Double, double, toil and trouble.

Game Of The Week

The sweet smell of success.

Beware the leagues very own Cyrano de Bergerac.  Yes, French Leader were up to their old tricks again, this time with the Lottery as the object of their affections.  Seduced by promises of their first win of the season the French Leader squad spoke of  une nuit que vous n'oublierez jamais before allowing the 0-3 Lottery to head off to bed content with an 18pts lead.  But the Lotteries sleep was punctuated with nightmare scenarios.  They saw the Leaders kicker strike two early field goals to cut their lead to 12pts.  They saw Brady starting to find WR Welker with metronomic regularity.  The Patriots scored touchdowns, extra points were converted, the Lotteries lead was being eaten away point by precious point.  Somewhere deep inside the Lottery Head Coach knew this was all a dream.  That final hazy image of a scoreboard showing a defeat by 2.44pts, that wasn't real was it?   Alas for the forlorn Lottery it was all too real.  Every winless, bottom of their division moment of it.

Team Of The Week

Ouch.

Who better that to lift the Lotteries spirits than the Super Swedes. After experiencing their own dose of fantasy pain in week 3 the Swedes bounced back to secured their first win of the season. RB Jones-Drew finally put those pre-season injury doubts behind him and posted 27.10pts, the kind of return that had made him the Swedes no.1 pick. Whilst the rest of the squad put up less than spectacular numbers resulting in a modest total of 85.54 it was still enough to beat Ttttaylor.

This defeat for the pre-season favourites means they have yet to win a game all season (beating the Lottery doesn't count.) RB duo Benson and Hedges combined for a woeful 10.40pts despite favourable match ups. QB Flopo continues to disappoint as the revamped Ravens O fails to ignite.

The goods news for Ttttaylor saw the completion of the much heralded Vick trade. The bad news for Ttttaylor saw Vick leave Philly with wrist and rib injuries.

This Week Yoda From Wales Beats...

The Baptists fall.

How are battles decided?  You need men willing to give of their all.  You need strategy and belief in your cause.  But ultimately history tells us that great battles are decided by one thing.  Who has the biggest weapons. So when the league began to believe that the Superpower that is Yoda could be stopped, the master simply dialled TE Gates and told him to deliver.  Gates 29.40pts.  With plenty of credit left on his Jedi mobile a second call went into RB Foster.
“Play well this week you must.” said the little green one.
“But Coach, I missed a team meeting, I'm being benched for the first quarter.  I don't know if I can put up decent numbers....but I'll try.”
Yoda, calm and reflective, let the silence hang.  Then, firmly and purposfully, he told his young Texan, “Do or do not, there is no try.”
All of which led to RB Foster putting up 33.70pts in 3 quarters of football.  Yes it was Yoda's lowest total of the season thus far and no it didn't matter.
The Baptists fall to 1-3 and continue a worrying trend set by the Bones Rocks.  That trend is to make really poor coaching decisions, (RB Forte starts 3.30pts, Mendenhall sits 20.80pts) and to consequently play your worst football against the league best team.
Next week, Yoda form Wales will beat the Super Swedes.

Double, double, toil and trouble.

A shocking development.

Its a matter of public record that this reporter believes all is not as it would seem in the funky town that is the Hairy Frog Disco.  Their luck was in yet again when Rooks no 1 pick WR Johnson was listed inactive in a game time decision.  Try as he might the Rookie couldn't find space on his roster to draft a late replacement from the wire despite the fact Bunk was available.  Trailing by nearly 50pts by the end of the early matches the Rook had effectively thrown the game.  Step forward the Chargers D.  The Chargers struck like lightening with an astonishing NFL league season high of 9 sacks.  A record that would stand for nearly 5 hours.  As both Coaches awaited the late game the Bench Warmers had somehow turned a 50pts deficit into a 18pts lead.  With QB Culter about to take the field in the Medowlands it would take an almighty stroke of luck to turn this one around.
Meanwhile, down in the Hairy Frogs swamp, unbeknown to the Disco Head Coach, I had installed CCTV surveillance equipment.  The shocking images streamed live to my lap top showed the Head Coach ripping off the toe of his defensive coordinator and handing it to one of three witches.  Click play to view the footage for yourself.  Apologies for the poor audio and visual quality.  Viewer discretion is advised.

With the spell cast Culter was sacked 9 times, tossed up an interception and gave up a fumble.  He ended the night concussed for a total of minus 2.32pts.
The Disco may have moved to 3-1 but they've a whole load of karma heading their way after this underhand victory.

 Not Coca-Cola.

Last week saw Tttataylor introduce the infamous 'no D' strategy and it would appear that strategy is catching on. But the Bones Rocks came over all Pesi in their attempts to emulate the league leading 'no D' brand. Leaving his Titans defence on the bench to collect a commendable 18pts, the Rocks went on to lose this one by 16.46pts dropping the Rocks to 2-2. Of his starters WR Johnson hit the 20.80pts mark and Matt Ryan is proving a solid fantasy QB with an acceptable return of 14.42pts. The Rocks losing streak now stands at 2 and a promising start to the season has been blighted by some poor decisions.

Ofcourse 79FC don't need reminding that but for a paltry 0.64pts they would now be 4-0 and still chasing the dream of a perfect season. Manning hurled the pigskin for a zillion yards and 26.98pts as the Colts went down to a surprise defeat at the hands of the Jags and in a high scoring week for tight ends Miller went for 21.20pts. Week 5 sees 79 against the hapless Lottery as they continue their quest to top the leagues toughest division.

The Contractual Obligation Game

Jim Marrs promises to cover every game.

The Fear Factory and Royale with Tds combined to serve up a drab affair that leaves the Factory winless and the Royales a flattering 3-1.  The Royals kept their opponents at arms length throughout this match up with RB Bradshaw the surprise star with 21.30pts.  The Factory will be having strong words this morning with no.1 pick WR Moss who during New England's 41 - 14 rout of Miami managed 0 catches for 0 yards and 0pts.

 Bench Of The Week

 The Bone Rocks take this one for the second week in a row leaving an astonishing 69.24pts just sitting there.

 Good Call Of The Week

French leader persisted with RB Leonard McCoy and was rewarded with a game winning 18.40pts.

Bad Call Of The Week

He's human after all!  Yoda sits WR Owens who promptly delivered a 33.20pts haul.  It mattered not.

All of which brings us onto the lastest odds from...

Vasco De Gama CNFLE II official bookmaker.

Yoda from Wales 1/5

Seventy Nine FC 3/1

The Hairy Frog Disco 4/1

French Leader 4/1

Royale with TD’s 5/1

Tim Riggins Bench Warmers 6/1

The Bone Rocks 8/1

Ttttaylor 8/1

Bryants Baptists 10/1

Super Swedes 14/1

Its A Lottery 18/1

Fear Factory 20/1

So week 4 is well and truely in the bag.  But don't despair as fans favourites Carl and Bob will be back Thursday, Friday or Saturday, (USB permitting) with their perceptive take on the Week 5 match-ups.