FISO "First Draft II" League

[Mav3rick]

I'd love to make some more transfers (I have just done a Rose Yedlin tinker), but I don't really see many moves worth making at the moment.

I'll enjoy my revival at the top of the league but I don't see it lasting!

[Talkie Toaster]

GW10 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Mee Lovren	✓
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Aurier Coleman	✓
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Yarmolenko Antonio	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Bennett Pereira	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Kolasinac Pereira		Pereira taken by wahine
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Yedlin Coleman		Coleman taken by Talkie Toaster
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Barnes Austin	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Yarmolenko Doucouré		Yarmolenko transferred out
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Brooks Mata	✓
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Murphy Barkley	✓
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Smith Bertrand	✓
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Smith Cédric		Smith transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Brooks Deulofeu		Brooks transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Murphy Deulofeu		Murphy transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Murphy Doucouré		Murphy transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Smith Pereira		Smith transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

Mav3rick's prediction of a short stay at the top comes true as Jok57 retakes the lead. It looks like he's going after Mav's Tinkerman title too!
Plenty of shuffling of places in mid-table where it's still pretty tight.

I manage to get myself off the bottom spot.

Mav3rick and Stemania get stuck into the free agent market:

Stemania:
Walcott Milner
Muto Rondón
Digne Cathcart
Zouma Hoedt

Mav3rick:
Yedlin Cédric
Pereira Deulofeu

[Talkie Toaster]

GW11 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Milner Felipe Anderson	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Mustafi Balbuena	✓
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Cédric Digne	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Austin Chicharito	✓
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Hoedt Digne		Digne taken by Mav3rick
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Hoedt Zouma	✓
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Knockaert Murphy	✓
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Kolasinac Rose	✓
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Austin Success		Austin transferred out
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Bertrand Balbuena		Balbuena taken by Ardrageen
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Bertrand Schindler	✓
3	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Knockaert Paterson		Knockaert transferred out
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Bertrand Zanka		Bertrand transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mata Walcott	✓
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

The gap at the top stays the same as Mav3rick and Jok57 both achieve the top score of 59 for the week
Taca overtakes wahine for 4th, but the mid-table is still pretty congested.

My reprieve from the bottom of the table lasted about as long as KDB's knees.
I shall be sulking for the next few weeks.

A few Free-Agent trades:

Stemania: Valencia Lindelöf

Mav3rick changes his mind about Rose: Rose Cresswell

Morrison Dullforce: Tosun Reid

[Mav3rick]

Yeah, I set Rose up earlier in the week but he's still flagged so out he goes again not confident on Cresswell, seems a toss up between him and Masuaku and even if he plays it's somewhat reliant on Anderson giving him some set pieces as I doubt there's much chance of a clean sheet!

[Talkie Toaster]

GW12 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Lovren Mustafi	✓
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Keane Bertrand	✓
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Schindler Adam Smith	✓
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Maddison Stanislas	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Shaw Mustafi		Mustafi taken by S_sutton87
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Luiz Bamba	✓
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Digne Mustafi		Mustafi taken by S_sutton87
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Cresswell Evans	✓
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Walcott Milner	✓
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Sané Iwobi	✓
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

A pretty quiet waiver week, although there was a bit of a scrap over Mustafi.
Mav3rick edges into a 3 point lead over Jok57.
wahine scores an impressive 71 points and leapfrogs Taca and Ardrageen into 3rd place.


