchester City – 20 points

Bargain of the week – Eric Pieters – Burnley – 14 points

Twat of the week – Grant Hanley – Norwich City -2 points

Goal of the week – Tanguy Ndombele 

Debut goal. Looks like one to monitor. (1m12s in)

 

 

Gameweek 1 results

1	Perfidious Albion Andrew Swift	102	102
2	But Da Pitch Ain’t 1 Trev Reams	93	93
3	Game of Stones Ryan Garoghan	92	92
4	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	91	91
5	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	89	89
6	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	84	84
6	King raggg Steven Darling	84	84
8	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	82	82
9	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	81	81
10	CAS Vampire Slayers Mustafa khan	77	77
10	Crazy Leg XI David Caldicott	77	77
12	The Big Lewandowski Paul Callaghan	74	74
12	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	74	74
14	Frostee Rucker Paul Bentz	73	73
15	Deeney in a Bottle Stephanie Cripps	72	72
16	ClipityKlopptotitle tanya thursby	71	71
17	DoubleDee Noel Driver	70	70
18	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	69	69
19	Aribo Haribo Paul Hawkins	68	68
20	Hoose Reus James Whitfield	67	67
21	PenshawPerformers david bruce	65	65
22	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	64	64
22	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	64	64
24	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	63	63
25	Thelma and Luiz Trevor Gordon	61	61
25	Bielsa Ringing Alan Hardy	61	61
27	Dropit like its Hart Jason Earwicker	58	58
28	Dinamo Spinks David Spinks	57	57
28	Need son luck Matt Jarvis	57	57
30	Musttryharder fc Paul Telford	56	56
31	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	54	54
32	Cookie fc Peter Cook	53	53
32	SLABHEAD FC Adam Burnett	53	53
34	Hemel Hotspurs Paul Jarvis	52	52
34	Fake Madrid Andrew Wade	52	52
34	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	52	52
34	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	52	52
38	Nashton Villa Jaime Nash	51	51
39	Kompany & Co DEAN CRIPPS	49	49
40	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	48	48
40	El Loco No Joko Paul Murray	48	48
42	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	47	47
43	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	46	46
43	Puddle Splash Van Ian Williams	46	46
45	It’s coming home scott mcgow	45	45
46	Salah Buffoon!!! Jitesh Lakhani	43	43
46	FTM Stu Smith	43	43
46	Pique Blinders Colin Goulding	43	43
49	The Mindless Morons John Seacroft	42	42
50	Morningblues Jeff Morning	37	37

51	Ross’s champions darren frankland	32	32
52	Greeeenteeam adam greenwood	27	27

 

Manager of the week – Perfidious Albion – Andrew Swift – 102 points

An early contender for the highest weekly score prize. Don’t be surprised if Perfidious Albion are still sat at the top of that particular pile come double gameweek season. The worldwide average was 53 points – a total that over half of our managers achieved. Perfidious’ masterstroke was avoiding Mo Salah (or not being able to afford Mo Salah) and sticking the armband on Sadio Mane instead. They also bagged 33 points from three defenders and were one of the only managers to pick Aaron Wan Bissaka instead of benching him. Seven of the top ten could have been 12 points better off if they’d promoted the young Palace defender. Perfidious themselves, however, could have been 14 points better off had they plumped for Benjamin Mendy over Harry Kane. Strikers were a real let down this week. The highest scoring was Callum Wilson with 8 points. No striker made double figures. Contrast that with 8 double figure scoring defenders and 6 in the midfield.

An honorable mention to our highest scoring newcomer, But Da Pitch Ain’t 1, who sit in second with 93 points. They tripled up on Liverpool and Manchester City, captaining Salah, and having the same Wan Bissaka foresight as Perfidious.

Player of the week – Roberto Pereyra – Watford – 16 points

Bargain of the week – Jose Holebas – Watford 13 points

Aside Mane’s 16 points for his brace against West Ham, Watford’s Roberto Pereyra returned the same total with the same stats. He was assisted for both goals by Jose Holebas. There’ll no doubt be a few early kneejerk reactions to their performances. They’re as good a bet as anyone at their price point and their next two fixtures offer some points potential. It gets a bit tougher for them from week 4 onward though.

Twat of the week – Phil Jagielka – Everton – -3 points

Phil Jagielka’s season may only last 39 minutes. Expect new signing Yerry Mina to make his bow next week and Jagielka to warm the bench from now on.

Goal of the week – Ruben Neves

He’s £5 million. For now.