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Vamos wrote:

Bigshow82 wrote:How is everyone tracking with trades? I had 7 but used 2 to get defence cover and bring Moore from Hawks into the forwards. Leaves me with 5 for the finals. Tight comp we are in.

I've traded agressively to try avoid relegation, I was out of trades by Rd17 or 18

Ouch that hurts. I've been there many times before.

2nd in points but 15th in the H2H ladder

Oh well, avoided relegation.

Round 20

Killer Wombats 2451
Blighty Teasdale 2213

Greedy Guns 2433
DREAMTEAM 2374

King Cobwebs 2234
Port For Ever 2187

Persh FC 2459
Hand Solo 2282

True North 2335
Trotters 1902

Willys Rolly 2469
Cathy's Cream 2298

Golden Fleece 2490
Hawkers 2373

Chicken Twisties 2596
The Cats 2296

Pigs Arsenal 2438
Wizard's Sleeves 2299

Crow Call 2468
Skehan's-Sauce 2353

Ladder

1 Greedy Guns 13 7 0 42910 41593 103.17 52
2 Cathy's Cream 13 7 0 42419 41496 102.22 52
3 Crow Call 13 7 0 42338 41421 102.21 52
4 Trotters 13 7 0 42136 41551 101.41 52
5 King Cobwebs 13 7 0 41297 41143 100.37 52
6 Golden Fleece 11 8 1 41969 41714 100.61 46
7 Killer Wombats 11 9 0 42097 41659 101.05 44
8 Blighty Teasdale 11 9 0 41871 41442 101.04 44

9 Wizard's Sleeves 11 9 0 41907 41565 100.82 44
10 Willys Rolly 11 9 0 41022 41412 99.06 44
11 True North 10 10 0 41105 40595 101.26 40
12 Persh FC 10 10 0 41499 42059 98.67 40
13 Pigs Arsenal 9 11 0 42422 41937 101.16 36
14 The Cats 9 11 0 41280 41694 99.01 36
15 Chicken Twisties 8 12 0 42549 42502 100.11 32
16 Hawkers 8 12 0 40821 40974 99.63 32
17 Hand Solo 7 13 0 41917 42669 98.24 28
18 Skehan's-Sauce 6 13 1 41091 42676 96.29 26
19 Port For Ever 6 14 0 40945 41827 97.89 24
20 DREAMTEAM 6 14 0 41126 42792 96.11 24


And that’s the siren! The minor round is over and Greedy Guns, a team that should have been in Division II has not surprisingly, topped the division and is the favourite for the premiership and is unbackable to get the spot back he threw away back in March. Who knows, Greeds might be back in Divvy III next year ha ha. Other teams who go into the finals looking good Crow Call who have been on a consistent run of late, Golden Fleece and Killer Wombats who qualified in fine style in the last round of the season. A couple of sides who were dominating earlier in the season are going into the finals with no form at all. Cathy’s scoring has been down while the Trotters have gone from being the best team in the competition to a straight sets candidate. The second and third highest scoring teams in the league somehow managed to miss the finals with Vamos and myself doing the headscratching but not enough wins was the simple answer we seek. Going down to Division IV are four unlucky teams, especially Hand Solo as seven wins should be enough to save your hide. I think all four who go down will make finals in Divvy IV next season, such was the quality of their play this year. Looking to the finals I reckon Greedy and Crow Call will win their promotion next week and I’m liking Blighty to upset the King and Golden Fleece to put the Wombats out in the knockout finals.

Regards,

REB

Score higher than 9 teams above me but get relegated, deadset ******* cursed at this game . Might be time to hang up the boots

JK wrote:Score higher than 9 teams above me but get relegated, deadset ******* cursed at this game . Might be time to hang up the boots

**** that kick arse in Divvy IV instead.

regards,

REB

Finals Week One

Qualifying Finals

Greedy Guns 2510
Trotters 2339

Crow Call 2573
Cathy's Cream 2514

Elimination Finals

Blighty Teasdale 2495
King Cobwebs 2325

Killer Wombats 2489
Golden Fleece 2387


Greedy Guns and Crow Call both earned promotion to Division II after solid showings in their qualifiers in the first week of the finals. Cathy’s Clown a bit unlucky to be on the losing end after posting 2500 but Trotters weren’t in the race as their scoring fell well short once again. The Wombats must love it when I write them off because every time I do it they hit back and this happened again when the Wombats lived up to their name by Fleecing the golden ones to send them packing in 2024. In the other knockout Blighty got the job done with both winners scoring well. In the semis this week four teams are playing off for the last promotion spots and I reckon Blighty should have Trotters covered fairly easily while Cathy’s Cream should hang on against the Wombats who will be happy I’ve tipped against them again. Cathy not so much.

