Dear All,
As we break for international matches, it's time to give your brain a rest, recharge the batteries and get ready for the home straight as the season nears a close.
With just two months to go, there is still much to play for in terms of championships, european places, promotion and of course the dreaded relegation, not to mention the FFA Cup as well.
Every point is crucial, as is every transfer, and no-one's position, from top to bottom, is yest guaranteed.
We've seen remarkable turnarounds in the closing stages before.
We've seen leaders bottle it when the title race looked well and truly over.
We've seen teams come out of nowhere to mount a late challenge and steal the title - or a last gasp european or promotion place.
We've seen miraculous escapes, and teams that looked safe suddenly dragged into the relegation dogfight.
Yes, you all know who you are - but we've yet to uncover this year's victims.
Sometimes when the pressure at the top or bottom is almost too much to bear, mid table mediocrity can even seem like an oasis of calm in the middle of a scorching desert.
Anyway, it's time to look at the scores on the doors.
Just 13 points separate the top three teams, none of which have lifted the premier league trophy before.
Harpic Amsterdam leads the way but Minus Three has closed the gap, and a top scoring 59 points has seen HIT THE BAR move into real contention also.
ABCDE FC and Maclacticos both saw their title hopes dented by poor scores of 12 and 8 respectively.
The race for a top five place is still wide open in fact with any of the top 10 still in with a chance.
The Premiership relegation battle is hotting up too.
Having looked dead and buried, the Prince is rising from the Darkness once again and now stands just 15 points behind KFC Academical in the fight for survival. Brother McCauley knows all about it as he too looked a goner earlier in the season, before his amazing comeback began.
True Blue Strikers won;t be giving up just yet either, while Minibabybelle will still have a glimmer of hope that she can repeat last year's escape by the skin of her teeth on the final day of the season.
In the Conference league (where the leader would be 8th had he been in the premiership), Probably the Best still leads the way from Flexys Fairies. A slip from Bazking in Glory has allowed Boys of Summer AND Sheer Kidology to leapfrog Brother Baz into third and fourth position - so the promotion race is well and truly on with five teams in contention for three places.
Hard to look outside those five for a shock but you never know.
At the bottom of the Conference it's not looking good for Virgin Surfers but Cool Dude Zoo and Real Godfish still have a realistic chance of catching the Dirty Dubs to avoid relegation (and save McAvoy the embarrassment of being the first manager to be relegated from the Premier League and Conference League in consecutive seasons.
Finally, congratulations to top scorers HIT THE BAR and Cherry United who clocked up 59 points (a cool 50 more than the chairman this week!!!), and Sheer Kidology whose 58 points might help Brother Pads make an instant return to the Premiership.
In a week with some ridiculously low scores, the worst culprits were Virgin Surfers (6), Feederclub MUFC (7), Dirty Dubs XI (8) and Maclacticos (8).
This week's transfer password is one for all you toffees out there... BRACEWELL.
Until next week then brace yourselves indeed and.....
.......... READ 'EM AND WEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted by Bhoy_Molloy @ 8:43 AM
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