Week 23: Living Room Rivalry

The Bielby's welcome a metaphoric OFFL into their home.

In this edition of Studmarks we look at the Second Round of the OFFL Cup after we congratulate two managers this week for winning the Manager of the Week certificate.  Mandy Noble's Flying Geese and her colleague RS-TBOY's Rick Beecroft both netted a love-makingly beautiful 19 points each.  Worthy of some office chocs for everyone, no?

Congratulations you two.

Meanwhile, as 3 points separate the top two teams and Mrs Bielby has temporarily dropped off the pace in third (making us wonder how the Bielby Living Room Rivalry is coming along), we look at how the next round of the OFFL Cup might play out using Week 26's results.

OFFL Cup

Second Round, Week 26

Radnorshire Tigers        v  Moanchester Disunited

Alun Edwards                 Alex Blundell

Couldn't be Hyppia        v  Johnny's Heroes

Nick Reed                    Sarah Bielby

Blet Satters Mad Hatters  v  Pyeators

Gavin Ward                   Dave Clayton

Inter Milandrover         v  The Flying Geese

Smasher                      Mandy Noble

Moobchester United        v  Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil

Jon King                     Chris Walsh

Irishpool                 v  Livercoolio

Mike Smears                  Russ Bielby

A Bit Temperamintal       v  Malcolmyouplaysobadly

Minty Colquhoun              Malcolm Pratt

Not In Your Mum's Forest  v  Botley Yellow

Sarah Bingham                Stanley Wilson

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points

   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot

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

 1 Livercoolio               Russ Bielby      55.0 13 241

 2 Malcolmyouplaysobadly     Malcolm Pratt    54.8 15 238

 3 Johnny's Heroes           Sarah Bielby     54.0  2 228

 4 Blet Satters Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward       54.6 13 226

 5 RS-TBOY                   Rick Beecroft    52.2 19 218

 6 Irishpool                 Mike Smears      53.6  7 211

 7 Radnorshire Tigers        Alun Edwards     49.7 12 203

 8 Not In Your Mum's Forest  Sarah Bingham    54.7 11 199

 9 Which Team                Rachel Jones     55.0  6 194

10 Inter Milandrover         Smasher          54.2  8 193

11 Pyeators                  Dave Clayton     55.0 16 189

12 Botley Yellow             Stanley Wilson   51.7 12 186

13 The Flying Geese          Mandy Noble      54.1 19 186

14 Moobchester United        Jon King         51.7 17 166

15 Couldn't be Hyppia        Nick Reed        54.6 18 164

16 Moanchester Disunited     Alex Blundell    52.1  5 161

17 It's A Snickers           Ashley Keeler    54.6  3 151

18 A Bit Temperamintal       Minty Colquhoun  55.0  9 147

19 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil      Chris Walsh      54.6  7 145

20 Didcot Rovers             Edgar Rayner     54.8  5 139

21 Real Mcdrid               Craig McHugh     54.8  9 133

22 Neil's Diamonds           Neil McConaghy   54.1 13 127

23 Awesome Athletic          Adrian Bradley   50.2 -1  84

24 Pedro's Plodders          Pete Braithwaite 46.7  8  75

                             Week's Average Points     10

                             Total Average Points     175

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Week 13: Did What Rovers?

Much sought after

We have a manager amongst us who likes bags.  He collects them, in fact. Every once in a while he spots a special one that takes his fancy and launches himself into a highly focussed campaign to achieve possession.  According to bag-collecting folklore, there is one bag that is pursued above all others.  A bag that ranks highest over all other bags.

It is made of hessian, smells slightly of damp earth and is a thing of 'real beauty'. A unique cloth-like container of things.  Bag enthusiast, Edgar Rayner, finally treated himself to it.

Yes, after a string of very poor results last week and, more importantly, a mild mannered gloat from a former colleague with siemens all over her email signature, the Didcot Rovers' manager treated himself to a new addition for his collection.

He gave himself The Sack.

And if you think that was far too elaborate a set up for such a disappointing punch line then just think about this to distract yourself... Edgar Rayner's transfer policies over the past few seasons have left him with no choice but to relieve himself.

Of his duties.

