Week 11 action.
League One moves closer to the climax of the season, and those wanting to get out of the division were looking to pick up maximum points this week. It was great to see Emotionalworm back in action after his absence but he seemed to have forgotten how to score goals in his catch up games against Hilly89 , who beat him 1-0 and 4-0 despite the games being fairly even in play.
Ryjones88 would have expected to get all six points against bottom of the league andybrill89 and all went well in the first game for him. The outstanding Watford goalie helps keep his team in games but was eventually beaten 3 times, to lose 3-1, with Andy getting a consolation goal at the end.
Andy is certainly improving as the season goes on and put up a great fight in the second game. The otherwise amazing Ramsdale went missing from his goal early on to give Bamba an open goal to score and RyJones took the lead. The Watford boys came fighting back however and Toney equalised with an exquisite header. With Andy pushing for the win, Shrewsbury hit him on the break and took the lead again meaning another fightback was needed. This didn’t happen until the 89th minute when Toney was fouled while trough on goal, but Andy kept his nerve to slot home the penalty for a 2-2 draw.
Harryn9000 has a habit of losing form towards the end of the season, and again his stated goal of making the play-offs is in doubt after his games against Red Rhinoceros . Rennes defended with a line on the edge of their box and snuffed out the Celtic threat, then took enough of their chances at the other end to win 2-0. Harry was caught cold in the second game and Rhino was 4-0 up pretty quickly. A nice headed goal on half time stemmed the tide, but with the rub of the green going his way, Rhino ran out the winner 5-1 in the end.
L0stbOy90 seems to be hitting some form at the right time, and got the better of Gazgrass in a thrilling end to end game to edge it 4-3 with a late winner from the full back Pierre-Gabriel. Stevenage were much more dominant in the return fixture, and playing with confidence took the points 4-0 to keep them in the fight for a play-off place.
DiodeX is having a torrid time in the league at the moment, and is having to buy more crockery after so many teacups have been thrown at the dressing room walls in anger. The fire power of MGC o NaKeDz was by far overwhelming in these games, as Derby won the first game 8-1 with 4 from the beast Embolo and a hat-trick from Barrera. Thing were just as bad for Shonan Bellmare in the second, this time going down 7-0, Barrera again getting a hat-trick, as well as Assale getting 3 as well.
Tunners1 and Hilly89 are both trying to secure their play-off places, and both went for it this week, but Tunners came out on top in an end to end game, 2-1. The other game was just as close as the first, but again Tunners was the victor, this time 3-1 with two goals by Ninga and a goal by Ozcan.
With his main rival taking maximum points, Berty44 couldn’t afford any slip ups, and started nervously against Emotionalworm , but his class eventually shone through to win 3-1. Udinese were still looking rusty and were no match for the team of superstars that Berty has assembled at Kaiser Chiefs. Worm did his best but again Berty was too strong, winning convincingly in the end with a scoreline of 6-1 to go back to the top of the league.
Transfer Deadline News
Red Rhinoceros signed two players from Ryjones88 before the window closed, namely Mepham for and Cuisance for 10.5m each. Rhino also brought in James on a swap deal with Bonzy87 , in which two players went in the opposite direction.
There was plenty of scudo spent by league one teams in the Deadline Day BFAs:
Ryjones88 – Bruma – 36.5m
andybrill89 - Weiser – 15m
L0stbOy90 – Zaniolo – 18m
Tunners1 – Gazzaniga – 15m
Harryn9000 – Dahoud – 7.6m
Hilly89 – McTominay – 15m
Big B 1970 – Florentino – 10m
Berty44 – Diatta – 15m, J.Lukaku – 22m
Week 12 fixtures
andybrill89 v Gazgrass
Big B 1970 v L0stb0y
MGC o Nakedz v Wizzfox
Hilly89 v DiodeX
Berty44 v Tunners1
Red Rhinoceros v EmotionalWorm
Ryjones88 v Harryn9000