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The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 1:47 PM 0 replies

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Game Week 13 Wrap Up
November 14, 2007

Game week 13 has come and gone, so it must be time to wrap up the events that occured over the weekend in the world of English soccer. However before I begin I would like to mention that Ryan has assured me that people DO actually read my dribble each week (I do feel warm and fuzzy on the inside now that I know my words were not floating off into the cyber abyss unnoticed) and for that I thank you, and appologise for being downcast about it in my last weeks posting. To prove this Ryan allowed me access to one of the most nerdest stats sites going around (well not quite, but nerdy enought at least). Wow, I tell ya it was pretty cool looking at home many hits it recieves, busiest days, averages, outliners, bell curves....its all there! Shouts out to Ryan.

Okie Dokie. Arsenal wins again, Man U wins again, Liverpool wins again and Chelsea drew. Yep another usual week in the EPL. Interesting points to make. Febregas recieved his FOURTH yellow card in a row, the forth during the match against Reading, which earns him a rest on the sidelines for two weeks. Managers who have him take note of this. Tim Cahill scores a ripper for Everton on the weekend, great to see him back in fine form, and Ronaldo scores two for united to continue to punish me for dropping him two weeks ago.

As for the Harold Premiership Cup, again no change to the top 2 for the fourth week running, and no change to the top four this week. Farsenal and Psycho Chickens continue to score huge points each week, placing them both 50+ points clear of third place (what a nice little buffer for you guys). Due to this fine form, they were also our two top scorers for the round as well. Lets just hope it doesnt turn into the same old Man U - Arsenal fight for the title, and that at least one of us remaining 43 managers can make em sweat just a tad more than they have.

Biggest movers up for the week goes to Sararoos (well done Ross...um I mean Sair) who jumped up 6 places, and to Burton Battlers who jumped up 4. Biggest movers down the slippery slope were Deviant FC (6 places down) and Scotland FC (3 places down....oh and I hope to see ya back at on the court on Monday Scotty, we need ya for the Bball finals!) And thats about it for this weeks movers and shakers of the Harold League.

Finally before I sign off, its ... "Troys Final Say"....This coming week is the first week of the comp where two clubs play twice (Blackburn & Aston Villa), so my tip is to make sure you stock up on players from either of these teams. It can be a gamble to make one of them captain, but if they play well in both games, it will double your points for the round...which means if McCarthy, for example, scores twice in each game for Blackburn as captain could earn you a whopping 40+ points, just for him. But having said that, this would mean you would have to scarifice your normal trustworthy Derby captain for the round, and that would be a bad decision to make. Your call.

Cheers Troy.

The thoughts ofTroy at 3:22 PM 0 replies

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Gameweek 13 Ladder
November 13, 2007

Harold League ladder after GW13.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	POS&uArr&dArr
1	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	701	&rArr
2	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	698	&rArr
3	The Fockers	Dave Cannell	647	&rArr
4	Dave's Dudes	David Jackson	645	&rArr
=5	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	643	&uArr 1
=5	Gunners	John Marchant	643	&dArr 1
7	Shaggys Stars	Sean Murdoch	638	&uArr 1
8	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	632	&dArr 1
9	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	620	&rArr
10	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	616	&rArr
11	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	607	&rArr
12	JAMBOS	David Pentland	584	&rArr
13	Howard United	Troy Howard	582	&rArr
14	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	576	&uArr 6
15	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	575	&uArr 1
16	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	571	&dArr 1
17	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	567	&rArr
18	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	563	&uArr 3
19	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	561	&dArr 1
20	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	560	&dArr 6
21	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	549	&dArr 2
22	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	546	&uArr 1
23	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	544	&dArr 1
24	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	543	&rArr
25	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	539	&rArr
26	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	535	&rArr
27	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	529	&uArr 4
28	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	525	&uArr 1
29	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	524	&dArr 1
30	Scotland FC	Scott mck	523	&dArr 3
31	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	515	&dArr 2
32	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	509	&uArr 2
33	Yoles	Jason Yole	508	&dArr 1
34	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	502	&uArr 1
35	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	495	&dArr 2
=36	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	473	&rArr
=36	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	473	&uArr 2
38	Knobs	Peter G	461	&dArr 1
39	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	453	&uArr 1
40	wasted	chris mcdonald	441	&dArr 1
41	basilton	Rob white	439	&uArr 1
=42	Know Idea	Brett Severino	434	&dArr 1
=42	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	434	&uArr 2
44	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	423	&dArr 1
45	figo's army	stefano bond	408	&rArr

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 12:27 PM 0 replies

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Gameweek 12 report
November 9, 2007

Hi folks,

Gee wizz the weeks are flying by fast. It feels like only yesterday that I completed my last report. I'll try and keep up guys, however sometimes im not so sure how many people actually pay attention to my dribbling each week! Well I know Ryan must as he set up the sight, so thats at least one.....oh and James from ToonArmy as he give me the occasional 'bagging'...which is ok too as I encourage the feedback. But at the end of the day I enjoy the calmness that comes along with putting words on paper (or in this case screen). What i will do (just as a test) is place some inconspicuous references in my report to see if people pick up on it toonarmy is a muppet.

