11. NOT THE CLOSE ONE

10 Nov:

The last game is played out in LA and we have our next round done and dusted.

With the LA game over, the Cup match is also over, and we must add that we named a fixture for tipping this week that is not due to be played for 2 weeks... entirely the FMICL Commissioners fault.

Luckily it was the final game of the Cup tie, and results previous meant it did not need to apply to determine the outcome.

And the Cup outcome is...

R

M

HOME

AWAY

Laur

TheT

SCORE

RES

Laur

TheT

11

1

Swansea

v

Arsenal

D

A

2

1

H

RESULT

2

3

2

Derby Co

v

Wolves

A

H

5

0

H

TheT wins

3

Middlesborough

v

Bournemouth

A

H

0

0

D

4

Inter Milan

v

H. Verona

H

H

2

2

D

Regular Play

1

1

5

LA Galaxy

v

R Salt Lake

H

D

5

0

H

A

Forest

v

Norwich

A

H

2

1

H

First 3 Pens.

1

1

B

Espanyol

v

Villareal

H

H

1

1

D

C

Sampdoria

v

AC Milan

D

A

2

2

D

4th Pen.

0

1

D

Saint-Étienne

v

Monaco

H

D

1

1

D

5th Pen.

E

Urawa Reds

v

Gamba Osaka

A

H

ERR

So this week we have a 1-1 draw after the first 5 games, and another 1-1 tie after the first 3 penalties, with the St Etienne - Monaco draw finally sealing the result for The Guru.

WK 11	@LaurenceRosen	1	1
	@TheTipsGuru	1	2

The Guru is allocated a spot for the Round of 16, while Laurence is out of the Cup.

Back over to regular League action, and here is the weekends results.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
11	1	Liverpool	v	Chelsea	1	2	A
	2	West Ham	v	Aston Villa	0	0	D
	3	Sunderland	v	Everton	1	1	D
	4	W B A	v	Newcastle	0	2	A
	5	Adelaide U	v	Sydney FC	0	0	D
	6	PSG	v	O. Marseilles	2	0	H
	7	DC United	v	New York RB	2	1	H

Making the head-to-head results:

@MattGoss_	3	-	3	@Hardsy05
@LaurenceRosen	3	-	4	@Amul82
@J_Foreigner	4	-	2	@Wal13Freo
@Harri_Chas_17	2	-	4	@BrotherAmos
@Ethan_Meldrum	3	-	2	@Footy_Maths
@TheTipsGuru	1	-	3	@ASpeedingCar
@NaylorMichael	1	-	3	@DemP_9
@Sjhross	4	-	3	@TheMattBungard
@Andrewm_81	2	-	3	@BenCuzzupe
@SgtButane	3	-	2	@Hcdc93

Of the featured matches

- Laurence cops another 'L' while Amul scores his third win in a row.
- Henry suffers his first loss against the Sarge and in doing so slips down the table, while the Sarge heads to the top.

And in the Belt Maths, we see the belt again changing hands after a 4 week stint with one player. AndrewM and MichaelN both holding it for 4 weeks.

@Andrewm_81

2

-

3

@BenCuzzupe

So now Ben has the belt to defend in two weeks time (next week is another week off for internationals etc).

There is another different leader this week, with the return of the Sarge to top position, but only by 'F' (total points scored).

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@SgtButane	11	6	3	2	40	34	6	21
2	@Hardsy05	11	6	3	2	38	32	6	21
3	@NaylorMichael	11	5	4	2	35	30	5	19
4	@BenCuzzupe	11	5	4	2	34	31	3	19
5	@hcdc93	11	4	6	1	32	27	5	18
6	@Harri_Chas_17	11	5	3	3	35	31	4	18
7	@Sjhross	11	5	2	4	32	32	0	17
8	@ASpeedingCar	11	5	2	4	27	28	-1	17
9	@DemP_9	11	5	1	5	32	30	2	16
10	@Amul82	11	4	2	5	31	33	-2	14
11	@Ethan_Meldrum	11	4	2	5	28	32	-4	14
12	@Footy_Maths	11	3	4	4	36	34	2	13
13	@J_Foreigner	11	2	7	2	32	30	2	13
14	@Andrewm_81	11	3	4	4	35	34	1	13
15	@Wal13Freo	11	4	1	6	33	34	-1	13
16	@TheMattBungard	11	3	3	5	34	33	1	12
17	@TheTipsGuru	11	2	5	4	26	31	-5	11
18	@BrotherAmos	11	3	2	6	31	41	-10	11
19	@MattGoss_	11	2	4	5	32	38	-6	10
20	@LaurenceRosen	11	0	6	5	32	40	-8	6

The top 8 from last week all retain top 8 positions, though re-shuffled. 

