| # | Manager | GW | Total | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Ruzic nije_bajka | 55 | 356 | ↑1 |
| 2 | Vuk Ivanovic BASEMENT | 73 | 356 | ↑2 |
| 3 | Nikola Gradinac Kouč Peña | 47 | 355 | ↓2 |
| 4 | Stefan Slavuj FK Kusama | 45 | 346 | ↓1 |
| 5 | Milovan Milosevic ASAP Proph | 45 | 326 | — |
| 6 | Simo Šormaz Pending Moderation | 35 | 289 | — |
# THIRD HALF: VECERA FPL | GW5 RECAP
Six managers went to war. The battlefield was chaos. Average of 50 points — that's not a gameweek, that's a cry for help. Someone scored 73, someone scored 35. The gap between them? 38 points. That's not a swing; that's a genre shift. Nobody broke triple figures. Only one manager failed to crack 40. Small league, enormous stakes.
VUK IVANOVIC exploded for 73 points and vaulted into second place. The man's in HOT FORM — 208 points in the last three gameweeks while the rest of the league shuffles around like a Sunday league bench. He's tied Nikola Ruzic at 356 total, but the momentum is all Vuk's. The title race just became a proper fight.
SIMO ŠORMAZ turned in a 35-point masterclass in regret. Called a Wildcard. Presumably thought it would fix things. It did not. He's been COLD FOR THREE WEEKS — just 125 points across GW3-5 while his rivals compile mountains. The diagnosis: someone's knees are knocking together as the packed fixture list arrives. You can't throw chips at bad luck and expect them to fry into gold.
It's TIED AT THE TOP. Ruzic and Ivanovic both 356 points. Zero gap. Pure theatre. Behind them it's a three-man pile-up: Gradinac (355), Slavuj (346), Milosevic (326). The top looks tight because it *is* tight. One bad week from either leader and you're looking at a new pole-sitter. This is a scrap now.
Vuk Ivanovic climbed +2 spots into second on the back of that 73-point rocket. He's the only man climbing while the rest watch their backside. Nikola Gradinac dropped -2, sliding from second to third despite scoring 47 points — which *is* exactly the league median, because of course he's dead average while the world reshapes itself around him. Cold comfort.
Simo Šormaz is 67 points adrift of fifth place. He's not just losing; he's lapping water at the deep end. The Wildcard didn't save him. Nothing's saving him this week. Meanwhile Milosevic (326), Slavuj (346), and Gradinac (355) are clustered tight at the sharp end — there's real breathing room between fourth and the abyss.
Manager of the Week: Vuk Ivanovic (73 pts) — from the basement to the penthouse in one week.
Rocket of the Week: Vuk Ivanovic — +2 climb and hot form all season.
Free Fall: Nikola Gradinac — dropped two spots despite matching the median.
Mr Average: Nikola Gradinac — 47 points, dead-centre on 46. He is the league.
# THIRD HALF: VECERA FPL GW4 RECAP
Vecera's finest delivered—but not by much. An average of 74.0 masked a league grinding through the gears: the median jumped to 80, yet the spread remained brutally unforgiving. Top score of 93 versus a basement 50 tells you everything about who's thinking chess and who's playing darts. Nobody cracked triple figures, nobody bombed spectacularly either. It's that sweet spot where form compounds and mistakes stick around like stains.
Nikola Ruzic walked in Monday morning with 93 points and the kind of smug smile that's earned. While five other managers fretted over their lineups, Ruzic was already halfway to number two on the title race—climbing two places on the back of that monster week. Hot form carries: he's accrued 258 points in his last three gameweeks. The nickname checks out: nije_bajka. Not a joke. Not this week.
Simo Šormaz limped in with 50 points and a profile that reads "Pending Moderation"—which might as well be "Pending Explanation." While the rest of Vecera scraped toward respectability, Šormaz flatlined. Cold form doesn't begin to cover it: 195 points in the last three weeks is the kind of trajectory that makes you check your own team sheet twice. The Wooden Spoon isn't won in one week. It's inherited by weeks like this.
Nikola Gradinac leads on 308—a seven-point cushion over Nikola Ruzic and Stefan Slavuj, both locked at 301. It looks comfortable until you notice Gradinac just spent his Wildcard and averaged 83 points this week—bang on the league median. Meanwhile, Ruzic's momentum is real, and Slavuj's quietly consistent. Vuk Ivanovic sits fourth on 287, Milovan Milosevic fifth on 281. This isn't a coronation. It's a scrap.
Ruzic's +2 climb to second is the story. Milosevic's -3 tumble from second to fifth tells another: he spent his Triple Captain chip this week and watched it detonate like a damp squib, dropping him six points behind Ivanovic. In a six-man league, one bad chip is a season swing.
Šormaz occupies the basement on 254, twenty-seven points clear of daylight. Milosevic's recent freefall has him fighting to avoid the ignominy. Ivanovic and Slavuj are untouchable comfort. The bottom three are separated by seven points—one decent week, one shocker, and the furniture moves.
Manager of the Week: Nikola Ruzic — 93 points, momentum intact.
Dunce of the Week: Simo Šormaz — 50 points, cold as February.
Rocket of the Week: Nikola Ruzic — climbed two. Again.
