Harold League

LOCKDOWN!
August 29, 2007

That's right. The coming round is gameweek 5. That's plenty of time for teams to get their act together and join the Harold League. After this round the league will be locked to new entrants (no more surprise teams like The Fockers and Shaggys Stars!) The league sits at 45 teams so far, and after this week there'll be no additions. No exceptions.

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 3:10 PM 0 replies

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Gameweek 4 Report
August 27, 2007

Hi Everyone,

We're a few weeks in & the league is starting to take shape. Warra's Rovers have extended their lead to 13 points, but behind him there is only 20 points seperating 2nd from 20th. A good week from anyone in the top 20 could catapult them to the lofty hights of the top 5, with the reverse being available to anyone in the mix who puts in a shocker.

Talking about the Premier League itself: It was nice to see Ronaldo Jnr (Manchester United's Nani) put in a big week for the Red's & help the defending champions to their first win of the season. As hard as it is to say, lets hope he puts in another couple of big performances so that there's someone around to challenge Chelski for the Championship when the pointy end of the season rolls around. (Being only 8 million & having played in all United's games so far, he might be a good pick-up for a manager with some extra bucks to spend). Chelsea have taken 4 rounds but have assumed their position at the end of the league after Blue-eyed Sven's Manchester City remembered how to lose after 3 rounds of pretending to be someone else. At present Chelsea's main rivals look like Liverpool who are 3 points behind, but have a game in hand after missing GW2 after playing a qualifier in Europe (which they won). Fernando Torres is looking like the buy of the season at a bargain price of 50 million for Merseysiders (At 10.1 million & a goal & an assist in his 3 games so far, Torres might be expensive for a FPL manager, but he is worth the money so far).

To the Harold League:
A big 61 points from Jambo's was the highest score of the week, followed by West Penno Lions with 57 & Rivers Stockpile with 56. The average score for the week was 43.
The gigantic moves are starting to settle down, but with a good week you can still make big ground demonstrated by Psycho Chickens who made 9 places with a solid score of 55, West Penno rose 7 places with their 2nd highest score for the GW & Rivers Stockpile also rose 7 places with the third highest score.
Down the other end Basilton, Figo's Army & Team Larry 08 scored 26, 27 & 28 points respectively, and as Figo & Larry are both in the bottom three they will need to do some real work to avoid being anchored to the bottom for the next 8 months.
The slides down were bigger than the rises with Matt's Mob dropping an impressive 14 places from the top 10 to outside the top 20. Ballarat FC & Hunter FC also had weeks that would be best forgotten with drops of 11 & 10 places respectively.

That's about it for round 4, but looking ahead two of the big thre (ManU & Liverpool) play premoted sides & it could be worth an investment into those teams for a rapid rise next week. Also worth considering is that Reading have battled through a season start that included ManU, Chelsea & Everton in the first three weeks & might be poised to do some damage to mid table teams in the coming weeks.

Wishing you all good selections (as long as they're not as good as mine),
Rosco

Oh, Troy ended with a tip last week... read the pundit on the FPL site he provides some 'educated insight' into comings & goings and will usually discuss some players from the mid-table teams you've barely heard of.

The thoughts ofRoss Andrews at 6:35 PM 0 replies

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Gameweek 4 Ladder

Harold League ladder after GW4.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	POS&uArr&dArr
1	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	187	&rArr
2	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	174	&uArr 5
3	the_fighters	David Jackson	172	&dArr 1
=4	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	170	&uArr 3
=4	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	170	&uArr 1
=6	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	168	&uArr 7
=6	The Fockers	Dave Cannell	168	NEW
=6	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	168	&uArr 6
9	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	163	&uArr 1
10	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	161	&uArr 9
11	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	160	&dArr 7
=12	Yoles	Jason Yole	159	&uArr 1
=12	Gunners	John Marchant	159	&uArr 6
=14	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	158	&dArr 11
=14	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	158	&uArr 1
=16	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	156	&uArr 6
=16	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	156	&dArr 10
18	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	155	&uArr 5
19	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	154	&dArr 3
20	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	152	&uArr 7
=21	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	151	&rArr
=21	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	151	&dArr 5
23	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	149	&dArr 14
24	Shaggys Stars	Sean Murdoch	148	NEW
25	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	145	&uArr 3
=26	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	143	&dArr 3
=26	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	143	&dArr 6
28	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	135	&dArr 2
29	Knobs	Peter G	134	&dArr 8
30	JAMBOS	David Pentland	124	&uArr 6
31	Know Idea	Brett Severino	122	&dArr 1
=32	basilton	Rob white	119	&dArr 9
=32	Howard United	Troy Howard	119	&dArr 1
34	Scotland FC	Scott mck	117	&rArr
35	wasted	chris mcdonald	116	&dArr 1
36	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	114	&dArr 7
37	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	113	&dArr 5
38	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	111	&dArr 2
39	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	110	&dArr 1
40	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	107	&dArr 8
41	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	106	&dArr 1
42	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	90	&dArr 3
43	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	76	&dArr 2
44	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	70	&dArr 1
45	figo's army	stefano bond	69	&dArr 3

