EYE-CATCHING!
–PREM: Like a sentient centerpiece that feels it looks better atop of the table than cast in a corner, Sporting Wicker returns to the summit (or, table top, if you will). The top four faced off–first and third, second and fourth–and there’s a new ordering within, with three and four both winning to shock the world (or the 40 or so sort of following this). Two points back, Chucky Pad and East Loop remain ready to pounce on any slipup. There’s a top three, but then 4 and 5 are just a point back, Bigo1 still killing it on overall points and Smash searching for a semblance of relevance. Vanishing sits likewise pounce-ready just three points behind that. Top 6? That would ignore FC Santa Barbara two points behind, and fellow SB baller SB Town one point behind that. Top 8? Money and GoFYS aren’t going gentle into that good night, so basically, anything can happen here. Fourth and fifth are three points from first; alternately, six points from relegation spots. Only seven survive. Don’t sleep. (Sleep is the cousin of death.)
–CHAMPIONSHIP: Everything is divided by nothing or threes. Granitza and Gene’s UR: 24. Three back, Bigger than Brolin. Three again, Reykjavik and Banana Swans. Three again, three on 15 points, Branwellington, Barkley and Goleta Hotspur cluster all intertwined and akimbo in a complicated Twister points three-way. All Star Gunners continues to have the horrible knack of coming up against the week’s highest scorer in the tier, this time Gene and his pointy herd of mytho-equine reserves. Gunners leads its Champions League tie by eight and sits seventh in the Best-ish table, but still languishes ninth in its group. One imagines results will turn right-side up sooner than later. Unless the team is cursed. Which increasingly seems a possibility. Conversely, perhaps now free from the curse of its own rough start, Corn beat Goleta, adding a much needed three points to the team’s tally, now 7.
–LEAGUE 1: The top five won, the bottom five lost. One can surmise from this that a) the distance between the top of the table and the bottom opened a bit more, if “chasm” may yet seem a bit strong, and b) the Standings didn’t change, except on overall points. Relic leads, PSV a point behind. A few back, Chester and Wijnaldum Leviosa level on points, with Mighty Fine Feeling a point behind them in the race for third (and higher). There really isn’t a chasm–StilluvQPR could have taken Wijnaldum down but for the want of 4 points. Anyhow the ever-Rangers sits in striking distance, with Yer Man also in the mix. Fourth Place Trophy nearly upset PSV, losing in a tightly contested 50-49 bout. The bottom half only have to wait a half-week to gain redemption, however.
–LEAGUE 2: Tralfamadore Zoo completely trounced Gadgnome, comfortably doubling its score. Additionally, to make matters even better for the league leader, DC LFC in second lost to Tapped Up (who now moves up to sixth in the table). Door closed, window opened: Yarbles won, bringing the Gloopy ones now within a point of second. Tralfamadore may be difficult to catch, but DC and Yarbles still have every chance at mounting a challenge, in the near term, while also dueling each other. Despite a respectable 59, Route 57 lost to the powerful Globes, who currently has fourth locked down. Mourinho-LO, Glentoran and Tapped Up hang level on 18 points, largely due to Glentoran’s head to head victory over Mourinho. Winning head to head against a team right above in the table can change everything. And three points. Weird that, how points factor into the ladder board of armchair sports mathematics so importantly.
Don’t forget to check out the Best-ish standings. It’s fun. And worth a cool $100.
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