10. START ME CUP

3 Nov:

And another week is done and dusted. First up lets look at the first FMICL Cup game.
As mentioned below, "If Albion win, we play penalties (games A to E)"
So sure enough, a win to West Brom meant we invoked the penalties system - a fine first-up effort!
Here is how the weekend played out.

R

M

HOME

AWAY

J_Fo

Brot

SCORE

RES

J_Fo

Brot

10

1

Leicester

v

W B A

D

H

0

1

A

RESULT

4

3

2

Stoke

v

West Ham

D

D

2

2

D

J_Fo wins

3

Newcastle Utd

v

Liverpool

A

A

1

0

H

4

Villareal

v

Valencia

A

A

1

3

A

Regular Play

3

3

5

Perth Glory

v

Newcastle Jets

H

H

2

1

H

A

Wigan

v

Fulham

D

A

3

1

H

First 3 Pens.

1

0

B

Sampdoria

v

Fiorentina

A

D

3

1

H

C

Cardiff

v

Leeds Utd

H

A

3

1

H

4th Pen.

D

Monaco

v

Reims

H

H

1

1

D

5th Pen.

E

Torino

v

Atalanta

D

H

0

0

D

A 3-3 draw from the first 5 games means the best of three penalties (A to C) games are played, and the 1-0 aggregate sees @J_Foreigner progress to the round of 16, while Amos drops out.


Back over in the League, the weekends results are:

R	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
10	1	Hull City	v	Southhampton	0	1	A
	2	Everton	v	Swansea	0	0	D
	3	Man City	v	Man United	1	0	H
	4	Aston Villa	v	Tottenham	1	2	A
	5	Sydney FC	v	Cent Coast M.	2	0	H
	6	Charlton Ath.	v	Sheff. Wed.	1	1	D
	7	Bordeaux	v	Toulouse	2	1	H

Which makes this rounds results as here...

@BrotherAmos	4	-	6	@Hardsy05
@Wal13Freo	3	-	4	@Amul82
@MattGoss_	5	-	5	@Andrewm_81
@SgtButane	5	-	5	@Sjhross
@Hcdc93	4	-	4	@NaylorMichael
@BenCuzzupe	3	-	3	@TheTipsGuru
@TheMattBungard	4	-	5	@Ethan_Meldrum
@DemP_9	3	-	3	@Harri_Chas_17
@ASpeedingCar	4	-	3	@J_Foreigner
@Footy_Maths	5	-	5	@LaurenceRosen

In the featured match-ups -
- Hardsy hits a tennis score in the Good Mates Showdown over Amos. (yes, that's 6 of the 7 games correct, and a record for the competition in a singe week)
- Long time top of the table players Henry and Michael tie up their clash 4 each.
- As do the other top 8'ers Sarge and Sean, but 5 points each of two.

In the Belt game, its another draw, so Andrew holds again... his 4th week to now equal Michael's streak.

Also, this weekend rounds out October's play, so we can say the

OCTOBER Player Of The Month is @Hardsy05, as he went the 4 games undefeated as well as scoring 16 points.

And all that good tipping has seen Hardsy propel himself to 'top of the league'!

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@Hardsy05	10	6	2	2	35	29	6	20
2	@NaylorMichael	10	5	4	1	34	27	7	19
3	@Harri_Chas_17	10	5	3	2	33	27	6	18
4	@hcdc93	10	4	6	0	30	24	6	18
5	@SgtButane	10	5	3	2	37	32	5	18
6	@BenCuzzupe	10	4	4	2	31	29	2	16
7	@Sjhross	10	4	2	4	28	29	-1	14
8	@ASpeedingCar	10	4	2	4	24	27	-3	14
9	@Footy_Maths	10	3	4	3	34	31	3	13
10	@Andrewm_81	10	3	4	3	33	31	2	13
11	@Wal13Freo	10	4	1	5	31	30	1	13
12	@DemP_9	10	4	1	5	29	29	0	13
13	@TheMattBungard	10	3	3	4	31	29	2	12
14	@Amul82	10	3	2	5	27	30	-3	11
15	@TheTipsGuru	10	2	5	3	25	28	-3	11
16	@Ethan_Meldrum	10	3	2	5	25	30	-5	11
17	@J_Foreigner	10	1	7	2	28	28	0	10
18	@MattGoss_	10	2	3	5	29	35	-6	9
19	@BrotherAmos	10	2	2	6	27	39	-12	8
20	@LaurenceRosen	10	0	6	4	29	36	-7	6

Also of note:
Another draw for Henry sees him remain as the only player yet to lose, while Dem finally draws this weekend to break his duck. Laurence also drew to remain win-less at the foot of the table,

31 Oct:

All the tips are in so lets have a look at who went where.

