XTPL Gameweek 8

[Ghost World]

Mutu v Quetzalcoatl
The bottom two go head to head in Gameweek 8, with only one point between them. Mutu suffered a narrow 1-0 loss in another "battle at the bottom" last week. Quetzalcoatl's first win of the season was followed by a high-scoring draw at home to Sweet Daddy Dee. As his star players come back to fitness, he'll be looking to make the most of a fixture that finished 3-4 last time around.


Ghost World v Sweet Daddy Dee
Ghost World became the seventh victim of the undefeated league leader last week, while Sweet Daddy Dee will be pleased with the point he earned. Ghost World took all three points last year, winning with the odd goal in 7.


mutu1875 v The Green One
mutu1875 was on the losing side in one of last gameweek's two nine-goal thrillers and that leaves him in the bottom half of the team. The Green One's win over Mutu last time out sees him sitting in 9th place, and he'll have fond memories of last season's 2-1 win in this very fixture.


Jibril v JD
This may have looked like a David vs. Goliath encounter on paper, until Jibril recorded a shock win away from home against The Judge last week. He scored five goals in the process, but he'll be concerned that they didn't come from his £175m sky blue strikeforce. Jibril's win, combined with JD's narrow victory over Ghost World, opens up a six point gap at the top of the table. With nobody else showing the consistency to challenge him, JD might be starting to run away with the title.


SM Online v Hunter Lionheart
Both sides were victorious last time out, though Hunter made tougher work of it. SMO will look to replicate last season's 3-1 win over the visitors, and he may be able to add Robinho to his attacking options. Hunter sits third in the table on goal difference, one point ahead of this weekend's hosts. Though he's conceded the same number of goals as SMO (19), he's scored 7 more and he'll be hoping that figure continues to rise.


Est1975 v The Judge
A 2-0 defeat at the hands of SMO stretches Est1975's run of games without a win to five. He'll expect his players to start delivering on the pitch as he looks to put some distance between himself and the foot of the table. The Judge's second consecutive loss has put a dent in his title challenge, though he remains second in the table. With four teams poised to try and usurp him, he'll need to reassert himself as a genuine contender without in-form forward Robin Van Persie.

[Mutu]

Will these fixtures be live?

[Ghost World]

I'm waiting for confirmation on that.

[The Green One]

You're right, I do remember my 2-1 victory last year fondly.

[mutu1875]

I think Anelka got a brace in both the games against me last year. Probably gonna happen again with Chelsea at home to bloody Wolves.

[mutu1875]

----------------VDS-------------------

Ilunga----Carvalho--Evans---Collins

---------Ballack---Ramsey---------
A. Young----------------Etherington

---------Defoe----Di Santo--------

Foster
Jacobsen
Cahill
Collison
Nani
Dindane

[The Green One]

---------------Schwarzer
Neville------Turner-----Ridgwell----Robinson
-----Ireland--Delap--Huddlestone
------Jimenez-----------Malouda
--------------Anelka

Subs: Hart, Rafael, O'Brien, De Jong, Zhirkov, Klasnic.

[Quetzalcoatl]

F*cking Lampard injured.

[The Sig]

GK: Jaaskelainen
CB: Yobo, Dunne, Bassong
FB: Chimbonda
CM: Noble, Jenas
AM: Dempsey, SWP, Osman
ST: Benitez

Subs:
GK: Kirkland
CB: A. Ferdinand
FB: Zabaleta
CM: Kompany
AM: M. Petrov
ST: Doyle

[JD]

My internet is fcuked so im doing this from my phone. team: reina, brown, rio, terry, r.johnson, andersonsonson, prince boateng, taylor, diamanti, bent, a.johnson. bench: jensen, heitinga, ben haim, parker, tuncay, saha.

[Ghost World]

---------------------CECH---------------------
EVRA---VIDIC---VERMAELEN---WARNOCK
------------THOMAS---BULLARD------------
VALENCIA-----------LEE------------GIGGS
---------------AGBONLAHOR---------------

GK: Myhill
CB: Hughes
FB: Richards
CM: Fellaini
AM: Nasri
ST: Fuller

[Quetzalcoatl]

Half of mydamn team is 'doubtful'.

------------Almunia--------------
Ivanovic---Toure---King---Faye--
------Dunn--Aquilani--Diaby-----
-------------Gerrard-------------
------Rooney----Eduardo--------

Fabianski
Aurelio
Davies
Carrick
Obertan
McCarthy

Edited at 14:51

[Ghost World]

You've got Carrick in your team and on your bench.

[The Judge]

I'm in the same boat as Quetz........Gordon (broken arm), O'shea (out), Clichy (out), Denilson (out), Benayoun (doubtful), RVP (out), Keane (gutted), Heskey (guff).

[The Judge]

Subject to change:

- Fulop -

-Bridge - Kyriagos - Shawcross - Upson -

- Petrov - Fletcher -

- Larsson - Hunt -

- Keane - Carew -

Gordon
Clichy
Distin
Scharner
Rosicky
Heskey

[Mutu]

--------------Green--------------

Faubert-----Carragher-----Hangeland----Collins

--------Barry--------Song---------------

--Krancjar----------------------Joe Cole------

--------C. Cole-----Yakubu------------

subs: sorenson, higginbotham (), da costa, palacios, Duff, Franco

[SM Online]

No Torres, no hope.

Gomes

Agger - Tomkins - Zayatte - Insua

Mascherano - Cana - Ferguson

Robinho - Kuyt

Beattie

James; Bramble; Melchiott; Lucas; Riera; Elmander

[The Green One]

Lafad is yet to send his team into me, has he sent it to you GW?

[Hunter Lionheart]

I cracked my laptop screen, so I'm struggling for internet too.
Tough week...

Robinson
Bosingwa, Woodgate, Lescott, Baines
Fabregas, Cohen
Arshavin, Lennon
Bellamy, Davies.

Howard, Skrtel, Mears, Sidwell, N'Zogbia, Rodallega

[Jibril]

Just got in after a wild night, and was about to hit the bed until I remembered this.

Friedel

Johnson - Samba - Nelsen - Assou Ekotto

Cahill - Rodwell - O'Hara - Kightly

Adebayor - Tevez

Bench: Smith, Whelan, Givet, Jones, Kalou