Monday, November 07, 2011

WEEK 11 - The not so noisy neighbours come good


Much has already been said about Fergie's truly amazing 25 years, so let's instead concentrate on Bolton's first win at home, and achieved in some style (I resisted the Eagles Soars line).  The Europa League is taking it's toll on Stoke - it's always worth backing against them when they've played in Europe on a Thursday.  With all the teams around them winning, this was also a bad week for Liverpool, who may have now realised their Champions league prospects are limited as long as they have Andy Carroll up front.  A glaring miss from him cost them dear (but then again Swansea looked the better side anyway).  How they can leave out Dirk Kuyt, who always seems to deliver when it matters, is beyond me.  

Bolton's 2nd minute goal not only set them on their way to the biggest win of the week, but gave Simon Taylor the extra points he needed (on top of his 9/10 correct scores) to take the win this week.  An inspired choice really as only 7 people got the bonus this week.   Hard luck to Akshay Brahambhatt (that took a minute to type) who was the only person to come close and would have won but for Howard Webb's interpretation of the back pass rule (which he ballsed up, surprise surprise!).  Simon goes steaming into 4th overall, and Paul Bryant also enters the top 10, but Mark Fox holds onto first place after another decent week.  Atb, Ciro


THIS WEEK’S £50 WINNER.  Well done to:

SIMON TAYLOR






5







Bonus
Home Team



Away Team
Bonus
Points

Arsenal
2
v
0
West Brom

17

Aston Villa
2
v
1
Norwich

14

Blackburn
0
v
1
Chelsea

50
1
Bolton
2
v
1
Stoke

8

Fulham
1
v
2
Tottenham

27

Liverpool
2
v
0
Swansea

-6

Man Utd
1
v
0
Sunderland

40

Newcastle
2
v
1
Everton

40

QPR
1
v
3
Man City

27

Wolves
2
v
1
Wigan

17


TOP 20 SCORERS

1
SIMON TAYLOR
266
2
AKSHAY BRAHAMBHATT
257
3
ROB MOOREHOUSE
203
4
KEVIN PHILPOTT
202
5
JAMES DORWARD
202
6
COLIN JEFFREY
199
7
MAX RUSHDEN
199
8
ANT McPARTLIN
199
9
OLIVER HOLLAND
199
10
JOHN WILLIAMSON
196
11
ANDY TAYLOR
196
12
DAVID BERLIN
196
13
MARK POWELL
196
14
LES BROWN
193
15
BRANDON TRAINIS
193
16
OWAIN PALMER
193
17
ROY HANCOCK
190
18
MICK LOWES
187
19
MARK COLLINS
185
20
JASON LEGG
182


THE OVERALL TOP 10 AT A GLANCE

PREV
POS
NAME
WEEK 10
BONUS
TOTAL
1
1
MARK FOX
156
0
1421
4
2
STEVE McGOWAN
146
0
1330
3
3
CHRIS FRANKLIN
113
0
1324
25
4
SIMON TAYLOR
266
32
1317
8
5
NICK SCRAGGS
150
0
1283
12
6
PAUL BRYANT
163
0
1276
2
7
MITCHELL WOOLF
55
0
1269
7
8
RICHARD PITT
121
0
1263
6
9
BRIAN JUPP
110
0
1260
5
10
STEVE JOHNSTON
100
0
1253


BONUS TEAM:

Bolton 2 mins v Stoke
# Pts won: 32 
# Players correct: 7
Most popular choice: Man City: 98


BEST PERFORMING MINILEAGUE (Full table in minileague link):

This Week:   Geordies & Firefighters - 125pts (average)
Overall:  Down The Line - 967 pts (average)