Gameweek 25 results

1	Aquamar 15 Noel Driver	56	1409
2	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	64	1395
3	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	45	1392
4	Yeboah’s Right Foot Paul Murray	32	1363
5	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	77	1361
6	greenyteamy adam greenwood	31	1353
7	Biscuitmen Chris Morton	63	1342
8	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	48	1337
9	4 Fuchs Ake Jason Earwicker	59	1327
10	Uriah Rennie 2nd XI Neil Greenwood	53	1321
11	Cooksters Peter Cook	31	1319
12	INIT FC Mustafa khan	69	1315
13	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	70	1311
14	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	60	1311
15	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	61	1300
16	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	60	1299
17	To Elland Back Alan Hardy	58	1299
18	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	58	1298
19	Go Buffoons Go Jitesh Lakhani	50	1292
20	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	70	1292
21	Joey Bosa Paul Bentz	61	1285
22	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	60	1283
23	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	58	1282
24	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	65	1280
25	30:19 Darren Lavelle	56	1279
26	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	41	1240
27	RG XV Ryan Garoghan	50	1236
28	Jeff Lamp’s Porsche David Spinks	64	1234
29	nO fucHs given Paul Callaghan	37	1234
30	Golden Boys Stephanie Cripps	49	1230
31	Jarvis FC Matt Jarvis	42	1227
32	Release The Hounds Paul Mitchell	41	1213
33	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	65	1210
34	Crazy Legs XI David Caldicott	48	1206
35	Hucking Fell P Hawkins	37	1192
36	I am not Zlatan Colin Goulding	62	1187
37	Have a little dink Ian Williams	55	1186
38	jetty city scott mcgow	46	1176
39	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	69	1164
40	FTM Stu Smith	48	1163
41	Ciderheads Darren Pope	38	1156
42	Dj daz darren frankland	62	1144
43	Pepe Le Blue DEAN CRIPPS	49	1142
44	Big White Chiefs david frankland	33	1136
45	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	28	1134
46	Pudding And Pie John Seacroft	23	1117
47	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	21	1092
48	bazza 28 united laura barrett	49	1053
49	Bermie Utd Glen Davies	32	1051
50	DJ’s Trail Blazers Danian Jones	51	1022

51	Bish Bosh Goal Simon Purnell	36	1019
52	Racing Club Skegness Andrew Swift	40	1015
53	Jarv88 Paul Jarvis	31	98

Seems the difference between good Liverpool and shit Liverpool is Sadio Mane. In his second start since returning from the AFCON he registered a 16 point haul and was the highest scoring player of the week. And it seems the only manager who knows the difference between good Liverpool and shit Liverpool is Hedgehog Corpse. Handing Mane the armband catapulted the Corpse up to fifth in the League and into third place in the February table.

1	jetty city scott mcgow	46	143
2	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	70	140
3	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	77	137
4	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	61	133
5	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	45	133
6	Dj daz darren frankland	62	129
7	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	60	129
8	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	58	128
9	RG XV Ryan Garoghan	50	128
10	Aquamar 15 Noel Driver	56	127
11	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	60	126
12	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	69	125
13	Biscuitmen Chris Morton	63	123

We’ve only one more February gameweek left. It’s all to play for. In truth, there could be as many as 20 teams in it. Gameweek 26 kicks off in a fortnight after the break for the FA Cup 5th round, and is a reduced gameweek due to the League Cup. Those 5th round results will be worth keeping an eye on as they’ll determine who is in line to play in Gameweek 28. Negotiating the next few weeks is not going to be straightforward, especially if you’re still involved in the Buckets Cup.

The second round match ups are ready to view on the Buckets Cup link. There were some close run things this week – and some surprise results. 4 Fuchs Ake won the Fuchs derby. Racing Club Skegness are the lowest ranked team left in and sprang the biggest surprise, knocking out Greenyteamy. Hedgehogs high score saw off third placed When Harry Met Alli, whilst fourth placed Yeboah’s fell to 31st placed Jarvis FC.

Player of the week – Sadio Mane – 16 points. Just as you got shot of the Liverpool midfield.

Bargain of the week – Alfie Mawson – 15 points. Cheap goalscoring defender alert….

