WXV Round 9: Challenges for Royals, Islanders, Wolves, Revolution

[Purple 77]

I've actually had an OK week aside from Dixon playing the Hawks and Fletcher being subbed out  :(

[kilbluff1985]

fires myself from making captain decisions

McGlynn over Dangerfield facepalm

[Purple 77]

Mundy v Fyfe its on.

Looking like the only thing I can say about the match but...

Fyfe wrecked him :P

[Holz]

Mundy v Fyfe its on.

Looking like the only thing I can say about the match but...

Fyfe wrecked him :P

110 from my captains im pretty happy with that.

[roo boys!]

New York
D: Shaw (216), Kolodjashnij (43), Gibson (119), Duffield (65)
M: Montagna (CC), Johnson, Macrae (94), Wellingham
R: Pyke (102)
F: Tippet (72), Bennell (75), JJK, Cloke
I: Adcock, Waite

= 786/8 (one CC)

Toronto
D: Shaw (103), MacMillan, Kelly, Butler
M: Pendlebury (C), Griffen (59), Smith (104), Cunnington
R: Hickey
F: Henderson (41), Pavlich (72), Crisp, Ziebell
I: Robinson, Swallow

= 379/5

So a big sunday coming up with 17 players to come

Montagna x1.5, Adcock, Waite, Cloke, JJK, Stevie J, Wellingham + 407 + HGA

vs

Pendles x2, Hickey, Robinson, MacMillan, Ziebell, Crisp, Swallow, Cunnington, Kelly, Butler


So NY currently in the box seat but with so many players and captains to come its too early to call it either way I feel.

[Jukes]

Pretty unlucky that you played Pyke in a ton-and-a-million-hitouts-week rather than a 20-hitouts-for-22-sc week :P

Keep calm and believe in your hack of a captain tho haha

Can't say I'm happy that Griff is a spud, seeing as the guy we traded him for hasn't played a game yet :X and you spuds negged the original deal because I was winning it too much, riiiiight. We want next year's pick 32 as compo!

[roo boys!]

Pretty unlucky that you played Pyke in a ton-and-a-million-hitouts-week rather than a 20-hitouts-for-22-sc week :P

Keep calm and believe in your hack of a captain tho haha

Can't say I'm happy that Griff is a spud, seeing as the guy we traded him for hasn't played a game yet :X and you spuds negged the original deal because I was winning it too much, riiiiight. We want next year's pick 32 as compo!

Yeah exactly no Toronto game is over either way until Pendles has played. And it seems every time the Pies play against North Pendles always kills the Roos, so I decided to do a little research...his last 6 games against North read as follows

128, 157, 160, 86, 160, 162

at an average of 142  8)

Don't get me started on Griffen, would have to be one of the most frustrating players in the game at the moment  >:(

[Purple 77]

After Saturday:

	Cairo Sands					Buenos Aires Armadillos
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Jeremy McGovern	0			D1	Easton Wood	101	1	101
D2	Nick Smith	87	1	87	D2	Shaun Atley	0
D3	Jeremy Laidler	72	1	72	D3	Tyson Goldsack	0
D4	Sam Rowe	53	1	53	D4	Troy Chaplin	43	1	43
M1	Dayne Beams	0	VC	0	M1	Mitch Wallis	153	C	306
M2	Luke Dunstan	0			M2	Bradley Hill	117	1	117
M3	Karl Amon	64	1	64	M3	Angus Brayshaw	107	1	107
M4	Travis Colyer	94	1	94	M4	Shane Biggs	20	DNP	0
R1	Shane Mumford	66	C	132	R1	Jake Melksham	78	1	78
F1	Luke Breust	80	1	80	F1	Taylor Adams	0
F2	Paul Puopolo	108	1	108	F2	Jay Schulz	115	1	115
F3	Ben Brown	0			F3	Lindsay Thomas	0
F4	Jack Lonie	0			F4	Jason Tutt	45	1	45
U1	Jake Batchelor	55	1	55	U1	Matt Crouch	77	VC	77
U2	Ben Stratton	67	1	67	U2	Jordan de Goey	0
E1	Fletcher Roberts	44			E1	Chris Newman	0
E2	Sam Dwyer	0			E2	Nicholas Graham	62
E3	Alex Woodward	0			E3	Jake Neade	0
			Total	812				Total	989