Free-Agent trades:

Mav3rick:
Digne Kolasinac

Jok57:
Chicharito Success
Barkley D Gray

[Talkie Toaster]

GW13 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Young Luiz	✓
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Kanté Sané	✓
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Hughes Sané		Sané taken by S_sutton87
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Diangana Maddison	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Bertrand Luiz		Luiz taken by Talkie Toaster
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	D Sánchez Luiz		Luiz taken by Talkie Toaster
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Bertrand Digne	✓
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Holebas Luiz		Luiz taken by Talkie Toaster
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Shaqiri Sané		Sané taken by S_sutton87
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Adam Smith Digne		Digne taken by Ardrageen
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Adam Smith M Keane	✓
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Stanislas Sané		Sané taken by S_sutton87
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Kolasinac Luiz		Luiz taken by Talkie Toaster
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Kolasinac Vinagre	✓
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Bernard Sané		Sané taken by S_sutton87
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Bernard Maddison		Maddison taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Schürrle Maddison		Maddison taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Wan-Bissaka Luiz		Luiz taken by Talkie Toaster
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	D Sánchez Digne		Digne already taken
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Lamela Sané		Sané taken by S_sutton87
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	J Murphy Maddison		Maddison taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Mkhitaryan Jota	✓
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Bamba R Bennett	✓
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Stanislas Groß	✓
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Success Wood	✓
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Evans Vinagre		Vinagre already taken
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Kolasinac Digne		Kolasinac transferred out
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Evans Digne		Digne taken by Ardrageen
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Stanislas Walcott		Stanislas transferred out
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Kolasinac Zouma		Kolasinac transferred out
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Gray Carroll	✓
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Iwobi Walcott	✓
6	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

Sané, Luiz and Maddison being up for grabs unlocks a Waiver Frenzy (A little known GTA feature).
wahine top scores for the second week running, but the table remains unchanged.

Stemania uses Free-Agency to re-vamp his defence:

Cathcart Mee
J Bennett Zouma
Holding Delph

[Talkie Toaster]

GW14 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	D Sánchez Bamba	✓
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Gündogan Meyer	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	D Gray Groß	✓
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Jota Paterson	✓
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Wood Mounie	✓
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Ayew Mounie		Mounie taken by Jok57
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	D Gray Mooy		D Gray tranferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Özil Mooy	✓
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

Jok57 takes the lead by from Mav3rick again, but wahine is still creeping up on the both of them.
I give robot 1st waiver pick for a week, but he decides not to use it.

Friday night kick-off syndrome has once again caused some Free-Agency activity.

Mav3rick: Vinagre Sakho
Talkie Toaster: Vietto A Gray
Morrison Dullforce: Lascelles Tomkins
Stemania: Zouma Zanka

Stemania is the winner of this season's Zebedee Award for completing the first transfer between two players beginning with 'Z'.

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[Mav3rick]

I've known for a while that this is not a draft league I can win, but wahine has really made a move this week and it looks like I may drop to third even earlier than I thought.

I can see see jok57 having his work cut out to retain top spot from wahine now.

Fingers crossed I can stay in touch and can pick something up in the January window to help me get back in the fight.

[Jok57]

I’m holding on JUST. It’s been a good battle.

[wahine]

hey its a long way to go yet... particularly as I joined the wrong league

[Talkie Toaster]

GW15 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Lingard Gündogan	✓
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Ayew Wood	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Iheanacho Chicharito	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Meyer Özil	✓
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Shaqiri Gündogan		Gündogan taken by Talkie Toaster
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Sturridge Chicharito		Chicharito taken by Morrison Dullforce
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Shaqiri Torreira	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Shaw Mina	✓
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	A Gray Chicharito		Chicharito taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Bamba Kolasinac	✓
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Valencia Rose	✓
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mounie Chicharito		Chicharito taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	R Bennett Zabaletta	✓
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Murphy Antonio	✓
3	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	R Bennett Francis		R Bennett transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Shaw Cresswell		Shaw transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mooy Snodgrass	✓
4	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

wahine gets another top score and joins the battle for the lead in earnest as the other front-runners all suffer a bad week.

A good turnout for waivers considering it was a Monday evening deadline.

A smattering of Free-Agent signings also:

Mav3rick:
Deulofeu Ramsey
Sakho Foyth

Jok57:
Milner Mkhitaryan

[Mav3rick]

Yeah very close at the top for now, just a handful of points covering the top 3!