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 9:19 AM 0 replies

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Gameweek 3 Report
August 22, 2007

Welcome to all HPL (Harold Premier League) managers for round 3 results, What a start to the season. As an avid follower of the EPL over the years it is good to see an unpredictable start for a change as opposed to the typical Man United/Chelsea show. By the end of round three we see Manchester City (yes City!) on top undefeated, followed by Chelsea and the current surprise packet of Wigan sitting in third. At the opposite end of the table we see Man United (their worst start since 1992) and Bolton (their worst start to a premier league campaign) both winless. No doubt this has had an impact on some of the Harold team managers. With one of the most expensive players, Ronaldo currently in the sin bin for engaging in the ancient art of Liverpool kissing (headbutt for those unfamiliar with that term) created headaches for many who had him not only in their team but captain as well. Never the less its still early days, and my only bit of advice is trade and trade well. Also for those new to the game, don't forget your wild card option when transferring players. You get the chance to make as many trades as you like without incurring penalty points by using the one off option of the wild card. This may come in handy if your team is based around players that have not played a game yet. Righto, to the Harold League stats. Congratulations to Burton Battlers (55), Boldandthebeautiful (54) and Matt's mob (53) who were our highest scorers for game week three. The accolades for the biggest movers up the ladder this week go to Matt's Mob with an impressive jump of 15 places up the ladder to 9th, followed by Burton Battlers up 11 places to slot in 4th position and Howard United up 7 to slot in at 31st place. The overall bragging rights currently go to Sam's Warra Rovers who sit 8 points clear at the top of the ladder (only 53 points behind the overall fantasy league leader), good start Sam! Righto now to the teams the need to pull their socks up (sorry that's unfair considering its only three games in). The lowest scores for this round go to Figo's Army (13), Deviant FC (18) and JAMBOS (21). The biggest movers down the ladder this week go to Gunners (-12 places), Benit FC (-9 places) and my lovely 'wife to be' Marees Reliv Rovers (-7 places....hang in their honey!). Special mention this week goes to Toon Army...come on Jim your a Newcastle loving pom, you should have us all covered at this game :) And thats it for round three. Dont forget to keep an eye on your team as injuries to players are a frequent occurence, and with a record 43 teams in the 'neighbours loving' Harold league its easy to get left behind. Good luck to all managers for round 4! Troy

The thoughts ofTroy at 10:32 AM 0 replies

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Gameweek 3 Ladder
August 20, 2007

Harold League ladder after GW3.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	POS&uArr&dArr
1	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	138	&rArr
2	the_fighters	David Jackson	132	&uArr 3
3	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	128	&uArr 1
4	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	126	&uArr 11
5	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	124	&dArr 2
6	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	121	&dArr 4
=7	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	120	&uArr 6
=7	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	120	&rArr
9	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	115	&uArr 15
=10	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	114	&uArr 2
=10	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	114	&dArr 2
12	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	113	&dArr 2
=13	Yoles	Jason Yole	112	&uArr 6
=13	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	112	&dArr 5
15	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	110	&uArr 4
=16	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	109	&dArr 3
=16	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	109	&dArr 5
18	Gunners	John Marchant	107	&dArr 12
19	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	106	&rArr
20	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	104	&dArr 4
=21	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	103	&uArr 5
=21	Knobs	Peter G	103	&uArr 3
=23	basilton	Rob white	101	&dArr 6
=23	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	101	&uArr 5
=23	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	101	&dArr 6
26	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	96	&dArr 7
27	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	95	&uArr 4
28	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	92	&dArr 5
29	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	86	&dArr 1
30	Know Idea	Brett Severino	82	&rArr
31	Howard United	Troy Howard	79	&uArr 7
=32	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	77	&uArr 1
=32	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	77	&uArr 5
=34	wasted	chris mcdonald	74	&uArr 1
=34	Scotland FC	Scott mck	74	&uArr 2
=36	JAMBOS	David Pentland	71	&dArr 4
=36	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	71	&dArr 9
38	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	69	&uArr 2
39	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	56	&dArr 5
40	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	55	&dArr 1
41	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	47	&uArr 1
42	figo's army	stefano bond	42	&dArr 1
43	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	40	&rArr
	NEW TEAMS:
-	The Fockers	Dave Cannell	126	-
-	Shaggys Stars	Sean Murdoch	109	-