	Cape Town Cobras					Tokyo Samurai
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Shaun Higgins	0			D1	Shaun Burgoyne	74	1	74
D2	Jasper Pittard	61	1	61	D2	Jason Johannisen	101	1	101
D3	Andrejs Everitt	100	1	100	D3	Garrick Ibbotson	88	1	88
D4	Nick Haynes	63	R	70	D4	Jared Rivers	0
M1	Josh P Kennedy	73	VC	73	M1	Anthony Miles	65	1	65
M2	Trent Cotchin	136	1	136	M2	Luke Parker	59	C	118
M3	Scott Selwood	0			M3	Kieran Jack	119	1	119
M4	Edward Curnow	85	1	85	M4	Andrew Carrazzo	96	1	96
R1	Stefan Martin	0	C	0	R1	Scott Lycett	0
F1	Cameron McCarthy	19	1	19	F1	Luke Dahlhaus	125	VC	125
F2	Tom Hawkins	0			F2	Steven Motlop	0
F3	Jeremy Cameron	58	1	58	F3	Nick Suban	89	1	89
F4	Adam Cooney	45	1	45	F4	Jamie Cripps	0
U1	Mark Blicavs	0			U1	Chris Yarran	34	1	34
U2	Sam B Reid	61	1	61	U2	Harry Cunningham	76	R	84
E1	Billy Longer	0			E1	Adam Kennedy	25
E2	Will Schofield	0			E2	Martin Gleeson	13
E3	Darcy Lang	0			E3	Jake Carlisle	63
			Total	708				Total	993

	Dublin Destroyers					Berlin Brewers
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Lachlan Hansen	0	R	0	D1	Dustin Fletcher	49	1	49
D2	Alex Rance	88	1	88	D2	Michael Hibberd	78	1	78
D3	Tom McDonald	67	1	67	D3	Colin Garland	85	1	85
D4	Robert Murphy	102	1	102	D4	Jack Grimes	65	1	65
M1	Joel Selwood	0			M1	Nat Fyfe	158	C	316
M2	Jobe Watson	72	1	72	M2	Jack Steven	0	VC	0
M3	Travis Boak	122	CC	183	M3	Adam Treloar	96	R	106
M4	David Mundy	102	CC	153	M4	Daniel Cross	95	1	95
R1	Todd Goldstein	0			R1	Jake Spencer	102	1	102
F1	Dustin Martin	108	1	108	F1	Charlie Dixon	27	1	27
F2	Jarryd Roughead	52	1	52	F2	Dale Thomas	69	1	69
F3	Jack Gunston	113	1	113	F3	Drew Petrie	0
F4	Lance Franklin	149	1	149	F4	Lewis Jetta	108	1	108
U1	Scott Thompson	89	1	89	U1	Marco Paparone	0
U2	Michael Walters	94	1	94	U2	Jarryn Geary	0
E1	Josh Bruce	0			E1	Jordan Murdoch	0
E2	Nathan van Berlo	79			E2	Jack Watts	50
E3	Andrew Boston	71			E3	Kyle Cheney	94
			Total	1270				Total	1100

	Mexico City Suns					Rio de Janeiro Jaguars
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	89	1	89	D1	Bachar Houli	85	1	85
D2	Shannon Hurn	0			D2	Andrew Mackie	0
D3	Michael Johnson	70	1	70	D3	Andrew Walker	72	1	72
D4	Adam Oxley	0			D4	Ryan Harwood	0
M1	Steele Sidebottom	0	C	0	M1	Stephen Hill	85	1	85
M2	Tom Rockliff	0			M2	Bernie Vince	84	1	84
M3	Jordan Lewis	0	DNP	0	M3	Patrick Cripps	91	1	91
M4	Bradley Ebert	134	1	134	M4	Matthew Wright	74	1	74
R1	Ivan Maric	112	1	112	R1	Sam Jacobs	63	CC	95
F1	Brett Deledio	134	1	134	F1	Taylor Walker	66	1	66
F2	Brendon Goddard	122	1	122	F2	Jack Riewoldt	81	CC	121.5
F3	Brent Harvey	0			F3	Adam Schneider	0
F4	Nick Riewoldt	0			F4	Paul Chapman	58	1	58
U1	Shaun Grigg	89	1	89	U1	Robbie Tarrant	0
U2	Cameron Ellis-Yolmen	103	R	114	U2	David Hale	82	1	82
E1	Allen Christensen	0			E1	Lewis Taylor	0
E2	Daniel Robinson	83			E2	Mitch Clark	0
E3	Matthew Broadbent	96			E3	Shane Kersten	0
			Total	864				Total	914

