Round Sixteen Weekly Roundup

It was a week that was always going to be tough to predict with the big guns going head to head and some mid table needle matches – the weekly point’s totals reflect that. James G topped the scoring this week with a grand total of seven thanks to two correct predictions, making him the guru of the week. Tim did his Michael Jackson impression, coming in a little behind to take second place on six points. He did, of course, correctly predict one score right - continuing his impressive run. This has meant, of course, that James G has stretched his narrow lead at the top of the table to three points.

The story of the week, however, was once again John “Lucky Boy” Gall. He once again managed a paltry three points and has finished this week’s football numbnuts, picking up the Maize award along with John N. However, John’s poor run of form for the past two weeks where has picked up a total of six prediction points has been offset by a goal frenzy by his strikers. For the second week in a row John has benefitted from a hat trick bonus – Santa Cruz firing in three against “plucky little Wigan”. He also picked up a further point from the league’s form striker, Yakubu. So instead of being rock bottom of the table, John G has soared up to just outside the money zone with Andrew only holding third place on his correct scoreline prediction tally. This has also meant that Joel has dropped to his lowest position of the season, down to fifth place.

James E still props up the table, though this is all down to not picking up the double points with correct predictions. James E holds fourth spot on correctly predicting results, but lags desperately in last place on the correct score lines. James G still holds a six point lead on the correct results table.

Two milestones were broken this week – James G and Tim have both broken past the 100 points total barrier for the season; meanwhile John has smashed the twenty point striker points barrier.

From next week striker points will all count for double – not just hat tricks. Hat tricks will still only be worth six points, in accordance with the last week’s poll. A special mention must also go to Alastair – he hasn’t picked up the Maize award now for two weeks.

The full league table can be found here.

The striker points table can be found here.