Week 21: OFFL Cup Group Stage Halfway Point

OMG Chairman's eaten too much again

While OMG Chairman is recovering from a 'Good Christmas' by unbuttoning his pantaloons and burping Auld Lang Syne, this week's Manager of the Week is Neil McConaghy.  Neil's Diamonds scored a massive 32 points putting him and his team on top of Group D of the OFFL Cup.

Also worthy of note is RS-TBOY jumping into third place in the league with a score of 25 points helping push Livercoolio down into sixth.

Happy New Year and all that.

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OFFL Cup
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First Round Group Stage So Far

Group A                       Value Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Which Team                    53.3  21       21
  Moobchester United            54.9  19       19
  Minty's Minions               51.5  17       17
  The Flying Geese              53.9  16       16
  Seb Blattered Cod             54.3  15       15   To Go Out
  It's a Snickers FC            51.7  10       10   To Go Out

Group B                             Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Radnorshire Tigers            50.7  20       20
  Pyeators                      53.7  15       15
  Moreton Rovers                54.6  15       15
  Livercoolio                   54.7  14       14
  Irishpool                     52.0   5       5    To Go Out
  Bad Wolf United               54.1   4       4    To Go Out

Group C                             Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Guess Hughton                 53.9  28       28
  Old Malcolm Academicals       54.8  19       19
  Inter Milandrover             54.8  17       17
  Oak Hamsters                  51.6  13       13
  Real Mcdrid                   51.5  11       11   To Go Out

Group D                             Wk21 Wk22 Total
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  Neil's Diamonds               53.2  32       32
  Ali McMoist                   51.1  25       25
  RS-TBOY                       51.4  25       25
  Moanchester United            54.9  20       20
  Com-a ma mau papa com-a mau   52.1   9       9    To Go Out




T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5 17 227
 2 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 17 191
 3 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   51.4 25 185
 4 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.7 15 185
 5 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9 19 182
 6 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 14 178
 7 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    52.1  9 172
 8 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 28 168
 9 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.2 32 167
10 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 15 159

Week 20: Malteser Munching

OMG Chairman can be heard munching

As we enter the Christmas fixtures, the munching of many Maltesers can be made out from the direction of Our Most Gracious Chairman's mucky boudoir.  It's always the same at this time of year... the whiff of pine, the rustle of tinsel and He immediately plunges head-first into the largest box of chocolate confectionery he can find at the bottom of his wardrobe.

We also see that current OFFL Champions, Livercoolio, have managed to stealthily sidle their way up into fourth place after such a desperately miserable - and widely celebrated - start to the season.  Could they be defending their title or is the current gap of 46 points going to be too much?  A mere ten points off second place is a pretty good recovery so far, what?

In other news OFFL Cup Fixtures are being played right now and if Steve Tierney can get his Oak Hamsters to score a similar Manager of the Week certificate-winning score - like what he did this week, innit - then he'll be laughing all the way to Round 2.  The Hamsters netted a scintillating 25 points propelling them up five places into fourteenth.

And finally, many marvellous congratulations to Meaden and Mally for their magnificent matrimonials.  A lovely couple.  Trust us.  They're lovely.  Trophy-less, but lovely.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5 20 210
 2 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 16 174
 3 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.7 13 170
 4 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 20 164
 5 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    52.1 18 163
 6 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9 19 163
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   51.4 18 160
 8 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  8 144
 9 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  4 140
10 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.2 11 135

Week 19: Cup Prep

Rick Beecroft and Alun Edwards please awkwardly step forward to jointly accept your Manager of the Week certificate.

RS-TBOY and Radnorshire Tigers each scored 14 points.

And with the OFFL Cup beginning soon, have YOU made sure your team are firing on all cylinders...

A biography of Louis Van Goal is up for grabs don't forget - let's hope he's still in his job by the time of the Final.