[Talkie Toaster]

GW16 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Gomez Zanka	✓
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Ings Pérez	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Kenedy Shaqiri	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Rose Aurier	✓
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Duffy Koscielny	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Groß Lingard	✓
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	D Gray Deulofeu	✓
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Aké Holebas	✓
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	Duffy Young		Duffy transferred out
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	Duffy Valencia		Duffy transferred out
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Groß Torreira		Groß transferred out
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Groß Armstrong		Groß transferred out
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
3	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Austin Gabbiadini	✓
4	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-

All the top 3 (plus Ardrageen) score 30 points so the table is largely unchanged.

Stemania picks up the top score this week.

After all the rotation my lot were too dizzy to play. 15 points lads. Effort!


Just one Free-Agent signing by Mav3rick: Foyth Morrison

[Mav3rick]

Who needs strikers anyway 81 points for me with all my defence and midfield returning and just my dodgy strikers blanking.

One of those weeks when everything goes right for once

[wahine]

yes Mav3rick, when I looked at your team, very impressive scores from your defence, awesome gameweek for you

[Jok57]

Now that’s the way to blast your way to top spot. 81 point haul has left me adrift. Well done sir!

[Mav3rick]

If only I could actually manage a classic FPL team with that much luck

[Talkie Toaster]

GW17 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	A Gray Ings	✓
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Jonny Aké	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Antonio Jota	✓
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Hughes Torreira	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	March Kanté	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Zabaletta Rose	✓
1	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Morrison D Sánchez	✓
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Mendy Lovren	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Heaton Lössl	✓
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Balbuena Lovren		Lovren taken by Talkie Toaster
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Pérez Kamara	✓
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Tomkins Sakho	✓
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	Yedlin Young	✓
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mina Cathcart	✓
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	Morrison Löwe		Morrison transferred out
2	Mav3rick	Na-na-na-na Giroud	None	-
3	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
3	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Wood Success	✓
3	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Gabbiadini Success		Success taken by Ardrageen
3	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Keane Femenia	✓
4	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Balbuena Vinagre	✓
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Walcott Doucouré	✓
5	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Keane Sakho		Keane transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mkhitaryan Jota		Jota taken by Ardrageen
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mina Schär		Mina transferred out
5	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mounie Depoitre	✓
6	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

Plenty of Xmas shopping going on in waivers this week.

After many weeks of it being nip and tuck at the top of the table, Mav3rick's Galacticos turn on the style and open a significant lead.
Jok57 looks to respond with a bit of a squad overhaul.

It's close in the battle for mid-table obscurity and Stemania sneaks up to 6th, prompting Ardrageen to ring the changes.


It looks like everyone's cards are maxed out now though as there's nothing in Free-Agency so far.

[Jok57]

Pulled a few back this week, after Mavs big score last week. Where there is a will there is a way.

[Mav3rick]

Indeed big swings the last couple of weeks, and we're about to head into the fun part of the season. Who will lead after the Christmas and New Year games are done, and will they have a clear run to the title from there or will the impending blanks and doubles throw some curveballs...

[Talkie Toaster]

GW18 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Mustafi Mina	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Vinagre Jonny	✓
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Femenia Clyne	✓
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Pereyra Mata	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Jota Antonio	✓
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Cathcart Bailly	✓
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Lamela Ramsey	✓
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Cathcart Papastathopoulos		Cathcart transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Cathcart Daniels		Cathcart transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Femenia Vestergaard		Femenia transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Femenia Targett		Femenia transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Depoitre Calvert-Lewin	✓
3	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Giroud Pérez	✓
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
4	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Aurier Valencia	✓
5	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	None	-

It was a perfect Xmas Waivers Event as everyone got what they asked for.

Inspired by the week's events Mav3rick jettisoned The Chosen One.

