Fantasy League Week Eight Update


By Andy Reynolds
November 10 2004

After the excitement of the Heineken cup, and after recovering from all that Guinness, it's back to the Zurich Premiership and its sister league, the ERE Fantasy League. Why not check out how you're getting on?

Fantasy League Week Eight

 

The cream of the teams this week are:

"The Drunken Monkeys" managed by BertM with a score Frikke would be proud of at 96 points

"Wanabee's" managed by Mr C J Swayne who have made an impressive fight-back by climbing 15 places this week, after plummeting down the table in week 4.

 

The horrible crusty bits round the top of a milk bottle that has been open too long are:

"Barny's 15" who are determined to finish bottom with a score [that the Saints might settle for ;oP] of 23

"Grandma's Grafters" have slid into the bottom half of the table by falling 14 places to 50th

 

 No change in the top three, although "Wherefore the beast" have had their lead cut to just 8 points.  BertM and Yorkie's faith in the pie man (Goode) has paid off this week allowing their teams to leap frog "Yippsy's Magic" and "Ragnaroc" into the top 5.  "The Good, The Bad and the Thommo" managed by Broughts, has slipped out of the top 10 for the first time since entering it, let down largely by a low scoring Wasps backline this week, and making way for "Champagne Rugby" managed by Sam Fulling.

 

Down in the relegation zone (can a fantasy league have a relegation zone?) "Bob's Bristol Are Bollocks" have finally pulled ahead of "Barny's 15". Salecastle are still making ground.

 

In the Allegiance mini-league the Tigers have stretched their lead to 17 points, Bath still head the chasing pack with Glaws a further 30 points behind them.

 

So BertM and Mr Swayne have graduated cum laude this week.  Grandma and Barny, time to resit your manager's exams.

 

Rank Team Name Manager Score
1 Wherefore the Beast Bath Fan Jack 741
2 Ramblin' Men Ramblin' Man 734
3 The Pulteney All Blacks Fred 724
4 The Drunken Monkeys BertM 698
4 Dolly Mixtures Yorkie 677
6 Yippsy Magic Yippsy 676
7 Ragnaroc Ade1865 667
8 Punters Gamble II bath_mp 666
9 Champagne Rugby Sam Fulling 660
10 Wadi Callums Sheptonite 660
11 Two Pound Fifty for a Nice Riocha Speedy Jefferson 657
12 Marked BlueBlack&White Mark E 655
13 The Good, The Bad, and The Thommo Broughts 648
14 Creatures From The Black Lagoon Mark Starr 640
15 Bladud XV Bladud 630
16 The Cherry Pickers Chris Long 629
17 Dill's Duffers Dill 622
17 Can’t do worse than my soccer team Jonathan C 621
19 Matt Jasper's Army cb2 620
19 Stade de Coochie CoochieCoo 618
21 Jacksmen Ajack 605
22 The Cider Boys Andrew 604
22 Dorset Boy’s Boys 2004/05 Dorset Boy 600
24 FB's XV Frome Boy 597
25 Bears United HH&S 592
25 Peg's Pointers Grandma 592
27 Wessex Warriors Adrian Cooper 592
28 Bomber's Baa Baas Richard Auty 583
29 St Paul's Pumbas Graham Dodds 582
29 Zurich Allstars Top Flanker 579
31 Henry's Heroes Paddy Smith 572
32 Jerry de Grewcock Simon Rhodes 571
33 Watsons Warriors James Dad 568
34 SaintsNotSinners Saints80 566
35 Tready's Tigers Jon T 565
36 Rucking Maulers Bazza 564
36 Sandy Bumming's First XV ken_jnr 564
38 Fantasy Rugby Louisa 563
39 Return of the Salmon Bob Grace 558
40 Country Mike's Rugby Bonanza Country Mike 557
40 One game at a time Hamptonite 552
42 The Doughnut Heads AJ Smith 544
43 Top Tips PG Tips 544
43 Shark Bites Shark 538
45 Jiminy's Crickets 55Bathman 531
45 UpTheBoro Tony 528
47 Wanabee's Mr C J Swayne 527
47 Bring Back the Cherryettes Graeme Foster 522
47 Barge In Half-Wits Bod 520
50 Grandma's Grafters Grandma 519
51 Barney's Badgers Keith Sprake 518
52 Hotmouse XV Chubby Phillips 514
53 The Mothman Menaces Wilko's Little Toe 513
54 Egg Chasing A Speciality Graham Busson 512
55 Daibod XV David Bodily 508
56 Whittocks Wanderers Dan Smith 507
57 Futumsch Dave Hadley 505
58 Arlen Academicals Chris the Saint 501
59 Weeksie's Warriors Henry Weeks 501
59 The Ed's Choice Glen Leat 500
61 Forries Fifteen Malmesbury 499
62 Brummy Cherries Eastwick 495
63 Mikes Marauders Mikes 488
63 Far Cough and I Alibev 483
65 Masa's Selection Masa 483
66 Sanderton's XV Sanderton 477
66 Seanyboys Brutes Sean Penny 475
68 The British Badgers Big Jim Aldcroft 470
69 saints4ever Air Ben 459
70 Karen's Kickers Karen Busson 456
71 Africa Queen's Sandie 455
72 The Brawlers Phil White 453
73 Wise Prankers SumoSaint 448
74 London who??? Todd Richards 447
75 A Little Less Petulance & A Litte More Action randomly-petulant 445
76 Lloydie's Rank Outsiders Lloydie 444
77 Not a chance Bradley 435
78 Were Aiming for Second Place Bath Fan Stuck in Glos 427
79 New Forest Gateau Mike J 402
80 The Cherokes Paul 391
81 Bob's Bristol are Bollocks Batheaston Bob 333
82 Barny's 15 Barny 332
83 Salecastle Mario 206
Allegiance Mini League
Rank Allegiance N Mean
1 Tigers 5 578.0
2 Bath 53 561.2
3 Glaws 11 530.7
4 Saints 9 512.0
5 Wasps 2 448.0
6 Others 3 415.3
Total 83 544.9
Highest Score 96 The Drunken Monkeys
Lowest Score 23 Barny's 15
Biggest Improvement 15 Wanabee's
Worst Decline -14 Grandma's Grafters