One time cellar dweller Amul now knocking on the door of the 8.

Former 'Player of September' MattB also struggling well down the table. 

With Dems draw last week, and Henry's loss this week, the only 0 in the table belongs to Laurence, who is now 4 points adrift at the foot of the table.

7 Nov:

Hey hey hey!
Who forgot its Friday night A-League and that blogging needs to be done.

Righto - lets have a look at your League tips.

HOME	AWAY	Matt	Hard	Laur	Amul	J_Fo	Wal1	Harr	Brot	Etha	Foot
Liverpo	Chelsea	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A
West Ha	Aston V	H	H	H	D	D	H	D	H	H	H
Sunderl	Everton	A	A	D	D	A	H	A	D	A	A
W B A	Newcast	H	A	D	A	D	H	D	A	D	H
Adelaid	Sydney	H	H	H	H	D	H	H	H	H	H
PSG	O. Mars	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	A
DC Unit	New Yor	H	D	A	A	A	H	D	A	H	H
Difference Indicator		2		3		6		5		2

HOME	AWAY	TheT	ASpe	Nayl	DemP	Sjhr	TheM	Andr	BenC	SgtB	Hcdc
Liverpo	Chelsea	D	A	D	A	A	A	D	A	A	A
West Ha	Aston V	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Sunderl	Everton	H	D	A	A	D	A	A	A	A	A
W B A	Newcast	D	H	D	D	H	D	D	A	H	A
Adelaid	Sydney	H	H	H	D	A	D	H	H	H	H
PSG	O. Mars	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
DC Unit	New Yor	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	D	H	D
Difference Indicator		3		2		4		3		3

Which is nice as there is a few games where the reuslts could really hang on.

Voting summary / Wisdom of the crowd:

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
Liverpo	Chelsea		3	3	14		16>
West Ha	Aston V		17	3	0
Sunderl	Everton		2	5	13		13-16
W B A	Newcast		6	9	5
Adelaid	Sydney		16	3	1		4-7
PSG	O. Mars		16	1	3
DC Unit	New Yor		9	4	7		<4

Over in the Cup... well - its anyones game - what a set of different tips.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	Laur	TheT
11	1	Swansea	v	Arsenal	D	A
	2	Derby Co	v	Wolves	A	H
	3	Middlesborough	v	Bournemouth	A	H
	4	Inter Milan	v	H. Verona	H	H
	5	LA Galaxy	v	R Salt Lake	H	D
	A	Forest	v	Norwich	A	H
	B	Espanyol	v	Villareal	H	H
	C	Sampdoria	v	AC Milan	D	A
	D	Saint-Étienne	v	Monaco	H	D
	E	Urawa Reds	v	Gamba Osaka	A	H

That's 8 different tips out of the 10 games!

Good luck tipsters!

4 Nov:

Appreciate all your comments about games and leagues to play. This week we roll out action in two more leagues with the debut of MLS and J-League games.

Reckon thats about enough League options for the rest of the year!

OK... to this weeks League play.

We have the following games to select.

R	M	HOME		AWAY
11	1	Liverpool	v	Chelsea
	2	West Ham	v	Aston Villa
	3	Sunderland	v	Everton
	4	W B A	v	Newcastle
	5	Adelaide U	v	Sydney FC
	6	PSG	v	O. Marseilles
	7	DC United	v	New York RB

As always please enter tips via the Typeform portal here:

League Tips here please

And this weeks matchups are:

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

Key head-to-heads are:
- Rosen and Amul, our two '20th place' residents of longest note .
- 4th vs 5th with Henry travelling to meet the Sarge

and also the Belt Match between

@Andrewm_81

-

@BenCuzzupe

Not only is the Belt on the line, but spots in the top 8 as well.

OTHERWISE... as the title says, there are a lot of head-to-heads this week between top and bottom teams.

FMICL CUP

This weeks Cup round is between

WK 11	@LaurenceRosen
	@TheTipsGuru

A win here gets one player into the Round of 16

And the games to select from are;

R	M	HOME		AWAY
11	1	Swansea	v	Arsenal
	2	Derby Co	v	Wolves
	3	Middlesborough	v	Bournemouth
	4	Inter Milan	v	H. Verona
	5	LA Galaxy	v	R Salt Lake
	A	Forest	v	Norwich
	B	Espanyol	v	Villareal
	C	Sampdoria	v	AC Milan
	D	Saint-Étienne	v	Monaco
	E	Urawa Reds	v	Gamba Osaka

Again, for Cup action...
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.

Click to enter Cup Tips


Good luck to all players this week.