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

Yakus, I'll let you off as you're a newbie in the competition. And if you like you can post a Villa v Newcastle prediction, as the game doesn't kick off until 3pm.

As you're not here for next week, or at least unlikely to be here, you can have a Pools Panel selection. This is random set of scores that get applied to that week's games. It does sometimes throw up some odd results - like Charlton stuffing Arsenal 3-0 away - but it gives you the chance of getting something

Thanks GD,

I know let you'll know sooner the to the day if i need a pools panel selection, i won't leave it too late though.

Villa 1-1 Newcastle (Vassel)

Not too good got 4 results right though and 3 scorers, but no correct scores or first scorers.

Still I'm working with our Forest fan tomorrow

Actually McKay, I think you'll find that that is quite a good set of results this week

Quiet...

Yes, quiet that's how I would describe the (off pitch) scoring in this week's set of matches. There were no full houses, and practically no first scorers either. Smith and Hasselbaink were rather useful for many people, scoring as they did two out of the 23 goals in the the six matches.

Anyway, to the news. First we welcome a new player - stand up Iamnezzy we're all talking about you. Also an old and well established player has finally fixed his Caps-lock key and changed his name from WILD-B to Meisere (which incidentally I am bound to spell incorrectly on a very regular basis.)

So to the results. Six points seems to be the fashionable score for this week, with only a couple getting more and only three getting ten and above.
- Master B has had a good week and has gone above Egon, who has had a mare
- No change at the top, but Otto's lead has been cut to one point
- Ormondroyd's assent of the table has finally kicked off.

But this week's winners, with a nice total of 11 points each, are me[Andy]g and McKay the Disorganised. Well done chaps


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The Results:

Aston Villa 4-2 Newcastle (MELLBERG, Kluivert, O'Brien, Cole, Barry, Angel)

Everton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (OSMAN, Dobie)

Man City 4-0 Charlton (ANELKA, Sinclair, Wright-Phillips)

Middlesborough 2-1 Crystal Palace (JOHNSON, Popovic, Hasselbaink)

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Man Utd (DICKOV, Smith)

Nottingham Forest 1-4 Coventry City (MORRELL, E.Johnson, Hughes, D.Johnson)

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The Points:

McKay The Disorganised - 11 points (Everton result; Man City result & scorer; Boro result & scorer; Forest result & scorer)

me[Andy]g - 11 points (Villa result; Man City result, scorer & 1st scorer; Boro result; Blackburn result & score)

Ormondroyd - 10 points (Everton result; Man City result, scorer & 1st scorer; Boro result & scorer; Blackburn scorer)

bubba-fretts - 9 points (Villa result; Everton result; Man City scorer; Boro result & scorer; Blackburn scorer)

Alfredo Marquez - 8 points (Villa result; Everton result; Boro result & scorer; Blackburn scorer)

I, Master B - 8 points (Villa result; Everton result; Boro result & scorer)

Otto Fisch - 8 points (Everton result; Man City result, scorer & 1st scorer; Boro result)

riotact - 8 points (Everton result; Man City result & scorer; Boro result & scorer)

GreyDesk - 7 points (Man City result; Boro result; Blackburn result & scorer)

Bottletop - 6 points (Everton result; Boro result & scorer; Blackburn scorer)

Demon Drawer - 6 points (Everton result; Boro result & scorer; Blackburn scorer)

Iamnezzy - 6 points (Boro result & score; Blackburn result; Forest scorer)

Number Six - 6 points (Villa result; Boro result & scorer; Blackburn scorer)

Owlatron - 6 points (Everton result & score; Boro result & scorer)

Psycorp603 - 6 points (Villa result; Man City scorer & 1st scorer; Boro result)

spook - 6 points (Man City result, scorer & 1st scorer; Blackburn scorer; Forest scorer)

sprout - 6 points (Man City scorer & 1st scorer; Boro result & score; Blackburn scorer)

summerbayexile - 5 points (Boro result & scorer; Forest result)

Yakusmaximus - 5 points (Everton result & scorer; Boro result)

Meisere - 4 points (Boro result; Blackburn scorer; Forest scorer)

Egon - 3 points (Everton result; Boro scorer)

creachy - MIA

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Note - with 6 matches played and 21 players, I'm almost bound to have made a marking mistake. So my advice is for you all to check your scores carefully.

Actually its a good job David Johnson scored or there could have been a lot of arguements about everyone who put Johnson down as first scorer.

Well, that league table looks a lot better now.

It was all going so well............*stands up and sits back down quickly before no-one notices*

I did mean David Johnson. Or CM did, anyway. Can I have another point please?

B

Fortunately you couldn't lose, cause Eddie Johnson scored for Cov as well.

So GD has deliberately deprived you of a point to make you look silly.

Or, in other words, his immaculately-programmed spreadsheet has cocked it up again.

B

What are you whinging about now, B. You've got your eight points, so b*gger off and shut up


BTW has anyone seen Psycorp today? I feel a bit of gloating coming on

We played everyone out of position!

Pugh (centre mid) - Natural position Left Wing
Richardson (right mid) - Natural position Right Back
Spring (centre mid) - Natural position Right Wing
Duberry (centre def) - Position should be at the bottom of the channel wearing lead boots. Useless, useless, useless bald crap Chelsea f***er!

Evenin'

I couldn't comment on Leeds playing out of position, I can comment that they played with a lack of imagination throughout. The one attacking option seemed to be to knock it long to Deane; and if that didn't come off then it was, erm, lets all stand around scratching our heads. I just could not see a plan-B, there was no other movement in your attack.

So is the Leeds pay bill actually the £18.5million that it is rumoured to be? If it is, and that's the best your lot can play; then I'm sorry, but you've got serious problems.

Most of the bill goes on Johnson (30k p/w, crocked until christmas), Bakke (28k p/w, crocked until next season), Duberry (30k p/w, wish he was crocked) and Radebe (20k p/w, crocked indefinately). Plus 10k p/w each on Mills (Man Citeh), Fowler (Man Citeh), Keane (Spurs). So basically, a huge chunk of our wage bill is on Man Citeh and Spurs players, cripples, and a man who pretends to be a Premiership footballer.

And as for our lack of imagination, you should check out Stotty's comments on our new signings at http://www.astott.demon.co.uk/

For example, his (accurate) appraisal of the signings of Hignett and Guppy:

Hignett/Guppy Crap/Carp NO! please NO! Hignett looks too much like Barmby and Guppy is a fish.

Well, let's be utterly fair here. Danny Mills pretends to be a Premiership player too.

He pretended to be an England player once...

B

From that point of view though, paying him ten grand a week NOT to play for Leeds is a bargain.

Well, ferzackerly.

B

I went out with a girl whose surname was Guppy. She would be relative of his, as all the Guppy's are related apparently - the people not the fish, B.

Aren't Guppies the ones whose mouths hang open?

B