GW2: Deadline 19:00 Friday 19th August
Aug 17, 2016 19:36:30 GMT 1
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Post by steve on Aug 17, 2016 19:36:30 GMT 1
Boom! The new season has started, the usual suspects have spent big & all eyes honed in on the new managerial posts & new purchases having rehearsed the chants of “What a waste of money” & “You don’t know what you’re doing.”
So was it? Do they? Let’s have a little recap…..
Champions, Leicester got us underway at Hull, a team that seemingly dragged a load of people off the street to make up the numbers, burt despite Vardy’s equaliser, the Tigers grabbed a surprise win to start their premiership campaign & deny Ranieri’s troops their first pizza of the season.
Palace managed to pick up where they left off last time out, losing at home to West Brom while Everton were unlucky to drop 2 points after Barkley’s 40 yard free kick evaded everyone in a packed penalty area to give the Toffees an early lead.
On the south coast, a ten-man Watford held the Saints to a draw as Redmond opened his account for 2016.
Newbies, Middlesbrough gave Stoke a scare after Negredo gave them an 11 minute lead, but the Potters levelled thanks to a 67th minute Shaqiri free-kick.
Other noobs, Burnley didn’t fair quite as well, even though they held off Swansea for 82 minutes.
Next up was Pep Guardiola (aka The Hartless One & his band of merry men made hard work of dispatching Sunderland at home. But Pep really showed why he’s the best as he even manages to get ex-UTD players to score for his new team.
Mourinho, having already been given stick for “bullying” Schweinsteiger decided not to pick on the short bloke again &, thanks to a defensive blunder, the Special Juan gave the visitors an early lead at Bournemouth. The Cherries nearly denied Untidy all 3 points, but goals from Ruggy & that man Imbar….ibrami….Abracadabravic sealed the opening day victory.
What followed was the game of the weekend as Klopp’s gang popped in to the Emirates stadium where the Gunners were getting their injury crisis over early this season.
& it was first blood to Arsenal’s Walcott who, despite missing a penalty, redeemed himself moments later as Alberto Moreno opted out of bringing him down a second time…or even marking him really.
However, after a fairly quiet 45minutes, a previously anonymous Coutinho stepped up to curl a long range free-kick past Petr Cech to level things.
The second half was electric, with Liverpool going 4-1 up with half an hour to play.
The Normal One dropped his glasses & danced in the technical area, almost jinxing his team as the Gunners managed to claw back 2 goals to give the visitors a scare. But it wasn’t to be & the ‘Pool took all 3 points.
The final game of the weekend saw Conte’s first premiership game in charge of Chelski.
Dressed as if he’d just come from a funeral, he watched his side edge West Ham through Hazard & a late strike by Diego Costly who miraculously escaped a red card for going in studs first on Adrian.
Meanwhile, in the real world of FPL, managers across the continent, having bashed their heads on various tables due to the omission of the likes of Payet & Hart, knuckled down as their squads delivered & disappointed in equal measures.
The Industrial Groove Machine take the week with final score & standings as follows.
Johnny Rev 7.0’s FC Bennweg-Zeis 1921 take the Yellow Jersey & Big Shout Out with 64 points after taking a gamble on Hazard, sparing me from looking like some sort of goth bumble bee.
In the H2H, the IGM emerged victors with 19 points with the table looking like this
& so the crown begins its season with Johnny Rev 7.0’s FC Bennweg-Zeis 1921
But it’s early days remember. It’s not a Snickers, it’s a Marathon…or something like that.
GW2 looks to be just as mouthwatering with Pogback returning from his Pogban on Friday night (yes, don’t forget fixtures start on Fridays this season) & Leicester looking to bounce back against Arsenal.
In the shed we’ve been frantically baking pies for the coming weekend, but I’m pretty sure someone’s been eating them secretly & I’ll be following the trail of crumbs shortly.
The pitch at the Stadium Of Faith is looking immaculate (if you squint slightly) & the girl downstairs has done a sterling job sewing all those onion bags together for the goals.
