h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And the awards this season go to:

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Most Points

Only those players that have stayed with their team all season

1) Petr Cech (Egon) - 118
2) Frank Lampard (Alfredo) - 92
3) John Terry (Andy G) - 90
4) John-Arne Riise (Sprout) - 64
5) Robert Pires (Sprout) - 62
6) Eidur Gudjohnsen (Sprout) - 61
7) Freddie Ljungberg (Alfredo) - 60
8) Arjen Robben (Andy G) - 54
=9) Rio Ferdinand (Psycorp) - 50
=9) Mikael Silvestre (GreyDesk) - 50


Fewest Points

The Hall of Shame

1) Robert Green (DD) - -17
2) Olivier Bernard (Riotact) - -12
3) Darren Moore (Blicky) - -7
=4) Mauricio Pellegrino (Alfredo) - -6
=4) Riccy Scimeca (Egon) - -6
=6) Alexei Smertin (Bottletop) - -4
=6) Alessandro Pistone (Number Six) - -4
8) Paul Konchesky (Blicky) - -3
9) Steven Taylor (DD) - -2
=10) Herman Hreidarsson (McKay) - -1
=10) Vincent Candela (Riotact) - -1

Best Value

The cheap players who performed well, and hence increased their asking price by the most

1) John Terry (Andy G) - +£6.7m
2) John-Arne Riise (Sprout) - +£4.6m
3) Brad Friedel (Bottletop) - +£4.1m
4) Arjen Robben (Andy G) - +£3.6m
5) Frank Lampard (Andy G) - +£3.4m
6) Nigel Martyn (Brasilian) - +£3.4m
7) Paul Robinson (Psycorp) - +£3.2m
8) Freddie Ljungberg (Alfredo) - +£3.1m
9) Mikael Silvestre (GreyDesk) - +£3.1m
10) Petr Cech (Egon) - +£2.6m


Bargain Basement

Those that increased their price by the greatest percentage

1) Brad Friedel (Bottletop) - +412%
2) Nigel Martyn (Brasilian) - +340%
3) Mark Schwarzer (Andy G) - +243%
4) Tony Hibbert (Egon) - +179%
5) Gareth Barry (Brasilian) - +171%
6) Paul Robinson (Psycorp) - +161%
7) John-Arne Riise (Sprout) - +153%
8) John Terry (Andy G) - +143%
9) Gabor Kiraly (Riotact) - +139%
10) Arjen Robben (Andy G) - +119%


Overpaid Wasters

Those that lost their owners most money

1) Robert Green (DD) - -117%
2) Olivier Bernard (Riotact) - -109%
3) Darren Moore (Blicky) - -96%
4) Martin Laursen (Sprout) - -94%
5) Mauricio Pellegrino (Alfredo) - -91%
6) Alexei Smertin (Bottletop) - -85%
7) Steve McManaman (DD) - -77%
8) Carlos Bocanegra (Egon) - -77%
9) Herman Hreidarsson (McKay) - -76%
10) Damian Duff (Alfredo) - -74%

Closely followed by some of the usual suspects (Nicky Butt, Pascal Cygan, Phil Neville)

Best Defence

1) Andy G - 210 points
2) Number Six - 169
3) GreyDesk - 146

Demon Drawer's defence finished with a mammoth 4 points.

Best Midfield

A lot of managers found the midfield tricky this season, not least Magwitch, whose middle 4 didn't get a single solitary point

1) Alfredo - 166 points
2) Sprout - 146
3) Andy G - 137

Best Strike Force

There was a bit more parity between strikers this season as Terrence wasn't quite as dominant as last year

1) Egon - 104 points
2) Sprout - 103
3) Number Six - 78

Bottom of the list is Psycorp with 40 points, which may explain why Leeds got relegated in the first place.

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