TOTALLY ROUND-UP WEEK 20

Penny and Ronan have started to pull away, yet ominously Penny still holds the lead by a mere point, and it's looking like the lads will have to seriously sharpen their predictive skills to wrestle top spot away from the current holder.
Two 3 pointers helped Penny stay as front runner...Darren and Ronan should really have pegged that Sunderland v Everton had draw written all over it.
A!F!C!'s woes continued with a 2-0 home loss to Oxford Utd, however much the Skillers are willing them to pick up at least a point most weeks. Their powers only stretch so far it seems.

WEEK 20 TABLE
                                 Pts
Penny                        121                 
Ronan                       120
Darren                       109

Plank President For Life

Mention had to be made this week of our Plank President for Life as he excelled himself, even by his very high standards.
First there were some sort of shenanagins during the international break a few weeks ago, then there was Pizzagate. Classic diva behaviour in a danish pizzeria as his card is declined and the staff won't give him his pizzas for free, even though he is the god Bendtner.
Not content with this, he then found himself arrested in Newcastle on suspicion of criminal damage to some cars before issuing an apology to fans, family and the world at large. Only to miss a sitter against Spurs the next day....
Sir, you are a legend.

TOTALLY ROUND-UP WEEK 19

Not long to go before the flood of Christmas games is upon us and our last Totally Skill week beforehand was a bit of an improvement on scoring of late. Ronan is very quietly plugging away with some solid performances to the point where he and Darren are once again level and both are still are very attainable 3 points behind leader Penny whose spot-on prediction of the Hull v Millwall game saw her retain theat lead. Ronan may hate the league of doom that is League One but the Tranmere fixture this week still saw him take a valuable 3 points so maybe he knows more than he is letting on...
Unfortunately, our guest league, Portugal (in honour of Ricky van Wolfswinkle), yielded no points for anyone.
Another loss for A!F!C! sees them continue their slide down the table but Stockport managed a draw for the first time in weeks so maybe things are looking up there.

WEEK 19 TABLE

Penny         107 pts
Ronan         104 pts
Darren         104pts

Week 19 Results
                                            Result        Penny    Ronan    Darren
Man City v Arsenal               1-0             0-1        2-2        2-2
Hull v Millwall                        2-0            2-0        2-1        1-2
Stevenage v Tranmere            2-1            1-1       2-1         0-2
Rotherham v A!F!C!              1-0            1-1       1-1         1-1
Hayes v Barrow                     1-1             3-0      3-0         2-1
Fraserburgh v Formartine       3-2             3-1       1-2        3-1
A Madrid v Real Betis            0-2            2-1        2-0       1-1
Caen v Nancy                         1-2           0-2        0-1       0-1
Hamburg v Augsburg               1-1           1-0        3-1       2-0
Academica v Sporting              1-1           0-2        1-3       0-2

PLANK OF THE WEEK PART 10!!!!

A ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!Oh Manchester; you dreamt of the stars but find yourselves in the gutter that is the Europa League. And no, Mr Mancini, the Europa League is NOT a great competition and I doubt very much if you would have thought so 24 hours before your exit from the Champions League. I wonder if Sami Nasri is wishing he had taken that £90 grand a week now too...
Special mention must go to Manchester United's David Gill for speculating beforehand about Barca and Real Madrid's fear of meeting them in the knockout stages. That's called hubris, sir. Enjoy!

TOTALLY ROUND-UP WEEK 18

Hmmm... I sense a mid-season slump coming on as all our skillers again struggled this week. In mitigation, there were no points to be had from the postponed Highland League game, or the Danish match. Slapped wrists to Penny and Ronan on this one as in their excitement at including the Danes in the rotating spot, they failed to notice that the date of the fixture is for next March, when the league resumes after it's winter break. Doh!
So, Darren's five points brings him within spitting distance of leader Penny and at only a further three points behind Darren, Ronan still has it all to play for. This is a very competitive league this year, make no mistake.
Surprise result of the week has to be high-flying West Ham imploding at Reading and not only going down to nine men but losing so comprehensively, something no one predicted. Penny will also rue her lack of faith in Barca in the Classico; it may have been at the Bernabeu and Leo may have been lucky to stay on the pitch but this IS Barca afterall. That'll learn ya.