HOME	AWAY	Brot	Hard	Wal1	Amul	Matt	Andr	SgtB	Sjhr	Hcdc	Nayl
Hull Ci	Southha	A	A	D	A	A	D	A	A	D	A
Everton	Swansea	H	H	D	H	H	D	H	D	H	H
Man Cit	Man Uni	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
Aston V	Tottenh	D	A	D	H	A	A	A	A	A	A
Sydney	Cent Co	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H	H
Charlto	Sheff.	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	A	D	D
Bordeau	Toulous	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	D	D
Difference Indicator		2		4		2		3		2

HOME	AWAY	BenC	TheT	TheM	Etha	DemP	Harr	ASpe	J_Fo	Foot	Laur
Hull Ci	Southha	A	H	A	A	D	D	A	A	A	A
Everton	Swansea	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
Man Cit	Man Uni	D	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
Aston V	Tottenh	A	H	A	D	A	A	D	D	A	A
Sydney	Cent Co	D	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H
Charlto	Sheff.	H	H	A	D	D	A	H	H	H	A
Bordeau	Toulous	H	H	D	H	A	H	H	D	H	H
Difference Indicator		4		3		2		1		3

Strong turnout for Man City in the derby, no love for United (nice!).

Also no one choosing the Central Toast or Swansea.

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
Hull Ci	Southha		1	5	14		16>
Everton	Swansea		16	4	0
Man Cit	Man Uni		17	3	0		13-16
Aston V	Tottenh		2	5	13
Sydney	Cent Co		15	5	0		4-7
Charlto	Sheff.		9	7	4
Bordeau	Toulous		13	4	3		<4

The two cup players have also chosen as per here.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	J_Fo	Brot
10	1	Leicester	v	W B A	D	H
	2	Stoke	v	West Ham	D	D
	3	Newcastle Utd	v	Liverpool	A	A
	4	Villareal	v	Valencia	A	A
	5	Perth Glory	v	Newcastle Jets	H	H
	A	Wigan	v	Fulham	D	A
	B	Sampdoria	v	Fiorentina	A	D
	C	Cardiff	v	Leeds Utd	H	A
	D	Monaco	v	Reims	H	H
	E	Torino	v	Atalanta	D	H

Which says the match-up hinges on Leicester - West Brom in the main game.

If Albion win, we play penalties (games A to E), and there is ample scope for a result in those matches.

Good luck one and all.

28 Oct:

This is week 10, and while the rest of the season carries on, the Cup starts this weekend!

FMICL CUP

And it is for these players to select additional games in the Cup.

WK 10	@J_Foreigner
	@BrotherAmos

And the games for Cup Tippers ONLY are...

R	M	HOME		AWAY
10	1	Leicester	v	W B A
	2	Stoke	v	West Ham
	3	Newcastle Utd	v	Liverpool
	4	Villareal	v	Valencia
	5	Perth Glory	v	Newcastle Jets
	A	Wigan	v	Fulham
	B	Sampdoria	v	Fiorentina
	C	Cardiff	v	Leeds Utd
	D	Monaco	v	Reims
	E	Torino	v	Atalanta

Enter your tips via the CUP button here.

FMICL CUP TIPS HERE

FOR INFORMATION:
You have 10 games (1 to 5 and A to E) to tip. Games 1 to 5 are the main game... score more here and you win.
Games A to C are in play if the first 5 games result in a draw. Best score from these three is the winner.
If you are still tied after that, then the best from D wins.
And if that is tied, then the best from E wins.
If there is still a tie after all of that, we replay the Cup tie another week.

Trust that make sense!


Back to...

LEAGUE TIPS

Now back to regular league play and we are all picking from these games this weekend.

R	M	HOME		AWAY
10	1	Hull City	v	Southhampton
	2	Everton	v	Swansea
	3	Man City	v	Man United
	4	Aston Villa	v	Tottenham
	5	Sydney FC	v	Cent Coast M.
	6	Charlton Ath.	v	Sheff. Wed.
	7	Bordeaux	v	Toulouse

The head to heads this week are...

@BrotherAmos		-		@Hardsy05
@Wal13Freo		-		@Amul82
@MattGoss_		-		@Andrewm_81
@SgtButane		-		@Sjhross
@Hcdc93		-		@NaylorMichael
@BenCuzzupe		-		@TheTipsGuru
@TheMattBungard		-		@Ethan_Meldrum
@DemP_9		-		@Harri_Chas_17
@ASpeedingCar		-		@J_Foreigner
@Footy_Maths		-		@LaurenceRosen

And the big matches of note:
- Top of the table (-ish) clash with Henry in 3rd against MichaelN in 1st.
- Amos v Hardsy in the Good Mates Showdown.
- Top 8'ers the Sarge and Sean go head to head.

The Belt game is an all 'Chelsea' battle:

@MattGoss_

-

@Andrewm_81

As usual, enter tips here, or DM via twitter
Click to Enter Tips

Good tipping to you all.