Regards,

REB

Semi Finals

Blighty Teasdale 2391
Trotters 2230

Cathy's Cream 2514
Killer Wombats 2296

Congratulations to Cathy’s Cream who has qualified for Hogg Division II for the first time and Blighty Teasdale who returns to Division II. Promotions were earned on the back of fairly conclusive wins in this weekend’s Division III semi finals. The Trotters have been struggling for some time and even though they managed to garner a few more points this week, they didn’t have the answer to Blighty’s barrage. Cathy’s Cream has been the more consistent side of our leading ladies and she represents the female coaches in the Preliminary final after a destroyation of the Wombats who couldn’t back up their Elimination final efforts. In the Prelims I reckon Greedy Guns should be able to fix up Cathy’s Cream while the Crow Call will be too loud for Blighty.

Regards,

REB

Well, two finals wins at any footy club would be classed as a successful season and Blighty Teasdale FC is pleased with the outcome. Live scenes in my avatar.

McAlmanac wrote:Well, two finals wins at any footy club would be classed as a successful season and Blighty Teasdale FC is pleased with the outcome. Live scenes in my avatar.

You got me a week too early. Copped injuries on Sunday and I am out of trades.
Will be leaving for O/S tomorrow so I don't know when I will have access. Need some luck on the selection table.

Heads up Divvy III. The top eight will be promoted to Hogg Division II next season. Because Premier and Division I only had 16 teams, we need extra teams from lower divisions so that we can get back to our eighteen teams per league structure again next season.

regards,

REB

Preliminary Finals

Greedy Guns 2469
Cathy's Cream 2451

Crow Call 2366
Blighty Teasdale 2298

Greedy Guns always looked a likely Grand Finalist after missing the deadline and coughing up his Divvy II spot this March. Benny proved he belongs in Divvy II by topping the ladder in July and toppling his nearest rival Cathy’s Cream in August in a tightly contested Prelim Final. Cathy has had a top season this year and was bit unlucky to cop the guns as many other sides were decimated on the weekend by the SuperCoach carnage that washed across the land. In the other Prelim Crow Call got over the line in a lower scoring match which ended with Blighty getting done Woodville style in the Prelim after showing so much promise this season. Greedy Guns have been the best side for the majority of the second half of the season but Crow Call has been remarkably consistent and I don’t like tipping against them. But seeing as my tipping is rubbish that’s exactly what I’m going to do, probably to the Crows’ great relief.

Greedy Guns by 71 pts.

Regards,

REB

Dogmatic wrote:

McAlmanac wrote:Well, two finals wins at any footy club would be classed as a successful season and Blighty Teasdale FC is pleased with the outcome. Live scenes in my avatar.

You got me a week too early. Copped injuries on Sunday and I am out of trades.
Will be leaving for O/S tomorrow so I don't know when I will have access. Need some luck on the selection table.

Not to rub salt in the wounds but I have 2 trades left to use with no one from my starting team out.
All the best this week but with Day and Comben out injured for you, it looks brink.

Bigshow82 wrote:

Dogmatic wrote:

McAlmanac wrote:Well, two finals wins at any footy club would be classed as a successful season and Blighty Teasdale FC is pleased with the outcome. Live scenes in my avatar.

You got me a week too early. Copped injuries on Sunday and I am out of trades.
Will be leaving for O/S tomorrow so I don't know when I will have access. Need some luck on the selection table.

Not to rub salt in the wounds but I have 2 trades left to use with no one from my starting team out.
All the best this week but with Day and Comben out injured for you, it looks brink.

You could of given me a chance and not taken the vc loop:-)
The footy started over here at 11:40pm for yesterdays game. Todays games are on now but we have a luau to go to. Tomorrow we start a 7 day cruise so very limited access then. Well done Ben, if you still have trades you deserve to win.
Bradbury is my inspiration

Dogmatic wrote:

Bigshow82 wrote:

Dogmatic wrote:

McAlmanac wrote:Well, two finals wins at any footy club would be classed as a successful season and Blighty Teasdale FC is pleased with the outcome. Live scenes in my avatar.

You got me a week too early. Copped injuries on Sunday and I am out of trades.
Will be leaving for O/S tomorrow so I don't know when I will have access. Need some luck on the selection table.

Not to rub salt in the wounds but I have 2 trades left to use with no one from my starting team out.
All the best this week but with Day and Comben out injured for you, it looks brink.

You could of given me a chance and not taken the vc loop:-)
The footy started over here at 11:40pm for yesterdays game. Todays games are on now but we have a luau to go to. Tomorrow we start a 7 day cruise so very limited access then. Well done Ben, if you still have trades you deserve to win.
Bradbury is my inspiration

Cheers mate. Bloody Heeney a late out will give me a donut but will hopefully hang on. I think I'd be in trouble if Day and Comben played. Enjoy the holiday.

Grand Final

Greedy Guns 2618
Crow Call 2447

All over for another year Congratulations Greedy Guns Division III Premiers.

regards,

REB