Wednesday, 1 June 2011

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

1st Fred West Landscape Gardening XI (up five places on last season)
A first title for our now South African-based team. Fred has had the squad to win trophies for years and it's been a mystery he hasn't done so before. It took another £100m+ of talent (Kolarov, Silva, van der Vaart etc.), on top of the already useful Berbatov, Drogba, Nani, Vidic, Evra etc, brought in this season to get the job done. Fred looked like he was going to steam through the season breaking all sorts of records but he dramatically faded in the last couple of months. How much of that was down to the WSFFL record signing of Fernando Torres confusing the issue remains to be seen. Is this the beginning of a Fred dynasty or will it prove a one-off?
Star Player: Dimitar Berbatov (18 goals)

2nd You Know Your Boston Rock FC (down one)
Another Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy in the cabinet but the fact that's the only silverware this season may be a slight disappointment at the Whitby Grove Enormodome. That's not a criticism, just an observation on the high standards this squad has set. Sheriff's title failure ultimately can be put down to two defeats to Fred but the likes of Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Andy Carroll missing large parts of the season won't have helped. If they're fit next season it doesn't take a leap of the imagination to see Boston Rock top of the pile again.
Star Player: Darren Bent (16 goals)

3rd Real Muppets (up one)
Kept pace with Fred during the early weeks but a run of ten points out of 30 through late autumn left Ryan's team too much to do. After Florent Malouda's early season form ebbed away Carlos Tevez appeared to be ploughing a lone furrow at times until Danny Sturridge made his WSFFL mark towards the end of the season. Thomas Vermaelen was a big miss at the back but Ryan needs more goals from his midfield and, if the unsettled Tevez leaves the club, his back-up strikers if he's to get back among the honours.
Star Player: Carlos Tevez (19 goals)

4th Trusted By Millions (down one)
Is Beef now the new Fred? A talented squad but Trusted have won only one PCMT in the last seven seasons. Trusted were hampered by injuries to stalwarts Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard while Fernando Torres forgot where the goal was and was sold for £50m. Part of that was re-invested inEdin Dzeko but the German is yet to show signs of repaying his £20m fee. This squad has a good mix of youngsters and veterans but perhaps is a talisman short of really making an impression.
Star Player: Robert Huth (five goals, seven cleans)

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