WEEK 21 - You never lose it

By which I mean class, not the ability to tackle properly! Not to be outdone by Henry, Scholesy showed that he shouldn't have retired in the first place.  Even aged 37 he's probably got the sharpest brain in the Premier league.   But if he was the player of the week, then Swansea were surely the team (with respect to Wolves).  Most teams who go 1-0 down to Arsenal end up being carved open like John Prescott eating Christmas dinner (or used to be!), but the Swans came back and played some wonderful football.

Well done to Tom Nathan, theonly player to break 200 this week, and without any bonus points too.  It's not quite enough to move him into contention up front, where Chris has extended his lead and the only significant mover into the top 10 is Fred Rose.

Predictions Cup.   Well done if you were one of the 512 highest scorers in Week 21.   You are now through to the first round proper which will be played in Week 23.  I'll send out the draw with those fixtures.   Hard luck if you missed out, especially Michael Ford, who was player 513 this week, and only went out on goal difference!   Sorry mate!  Atb, Ciro

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

TOM NATHAN
120
Bonus	Home Team				Away Team	Bonus	Points
	Aston Villa	1	v	1	Everton		50
	Blackburn	2	v	1	Fulham		17
	Chelsea	2	v	0	Sunderland		17
	Liverpool	1	v	1	Stoke		24
	Man Utd	3	v	0	Bolton		40
	Newcastle	2	v	1	QPR		14
	Swansea	1	v	1	Arsenal		-9
	Tottenham	1	v	1	Wolves		50
	West Brom	1	v	1	Norwich	1	-3
	Wigan	0	v	3	Man City		24

TOP 20 SCORERS

1	TOM NATHAN	224
1	STEVE COOMBS	194
3	TIM COLLIEU	189
4	JAMES DONALDSON	188
5	DANNY SAIA	181
6	JEFF RICHARDSON	179
7	CHRIS HOURIHAN	177
8	STEVE MORRISON	174
9	STEVE RICHARDS	173
10	ANDY FOLWELL	171
11	JACKIE DOOLAN	171
12	IAN SHAW	170
13	ALAN SCOTT	170
14	JAMES CHAPPLE-GILL	168
15	LEWIS NEWSON	168
16	RAMAZAN TOPAL	168
17	JOHN WILBRAHAM	168
18	MICHAEL LAMPRELL	168
19	JAMES DUNNE	165
20	JAMIE BUSS	165

THE OVERALL TOP 10 AT A GLANCE

PREV	POS	NAME	WEEK 21	BONUS	TOTAL
1	1	CHRIS FRANKLIN	131	0	2378
3	2	MITCHELL WOOLF	89	0	2293
6	3	RICHARD WARD	106	0	2286
2	4	KEVIN ELLIS	69	0	2283
5	5	SIMON TAYLOR	86	0	2272
4	6	NICK SCRAGGS	69	0	2264
7	7	MARK FOX	100	0	2252
8	8	SIMON ROGERS	59	0	2208
10	9	SCOTT LIVINGSTONE	83	0	2196
15	10	FRED ROSE	144	0	2189

BONUS TEAM:

Arsenal, 5 Mins v Swansea

# Pts won: 28   

# Players correct:  27 

Most popular choice:  Man Utd, 112

BEST PERFORMING MINILEAGUE (Full table in minileague link):

This Week:   Chapple Davies -  104 pts (average)

Overall:  Devonshires - 1716 pts (average)

  

WEEK 20 - A collector's item which could prove very valuable

It's been almost a month since many of you sentback Week 21 and not much has really happened in that time.   Well, apart from Luis Suarez and Liverpool FC being branded racist, Man City stumbling in all competitions, Tim Howard scoring from over 100 yards, Neil Warnock being sacked (Good - I've never liked the whinger!),  and a chubby Frenchman rolling back the years with one of his trademark finishes  And just last night, partly due to a rocket by the man hairdressers love to hate, Spurs look as though they have officially entered the Championship race.  With City clearly missing Yaya Toure and United still unconvincing, can they take their chance and the advantage that none of their players has had to go to the African Cup of Nations, including Benoit Assou-Ekotto?

