Competition Update 29/01/2024

Roberto Di Statteo
Jan 29, 2024
4 min read

Updated: Feb 10, 2024

Scorecast

A scrollable, full table can be seen here: toontalk.uk/scorecast

Joseph Askew drops out of the top 10 as the rest of the lead-chasers close the gap on Yin Mo at the top. In other news, I'm finally back in the top 20 after 3 rounds in the relative obscurity of 21st - 23rd.

Warren Lowery and Stephen Renforth are equal top scorers for the round; David Russell plummets as several of the second 20 pick up points.

Paul Wesbroom and Dougie Gibson the highlight of "mid-table" with 9 points each.

Glenn Gregory is the third and final person to share top score credentials this round.

John Christian's 3 points see him bump up a place...

... and late new entry Danii Allan has a long way to catch up, but that's not a bad start.

Tablecast

A scrollable, full table can be found here: toontalk.uk/tablecast

Joseph Askew's fortunes quite the contrary in the Tablecast as he steps from 2nd place to 1st. Former leader Glenn Harrison drops to 8th and David Waters rockets into the top 10 for the first time since October. Michael Waters is this week's highest climber, up 38 places to 19th and cracking the top 20 for the first time since August.

Only 5 points between 26th and 49th...

PK Currie is the week's farthest faller, down 39 places to 53rd.

Christopher Mitchison and Joe Smith end up in the bottom not-quite-quarter of the league.

Fantasy League

Jonathan Adamson - if you're reading this, I can no longer see your team on Fantasy Premier League for some reason. As such, I'm going to have to put zeroes in for your score. Please let us know if you're having issues - we'll be able to correct things retrospectively.

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Toontalk Fantasy League Spreadsheet

League Divisions

Here's a link to all the tables:

Toontalk Fantasy League Division Tables

Quite a lot of movement in the Premier Division, with Chris Parvin out of the top 2 for the first time since Gameweek 3. Kim Fong is back on top again, and John Waters up to 3rd with his second win in a row... believe it or not, that's the longest winning streak in the Prem right now.

I'm up to six on the bounce in the Championship now and up to 5th, with my first Manager of the Week and Manager of the Month awards boosting my points total.

Hardly any movement in League One as Bob Douglass still tops the pile

A first defeat in 6 matters little for Ashley Birchall, who's 12 points clear atop League Two

In NL1, John Thomas' incredible winning streak comes to an end and, for the second time in a row, it's Greg Surtees who avoids defeat. He will go down as the only player John didn't beat in the league this season.

Mike Waters is out of the relegation zone for the first time this season, in NL2, after 4 wins in a row.

Joshua Lian's lead in NL3 is getting smaller...

... and Ilkka Pentillä makes it 8 in a row to lead NL4 for the fourth week in a row.

Manager of the Month

The Manager of the Month and Manager of the Week tables can be found here:

Toontalk Fantasy League Manager Awards

For January, the results are:

PREMIER LEAGUE 1. Kim Fong - 88 2. John Waters - 87 3. Daniel Bishop - 65

CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Rob Waters - 64 2. Dean Hadfield - 62 3. Ibrahim Halawi - 60 LEAGUE ONE 1. Bob Douglass - 70 2. Graham Clark - 67 3. Simon Morton - 64 LEAGUE TWO 1. Iftekar Hussain - 82

2. Peter Thompson - 78

3. Daryl Coombs - 74 NATIONAL LEAGUE ONE 1. Ross Percy - 71

2. Mark Robson - 70

3. Ciaran O'Toole - 64 NATIONAL LEAGUE TWO 1. Sam Benton - 88

2. Ben Harper - 70

3. Mike Waters - 69

NATIONAL LEAGUE THREE 1. Barry Winter - 74

2. Stuart Latimer - 65 (39)

3. Lee Girdlestone - 65 (36) NATIONAL LEAGUE FOUR 1. Ilkka Pentillä - 88 2. Shade Hartline - 87 3. PK Currie - 65

Toontalk Fantasy League Tournament

(From here on out, this reads the same as the previous update)

As for the tournament, we're underway with the Round of 16. Lee Riley certainly favourite to get past Ibrahim Halawi leading by 16 points. Greg Surtees, Peter Thompson and John Davidson have narrower advantages.

Joshua Lian and John Thomas are neck and neck in their fixture and the Battle of the Davids is also very close. Ben Harper has the largest lead going into the second leg after beating Reid Huntington by 24 points.

The second leg of the Last 16 matches will take place in GW 22, commencing 30th January. You can find all the Tournament information here:

Toontalk Fantasy League Tournament