Righto. Arsenal and Man United (great name for a gay nightclub dont you think) played in this round and what a game it was. In the end it was all tied, which goes to show the contest to be had over the coming 26 weeks as the top 4 fight for the title (Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool and Chelsea). Not doubt there will be a strong fight from Portsmouth, Blackburn and hopefully Everton. However the gap between the top 4 and the others is increasing ever so slightly, and no doubt will blow out eventually. For the sake of the comp I hope some of the other clubs give the big 4 a run for their money.

The teams that wont be giving the top 4 a run for their money will be bolton (what is going on!!!.....very lucky this week to get away with a draw), Wigan (not even a change of coach will save this team from a relegation battle) and yes of course my favourites in the baggin stakes, Derby County ......(someone has to be last dont they?). Other team which I believe will battle are Middlesborough, Reading and Sunderland. The others should be safe. Only time will tell I guess.

With all this in mind, how has the Harold Premier League fared amongst all the highs and lows of the EPL. No changes to the top two. Over the past four weeks Farsenal and Psycho Chickens have remained in first and second spots (a great effort given that there are 43 other teams nipping at their heals). Top scorer for the round was Shaggys stars with another impressive score of 84 (well done Sean). I must say we, as a league, are doing very well on the scoring side of things each week....so keep up the good work everyone. Just like last week, there has been no major movements within the ladder positioning. The highest movement up the ladder was 3 places by Shaggys, West Penno Lions (there ya go Ross I gave you a mention....but I dont think you read it this anyway), United Hearts, Burton Battlers, Yoles, and my favourite named team Knobs. The lowest movement down the ladder goes to Port Haste (yep thats you Ryan...and I do know you read this....so congratulations, I think?), Ryan dropped down five places. As for the rest of you guys, until you do something spectacular like score 100 points, or score nothing it is very hard to mention everyone, but i will give the shouts out to Ben Reeves FC Tress just for the hell of it......well done Ben.

Ok so to wrap up this mess as usual I will finish with ...'Troys final say'..... The only bit of advice I can give this week is to stop reading this garbage i spit out each week. Oh and grab as many Derby players as you can and make em captain!!

Over and Out

Troy

The thoughts ofTroy at 4:41 PM 1 replies

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Gameweek 12 Ladder
November 7, 2007

Harold League ladder after GW12.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	POS&uArr&dArr
1	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	627	&rArr
2	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	622	&rArr
3	The Fockers	Dave Cannell	595	&uArr 1
=4	Gunners	John Marchant	591	&dArr 1
=4	Dave's Dudes	David Jackson	591	&uArr 1
6	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	588	&dArr 1
7	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	580	&rArr
8	Shaggys Stars	Sean Murdoch	570	&uArr 3
9	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	563	&rArr
10	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	559	&dArr 2
11	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	545	&dArr 1
12	JAMBOS	David Pentland	537	&rArr
13	Howard United	Troy Howard	536	&rArr
14	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	524	&rArr
15	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	523	&uArr 1
16	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	521	&uArr 2
17	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	519	&rArr
18	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	517	&uArr 2
19	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	511	&dArr 5
20	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	509	&dArr 1
21	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	496	&rArr
22	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	493	&uArr 3
23	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	491	&dArr 1
24	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	486	&rArr
25	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	480	&uArr 1
26	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	478	&dArr 4
27	Scotland FC	Scott mck	475	&uArr 1
28	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	469	&uArr 3
=29	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	466	&dArr 2
=29	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	466	&rArr
31	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	465	&uArr 3
32	Yoles	Jason Yole	463	&uArr 3
33	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	459	&dArr 3
34	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	457	&dArr 2
35	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	447	&uArr 1
36	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	426	&dArr 3
37	Knobs	Peter G	417	&uArr 3
38	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	412	&rArr
39	wasted	chris mcdonald	406	&dArr 2
40	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	399	&uArr 1
41	Know Idea	Brett Severino	391	&dArr 3
42	basilton	Rob white	381	&uArr 1
43	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	377	&dArr 1
44	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	369	&uArr 1
45	figo's army	stefano bond	364	&dArr 1

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 10:11 AM 0 replies

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Gameweek 11 Report
November 2, 2007

Hi All,

Another week another set of English Premier League results. Chelsea absolutely mauled Man City with a thumping six goal win. For those of you that had any Man City players in your team, my heart goes out to you. For those of you who had Frank Lampard in your team (or just about any other Chelsea player) well done!