The new year has ushered in acouple of firsts in the Predictions league.   Never before have 3 people all scored the same highest total in a week.  When there is a tie, I look at who got the most spot on scores, then who got the most spots worth 50 etc etc   Unfortunately for Lee White, this took him out of the equation.   But for Gordon Dickson and Matthew Johnson, their scores were all but identical and they cannot be separated on any basis, so they BOTH win £50 this week - the first time we have ever had duel weekly winners!   Up front, Chris Franklin still leads and no-one has particularly made big inroads.

PS - A reminder that Week 21 sees the qualifying round for the Predictions Cup.   Make sure you get your scores in as only the top 512 scoring players (In week 21, NOT in the overall table) will go through to the first round proper.  Atb, Ciro

THIS WEEK’S £50 WINNERS!  Well done to:

GORDON DICKSON
61
Bonus	Home Team				Away Team	Bonus	Points
	Aston Villa	2	v	1	Swansea		-9
	Blackburn	1	v	2	Stoke		50
	QPR	1	v	2	Norwich		50
	Fulham	1	v	2	Arsenal		-6
	Wolves	1	v	2	Chelsea		50
	Tottenham	2	v	1	West Brom		14
	Wigan	1	v	2	Sunderland		24
	Man City	2	v	1	Liverpool		14
	Everton	2	v	1	Bolton		-6
	Newcastle	1	v	2	Man Utd	1	-12
	Tottenham	2	v	1	Everton		17

AND!

MATTHEW JOHNSON
658
Bonus	Home Team				Away Team	Bonus	Points
	Aston Villa	1	v	1	Swansea		-6
	Blackburn	1	v	2	Stoke		50
	QPR	1	v	2	Norwich		50
	Fulham	1	v	2	Arsenal	1	-6
	Wolves	1	v	2	Chelsea		50
	Tottenham	2	v	1	West Brom		14
	Wigan	1	v	2	Sunderland		24
	Man City	2	v	1	Liverpool		14
	Everton	2	v	0	Bolton		-9
	Newcastle	1	v	2	Man Utd		-12
	Tottenham	2	v	1	Everton		17

TOP 20 SCORERS

1	GORDON DICKSON	186
1	MATTHEW JOHNSON	186
3	LEE WHITE	186
4	EWAN McTAGGART	183
5	AMY YOUNG	176
6	STEVE RUSSELL	166
7	CHRIS MITCHELL	166
8	MARK COLLINS	165
9	LAWRENCE PALK	164
10	PAULA SIM	162
11	THERESA & SARAH	162
12	TOM GUILFORD	160
13	DAVID CUSCHIERI	160
14	ANDY PAUL	158
15	PATTY AND SELMA	157
16	DARREN JONES	156
17	NATHAN NAPIER	154
18	ALI NORRIS	154
19	LORRAINE CLAYTON	153
20	JACK GARRETT	153

THE OVERALL TOP 10 AT A GLANCE

PREV	POS	NAME	WEEK 20	BONUS	TOTAL
1	1	CHRIS FRANKLIN	70	0	2247
7	2	KEVIN ELLIS	133	0	2214
2	3	MITCHELL WOOLF	44	0	2204
6	4	NICK SCRAGGS	113	0	2195
3	5	SIMON TAYLOR	47	0	2186
5	6	RICHARD WARD	88	0	2180
4	7	MARK FOX	50	0	2152
9	8	SIMON ROGERS	133	0	2149
15	9	JAMES NEWBURY	140	60	2117
8	10	SCOTT LIVINGSTONE	42	0	2113

BONUS TEAM:

Swansea,  4 Mins v Aston Villa

# Pts won: 60   

# Players correct:  18 

Most popular choice: Spurs( v WBA), 147

BEST PERFORMING MINILEAGUE (Full table in minileague link):

This Week:   Musicians -  100 pts (average)

Overall:  Devonshires - 1676 pts (average)