Donkey of the week – Jason Denayer – -2 points. Meanwhile, the Sunderland revival….

Goal of the week – Alfie Mawson. …and one of them was a sweet volley.

Gameweek 24 results

1	Aquamar 15 Noel Driver	71	1353
2	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	88	1347
3	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	51	1335
4	Yeboah’s Right Foot Paul Murray	55	1331
5	greenyteamy adam greenwood	77	1322
6	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	64	1293
7	Cooksters Peter Cook	78	1288
8	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	60	1284
9	Biscuitmen Chris Morton	60	1279
10	4 Fuchs Ake Jason Earwicker	54	1268
11	Uriah Rennie 2nd XI Neil Greenwood	60	1268
12	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	66	1251
13	INIT FC Mustafa khan	42	1250
14	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	57	1244
15	Go Buffoons Go Jitesh Lakhani	53	1242
16	To Elland Back Alan Hardy	43	1241
17	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	49	1241
18	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	72	1239
18	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	37	1239
20	Joey Bosa Paul Bentz	43	1224
21	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	70	1224
22	30:19 Darren Lavelle	35	1223
23	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	69	1223
24	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	70	1222
25	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	48	1215
26	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	45	1203
27	nO fucHs given Paul Callaghan	67	1197
28	RG XV Ryan Garoghan	78	1186
29	Jarvis FC Matt Jarvis	44	1185
30	Golden Boys Stephanie Cripps	51	1181
31	Release The Hounds Paul Mitchell	64	1172
32	Jeff Lamp’s Porsche David Spinks	43	1170
33	Crazy Legs XI David Caldicott	44	1158
34	Hucking Fell P Hawkins	47	1155
35	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	35	1149
36	Have a little dink Ian Williams	41	1131
37	jetty city scott mcgow	97	1130
38	I am not Zlatan Colin Goulding	51	1125
39	FTM Stu Smith	49	1119
40	Ciderheads Darren Pope	34	1118
41	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	56	1106
42	Big White Chiefs david frankland	81	1103
43	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	56	1095
44	Pudding And Pie John Seacroft	79	1094
45	Pepe Le Blue DEAN CRIPPS	53	1093
46	Dj daz darren frankland	67	1082
47	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	53	1071
48	Bermie Utd Glen Davies	50	1019
49	bazza 28 united laura barrett	30	1004
50	Bish Bosh Goal Simon Purnell	58	983

51	Racing Club Skegness Andrew Swift	47	975
52	DJ’s Trail Blazers Danian Jones	31	971
53	Jarv88 Paul Jarvis	70	962

 

Jetty City, for the second consecutive week, win manager of the week. They were the only team to manage a 50+ score during the drab midweek. This weekend they almost hit a century. Had they played their perfect XI or played their bench boost they’d have got past the 100 point mark and achieved the highest weekly score.

They were one of the few teams who went with a Lukaku/Defoe double pronged attack, captaining the Belgian, and picking up 55 points from their strike force along. That’s more points from two players than most teams managed with their full XI – the teams that unluckily had neither striker in their line up. There were plenty of teams carrying Lukaku, most notably our top two, Aquamar and When Harry Met Alli, who both handed him the armband.

Aquamar were involved in the biggest tie of the preliminary round of the Buckets Cup, coming up against sixth placed Kebab Eaters United and triumphing 71-64. It’s unlucky on Kebab Eaters who were the second highest scoring losers of the round. Shoelace crept through scoring only 35 points to Bazza 28 United’s 30. No Fuchs Given and 4 Fuchs Ake’s victories have set up a Fuchs derby in the first round proper, whilst the closest tie of the round saw Hedgehog’s beat Uriah’s on goals scored, 5 to 4 – Lukaku the difference again. All results and revised first round draw are on the Buckets Cup page.

 

Player of the week – Romelu Lukaku – 21 points. Cue kneejerk Lukaku transferring across the board.

Bargain of the week – Lamine Kone – 13 points. Palace doomed.

Donkey of the week – Jeff Hendrick – -2 points. He lasted six minutes.

Goal of the week – Eden Hazard.