Week 18 Table

Penny         102 pts
Darren        101 pts
Ronan         98 pts

Week 18 Results

                                         Result         Penny    Ronan     Darren
West Brom v Wigan            1-2             2-1        2-2         2-1
Reading v West Ham           3-0             0-2        1-1         2-1
Oldham v Sheffield Wd       0-2             1-1         1-3        2-3
A!F!C! v Accrington           0-2             1-0         2-0        2-0
Truro v Ebbsfleet                 2-5             0-1        1-2        1-2
Cove v Deveronvale            OFF
Real Madrid v  Barcelona    1-3             2-1         1-1        2-3
Auxerre v Nice                    2-1             2-0         1-1        2-0
Hanover 96 v Lverkusen      0-0             0-2         2-3        0-2
AC Horsens v Koge            IN MARCH YOU CLOWNS!!!

Supermarine's Cup Run Ends

Alas, an away game against last year's Conference playoff finalists Luton was a bridge too far for our plucky Swindon team and they lost 2-0 in their FA Trophy fixture. Next year lads, next year...

Short Celebratory Interlude

Well, it's not every day your club reaches 125 years old, so it had to be marked somehow...
There's been ups, there's been downs (but never down to the league below, much to our neighbour's chargrin), and Herbert's words on defence may need to be taken a little more seriously at present. But to be the first English team to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Champions League and to be in the top four for the first time this season (albeit maybe only until tomorrow evening), things could be on the up again.

Now if we could just work out a way of cloning RVP...

Totally Skill Hall Of Fame Part 1

Each week, or whenever we remember, we will induct a former player we feel has earned the right to enter our newly constructed Hall Of Fame. Naturally, said player will have had to have been 'Totally Skill' in all aspects of his play, and we fell STEVE FOSTER is a well deserving first inductee.
The Portsmouth, Brighton, Aston Villa (for 15 games.....3 goals though!), Luton, Oxford and Brighton (Again) legend sported a rather magnificent headband for the duration of his career, while the beard he cultivated during his first stint at Brighton will probably never be equalled. Least of all by the current crop of eejits, who favour that wimpy pencil thin line where a great big bloody sideburn should be. Planks the lot of them. But not our Steve....no, he takes pride of place in our Hall Of Fame, anxiously awaiting the next inductees to join him in the coming weeks and months. Good job Steve!!!

WHY???

PLANK OF THE WEEK PART 9!!!!

Don't think we need to add anything here....

TOTALLY ROUND-UP WEEK 17

Well, another low-scoring week all round, but Penny's meagre two points still saw her clinch the honour of being the first Skiller to reach 100 points. Ronan made some headway with the week's top score of five but Darren's measley one point was enough to keep him ahead of his rival.
Clearly none of our competitors were on their game enough to predict not one but two 7-0 results; York thumping Kettering, and poor VVV Venlo, in their guest appearance losing by the same margin to the aptly named Heracles. And with a 6-2 up in the Highlands, it was a free-scoring week all round.
Although A!F!C! fell to Bradford in the cup, we have to hope that this means they can focus all their energies on the league.
But Matty Tubbs scored a hat-trick, so there was some good news at least.


Week 17 Table

Penny            100 pts
Darren           96 pts
Ronan            95 pts

Week 17 Results
                                        Result        Penny     Ronan    Darren
Newcastle v Chelsea           0-3           1-0         1-1       1-1
Blackpool v Reading           1-0            0-2        2-2       1-2
Bradford v A!F!C!              3-1           1-2         2-2       1-2
Southend v Oldham             1-1           1-0         1-2       2-0
York x Kettering                 7-0            0-2        3-0       1-3
Nairn County v Rothes        6-2            3-0        2-1       1-2
Mallorca v A Bilbao            1-1            2-2        2-0       2-1
Dijon v Sochaux                  0-0           1-0        3-1        0-2
Wolfsburg v Mainz              2-2           2-0        0-0        2-1
Hercales v VVV Venlo       7-0           1-1        2-0        4-2

Socrates R.I.P.