If it's any consolation, the aforementioned former gloating colleague, Rachel Jones, has herself plopped down the league, falling three places with her Which Team.

It's not is it?

Meanwhile, Manager of the Week is Rick Beecroft, earning his TBOYS 20 points and consolidating their third place in the league.  They're catching up the two teams who are currently taking it in turns to enjoy the number one spot - Russ Bielby's Livercoolio overtakes Malcolmyouplaysobadly up there once more.

Worthy of mention too is late-arriving Niel's Diamonds: finally off the bottom of the table and clawing through the lower of the low-achieving teams. Only a gap of 87 points to catch up, eh?


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Livercoolio               Russ Bielby      54.8 19 130
 2 Malcolmyouplaysobadly     Malcolm Pratt    54.8 13 127
 3 RS-TBOY                   Rick Beecroft    55.0 20 121
 4 Inter Milandrover         Smasher          54.6 16 113
 5 Botley Yellow             Stanley Wilson   51.7 12 104
 6 Not In Your Mum's Forest  Sarah Bingham    54.7 17 104
 7 Which Team                Rachel Jones     55.0  5 104
 8 Pyeators                  Dave Clayton     54.7 11 103
 9 Radnorshire Tigers        Alun Edwards     53.2 13 101
10 Blet Satters Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward       54.6 12  99

11 Irishpool                 Mike Smears      54.4  9  94
12 Johnny's Heroes           Sarah Bielby     54.9 14  89
13 Moanchester Disunited     Alex Blundell    52.1  4  85
14 Moobchester United        Jon King         51.7 13  81
15 The Flying Geese          Mandy Noble      54.7  2  71
16 Real Mcdrid               Craig McHugh     54.8  9  70
17 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil      Chris Walsh      48.9 12  68
18 Couldn't be Hyppia        Nick Reed        54.6  9  66
19 A Bit Temperamintal       Minty Colquhoun  55.0  7  62
20 It's A Snickers           Ashley Keeler    54.9  5  61
21 Didcot Rovers             Edgar Rayner     55.0  2  57
22 Awesome Athletic          Adrian Bradley   50.2  4  46
23 Neil's Diamonds           Neil McConaghy   54.1 14  43
24 Pedro's Plodders          Pete Braithwaite 46.7  2  37


                             Week's Average Points     10
                             Total Average Points      84

Week 08: Three

Magic  

In spite of modern day technology and billions of dollars being pumped into all sorts of research programmes around the globe, there remains no actual definitive evidence to clearly demonstrate without a doubt that Three is in fact the magic number.

Three is, however, the number of managers sharing this week's Manager of the Week Certificate.

Yes, aye and not no.

Indeed, Rick Beecroft, Jon King and Sarah Bielby all tear off a rough strip of a rough third of the mythical certificate.  Each manager scores a not-unique 17 points for their respective teams.

Lord Beeky McBeecroft also deserves a mention for his Manager of the Month achievement for September.  His RS-TBOY scored a total of 33 points throughout last month.

   Team                        Sept
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 1 RS-TBOY                      33
 2 Malcolmyouplaysobadly        30
 3 Radnorshire Tigers           28
 4 Which Team                   28
 5 Moanchester Disunited        28
 6 Inter Milandrover            27
 7 Botley Yellow                25
 8 Irishpool                    24
 9 Didcot Rovers                24
10 Livercoolio                  24
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And Lord Beeky ALSO deserves another mention for being the manager with fewest transfers remaining for the season so far.

This is not something to boast about.

Lge Team                     Manager        Transfers
Pos                                         Remaining
-----------------------------------------------------
 8 RS-TBOY                   Rick Beecroft      5
 1 Radnorshire Tigers        Alun Edwards       6
22 Couldn't be Hyppia        Nick Reed          6
11 Irishpool                 Mike Smears        7
 4 Livercoolio               Russ Bielby        8
 5 Which Team                Rachel Jones       9
15 Not In Your Mum's Forest  Sarah Bingham      9
23 It's A Snickers           Ashley Keeler      9
 2 Inter Milandrover         Smasher           10
14 The Flying Geese          Mandy Noble       10
18 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil      Chris Walsh       10
20 A Bit Temperamintal       Minty Colquhoun   10
 9 Botley Yellow             Stanley Wilson    11
17 Didcot Rovers             Edgar Rayner      11
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This leaves three accolades for Mr Beecroft, all in one week's Studmarks.

