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1 HANSEN'S XI .............. 36 447 13933
2 Zip's Egg Soldiers .............. 45 443 16060
3 Bagpuss' EggCup XI .............. 17 435 21072
4 van buns egg cup .............. 31 433 22498
5 Andy's Eggcup 08 .............. 43 431 24020
6 Vid Eggcup .............. 37 424 29746
7 Grant's eggcup .............. 34 418 35439
8 ANDYC EGGCUP XI .............. 36 407 47490
9 X-Cup .............. 42 398 58852
10 ArabKnightsEggCup .............. 23 369 102378
11 Latic's Egg Cup .............. 23 367 105727
12 OLLY`S EGG CUP .............. 31 320 179762

van der Sar
Evra Arbeloa
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips
Bullard
Berbatov
Zaki Tuncay

Transfers left = 20
Team value = £50m

- Id considered Evra-Arbeloa for 01/12, but I want to free up the cash now, and to be honest I doubt Evra will get past the Manchester derby without getting a 5th yellow. Degen is injured again, so Arbeloa still looks fairly solid for the time being.
Is Zaki injured? Does he have the flu? I may have been on the bandwagon from the start, but I can see it grinding to a halt soon. Boro have some decent fixtures coming up & Tuncay has a decent PPG. A Sunday tinker? Absolutely, but I feel happier getting some more money into my forward line.

van der Sar
Arbeloa
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips
Bullard
Berbatov Agbonlahor
Tuncay

Transfers left = 19
Team value = £48.8m

- Id planned to make this move in a couple of weeks to get extra games from an in-form striker who is unlikely to suffer much from rotation over Christmas, but with Berbatov's injury I may as well do it now.

Cech
Evra
Bosingwa
Traore
Arbeloa
Ronaldo
Gerrard Lampard
Bullard
Fabregas Geovanni
Zaki
Defoe

48.6

Rationale: Fab and Gerrard out this weekend. Lampard may be out, but either way he is a must-have. Geovanni looks like he will keep accumulating, and is huge VFM. A few quid in the bank should Zaki get chilblains.

Van der Sar Reina

Evra
Vidic
Bale Pantsil
Bosingwa

Wright Phillips Young
Fabregas Malouda
Modric Nasri
Bullard

Rooney
Van Persie

5 changes - because my team needed a refresh and I was bored and wanted something different

changes left 18!!

E van der Sar Reina

C Davenport Arbeloa
P Evra Aurelio
G Steinsson
Y Kaboul Cahill

C Ronaldo
SWP
S Downing Lampard
C Fabregas Denilson

F Torres
J Defoe

49.9M
Transfer remaining: 16

Wholesale changes as the team was awful. Gone for Liverpool / Bolton defence have dumped Fabregas in midfield and brought in Lampard. Denilson is still a good enabler.

Evra
Bosingwa
Traore
Arbeloa
Ronaldo
Lampard
Bullard
Geovanni
Zaki
Defoe Bent

48.0

Tfrs=17

On the basis that Defoe likely to have the op.

Looks like Bunners has made the same move - maybe we should start posting his changes for him

E van der Sar Reina - better points prospects, FA Cup Games, cheaper

A Arbeloa
P Evra
Turner
N Vidic Bosingwa - need cash for Zaki

J Bullard
F Lampard
C Ronaldo
S Wright-Phillips

Zaki. Agbonlahor
D Bent

Transfers = 19

van der Sar
Arbeloa
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Tuncay Robinho

Transfers left = 18
Team value = £49.9m

- Reason: Having done Berb to Gabby last week, I have the cash available! (I just hope he's fit today - cant wait around for team news)

Reina

Arbeloa
Aurelio
G Steinsson
Cahill

C Ronaldo Gerrard
SWP
Lampard
Denilson

F Torres
J Defoe

48.5M
Transfer remaining: 15

Fake banned and then off to the world cup championship. Liverpool have a nice set of fixtures so seems lke a good choice even without his partner in crime Torres.

Hansen still leading the way

1 HANSEN'S XI Mr Alan Hansen 44 584 6331
2 van buns egg cup Mr Ian Young 38 578 7964
3 Bagpuss' EggCup XI Mr. Nick Thomson 27 566 12203
4 Zip's Egg Soldiers Mr Peter Clinch* 15 546 22733
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5 ANDYC EGGCUP XI Mr Andy Stewart 29 527 37352
6 Andy's Eggcup 08 Mr Andrew Barrell 18 525 39086
7 Vid Eggcup Mr David Tonkin 13 518 45799
8 Grant's eggcup Mr Grant Humphrey 21 515 48804
9 ArabKnightsEggCup Mr David Vernon 52 498 67747
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10 Latic's Egg Cup Mr Andrew Clayton 43 491 76126
11 X-Cup Mr Stuart Bell 19 488 79896
12 OLLY`S EGG CUP Mr Philip Ollerenshaw 38 439 144259

Reina

Arbeloa
Aurelio
G Steinsson
Cahill

Gerrard
SWP
Lampard
Denilson

F Torres Adebayor
J Defoe

48.0M
Transfer remaining: 14

The Torres hold hasn't worked out

Reina

Evra Johnson
Vidic
Pantsil
Bosingwa

Young
Malouda
Nasri
Bullard

Rooney
Van Persie

1 change - Evra now suspended for a lifetime and Portsmouth have no really tricky fixtures.

