It's a new season again. Thanks to everyone for joining again. Thanks especially to those new people that have joined this year. Sorry to see those people that were here last year for whatever reason.
Anyway, lets get straight back to business. Below is the first leaderboard of the season, after the first weekend of games.
Shay, whose managerial skills were constantly frustrated last year heads out the table for the first time ever. Lets hope he doesn't fall into the trap of early leader falling away into obscurity as happened last year to a few teams.
Of course it's early days yet, and there's only 18 points between top and bottom, so it's really hard to see who is doing well and who is going to flounder into obscurity.
For now, have a look at the teams, and the players you would have liked to have on your team, and that someone else has managed to fit in.
If you have a name that you'd like to call your team, then tell me please and i'll use that in future.
I am away on holidays for the next week (already i hear you say ... sure we only just started), so i may have the tables updated next thursday or friday (Sept 6th/7th). Also sorry for getting this first post up so slowly ... after many requests of "where is it?" :) well, i have been really busy doing the thing that pays the bills around here, and i simply haven't had time. I've scrambled it together today and below you have the teams and leaderboard.
Enjoy
| 29/08/07 | Team Name | Total | Week | Inter Trans | |
| Shaybees | 37 | 37 | 37 | ||
| Pat Murphy | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
| Dan Macs | 33 | 33 | 33 | ||
| Mikes Magicians | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||
| Donies Dynamos | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||
| Don | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Dermot G | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Sonya | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||
| Mairead | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||
| Hammer XI | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Donal G | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Alex | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Dermot Mc | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| The Vultures | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||
| Name | Club | Value | Total | Week | Inter Trans |
| Michael's Magicians | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||
| Jose Reina | Liverpool | £5.50m | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Matt Taylor | Portsmouth | £6.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Dunne | Manchester City | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joleon Lescott | Everton | £5.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | £5.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Mikel Arteta | Everton | £6.50m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Michael Chopra | Sunderland | £2.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | £6.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| David Healy | Fulham | £3.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dermot G | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Rob Green | West Ham United | £3.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Phil Neville | Everton | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nemanja Vidic | Manchester United | £6.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ivar Ingimarsson | Reading | £3.50m | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Jamie Carragher | Liverpool | £7.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kieron Dyer* | Newcastle United | £5.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Mark Noble | West Ham United | £3.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Doyle | Reading | £5.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | £6.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| John Carew | Aston Villa | £5.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mairead | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||
| Edwin Van der Sar | Manchester United | £5.00m | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Richard Dunne | Manchester City | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nemanja Vidic | Manchester United | £6.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ivar Ingimarsson | Reading | £3.50m | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Joleon Lescott | Everton | £5.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | £3.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Scholes | Manchester United | £6.50m | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Luis Antonio Valencia | Wigan Athletic | £2.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Doyle | Reading | £5.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Emile Heskey | Wigan Athletic | £4.50m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Benni McCarthy | Blackburn Rovers | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sonya | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||
| Petr Cech | Chelsea | £6.00m | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| William Gallas | Arsenal | £7.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Stubbs | Everton | £3.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Hibbert | Everton | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ricardo Carvalho | Chelsea | £7.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Hleb | Arsenal | £5.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | £5.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cesc Fabregas | Arsenal | £7.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Gary McSheffrey | Birmingham City | £4.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Salomon Kalou | Chelsea | £5.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Chopra | Sunderland | £2.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pat Murphy | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
| Scott Carson | Aston Villa | £3.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bacary Sagna | Arsenal | £5.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gael Clichy | Arsenal | £6.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Patrice Evra | Manchester United | £6.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Michael Johnson | Manchester City | £2.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mikel Arteta | Everton | £6.50m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | £6.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| David Healy | Fulham | £3.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Aleksandra | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Marcus Hahnemann | Reading | £3.50m | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Alan Stubbs | Everton | £3.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hermann Hreidarsson | Portsmouth | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivar Ingimarsson | Reading | £3.50m | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Nicky Shorey | Reading | £4.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | £3.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Paul Scholes | Manchester United | £6.50m | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Didier Drogba | Chelsea | £9.00m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kanu | Portsmouth | £4.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Darren Bent | Tottenham Hotspur | £8.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Edwin Van der Sar | Manchester United | £5.00m | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Stephen Warnock | Blackburn Rovers | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Yobo | Everton | £5.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Patrice Evra | Manchester United | £6.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | £8.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Jenas | Tottenham Hotspur | £5.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Stewart Downing | Middlesbrough | £5.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| David Healy | Fulham | £3.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolas Anelka | Bolton Wanderers | £6.50m | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | £6.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hammer XI | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Rob Green | West Ham United | £3.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| David Rozenhal | Newcastle United | £4.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joleon Lescott | Everton | £5.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky Shorey | Reading | £4.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Noble | West Ham United | £3.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Geovanni | Manchester City | £3.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Didier Drogba | Chelsea | £9.00m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Dean Ashton | West Ham United | £6.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Donal G | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Marcus Hahnemann | Reading | £3.50m | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Ashley Cole | Chelsea | £6.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tony Hibbert | Everton | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Vedran Corluka | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Taylor | Newcastle United | £4.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | £3.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | £8.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Victor Anichebe | Everton | £2.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Utaka | Portsmouth | £4.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| The Vultures (Pat G) | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||
| Marcus Hahnemann | Reading | £3.50m | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Richard Dunne | Manchester City | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Leighton Baines | Everton | £3.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Arne Riise | Liverpool | £7.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Florent Malouda | Chelsea | £6.00m | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mikel Arteta | Everton | £6.50m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Steed Malbranque | Tottenham Hotspur | £5.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dean Ashton | West Ham United | £6.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fernando Torres | Liverpool | £7.00m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Donies Dynamos | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||
| Paul Robinson | Tottenham Hotspur | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Agger | Liverpool | £6.50m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Alan Stubbs | Everton | £3.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky Shorey | Reading | £4.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Upson | West Ham United | £4.50m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Scholes | Manchester United | £6.50m | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | £9.00m | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| David Dunn | Blackburn Rovers | £2.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Benjani Mwaruwari | Portsmouth | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Benni McCarthy | Blackburn Rovers | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolas Anelka | Bolton Wanderers | £6.50m | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Dan Macs | 33 | 33 | 33 | ||
| Edwin Van der Sar | Manchester United | £5.00m | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| John Arne Riise | Liverpool | £7.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Terry | Chelsea | £8.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Joleon Lescott | Everton | £5.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kolo Toure | Arsenal | £7.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kevin Kilbane | Wigan Athletic | £3.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Scholes | Manchester United | £6.50m | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lee Carsley | Everton | £3.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Carlos Tevez | Manchester United | £7.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mikael Forssell | Birmingham City | £2.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Didier Drogba | Chelsea | £9.00m | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Dermot Mc | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| David James | Portsmouth | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Terry | Chelsea | £8.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Phil Neville | Everton | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul McShane | Sunderland | £2.50m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | Chelsea | £5.00m | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | £8.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | £6.00m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mido | Middlesbrough | £3.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Shaybees | 37 | 37 | 37 | ||
| Petr Cech | Chelsea | £6.00m | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Phil Neville | Everton | £4.50m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nemanja Vidic | Manchester United | £6.50m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Jamie Carragher | Liverpool | £7.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Micah Richards | Manchester City | £4.00m | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Hleb | Arsenal | £5.00m | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Michael Essien | Chelsea | £5.50m | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | £5.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mikael Forssell | Birmingham City | £2.50m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Robin van Persie | Arsenal | £7.00m | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolas Anelka | Bolton Wanderers | £6.50m | 8 | 8 | 8 |