A totally skill legend. R.I.P.

Totally Round-Up Week 16

It is with heavy hearts that we deliver this week's Totally Skill League round-up. RIP Gary.
Penny managed a hat trick of perfect scores to garner 3 bonus points mere days after we discovered that Darren had been cheated out of his own bonus points many weeks ago. It seems as though Penny has hit form just as Ronan in particular has started to show the effects of his long injury list......Darren is keeping pace and it looks now as though we have a TITANIC battle at hand between our three fearless Skill Leaguers.
Darren's bravery in once more going with his head rather than his heart gave him 2 priceless points in the A!F!C! game, whilst Penny obviously knows munch more about TSG Hoffenheim than she's letting on. 1-1 indeed! And guys, Buckie were 'the team' in the Highland League LAST year......they were never going to come away with much at Cove Rangers this time around.

WEEK 16 TABLE

Penny..............99
Darren............95
Ronan.............90


WEEK 16 RESULTS
                                         Result     Penny      Ronan     Darren
Norwich v QPR                   2-1         1-2         2-2          2-2
Cardiff v Notts Forest           1-0         1-0         2-1          2-0
Bournemouth v Oldham        0-0          2-0         2-0         1-1
Burton v A!F!C!                   3-2         0-1         0-1          2-1
Kettering v Grimsby              1-2         0-0         1-1          3-1
Cove Rangers v Buckie         3-0         1-4         2-4          0-3
Real Betis v R.Sociedad        2-3         2-2         1-0          2-1
Marseille v Paris SG              3-0         1-2         3-2         1-1
TSG Hoffenheim v Freiburg   1-1         1-1         0-2          0-2
Lazio v Juventus                     0-1         0-1        1-1          0-1

Gary Speed R.I.P.

Stop the Press!!!! Totally Skill Update!!!!!

We have received word that due to technical difficulties during Week 6 of the Totally Skill League, Darren was not alloted his 3 BONUS POINTS for amassing three correct scores, and therefore those 'missing' points have been added to this weeks totals which leaves Darren...................TOP!!!!!!!!!!
The relevant minion has been chastised and we have been assured that no such lapse of Totally Skill rules will occur for the forseeable future. The NEW table is as follows:


WEEK 15 TABLE

Darren..........88pts
Penny............87pts
Ronan...........85pts

Plank of the Week Part 8!!!

In any other week, this would almost certainly have gone to Wojciech Szczesny for propositioning a topless model on Twitter and not expecting her to reveal his phone number to the stratosphere. Not only does the idiot already have a girlfriend, but he is now receiving countless calls from complete strangers. Chump.
However, there can only be one winner this week and Blatter it is. As fellow correspondent Ronan pointed out, it must be bad if Rio Ferdinand has the moral high ground. Plank!!!

Totally Round-Up Week 15

"Play the game...you know you can't quit until it's won"
So sangeth a great man many moons ago, but it still holds true, especially when it comes to the Totally Skill League. There may be many mountains to climb and rivers to cross and all that stuff, but as long as you keep your eyes on the prize and NEVER give up hope that tomorrow's dawn can bring a new beginning whereupon you can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky, then the glory is yours to take.
Penny was a 'woman in motion' this week and left Ronan and Darren lagging behind by taking top spot for the first time since the very first week of the Totally Skill season. This does not bode well for the lads, for as we all remember, when Penny reached the summit around this time last year, she never looked back and proceeded to race away with the title, maintaining un unbeaten run that was unprecedented in Totally Skill League history.
The Highland League and La Liga both came up trumps for Penny this week, offering her six of her seven point total, while Ronan and Darren were in agreement that Real Betis couldn't cope with the onslaught of a fired up Villareal at home. And they were right....Villareal romped to an emphatic and stunning win. By a goal to nil.
Sooooo........now it gets REALLY interesting. Can the two boys put a stop to Penny's rampage to the season's end, or will there be more twists and turns in the coming weeks and months? Who is your money on? What odds a three way tie come next May? And just where can one get a pair of wheels???