Gameweek 9 results

1	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	40	512
2	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	49	495
3	Aquamar 15 Noel Driver	45	493
4	nO fucHs given Paul Callaghan	41	493
5	Uriah Rennie 2nd XI Neil Greenwood	50	491
6	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	60	474
7	Joey Bosa Paul Bentz	45	471
8	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	49	469
9	To Elland Back Alan Hardy	41	468
10	4 Fuchs Ake Jason Earwicker	43	463
11	Yeboah’s Right Foot Paul Murray	50	460
12	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	47	457
13	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	38	456
14	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	48	455
15	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	52	449
16	30:19 Darren Lavelle	32	448
17	greenyteamy adam greenwood	59	444
18	Go Buffoons Go Jitesh Lakhani	42	443
19	Biscuitmen Chris Morton	38	442
20	INIT FC Mustafa khan	54	436
21	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	39	426
22	Release The Hounds Paul Mitchell	43	423
23	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	42	423
24	Golden Boys Stephanie Cripps	24	418
25	Cooksters Peter Cook	48	414
26	Crazy Legs XI David Caldicott	33	413
27	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	39	413
28	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	39	407
29	Ciderheads Darren Pope	25	405
30	Jeff Lamp’s Porsche David Spinks	38	405
31	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	47	402
32	FTM Stu Smith	34	402
33	RG XV Ryan Garoghan	35	398
34	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	54	397
35	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	39	393
36	Jarvis FC Matt Jarvis	26	392
37	Hucking Fell P Hawkins	54	386
38	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	35	381
39	jetty city scott mcgow	46	371
40	Racing Club Skegness Andrew Swift	59	370
41	Big White Chiefs david frankland	20	370
42	Bermie Utd Glen Davies	38	366
43	Bish Bosh Goal Simon Purnell	25	365
44	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	42	364
45	Have a little dink Ian Williams	31	356
46	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	33	347
47	I am not Zlatan Colin Goulding	29	345
48	Pepe Le Blue DEAN CRIPPS	41	344
49	DJ’s Trail Blazers Danian Jones	27	337
50	bazza 28 united laura barrett	38	334

51	Jarv88 Paul Jarvis	49	320
52	Dj daz darren frankland	32	312
53	Pudding And Pie John Seacroft	39	303

It was one of those weekends where the form players and the big guns had a few days off. Only nine of us mustered a score over 50. The winning weekly total of 60 was the lowest of the season so far and was achieved by When Harry Met Alli, whose highest scores came from the more unlikley areas of their team. Clean sheets for Stoke and Watford and a first Premier League goal for Christian Fuchs contributed 21 of those points. Choosing Dimitri Payet as captain may not sound all that ridiculous, but the West Ham talisman’s slightly under the radar (but still pretty decent) start has been overshadowed somewhat by the overall form of his team. Although it’s two wins and two clean sheets on the spin now.

WHMA had slightly less bad luck with their elite bunch than everyone else it seems. Another blank for Aguero – that’s just two points in three weeks now – came in alongside an unexpected low return from Alexis Sanchez and just an assist from Romelu Lukaku. The weeks scoring is perhaps best summed up by the fact that despite Chelsea netting four times against Manchester United, Diego Costa was not among those goalscorers.

Player of the week – Xherdan Shaqiri – 15 points. Two lovely goals.

Bargain of the week – Scott Arfield – 12 points. Burnley strong at home

Donkey of the week – Eric Bailly – -1 points. Shit.

Goal of the week – Christian Fuchs. A close call with Shaqiri’s first.

