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[nigel1305]

Fiso Mini League - Points /Position Overall

Fiso have 8 in the Top 25 Overall

It is all very close though and could ultimately come down to choosing the right goalie


1. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 567 4
2. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 566 6
3. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 561 9
4. Terry Bullen teletubbies 560 10
5. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 545 19
6. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 540 23
7. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 539 25
8. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 539 25
9. KARL EASTBURY STOUR STUNNERS 532 33
10. Dan Needham Need Ham United 528 38

11. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 528 38
12. steve king dry riser inlet 523 49
13. Chris Younger Forever England 517 58
14. Julian Ravilious Go Ahead Pigeons 516 60
15. ali savran Stoned Husky 514 63
16. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 513 66
17. Chris King FISO Fantasy 504 82
18. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 504 82
19. Julian Clements Eenog Koning 501 93
20. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 499 99
21. Peter Swindells Weekend Affair 498 103
22. andrew smart Mooney's Winners 495 119
23. James Bailey 20 Legend 494 123
24. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 489 135
25. jez strickland jezinho 486 149
26. Willem Kaijen Klesk United 485 157
27. david leveridge norfolk reds 479 191
28. james page frattonender 478 198
29. Edward Ball Achtung Yobo 478 198
30. Graham Smith RUDE SANTANA 476 223
31. J. Francis Yankees 474 244
32. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 474 244
33. Julian Hand Liverwood Luddites 472 261
34. Jonathan Riddle Hoops! Virgins 466 305
35. Sean Mullan Sandymount FC 462 350
36. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 461 367
37. Nick Child Dilligaf? 459 393
38. GRAHAM ROBERTS Grob Utd 455 459
39. john flint mare ingeni 453 484
40. Kevin Muir Plastic Whistle 452 508
41. Joe Campanella Joey's jokers 451 525
42. LIAM MANNION BLOGGIE1 450 544
43. Aaron Smithies Philog Pirates 449 558
44. Simon Brett FC Boscoppa 447 614
45. Patrick Mulhall Padmole Fiso 447 614
46. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 445 665
47. Danny Harris PSV Harrishoven 445 665
48. T. SaadiQ Kamali Black Mapleleafs 441 774
49. Faith Rooke faiths 440 795
50. karen foster kazzies 437 885

[Knulpuk]

Lots of points up for grabs in this comp - this week though I messed up tinkering ahead of this weekend ending up with both Saha and Pantsil out ahead of the midweek games - thinking they would still be in the "open" gameweek - complete schoolboy stuff.

[nigel1305]

Time for a weekly chart

1. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 600 8
2. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 600 8
3. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 599 11
4. Terry Bullen teletubbies 597 13
5. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 593 15
6. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 591 17
7. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 577 28
8. KARL EASTBURY STOUR STUNNERS 571 35
9. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 569 36
10. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 565 43
11. Julian Clements Eenog Koning 563 45
12. Chris King FISO Fantasy 554 60
13. steve king dry riser inlet 553 63
14. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 551 68
15. Dan Needham Need Ham United 548 75
16. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 544 86
17. ali savran Stoned Husky 542 94
18. James Bailey 20 Legend 537 112
19. Chris Younger Forever England 536 118
20. Julian Ravilious Go Ahead Pigeons 535 121

[Spencer4]

Just spotted I've been playing without a captain again . It must drop the captain tick every time you change the team. Sometimes it's really hard to get the Site to work but that's often for the better

[Jonathan]

It seems to keep the captaincy tick for me, Spencer. Maybe it removes it if you change the captain in and out of team? You are doing well considering you aren't doubling points.

[nigel1305]

Time for another League update. It is all very competitive. Will be interesting to see how things go this round with the choice of goalie the key.


1. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 865 8
2. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 861 10
3. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 848 14
4. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 847 16
5. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 838 22


6. Terry Bullen teletubbies 838 22
7. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 837 25
8. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 836 26
9. Dan Needham Need Ham United 823 33
10. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 820 36
11. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 818 39
12. KARL EASTBURY STOUR STUNNERS 817 40
13. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 805 59
14. steve king dry riser inlet 801 65
15. Chris Younger Forever England 783 110
16. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 780 118
17. jez strickland jezinho 779 123
18. Joe Campanella Joey's jokers 772 155
19. james page frattonender 770 163
20. Chris King FISO Fantasy 769 166

[nigel1305]

Time for another update.

Some big Fiso names (and me) at the top of the Leaderboard.

May come down to Goalie strategy to decide who wins.


1. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1019 3
2. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 985 11
3. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 984 12
4. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 983 15
5. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 971 24


6. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 969 25
7. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 966 29
8. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 955 36
9. Terry Bullen teletubbies 946 42
10. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 938 51
11. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 935 55
12. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 922 69
13. steve king dry riser inlet 920 75
14. Dan Needham Need Ham United 907 105
15. james page frattonender 906 109
16. ali savran Stoned Husky 903 115
17. KARL EASTBURY STOUR STUNNERS 903 115
18. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 902 120
19. Joe Campanella Joey's jokers 902 120
20. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 895 140

[Spencer4]

So pleased with myself for bringing in Myhill this week. So unhappy to see I'd forgotten to play a captain again

[Knulpuk]

I "forgot" to field 11 players 3 weeks or so back and had an invalid team and no points.

I find the interface tricky - and following that (I was in 47th I think at the time) I gave up.

Frustrating - but my fault! It would be helpful if there were a prompt which stopped you from submitting an invalid team - perhaps also the fact you have not picked a captain - per SP4 above.

[nigel1305]

League update.....

A few changes this week due to the difference in points between Cech and Schwarzer...

Still all to play for......the leader overall has 1,248 points

1. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1182 5
2. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 1166 11
3. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1161 13
4. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1156 16
5. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1156 16


6. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 1145 24
7. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1132 29
8. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 1125 34
9. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1118 37
10. Terry Bullen teletubbies 1113 39
11. Dan Needham Need Ham United 1106 45
12. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1106 45
13. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1100 53
14. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1093 70
15. james page frattonender 1082 85
16. steve king dry riser inlet 1080 88
17. ali savran Stoned Husky 1075 93
18. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1066 112
19. Joe Campanella Joey's jokers 1059 125
20. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 1058 127

[blessedbrian]

Good luck Nigel,

Its an enjoyable competitive game this one

When we go on that "Tackle Townsend" Barcelona trip in March, I will be either taking a sneeky look at your tactics for this game or trying to make you miss the transfer deadline completely

[nigel1305]

Hi Geoff,

Looks like from the table below (and a few other games) I could do with some tips from you.

Thought I might have caught up a bit this week by picking Green as my goalie. Then it turns out I didn't click the captain button Schoolboy

Given our placings and form an overall win for a Fisoer must be favourite.
Good luck and best wishes to all you guys.

1. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 1331 7
2. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1330 8
3. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1321 10
4. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1306 13
5. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1305 14

6. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1302 17
7. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 1298 21
8. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1292 23
9. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 1277 30
10. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1260 39
11. Terry Bullen teletubbies 1253 45
12. ali savran Stoned Husky 1234 65
13. Dan Needham Need Ham United 1229 74
14. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1228 76
15. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1228 76
16. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1219 92
17. steve king dry riser inlet 1213 105
18. james page frattonender 1199 138
19. john flint mare ingeni 1185 170
20. jez strickland jezinho 1183 175

[blessedbrian]

looks like the resting(?) of Van Der Sar caught a few people out last night (including me!)

Rank Owner Name Team Total Points Overall Rank
1. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1348 7
2. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 1346 8
3. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1338 10
4. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1326 13
5. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1326 13
6. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1320 16
7. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 1315 20
8. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1311 22
9. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 1292 29
10. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1277 37
11. Terry Bullen teletubbies 1267 45
12. ali savran Stoned Husky 1246 69
13. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1243 72
14. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1242 75
15. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1240 77
16. Dan Needham Need Ham United 1239 81
17. steve king dry riser inlet 1228 102
18. james page frattonender 1222 116
19. Mark Smith MarquisMark 1201 166
20. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 1200 168

[t.gridley]

Have been waiting for a few weeks now to join this league, what has happened?

[nigel1305]

Time for an update in the Fiso League .....

Geoff still out in the lead and only 47 points off the overall lead.

Fiso have 5 out of the Top 10 overall so still all to play for - especially given the random goalie scoring that makes this game so much 'fun'. (aka Friedel vs Howard this week )

Good luck all for the weeks ahead......


1. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 1602 3
2. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1593 5
3. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1588 6
4. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1578 7
5. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 1570 10

6. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1544 22
7. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1538 25
8. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1536 26
9. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1526 30
10. Terry Bullen teletubbies 1505 36

11. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 1497 41
12. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1486 50
13. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 1468 70
14. Paul McGeoghan Donegal Blues 1461 79
15. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1461 79
16. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1446 100
17. james page frattonender 1440 106
18. ali savran Stoned Husky 1433 116
19. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 1420 138
20. Mark Smith MarquisMark 1416 145

[blessedbrian]

Fiso M/L

Rank Owner Name Team Total Points Overall Rank
1. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 1730 3
2. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1720 5
3. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi1712 8
4. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 1701 11
5. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1700 12
6. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1692 17
7. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1676 22
8. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1653 27
9. Terry Bullen teletubbies 1640 37
10. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1633 41
11. Meng Kuan Cham The Renaissance 1622 51
12. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1610 54
13. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 1598 67
14. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1595 69
15. Paul McGeoghan Donegal Blues 1567 99
16. james page frattonender 1563 107
17. ali savran Stoned Husk 1555 117
18. Mark Smith MarquisMark 1550 127
19. Willem Kaijen Klesk United 1540 142
20. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 1539 143

