A quick turnaround after the midweek games – no chasers required today, thanks all!

Down to the last 14 players – 5 different teams and potential for one player this week to take the pot, should results go his way. A full update can be viewed here.

		Round 6
		29-Apr to 2-May
1	Andrew Wilkinson	Brentford
2	Carl Jackson	Manchester City
3	Chris Mowles	Newcastle United
4	Damian Walsh	Leicester City
5	Graeme Tinker	Brighton
6	James Grierson	Newcastle United
7	Janet Carr	Brighton
8	Lisa Mensah	Newcastle United
9	Martin McShane	Brentford
10	Neil Taggart	Manchester City
11	Peter Carroll	Brentford
12	Robin Horsler	Newcastle United
13	Sean Woodward	Brighton
14	Stuart Davies	Brentford

TEAM	PICKS	%
Brentford	4	29%
Brighton	3	21%
Leicester City	1	7%
Manchester City	2	14%
Newcastle United	4	29%
	14	100%

Round 5 is now complete after the midweek set of games. Some casualties in this round – a full update can be viewed here: https://griolfc.sport.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2022_game4-_round5a.pdf

For the 14 players still standing, a very quick turnaround with deadline fit Round 6 at noon tomorrow (Friday 28th) – already had some picks sent through. 

ROUND 6

Saturday 29 April

Crystal Palace 12:30 West Ham

Brentford 15:00 Nott’m Forest

Brighton 15:00 Wolves

Sunday 30 April

Bournemouth 14:00 Leeds

Fulham 14:00 Man City

Man Utd 14:00 Aston Villa

Newcastle 14:00 Southampton

Liverpool 16:30 Spurs

Monday 1 May

Leicester 20:00 Everton

Tuesday 2 May

Arsenal 17:30 Chelsea

		Round 5
		25-Apr to 27-Apr
1	Allan Jones	Brighton
2	Andrew Wilkinson	Newcastle United
3	Ben Donafee	Chelsea
4	Bill Murphy	Brighton
5	Carl Jackson	Newcastle United
6	Chris Mowles	Aston Villa
7	Damian Walsh	Newcastle United
8	Gary Nelson	Chelsea
9	Gerry Doherty	Chelsea
10	Graeme Tinker	Newcastle United
11	James Grierson	Wolves
12	Janet Carr	Newcastle United
13	Jonny Trash	Chelsea
14	Lewis Donnelly	Brighton
15	Linda Beaumont	Brighton
16	Lisa Mensah	Manchester City
17	Martin McShane	Wolves
18	Melvin Pool	Chelsea
19	Michael Thomas	Brighton
20	Neil Taggart	Newcastle United
21	Paul Boddy	Brighton
22	Pauline Jackson	Brighton
23	Peter Carroll	Aston Villa
24	Phil Haigh	Brighton
25	Robin Horsler	Aston Villa
26	Ross Milton	Brighton
27	Sean Woodward	Newcastle United
28	Steve Rogers	Brighton
29	Stuart Davies	Newcastle United
30	Tracy Milton	Brighton
31	Trevor Faulkner	Brighton

TEAM	PICKS	%
Aston Villa	3	10%
Chelsea	5	16%
Brighton	12	39%
Manchester City	1	3%
Newcastle United	8	26%
Wolves	2	6%
	31	100%

A midweek round of games meant a quick turnaround of LMS rounds. Selections are below – deadline for Round 6 will be noon on Friday 28th April. A full update can be viewed here: https://griolfc.sport.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2022_game4_round5.pdf

I was bored at the weekend so started playing with some stats for this season’s games and I came up with the table of data at the foot of this mail! Unsurprisingly, it confirmed that Liverpool are the LMS jinx team! Along with City, they have been picked in in the most rounds this season (19 times) and have resulted in 10 sets of eliminations against just 9 where they progressed! Bournemouth have some interesting stats – they have only been picked twice (joint lowest with Forest) but are the only team to have a 100% progression rate. Interestingly, Bournemouth are also the team that has caused most LMS exits this season (12 times) but have also been on the receiving end of the most LMS progressions (13)!! I’ll maintain this going forward and will find a place on the website for it somewhere as I know there will be other data geeks like me that will have an interest!!

