Three weeks of updates in the points and there have been movements gallore – not least we have a new number one…

Check it out for yourselves.

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Before we get on to the football, did anyone bother watching the Oscars? I doubt it. Why? Well when you watch a movie you’ve paid money to see, you expect the actors and actresses to at least do a plausable impression of a human being – so why pat them on the back for doing their jobs? What’s more upsetting is when half way through a film, you can’t decide whether to gnaw your own arm off just so you have something to either shield your eyes with or throw at the screen in protest of the embarassing acting. Well a few weeks ago they hosted the 31st Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies) which celebrates these attrocities. See how many you’ve experienced…

Worst Picture
- The Last Airbender

Worst Actor
- Ashoton Kutcher (in Killers and Valentine’s Day)

Worst Actress
- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon (in Sex and the City 2)

Worst Supporting Actor
- Jackson Rathbone (in The Last Airbender and Twilight: Eclipse)

Worst Supporting Actress
- Jessica Alba (in The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers and Machete)

Worst Screen Couple \ Ensemble:
The Entire Cast of Sex and the City 2

And it goes on…

Anyway in this fantasy football update we’ve actually got two updates, so the points have moved on a fair bit. “The Damned United” are still top but the gap is closing all the time and “U’s knows it” and “U aint seen Ruthin yet” have been blitzing up the ranks into the top 10. Less than 100 points seperates 30th place and 11th place which is nothing, so if the likes of “Powermonkeys” can continue to get 60 points each week, then we’ll undoubtedly be seeing an intense season finish.

Hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.

I will buy anyone a beer who can tell me on Monday they sat through the emo fest that is all 3 Twilight films and still has two arms…

If you happen to bump into Kristen Stewart can you let her know that looking like you permanently need the toilet does not equal acting.

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If 2 weeks ago was all about the crazy number of goals, then last weekend was all about one goal in particular:

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney said his wonder overhead strike that secured a 2-1 derby win over Manchester City was the best of his career. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was gushing in his praise for Rooney’s goal, calling it the best he has seen at Old Trafford. “It was stunning,” he said. “Unbelievable. We’ve had some fantastic goals here but in terms of execution, you’ll never see that.”

There were also some incredible displays by the teams in Europe with both Tottenham and Arsenal recording memorable wins over AC Milan and Barcelona respectively.

The Tottenham game was insanely close and just 1 nil up with 1 minute to go, lets pick up the BBC reporting:

92mins: Unbelievable! AC Milan frontman Zlatan Ibrahimovc thinks he’s snatched a dramatic equaliser at the very death with a brilliant overhead kick… but the official’s flag is raised for a foul on Michael Dawson in the box. It’s a great decision, too. What drama.

93mins: FULL-TIME AC Milan 0-1 Tottenham

94mins: Wowzers. AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has gone mad. The Italian greets the final whistle by marching straight over to assistant Tottenham coach Joe Jordan and head-butting him. Incredible. The two benches clash as a result as Gattuso is pulled away, but still he tries to get at the Tottenham bench. Absolutely staggering. What’s the Italian for bad loser?

Let’s join the Arsenal game with just 3 minutes to go as they lead 2 – 1:

87mins: And then out of nowhere Barcelona threaten an equaliser, Lionel Messi laying Dani Alves in on the right and the Brazilian’s slid effort kept out by Wojciech Szszesny. What a game.

88mins: Barcelona are pressing now… heavily…

90mins: Two minutes of injury time at the Emirates.

92mins: Is that handball? Arsenal substitute Andrey Arshavin might just have got away with one there as the ball strikes his arm in the box, but the referee waves play on… Dani Alves does play on and his square pass is almost forced home by Lionel Messi, but the Argentine’s shot is blocked.

92mins: FULL-TIME Arsenal 2-1 Barcelona

All great stuff and lots of points in our league – but I haven’t put the updated file online yet – suspense – but will let you know as soon as I do… I’ll leave you with a quote from Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp: “They lost their heads at the end there – they were rattled for sure – and I guess that’s a good sign. I know who I’d pick between Joe Jordan and Gennaro Gattuso anyway… Joe all night long. All night long.”