So welcome to everyone to your GW2 thread & anyone joining from the Mish FB group, sing out please, Always good to have noobs on board.
Go Go Go!! ….or is that formula one?….
comeonyoublues
comeonyoureds
So was it? Do they? Let’s have a little recap…..
Champions, Leicester got us underway at Hull, a team that seemingly dragged a load of people off the street to make up the numbers, burt despite Vardy’s equaliser, the Tigers grabbed a surprise win to start their premiership campaign & deny Ranieri’s troops their first pizza of the season.
Palace managed to pick up where they left off last time out, losing at home to West Brom while Everton were unlucky to drop 2 points after Barkley’s 40 yard free kick evaded everyone in a packed penalty area to give the Toffees an early lead.
On the south coast, a ten-man Watford held the Saints to a draw as Redmond opened his account for 2016.
Newbies, Middlesbrough gave Stoke a scare after Negredo gave them an 11 minute lead, but the Potters levelled thanks to a 67th minute Shaqiri free-kick.
Other noobs, Burnley didn’t fair quite as well, even though they held off Swansea for 82 minutes.
Next up was Pep Guardiola (aka The Hartless One & his band of merry men made hard work of dispatching Sunderland at home. But Pep really showed why he’s the best as he even manages to get ex-UTD players to score for his new team.
Mourinho, having already been given stick for “bullying” Schweinsteiger decided not to pick on the short bloke again &, thanks to a defensive blunder, the Special Juan gave the visitors an early lead at Bournemouth. The Cherries nearly denied Untidy all 3 points, but goals from Ruggy & that man Imbar….ibrami….Abracadabravic sealed the opening day victory.
What followed was the game of the weekend as Klopp’s gang popped in to the Emirates stadium where the Gunners were getting their injury crisis over early this season.
& it was first blood to Arsenal’s Walcott who, despite missing a penalty, redeemed himself moments later as Alberto Moreno opted out of bringing him down a second time…or even marking him really.
However, after a fairly quiet 45minutes, a previously anonymous Coutinho stepped up to curl a long range free-kick past Petr Cech to level things.
The second half was electric, with Liverpool going 4-1 up with half an hour to play.
The Normal One dropped his glasses & danced in the technical area, almost jinxing his team as the Gunners managed to claw back 2 goals to give the visitors a scare. But it wasn’t to be & the ‘Pool took all 3 points.
The final game of the weekend saw Conte’s first premiership game in charge of Chelski.
Dressed as if he’d just come from a funeral, he watched his side edge West Ham through Hazard & a late strike by Diego Costly who miraculously escaped a red card for going in studs first on Adrian.
Meanwhile, in the real world of FPL, managers across the continent, having bashed their heads on various tables due to the omission of the likes of Payet & Hart, knuckled down as their squads delivered & disappointed in equal measures.
The Industrial Groove Machine take the week with final score & standings as follows.
Johnny Rev 7.0’s FC Bennweg-Zeis 1921 take the Yellow Jersey & Big Shout Out with 64 points after taking a gamble on Hazard, sparing me from looking like some sort of goth bumble bee.
In the H2H, the IGM emerged victors with 19 points with the table looking like this
& so the crown begins its season with Johnny Rev 7.0’s FC Bennweg-Zeis 1921
But it’s early days remember. It’s not a Snickers, it’s a Marathon…or something like that.
GW2 looks to be just as mouthwatering with Pogback returning from his Pogban on Friday night (yes, don’t forget fixtures start on Fridays this season) & Leicester looking to bounce back against Arsenal.
In the shed we’ve been frantically baking pies for the coming weekend, but I’m pretty sure someone’s been eating them secretly & I’ll be following the trail of crumbs shortly.
The pitch at the Stadium Of Faith is looking immaculate (if you squint slightly) & the girl downstairs has done a sterling job sewing all those onion bags together for the goals.
So welcome to everyone to your GW2 thread & anyone joining from the Mish FB group, sing out please, Always good to have noobs on board.
Go Go Go!! ….or is that formula one?….
comeonyoublues
comeonyoureds 