Gameweek 6 results

1	nO fucHs given Paul Callaghan	65	360
2	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	69	353
2	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	86	353
4	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	46	351
5	Uriah Rennie 2nd XI Neil Greenwood	61	347
6	30:19 Darren Lavelle	61	337
7	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	87	331
8	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	73	329
9	Aquamar 15 Noel Driver	36	327
10	To Elland Back Alan Hardy	53	327
11	4 Fuchs Ake Jason Earwicker	51	326
12	Go Buffoons Go Jitesh Lakhani	41	321
13	Biscuitmen Chris Morton	68	313
14	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	71	311
15	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	34	310
16	Release The Hounds Paul Mitchell	31	309
16	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	61	309
18	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	43	308
19	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	49	307
20	Ciderheads Darren Pope	35	304
21	INIT FC Mustafa khan	76	303
22	Jarvis FC Matt Jarvis	57	302
23	FTM Stu Smith	48	300
24	Joey Bosa Paul Bentz	54	299
25	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	55	297
26	Jeff Lamp’s Porsche David Spinks	36	292
27	RG XV Ryan Garoghan	47	292
28	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	58	288
29	Golden Boys Stephanie Cripps	35	287
30	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	24	287
31	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	65	283
32	Crazy Legs XI David Caldicott	23	276
33	greenyteamy adam greenwood	49	274
34	Hucking Fell P Hawkins	31	270
35	Yeboah’s Right Foot Paul Murray	32	268
36	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	34	268
37	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	18	266
38	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	64	263
39	Cooksters Peter Cook	33	262
40	Bermie Utd Glen Davies	24	258
41	Have a little dink Ian Williams	43	258
42	Bish Bosh Goal Simon Purnell	20	252
43	jetty city scott mcgow	58	252
44	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	34	251
45	I am not Zlatan Colin Goulding	54	251
46	DJ’s Trail Blazers Danian Jones	44	250
47	Racing Club Skegness Andrew Swift	33	243
48	Big White Chiefs david frankland	39	242
49	bazza 28 united laura barrett	23	236
50	Pepe Le Blue DEAN CRIPPS	52	228

51	Dj daz darren frankland	40	216
52	Jarv88 Paul Jarvis	31	214
53	Pudding And Pie John Seacroft	36	204

 

Our September manager of the month is Rico United who leapt to the top of the monthly standings and into the top 10 overall thanks to the highest weekly score of 87 points.

1	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	87	205
2	nO fucHs given Paul Callaghan	65	198
3	Uriah Rennie 2nd XI Neil Greenwood	61	182
4	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	46	181
5	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	71	181

 

They pulled out all the stops with a wildcard week, overloading the midfield with big hitters. It’s a tactic worth exploring. The big numbers occur week on week in the middle of the park. The stats back this up. Fifteen midfielders have made it past the 30 point barrier compared to six forwards and only one defender. This week has seen 12 midfielders reach double figures, compared to only three forwards and four defenders. The top eight scoring players in the game are midfielders. Five of these eight lined up for Rico United this week and contributed 73 of their 86 points.

There’s a lot of chopping and changing going on at the top of the pile. No Fuchs Given, which will be written like this from now on, become our fifth different leader in six weeks. Last week’s leader, When Harry Met Alli, had a poor week, despite drafting Sergio Aguero back in and making him captain. He was let down by the other ten players and wasn’t able to hold on to the lead in the monthly table either.

 

Player of the week – Adam Lallana – 15 points. One of nine Liverpool midfielders who earned points this week.

Bargain of the week – Michael Keane – 14 points. Goal, clean sheet, bonuses.

Donkey of the week – Ahmed Elmohamady – -2 points. Hull players can’t stop hand-balling on the line.

Goal of the week – Demarai Gray.

 