		Round 5
		25-Apr to 27-Apr
1	Allan Jones	Brighton
2	Andrew Wilkinson	Newcastle United
3	Ben Donafee	Chelsea
4	Bill Murphy	Brighton
5	Carl Jackson	Newcastle United
6	Chris Mowles	Aston Villa
7	Damian Walsh	Newcastle United
8	Gary Nelson	Chelsea
9	Gerry Doherty	Chelsea
10	Graeme Tinker	Newcastle United
11	James Grierson	Wolves
12	Janet Carr	Newcastle United
13	Jonny Trash	Chelsea
14	Lewis Donnelly	Brighton
15	Linda Beaumont	Brighton
16	Lisa Mensah	Manchester City
17	Martin McShane	Wolves
18	Melvin Pool	Chelsea
19	Michael Thomas	Brighton
20	Neil Taggart	Newcastle United
21	Paul Boddy	Brighton
22	Pauline Jackson	Brighton
23	Peter Carroll	Aston Villa
24	Phil Haigh	Brighton
25	Robin Horsler	Aston Villa
26	Ross Milton	Brighton
27	Sean Woodward	Newcastle United
28	Steve Rogers	Brighton
29	Stuart Davies	Newcastle United
30	Tracy Milton	Brighton
31	Trevor Faulkner	Brighton

TEAM	PICKS	%
Aston Villa	3	10%
Chelsea	5	16%
Brighton	12	39%
Manchester City	1	3%
Newcastle United	8	26%
Wolves	2	6%
	31	100%

TEAM	ROUNDS PICKED	SUCCESS	WON	DREW	LOST	PROGRESSED	EXITED	POOPERS	WHIPPED	WON LMS!!
Arsenal	15	73.33%	11	3	1	143	32	0	0
Aston Villa	6	33.33%	2	1	2	42	9	6	5
Bournemouth	2	100.00%	2	0	0	2	0	12	13
Brentford	10	50.00%	5	4	1	20	9	8	3
Brighton	11	54.55%	6	3	1	49	13	3	1
Chelsea	15	46.67%	7	2	5	30	42	1	1
Crystal Palace	5	40.00%	2	2	1	4	11	9	5
Everton	7	42.86%	3	2	2	4	11	7	6	1
Fulham	8	62.50%	5	3	0	22	3	6	5
Leeds United	6	33.33%	2	2	2	10	11	5	9
Leicester City	9	33.33%	3	2	4	3	15	4	8
Liverpool	19	47.37%	9	4	6	82	70	0	1
Manchester City	19	73.68%	14	3	1	166	9	0	0
Manchester United	14	64.29%	9	1	4	74	17	1	1
Newcastle United	11	45.45%	5	5	0	42	30	3	1
Nottingham Forest	2	0.00%	0	1	1	0	4	6	13
Southampton	2	50.00%	1	1	0	1	2	7	11
Tottenham	13	53.85%	7	2	4	77	21	1	1	1
West Ham	10	60.00%	6	0	4	38	10	1	6
Wolves	8	25.00%	2	2	3	3	8	5	10	1

Rounds Picked	the amount of times a team has been picked across all games and rounds
Won, Drew, Lost	self explanatory!
Progressed	amount of players that have progressed after picking the team
Exited	amount of players that have dropped outafter picking the team
Poopers	the number of times a team has knocked out an LMS pick
Whipped	the number of times a team has been beaten when up against an LMS pick

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All entries in ahead of deadline! Liverpool have possibly been the team causing most shock eliminations over the years – surely not in this round though?!

Selections detailed below – a full update can be viewed here. Good luck to the 36 players still standing!

Note that Round 5 (if you make it there) is the midweek games next week so deadline for Round 5 will be 7pm on Monday 24th April – a quick turnaround between rounds.