"Soldier on...only you can do what must be done"

WEEK 15 TABLE

Penny         87pts
Ronan         85pts
Darren        85pts

WEEK 15 RESULTS
                                                   Result        Penny        Ronan       Darren
Stoke v QPR                                2-3            2-1             2-2           2-0
Southampton v Brighton                3-0            2-0             2-0            1-1
Tranmere v Sheff Wed                   1-2            1-1             1-1            2-1
A!F!C! v Swindon                         1-1            1-0             0-1            2-2
Barrow v York                               0-0            0-1             0-2            0-2
Turriff Utd v Strathspey Thistle       3-1            3-1              1-3            2-4
Villareal v Real Betis                       1-0            1-0             3-0            3-1
Lyon v Rennes                                1-2            2-2             2-1            3-0
Napoli v Lazio                                 0-0           0-2              1-0            2-0

Totally Round-Up Week 14

Some FA Cup action this week due to the International break and it seems some of our competitors struggled with the unusual fixture list. Ronan had a poor week and indeed only his ability to see Didi's men throw away yet another 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 saw him at least keep pace. Darren's continued strong form means the boys are now neck and neck on 83. Penny trails but with only 3 points in it, her season is far from over. Normal service resumed next week, fixture-wise folks.
On a side note, nice to see Forfar drew 4-4.

WEEK 14 TABLE

Ronan                83 pts
Darren               83 pts
Penny                80 pts

WEEK 14 RESULTS
                                                 Result         Penny        Ronan        Darren

A!F!C! v Scunthorpe                 0-0               1-0           1-2             1-1
Bury v Crawley                          0-2               0-1           1-1             1-2
Hinkley Utd v Tamworth             2-2               0-2           0-2             1-3
Newtown v Llanelli                     0-2               1-3           3-1             0-2
Ebbsfleet v Stockport                  2-1              2-2            2-1            1-2
Formartine v Clachnacuddin        1-1              2-4            0-3             2-3
Cove Rangers v Wick Academy  2-0              3-1           3-2              3-1
Reading Ladies v Barnet Ldes     1-0               2-0           0-1             2-0
Queen of the South v Partick       0-0               2-0           0-2             0-1
Airdrie Utd v Forfar                    4-4               1-1           1-1             2-1

Plank of the Week Part 7!!!

Having already been mentioned in the International dispatches, Zlatan now makes a starring role in our weekly award section. Admittedly he is an all round tool most of the time but this week's entry sees him awarded for his verbal attacks on the Zen-like person that is Pep Guardiola (he writes poetry, don't you know). Anyone who thinks they can NOT come across as a complete plank by criticising the politest man in football (after Gianfranco Zola), must indeed be a colossal idiot. Plus he has stupid hair... PLANK!!!

European Action interlude

Well, the dreaded international break has been upon us, and whilst there was a full programme of Totally Skill fixtures, Ronan and Penny also managed to get in some Pineapple Cup action. Sadly, Ronan was what can only be described as tonked as Penny sailed to a comprehensive 21-9 victory. If only she can reproduce this form in the league, she could well recover her standings there.

In other news, despite the presence on the same pitch at the same time as each other of the two men with the greatest disparity between their opinions of themselves and their actual ability (yes, I mean you, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Niklas Bendtner), the predicted collapse of space and time as we know it did not occur. However, that Sweden not only let the boy Bendtner score against them, but are also still fielding Olaf Mjellberg (53), suggests they truely are a nation on the wane.
Penny's insistence that Portugal are in similar straits was backed up by a 0-0 draw in Bosnia.

