Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Co-Ord Round-up Part Four - 1st-4th

1st Aardvark Abacus (same position as 2007/8)
Champions again and an astonishing 27 weeks in the top spot. Ady has an incredible knack of picking the right team on the right day leading to eleven of his wins being by a single goal and the best defensive record in the league. Showed some vulnerability late on losing three out of the last four briefly raising hopes for Boston Rock this season and perhaps all of us for next season. We can hope!
Star Player: Alex (2 goals, 13 clean sheets)

2nd You Know Your Boston Rock FC (up three)
There's no Manager of the Year award but if there was Sheriff would get my vote. The Cup specialists became the first team to snare both of them in the same season and had an outside chance of the treble before a late stumble. I actually think the 'Sky Heroes' have overachieved slightly and they could be real challengers next season. Ferdinand, Lampard, Bent, Richards, Robinson and Johnson all hit double figure contributions for the season so another striker and a fit SWP could be enough to put Sheriff back on top.
Star Player: Rio Ferdinand (one goal, 13 clean sheets)

3rd Trusted By Millions (up three)
No team has scored more goals (88) than Trusted did this season yet failed to win the title. Six times Beef's side scored five or more but a spell of four defeats in five in November and December dealt any Trusted title challenge a fatal blow long before the business end of the season. If Gerrard and Torres had played more games then that might have made the difference but it will be no surprise to see Beef beef up a leaky defence in the summer window.
Star Player: Jamie Carragher (16 clean sheets)

4th The Cow-Faced Juniors (down one)
A second consecutive top four finish for Chris. No title challenge this time but a Cup runners-up trophy is a good return for Chris's first two seasons. Nicolas Anelka and Edwin van der Sar were outstanding again and Chris manouevred his defence to good effect. The CFJs will have to get busy in the transfer window with question marks over the futures of Cisse, Zaki and King and a midfield without much of a goal threat.
Star Player: Edwin van der Sar (21 clean sheets)

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