Carrick to Calgary

Apologies for the slight delay in posts from me - I've been a bit busy lately with work and assignments for my Masters in Medical Education classes. But now I'm back again, with some great news - my Fantasy Football Team Athletica Athbasca has been doing well in recent weeks and this week has risen to the dizzying heights of equal third in a league of 36 teams. The Athletica is the team that rose from the ashes of last year's Rocky Mountain Rovers, the Team That Was Bound For Cup Glory. We're on 515 points, 24 points from the top spot (Shorn of Wright-Phillips is at #1 on 539, and Soft in the Middle is #2 on 525, while Monaghan United and I are tied on 515 points).

Chalkie's All-Stars (Sambo) are 11th on 468 points, The Bow Valley Wanderers (P) are 15th on 455, The Head Smashed in Buffaloes (RoyBoy) are 20th on 428 and Milebush United (Robbo) are bringing up the rear on 383.

Athletica Athabasca is doing well for a number of reasons:

1. The defence has started to work together. Danny Mills has garnered 35 points, Liam Ridgewell is on 21 and even Jamie Clapham is doing well on 10, while the centre of the defence is John Terry (a stellar 89 pts).

2. Chelsea's Frank Lampard is just a star - 131 points so far this season, and the sky's the limit - keep going, big man!

3. Liverpool's Steven Gerrard is performing consistently well in midfield, 85 points to date.

4. The two new arrivals in midfield, Wigan's Bullard and West Ham's Benayoun are scoring well, 24 and 16 respectively.

5. Henry's back off the injury bench and scoring for the Gunners, 88 points now and more to come!

And we have the best midfield in the league, and are 20+ points clear of our nearest midfield rival at present.

So here's to the rest of the season, the only way is UP!

J