The Egg Cup League 3 2011/12

[paulgrinny]

Love my trophy Hog, i've changed my mind, gonna go for the Tinkerman trophy next season by end of August, i love it!!

[the dude abides]

Arteta Ben arfa.
1 left.

[muldoon]

Following Spurs Cup exit and current dreadful form time to minimise their coverage in my team so gone for Tevez for the run in.

Leaves me with just 1 transfer which looks like being used on Walcott but will wait till next weekend and assess his situation.

Cech
Vermaelen
Evans
Wilson
Walker
Walcott
Bale
Mata
VDV Tevez
RVP
Suarez

value: 50m
transfers remaining; 1

[reds363]

Howard Reina
Baines Agger
Heitinga
Walker
Van Der Vaart
Mata
Walcott
McClean Enrique
Rooney
Van Persie
Adebayor

Transfers Left:- 1
Value of Team:- 49.2m

Reasons for Transfers :-
Baines injured, Liverpool extra games, big roll of dice to try and push up the league in the last 3 weeks, eggs and baskets etc

[Hogmeister]

Email from Chuck, as our leader uses his final transfer....

Chuck Egg Splat

Hart
Enrique
Walker
Vermaelen
Larsson
Walcott > Evans
Bale
Mata
RVP
Rooney
Adebayor > Aguero

Value of team - £50 mil
Transfers left - 0

Reason for transfers
- Seems my mirroring tactic bit me on the ass with Theo and Ade injured, in come Evans and Aguero to kill off my transfer kitty and to spice things up at the top of the table with a couple of differentials to others.Good luck all.

Transfers in full
Valencia to Nani
Hernandez to Malouda
---------------------------------
Luiz to Warnock
Bale to Larsson
De Gea to Hart
Vermaelen to Aguero
Malouda to Mata
Yaya to Dempsey
Clichy to Bosingwa
Young to Adebayor
Bosingwa to Walker
Warnock to Phil Jones
Suarez to Yakubu
Yakubu to Hernandez
Hernandez to Valencia
Adebayor to RVP
Nani to Vermaelen
Jones to Sturridge
Aguero to Torres
Vermaelen to Enrique
Valencia to Bale
Torres to Adebayor
RVP to Rooney
Hangeland to Jones
Dempsey to Young
Sturridge to RVP
Adebayor to Gerrard
Gerrard to Adebayor
Jones to Vermaelen
Young to Walcott
Walcott to Evans
Adebayor to Aguero

[Hogmeister]

Latest snapshot sees Chuck extending his lead, which now stands at 62 points over second-placed Jag. Highest scorer of the week was the Dude, who moves up to 6th.

1 Russell Cane Chuck Egg Splat 1681 42 97 1973
2 James AndersonGordon Jagduracell Egg Xi 1619 21 100 8324
3 Rick Perkins Skiffer And Chips 1602 31 85 11455
4 David Nuttie Hard Boiled Hotpot 1576 20 76 17962
5 Craig Rogers Egg On Face 1554 22 84 25108
6 Jonathan Harrington The Dudes Eggstatic 1553 54 89 25453
7 Paul Branigan Topspurs Omelette 1530 39 78 34368
8 Daniel Watters Muldoons Fiso Egg 1523 28 75 37428
9 Ross Banyard Scrambled Hog 1516 39 89 40604
10 David Rich Count Basie Swingers 1512 32 83 42489
11 Ian Wallace Hogmeister Eggs Xi 1504 23 73 46345
12 Richard Vallance Ricardo3s Golden Egg 1496 37 79 50277
13 Andrew Clayton Egg Cup Latic 1487 47 79 54885
14 Steve Legg Reds Benedict 1483 26 71 57031
15 Ian Buckley Billybluenose Eggs X 1461 10 85 69015
16 Paul Grinstead Arightmixup 1440 24 67 80968
17 Steve Clemente Clemo Eggs Xi 1275 37 57 168009
18 Sonia Brown Egg Cup Browney18 1138 19 51 214412

[muldoon]

Mid table obscurity assured, with Theo out its time to use that final transfer.

Cech
Vermaelen
Evans
Wilson
Walker
Bale
Walcott Dempsey
Mata
RVP
Suarez
Tevez

transfers: 0 (tinkerman league here I come)
cost: bang on the 50m

Fulham have a shcoking record at Goodison but I have an inkling they may do well today, besides Fulham have 4 games left and I fancy Dempsey to do keep doing well till the very end.

[Hogmeister]

Yep, time for my final transfer to go as well.

De Gea
Evans
Walker
Jones
Valencia
Mata
Larsson Dempsey
Bale
Gerrard
RVP
Rooney

Transfers Left: None
Value of Team: £49.6m

Reasons for Transfer:
Larsson out injured, Dempsey top midfielder overall - simples.