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OFFL Cup
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Weeks 21 & 22

Group A                              Manager Value
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  Minty's Minions             Minty Colquhoun 51.5
  Moobchester United                 Jon King 54.9
  Seb Blattered Cod                Gavin Ward 54.3
  The Flying Geese                Mandy Noble 53.9
  Which Team                     Rachel Jones 53.3
  It's a Snickers FC            Ashley Keeler 49.6

Group B                              Manager Value
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  Pyeators                       Dave Clayton 53.7
  Livercoolio                  Russell Bielby 54.7
  Moreton Rovers                 Edgar Rayner 54.6
  Radnorshire Tigers             Alun Edwards 55.0
  Irishpool                       Mike Smears 52.0
  Bad Wolf United                Karyn Meaden 54.1

Group C                              Manager Value
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  Inter Milandrover                   Smasher 54.8
  Guess Hughton                     Nick Reed 53.9
  Old Malcolm Academicals       Malcolm Pratt 54.8
  Real Mcdrid                    Craig McHugh 51.5
  Oak Hamsters                  Steve Tierney 51.3

Group D                              Manager Value
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  Com-a ma mau papa com-a ma     Guy Harewood 52.1
  RS-TBOY                       Rick Beecroft 51.4
  Neil's Diamonds              Neil McConaghy 53.2
  Ali McMoist                 Alison Faulkner 54.9
  Moanchester United            Alex Blundell 54.9

The top four teams from each group go through. Results from Weeks 21 & 22 will be used.  

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T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5  2 190
 2 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8  7 158
 3 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.7  2 157
 4 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    52.1  1 145
 5 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7  2 144
 6 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9  0 144
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   51.4 14 142
 8 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  5 136
 9 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  8 136
10 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8  5 127

Week 18: The OFFL Cup First Round REVEALED

Balls.  And ball bag.

Our Manager of the Week is 2007's League Runner-Up and the OFFL Cup Winner of 2011, Craig McHugh.  His Real Mcdrid hooned 22 points this week, 8 of them from defence and 14 from midfield.  A climb of three places leaves him in Fifteenth.

And with an Ooh and an Aaagh, we conclude that that's about as interesting as it gets this week.

Forget ye not the biog of Louis Van Goal as this season's OFFL Cup Winning Prize.  Talking of which, the First Round groups are as follows...

OFFL Cup

Weeks 21 & 22

Group A                              Manager Value
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  Minty's Minions             Minty Colquhoun 51.5
  Moobchester United                 Jon King 54.9
  Seb Blattered Cod                Gavin Ward 54.3
  The Flying Geese                Mandy Noble 53.9
  Which Team                     Rachel Jones 53.3
  It's a Snickers FC            Ashley Keeler 49.6

Group B                              Manager Value
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  Pyeators                       Dave Clayton 53.7
  Livercoolio                  Russell Bielby 54.7
  Moreton Rovers                 Edgar Rayner 54.6
  Radnorshire Tigers             Alun Edwards 55.0
  Irishpool                       Mike Smears 52.0
  Bad Wolf United                Karyn Meaden 54.1

Group C                              Manager Value
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  Inter Milandrover                   Smasher 54.8
  Guess Hughton                     Nick Reed 53.9
  Old Malcolm Academicals       Malcolm Pratt 54.8
  Real Mcdrid                    Craig McHugh 51.5
  Oak Hamsters                  Steve Tierney 51.3

Group D                              Manager Value
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  Com-a ma mau papa com-a ma     Guy Harewood 52.1
  RS-TBOY                       Rick Beecroft 51.4
  Neil's Diamonds              Neil McConaghy 53.2
  Ali McMoist                 Alison Faulkner 54.9
  Moanchester United            Alex Blundell 54.9

The top four teams from each group go through. Results from Weeks 21 & 22 will be used.  


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5 13 188
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.7 11 155
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 15 151
 4 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    52.1 16 144
 5 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9 17 144
 6 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 13 142
 7 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  1 131
 8 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   51.4  9 128
 9 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  2 128
10 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  0 122

Week 17: Sharpen your pencils

The OFFL Cup First Round is acoming

Managers of the Week are Russell Bielby and Edgar Rayner.  Their Livercoolio and Moreton Rovers respectively are shooting up the charts and now occupy places Fifth and Ninth.