Totally Round-Up Week 13

Due to the fact that we can't seem to locate the Week 13 sheet, there's not much to report here, other than the fact that Ronan still holds the lead. Oh, and Penny won the Honeydew Melon Cup last week. 17-10. Wowzer!

WEEK 13 TABLE
                        Pts
Ronan               78
Darren              75
Penny               73

Plank Of The Week!!! Part 6

He usually does something extremely plankish every second day, but even by his own standards, John Terry has had a doozey of a week. Kind of wish Robin had stopped to give him a good kick in the ribs or maybe stomp on his thick head on the way through though....

Totally Round-Up Week 12

The fightback begins. Penny clawed her way back up the table with a fine tally of  7 points this week. She is now joint second with Darren.....Ronan remains in front by a mere point, and things are truly hotting up now in the self proclaimed Best League In The World.

WEEK 12 TABLE
                            Pts
Ronan                   71
Darren                  70
Penny                   70

WEEK 12 RESULTS
                                        Result      Penny        Ronan       Darren
Swansea v Bolton               3-1          2-1            2-1            2-1
Derby v Portsmouth            3-1          1-0            1-2            2-1
Bury v Stevenage                1-2          1-1            3-0            3-0
Shrewsbury v A!F!C!         0-0           0-1            1-1            1-1
Aberystwyth v Bangor         0-2          0-3             3-1           3-1
Rothes v Brora                    1-3          3-3             2-3           2-3
Osasuna v Levante              2-0          0-2             0-1           3-1
Evian,etc v Auxerre             3-1          1-3             1-2            1-2
Stuttgart v B.Dortmund       1-1           1-1             2-2            1-3
Inter Milan v Juventus          1-2           0-2             1-0            1-0

Plank Of The Week!!! Part 5

Enough said. PLANK!!!

Totally Round-Up Week 11

Well, well, well. We were waiting for someone to set out their stall and Ronan did so emphatically this week by netting 10 points to leapfrog Penny and Darren to claim top spot on the Totally Skill League table. As previously reported, it had been a rather slow start after the first few games, but Europe proved a happy hunting ground for Ronan as he picked up 7 of his points total there.
Huddersfield came good for all three with a comfortable home win, while Mansfield also held off the challenge of Alfreton Town to hand points all round to the intrepid forecasters. Don't know quite what happened with the Highland League fixture mix-up, but rest assured they shall not be left out of the running again...it's just not the same without a couple of points gained on an unikely Keith away win.
In related news, the new 'Fit Of Petulance' mini album is currently set to be released 'very soon' according to insiders at Plank Records. It has been confirmed that 90% of the album has been written, and now suitable blank cassettes are being sought to commit the sounds to tape. Yes, tape. In a radical move designed to shun the download generation, the recordings will be available only in the tape format, with plans to possibly upgrade to CD soon after. (8 track cartridge versions may be available on request).

WEEK 11 TABLE
                      Points
Ronan..............68
Darren.............66
Penny..............62


WEEK 11 RESULTS                   RESULT   PENNY   RONAN   DARREN
Bolton v Sunderland                         0-2           0-0             2-2            1-2
Blackpool v Notts Forest                 1-2            2-1            2-1            1-1
Huddersfield v Preston                     3-1            1-0            3-0            2-1
A!F!C! v Crawley Town                  2-5            2-2            0-1            1-1
Mansfield v Alfreton Town               3-2            1-0            2-0             3-1
Malaga v Real Madrid                      0-4            0-2            0-2            0-3
Nancy v Nice                                   1-0            1-1            1-0             1-2
Hamburg v Wolfsburg                       2-1           2-1             1-1             2-0
Fiorentina v Catania                          2-2           3-1             3-1              0-1

Hero of the Week

The peerless Steve Claridge who has not only come out of retirement at the age of 45 to play for Gosport Borough, but scored on his debut in the FA Trophy yesterday. Hero!!!

