Week 40: Poor Guy

Poor Guy (far left)

You can stop banging on about it now. Yes, you know who you are.... You've won it. You were underdogs. Nobody expected it. We get it. 

Now belt up, pipe down, pack it in and leave it out.

It also means that everyone else is struggling to find something meaningful to get excited about for the end of the season. And that's the remit we've accepted for this edition of Studmarks. Let's give it a try, shall we?

7 points separate Fourth from Seventh meaning that that Fourth place is up for grabs. And can Eleventh-placed Ali McMoist slide themselves into the top ten? And if so, at whose expense? Edgar Rayner's? Neil McConaghy's? And is Karyn Meaden going to hold on to that Twentieth place, while Alex Blundell is seedily breathing down her beautifully-formed and Mallyable neck.

Oh yes, there's Guy Harewood, look... picking up his Manager of the Week certificate for steering his Com-a ma mau papas to a score of 12 points this week. Oh, hang on, there's no need for that... he's looked down at the unimpressed audience, who really aren't paying much attention, and has let the certificate drop to the floor. Exit stage left.

Poor guy that Guy. Even he knows that to overhaul Ms Minty's Minty's Minions' mighty lead of 41 points - in one week with a quarter of his line-up being the same as hers - is probably not going to happen. Unless most of his different players score a hatrick each.

Could happen.

It won't.

Cheer yourself up, Mr Harewood, by looking forward to the glamour and glitz of the...

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OFFL Cup
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FINAL, in play.

        Inter Milandrover  v  RS-TBOY
                  Smasher     Rick Beecroft

The two finalists share 3 players: Smalling, Barkley and Mahrez. The difference will therefore come from the following...

Inter MilandroverClub  Value  RS-TBOY           ClubValue

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138 GK P Cech    ARS    4.2   121 GK J Hart     MC    4.3
243 FB C Fuchs   LEI    3.5   226 FB N Clyne    LIV   4.1
229 FB B IvanovicCHE    5.0   280 FB A Kolarov  MC    4.6
356 CB T AlderweiTOT    4.2   331 CB S Dann     CP    3.7
555 MF R Firmino LIV    4.8   575 MF M Ozil     ARS   5.5
558 MF D Payet   WH     4.0   812 MF D Alli     TOT   3.5
684 ST S Aguero  MC     8.4   603 ST H Kane     TOT   7.4
719 ST R Lukaku  EVE    6.8   614 ST J Vardy    LEI   5.6

Anyone's bet this one. Recent form has RS-TBOY in the ascendancy. Maybe.

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 52.4  8 437
 2 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5 12 396
 3 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  53.1  7 389
 4 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    54.0  5 377
 5 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         53.1  4 375
 6 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9  4 374
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.4  1 370
 8 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   50.9 11 345
 9 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.3  8 337
10 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6  3 334

Week 39: She Thought Her Position Was Secure

This what happens when you make your kit out of velcro

Bad Wolf United's Third From Bottom position is at risk! Both Moanchester United and It's A Snickers scored healthily this week, 13 and 14 points respectively, while Karyn's bad, bad, Bad Wolves only managed a measly 4.  We say again... Bad Wolf United's Third From Bottom position is at risk!

With no such worries are Nick Reed and Craig McHugh.  These two louche gentlemen are sharing this week's Manager of the Week certificate with a week's haul of 17 points.  This pushes Guess Hughton 2 points from getting in to the top five while Craig Guess McHughton's Real Mcdrid is now 2 points from the top ten.

Don't look at Rick Beecroft's OFFL Cup Finalists, RS-TBOY.  He'll think you're looking at his -6.

Oh yeah, Leicester City won the Premiership.  Like Minty's Minions, Leicester City were 5000-1 to win the OFFL League at the start of the season.

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OFFL Cup
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FINAL, to be played in Week 41

        Inter Milandrover  v  RS-TBOY
                  Smasher     Rick Beecroft

These two teams share 3 players: Smalling, Barkley and Mahrez.  The difference will therefore come from the following...

Inter MilandroverClub  Value  RS-TBOY           ClubValue
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138 GK P Cech    ARS    4.2   121 GK J Hart     MC    4.3
243 FB C Fuchs   LEI    3.5   226 FB N Clyne    LIV   4.1
229 FB B IvanovicCHE    5.0   280 FB A Kolarov  MC    4.6
356 CB T AlderweiTOT    4.2   331 CB S Dann     CP    3.7
555 MF R Firmino LIV    4.8   575 MF M Ozil     ARS   5.5
558 MF D Payet   WH     4.0   812 MF D Alli     TOT   3.5
684 ST S Aguero  MC     8.4   603 ST H Kane     TOT   7.4
719 ST R Lukaku  EVE    6.8   614 ST J Vardy    LEI   5.6

To the victor, the book!

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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 51.6  5 429
 2 Com-a ma mau papa com-a mauGuy Harewood    53.5  5 384
 3 Livercoolio                Russell Bielby  53.1  5 382
 4 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    54.0 -2 372
 5 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         53.1  7 371
 6 Guess Hughton              Nick Reed       53.9 17 370
 7 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.4  5 369
 8 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   50.9 -6 334
 9 Moreton Rovers             Edgar Rayner    54.6 14 331
10 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  53.3  0 329