G'day OzSpurs NFG League. This is your weekly FPL update.
The winner for gameweek 23 was 'Diamond Lights' [Mark Phillips] with 86 points! Rounding up the top 3 for the week was 'Big B-Ange Theory' [Joe Jones] (81 pts) and 'Cugels Minions' [Gary Brookes] (79 pts).
'Birdinand FC' [John Heuvel] stayed at the top of the table with 1497 points increasing their lead to 9 points ahead of 'Socceroos' [Joe Gonzalez] in second place. At the other end 'Juice's Marvels' [Nektar Vavoulas] continues to languish in last place with a meager 822 points.
The worst ranking teams this week were 'Badcoe' [Steve Holdstock] (38 pts), 'Double-Barrelled' [Rob Walsh] (35 pts), 'Ho Sei Liao' [Dee Tee] (31 pts), and 'Magoo' [Stuart Peaston] (30 pts). Hang your heads in shame.
When it came to captaincy choices 'Dynamo Kebab' [Thomas Wilson] and 'Big B-Ange Theory' [Joe Jones] did the best this week with 39 points from Alexander Isak. On the other end of the spectrum was 'Unbelievable Tekkers' [Glenn Osborne] who had picked Kevin De Bruyne for a total of 2 points. You receive the armband of shame for this week.
Moving onto substitutions 'Paranoid Angedroid' [Jevon Hall] will be kicking themselves after having left an astounding 27 points on the bench which was the highest in the league.
'Hapless Wanderers' [Russell Dryer], 'Gruts & Gravy' [Carlin Budd], and 'WeDontTalkAboutNuno' [Ryan Shave] did the best with automatic substitutions this week receiving 9 points off the bench in lieu of players not playing. 'Onomah Son' [George Gialis], 'PorroSomeSugarOnMe' [Perry Collins], and 'pudding' [Kai Neville] were not as fortunate getting an insignificant 0 points from their automatic subs.
As for shakers and movers 'Ange Balls' [Noah Evans] climbed 14 spots this week. In the not so great department we have 'oh Mickey ur so fine' [Josh Davies] and 'Ho Sei Liao' [Dee Tee] dropping 12 spots.
Chapter Standings for OzSpurs NFG League after Gameweek 23:
FPL Managers and the Chapters they represent for the OzSpurs FPL Chapter Title.
| Rank | Chapter | Mgrs | GW Avg | Total Avg |
| 1 | Cairns | 1 | 64.00 | 1387.00 |
| 2 | Sydney | 15 | 56.13 | 1308.40 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 22 | 57.82 | 1307.23 |
| 4 | Melbourne Peninsula | 3 | 61.33 | 1303.50 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 6 | 61.67 | 1298.30 |
| 6 | Overseas | 7 | 54.86 | 1282.57 |
| 7 | Brisbane | 17 | 58.53 | 1281.15 |
| 8 | Darwin | 1 | 56.00 | 1276.00 |
| 9 | Newcastle | 7 | 54.29 | 1271.43 |
| 10 | Unallocated | 58 | 55.72 | 1241.62 |
| 11 | Gold Coast | 4 | 56.25 | 1217.50 |
| 12 | Perth | 8 | 57.25 | 1164.77 |
| 13 | Regional NSW | 4 | 52.50 | 1122.50 |
NOTE: As the competition progresses and more Managers get allocated to their chapter, these points will be back-dated, which will affect totals. Likewise, as Managers are removed from the League for repeated Gooner infringements, the points will be retrospectively removed from the totals.
Notable news:
- 53 (34.6%) teams managed to reach or beat the overall average of 59 points for the week.
- 'Cugels Minions' [Gary Brookes] (-4 pts) and 'Audere Est Facere' [Craig Allen] (-4 pts) both took transfer hits.
- A flurry of activity this week as 'Big B-Ange Theory' [Joe Jones] (TC), 'Dynamo Kebab' [Thomas Wilson] (TC), 'House of Dragusin' [stuart randall] (BB), 'Hill Hotspur' [Stephen Miller] (TC), 'DeadDog' [Gary Small] (BB), 'Westy Spurs' [Peter Chester] (TC), 'Glory Hotspurs' [Darren Cubitt] (TC), 'Angeball' [Zak Payne] (WC), 'Levy la vida loca' [Anthony Zerafa] (WC), 'We are staying up' [Andrew Cosier] (BB), and 'Double-Barrelled' [Rob Walsh] (TC) all played chips.
Standings for OzSpurs NFG League after Gameweek 23:
| Rank | Chg | PW | Overall | Team | GW | Total | TT | TmVal |
| 1 | -- | 1 | 90.5k | Birdinand FC [John Heuvel] | 59 | 1497 | 18 | 104.5 |
| 2 | -- | 2 | 124k | Socceroos [Joe Gonzalez] | 56 | 1488 | 21 | 104.6 |
| 3 | -- | 3 | 146k | Ball@rat Bombers [David Guy] | 55 | 1483 | 21 | 102.9 |
| 4 | -- | 4 | 258k | Angestival [David Temby] | 65 | 1464 | 22 | 103.5 |
| 5 | -- | 5 | 413k | Magic Maddison [Chris D’silva] | 54 | 1446 | 23 | 106.2 |
| 6 | up | 7 | 418k | JT Hotspur [John Tumbridge] | 56 | 1445 | 17 | 102.8 |
| 7 | up | 8 | 441k | garythfc [Gary Fitzpatrick] | 54 | 1443 | 21 | 103.2 |
| 8 | dn | 6 | 461k | Ledley’s King’s [Josh Lorenz] | 51 | 1441 | 20 | 103.6 |
| 9 | up | 10 | 538k | Brisbane Glory [Wayne Hill] | 65 | 1435 | 34 | 107.0 |
| 10 | up | 12 | 542k | Big Ange Ball [Daniel Simmons] | 67 | 1434 | 21 | 103.2 |
Thanks, I will return next gameweek with another update.
Nathan Pieterse (Sydney OzSpurs)
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