[muldoon]

Haha well at 3-0 down at half-time my prediction for a good result for Fulham is looking about as good as most of my predictions this season

Thank god there's no division 4 to get relegated too

[reds363]

Reina
Agger
Enrique
Heitinga
Walker
Van Der Vaart
Mata
Walcott Bale
Rooney
Van Persie
Adebayor

Transfers Left:- 0
Value of Team:- 50m

Reasons for Transfers :-
Walcott injured, final move to bring Bale in for extra games and good games at that. Hopefully (surely?!) Spurs will turn their slump around

[skiffer]

Baines Cole

Transfers left 0

Limping towards the finish line with a 10 man team ...

[topspur]

last one

Evans Boswinga

[the dude abides]

Last transfer made. Thanks for game chaps, and cheers Hogmeister for the updates. I made it to the top half of the table at last, and its been a severe learning curve. My first year playing TFF, and ive made a few big transfer mistakes, and hope to learn for next year.
Same story in the Tiny game, and the FPL/TFF combo but i have really enjoyed it .

Cech
Kompany
Evra
Vermaelen
Bale
Ben-Arfa
Mata
Sigurdsson
Klasnic Ramires
Rooney
Jelavic

[hogweed]

Apologies for late reporting of these two transfers from last week.

Walcott Enrique
Torress Tevez

Two transfers remaining for me and am about to go and burn them now.

[Jagduracell]

Think I forgot to declare my last transfer as well. Brought in Yaya for Walcott.

Now out of transfers and have thoroughly enjoyed my first year of Egg Cup. Looking like being the nearly man this year with a 2nd place finish (hopefully) and a runners up medal in the cup!

[Hogmeister]

Latest update.

Chuck's lead is down from 62 to 40 but, with just two weeks to go, it still looks enough to ensure the top spot. Jag remains in second, while Hotpot moves up to third, overtaking Skiffer.

1 Russell Cane Chuck Egg Splat 1743 13 99 2604
2 James AndersonGordon Jagduracell Egg Xi 1703 24 107 6446
3 David Nuttie Hard Boiled Hotpot 1674 29 83 11251
4 Rick Perkins Skiffer And Chips 1649 9 87 17175
5 Craig Rogers Egg On Face 1623 25 88 25132
6 Jonathan Harrington The Dudes Eggstatic 1622 16 92 25469
7 Paul Branigan Topspurs Omelette 1616 36 83 27646
8 Daniel Watters Muldoons Fiso Egg 1595 14 80 35788
9 Ross Banyard Scrambled Hog 1594 29 94 36168
9 David Rich Count Basie Swingers 1594 27 89 36168
11 Steve Legg Reds Benedict 1586 37 77 39583
12 Richard Vallance Ricardo3s Golden Egg 1578 24 83 43069
13 Ian Wallace Hogmeister Eggs Xi 1560 12 75 51759
14 Andrew Clayton Egg Cup Latic 1553 20 81 55255
15 Ian Buckley Billybluenose Eggs X 1531 24 91 66435
16 Paul Grinstead Arightmixup 1522 9 72 71283
17 Steve Clemente Clemo Eggs Xi 1344 22 61 161850
18 Sonia Brown Egg Cup Browney18 1180 11 51 215515

[Hogmeister]

Latest Update.

Thanks to Toure's masterclass yesterday, Jag has eaten further into Chuck's lead, which now stands at just 27 points. While Chuck remains the clear favourite, the impossible could still yet happen.

With both players out of transfers, Chuck is carrying one injured non-player (Larsson) and also Evans, who must presumably be a doubt for the last game, having not played yesterday. Jag has Baines who will similarly be a serious doubt for next week.

The teams, ignoring Larsson and the non-differentials, are:
Chuck: Hart, Enrique, Evans, Roo, Aguero
Jag: Friedel, Baines, Valencia, Toure, Suarez, Adebayor

1 Russell Cane Chuck Egg Splat 1776 46 101 3075
2 James AndersonGordon Jagduracell Egg Xi 1749 70 112 5662
3 David Nuttie Hard Boiled Hotpot 1700 55 84 14346
4 Rick Perkins Skiffer And Chips 1683 43 89 18802
5 Craig Rogers Egg On Face 1664 66 91 24693
6 Jonathan Harrington The Dudes Eggstatic 1655 49 93 27899
7 Paul Branigan Topspurs Omelette 1642 62 84 32867
8 David Rich Count Basie Swingers 1632 65 91 36855
9 Richard Vallance Ricardo3s Golden Egg 1631 77 86 37226
9 Daniel Watters Muldoons Fiso Egg 1631 50 83 37226
11 Steve Legg Reds Benedict 1625 76 80 39826
11 Ross Banyard Scrambled Hog 1625 60 95 39826
13 Ian Wallace Hogmeister Eggs Xi 1608 60 78 47639
14 Andrew Clayton Egg Cup Latic 1590 57 83 56377
15 Ian Buckley Billybluenose Eggs X 1574 67 94 64568
16 Paul Grinstead Arightmixup 1559 46 74 72477
17 Steve Clemente Clemo Eggs Xi 1373 51 61 164780
18 Sonia Brown Egg Cup Browney18 1216 47 53 214421

[Jagduracell]

AGBONLAHOR!?!?

Don't think I'd be eating into Chucks lead with him

[Hogmeister]

AGBONLAHOR!?!?

