Neil had a stinker of a week but remains top, as most other managers also had a rough week. Neil must be particularly sore though as he transferred out a certain Micky Van de Ven as he bagged 23 points after blanking four weeks on the trot. Luis in second only gained a point as he took a four point hit on his way to 45 for the week. Andy moved up to third scoring 44 on the week as Viewtiful Spurs netted a meagre 30 points and slipped to fourth, Chris overtook Fraser to go fifth with a weekly score of 47. Top score for the week was 72 for David’s WiseOldElf, he didn’t bench Joe Rodon for his 13 point haul but he could have done as he played the Bench Boost chip and gained an extra 11 points as a result; other scorers for David were, Dorde Petrovic, Marco Senesi, Gabriel, Jurien Timber, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Santiago Bueno.

Four chips were played including David’s Bench Boost, Mark went for the Triple Captain on Antoine Semenyo and did not get what he was hoping for as he blanked, Matt and i11usiveMan both played the Free Hit for 52 and 60 points respectively. Kev was back taking hits after a week off and made 4 changes for a -12 and a net 50 point gain, Chris made two changes for a four point hit and a net 43 in addition to Luis.

Eleven teams have EFL Cup action to contend with during midweek with four all premier league ties accounting for 8 of them, so there will be fewer next round. Premier league action returns with five matches at 3pm on Saturday meaning a 13:30 deadline for those in the GMT region, Monday night sees high flying Sunderland entertaining Everton to close out the week.