Gameweek 4 results

1	When Harry met Alli Trevor Gordon	79	249
2	Release The Hounds Paul Mitchell	64	238
3	To Elland Back Alan Hardy	80	232
4	Aquamar 15 Noel Driver	59	230
5	The Craggy Islanders Adrian Roche	49	229
6	Neil Madrid Neil Strong	53	228
7	Uriah Rennie 2nd XI Neil Greenwood	61	226
8	4 Fuchs Ake Jason Earwicker	39	223
9	nO fucHs given Paul Callaghan	57	219
10	Joey Bosa Paul Bentz	63	217
11	Kebab Eaters Utd Paul Howard	60	217
12	Edgbaston Micheal Dinneen	49	216
13	Go Buffoons Go Jitesh Lakhani	43	210
13	Jeff Lamp’s Porsche David Spinks	32	210
15	30:19 Darren Lavelle	38	210
16	Golden Boys Stephanie Cripps	51	208
17	FTM Stu Smith	43	206
18	QUEEN OF THE NORTH DORINE REACHER	41	204
19	Biscuitmen Chris Morton	46	204
19	Real Jorvik Simon Brown	52	204
21	Ciderheads Darren Pope	41	203
22	FC Caligula Ajay Supeda	36	201
23	Cooksters Peter Cook	44	199
24	Rip Roaring Reds Sean Whyton	48	195
25	Jarvis FC Matt Jarvis	32	194
26	RG XV Ryan Garoghan	38	192
27	Crazy Legs XI David Caldicott	61	189
28	Your Ad Here Matthew Hopkins	62	186
29	Hedgehog Corpse FC Nick Smith	56	186
30	Bish Bosh Goal Simon Purnell	52	185
31	Racing Club Skegness Andrew Swift	16	185
32	INIT FC Mustafa khan	29	184
33	Yeboah’s Right Foot Paul Murray	60	183
34	Bakerlona Stuart Baker	39	183
35	Hucking Fell P Hawkins	44	182
36	Bermie Utd Glen Davies	62	181
37	greenyteamy adam greenwood	48	181
38	Atlético Chappers Richard Chapman	31	180
39	DJ’s Trail Blazers Danian Jones	35	179
40	romeoshondavan Rob Hewer	56	176
41	RICO UNITED JASON REACHER	46	172
42	Upper Bullens Andy Taylor	55	169
43	Pretty Schitty City Alex Michaluk	43	166
44	Dj daz darren frankland	33	163
45	bazza 28 united laura barrett	46	161
46	Shoelace Untied Caroline Strong	32	160
47	Have a little dink Ian Williams	41	158
48	I am not Zlatan Colin Goulding	54	152
49	Jarv88 Paul Jarvis	23	146
50	Big White Chiefs david frankland	65	141

51	jetty city scott mcgow	56	137
52	Pepe Le Blue DEAN CRIPPS	29	136
53	Pudding And Pie John Seacroft	38	117

 

Normal service has been resumed. It was an eventful run up to the gameweek – what with nearly everyone buying someone and breaking their transfer record to do it. I could have spent the entire preview piece going through the new signings and who might make an impact. As it happened, most made their debuts from the bench, and hardly any scored big points. Sadio Mane, Steven Defour and Christian Benteke appear on page one of the highest weekly scores – they’re the only three.

The main talking point was the ban handed out to Sergio Aguero following the elbowing incident against West Ham before the international break – and the fact that it was ahead of the most blown out of all proportion/anticipated game of the early season. Three matches in total – but only two Premier League gameweeks – the other game being City’s League Cup tie against Swansea next week. Over a million managers across the game dispensed with his services, although I have noticed him lingering on a few Buckets benches. You might have expected Zlatan to be the player most other managers turned to, but Alvaro Negredo was ahead of the Manchester United striker as the most transferred player in. Closely followed by Diego Costa. Of those three, it was the Chelsea madman who contributed the most points. It’s also worth noting he picked up his third booking in four games. He may be the perfect replacement for Aguero, whose return from suspension could well coincide with a ban for Costa for reaching five yellows.

The perfect replacement, however, would have been Romelu Lukaku. Not many people took a punt on the Everton striker. Not scoring a league goal for six months probably had something to do with that. When Harry Met Alli, nO fucHs given and Uriah’s were the main beneficiaries of Lukaku’s 11 minute hat trick. Uriah’s and nO fucHs made him captain – thus contributing 34 points to their score. Everton players added another 14 points to Uriah’s total enabling them to jump over 20 places and into the top 10 off the back of just one game.

When Harry Met Alli jumped nine places to move to the top of the table employing both Costa (as captain) and Lukaku. Their 41 points contribute towards a total of 79 which was the second highest total of the week. The highest weekly scorers were To Elland Back. Their 80 points catapulted them 23 places from 26th to third. They also handed Costa the armband and he was ably assisted by Robert Snodgrass, Roberto Firmino and Harry Kane who also all found the back of the net.

We’ve two new recruits, which has expanded the prize pot and slightly altered the cup format, so check the relevant links to see those updates. That’s the deadline for new admissions. We’ve 53 managers – that’s amazing. It’s even created a page two relegation zone on the website.*

 

Player of the week – Heung Min Son – 19 points. Crushing Stoke, the early season whipping boys.

Bargain of the week – Etienne Capoue – 13 points. Three goals in four games!!!

Donkey of the week – Robert Huth – -1 points. Remember, they couldn’t keep a clean sheet for the first half of last season either.

Goal of the week – Steven Defour. A good week this week.

 

*No-one will actually be relegated – don’t worry.