Don't think I'd be eating into Chucks lead with him

Oops, sorry! I meant, of course, Adebayor. Have edited original post.

[Hogmeister]

Update - just one more day to go, and Jag has reduced Chuck's lead still further. With only six players different, and Aguero up front, Chuck's lead of 22 points still looks enough to see him through.... but if Jag gets something special from Adebayor or Suarez, it could end up being very close indeed.

1 Russell Cane Chuck Egg Splat 1776 0 101 3318
2 James AndersonGordon Jagduracell Egg Xi 1754 5 112 5419
3 David Nuttie Hard Boiled Hotpot 1703 3 84 14364
4 Rick Perkins Skiffer And Chips 1683 0 89 19697
5 Craig Rogers Egg On Face 1664 0 91 25675
6 Jonathan Harrington The Dudes Eggstatic 1662 7 94 26378
7 Paul Branigan Topspurs Omelette 1642 0 84 33947
8 Daniel Watters Muldoons Fiso Egg 1636 5 83 36341
8 Richard Vallance Ricardo3s Golden Egg 1636 5 86 36341
10 Steve Legg Reds Benedict 1633 8 81 37585
11 Ross Banyard Scrambled Hog 1632 7 96 38021
11 David Rich Count Basie Swingers 1632 0 91 38021
13 Ian Wallace Hogmeister Eggs Xi 1608 0 78 48851
14 Andrew Clayton Egg Cup Latic 1590 0 83 57652
15 Ian Buckley Billybluenose Eggs X 1579 5 94 63312
16 Paul Grinstead Arightmixup 1575 16 75 65396
17 Steve Clemente Clemo Eggs Xi 1375 2 61 164955
18 Sonia Brown Egg Cup Browney18 1215 -1 53 215444

[Dixon]

Good luck to Jag, 22 points in it, anything is possible.

[Hogmeister]

The dust has settled and I can now confirm that the 2011-12 Champion of The Egg Cup League 3 is...
Chuck Taylor.

Jag put in a terrific effort again this week - he made more inroads into Chuck's lead and cut it back to just 19 points... but he'd left himself too much to do and has to settle for second place.

Meanwhile, it's clear that Chuck is a very worthy winner, having first hit the top at the start of October, and despite Jag overtaking him for a few weeks in November, Chuck has managed to hold Jag and everyone else off for the remainder of the season. Indeed, looking at the final table, only Jag and Hotpot managed to get within 100 points of the lead.

A big congratulations to Chuck and I'll look forward to seeing at least some of you next year, once the promotions, relegations, joiners and leavers across the various Egg Leagues have been assessed.

Manager Team Name Total Week Goals Overall Pos
1 Russell Cane Chuck Egg Splat 1807 31 103 3560
2 James AndersonGordon Jagduracell Egg Xi 1788 39 113 5413
3 David Nuttie Hard Boiled Hotpot 1758 58 87 9912
4 Rick Perkins Skiffer And Chips 1705 22 90 23111
5 Craig Rogers Egg On Face 1703 39 93 23801
6 Jonathan Harrington The Dudes Eggstatic 1692 37 96 27557
7 Steve Legg Reds Benedict 1675 50 84 33939
8 David Rich Count Basie Swingers 1672 40 93 35105
9 Paul Branigan Topspurs Omelette 1671 29 86 35502
10 Ross Banyard Scrambled Hog 1663 38 97 38809
11 Richard Vallance Ricardo3s Golden Egg 1662 31 86 39245
12 Daniel Watters Muldoons Fiso Egg 1657 26 83 41470
13 Ian Wallace Hogmeister Eggs Xi 1647 39 79 45920
14 Andrew Clayton Egg Cup Latic 1624 34 84 57055
15 Ian Buckley Billybluenose Eggs X 1608 34 95 65161
16 Paul Grinstead Arightmixup 1596 37 76 71439
17 Steve Clemente Clemo Eggs Xi 1412 39 63 162181
18 Sonia Brown Egg Cup Browney18 1237 21 54 216271

[Dixon]

Thanks for running Hog, sterling job!

Unlucky Jag, had me very worried all season, especially at the end.

[Jagduracell]

Well played Chuck. Don't think it was ever in doubt but was nice to at least make it look respectable. First season of egg-cupping and thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks for the regular updates Hog. A very well run first season as Chairman and I hope you run it again next season.

Coming second and losing in the egg cup final. My ambition for next year has to be getting my hands on some silverware.

Roll on 2012/13!

[happyhoppy]

It's earthenware Jag !

[happyhoppy]

Hall of Fame now updated

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[paulgrinny]

Well done Chuck, you had a good go Jag and thanx Hog for running the whole thing, very enjoyable!!

[happyhoppy]

2012-13 line ups here with provisional rules, note one important rule change, the starting team will be immediately frozen so any change Hansen/Smith etc makes will not count. As everyone is in the same boat no one gets an advantage (with hols etc) and it makes it easier for Chairman to check the validity of teams.

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[Dixon]

Egg Cup received this morning, cheers hoppy!