changes left 17

Cech
Evra Laursen
Bosingwa
Traore
Arbeloa
Ronaldo
Lampard
Bullard
Geovanni
Zaki
Bent

47.2

Tfrs=16

Well, Evra had to go. I suspect that is true for Traore too, but we'll see this afternoon. Some money in the bank to deal with the emaciated front line in due course. Not many transfers though.

van der Sar Cech
Arbeloa
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Robinho

Transfers left = 17
Team value = £50.0m

- I have a feeling vd Sar will be rotated a lot in order to cope with Utd's fixture congestion in the New Year. Seems like the obvious time to bring Cech in

Cech
Laursen
Bosingwa
Traore Terry
Arbeloa
Ronaldo Drogba
Lampard
Bullard
Geovanni
Zaki
Bent

49.3

Tfrs= A deeply worrying 14

Have to do something - so going for the riskiest 4-1 for Drogba, though I suspect Anelka may retain his place. Traore on the bench and I can afford Terry...now watch AT get a part clean sheet and JT pop in an own goal...

Didn't get a chance to post changes

Evra for Laursen
Ronaldo to Gerrard

17 Transfers left.

Cech
Arbeloa
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Robinho Owen

Transfers left = 16
Team value = £49.9m

- Im far from convinced this is the right move, but Robinho's injury seems to be dragging on & games are coming thick and fast. Hopefully Owen is gonna play out of his skin for a new contract......... I wonder how long it'll be before he's injured?

Shame about Terry's sending off

1 Bagpuss' EggCup XI Mr. Nick Thomson 44 703 2517
2 HANSEN'S XI Mr Alan Hansen 35 697 3355
3 van buns egg cup Mr Ian Young 25 682 6086
4 ANDYC EGGCUP XI Mr Andy Stewart 28 644 21508
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5 Zip's Egg Soldiers Mr Peter Clinch* 34 638 25226
6 ArabKnightsEggCup Mr David Vernon 35 614 44542
7 Grant's eggcup Mr Grant Humphrey 18 608 50372
8 Vid Eggcup Mr David Tonkin 17 594 65070
9 Andy's Eggcup 08 Mr Andrew Barrell 14 587 73101
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10 X-Cup Mr Stuart Bell 25 580 81131
11 OLLY`S EGG CUP Mr Philip Ollerenshaw 24 559 106448
12 Latic's Egg Cup Mr Andrew Clayton 5 554 112541

Merry Christmas fellow Egg Cuppers

Cech
Laursen L Young
Bosingwa
Terry
Arbeloa R da Silva
Drogba
Lampard
Bullard
Geovanni
Zaki
Bent Ronaldo

50.0

Tfrs= A horrendous 11

Rationale = Looking for a miracle

Cech
Arbeloa Rafael
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Owen

Transfers left = 15
Team value = £49.3m

- Arbeloa injured & replacements linked with Liverpool. Rafael vfm

Not the best of weeks to be without Lamps & Stevie G

Reina

Arbeloa
Aurelio
G Steinsson
Cahill

Gerrard Ronaldo
SWP
Lampard
Denilson

Adebayor
J Defoe

49.4M
Transfer remaining: 13

Jailbird out, diving sod in.

Reina

Johnson
Vidic
Pantsil
Bosingwa

Young
Malouda Lampard
Nasri
Bullard

Rooney
Van Persie

1 change - Malouda injured and out of favour - cash available for one of the midfield big 3

changes left 16

Suppose someone has to post the current table :

1 HANSEN'S XI Mr Alan Hansen 0 784 3651
2 van buns egg cup Mr Ian Young 2 762 7935
3 Bagpuss' EggCup XI Mr. Nick Thomson 4 744 13734
4 Zip's Egg Soldiers Mr Peter Clinch* 9 719 26619
5 ANDYC EGGCUP XI Mr Andy Stewart 3 716 28563
6 Vid Eggcup Mr David Tonkin 0 692 46884
7 X-Cup Mr Stuart Bell 0 681 56983
8 Grant's eggcup Mr Grant Humphrey 2 674 63631
9 ArabKnightsEggCup Mr David Vernon 2 661 76927
10 Andy's Eggcup 08 Mr Andrew Barrell 1 655 83227
11 OLLY`S EGG CUP Mr Philip Ollerenshaw 0 653 85335
12 Latic's Egg Cup Mr Andrew Clayton 0 630 110454

Cech
Rafael
A Cole
Laursen
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Wright-Phillips Denilson
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Owen

Transfers left = 14
Team value = £48.3m

- SWP's injury & City's exit from the cup is a good excuse to bring Denilson in and raise some funds

I made changes over Xmas but didn't have time to post them. Latest transfers leave me with the following selections

J Reina

J Bosingwa
A Cole
J Pantsil
B Hangeland

J Bullard
F Lampard
C Ronaldo
Denilson

M Owen
D Berbatov

and 9 Transfers

Cech
Rafael
A Cole
Laursen Evra
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Denilson
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Owen

Transfers left = 13
Team value = £49.1m

- Evra back from his 'break' in time for Utd's bonus games

Cech
Rafael
A Cole
Laursen Evra Vidic
Bosingwa
Ronaldo
A Young
Denilson
Bullard
Agbonlahor
Owen

Transfers left = 12
Team value = £49.4m

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