21-01-2018, 23:09
Happy Days
Four good scores this week which presumably means the other 7 will have lost some ground (see Bomber)
A return to form for our quick starter St Charles, who after a great start to the season seemed to have lost his Mojo, But here he is this week finishing top with a very Impressive 22 Points,
Then we have three people on 18 points, Matt and Derby courtesy off two correct scores just edging out Zinman but ultimately the score return was the same.
Matt at least is showing some signs of putting a run together at last, he finished top three weeks ago but then normal service was resumed the week after with a return to a minus score, but here is again with a respectable score so can he follow it up next week and really start to make a move ?
Derby had the same score, correct scores etc for his 18 , why Zinman seems to have all his Balls covered again but just with the one correct score seems to have used his get out of jail card again for his 18 points, when will his luck run out !!
Then there is a alarming drop to our next player in fact 10 points to be precise, BBB came in with 8 points and after using two insurance balls last week seemed to have forgot to use his Insurance ball at all this week
Then we have two players on 7 points, DD again seems to be stuck in a rut, is he feeling the pressure ? until Bomber puts the tables I can't say but surely now the gap at the top must be Narrowing ? and this despite him having 3 correct scores
Amelia also scored 7 points and does what Amelia has done for most of the season and finished midtable.
Sanjay was the other person to finish with a positive score this week but a low score of Two was probably not what he had in mind,
Three minus men this week, Twerton struggled to Minus one and talk about a fall from grace for World Class, a winner last week and a long awaited one at that, then bang straight back down to earth with a lowly -2
Bottom,... ah well as soon as someone challenges Beefy although in different leagues our little wager seems to have got to the Joker, his claims that he was going to better my points total this season seems a mere fantasy now, Pressure challenging the Big Man proves its not always the wise thing to do eh Joker
Beefy
DD maintained his position at the top of the Premiership, which he’s held now for an incredible 15 weeks albeit at a reduced margin, as the Gamball again turned an average week into a good week for the others in hot pursuit. Those who got it right climbed or gained and those who didn’t either stayed where they were or dropped precious places.
The lead that stood at 41 points 5 weeks ago is slowly being eradicated and is now down to 16 points, where Zinman sits in 2nd place, helped by another successful Bonus Ball which have gleaned an extra 42 points for him so far this season and there are consistent signs that he’s making a real fist of mounting a title challenge as we enter the final 1/3 of the season.
Another who might be getting back on track and hoping to hold on to the top two’s coattails is St Charles who climbs a place and steps back into the top 3 for the first time since week 15 after holding one of those spots for the first 10 weeks of the season.
Sanjay slips a place into 4th, who’s only played 50% of the Gamball games this season but another to fall foul of a failed one this week, while BBB suffered the same fate courtesy of changing his mind on matchday and costing himself points and a place in the table as he dropped to 5th.
Derby had a return to form scoring as many points this week as he’s mustered in the previous 7, he’ll be hoping it’s a sign of things to come as he consolidated 6th spot and edged ever closer to the 100 point mark with a personal best weeks total.
A bit of a gap then to Worldclass who drops a place in 7th and Amelia who stays in 8th those 2 positions only split by a solitary point
Special mention to Matt who had 4 things to celebrate this weekend, a seasons best weekly score, only his second correct Gamball result of the season which not only helped him climb off the bottom but also out of the relegation places as well and into the heady heights of 9th.
Which leaves both Joker & Twerton to drop a place each into 10th & 11th respectably and currently occupying the dreaded relegation spots.
Bomber
After 3 very poor weeks, the Championship finally got back to some sort of form, but with some very mixed scoring - you could say the Good, the Bad and the Beefy. The gamball provided some relief for a change, 3 people predicting a Stoke win (including Lord Snooty - beginning to lose faith?) with one correct score. Surprisingly the correct score wasn't enough to give first place, that honour this week goes to Salop, 7 correct results including the gamball and the bonus to give him his best score of the season so far. Second place goes to Stairs, a correct gamball score and 4 point bonus helping him also to his best score of the season - it seems our strugglers seem to be finding some form at last - but we'll get to Vic later. After 3 poor weeks Snooty came back into form helped by the gamball, though he was over pessimistic about Huddersfield's performance, to score an impressive 19 points and 3rd place.
Beefy has naturally come in for some stick on this forum - usually deservedly - but this week he actually performed quite well, with 7 correct results. Just a pity that he assumed that Berahino would be selected for Stoke. Still 4th place should be enough to secure his mid-table position. Bomber, Baggieone and Quantum came in with respectable scores, all getting their bonuses right.
Vic suffered from the shocking absence of any 2-2 draws in this week's matches - if only Beefy had selected Shrewsbury v Doncaster (I think this was the only 2-2 draw this weekend). But still this strange method was enough to keep Vic off the bottom. That honour falls to 4eva, our long time league leader , with his 4th consecutive minus week - the wheels have truly fallen off.
Zin
Over in the Championship, Snooty is away and clear extending his lead to a healthy 35 points, helped by another Gamball success, he now has a 50% strike rate on the all-important ball, and since taking over at the summit after week 12 hasn’t looked like relinquishing that spot since, and has held a place in the top 3 for 19 weeks.
4eva retains 2nd, but is still in the middle of a mini slump that has seen him add not a single point to his tally over the last 5 weeks, which has also coincided with his hold on a promotion place coming under threat from the pack below him, where Bomber is only 7 points adrift of him having reclaimed sole possession of 3rd spot for himself – JUST - from Baggione only 2 points away in 4th and Beefy just 7 points away in 5th. All 3 made ground and cut the deficit on what could be the one remaining place up for grabs in the race for promotion.
Salop, courtesy of his stonking season’s best week, moved a place up into 6th and also edged nearer to membership of the magic 100 point club.
Stairs was another who recorded a season’s best week and was upwardly mobile to the tune of two places up into 7th.
If 2 move up, then 2 have to drop down and that unwanted fall goes to Quantum in 8th and Vicar in 9th whose reliance on Desmond Tutu’s proved an unsuccessful method.
Bomber
This points scores also counted towards the final round of the Group stages in the cup, so if you did well you may have qualified for the knock-out stages, will update tables and post draw in the week
Remember if he wins i have to do some sort of Lovy Dovy write up for him 
