Thursday, January 06, 2011

WEEK 22 - West Ham's back four work out new strategy


What a weird set of results, confirmed by that fact that only 17 of you managed to score 100+. Well done to Colin Jeffrey for topping that list with 153 (the 2nd member of his family to win £50 this season). It looks like Chelsea can give the Champions League their full attention in March, and Harry's title talk was premature (though at least he has thought of a good way to keep the ladies happy at the Lane). Biggest movers were the Hammers, who went from 15th back down to rock bottom in 24 hours after a shambolic display at Newcastle. Please go Uncle Avram - Your pipe and slippers await.

As promised, all of the tables show your scores for both Week 21 and Week 22 - very contrasting weeks indeed with only 6 players managing back to back centuries - so well done to Richard Hunt, Jane Whitman, Alex Kemp, Ricky Young, Laura Thomas & Paul Bryant (who got the highest combined score of 283 for both weeks)

Predictions Cup

As I mentioned in a previous email, only the top 512 scorers in Week 22 would qualify for this & we have plenty of early surprise casualties. The first round draw will be sent to you along with the Week 23 games (during which ties will be played). At this stage all I can say is that the cut off point was minus 9. If you scored less than than that, you did not qualify! I realise there are some people who didn't return scores, got a 0, and are in at the expense of those that did return scores. Sorry, but that is simply the way it goes!

NB - 13 of you scored a perfect 0 this week (i.e. you returned your scores and your pts added up to 0). It happens quite often. Last week several of you emailed me to query your 0. Please check before you do so! Thanks & Atb, Ciro

THIS WEEKS £50 WINNER. Well done to:

Colin Jeffrey - 153 pts - who predicted the following:

Bonus

Home Team

Away Team

Bonus

Points

Arsenal

2

v

0

Man City

-6

Wolves

0

v

2

Chelsea

-9

Blackpool

1

v

2

Birmingham

50

Bolton

1

v

1

Wigan

50

Man Utd

2

v

1

Stoke

40

Aston Villa

1

v

2

Sunderland

24

Newcastle

2

v

0

West Ham

11

Blackburn

0

v

0

Liverpool

-12

Everton

1

v

0

Tottenham

14

Fulham

1

v

1

West Brom

1

-9

TOP 20 SCORERS

1

COLIN JEFFREY

153

2

CHRIS FISHER

143

3

AMIT CHAKRABORTI

132

4

KIM DUKE

129

5

PAUL BRYANT

119

6

JANE WHITMAN

117

7

LIAM CULLETON

113

8

RICKY YOUNG

112

9

LAURA THOMAS

109

10

TRUDI DANE

109

11

ALEX KEMP

109

12

MELANIE RONALD

107

13

RICHARD MARCH

107

14

RICHARD HUNT

106

15

BOBBY WARDROPE

104

16

SIMON HARGREAVES

103

17

DAVID FATHERS

103

18

MARTIN FARRELL

97

19

WILL LAMPRELL

97

20

PAUL JENNS

96

THE OVERALL TOP 10

PREV

POS

NAME

WEEK 21

WEEK 22

TOTAL

1

1

STUART FOLWELL

77

7

2141

2

2

LEE HONEYWOOD

112

73

2089

5

3

GARETH ROSSISTER

152

33

2014

4

4

DECLAN SHORTISS

73

31

2013

3

5

LEE RICHE

125

0

2008

10

6

KEVIN ELLIS

106

86

2006

6

7

MARTIN HUNT

162

30

1997

7

8

GARY MARTIN DUFAUR

109

53

1994

11

9

MARIE STONE

73

53

1968

15

10

GRAEME BEATTIE

150

67

1946

BONUS TEAM

Everton, 3 mins v Spurs

# Pts won: 24

# Players correct: 5 (worth a namecheck - well done to Sean Kelly, Nick Emmerson, Dave Bamforth,

Paul Bamforth & Marlon Groves - none of them Toffees!)

Most Popular Choice: Man Utd - 85