Week 11 halfway review

Well, we're halfway through Week 11's fixtures and already Pascal the Parrot is doing better than all of us.
Let's hope the European fixtures bring some big hitters or we'll find ourselves being nominated for Planks of the Week...
A bad week all round really as our shop teams all crashed to defeats. Lincoln started things off with an away loss to Cambridge on Friday night and it all went downhill from there. Didi's men saw their kickoff delayed whilst opponents Forest Green were stuck in traffic; how they must have wished they never escaped as they beat our boys 1-0. And, in what must have been a great game for the neutral, A!F!C! clawed their game with big spenders Crawley back to 2-2 only to lose 2-5 in the end.
To cap it all off, Niklas Bendtner scored his first goal for Sunderland.Bah.
Birthday wishes for Arsene Wenger though; lets hope Rory Delap doesn't spoil the party on Sunday.
STOP PRESS: Surefire contender for Plank of the Week has to be the boy Ballotelli who set his house on fire by letting off fireworks in his own bathroom. We'll update you on this once the judges have looked at any other possible candidates.

Totally Round-Up Week 10

Me oh my. Another rather underwhelming week of points totals. Just 3 each for Darren and Ronan, while Penny exerted at least a modicum of pressure on Darren by garnering 4 precious points.
All three of our intrepid forecasters were on the money with regards to Tranmere, who did have to ruin a triple perfect score by failing to notch up a second goal late on though. Also, the Totally Skill troops shared a point each thanks to Buckie winning the battle of the Thistles. What could have been a 'prickly' away tie for Buckie turned into an impressive victory, which will 'plant' seeds of doubt amongst their rivals for the title.
It was a rather sorry state of affairs for the Totally Skill teams this weekend......A!F!C! dropped three points and shipped three goals at home to Crewe, while Didi's twitch might well warp into a full blown total body spasm any day now. A 4-0 tonking by Wrexham is no cure for his ills. 
So, there you have it. The song remains the same for this week at least. Maybe next time around, someone will make a dash for it, open up a commanding lead and never look back? Or we could all just trudge along like this until next May, when Ronan will suddenly guess EVERY score correctly on the last day and make off with the winner's T-shirt, chuckling and babbling hysterically into the sunset.

Plank Of The Week!!! Part 4

Not many outstanding candidates this week really. It would be unnecessarily harsh to bestow the honour upon Armenia's Valeri Aleksanyan, though his own goal last Tuesday was a thing of twisted beauty. For anyone who's Irish.

So instead, in the spirit of knocking them when they're well and truly down, the entire Galway Utd squad (and the managment team, physios, coaches....but maybe not the ground staff) take the plaudits by being so consistently bad for so long. One win in 34 games so far this season, and a whopping -85 goal difference. I think a stint in the First Division is well earned, and maybe they can build from there. Build what, I hear you ask? A sandcastle? It would be a start. PLANKS!!!

Plank of the Week!!! Part 3

"I've got a feeling you're going to score a goal tonight, my son".
What a 'fix' these spuddish oafs got themselves into the past week. High Plank status has been duly conferred on both. PLANKS!!!

Ebbsfleetio!!!

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/878042-football-fan-makes-1-800km-round-trip-from-italy-to-watch-ebbsfleet-united

And we thought watching out for A!F!C! and Stockport  from our Galway base was stretching it a bit!

Totally Round-Up Week 9

Points were thin on the ground this week, although the placings remain the same after Ronan failed to capitalise on Penny and Darren's relatively weak showings.
Penny's encyclopedic knowledge of the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League paid off as she picked up on the New Saints recent impressive home form, and although they can't manage to throw a few badges into an envelope, Romulus got full points away to Halesowen Town, a result Penny also felt was on the cards. Only the 2 points for her this week though.
Darren renewed his faith in A!F!C! and was rewarded with two of his 4 points total, although he should have realised that Bournemouth were going to be tough to beat at home. Darren still leads the way regardless, and his steely stare on the finish line will no doubt be getting steelier by the week, so the others should steel themselves to try and steal his advantage over the coming weeks and months.
Ronan amassed a grand total of 5 points, when really he could have done with around 10. But, Forres Mechanics did not let him down, nor the impressive Mansfield, who knocked the stuffing out of Grimsby.
Obviously though, none of them know anything about Major League Soccer. Just as well it was simply a guest League this week. Back to the usual multi-league spread from next weekend. See you then Totally Skill fans!!!!

