Results Week 2
And we go from 24 to 13. Nearly half the field gone again this week. There were some major upsets this week, the biggest one being Liverpool's draw with Palace.
I was shouting from the rooftop around if Man City lose then it would be a very very short competition. I also said that picking the strong teams at the start will get you in trouble down the line. The early game on Saturday was Aston Villa versus Everton. It was Gerrard versus Lampard. Both Goliaths in their day but management is a whole different ball game.
and
had Villa and it was a very close game. I love being on Twitter during games for a type of fanzone atmosphere but I have to say I spent most of my time in the
discord channel laughing at
have a nervous breakdown when Everton started to play around the 87th minute. Thankfully Everton did not equalise which meant our three contestants above were through to the next round early.
The next game was Man City and 8 of the contestants went strong and were right to do so. City hammered Bournemouth in a type of training ground warm up so this sees the following contestants through to the next round.
Arsenal also continued their 100% start to the season with Jesus scoring 2 screamers to secure a win over Leicester. is on cloud nine right now with the special one Arteta finally getting a team together after spending more than any other team in the past 3 seasons.
is through. I never received a team from
so Arsenal were auto selected for him or her and they got through. Thems are the rules.
The surprise of the weekend was West Ham getting beat by Nottingham Forest. This one was an upset and it sees some strong contestants getting knocked out of the Last Man Standing. They say never trust a London team if it is not Spurs.
The following players were knocked out for picking West Ham
It's a bitter pill to swallow but my arch nemesis is knocked out as well so every cloud...
My master plan was indeed to win this so I can award the prize to myself but alas , I'm gonna have to save up now.
and
were also knocked out having picked Newcastle and Leeds.
selected the hotly tipped relegation candidates Manchester United. After watching them against Brighton two weeks ago and now Brentford they are on a slippery slope.
has been eliminated.
Finally
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picked Liverpool which was the final game on the Monday night. Unfortunately another upset ensued and the 3 contestants have been eliminated. You never know with Last Man Standing about how things are going to go.
Thanks for playing guys.
Fixture List Week 3
So I am now taking the picks for week 3 from the 13 people who got through. I shall call the remaining "The 13." Below is the fixture list. It will start to get harder for you all this week unless you are and
who have chosen smaller teams to this point. Playing a blinder lads. Please see below the fixture list for week 3. I will be taking selections up until Friday night.
If you do not come back to me by then the first team that the contestant has not selected yet will be selected in alphabetical order
Some nice easy ones there in fairness. Still all to play for here in Last Man Standing. With half the field depleted yet again we go again next week. Well done and best of luck in week 3.