Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Fantasy League Season ReviewThe final league table
This year’s fantasy league was one of
intense competition, with echoes of Manchester City’s last-gasp title winning
2011-12 season about it, as Ben Nesseler ultimately claimed the Fantasy League
Crown, winning by a marginal 3-points.
Despite a strong early showing from James Siu’s
imaginatively named “JamesS”, that had many bookies tipping the side as the
title-favourites, “JamesS’” luck soon began to change and with a string of poor
points tallies towards the end of the campaign, they finished a disappointing 9th
place overall; shades of David Moyes’ Manchester United about them. After the
initial table-topping start from “JamesS”, the real competitors soon began to
distinguish themselves from their lesser counterparts, with Ben Nesseler’s
appropriately and rather annoyingly named “Lonely At The Top”, James
Loewenthal’s “Loewe XI” and Aaron McNally’s “Hugo Rodallegabomb” hovering
around the top spots. It wasn’t until around halfway through the season though
that “Hugo Rodallegabomb” or “Dyslexia Untied” as they were then called,
emerged as a true powerhouse of fantasy football, gaining a lead that reached
well above 120pts from their nearest competitor and taking them virtually out
of sight from the rest of the pack. Whether Aaron was lulled into a false sense
of security, or whether he was simply embarrassed for the other teams having
amassed this absurd lead we shall never know, but some neglecting of his responsibilities
as manager
during the final weeks of the campaign and
some inspirational tactical changes from “Lonely At The Top” closed the gap to
just 18 points by the final game-week. Ultimately, it all came down in the end
to a brilliant change of goalkeeper by Ben Nesseler, as by swapping Arsenal’s Wojciech Szczęsny for Tottenham’s Hugo
Lloris, Ben gained the additional 6 points needed to snatch the crown away from
top-spot stalwart, Aaron McNally. Congratulations to this year’s winner, Ben
Nesseler after a fantastic fantasy league season. Honourable mentions of course
go to Mik Glik’s “The Greatest Team” and Mr. Gracie’s “Team Thalweg” who
finished in fourth and fifth place respectively.
Aaron McNally
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| The Final League Table |
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Trip to Visit MJ Wright (OB) in Hospital
Last Saturday, MJ was unfortunately involved in a car crash that has left him with several broken bones, including a fracture in his vertebrae. Although MJ left at the end of last summer, he left behind many close friends who remain in close contact with him, and naturally were saddened and shocked by the news. It was decided, then, that a visit should be made to see MJ in Addenbrooks hospital, and so, on monday afternoon, Karan, Justus, Asan, Kevin and myself made the journey across to Cambridge to see him. MJ perked up a lot upon seeing us, according to his parents, and the boys were glad to see him despite the unfortunate circumstances. After talking with MJ and his parents for a good hour and a half, visiting hours ended and the boys had to return home. Fantastically, the day after MJ managed to make great strides in his recovery, excuse the pun, and managed to walk and stand unassisted. This prompted the doctors to recommend he return home, which is brilliant news for all concerned.
I feel I speak for all in Talbots in wishing MJ a speedy recovery from his accident, and wish him the very best going forward.
Michael Holroyd
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