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Last week, a phenomenal weekend of football took place, with 43 goals and some incredible results…

Mau U lost for the first time this season to bottom of the table Wolves, whilst Arsenal squandered a 4 nil lead to draw 4 all. There were crazy scenes as the Wigan Blackburn game went to 4 – 3 and joy for the home fans as Stoke came from 2 -1 down against Sunderland to win in the last 7 minutes 3 -2. Tevez clocked in a nice hatrick against West Brom, and the Everton Blackpool game bounced around like a yo yo, ending in a 5 – 3 win for the home side with Saha scoring 4. Villa and Fulham also saw some heroics as their teams drew 2 all and the debut of Torres at Chelsea was outshone by the Liverpool resurgence in a 1 nil defeat. Crazy stuff.

Also an intense weekend in the rugby – as England won 26 – 19 in a hard-fought game against the Welsh at the Millenium Stadium, the Irish scraped a 13 – 11 win against the plucky Italians and France had to dig very deep to see off the Scottish in a dramatic 34 – 21 game.

And even further afield it was a night to remember for The Green Bay Packers as they won Sunday’s Super Bowl 31 – 25 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. It also broke the record for the biggest US television audience for a single broadcast as the match was watched by 111 million viewers!!!

Lots of movement in our table as always…

Enjoy.

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Something I was painfully aware of when travelling just before Christmas.

After that, go check the latest table and see that Martyn and Tim had a strong week in the top 10, as did Leighton and Lizzie in the top 20.

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Another Friday and another update.

The last week saw some big scoring matches as the title battle heats up – and the relegation one too!!

Liverpool and Everton had a 2 all thriller as both teams aim to escape the mid-table.
Birminham and Aston Villa has a tense 1 all game as both teams sit on the verge of relegation.
Another two teams close to the relegation danger zone were Wigan and Fulham who had a physical 1 all draw.
Sunderland and Newcastle played out a hard fought 1 all game, as both teams are on the cusp of the last Europa spot.
Tottnaham and Man U may have been a nil all draw but with 5 yellow cards and 1 red, it was intense at the top of the league.
The game of the weekend had to be the 4 – 3 thriller between Man City and Wolves. End to end stuff.
Only just better than the 3 – 2 fun between West Brom and Blackpool, both teams proving their premiership credentials.
Elsewhere it was easy wins for Arsenal (3 nil), Chelseas (2 nil) and Stoke (2 nil).

You want to hear the craziest thing though?

In our league, only 4 players in the top 40 stayed in the same position as last week…

I kid you not.

Stay classy – and have a great weekend.

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2011 is upon us and that means we can do another tasty update. This file goes up to the first week of January – so again there’s been a lot of movement.

Before we do that though, let’s take a look at these 10 things that the World Sports Network told us to watch out for this season:

1. Chelsea wins back to back titles
2. Drogba to score 25+
3. Rooney to get extremely frustrated
4. Sir Alex Ferguson to retire at season’s end, will complain on the way
5. Roberto Mancini’s job to come under question
6. New owners and excitement for Liverpool
7. Chicharito to secure best young player of the year award
8. Intense battle for 4th
9. Newcastle to stay on top, Blackpool relegated
10. 25 Player cap, 8 homegrown

Well if I had to rattle through those I’d say:

1) In Drogba’s dreams
2) Ssshhh… he’s still sleeping
3) Rooney = Frustration
4) Fergie is immortal, he will never retire
5) The only manager who will never be questioned is Fergie
6) Liverpool have more new owners \ managers than Blackpool has supporters
7) The anti-roooney
8) Spurs don’t need 4th place – they’re going to win Europe on first attempt
9) Blackpool to take 4th spot
10) What do you call 8 English players on a bench? A football team.

In our league, it’s uncomfortably close, with just 27 points seperating 20th place and 11th place, just 32 points seperating 30th place and 21st place, just 17 points seperating 40th place and 31st place – need I go on?

Remember: Pain Heals, Chicks Dig Scars, Ferguson Lasts Forever

Also: Use those transfers

Peace out.

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Time for a fantasy football update and it’s a biggy!!

An amazing run (311 points) in the last month sees “The Damned Utd” soar into first place knocking “Two Fried Eggs” down to 2nd.