Free Fall: Milovan Milosevic — Triple Captain turned into Triple Disaster.
# THIRD HALF: VECERA FPL GW3
The Vecera faithful assembled for what promised to be a coronation. It became a knife fight. With an average of 54.8 and a median of 55.5, this was *exactly* the kind of grinding, mirthless gameweek where fortunes flip on a single differential. Nobody touched 100. Nobody crashed below 40. Everybody suffered equally. Welcome to the middle class of FPL hell.
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67 points. FK Kusama's golden boy just yeeted his way into contention with a Triple Captain masterclass. The kind of week where your chip actually *works* — and in a six-man league, that's not just an award, that's a threat. Stefan's now knocking at the door of the title race, and he did it the hard way: by making the right aggressive call when everyone else was hedging. That's not luck. That's a guy who studies tape.
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40 points. Pending Moderation, indeed. Simo's team didn't just underperform — it evaporated. While Stefan was climbing and Nikola was coasting, Šormaz cratered *two places* in a single week. The gap from Week King to Week Dunce? A staggering 27 points. That's not variance. That's a squad in freefall. In a league this tight, one bad gameweek is a month of regret.
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| Rank | Manager | Points | Gap |
|------|---------|--------|-----|
| 1 | Nikola Gradinac | 225 | — |
| 2 | Milovan Milosevic | 224 | -1 |
| 3 | Stefan Slavuj | 224 | -1 |
It's not a procession. It's a *three-way* siege. Gradinac leads by a single point — literally a save, a clean sheet, one bonus — and behind him, two wolves are closing. Milosevic used Free Hit. Slavuj used Triple Captain. Gradinac? He burned his Triple Captain *and* posted 56 points. He's the most composed man in the room while the house burns.
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Biggest Climb: Stefan Slavuj +1 (into the title picture)
Biggest Fall: Simo Šormaz -2 (plummeting toward the Wooden Spoon)
Hot Form: Nikola Gradinac — 225 pts, clinical
Cold Form: Vuk Ivanovic — 203 pts, Triple Captain and *still* limping
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It's not a race. It's a *procession backwards.* Vuk Ivanovic (203) is gasping for air in sixth, but the gap to Šormaz (204) is one point. One. The bottom four are separated by only five points across 24 gameweeks. Ruzic (208) played Wildcard. Ivanovic played Triple Captain. Neither worked.
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Mr. Average: Nikola Gradinac hit 56 pts — dead centre on the league median — and *still* leads the title. That's efficiency.
Rocket of the Week: Stefan Slavuj — from #4 to #3 in one burst.
Free Fall: Simo Šormaz — double-digit drop, single-digit gameweek.
Chip Roulette: Five Triple Captains played. One guy won.
# THIRD HALF: Vecera FPL GW2 Recap
Six managers. One point separating the throne from the chasing pack. This is what happens when you don't mess about: Vecera FPL delivered a 103.3 average that felt like it meant something — four of the six hit triple figures, nobody imploded into the 30s, and the spread was tight enough to slice a cigar. The median sat at 107.5, which is the kind of number that tells you everyone's reading the same tea leaves. Nikola Gradinac's 110 landed *bang* on the league median and somehow that's still enough to lead. Welcome to GW2, where the margins are cruel and the bracket separators are measured in single points.
Milovan Milosevic walked into GW2 like he owned it, dropped a 112-point bomb via Bench Boost, and didn't just climb — he rocketed from third to second, closing the gap to Gradinac to a single point. This is what happens when you trust your squad and spend your first chip early: clinical execution, no regrets, and now he's breathing down the leader's neck. ASAP Proph living up to the hype.
Stefan Slavuj and FK Kusama took a 87-point tumble that felt like a lift malfunction. Dropped three places in one week. Went from fourth to fourth, which sounds redundant until you realise the table rearranged itself and he went *down* in that process. No chip, no excuse, no way back until he rewires the ship.
| Rank | Manager | Points |
|------|---------|--------|
| 1 | Nikola Gradinac | 169 |
| 2 | Milovan Milosevic | 168 |
| 3 | Simo Šormaz | 164 |
| 4 | Stefan Slavuj | 157 |
| 5 | Nikola Ruzic | 153 |
It's a sprint, not a procession. One point between gold and silver. Gradinac's still holding the line, but Milosevic just tightened the rope — this will go to the wire.
Three climbed. Three fell. Milosevic's +2 sprint to second is the story; Slavuj's -3 freefall is the cautionary tale. The league's already reshuffling itself with violence. No one's running away.
Vuk Ivanovic sits sixth on 148 points, twelve back from safety. The gap between fifth and sixth is tighter than it should be — this race is still wide open, and anyone outside the top four should be worried.
Manager of the Week: Milovan Milosevic (ASAP Proph) — 112 pts. Bench Boost deployed like a surgeon's blade.
Rocket of the Week: Milovan Milosevic — climbed two to sniff the crown. Patience rewarded.
Free Fall: Stefan Slavuj — dropped three in one week. FK Kusama looking less like a squad, more like a spreadsheet error.
Mr Average: Nikola Gradinac — 110 pts dead on the median. Leading by geometry, not firepower.
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Next week: Will Milosevic steal the throne? Will Slavuj wake up? Watch this space.
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