Game Week 36 Table & Game Week 37 Chat

[StevieDay1983]

Ladies and gentlemen, just when you thought the bulk of the drama had passed, it appears that we could still yet witness a twist in this season's Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League! @StevenKing's Lucky Pierre remains top of the table but a superb points haul from @DLL's Pain In Diaz has reduced the lead at the top to just 8 points with only 2 game weeks remaining! 

The big question now is whether we are set for a two-horse race or if one of the chasing pack can cause carnage in the final couple of rounds. It seems that it may be too late for anyone outside the top two with 3rd placed Timo Fernandez's Undisputed XI now 36 points off the pace. You never know though! 

Manager of the Week was a closely fought contest with several teams breaking the 100-point mark. The duo of 2nd placed @DLL and 3rd placed Fernandez hit 112 points but it was TJ Spiers' Chillymonsters who earned the top score with 113 points. It was an impressive total given Spiers saw one of his starting XI not earn any points so they effectively managed it with 10 men. Erling Haaland as captain earning 42 points off his own back was key to that total. 

At the other end of the spectrum, it was Kevin Barnett's X S Bohemians who took the lowest score for the second time this season with just 18 points. Far from the lowest total we've seen in a single week but still! It could've been much worse had the front pair of Joao Pedro and Ivan Toney not got 9 points between them! 

The cup reaches the Semi-Final stage. The fixtures are as follows (league position in brackets)...

@Alastair's Heroes (8) vs TJ Spiers' Chillymonsters (10)
@MPM's Bayern Side (27) vs Andrew Jones' Andies Ace Oles (55)

Who will reach the final? The deadline for transfers this week is 11am UK time on Saturday 11th May. Make sure you get your changes in by then. Here's to the penultimate week of action. Best of luck to all! 

[StevieDay1983]

Apologies, I also forgot to praise @Mrjol.'s decision to captain Alexander Isak this week with the Newcastle man scoring a goal to deliver 14 points. OK, so it wasn't putting Haaland or Saka as captain but it could've been worse! So here's to you, Gary! A decision that helped you to avoid suffering a poor score. You're also still 50 points and 12 places ahead of me!