		Round 4
		21-Apr to 23-Apr
1	Allan Jones	Liverpool
2	Andrew Wilkinson	Liverpool
3	Ben Donafee	Liverpool
4	Bill Murphy	Liverpool
5	Carl Jackson	Liverpool
6	Chris Mowles	Liverpool
7	Damian Walsh	Liverpool
8	Ewan White	Crystal Palace
9	Gary Nelson	Liverpool
10	Gary Storer	Arsenal
11	Gerry Doherty	Liverpool
12	Graeme Tinker	Fulham
13	Jack Horsler	Crystal Palace
14	James Grierson	Liverpool
15	Janet Carr	Liverpool
16	Jonny Trash	Liverpool
17	Jono Matthews	Crystal Palace
18	Ken Nelson	Crystal Palace
19	Lewis Donnelly	Fulham
20	Linda Beaumont	Liverpool
21	Lisa Mensah	Liverpool
22	Martin McShane	Liverpool
23	Melvin Pool	Liverpool
24	Michael Thomas	Liverpool
25	Neil Taggart	Liverpool
26	Paul Boddy	Liverpool
27	Pauline Jackson	Liverpool
28	Peter Carroll	Liverpool
29	Phil Haigh	Liverpool
30	Robin Horsler	Fulham
31	Ross Milton	Liverpool
32	Sean Woodward	Liverpool
33	Steve Rogers	Leicester City
34	Stuart Davies	Liverpool
35	Tracy Milton	Liverpool
36	Trevor Faulkner	Liverpool

TEAM	PICKS	%
Arsenal	1	3%
Fulham	3	8%
Crystal Palace	4	11%
Leicester City	1	3%
Liverpool	27	75%
	36	100%

Deadline has passed for entries. Most in on time, two defaulters this week (who may have filled it by getting the most popular pick anyway!).

All selections can be viewed here. 

Round 1 completed on Monday. Full results can be viewed here.

Deadline for selections for Round 2 is noon on Friday 7th April.

Welcome to the fourth and final game of Last Man Standing this season. 93 players have entered, meaning a prize pot of £465. Eleven different teams have been picked in this opening round – four of them against each other meaning we will have at least two casualties in this opening round!

The Premier League resumes with a Saturday lunchtime game this week as Manchester City host Liverpool at the Etihad – Dave Rogers, David Mackintosh, Gisela Mowles, John Roberts and Steve Smith have picked City to win this one. In the 3pm games, league leaders Arsenal host Leeds at the Emirates – 54 players have picked the Gunners – over half of the total players! Bournemouth entertain Fulham at the Vitality stadium – Anthony Donafee has picked Bournemouth to win this one. Brighton face Brentford in the race for a European place at the Amex stadium – seven players have picked the Seagulls. Crystal Palace have their 1st game back under Woy as they welcome Leicester to Selhurst Park – Daniel McCorley has picked the Foxes. Nottingham Forest take on Wolves at the City ground in a relagation battle – Joey O’Brien has picked Forest while Tony Raybould has picked Wolves – meaning at least one of them will exit this game at the first hurdle! In the evening game, Chelsea take on Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge – eight players have picked the Londoners.
On Sunday, West Ham face their relegation rivals Southampton at the London Stadium – eleven players have picked the Hammers.
We then have to wait til Monday night for this opening round to complete as Everton welcome Tottenham to Goodison Park – Matthew Kitching and Ste Corbett have picked the Toffees while Roger Fiveways has picked Spurs, meaning someone will also exit after this game!

Good luck to everyone – well apart from the five who have picked City anyway……
Selections below – a full update can be viewed here.

Deadline for Round 2 is noon on FRIDAY 7th April.