There are no changes of position, but Jok57 strikes back against Mav3rick's big score with a top score of his own.
Sutton's superstars similarly make a bid to escape the bottom 3 and join the mid-table gang.
There's still only 1 point separating Stemania and Ardrageen.

A couple of Free-Agent sigings by Morrison DullForce:
Gabbiadini Austin
Chilwell Hadergjonaj

Merry Christmas everyone

[Talkie Toaster]

GW19 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Smalling Lindelöf	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Paterson Pereyra	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Monreal Tarkowski	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Ramsey Pereyra		Pereyra taken by Ardrageen
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Ramsey Lamela	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Bellerin Tomkins	✓
3	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	None	-

Unsurprisingly, it was a quiet GW.

Not much movement in the table, but Stemania has taken 5th from Morrison Dullforce and Tacalabala is creeping up on the top 3.

Top scorer this week was .. erm... me.

Just one Free-Agent siging by Jok57:
Bailly Jones

[Talkie Toaster]

GW20 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Aké Chilwell	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Clyne Chilwell		Chilwell taken by S_sutton87
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Iwobi Mata	✓
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Giroud Chicharito	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Clyne Morgan	✓
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Tomkins Chilwell		Chilwell taken by S_sutton87
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Giroud Morata		Giroud transferred out
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Wijnaldum Keita	✓
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Iwobi Albrighton		Iwobi transferred out
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Carroll Morata	✓
3	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Lamela Milner	✓
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
4	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	None	-

Perhaps in a display of Christmas spirit Mav3rick quietly gives shelter to Giroud over Christmas, but after Boxing Day he's the first one booted back out the door.

Ardrageen was the GW's top scorer, but it wasn't enough to move him up the table.

The league table is looking a little more compressed than it has done in a while so it could be an interesting 2019.

Meanwhile, there's still time left to make changes to your teams in 2018, and Mav3rick isn't the sort of person to let an opportunity like that go to waste:
Milner Zinchenko
Tomkins Femenia
Teixeira Keane
Keita Ramsey

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GW21 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Hart Heaton	✓
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Hart Guaita		Hart transferred out
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Hart Rico		Hart transferred out
2	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Femenia Bellerin	✓
3	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Chicharito Solanke	✓
4	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	D Gray Iwobi	✓
5	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	D Gray Kovacic		D Gray transferred out
5	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Zinchenko Jota	✓
6	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Zinchenko Iwobi		Zinchenko transferred out
6	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	Zinchenko Kovacic		Zinchenko transferred out
6	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	D Sánchez J Gomez	✓

As far as waivers are concerned, Mav3rick was playing with himself on New Year's Eve.
Solanke could be a useful pick-up.

Stemania is making a move to make it a 4-way fight at the top of the table.

A few changes were made in Free-Agency:
Jok57:
Foster Guaita
Morgan Mee
Jones Bennett

Mav3rick:
Pérez Locadia
J Gomez Walker-Peters

Happy New Year everyone.

[Jok57]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

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GW22 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Zanka J Gomez	✓
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Austin Wood	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Jonny P Jones	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Snodgrass Pedro	✓
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Schindler Bamba	✓
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Success Wood		Wood taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Kamara Ayew	✓
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Calvert-Lewin Wood		Wood taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Bennett Bamba		Bamba taken by wahine
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	Ryan Hart	✓
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	McCarthy Gunn	✓
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	Sturridge Wood		Wood taken by Morrison Dullforce
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	Schindler Morrison		Schindler transferred out
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	Schindler Femenia		Schindler transferred out
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
4	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-

S_sutton87 is the week's top scorer with an excellent score of 74, but it's wahine who steals the headlines, storming through from 3rd place to take the top spot.

Back in the pack, Ardrageen starts to claw his way back up the table, overtaking Morrison Dullforce.

