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Hello everyone and welcome to gameweek 3! Waivers this week still due on Thursday at 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET! And just a heads up, all of the newly transferred in players are now available on waivers since the transfer window just closed! This week had mostly not super close matchups, other than the one between me and Zach that ended at 47-45 and saw me bring home my first win of the season! Elsewhere, Coop picked up his 2nd win from 2 with a 40-28 victory against Kevin and Darryan put up a (joint) week high of 51 to defeat John's 43 pointer! Full matchups are as follows:

• Zach 45-47 Matthew
• Chris 33-45 Luke
• Coop 40-28 Kevin
• Darryan 51-43 John
• Dylan 44-31 Jesse
• Alex 38-51 MatthewR

League Table

Weekly Matchups

And heading into week 3, Luke takes the top spot on PF over Coop! The two are the only ones on a perfect 6 points earned, followed by a slew of managers on 3 points, including a tie for 5th and a three way tie for 8th! John and Alex are the only managers ~~~to remain winless~~who care about their waiver position.

And onto the Game Changers for the week! Might be a little sparse because for some reason middle of nowhere Oregon doesn't have cell service :/

• Matthew: Phil Foden - 9 pts - Despite missing who even knows how many chances to score, my faith in Philip was rewarded with 2 assists that I didn't even get to see. Instead I turned it off after seeing him sky a probably 0.5xG chance.
• Luke: Pascal Groß - 13 pts - The old man does it again with a goal and assist against a Chelsea team that seems to just refuse to play defense. Too bad for Brighton their best defender is probably the 36 year old who scored a goal in the 96th minute.
• Coop: Joao Pedro - 9 pts - Really an interesting stat line for JP this week as he just can't stop scoring, notching 1 for Chelsea, 1 for Brighton, and another assist for Chelsea.
• Darryan: Bruno Fernandes - 23 pts - Ipswich held strong for approximately 56 minutes, when 'arry ruined all the good vibes by handling the ball and then shooting it off Greaves to make it an own goal and thus cancel out the handball. So I guess we know what's in that big head of his. Anyway Bruno scored a hat trick and got an assist.
• Dylan: James Tarkowski - 12 pts - Dunno what happened here but he scored a goal and got an assist which sounds just about right for good ol' Tarky.
• MatthewR: Rayan Cherki - 14 pts - Yeah, sounds like Cherki's getting benched next week. Maresca's got his guy and can finally start that pos Enzo instead of the French KdB.

Congrats to Luke for winning August Manager of the Month! He takes the top spot by 16 PF over Coop!

Next week will see some great matchups, headlined by what should be a good one between Luke and MatthewR! Elsewhere, John looks to pick up his first League A points against fellow promotee Chris, Coop looks to keep the run going against Jesse, and Dylan faces off against Darryan! Full matchups are as follows:

• Matthew (8) vs Alex (12)
• Luke (1) vs MatthewR (3)
• Kevin (7) vs Zach (4)
• John (11) vs Chris (5)
• Jesse (8) vs Coop (2)
• Dylan (8) vs Darryan (5)

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Stats

Copium Tables

Performance Table

Luck Table

xP Table (manager vs average)

All Manager Table

Statistical Breakdowns

Gameweek Breakdown

Manager Breakdown

Timelines

FINALLY some lines to share!

Position Timeline

Points Timeline

Points For Timeline

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The League of Champions

Welcome to gameweek 3 of the League of Champions! Some crazy matchups yet again this week, headlined by the narrow 52-50 Gavin win against Charlotte! Elsewhere, Kim defeated Zach by the same margin at 47-45, Jesse picked up his 2nd win of the group stage in a 31-30 victory against Brylan, Darryan won a close one against 51-47 over Delaney to get himself on the board, and MatthewR's solid 51 pointer was good for -29 PD against Katie's 80 pointer. Full results are as follows:

• John 43-60 Amber
• Kevin 28-59 ChrisB
• Zach 45-47 Kim
• Darryan 51-47 Delaney
• Alex 38-24 Morgs
• Luke 45-39 Mack
• Matthew 47-43 Anthony
• Dylan 44-51 Aarushi
• Coop 40-26 Emma
• MatthewR 51-80 Katie
• Chris 33-28 Morgan
• Jesse 31-30 Brylan
• Scott 41-29 JohnM
• Andrew 28-47 Jackson
• Gavin 52-50 Charlotte
• Cole 30-52 Tori
• ZachA 44-24 Maddie
• Angus 31-36 Travis

And over on the table, Gavin takes his rightful place on top at 115 PF! He is joined by 7 other managers on 6 points, with Aarushi and Scott at 100+ PF! We're just 1/3 of the way through the group stage so we'll get into the nitty gritty a little more further down the line! Anyway, looking ahead to next week's matchups we'll see a huge one at the top as Tori looks to pull off the upset against Gavin! Elsewhere, I take on Aarushi's in-form team, Zach goes up against Delaney in what should be a good one, Luke faces off against Amber, and Jesse and Anthony both look to pick up a win to get their foot into the top 8 (or keep it there in Jesse's case). Full matchups are as follows:

• John vs ChrisB
• Kevin vs Kim
• Zach vs Delaney
• Darryan vs Morgs
• Alex vs Mack
• Luke vs Amber
• Matthew vs Aarushi
• Dylan vs Emma
• Coop vs Katie
• MatthewR vs Morgan
• Chris vs Brylan
• Jesse vs Anthony
• Scott vs Jackson
• Andrew vs Charlotte
• Gavin vs Tori
• Cole vs Maddie
• ZachA vs Travis
• Angus vs JohnM

League of Champions - Group Stage Table

League of Champions - Group Stage Matchups

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Power Rankings

On the bubble (in no order): Scott, Coop, MatthewR, Delaney, Anthony Fell off: Anthony

10 - Tori (NEW) - League C - Last 2: 46 (W), 52 (W) - A pair of wins and solid scores from our League C #1 see her take a spot on this list with quite the point spread this week. Only one double digit coming from Calafiori and a whole lotta 4s and 5s. Hill and Truffert mirrored one another with 4 pointers, Rice and Rogers both had 5, and Roefs and Ballard picked up their assists (and Ballard got his weekly 10 defensive contributions). And yet, maybe the most interesting bit about Tori's team this week is that she didn't have a single 0 or 1 pointer. I'm honestly not sure the last time I've seen that.