At last: proof that Three is very much the magic number.

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points

   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot

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

 1 Radnorshire Tigers        Alun Edwards     52.7 15  79

 2 Inter Milandrover         Smasher          54.6 15  77

 3 Malcolmyouplaysobadly     Malcolm Pratt    54.8  8  72

 4 Livercoolio               Russ Bielby      54.8 15  70

 5 Which Team                Rachel Jones     55.0 11  70

 6 Moanchester Disunited     Alex Blundell    52.1  9  67

 7 Pyeators                  Dave Clayton     55.0 14  67

 8 RS-TBOY                   Rick Beecroft    55.0 17  64

 9 Botley Yellow             Stanley Wilson   49.5  3  62

10 Real Mcdrid               Craig McHugh     54.8 14  62

11 Irishpool                 Mike Smears      54.4 10  60

12 Moobchester United        Jon King         54.5 17  58

13 Blet Satters Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward       54.6 12  54

14 The Flying Geese          Mandy Noble      54.0  9  52

15 Not In Your Mum's Forest  Sarah Bingham    54.7 15  52

16 Johnny's Heroes           Sarah Bielby     54.9 17  51

17 Didcot Rovers             Edgar Rayner     55.0  8  50

18 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil      Chris Walsh      49.2 14  46

19 Pedro's Plodders          Pete Braithwaite 46.7 10  33

20 A Bit Temperamintal       Minty Colquhoun  55.0  5  33

21 Awesome Athletic          Adrian Bradley   50.2  8  32

22 It's A Snickers           Ashley Keeler    54.9  7  23

23 Couldn't be Hyppia        Nick Reed        55.0  7  23

24 Neil's Diamonds           Neil McConaghy   54.1 13   0

                             Week's Average Points     11

                             Total Average Points      52

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Week 04/05: Metaphorical Certificates

Too much effort

RS-TBOY manager, Rick Beeky McBeecroft, has hammered home an enormous 23 points this week making him the undisputed Champion [of the Week].  Manager of the Week Certificate is on its way to you, Sir*.  And the highest climb of seven places.  Into twelfth.  Hm.

Also worthy of note is Moobchester's climb of six places, into eighth, after scoring 22 points this week.

Meanwhile, our first change of leaders sees the inexplicably unpopular Inter Milandrover leapfrog Radnorshire Tigers to clamber to the top of the pile for the first time since Week 09 of last season.  Not a situation that is likely to improve the general opinion of the past Champs.  However, current Champs, Livercoolio, excel into fifth.

*This is actually not the case anymore due to the cost of paper/ink/postage/effort.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.3 18  53
 2 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    52.7 15  51
 3 Malcolmyouplaysobadly      Malcolm Pratt   54.8 15  49
 4 Pyeators                   Dave Clayton    55.0 17  49
 5 Livercoolio                Russ Bielby     54.9 16  47
 6 Botley Yellow              Stanley Wilson  49.5 12  46
 7 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    54.4 13  44
 8 Moobchester United         Jon King        54.5 22  44
 9 Blet Satters Mad Hatters   Gavin Ward      54.6 12  44
10 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    54.8 14  42

11 Moanchester Disunited      Alex Blundell   52.1 11  41
12 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   55.0 23  37
13 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     54.6 10  36
14 The Flying Geese           Mandy Noble     54.8  4  31
15 Not In Your Mum's Forest   Sarah Bingham   54.1  9  29
16 Obi Wan - Kenobi Nil       Chris Walsh     49.2  4  27
17 Johnny's Heroes            Sarah Bielby    54.9  9  23
18 Didcot Rovers              Edgar Rayner    55.0  3  21
19 Awesome Athletic           Adrian Bradley  50.2 -2  19
20 Couldn't be Hyppia         Nick Reed       55.0 15  17
21 A Bit Temperamintal        Minty Colquhoun 54.9  6  16
22 Pedro's Plodders           Pete Braithwaite46.7  0  15
23 It's A Snickers            Ashley Keeler   52.5  7   4


                              Week's Average Points    11
                              Total Average Points     34