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| MATCH WEEK 2 COMPLETE |
Match Week 2 has been finalised... subs have been brought on and missing Captains replaced where necessary. What a week, so many talking points but little time to talk about them right now. Such a shame when no-one starts a Nightmare in Darwin Nunez that hits 31 points, or second best David de Gea with 25 (one Manager each with those on the bench will be covered in bruises from kicking themselves). Third best Aleksandar Mitrovic was on three benches - two saw him come on, one didn't - more serious kicking...
Matt Woodmansey came up trumps with the top Captain pick - I looked at Matt's Clem Fandango when the Match Week got under way and thought 'two Bournemouth defenders yet he's picked one of their midfielders as Captain, is he nuts?' That Captain though was Jefferson Lerma, who followed up his opening week Nightmare haul of minus 4 points, scoring as Bournemouth beat Villa 2-0, with a 19 points showing as he scored at the other end...!
Quick glance through all our Nightmare teams and, as before, lots of talking points. A clean sheet each for the three promoted teams has thrown some serious spanners in the works, for one thing. Lots more comment to come during the week, ahead of Match Week 3.
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| WHY IS A PLAYER HIGHLIGHTED RED OR YELLOW? |
| That will be because he's not expected to play the next match, or a doubt. Click here to view the Player Status page. |
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| TOP TEAMS - this week | | Team | Manager | Points | | Clem Fandango | Matt Woodmansey | 105 | | Imperial booze boys | Stuart Mclean | 81 | | The Muppets | Richard Hancy | 76 | | 21 Zombies | Denis Meenan | 69 | | Mr Magoo | Jonathan Andrews | 66 |
| | | TOP NIGHTMARES - this week | | Player | Team | Points | | Darwin Nunez | LIVERPOOL | 31 | | David De Gea | MAN UNITED | 25 | | Aleksandar Mitrovic | FULHAM | 21 | | Jefferson Lerma | BOURNEMOUTH | 19 | | Danny Ward | LEICESTER | 19 |
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| TOP NIGHTMARES | | Player | Team | Points | This | | David De Gea | MAN UNITED | 32 | 25 | | Mohammed Salisu | S'HAMPTON | 30 | 9 | | Darwin Nunez | LIVERPOOL | 28 | 31 | | Lisandro Martinez | MAN UNITED | 28 | 17 | | Harry Maguire | MAN UNITED | 26 | 17 | | Declan Rice | WEST HAM | 25 | 18 | | Danny Ward | LEICESTER | 24 | 19 | | Luke Shaw | MAN UNITED | 24 | 15 | | Jamie Vardy | LEICESTER | 22 | 17 | | Fred | MAN UNITED | 22 | 15 | | Bruno Fernandes | MAN UNITED | 22 | 17 | | Lucas Digne | ASTON V. | 22 | 13 | | Rayan Ait-Nouri | WOLVES | 22 | 5 |
| | | WORST NIGHTMARES | | Player | Team | Points | This | | Fabian Schar | NEWCASTLE | -9 | -1 | | Rodrigo | LEEDS | -9 | -7 | | Kyle Walker | MAN CITY | -6 | -3 | | Nick Pope | NEWCASTLE | -6 | -5 | | Dan Burn | NEWCASTLE | -6 | -3 |
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Players must have played 23 minutes or more in at least three matches to appear in the Player Ratings charts. |
| LEAGUE FORMAT + EUROPE |
We are starting the season with four divisions - each with nine teams. It's three-up-three-down, with the top four in each division qualifying for next season's Champions' League... everyone else goes in the Eur'opeless League.
This season's Champions' League will include Nightmare Teams that finished in the top six of our three Divisions last season. With two of these having resigned, that leaves us with 16 teams that will be randomly allocated to four groups of four.
Our other 20 Teams will enter this season's Eur'opeless League. I don't intend to start the European competitions very early in the season (maybe after the World Cup break), and any new Teams that join us between now and then will also be in the Eur'opeless League. |
| LAST SEASON |
| Click here to check out last season's site with all the final League Tables |