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 9:08 AM 0 replies

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Gameweek 2 Ladder
August 16, 2007

Harold League ladder after GW2.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	POS&uArr&dArr
1	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	98	&uArr 21
2	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	88	&uArr 15
3	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	86	&uArr 4
4	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	84	&uArr 8
5	the_fighters	David Jackson	83	&dArr 2
6	Gunners	John Marchant	82	&dArr 1
7	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	79	&uArr 5
=8	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	77	&dArr 7
=8	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	77	&dArr 2
10	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	76	&uArr 15
11	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	75	&uArr 14
12	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	73	&uArr 24
=13	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	72	&uArr 21
=13	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	72	&uArr 4
15	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	71	&dArr 3
16	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	68	&uArr 15
=17	basilton	Rob white	67	&dArr 6
=17	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	67	&dArr 13
=19	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	64	&dArr 17
=19	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	64	&dArr 2
=19	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	64	&uArr 9
=19	Yoles	Jason Yole	64	&uArr 13
23	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	63	&dArr 15
=24	Knobs	Peter G	62	&dArr 2
=24	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	62	&uArr 4
26	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	60	&dArr 14
27	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	59	&dArr 15
=28	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	57	&dArr 20
=28	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	57	&uArr 4
30	Know Idea	Brett Severino	55	&dArr 2
31	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	54	&dArr 14
32	JAMBOS	David Pentland	50	&dArr 10
33	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	48	&uArr 7
34	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	47	&dArr 17
35	wasted	chris mcdonald	46	&dArr 1
36	Scotland FC	Scott mck	43	&dArr 9
37	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	40	&uArr 2
38	Howard United	Troy Howard	39	&dArr 30
39	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	37	&dArr 3
40	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	33	&dArr 4
41	figo's army	stefano bond	29	&rArr
42	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	22	&rArr
43	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	14	&rArr

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 11:05 AM 0 replies

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Gameweek 1 Report
August 15, 2007

The thoughts ofRoss Andrews at 9:13 AM 0 replies

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Gameweek 1 Ladder
August 13, 2007

Harold League ladder after GW1.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	+/-
1	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	58	-
2	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	54	-
3	the_fighters	David Jackson	53	-
4	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	46	-
5	Gunners	John Marchant	45	-
6	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	44	-
7	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	43	-
=8	Howard United	Troy Howard	42	-
=8	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	42	-
=8	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	42	-
11	basilton	Rob white	40	-
=12	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	39	-
=12	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	39	-
=12	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	39	-
=12	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	39	-
=12	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	39	-
=17	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	38	-
=17	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	38	-
=17	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	38	-
=17	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	38	-
=17	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	38	-
=22	Knobs	Peter G	37	-
=22	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	37	-
=22	JAMBOS	David Pentland	37	-
=25	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	37	-
=25	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	36	-
27	Scotland FC	Scott mck	35	-
=28	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	34	-
=28	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	34	-
=28	Know Idea	Brett Severino	34	-
31	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	33	-
=32	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	32	-
=32	Yoles	Jason Yole	32	-
=34	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	28	-
=34	wasted	chris mcdonald	28	-
=36	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	27	-
=36	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	27	-
=36	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	27	-
39	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	26	-
40	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	25	-
41	figo's army	stefano bond	20	-
42	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	19	-
	NEW TEAMS:
-	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	0	-

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 8:50 AM 0 replies

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I Know The Score
August 10, 2007

Hi all,

There's a secondary comp if anyone's interested. We've got a mini-league in the "I Know The Score" comp, in which you try and guess the outcome of each game. It's got no bearing on our Harold League ladder, but if you're interested, visit this site and sign up to private league bcaQ-JOJY.
The IKTS comp starts at the second gameweek (14th August).
Nothing but bragging rights up for grabs here though.

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 10:02 AM 2 replies

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