Hero of the Week Runner Up

There have been two different interpretations of this but either way, Gunnersaurus emerges as a far more nuanced character than we had given him credit for.
As the two teams in the Arsenal-Chelsea game lined up yesterday, our dinosaur hero stuck out his huge green paw for John Terry to shake, only to take it back at the last moment leaving Terry's hand in the air and making him look every inch the tool he is. As one blogger pointed out, it was reminiscent of the cheeky Chelsea mascot who went to shake Steven Gerrard's hand a few years ago before doing the classic nose-thumbing maneouvere beloved of children everywhere. The same blogger also pointed out that Gunnersaurus was happy to shake the Chelsea skipper's hand earlier in the day and believes the later snub was a comment on the wrong-headedness of using the pre-match handshake to express your dislike of another player. Either way, who knew Gunnersaurus had such hidden depths? He'll be making speeches to the UN next. It makes up for always coming last in the Mascot Grand National every year anyway...
Legend status is duely endowed on the big green lunk.

Hero Of The Week

Your team (Lazio) are facing a tough away match to Napoli and in the third minute a ball comes flying in from the right....you tussle with the defender, the goalie misjudges the flight of the ball...you manage a touch and the ball goes into the net. GOOOAAALLLLL!
Or not, as the case may be. 62 year old MIROSLAV KLOSE showed that there is indeed honour amongst thieves as after initially celebrating the 'goal' with his teammates as Napoli defenders furiously reacted to the injustice, his conscience kicked in within a matter of seconds and he approached the ref and admitted that he had handled the ball and the goal should not stand.

Cue a raft of Napoli players congratulating him on his honesty. While his own teammates and manager may have been less than pleased, seeing as Lazio went on to lose 3-0, it is a credit to the veteran German striker that he owned up and showed the class that is sorely lacking in most footballers.`

Bravo Herr Klose....you are Hero Of The Week, and probably every other week until season's end.

It's the Little and Large Show...

A small homage to two of the most disparately sized footballers to walk the Earth...bless

And to add to the smiles...

...it's a pile of ecstatic Arsenal players. Not something you see every day.

Totally ROUND UP Week 6

The resurgence of reigning champion Ronan was given a good kicking this week as Penny and Darren both notched up a handy 11 and 7 points respectively...once again stretching into the distance and glancing backwards to see Ronan stumbling and tripping at every turn. 3 measly points is not championship defence material.
Penny is really starting to show the requisite winners form as she bagged two 3 pointers, her faith that A!F!C! would finally come good rewarded and though she claims to be 'looking out for Lincoln', her belief in Tamworth also bolstered her tally. Darren was thankful for Reims taking note of his prediction, and duly complying by just keeping posession as soon as they went 2-0 in front. It looks like his Portuguese training week has been of some benefit.
But after her victory in the Fruit Cocktail Cup last week and her continued dominance of the Egg Plant Totally Skill League table (albeit after six weeks) it's all eyes on Penny to see if she can build on this early breakaway at the top. No pressure then.......

WEEK 6 TABLE

Penny          51
Darren         41
Ronan         30

Beard of the Week

Who else...?

Totally Round Up Week 5

And so the fight-back begins...
After a woeful start to the season, Ronan set his stall out this week and not only picked up 11 points but added another 3 to that tally with a bonus for getting 3 perfect scores. Anyone writing off last year's champ was certainly speaking too soon as the Little Seal picked up maximum points in Spain, Germany and ...Carlisle. Well done Ronan. To make this even better, Penny only managed a paltry 4 and Darren scored a middling 6 in his away fixture in Portugal. That Darren did a cup double in the international fixtures, winning a grapefruit to go with last week's chocolate suggests he is going to be much more of a force to be reckoned with this year too.

Week 5 Table

Penny         40
Darren        34
Ronan         27

Weirdity of the Week

Not since the legendary Ivan Campo was persuaded to swap cosmopolitan Madrid for the delights of Bolton (and then, bizarrely, Ipswich), has there been a more incongruous sight in the Premier League than that of Champions league winner Julio Cesar lining up for Queens Park Rangers. Mental. What next; Messi joins Accrington Stanley?

Jeremy spoke in class today.....

Uh-huh.....but really it's all about the two Jeremy's......


Renner

aannnnndddd....

Kyle

 

Lookey Likeys Is Back!!!

Ok, so we've had him on here before but...

Philippe Mexes and ...

Jeremy Renner

Totally Round Up Week 4!!!

Penny holds on to top spot this week with a handsome 8 point return, including 3 points generously donated by one Afin Lido! Northampton gave Darren a welcome 3 points too, as he garnered a respectable 6 points to maintain his challenge. Meanwhile, Ronan stumbled into double figures.
As Darren heads off to his training camp in sunnier climes, he can be happy in the knowledge that he won the first part of our Egg Plant Totally Skill International Challenge, which will see him choose the chocolate bar of his choice. Tomorrow, the Skillers tackle the second part with a tasty piece of fruit awaiting the victor!
With the season now in full swing, we can expect many more twists and turns to come, along with plenty of pineapple chunks and Walnut Whips.......

WEEK 4 TABLE

Penny             36
Darren            28
Ronan             13

Totally Round UP Week 3!!!! Already!!!!!

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Eee by gum. Penny and Darren have darted out of the traps while Ronan still seems to have his muzzle tangled in the gate. It seems the clean sweep from last season has dulled some of the defending champions
hunger.....his pathetic 2 point haul this week sees him still struggling for double figures.
Penny is developing a healthy habit of picking up at least one 3-pointer a week, and Forest Green came through for her this time, by giving Hyde a 'hyde-ing'. Well, it was 3-1.
Darren is getting plenty of 2-pointers and is keeping pace nicely in second....but all Skillers put far too much faith in Wicky Wicky Wah Wah Wocka Wocka Wocka Academy who fell to the tenacious and tough tackling Turriff Utd.
Is 20 points too big a gap to bridge even at this ridiculously early stage? Hmm...there are a few Bumper Bonanza bonus weeks to come along the way......


WEEK 3 TABLE:

Penny      28
Darren     22
Ronan      8