Overall League Top 5

Rank Team Score
1 One Last Dream 1802
2 min 6 char. 1782
3 The Mr. Men 1730
4 The Barley Fields 1723
5 Fantasy Virgin's 1720

The gap to the top of the overall league just never seems to get any smaller no matter what I try. Top two have a healthy lead with games running out fast in which to make an impression

[blessedbrian]

one weekend to go, good luck all

Fiso M/L

Rank Owner Name Team Total Points Overall Rank
1. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 2034 4
2. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 2020 6
3. Terry Bullen teletubbies 2010 8
4. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1998 10
5. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1981 15
6. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1962 19
7. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1956 22
8. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1939 26
9. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1905 44
10. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1861 68
11. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1861 68
12. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1851 75
13. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1843 86
14. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 1843 86
15. ali savran Stoned Husky 1842 88
16. Paul McGeoghan Donegal Blues 1832 98
17. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 1814 117
18. james page frattonender 1804 128
19. Willem Kaijen Klesk United 1782 155
20. Mark Smith MarquisMark 1774 167

overall top 5

Rank Team Score
1 One Last Dream 2134
2 min 6 char. 2109
3 The Barley Fields 2035
4 The Mr. Men 2034
5 Fabregas' final year. 2029

[ferg]

What position is the Fiso ML in?

[nigel1305]

one weekend to go, good luck all

Fiso M/L

Rank Owner Name Team Total Points Overall Rank
1. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 2034 4
2. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 2020 6
3. Terry Bullen teletubbies 2010 8
4. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 1998 10
5. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 1981 15
6. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 1962 19
7. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 1956 22
8. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1939 26
9. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1905 44
10. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1861 68
11. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1861 68
12. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1851 75
13. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1843 86
14. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 1843 86
15. ali savran Stoned Husky 1842 88
16. Paul McGeoghan Donegal Blues 1832 98
17. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 1814 117
18. james page frattonender 1804 128
19. Willem Kaijen Klesk United 1782 155
20. Mark Smith MarquisMark 1774 167

overall top 5

Rank Team Score
1 One Last Dream 2134
2 min 6 char. 2109
3 The Barley Fields 2035
4 The Mr. Men 2034
5 Fabregas' final year. 2029

Well played Geoff - looking good for you in the Fiso M/L.

Just make sure you pick the right goalie for Sunday.

Think the overall prize might be too far away for you though.

Best wishes

Nigel

[nigel1305]

Looks like Geoffs run of bad luck in the golf has carried through to the footie as he is pipped in the last week thanks to VDS and Ashley Cole...


1. Ryan Baker Weighty Wanderers 2113 4
2. Ian Melluish Mels SRZA squad 2085 6
3. Geoff Pryor The Mr. Men 2084 7
4. Terry Bullen teletubbies 2047 13
5. Neil Holmes MUDAHIM 2045 15

6. Stanislav Vas Zenit - Dmitry Donskoi 2020 21
7. Nigel Dodds The Hand Of Dodd 2019 22
8. Mike Maguire Ship of Fools 1988 34
9. Andy Waring Fantasy Virgin's 1967 45
10. Jerry Lane Lucan Razzle Dazzle 1909 74

11. Graham Marsden Equipe Chat's Noir 1907 75
12. kingsly annison SUPERPRETZELS 1905 77
13. Michael Shipley Minor Threat 1895 93
14. Diana Walker Clever Kylie 1889 99
15. ali savran Stoned Husky 1887 100

16. james page frattonender 1877 116
17. Paul McGeoghan Donegal Blues 1873 118
18. Chris Spackman Glory Hornets 1856 130
19. Mark Smith MarquisMark 1834 155
20. Willem Kaijen Klesk United 1827 164

[Mintman]

Well played Weighty Wanderers!! It all changed at the top in the last few weeks. My effort tailed off quite tamely, after a few late season gambles really didn't pay off!!! Hope they run this again next year, as it was one of my favorite games this year.

[ferg]

I was second overall

But also hope they run it again next year (without many tweaks!) as it was well run (until the last hour) and suitably different than most other games.

[blessedbrian]

congratulations weighty wanderers!

After leading for a long time now, always hard being pipped on the last day, but thats the game!

Nigel you're absolutely right, my luck has deserted me at the wrong time over a number of games in the last few weeks

[winsomniac]

Cheers guys - I'll admit I got lucky with my transfers in the final gameweek
If the scores are finalised, I think I've picked up manger-of-the-month for May as well!

Congratulations to other players in the league for a solid effort and hope to see you all back next season.