Before anything else, I just wanted to ask the 75 of you who chose the now injured Owen, whether these words mean anything to you…

Eggs? Basket? All Yours? In One?

Not working for you? How about a pictorial representation…

Anyway the month ended with some drama, as I managed to get exactly zero points during the week, which means that Anna goes top, Luan second, Joanna climbs into 5th, whilst Carys and Faye take 6th and 7th. In fact you could say the ladies are seriously bossing it this year. Great skills.

In terms of the first set of monthly prizes, that means that Anna takes the highest points prize (£5). Normally there would be a highest position climed prize aswell but we never do that in the first month as it’s always the same person. The third regular set of prizes is what I call “The Zero Zero Bonus” – basically anyone who finishes a month on a points total that is an exact hundred gets a quid. So this month, Michael J Davey, Gerard Crispie and Mathew James all grab £1 for finishing the month on an even 300 points. The fourth prize each month is at my discretion, it could be a fun quiz competition, it could be a lucky dip or it could be a prize awarded for special effort or skills. Anyway this month, the prize goes to Sam Brown as he was the only manager to choose a team that contains the three top scoring players, namely Rooney, Drogba and Torres. Well done to everyone – who knows, maybe I’ll even throw in some more prizes…

All the transfers I have received will come into effect before this weekends games.

Stay frosty.

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And here’s how the top 10 stands!!!

(picture in email)

There is only one more set of monthly prizes as the remaining games of the season (both League and Europe) in April and May are all grouped together.

This months winners are:

Most Points:
Obi Wan – Kenobi Nil (Steve Dennis) with 224 points…
…who beat… In ROD we trust (Rhodri Evans) with 200 points…
…who beat… Extra Tim (Tim Radford) with 197 points.

Most Positions:
Jack’s back, sack and crack (Jack Baber) with 19 positions…
…who beat… Pistols of Fire (Paul Ruijs) with 17 positions…
…who beat… Bit the shed (Nick Alexander) with 17 positions.

Fun Comp 1:
The Tartan Army (Anna Farquharson)

Fun Comp 2:
Seaaaagulls (Kevin Allfrey)

Lucky Dip Top Group:
CF Galaxy (Darren Wright)

Lucky Dip Middle Group:
Nobly fatal fatso’s (Paul Hollands)

Lucky Dip Bottom Group:
The Fury of Ted Danson (Andrew Ryall)

Biggest Faller:
How do you like them apples? (Dan Jones) with 27 places

Well done to all our winners.
A couple of new competitions will be coming out soon.
And of course all transfers will be going in before the next update.

Stay classy…

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Last update until I return from what I’m excited to call the “Drink, Eat And Dance For All The Time” session (or DEAD FATT for short) so get ready for a bit of a sing-along…

On the 1st day of Christmas, Ian Crocker said to me, I’ve got 956 points and a 36 point lead….
On the 2nd day of Christmas, Mark and Anna said, watch out Ian, whilst we storm ahead….
On the 3rd day of Christmas, Nic said to Jock, we’re climbing so fast, I think my socks blew off…
On the 4th day of Christmas, Alex said to all, my weekly points rock, so now hear me roar…
On the 5th day of Christmas, Marshall said to Jon, give me a subway, you’re falling like a rock my son…
On the 6th day of Christmas, Lewis sung a tune, up 15 places, now I’m over the moon…
On the 7th day of Christmas, Luan said to Oz, you might be ahead, but remember I’m still the boss…
On the 8th day of Christmas, Lloydy felt insane, as he was down near the bottom, but had a cool team name…
On the 9th day of Christmas, Jack climbed 18 spots, chasing his Dad, all the way to the top…
On the 10th day of Christmas, Millo fell 15, now he wishes, Anna had picked his team…
On the 11th day of Christmas, Kirsty said to Dean, I used to be ahead, this is the most insulting thing I’ve seen…
On the 12th day of Christmas, Sam and Quirk schemed, if we’re going to beat Lyons, we’d better play mean…

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

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Beer Tree

It’s all change this week with Anna storming into 2nd place, Jock into 6th and Alex into 8th.

Andrew F got a monster 102 points this week whilst Mat J put the pedal to the metal up 30 places.

But as it says on the BBC website about Robbie Keane’s current poor performance “…form is temporary – class is permanent…”

The same can also be said about California governor, Anrold Schwarzenegger – who despite proving a popular and successful politician – should really get back to his roots soon – http://io9.com/5081470/arnold-schwarzeneggers-10-greatest-acting-challenges

That said, whether you’re a professional footballer or an airline pilot – everyone has bad days. Here are some quotes taken from air traffic controller recordings…

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Tower: “TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees.”
Pilot: “Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?”
Tower: “Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?”
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Pilot: “DAMN! That was close…”
Tower: “Delta 560, what seems to be the problem?”
Pilot (catching his breath): “Near miss- was he ever close!”
Tower: “Delta 560, how close was it?”
Pilot: “Well, I can tell you one thing, it was a white boy flying it.”
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Tower: “Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7″
Eastern 702: “Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway.”
Tower: “Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?”
Continental 635: “Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern… we’ve already notified our caterers.”
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Full list here – http://www.businessballs.com/airtrafficcontrollersfunnyquotes.htm
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Until next time…

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27 days to Christmas!!! Don’t panic!!! Breath deeply and remember that Christmas is fun – it’s about eating so much turkey your sides hurt or watching The Princess Bride for the 100th time on Boxing Day or simply about kicking back, putting on some Dean Martin carols and chilling before it all starts again in 2009…

With that in mind, there are a few teams out there who could use the Festive period to take stock…

Sunderland fell to their 3rd consecutive loss against West Ham, whilst Blackburn saw Spurs make it no win in 8 games, Arsenal continue to see their title challenge turn to dust as Man City gave them a 3 nil whooping, whilst Man U, Chelsea and Liverpool were all held to nil all draws with whilst West Brom have now taken just 1 point from the last 21 after a loss to Stoke.

In our League, “It’ll All End In Tears, Again” has stolen the top spot, whilst Stacey and Anna continue the ladies assault on the top 10 – both up 2 places. The “One Lungs Chicken Legged Klaimers” continue their fall, whilst Rhodri, Keivan and Emily all see good rises in the top 20 but with “O’Sheas Sharpshooters” clocking the biggest rise up 25 places.

If case you were wondering – and why wouldn’t you – about the origin of the word Christmas – it originated as a compound meaning “Christ’s mass”. More interestingly, in early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ – so since the mid-16th century Χ has been used as an abbreviation for Christ. Hence, Xmas is often used as an abbreviation for Christmas.

Today’s lesson was brought to you by the number 27 and the letter X…

Have a great weekend people.

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p.s. today is the last day to get your guess to for the first fun question – so get online – and leave your guess as to how many points we’ll all get this month. link here

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