WEEK 22 BUMPER BONANZA BONUS ROUND-UP

Oh my stars; well they may be great at predicting football scores, but I reckon none of our skillers could have predicted that even with such an extended round this week, they would all end up on THE SAME POINTS!!! 28 points won by all three of our plucky heroes, but over a range of games. Both Darren and Ronan had faith in Tubbs and Torres to beat Bristol City, 2 leagues above them, whilst Penny's instincts for a less than thrilling encounter between Nots Forest and Leicester, saw her in good stead.
So what does all this mean? Well, it's as you were with Ronan still just edging it over Penny and Darren in need of a couple of good weeks. This must surely be one of the most exciting Totally Skill League seasons in living memory, with so much all to play for...

WEEK 22 TABLE
Ronan           161 pts
Penny            160 pts
Darren           147 pts

FA CUP THIRD ROUND HEROES

Who else but Sergio and Matty; Sergio's pass splits the Bristol City defence and finds Matty who beats David James to score Crawley's winning goal. Nice one lads

TOTALLY ROUND-UP WEEK 21 (PART 2)

Na na na na na.
Now then, now then. How's about that then?
Ronan takes the lead at a CRUCIAL point on the season. Penny slips into SECOND PLACE, whilst Darren also makes up some ground, but really it's all about RONAN in this round up. RONAN gets the POINTS, RONAN goes TOP, RONAN what guessed right more than the others, RONAN is KING of the CASTLE.
I think we should just stop the League right now. Anyone with me?

WEEK 21 TABLE (PART 2)
                                                   Pts

RONAN!!!!!!!!                        133
Penny                                       132
Darren                                       119

Gary Ablett R.I.P.

One of the few players who excelled with both Merseyside clubs during his career and retained the affections of both clubs well after he hung up his boots (to briefly manage Stockport County at one point!!!!). Gary will be missed. A Totally Skill legend, and then some.

TOTALLY ROUND-UP WEEK 21 (PART 1)

At the halfway point of this week's Totally Skill shenanigans, we find Penny once again holding onto top spot for all her worth as she maintains the slenderest of leads, in no small part thanks to a quite impressive run in both Blue Square Premier and Highland League fixtures this weekend. A remarkable prediction materialised in the Lossiemouth v Keith tie, whilst she picked up a point apiece in each of the other bottom four Totally Skill fixtures.
Ronan is hot on her heels though, as he picked up a valuable three pointer in the Middlesbrough v Peterborough game (as boring sounding a fixture as there possibly can be). Darren keeps plugging away, but he really needs to pick up the pace in the next few weeks to keep a viable challenge alive. The correct margin in the Turriff Utd v Formartine Utd clash was a welcome two pointer, but he really needs to don his clairvoyant cap soon , and start to predict those really ridiculous Highland League results exactly.
Anyway, there do be a second round of fixtures this week over the coming days, so we'll see if the table changes drastically in the meantime.

WEEK 21 TABLE (PART 1)
                                    Pts
Penny                          128   
Ronan                          126
Darren                         112

WEEK 21 Results (PART 1)
                                                     RESULT    PENNY    RONAN    DARREN
Liverpool v Newcastle                       3-1            1-1            2-1             2-1
Stoke v Wigan                                   2-2            1-2            1-0             1-0
Middlesbrough v Peterborough           1-1            2-1            1-1             0-1
Burnley v Hull                                     1-0            2-0            2-0             1-1
Walsall v Rochdale                              0-0            0-1            1-2             2-3
A!F!C! v Southend                             1-4            1-0             1-1            1-0
Kettering v Luton                                0-5            0-3             0-1            3-1
York v Mansfield                                2-2            0-0             3-0             1-2
Lossiemouth v Keith                           2-4            2-4             2-1              3-1
Turriff Utd v Formartine Utd               2-0            3-2             2-2              4-2

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.