Archive for April, 2007

Week 32

Published by
simon
at April 25th 2007 20:43 in Weekly update. 0 Comments

Not much to say about last week other than to thank our payer - Steven Wallace, who with his fiver leaves behind a very dirty dozen.  Lee Marvin wouldn’t touch you ‘orrible lot with a bargepole.

But what of the scores on the door?  Well as the Man Utd-Chelsea fight goes on, the battle for European places continues and the survival slog, there seems to be much more certainty in FFL.  The 3 teams at the bottom are to be fair all joker teams, so the real bottom dog at the moment is FORT.

At the top Don Juan Donohoe continues to dominate, stretching to a 52 point lead.  Unassailable, well never say never but it would take a remarkable Hearts (circa 1986)-style collapse for the title to go anywhere else. Four teams look to have a very real chance of 2nd/3rd and Return of the Saints finally make the breakthrough into the top ten after weeks of lurking in the shadows.

Honourable mentions this week go to Tartan Teddy Bears Army, Tullibody United, Hamilton All Stars and Last Years Champs.

Next up is Week 33 with the last 16 of the Cup - the quarter finals are at the weekend - its all go here!!

Transfer amnesty

Published by
iain
at April 19th 2007 16:31 in Weekly update. 0 Comments

At this moment in time there are 448 transfers collectively unused. Now is the time to make some changes to your team before it’s too late to make a difference! How do you know if you’ve any left? Easy, just go to your team page and you’ll see a big ‘Make Transfers Now’ button.

This could be the difference between a modest finish and a big cash prize! Or in my case the difference between dire and slightly less dire. Ah well there’s always next season….

Week 31 - Payment Special, Cup/Plate Update and the League

Published by
simon
at April 18th 2007 19:17 in Weekly update. 0 Comments

Money, its a drag as Pink Floyd once opined. Its certainly a drag to 12 of you who are seeing your teams on the sharp end of a size 9. So its goodnight to:

Brian Wilson
Jim Irvine
Niall Birkner
Jamie Donaldson
Greig Beveridge
Brian Kerr
David Angus
Toni Ferretti
Andrew Bankier
Gordon Spiers
Christopher Fleming
Graham Tree

I do however believe in miracles so if you do pay now you will accrue any winnings due before year end and not receive the dreaded sin die (circa Willie Woodburn).

Now onto the rest of you lovely folk with the social conscience….

Week 31 was really all about the cup and plate - the second round was played over Good Friday and Easter Saturday, but ignoring the games on Easter Monday, although the Monday games were included in the Week 31 scores. Confusing? Well it confused me enough to make a mess of Dirk Kuyt’s score (despite him being in my team) - thanks to Richard Taylor & Graeme McLellan for spotting - fixed now.

THE CUP
The top match in the Cup saw staunch Rangers man David Paton’s team Dukla Guen Walter & Ally (nee Dukla Guen My Son) taken out by Clueless. Ironically Clueless had not only ex-Celt Mark(o) Viduka to thank for an 18 point haul but they are also managed by David Murray. Not the David Murray of course, not sure if he could afford the fiver stake money.

Some unfashionable teams progressing (note I am not criticising attire here) - AwnawnawTelferagain, Jim’s Jungle Cats, The Donkey Liberation Front, Cincinatti Pulverisers (aka The Sons of Pitches), One Pound Flyaways. Only one top ten team left in the Cup and it is you guessed it Don Juan Donohoe. One to avoid in the next round.

THE PLATE
Highlights must be the almost accidental disposal of Hansen’s Heroes (the charity side) by no-hopers Bayern Bru who have stumbled through their 2 previous rounds with a combined total just into double figures. Its nae luck to the Sperminators who lost to We Are Part of Jack’s Army, and especially to Dynamo Flummery who are oot on the basis of a count back of strikers points - Sarah’s Stars advancing. Onthank Young Team, Athletico Pathetico, No Use for a Name and ??????? all go on. The biggest gun left is at 5 (as at Week 31) - Sons of the Rock with Samurai Warriors the other top 20 team surviving.

The next round is of course THIS WEEKEND (21st April) - best of luck to the last 16 in each comp.

THE LEAGUE

The top ten is impregnable (even the Sperminators would find it a challenge). Don Juan continues to lead both the Donohoe mini-league but also the main event. This week saw a good old FFL favourite picking up team of the week - Auchenshuggle Revolution and making that first step toward the nirvana of an FFL Manager of the Month mug. Its simply this years must have…..

Week 32 is going to be here on Thursday so eyes peeled….

Week 30

Published by
simon
at April 5th 2007 19:10 in Weekly update. 0 Comments

Hi its been a while, remember me? We met once or twice earlier this year when you were still full of hope about the season ahead. You still thought you had picked the winning team. At least a good cup run, certainly top 10 finish - sound familiar?

Well for another 64 of you the cup dreams are at an end as we reveal in this weeks column. First off the bad boys and girls.

NAME AND SHAME
20 of you still to pay (many thanks to those who have paid up in the last few days). Getting past the slightly amused stage, past the sorry to keep reminding you and now into the please pay up it now appears rude. Those still to pay (and not a benefit claimant amongst you) are:

Campbell Davidson
Steven Wallace
Graham Tree
Niall Birkner
Steve Harper
James Findlay
Andrew Brown
Jack Davidson
Jim Irvine
Brian Wilson
David Angus
Jamie Donaldson
Gordon Spiers
Christopher Fleming
Brian Kerr
Andrew Bankier
David McConville
Lynsey Ferretti
Toni Ferretti
Greig Beveridge

The next and regrettable stage is THE BOOT. Please send on the cash/cheque/paypal/electronic transfer by a week on Monday (16 April) or we’ll have to forget you ever existed as a manager. Any winnngs your team may be due will then head towards our chosen charity. Come on folks……..Not very fair on your fellow competitors is it?? (apologies to anyone who has submitted payment and we havent yet acknowledged). Please let us know how you wish to pay - email simon@simonsffl.com

THE TOP SCORERS
????????? top this weeks list with a credible 50 in what was a very slow week, followed by Friendlies Dont Count, The Thrillseekers and Onthank Young Team. Also doing well were Quinn of the South, AwnawnawTelferagain and Norfolk and Chance.

MANAGER OF THE MONTH
This month it is a close one with previous winner Don Juan Donohoe just missing out (Chris you could have rented it out to one of the brothers - the closest they may get). Also close were Brahms & Lizst, Dizzy Deezers Part 2 and the Benchwarmers. But the winner is Who Pressed the Big Red Button…congratulations to Ian Hendry - the mug is on the way.

THE CUP AND PLATE
Not a high scoring weeks and therefore some surprises - see the FFL Cup/Plate Tab. Now the next round is, ahem tomorrow and Saturday so you may have got through this round and by the time you get back to work, you could have gone out…a bit rushed this year. Makes it more exciting

Speaking of rushed, those who have drawn (there are 2 matches in the cup and 2 in the plate) are decided on a count back of strikers points, followed by midfielders and then defenders. So its good news for New Comer, Milk Was A Bad Choice, Sons of the Rock and Sexism Has No Place in Football. And bad news for Vicar in a Tutu, Papa Dave’s Hairy XI, LEE UNited and Zizou’s Headbangers

Thats all this week - hope you all have a good Easter

Simon

J’ai mal de website!

Published by
iain
at April 2nd 2007 12:45 in Site News. 0 Comments

As you might have noticed, the site has been a little under the weather the last few days. But with the technical team halfway up the French Alps all of last week, there wasnt much that could be done about it. Normal service now resumed. The usual apologies!

Iain