Arsenal hang on to top spot by the skin of thier teeth with a nice draw away from home at Liverpool. Next weeks match against Man United will be the decider of out right top spot. Should be an absolute ripper, and more than likey Ronaldo will score a hat trick just to annoy me as I traded him last week (for Mr Lampard).

Righto as I am pressed for time lets look at our league. Farsnel remains on top, followed by Psycho Chickens (who still amaze me. This is Matt's first time at even looking at a soccer ball let alone managing a team), well done Psycho's. It was a pretty queit round as far as positions go, with our biggest movers only going up as far as 5 places (Well done Reliv Rovers....and my wife who manages them...go babe), and dropping as low as 4 places to several teams, two many to mention.

Congratulations must go to Warra's Rovers who scored our highest amount of points in this round with a whopping 85, closely followed by the Gunners with 82. Well done Sam and John.

Righto thats about it from me. I gotta scoot, many things for me to do besides researching the soccer (although what a great job it would be to do full time!!). But before I go I must finish with ...................."Troy's Final Say"............Im going to stop bagin Derby and start on Liverpool. Careful when selecting Liverpool players as their manager likes to use a rotation policy each week. So for those who thought that Torres was going to play each week guess again. Its bloody frustrating. My hot tip would be to research Blackburn a little more in your trades. They are going very strong at the moment and have some excellent and well priced players in their squad....otherwise stick to picking as many Derby players as possible and make em captain ...(sorry Derby fans, I cant help my self)...

P.s - Im watching you Toon Army

Cheers and bye for now.

The thoughts ofTroy at 5:17 PM 0 replies

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Gameweek 11 Ladder

Harold League ladder after GW11.

POS	TEAM	MANAGER	TOTAL	POS&uArr&dArr
1	Farsenal07	Andrew Tucker	573	&rArr
2	Psycho Chickens	Matt Davis	558	&rArr
3	Gunners	John Marchant	545	&uArr 3
4	The Fockers	Dave Cannell	540	&rArr
=5	Warra Rover's	Sam Kelly	536	&uArr 4
=5	Dave's Dudes	David Jackson	536	&rArr
7	Rivers Stockpile	Kevin Jackson	527	&dArr 4
8	boldandthebeautiful	Karl Quast	511	&dArr 1
9	Snapper's	Scott Bartlett	498	&uArr 4
10	Baggins Battlers	Jim Wibskov	491	&dArr 2
11	Shaggys Stars	Sean Murdoch	486	&dArr 1
12	JAMBOS	David Pentland	480	&rArr
13	Howard United	Troy Howard	477	&dArr 2
=14	Deviant F.C.	Matthew Johnson	476	&rArr
=14	Port Haste	Ryan Minster	476	&uArr 4
16	The Overpaid Poseurs	jarrod o'brien	469	&dArr 1
17	FC Tress	Ben Reeve	465	&rArr
18	Gardo's Tryers	Andrew Gardner	462	&dArr 2
19	The Sararoos	Sair Andrews	457	&dArr 1
20	Team Larry 08	Nathan Mackenzie	453	&rArr
21	Team Schwarz	David Schwarz	450	&dArr 1
=22	Ballarat FC	Philip Kynoch	448	&uArr 4
=22	Bend it Like Becko	Rebecca Doble	448	&uArr 2
24	Cams Champs	Cameron Pentland	445	&dArr 2
25	West Penno Lions	Ross Andrews	443	&dArr 2
26	Reliv Rovers	Maree Kamphuis	436	&uArr 5
27	Matt's mob	Matt Brown	431	&dArr 3
28	Scotland FC	Scott mck	428	&uArr 4
29	Daveys Doomsmachine	David Prestidge	419	&dArr 1
30	Gazza's Team	Gareth Campbell	412	&uArr 5
31	United Hearts FC	Blake Moore	411	&dArr 4
32	ToonArmy	James Lazzari	410	&uArr 1
33	The Azmans	Aaron Luttrell	409	&dArr 4
34	Burton Battlers	Paul Duthie	401	&dArr 4
35	Yoles	Jason Yole	400	&uArr 4
36	Hunter FC	Russell Hunter	397	&dArr 2
37	wasted	chris mcdonald	381	&rArr
=38	Know Idea	Brett Severino	370	&uArr 3
=38	Ace's Aces	Ace Vanderbilt	370	&rArr
40	Knobs	Peter G	369	&dArr 4
41	Kezza's Kings	Kean Steinkellner	364	&dArr 1
42	Broken Hill United	Jason Taylor	345	&uArr 2
43	basilton	Rob white	344	&dArr 1
44	figo's army	stefano bond	323	&dArr 1
45	Benit FC	Scott Fulcher	303	&rArr

The thoughts ofRyan Minster at 10:39 AM 0 replies

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