		Round 1
		1-Apr to 3-Apr
1	Adam Dealing	Arsenal
2	Adele Ward	Brighton
3	Alfie Robinson	Chelsea
4	Allan Jones	Arsenal
5	Andrew Carter	Arsenal
6	Andrew Wilkinson	Arsenal
7	Anthony Donafee	Bournemouth
8	Becci Morton	Brighton
9	Ben Donafee	Arsenal
10	Bill Murphy	Arsenal
11	Billy Mackintosh	West Ham
12	Cameron Green	Arsenal
13	Carl Jackson	Arsenal
14	Carl Jackson Snr	West Ham
15	Chris Grierson	Arsenal
16	Chris Mowles	Arsenal
17	Craig Milton	Chelsea
18	Dan Milton	Arsenal
19	Damian Walsh	Arsenal
20	Daniel McCorley	Leicester City
21	Dave Brown	Arsenal
22	Dave Goodall	Arsenal
23	Dave Latham	Chelsea
24	Dave Nicholls	Arsenal
25	Dave Rogers	Manchester City
26	Dave Weston	Arsenal
27	David Hayhoe	Arsenal
28	David Mackintosh	Manchester City
29	Ewan White	Arsenal
30	Gary Nelson	West Ham
31	Gary Stamper	West Ham
32	Gary Storer	West Ham
33	Gemma Jackson	Brighton
34	Gerry Doherty	Arsenal
35	Gisela Mowles	Manchester City
36	Graeme Tinker	Arsenal
37	Ian O'Brien	Chelsea
38	Jack Horsler	West Ham
39	Jackie Milton	Arsenal
40	James Grierson	Arsenal
41	Janet Carr	Arsenal
42	Jason Harrison	Arsenal
43	Jenny Rothwell	Arsenal
44	Joel Wilkinson	Arsenal
45	Joey O'Brien	Nottingham Forest
46	John Lamming	Arsenal
47	John Roberts	Manchester City
48	Jonny Trash	Arsenal
49	Jono Matthews	West Ham
50	Ken Nelson	Arsenal
51	Kenny Rogers	West Ham
52	Kevin Robinson	West Ham
53	Lauren Haigh	Arsenal
54	Lee Abbott	West Ham
55	Lewis Donnelly	Arsenal
56	Linda Beaumont	Arsenal
57	Lisa Mensah	Arsenal
58	Lynn Storer	Chelsea
59	Martin Grierson	Chelsea
60	Martin McShane	Arsenal
61	Matthew Kitching	Everton
62	Melvin Pool	Arsenal
63	Michael Thomas	Arsenal
64	Neil Metcalf	Arsenal
65	Neil Taggart	Arsenal
66	Pat Boddy	Brighton
67	Paul Allman	Arsenal
68	Paul Barlow	West Ham
69	Paul Boddy	Arsenal
70	Paul Davies	Arsenal
71	Paul Giles	Arsenal
72	Paul Maiden	Chelsea
73	Pauline Jackson	Arsenal
74	Peter Carroll	Arsenal
75	Peter Carter	Chelsea
76	Phil Haigh	Arsenal
77	Ralph Dealing	Arsenal
78	Robin Horsler	Arsenal
79	Roger Fiveways	Tottenham
80	Ross Milton	Arsenal
81	Sean Woodward	Arsenal
82	Shaun Magee	Brighton
83	Ste Milton	Brighton
84	Ste Corbett	Everton
85	Ste Matthews	Arsenal
86	Ste Wilkinson	Arsenal
87	Steve Rogers	Arsenal
88	Steve Smith	Manchester City
89	Steve Watson	Brighton
90	Stuart Davies	Arsenal
91	Tony Raybould	Wolves
92	Tracy Milton	Arsenal
93	Trevor Faulkner	Arsenal

TEAM	PICKS	%
Arsenal	55	59%
Bournemouth	1	1%
Brighton	7	8%
Chelsea	8	9%
Everton	2	2%
Leicester City	1	1%
Manchester City	5	5%
Nottingham Forest	1	1%
Tottenham	1	1%
West Ham	11	12%
Wolves	1	1%
	93	100%

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Round 6 completed last weekend – leaving just two players still standing: Lauren Haigh and Trevor Faulkner.

Round 7 was meant to be played after the international break – however, both players have expressed a desire to split the £455 pot between them, so this game is now complete with Lauren and Trevor both collecting £227.50 each.

Congratulations to them both!! A final update can be viewed here.

A reminder that Game 4 will commence after the international break – on the weekend of 1st April. More details on Game 4 can be viewed here.