Jok57 turns to Free-Agency to try and make up lost ground:
Bennett Morrison
Mata McNeil
Rose Danilo
Calvert-Lewin Giroud

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GW23 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	Lovren Matip	✓
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Brady Deulofeu	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Hadergjonaj Jonny	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Ayew Llorente	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Sokratis Mendy	✓
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	None	-
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Morata Llorente		Llorente taken by Ardrageen
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	McNeil Deulofeu		Deulofeu taken by S_sutton87
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Morrison Jonny		Jonny taken by Morrison Dullforce
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Mee Rice	✓
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Tarkowski Duffy	✓
2	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Torreira Milner	✓
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Antonio Nasri	✓
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Sokratis Rose		Sokratis transferred out
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Manga Jonny		Jonny taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Manga Cathcart	✓
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	McNeil Milner		Milner taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	Barkley Lamela	✓
3	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Vokes Calvert-Lewin	✓
3	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Gunn McCarthy	✓
3	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	Sturridge Llorente		Llorente taken by Ardrageen
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
4	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
4	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Ayew Long		Ayew transferred out
4	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-

It looks like the closeness of the table is keeping people busy as there was a lot going on this week.

No changes from Mav3rick for the 2nd consecutive week though.
Could this be a New Year's resolution?

Joint top scorers this week with S-sutton87 and Jok57 both scoring 47.

wahine holds on to top spot though while Jok57 takes 2nd place from Mav3rick.

Jok57 is still busy in Free-Agency:
Morata Long
Morrison Rose
McNeil Lookman
Rice Lejeune

S_sutton87:
Arnautovic Chicharito

[wahine]

huge gameweek once again from Mav3rick I just managed to hold on and dodge the Llorente bullet as well, things can change in a heartbeat,

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GW24 Waivers

Round	Manager	Team	Transaction	Success	Explanation
1	robot	Chaco for ever	None	-
1	Talkie Toaster	Crash Test Dummies	None	-
1	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	Chicharito Arnautovic	✓
1	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Milner Moutinho	✓
1	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Benteke Higuaín	✓
1	Tacalabala	Calculated Promises	None	-
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Barnes Higuaín		Higuaín taken by Ardrageen
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Barnes Arnautovic		Arnautovic taken by S_sutton87
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Rondón Arnautovic		Arnautovic taken by S_sutton87
1	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Cathcart Mustafi	✓
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Carroll Arnautovic		Arnautovic taken by S_sutton87
1	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Lejeune Bailly	✓
1	Mav3rick	No more Giroud	None	-
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Sturridge Higuaín		Higuaín taken by Ardrageen
1	wahine	Fiso wahine	Sturridge Giroud	✓
2	S_sutton87	Suttons superstars	None	-
2	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	Holebas Zouma	✓
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	Benteke Arnautovic		Benteke transferred out
2	Ardrageen	Ardrageen 1st Draft	None	-
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Delph Mustafi		Mustafi already taken
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Cathcart Zouma		Cathcart transferred out...
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	Cathcart Zouma		...and Zouma taken by Morrison Dullforce
2	Stemania	Willy Rönkä's Bucket	None	-
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Lejeune Aurier		Lejeune transferred out
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Lejeune Mustafi		Lejeune transferred out
2	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Carroll Wickham	✓
2	wahine	Fiso wahine	Pereira Smalling	✓
3	Morrison Dullforce	Dulta Force	None	-
3	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	Doucouré Hudson-Odoi	✓
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	Pereira Tomkins		Pereira transferred out
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	Pereira D Sánchez		Pereira transferred out
3	wahine	Fiso wahine	None	-
4	Jok57	When Harry met Sarri	None	-

Mav3rick's non-tinkering pays off big as he scores 71, climbing back to 2nd place and closing the gap to wahine to 9 points.

Another pretty busy waiver week, but once again no changes from Mav3rick. I hope all is well with him.

A bit going on in Free-Agency as well:

wahine:
Hart Dubravka
Bamba Lascelles

Jok57:
Lookman Groß

Stemania:
Delph Lovren

[Stemania]

Oof, to miss Higuain by one spot!