9 - Chris (-4) - League A - Last 2: 54 (W), 33 (L) - Kinda a rough one for Chris as his highest score came from 7 whole points from Benjamin White. Hume also kept a clean sheet for what it's worth. Hey and the best to ever do it Harry Maguire used that big brain of his to turn what would've been a handball into an Ipswich own goal so I'd say things are looking preeeetty good for Chris going forward. Anyway, surely Brobbey will get it going soon and Hinshelwood finds some magic injury spray somewhere.

8 - Luke (+1) - League A - Last 2: 53 (W), 45 (W) - Despite trying to trade his entire team away, Luke's last couple of weeks look eerily similar to Tori's, but with none of the same players. His score this week came from his triplet of defcon beasts: Ndiaye, Mykolenko, and Wirtz? Oh wait that's an assist and yellow my bad. His high scorer this week was Gross (of course) backed up by a couple of goals from Wissa and Cold Palmer. Plus, maybe if he didn't trust Spurs players so much he'd have another 10 points this week.

7 - Kim (-1) - League B - Last 2: 38 (L), 47 (L) - A tough matchup this week for Kim as Haaland's brace just wasn't enough to save her from triple double digit returns on the other side of the field. Anyway, 47 is still pretty solid as Haaland was joined by Foden's double assist, Thiaw picked up a clean sheet, and Xhaka somehow got 6 points from a clean sheet and 3 bonus, in a 1-0 game. Huh. Despite the couple of losses, Oli McBurnie cannot be stopped so I expect to see a long line of (W) from here on out.

6 - Charlotte (+1) - League C - Last 2: 50 (D), 50 (W) - The bastion of consistency herself with back to back 50 pointers, this time including 10 from Schade's goal, 11 from Mbeumo and Lewis Hall, and not much else going on. But hey, 50 points is 50 points, and Igor Jesus has just passed 1 xG and is still at 0 goals which means he is guaranteed a goal next week. That's what that means, right?

5 - Katie (+3) - League C - Last 2: 30 (L), 80 (W) - She had me doubting myself after seeing the GW1 30 pointer after I put her in this slot after the draft, but boy was I vindicated this week as she puts up what could certainly be a season-high 80 pointer (based on last season). And surprise surprise, 23 of those points came from Bruno Fernandes. Add in the Scott and Tarkowski 12 pointers, MGW's 13, and Isidor and Evanilson going full Power Rangers and hyphenating into one Gibbs-White and you've got quite the squad. Plus, 3 of her players didn't even start, and if she trusted Hull City a little bit more than Liverpool, it could've been a 90. And then we're getting into Matthew season 2 territory.

4 - Andrew (-3) - League B - Last 2: 53 (L), 28 (L) - What goes up comes back down as Tavernier/Dango/Aaronson/Lacroix/Canvot/Kerkez/Verbruggen tried their hardest and combined for an impressive 5 points. Which just so happens to be the same amount as Rogers and also Evanilson. Does that mean Evanilson is worth the same as all of those players? Probably. If only Joao Pedro had scored a hat trick of own goals instead of just 1 and he would've been worth 1 Evanilson as well. There's always next week.

3 - Zach (-1) - League A - Last 2: 47 (W), 45 (L) - Unfortunately for Zach he came up against the unstoppable force that is my team this week, but I'm sure he'll bounce back considering he's got the best goalscorer in the league and Haaland. Jokes aside still a solid score this week from a slew of defensive contributions from Rice/Stach/Hill and one of these days a Sesko substitution is going to pay dividends like it was doing last season.

2 - Aarushi (+1) - League C - Last 2: 55 (W), 51 (L) - One of the few (as in, 1 of 3) managers with 2 50+ weeks to their name, Aarushi got hit by the Tori truck this week and lost by a single heartbreaking point. Other than Gross's 13 pointer, this 51 pointer was built from a whole lot of 4s, a 6, and an 8, as Wissa and Raya held up their ends of the bargain with a goal and a clean sheet, respectively, and Ndiaye, Sangare, Muharemovic, and Maguire did their part by hitting the defcon threshold. Wait, Maguire got an assist and that's how he ended up with 4? Am I allowed to make the same joke twice?

1 - Gavin (+3) - League B - Last 2: 63 (W), 52 (W) - The preseason odds for League B promotion seemed to be just about right on the money as Gavin continues his hot start with 2/2 wins and 2/2 weeks above 50 as Cherki found out goals are worth more than assists, Tarkowski remembered he can head the ball goalwards (I'm assuming he scored a header, I didn't see the game), and Isak scored a goal! Hooray for Isak owners, we're so back! Anyway, Gavin does have the Ndiaye -> Manchester City situation to figure out and if Tzolis 45' 0 pointers become a consistent thing he may have to drop 1 of the 3 stashed players he has. Or not, he's got Rayan Cherki and Wesley Fofana. He's good.