Next week's Table standings will be used to distribute the teams into the first round groups of the OFFL Cup stage from which six teams will be eliminated.

Sharpen your transfer slip pencil.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 51.5 13 175
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.7  2 144
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8  4 136
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  4 130
 5 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 16 129
 6 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    52.1 11 128
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.9 10 127
 8 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 11 126
 9 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 16 122
10 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8  5 122

Week 15 & 16: NOW can I have my Beano?

Like a stroppy teenager naively flaunting its newly found pseudo-independence, Studmarks strolls nonchalantly back into your inbox without a hint of an explanation of where it has been since you let go of its hand at the checkout while you fished out the correct coins to pay for its usual copy of The Beano.

We shall wait till our father gets home for the punishment, yes.

NOW can we have our Beano please, Mum?

Manager of the Week this week is Jon King.  His Moobchester United scored a wobblingly chubbing 21 points pushing his Moobs up firmly into sixth.  Not a bad platform for this week's transfers, eh Mr King?

And OFFL Cup News... Genuine prize in the offing for OFFL Cup this year, as donated to the cause by a current manager who wishes to remain blameless - Ali McMoist's. The autobiography of the current Manchester United Manager, Louis Van Goal.  Brand new copy and everything.  Unfingered. Unsoiled. And for those who have received their OFFL Cup Winners prizes in the past: Unbelievable.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 49.8 19 162
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 11 142
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 20 132
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 18 126
 5 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    52.1 20 117
 6 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6 21 117
 7 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 15 117
 8 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 12 115
 9 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7  7 113
10 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.2  4 108

Week 14: Moving swiftly on

Managers of the Week for Week 14 are Dave Clayton and Mike Smears.  Their Pyeators and Irishpool respectively both notched up 15 points.

Moving swiftly on...

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 49.8  8 143
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 15 131
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8  7 112
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  6 108
 5 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 10 106
 6 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.2 13 104
 7 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  5 103
 8 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 14 102
 9 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    55.0  1  98
10 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    50.8 11  97

Week 13: Major Movements

Leicester's Reg Vardy: making a few more appearances.

As Minty's Minions open up a 19 point gap at the top of the table, there's been some major movement in the transfer market this week with Messrs Reg Vardy LEI, Lion's Mane SOT and Mahrez LEI making a few more appearances in the Teams Section.  This means that certain managers are really motoring through their Transfer Quota for the season.

TABLE TO SHOW TRANSFERS REMAINING [TR] 
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Specifically For Teams Without The Full Quota Of Transfers Remaining [12]

Rnk/Name                      Manager         Value TR
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 7 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7   5
20 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    51.5   5
18 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     52.0   6
 9 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.2   7
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9   8
11 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    50.8   8
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8   9
14 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.8   9
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 49.8   10
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9   10
 6 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    55.0   11

Interesting to see that current Champions, Livercoolio, are the most trigger-happy with those transfer bullets.  Is this Desperation in action?

Yes.  Yes, it is.

Meanwhile, Rachel Jones waves her Manager of the Week certificate like a delieriously happy A Level student with a results slip full of A's.  Congratulations Ma'am, your Which Team conjured up a large 20 points for you, pushing you up two places into Fifteenth.

Carry on everyone.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 49.8 19 135
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9  1 116
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 12 105
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  3 102
 5 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 13  98
 6 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    55.0 -1  97
 7 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 17  96
 8 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6  7  93
 9 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   52.2 16  91
10 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 12  88
11 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.9  7  86
12 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  0  84
13 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9  9  84
14 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.8  5  83
15 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3 20  80
16 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     53.9 11  78
17 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9  4  67
18 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     53.5  9  57
19 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   49.6 13  56
20 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.3 16  49
21 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    52.2  4  47
22 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.8  3  47


                              Week's Average Points     9
                              Total Average Points     83



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T r a n s f e r s   a n d   s t u f f
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Moreton Rovers
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   From: Edgar Rayner
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com
Subject: Re: Winning MotW

Second time this season, the team are starting to gel nicely!

