Week 18: Fernando Who?

Rachel Jones: including herself

Yet again, laziness has proved the best form of management for one Mr Keeler.  Well, that is if his sole intent is to get Manager of the Week certificates - and we don't mean finding the bottom of one of his Reeboks inside a marquee.

[PAUSE to give the slow ones amongst you time to get to that rather feeble gag.  No?  OK, you'll probably enjoy that one on your way home tonight then]

And before the unnecessary smart Alec square bracket comments detract from the opening premise let us focus on the matter at hand.  We wouldn't want to spin off into an uncontrollable tangent now would we?

Manager of the Week.  Ashley Keeler.  25 points.  Last transfer was the removal of Fernando Torres CHE.

[Exactly... Fernando who?].

You're lazy, Mr Keeler.  LAZY.

It's A Snickers climb two places.

There.

In other notable nonsense, our Highest Climber this week is The Venerable Smears's Irishpool who leapfrog five places into Fifth.  This is all while the Lovely Rachel Jones sneakily includes herself in the top four peloton*, only 13 points behind leader Boy Bielby.

Keep enjoying the Christmas run up won't you?

* this instance of the word 'Peloton' appears courtesy of the 2012 London Olympics

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Livercoolio               Russ Bielby      55.0  5 167
 2 Malcolmyouplaysobadly     Malcolm Pratt    54.8  9 163
 3 RS-TBOY                   Rick Beecroft    55.0  3 156
 4 Which Team                Rachel Jones     55.0 16 154
 5 Irishpool                 Mike Smears      54.8 17 144
 6 Johnny's Heroes           Sarah Bielby     54.9  7 143
 7 Not In Your Mum's Forest  Sarah Bingham    54.7  7 141
 8 Botley Yellow             Stanley Wilson   51.7  7 139
 9 Radnorshire Tigers        Alun Edwards     52.6  8 139
10 Inter Milandrover         Smasher          54.6  5 134

11 Blet Satters Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward       54.6  1 128
12 Moanchester Disunited     Alex Blundell    52.1 13 124
13 Pyeators                  Dave Clayton     55.0  3 122
14 The Flying Geese          Mandy Noble      54.2 12 120
15 It's A Snickers           Ashley Keeler    54.9 25 118
16 Couldn't be Hyppia        Nick Reed        54.6  9 112
17 Didcot Rovers             Edgar Rayner     55.0 19 108
18 A Bit Temperamintal       Minty Colquhoun  55.0 14 104
19 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil      Chris Walsh      50.0 13 102
20 Real Mcdrid               Craig McHugh     54.8  8 100
21 Moobchester United        Jon King         51.7  1  95
22 Neil's Diamonds           Neil McConaghy   54.1  9  79
23 Awesome Athletic          Adrian Bradley   50.2  6  60
24 Pedro's Plodders          Pete Braithwaite 46.7  3  47


                             Week's Average Points      9
                             Total Average Points     120
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Week 12: Snicked it

Ash Keeler Goes Large this week

It's A Snickers has skilfully developed an enviable record of consistency over the last few years.  Yes, it's one of abject underachievement and disastrous manoeuvring in the transfer market but it is consistent. Manager Ash Keeler, currently scouting for boys in Australia [for his "youth academy"], has never asked much from life, ignoring the beard trimmer he got last Christmas.  But this week, it seems his desire for success has been tickled.  A fortuitous week has seen his Snickers kick and nick the pick of the week's points.

Tick.

17 points earns Mr Keeler the Manager of the Week Certificate for Week 12.  Congratulations to him.  His team have moved up two places into nineteenth.  May the push for the title gather momentum.

It's going to need it.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Malcolmyouplaysobadly     Malcolm Pratt    54.8 15 114
 2 Livercoolio               Russ Bielby      54.8 11 111
 3 RS-TBOY                   Rick Beecroft    55.0  9 101
 4 Which Team                Rachel Jones     55.0 14  99
 5 Inter Milandrover         Smasher          54.6  6  98
 6 Botley Yellow             Stanley Wilson   51.7 14  92
 7 Pyeators                  Dave Clayton     55.0  4  92
 8 Radnorshire Tigers        Alun Edwards     53.2  1  88
 9 Blet Satters Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward       54.6 10  87
10 Not In Your Mum's Forest  Sarah Bingham    54.7  8  87

11 Irishpool                 Mike Smears      54.4  6  85
12 Moanchester Disunited     Alex Blundell    52.1 10  81
13 Johnny's Heroes           Sarah Bielby     54.9  8  75
14 The Flying Geese          Mandy Noble      54.7 11  69
15 Moobchester United        Jon King         51.7  2  68
16 Real Mcdrid               Craig McHugh     54.8  3  61
17 Couldn't be Hyppia        Nick Reed        54.6 16  57
18 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil      Chris Walsh      48.9  1  56
19 It's A Snickers           Ashley Keeler    54.9 17  56
20 A Bit Temperamintal       Minty Colquhoun  55.0  9  55
21 Didcot Rovers             Edgar Rayner     55.0  3  55
22 Awesome Athletic          Adrian Bradley   50.2  4  42
23 Pedro's Plodders          Pete Braithwaite 46.7 -1  35
24 Neil's Diamonds           Neil McConaghy   54.1 10  29


                             Week's Average Points      7
                             Total Average Points      74
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