Paz on 3/10/2006 at 11:08
"Oops, is it Monday?": The League Is Up There Week Seven.
Alas, just as the Canadian dreamboat singer eventually had to retire gracefully from our English charts, so too has "Deadly" Dave Cornish slipped from top spot. Replacing him is the team which has the question "what does TCB stand for?" on literally tens of lips - Paul Martin's TCB FC.
Right behind that acronymonic goal machine, driven by the powerful fuel of a burning hatred for Christiano Ronaldo, are Citadel Benfica; just waiting for the tiniest of slip-ups in order that they may claim 1st place.
Winner of the week in terms of points scored is ... Iggles!
There's another international break now, while England play another team of Eastern European gentlemen and begin building further hype for their eventual Euro 2008 quarter final exit on penalties.
D'Arcy on 3/10/2006 at 11:39
Preferably against Portugal :cheeky:
Paz on 3/10/2006 at 17:11
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/5404102.stm) Welcome to Aston Celtic!
Is this going to be O'Neill's first blunder? I suppose it depends whether he gets the Blackburn Rovers version of Sutton, or the more recent Birmingham City model.
Unlike the report, I don't see him filling in for Luke Moore. Villa seem to have been playing a kind of 4-3-3 formation recently (with the two wide-playing forwards dropping back to form a 4-5-1 in away games). Angel was the target man, Moore and Agbonlahor were the pseudo-wingers. Meanwhile, Baros was injured.
There's no way Sutton can play the same role that Moore was providing. I guess Baros *might* be able to play it (he's pacy enough and getting fit again), but he might not be thrilled about it. Maybe the trinity will be Baros-Angel-Agbonlahor from now on. Therefore, Sutton is presumably being signed as cover for Angel ... or his replacement?
I'm a bit cheesed off because I just swapped Moore for Angel ;)
Shevers on 3/10/2006 at 17:19
He's been a great player, Sutton. And of course, since Martin O'Neill seems to be Mr I Can Make Anyone Play Like God, and since he worked with him for so long previously, he should be able to get some good performances out of him. But I dunno about him as a first choice these days - should be fine as long as he's there as backup/rotation.
As for Didier Agathe, he has always been either awesome or shit, I can see him doing pretty well, but he won't be anything special consistently.
Paz on 17/10/2006 at 13:36
"Be vewwy vewwy quiet, I'm hunting 'keepers": The It's A Knockout Week Eight.
We're back (back back)! Our league returns, looking as tight as an England defensive trio.
# Team Manager Gameweek Total
1 TCB FC Paul Martin 71 393
2 Awesome Express David Cornish 52 371
3 Citadel Benfica Goncalo Andrade 49 370
4 Strontium Dogma Danny Clein 60 365
5 The Materazzi Boogie Peter Parrish 53 342
6 Portreath Wreckers Chris Watts 59 323
7 Serious Business FC Robin Stoate 37 312
8 Useless Utd Paul Whitehead 37 310
9 Sly United Michael Fern 45 308
10 Ards FC Memorial XI Matthew Morrison 49 284
11 The Suicides Jacob Lloyd 50 267
12 Offworld Vole Will Marsh 43 265
13 Brian's Tail Wags Peter Stacey 32 246
14 Fitter Happier F.C. Matt Stevo 48 234
Flying so high, up in the sky are TCB FC with a 22 point lead on our previous pacesetters. It's developing into even more of a "lone runner vs chasing pack of three" situation than last week.
Across the land, managers consider ditching anyone connected with West Ham or Charlton, who scientists estimate haven't managed a single win between them since the early Bronze Age. Although at least Darren Bent still scores a goal every now and again. As does a resurgent Henry, who may once again end up justifying his £525mil price tag.
Iggles is just 13 small points away from 2nd bottom. Will next week see him escape the basement? :o
Shevers on 17/10/2006 at 13:43
Oh and surprise surprise, I finally drop Bellamy for Andy Johnson and the angry little Welshman finally scores while AJ finally doesn't.
At least I can still revel in the joy of making the last minute decision to pick Freidel over Cech at the start of the season.
Paz on 17/10/2006 at 13:48
Tsk, you should have known he'd score against Blackburn.
And Newcastle - whenever Liverpool play them. The football gods don't let things like that simply pass by!
I've sold Tevez, so West Ham can start winning/scoring again now.
[edit] wait, they have played Newcastle and Bellamy didn't score ... but he did have an "altercation" in the tunnel with a Newcastle coach, which is almost the same.
Matthew on 17/10/2006 at 13:50
And the Ards Memorial XI continue a shockingly good impression of their namesake team by nose diving down through the bottom half of the table!
Paz on 22/10/2006 at 19:16
"Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries": The IGGLES IS OFF THE BOTTOM Week Nine.
IGGLES IS OFF THE BOTTOM!
TTLG Memorial League
# Team Manager Gameweek Total
1 TCB FC Paul Martin 77 470
2 Citadel Benfica Goncalo Andrade 59 429
3 Strontium Dogma Danny Clein 51 416
4 Awesome Express David Cornish 37 408
5 The Materazzi Boogie Peter Parrish 52 394
6 Sly United Michael Fern 56 364
7 Useless Utd Paul Whitehead 48 358
8 Portreath Wreckers Chris Watts 33 356
9 Serious Business FC Robin Stoate 36 348
10 Ards FC Memorial XI Matthew Morrison 46 330
11 Offworld Vole Will Marsh 42 307
12 The Suicides Jacob Lloyd 25 292
13 Fitter Happier F.C. Matt Stevo 37 271
14 Brian's Tail Wags Peter Stacey 23 269
TCB FC ARE WAY OUT IN FRONT!
Err ...
... that's it.
David on 22/10/2006 at 19:25
Whoops, I should really get around to changing my team around.
[Fake edit]
Haha, minus 20 points? WILD CARD TIME