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Chairman responds:
Best not look at this week's weekly score, eh?

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RS-TBOY
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   From: Rick Beecroft
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com
Subject: 

Hi [Chair],

Injury subs for the next month… got to be done (reluctantly)

OUT
Aguero
Chadli

IN
603 Kane
443 Mahrez

Cinkyou pleze

Kind Regards

Rick

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Chairman responds:
You little tinkerer. 7 transfers remaining.

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Irishpool
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   From: Mike Smears
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com
Subject: 

Right Mr Presidente!!!

Ive had enough of the impertinence of these young managers who are forcing Irishpool into lowly 99th place - same as my age - and so with the following transfers I propose to begin my steep climb to my rightful position at the head of OFFL.

Therefore, please be so good, Young Man, as to implement the following.

Yours preposterously

Bristling from Bassett

OUT
253 Zabaleta
425 Ramsey
621 Gomis

IN
266 Sagna
553 Sigurdsson
614 Vardy

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Chairman responds:
Interesting swappage.  Do you know something about Sigurdsson that we don't?  Nice intel' if so.  A sorry shake of the head if not.

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Com-a ma mau papa com-a mau
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   From: GUY HAREWOOD
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com
Subject: 

OK Chair chimp,

Time for a few more changes.

In with Vardy (614) out with Rooney.
In with De Gea (189) out with Courtois.
In with Bellerin (278) out with Ivanovic.

Cheers,

Ray

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Chairman responds:
Ivanovic going, is he?  About bloody

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Real Macdrid
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   From: Craig McHugh
     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com
Subject: 

Mr Chairman

Think i need to make a few changes your honour… I’ve some right criminals on the team at the moment..

Out 
245   FB  C Azpilicueta
226   FB  N Clyne 
353   CB  J Lescott
581   MF  S Sidwell
541   MF  J Walters
621   ST  B Gomis
684   ST  S Aguero 

In
249   FB  G Johnson
241   FB  A Cresswell
336   CB  V Kompany
465   MF  S Mane
445   MF R Mahrez
645   ST A Ayew
624   ST A Sanchez

The prosecution here rests...

Craig McHugh

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Chairman responds:
I think they made a special appearance on last month's Crimewatch, in fact.

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Week 12: Local Hero

You can't miss it.

Mr Edgar Rayner is this week's Manager of the Week with his Moreton Rovers scoring a rather large 18 points.  This pushes him into eighth, a magnetic rise of six places.  Putting North Moreton on the map there.

Near Didcot.

(Which is near Oxford)

(Big Chubby Chimneys amongst the hills along the A34 in Oxfordshire and that)

As I say... On. The. Map.

Congratulations, by the by, to Minty Colquhoun who was the first manager to get to 100 points last week.  But does she rest on her Stan Laurels, kick back and enjoy the view from the top for a bit?  Does she heck... she only goes and makes some transfers [see below].

She's good that one.  Somebody watch her will you?

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points

   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot

 --------------------------------------------------------

 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0 16 116

 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 17 115

 3 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 10  99

 4 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    55.0  9  98

 5 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 12  93

 6 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6  9  86

 7 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  4  85

 8 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 18  84

 9 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.9  8  79

10 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  54.7 11  79

11 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.8  5  78

12 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 11  76

13 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   53.9  7  75

14 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9  8  75

15 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     53.9  1  67

16 Moanchester United         Alex Blundell   54.9  7  63

17 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    53.3  6  60

18 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     53.5 10  48

19 Bad Wolf United            Karyn Meaden    54.8  3  44

20 It's a Snickers FC         Ashley Keeler   49.6  9  43

21 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    52.2  7  43

22 Oak Hamsters               Steve Tierney   51.3 17  33

                              Week's Average Points     9

                              Total Average Points     74

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T r a n s f e r s   a n d   s t u f f

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RS-TBOY

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   From: Rick Beecroft

     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

Subject: 

Hi [Chair],

Injury subs for the next month… got to be done (reluctantly)

OUT

Aguero

Chadli

IN

603 Kane

445 Mahrez

Cinkyou pleze

Kind Regards

Rick

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Chairman responds:

Getting Kaned.  As usual.

