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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! League C continues its streak of high scores and close matchups as Tori won her second match in a row by 3 or less in a 52-51 thriller against Aarushi! Elsewhere, Katie joined the rare 80+ point club in a wild 80-30 victory against Brylan, Travis put 3 points on the board with his 36-28 win over Morgan, and Charlotte goes back to back with yet another 50 pointer, this time defeating JohnM 50-29! Full matchups are as follows:

• Aarushi 51-52 Tori
• Travis 36-28 Morgan
• Brylan 30-80 Katie
• Charlotte 50-29 JohnM
• Emma 26-47 Jackson
• Anthony 43-24 Maddie

League Table

Weekly Matchups

Heading into gameweek 3, the league is wide open, as Tori takes the pole position as the only manager with 2/2 wins! She sits 2 points ahead of Charlotte who is on 4 due to that pesky first gameweek draw, and 66.666666666(etc)% of the league is on 3.

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 :/

• Tori: Riccardo Calafiori - 11 pts - The Italian stallion does it again and puts another assist to his name by putting the ball on Saka's right foot a couple yards from goal. And for anyone counting, yes he has more assists than assist record setter Bruno Fernandes. Calafiori 38 assist season??
• Travis: Erling Haaland - 13 pts - The Norseman finally breaks his goalless drought with a double against Crystal Palace. I didn't see either of them so I can't really comment but I'm sure we'll see him here again soon.
• Katie: Bruno Fernandes - 23 pts - This is the third time I'm writing a blurb about Bruno Fernandes's performance so all I'm gonna say is yes he scored a hat trick and got an assist and how did Ipswich capitulate so badly and which Ghanaian witch doctor did Katie hire to get these 23 points on top of 3 other double digit returns??
• Charlotte: Lewis Hall - 11 pts - A classic defensive scoreline as Hall evidently locked up the Spurs team singlehandedly with 13 defcon and all 3 bonus points (plus the clean sheet). I guess that isn't saying much though.
• Jackson: Bukayo Saka - 11 pts - Another goal this season for ~~starboy~~~~starman~~~~starunc~~the Arsenal talisman as the sole scorer away at Villa Park following a pretty nice passing move. You know what they say about Arsenal…
• Anthony: Rayan Cherki - 14 pts - Anthony :handshake: Charlotte putting up the same score 2 weeks in a row. This 43 pointer was brought to you by yet again a Cherki double. This time with goals instead of assists!

Congrats to Tori for winning August Manager of the Month! Not only a very solid 98 PF (and somehow +4 point differential) but the sole manager on 6 points!

Next week will see some great matchups, headlined by what should be a pretty evenly matched one between Jackson and Brylan! Elsewhere, Katie takes on Travis to defend her score of the week title and Anthony goes up against JohnM! Full matchups are as follows:

• Morgan (12) vs Aarushi (4)
• Maddie (11) vs Tori (1)
• Katie (3) vs Travis (7)
• JohnM (9) vs Anthony (5)
• Jackson (6) vs Brylan (7)
• Emma (10) vs Charlotte (2)

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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! (and yes, the position timeline is upside down)

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.