Week 26 is over and there were a couple of turn up for the books, especially in the Sick Chirpse Fantasy Football League – as top of the pile Shane Tremlin’s Trem’s Trash had an absolute stinker and have given the rest of the league some hope. They only managed a piddly 36 points which was well below the average for the league. Second highest score of the week went the way of Ryan Addams’ Fish Fillet who racked up 66 points just behind Peter Jones’ Joner who hit 72 to take them into the top 5 only 42 points off the lead. Special mention also going to Huw E’s Dynamo Kebab who grabbed 64 points to take him top of the monthly points and into 3rd, with Tom Shipley’s Apocalypse Dudes scoring 65 to take them into second only 15 points off the top. It’s all opened up.

Here are the scores for last week’s games:

Sat 9 Feb 2013 – Premier League

• Tottenham 2 – 1 Newcastle FT
• Chelsea 4 – 1 Wigan FT
• Norwich 0 – 0 Fulham FT
• Stoke 2 – 1 Reading FT
• Sunderland 0 – 1 Arsenal FT
• Swansea 4 – 1 QPR FT
• Southampton 3 – 1 Man City FT

Sun 10 Feb 2013 – Premier League

• Aston Villa 2 – 1 West Ham FT
• Man Utd 2 – 0 Everton FT

Mon 11 Feb 2013 – Premier League

Liverpool 0 – 2 West Brom FT

Spurs and more importantly Gareth Bale did just what the boys at Sick Chirpse predicted in the week 25 round up and saw Newcastle off despite letting a goal in themselves. Chelsea see off Wigan after playing it a bit dodgier than the 7-0 we thought would happen. Fulham managed to stop Norwich getting the win we thought they’d bag. Stoke Reading wasn’t a bad game but Stoke just about edged it. We said Arsenal would be 1-2 to the Gooners but the Jenkinson sending off had a serious effect on that game so it remained 0-1. Swansea did indeed beat the Julio Cesar wall of man and Sick Chirpse Man Of The Year Michu did indeed pick up the plaudits. Danny Graham was not missed. At all. The Saints did indeed go ahead but the revival of Man City didn’t get going as Gareth Barry and Joe Hart’s collective asshole dropped out. Villa win at home in a huge game that I don’t think anyone saw coming. Utd see off Everton as was expected. We were half right with the Liverpool game as we said Lukaku would bang another goal in, but we also expected a Luis Suarez masterclass and I’m afraid that despite 20 shots from Liverpool the big fat 0 next to their name would suggest otherwise.

BIG HITTERS

As predicted Garethe Bale had an absolute worldy on the weekend and pretty much singlehandedly put Spurs into that top four spot for another week. Two goals (and ten in the last twelve games) from the young Welshman and a sterling performance have seen him rack up 12 points to make him the second highest scoring player in the Fantasy League. On his day he is unplayable and that was the case on this weekend as amongst other things he had more shots than any other player in the Prem this weekend (seven).

Ben Foster could have been in the big hitters just for saving a Steven Gerrard penalty to help cement how much better Frank Lampard is in everyone’s mind – however – he is in the big hitters this week for several things he did at Anfield on Monday. He kept the Baggies in the game on a number of occasions and his superb penalty save ended up being the catalyst for the Baggies revival and eventual 2-0 win. With seven saves including a penalty the man who learned his trade at Man Utd managed to notch up 11 points as well as silence Anfield which is worth 50 points by itself.

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Last but by absolutely no means least was our man Michu with another worldly display. If you don’t have him in your team you’re an idiot – it’s as simple as that. Ok, so he hasn’t scored in 6 games before this but let’s be honest you just can’t afford to take him out when he comes back with 2 goals and an assist and a 15 point haul in one week. 3.3 million in the midfield category makes Michu still the best value money of any player in the fantasy league as he is looking at 40.6 points per mil. Hero.

BIG SHITTER

Gareth Barry. An absolute joke. His mistake pretty much cost Manchester City the title this weekend. Sorry if you’re an Aston Villa fan and still love him – but in all fairness you’ve got more things to worry about than some fat idiot taking the piss out of some bloke who used to play for you – Barry is crap. He lost the ball for the Saints first goal and then did what can only be described as the worst own goal since Frank Sinclair used to grace the Premiership with his own brand of garbage – check out Barry below:

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Joe Hart was the other thorn in the side of the blue side of Manchester this weekend as he decided that instead of catching the ball that he would let his asshole drop out and try and lay an egg in the middle of St Mary’s (please see above). You have to expect more from a keeper whose name is being mentioned in the same breath as Seaman, Banks and Shilton when he is currently looking more like Walker, Flowers and Green. This most recent of screw-ups is leaving every England fan and certainly Man City fans quaking in their boots – not to mention that he is the highest priced keeper on the fantasy league so shouldn’t be absolute shit.

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I feel bad for Jenkinson to be honest. He likes a tackle and fancied putting in some horrible boots on a couple of opposition players. We’ve all been there. He probably shouldn’t be in the big shitters but he did only manage a point on the weekend despite a clean sheet and that isn’t great.

Here’s the fixtures as they look this weekend – remember it’s FA Cup and that counts in your points boys and girls:

Saturday 16th February – FA Cup Fifth Round

LutonVS Millwall

• Arsenal VS Blackburn
• MK Dons VS Barnsley
• Oldham VS Everton

Sunday 17th February FA Cup Fifth Round

• Man City VS Leeds United
• Huddersfield/Leicester VS Wigan

Sunday 17th February FA Cup Fourth Round Replay

• Chelsea VS Brentford

Monday 18th February FA Cup Fifth Round

• Man Utd VS Reading

Sun 17 Feb 2013 – Premier League

• Liverpool v Swansea 15:00

Arsenal will score goals a plenty at home to Rovers putting themselves into the next round nicely, Jordan Rhodes will bag a cheeky one though. MK Dons will play out a tough game against Barnsley who will come out on top. Oldham will battle hard but a full strength Everton team and a Leighton Baines set piece will set the teams apart. Man City will return to form and bang a couple past leads who will get a goal back but not match them. Wigan will struggle away to Hudds/Leic and might have to settle for a replay on home soil. Chelsea will finally do away with Brentford or Chelsea will have to do away with Rafa. An under strength Utd team will struggle to get going against Reading who will lead at first only to be beaten down by the Utd first teamers. The only Prem game of the weekend will see Michu continue his regained form and Suarez trying to match him. Solid Draw.

Here’s the league as it looks ladies and gents. Enjoy:

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