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Minty's Minions

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   From: Minty Colquhoun

     To: Chairman@LittleSmasher.com

Subject: 

OUT

Walcott

Aguero

IN

558 Payet

614 Vardy

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Chairman responds:

So wise.  So, so wise.

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Week10 & 11: Grieving for the Brodge.

Time's up, Mr Brendans.  Get out.

Rumour has it that these are troubled times over at Livercoolio HQ.  The Bright New Dawn that was The Brodge [a.k.a. Rodger Brendans] at Liverpool has turned into an afternoon of muddy, slushy disappointment.  Chin up though, Mr Big Fan Bielby.  The German's are coming to save the day.  At least Herr Klopp is a tad more entertaining than Mr Brendans in front of the Match of the Day cameras.

And that was reason enough to get rid of him in our book.  But how is the BRuss coping at the helm of Livercoolio?

Well according to close colleague and former friend Rick Beecroft [RS-TBoy],

"He thinks he’s bearing up ok… Showing no signs of weakness... in conversation but it’s a ‘press conference mask’. Given the fact he’s subbed half of his squad already… we know there are grass root problems at Livercoolio HQ.  First year we've not had a tenner on it and look how it shows... Brodge had to go, Russ reckons he should have had more time – more time to what? Lose more weight?"

...a stinging assessment for sure.  And one that was made before it was revealed that Russell Bielby is this week's Manager of the Week.

Yes. Livercoolio scored a Russnificent 24 points. In view of the fact that Mr Bielby didn't win a single Manager of the Week certificate on his way to winning the Championship last season we can't help but think that this minor victory hasn't put the kibosh on this season's 'project' for glory.

He can't make it three seasons in a row can he?

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0 11 100
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 12  98
 3 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 16  89
 4 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    55.0  4  89
 5 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 21  81
 6 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 11  81
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6 10  77
 8 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.7  7  73
 9 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.9 16  71
10 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   53.9 16  68

Week 09: Raining, Reigning, Reining

She's not giving it up lightly is she?  That Minty.  And the League's Top Spot.

Outside it might be raining in Fantasyland right now but super-sunny Minty's Minions, who are currently reigning in the Table, score a large 25 points this week reining in last week's League Leaders Pyeators.

Hmm.  That's all we've got for you this week really.  It's not much we know but you might be interested to hear that the Managers of the Week this week are Nick Reed and Smasher of Guess Hughton and Inter Milandrover respectively.  Both teams scored a massive Aguero-induced 28 points.

Finally, perusing all the teams' week's scores, what's the betting Mike Smears doesn't have the 5-goal Argentine striker in his Irishpool line-up.  Splutter.

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points

   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot

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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0 25  89

 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 12  86

 3 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    54.3 27  85

 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 28  73

 5 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8 28  70

 6 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6 20  67

 7 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9 24  66

 8 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.7 14  66

 9 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 22  62

10 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 24  60

Week 08: Pye in the Sky

Pye in the Sky

Manager of the Week this week is Dave Clayton.  His Pyeators thumped home 26 massive points to seize the League's top spot from Minty's Minions.  Pyeators now lead by 10 clear points.  Gavin Ward's Seb Blattered Cod fall furthest, seven places, into fourteenth while Big Mally's Malcolm Academicals rise six places into seventh.