“Chocolate Fireguard”, “What A Big Bear” and “In Ste We Trust” all climb and finish off the top 5 spots.

There’s a lot of movement elsewhere in the table so have a good look.

The Champions League draw has just taken place and there are some amazing matches in in the pipeline now: Arsenal vs Barcelona, Tottenham vs Ac Milan, Man U vs Marseille and Chelsea vs FC Copenhagen!!! Some mouth watering clashes there I think you’ll agree!!

The Europa League draw has just finished too and Liverpool take on Sparta Prague, Rangers see Sporting Lisbon and Man City have Aris. Good draws all round.

Did you know that Berbatov is the top goal scorer in the League with 11 goals? After him comes Carroll and Tevez with 10 goals each and then its Cahill, Drogba, Elmander, Nasri and Nolan all on 8 goals each.

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Have a brussel sprout for me…

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Who hides in the bakery at Christmas?
A mince spy!

What carol is heard in the desert?
O camel ye faithful!

What is the best xmas present in the world?
A broken drum, you just can’t beat it!

How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas?
Fleece Navidad!

What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
Tinsilitis!

What do you get if you cross a bell with a skunk?
Jingle Smells!

…and finally…

What do crackers, fruitcake and nuts remind me of?
You!

Last weekend saw a great selection of Premiership games with just 8 points now seperating 4th place Man City and relegation zone 19th place Wolves!! There were 22 goals scored from 18 different players, so lots of points to be had but what I really want to talk about are the European Games that happened during the week – in particular the Spurs match which I was lucky enough to get tickets to on Tuesday.

Let’s set the scene… its been 48 years since Spurs were in the Champions League and who should be in our group but none-other than the current defending champions Inter Milan. The away match against Inter a few weeks ago was a game of two halves. The first half saw Tottenham being given the schooling of their lives as they went 4 nil down and only an insane hatrick from Bale in the second half, made the scoreline a little more respectable.

So, with the second game at White Hart Lane looming, there were many who were saying that it could be a thrashing, as we couldn’t rely on such a lucky escape again.

As it turn out, our fears were unfounded… and the team produced a stellar performance.

A capacity crowd filled the stadium with amazing chants – and were rewarded for their noise in the 18th minute when Van der Vaart slotted home after a delightful move from Modric. The crowd went bananas!!

Second half and it wasn’t long to wait before the robot-dancing hero that is Crouch put away a second, sending the White Hart faithful into crazy chants of “Taxi for Maicon!!” after Bale effortlessly slipped past last years “Best Defender” for the twentieth time.

However tired legs were evident and Inter bounced back with a goal from Eto’o in the 80th minute and things looked a little dicey for 5 long minutes when you just felt they might score at any time, but it was another Bale inspired move that set Pavlyuchenko free to hammer in the 3rd goal and nail in the coffin.

Standing in a Tottenham pub after the game you would have been forgiven for thinking that actually everyone there had won the lottery whilst simulatenously discovering they each have super-powers – but such was the performance!!

Headlines the next day were glowing:

“I’ve Seen The New Paolo Maldini”
“Bale has world at his feet”
“All aboard the Gareth Bale bandwagon”
“Bale like Messi, says Villa”
“A touch of Ronaldo & Giggs in Gareth Bale?”
“Bale was like a white tornado that left Rafael Benitez, for all his renowned European tactical acumen, powerless and fidgety in his technical area as he made a miserable return to England following his summer departure from Liverpool”

Oh there’s tonnes more, but for now just enjoy the latest league update and pray that having conquered the European champions, Spurs can avoid their normal slump and beat Bolton this weekend!!

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Another Friday and another fantasy football update.

There’s two weeks of points in this update so it’s a beauty. The Premiership is really starting to hotten up and all kinds of players are starting to find form.

Simon and Paul have jumped into 1st and 2nd place respectively, whilst a big climb from Dylan (up 12 places) see’s him take 6th spot.

Alan and David climbed 7 places each to enter the top 10, whilst the two biggest fallers were Sam and Ruth, both down 32 places each.

On the flip side it was a beauty for Ian and Gary, up 41 and 37 places respectively.

Check out the stats for yourself…

Have a great weekend