Round Five Weekly Round up

Round Five has really separated the men from the mice. The weak from the chaff. Tim from Alastair. This week's guru, Tim, scored a very impressive 8 points predicting three correct results in the process (including the 1-0 win for Derby over Newcastle!); while three times Football numbuts and Maize award winner, Alastair, only scored a pathetic two points. Oh the shame.

Though despite Alastair's dismal week, it wasn't bad enough to lodge James E off the bottom of the table. Tim's great week was also enough to topple Joel off the top of the league table.

James G six correct result predictions puts him at the top of the correct results predictions table with 27 results correctly forecast. Andrew is lagging behind with only 22.

Any transfers in time for Saturday's fixtures must be in today. All predictions for round six in at the usual time please.

Round Five Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	Tim	3	5	8
2	James G	1	6	7
3	Joel	0	5	5
4	John N	0	5	5
5	John G	0	4	4
6	Andrew	0	4	4
7	James E	0	4	4
8	Alastair	0	2	2

This week Lawro scored 4 points with no correct score predictions

The overall table can be found here

Transfer News

Over the past few days there have been three transfers.

John G cashed in on Rooney and replaced him with Yakubu

James G has dumped Bent and brought in Anelka

Tim has sidelined Shevchenko and now rests his hopes on Mido

This means Rooney, Bent and Shevchenko are all available for selection for another participant.

If you want to make any transfers in time for Saturday's fixtures, then they must be confirmed by tomorrow.

The End Date

The result of the Poll is in. By popular vote, the competition will run until the end of January. The last fixtures will be on Wednesday 30th January.

All transfers must be complete by Friday 2nd November.

Transfers will only be allowed after this date if a player is injured. The transfers are temporary and will automatically be swapped back once the player recovers from injury. Transfers for injured players must be made with a player who is of equal or higher value.

Top Scorers so far...

Anelka	Bolton	4
Lampard	Chelsea	3
Sibierski	Wigan	3
Torres	Liverpool	3
Alonso	Liverpool	2
Chopra	Sunderland	2
Dempsey	Fulham	2
Downing	Middlesbrough	2
Etherington	West Ham	2
Fabregas	Arsenal	2
Geovanni	Man City	2
Healy	Fulham	2
Jerome	Birmingham	2
Kanu	Portsmouth	2
Lescott	Everton	2

Round Five 15th, 16th & 17th September

Saturday, 15 September 2007

Birmingham v Bolton, 15:00

Chelsea v Blackburn, 17:15

Everton v Man Utd, 15:00

Portsmouth v Liverpool, 12:45

Sunderland v Reading, 15:00

Tottenham v Arsenal, 15:00

West Ham v Middlesbrough, 15:00

Wigan v Fulham, 15:00

Sunday, 16 September 2007

Man City v Aston Villa, 16:00

Monday, 17 September 2007

Derby v Newcastle, 20:00

Transfer News

Round Four Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	Alastair	2	6	8
2	Joel	1	6	7
3	John G	0	7	7
4	James G	0	6	6
5	Andrew	0	6	6
6	James E	1	4	5
7	Tim	0	5	5
8	John N	0	3	3

This week Lawro scored six points

The overall table can be found here

Weekly Roundup: Round Four

After being last week's Football Numbnuts, Alastair has come good by winning the weekly Guru award with a total of eight points this week. He also scored a further point through a Berbatov goal. Joel also regained his form this week clocking up seven points and a bonus through a McCarthy goal for Blackburn, which also puts him back at the top of the leader board.

John N has gone from Guru to Numbnuts, only managing an embarrassing 3 points this week; whilst James E has had another average week scoring only five - securing him last place on the leader board.

Alastair and James G are currently the most effective at predicting the result of a game, correctly forecasting 21 games each. Tim and John N are currently the leaders when it comes to predicting correct score lines with six each.

The transfer market is now open for all...

The weekly table can be seen here.

The overall table can be seen here.

Transfer News

Round Four 1st & 2nd September

Saturday, 01 September 2007

Bolton v Everton, 15:00

Fulham v Tottenham, 15:00

Liverpool v Derby, 15:00

Man Utd v Sunderland, 17:15

Middlesbrough v Birmingham, 15:00

Newcastle v Wigan, 15:00

Reading v West Ham, 15:00

Sunday, 02 September 2007

Arsenal v Portsmouth, 13:30

Aston Villa v Chelsea, 16:00

Blackburn v Man City, 15:00

BREAKING NEWS

Round Three Points

Pos	Name	Correct	Points
1	John N	2	10
2	Tim	3	9
3	James G	2	9
4	John G	2	8
5	Andrew	1	6
6	James E	1	6
7	Joel	0	6
8	Alastair	0	6

This week Lawro scored seven points with two correct scores.

The full table can be found here.

Weekly Roundup: Round 3

It has been a high scoring week for most and the gap at the top of the table has closed. John N has had a massive week - scoring ten points for his predictions (including 2 correct scores) and a further point for Viduka's goal. After a poor week (by his standards) from Joel, John N has stormed in to first place by virtue of predicting more correct results.

Tim has also had a big week correctly predicting 3 scores (a season record) and picking up nine points. As a result he holds third place. Propping up the table is Andrew who managed a solid six this week, but it wasn't enough to pull him off the bottom.

All but Andrew and James E now have a positive points score and so are eligible to make striker transfers.

This week's Guru is John N.

This week's joint Maize winners are Alastair and Joel.

The full league table can be found here.

The weekly table can be found here.

New Poll

I am a little concerned that the striker transfer deadline of only seven weeks maybe a little short and people will cash in their strikers for a nobody at the last moment. So I am proposing a few options to combat this:

(Bearing in mind that during the transfer deadline period, strikers score double points.)

1. We extend the length of the game until the end of January, keeping the deadline as it is in November. Though we should allow for transfers of injured players if this is the case
2. We bring the deadline forward to 12 weeks before the end of the season instead of seven
3. Keep things as they are

Vote on the right…

BREAKING NEWS

See updated weekly table here

And updated overall table here

Round Three 25th & 26th August

Saturday, 25 August 2007

Arsenal v Man City, 15:00

Aston Villa v Fulham, 15:00

Bolton v Reading, 15:00

Chelsea v Portsmouth, 15:00

Derby v Birmingham, 15:00

Everton v Blackburn, 17:15

Sunderland v Liverpool, 12:45

West Ham v Wigan, 15:00

Sunday, 26 August 2007

Man Utd v Tottenham, 16:00

Middlesbrough v Newcastle, 13:30

Striker Points

Name	Striker	Points	Striker	Points	Total
Alastair	Tevez	9	Utaka	3	12
Andrew	Torres	16	Keane	14	30
James E	Rooney	6	Martins	3	9
James G	Adebayor	22	Van Persie	8	30
Joel	McCarthy	8	Drogba	10	18
John G	Yakubu	10	Santa Cruz	16	26
John N	Viduka	7	Kuyt	3	10
Tim	Mwaruwari	13	Ronaldo	22	35

Breaking News

Round Two Points

Pos	Name	Correct	Points
1	Joel	2	6
2	Andrew	1	5
3	James E	0	4
4	Tim	0	4
5	James G	0	3
6	John N	0	3
7	John G	0	3
8	Alastair	0	3

Lawro scored 4 points this week