Keep those panicked transfers stumbling in.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 26  74
 2 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0  7  64
 3 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    54.3  9  58
 4 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.7 10  52
 5 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6  5  47
 6 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  9  45
 7 Old Malcolm Academicals    Malcolm Pratt   54.8 17  43
 8 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.8  9  42
 9 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9  6  42
10 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  7  40

Week 07: No 'Manager of the Week' for Minty Shock

Minions Fail to Deliver Manager of the Week

Manager of the Week this week is NOT Minty Colquhoun.  Which is all some of us need to know.  Tradition has it however that the ACTUAL Manager of the Month step forward and thus, forward-stepping, comes Edgar Rayner.  His Moreton Rovers have scored a massive 15 points, moving themselves up five places into ninth in the league.

Congratulations Mr Rayner.  S'marvellous.

Now if you could all just settle down and get some sleep, the management would be most grateful.


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T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0  9  57
 2 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    54.3 14  49
 3 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9 11  48
 4 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6 13  42
 5 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.7  9  42
 6 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  5  36
 7 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       54.6  5  36
 8 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9 10  36
 9 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 15  33
10 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    54.7 11  33

Week 05 & 06: Bunch of Currants

Well this is quite something... Minty Colquhoun is Manager of the Week yet again.  And this week, it's by quite some distance.  18 points for her Minions which is nearly twice as many as the nearest challenger to the Certificate.  She breezes past Neil's tarnished Diamonds into First place in the League.

While that first paragraph didn't quite live up to its opening sentence, we can point out that Livercoolio, our current Champions, are currently mirroring the current Premiership's current Champions' current fortunes, currantly.  They have again achieved a minus score.

Raisin hopes for this season's pretenders to the sultanate.

In fact, we've just heard it through the OFFL Grapevine that giggling can be heard from Beeky Towers.

And just as Mike Smears dispatches his first Rant of the Season [see below] his Irishpool have jumped up five places in the League, more than any other.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0 18  48
 2 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    53.9  9  37
 3 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    54.3  9  35
 4 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.7  1  33
 5 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3  8  31
 6 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       54.6  4  31
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6 10  29
 8 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.9  9  29
 9 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9  4  26
10 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    54.7  6  22

OFFL Cup Winners Prize Received

Champ-io-nes! The Office Fantasy Football League champions 2014-2015, many thanks Chairman Smash O'Little!
Posted by Alun Edwards on Thursday, 3 September 2015

Week 04: Formal Apology

After the publication of last week's Studmarks, social media has been aflame with criticism of The OFFL and, in particular, OMG Chairman.  The pressure has been so intense for an apology to be issued that the Chairman called us after a mysterious prang in his little silver Nissan Micra to request that we publish the following statement

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Dear OFFL Public 

It has come to my attention that Week 3's edition of Studmarks may have caused offence and annoyance. 

It was never our intention to imply that Norbert Dentressangle is guilty of smuggling Asylum Seekers illegally into a country that is so openly unsympathetic to the needs of such desperate human beings. This will not happen again. 

We hope you find this free online voucher code for Shamazon.con satisfactory compensation for the ordeal you have suffered.  Redeem at checkout. 

Yours sincerely, The OFFL Chairman

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Pressure was applied to the Chairman

And there you have it.  Hopefully sincere enough to avoid any further dirtiness.

In the meantime, Manager of the Week this week is Alun Edwards.  Alun's Radnorshire Tigers scored an impressive 18 points earning him the much-coveted Manager of the Week certificate.

It's in the post, Alun.  And you've climbed eight places in the League.

Worthy of note is The First Transfer Of The Season Award which mockingly goes to Dave Clayton - mind you, one little look at his original team line-up and you're beginning to feel a lot of sympathy for him.

Oh and yes, MUST mention before we go... Current OFFL Champion Russ Bielby's weekly score... just saying and that, innit.  A subsequent fall of seven places has been experienced.

Marvellous stuff everyone, keep it up do.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  54.7  5  32
 2 Minty's Minions            Minty Colquhoun 54.0 10  30
 3 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    54.9 13  28
 4 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       54.6 14  27
 5 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    54.3 18  26
 6 Seb Blattered Cod          Gavin Ward      54.3 10  23
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   54.9  7  22
 8 Ali McMoist                Alison Faulkner 54.9  4  22
 9 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.9 10  20
10 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.6 10  19