WEEK 9 TABLE
                       Points
Darren...............59
Penny.................54
Ronan................53


WEEK 8 RESULTS                                 RESULT    PENNY     RONAN    DARREN
Bournemouth v Rochdale                              1-1            1-0              1-0            1-2
Wycombe v Walsall                                       1-1            0-3              2-1            2-2
Gillingham v Port Vale                                    1-1            2-1              2-2            3-1
Morecame v A!F!C!                                      1-2            3-1              0-1           0-1
Mansfield v Grimsby                                       2-1            1-1             3-0            1-2
Forres Mechanics v Huntly                             2-0            2-2              4-1            0-2
New Saints v Camarthen Town                      4-0             3-1              1-1            0-1
New England Revolution v San Jose               1-2            3-3              2-0             3-1
Fort William v Turriff Utd                                0-1            4-1              3-2             2-1
Halesowen Town v Romulus                            0-1            0-2              2-1             2-4

Totally Round-Up Week 8

Darren keeps his nose in front by bagging an impressive 8 points which included a three pointer in the Darlington-Newport County tie. Darren was wise in reckoning Newport would struggle to score away from home. Good call Darren.
Meanwhile, Penny notched 8 points also to stay a mere 2 points behind in second place. While Darren and Ronan both foresaw a comfortable home win for Lossiemouth, Penny was canny in predicting that the Clachs impressive away form might see them edge this one. And she was right, by Jove!
Apart from predicting the margin with which A!F!C! would beat Gillingham (while Darren and Penny showed an alarming lack of faith in the mighty Wimbledon, predicting a loss and a draw respectively....shame on you guys), little else went right for Ronan, who stuttered to a 4 point total to now sit in third place on the table.
It's still early doors yet of course.


WEEK 8 TABLE          
                                      Points
Darren.............................55
Penny..............................53
Ronan..............................49

WEEK 8 RESULTS                                  RESULT       PENNY     RONAN     DARREN

Spurs v Arsenal                                             2-1                2-2              2-2             4-3

Leeds v Portsmouth                                       1-0                1-0              3-0             2-1

Brentford v Huddersfield                                0-4                0-3              1-2             0-1

A!F!C! v Gillingham                                       3-1                1-1              2-0             1-2

Darlington v Newport County                         2-0                1-2              0-0             2-0

Lossiemouth v Clachnacuddin                         2-3                1-4              3-1             4-1

Racing Santander v Rayo Vellecano               1-1                 2-2              1-0             2-3

Bordeaux v Montpellier                                  2-2                 3-1              0-2             2-0

Nuremburg v Mainz                                        3-3                 0-0              2-0             2-1

Fiorentina v Lazio                                           1-2                 1-3              2-2              2-0

P.S. Apologies for the wonky table above. We're still figuring out how to jazz up the blog with fancy graphics and suchlike.

Plank Of The Week!!! Part 2

Congrats to Carlos who scoops this weeks award with the hissiest of hissy fits. You'd never catch Matty Tubbs engaging in this kind of malarky. PLANK!!!

Plank Of The Week!!!

Self explanatory really. We pick a person or persons who have acted in such a foolish, reckless, brainless manner that they receive pride of place with their picture on our Blog. Gyan just missed the cut as this is the first official Plank of The Week, but he has secured an honorary mention for his plankish antics a couple of weeks ago.
The entire Arsenal defence ran out worthy winners of the title last week.
Fernando Torres deserves a special mention this week. A goal and a red card, all within the space of ten minutes. PLANK!!!!

Inaugural post!!!!!

The Totally Skill League blog is now up and running! Yay!

Watch this space