	Moscow Spetsnaz					Beijing Thunder
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Paul Seedsman	0			D1	Harry Taylor	0
D2	Lynden Dunn	94	1	94	D2	Cale Hooker	70	1	70
D3	Nick Vlastuin	62	1	62	D3	Jackson Thurlow	0
D4	Sam Docherty	91	1	91	D4	Daniel Howe	25	DNP	0
M1	Dyson Heppell	106	CC	159	M1	Oliver Wines	123	CC	185
M2	Callan Ward	82	1	82	M2	Lachie Neale	67	CC	100.5
M3	David Armitage	0			M3	Josh Caddy	0
M4	Ryan Bastinac	0			M4	Touk Miller	63	1	63
R1	Nic Naitanui	0			R1	Brodie Grundy	0
F1	Robbie Gray	136	CC	204	F1	Eddie Betts	57	1	57
F2	Jesse Hogan	90	1	90	F2	Tom Bell	81	1	81
F3	Joe Daniher	49	1	49	F3	Danny Stanley	56	1	56
F4	Angus Monfries	111	1	111	F4	James Stewart	73	1	73
U1	Clancee Pearce	69	1	69	U1	Liam Shiels	124	1	124
U2	Jack Hombsch	74	1	74	U2	Cameron Wood	79	1	79
E1	Jack Sinclair	0			E1	Maverick Weller	0
E2	Josh Jenkins	66			E2	Cameron Shenton	0
E3	Luke McDonald	0			E3	Sam Gray	70
			Total	1085				Total	889

[Purple 77]

	New York Revolution					Toronto Wolves
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Heath Shaw	144	CC	216	D1	James Kelly	0
D2	Josh Gibson	119	1	119	D2	Sam Butler	0
D3	Paul Duffield	65	1	65	D3	Jamie MacMillan	0
D4	Kade Kolodjashnij	43	1	43	D4	Rhyce Shaw	103	1	103
M1	Leigh Montagna	0	CC	0	M1	Scott Pendlebury	0	C	0
M2	Steve Johnson	0			M2	Ryan Griffen	59	VC	59
M3	Jackson Macrae	94	1	94	M3	Ben Cunnington	0
M4	Sharrod Wellingham	0			M4	Isaac Smith	104	1	104
R1	Mike Pyke	102	1	102	R1	Tom Hickey	0
F1	Kurt Tippett	72	1	72	F1	Jack Ziebell	0
F2	Travis Cloke	0			F2	Jack Crisp	0
F3	Josh J Kennedy	0			F3	Matthew Pavlich	72	1	72
F4	Harley Bennell	75	1	75	F4	Lachlan Henderson	41	1	41
U1	Heath Grundy	0			U1	Mitch Robinson	0
U2	Jed Adcock	0			U2	Andrew Swallow	0
E1	Jarrad Waite	0			E1	Cameron Pedersen	88
E2	Alex Sexton	44			E2	Alan Toovey	0
E3	Matthew White	78			E3	Henry Schade	36
			Total	786				Total	379

	Pacific Islanders					Christchurch Saints
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Michael Hurley	81	1	81	D1	Sean Dempster	0
D2	Jeremy Howe	25	1	25	D2	Dylan Roberton	0
D3	Rory Laird	131	1	131	D3	Matthew Buntine	52	1	52
D4	Tomas Bugg	36	1	36	D4	Liam Picken	110	1	110
M1	Michael Barlow	87	C	174	M1	Matthew Boyd	128	VC	128
M2	Michael Rischitelli	68	1	68	M2	Sam Mitchell	106	C	212
M3	Cameron Guthrie	0			M3	Hamish Hartlett	105	1	105
M4	Ben Howlett	82	1	82	M4	Aaron Vandenberg	74	1	74
R1	Matthew Leuenberger	0	R	0	R1	Will Minson	89	1	89
F1	Marcus Bontempelli	83	VC	83	F1	Dayne Zorko	0
F2	Tom Mitchell	97	1	97	F2	Jamie Elliott	0
F3	Devon Smith	53	1	53	F3	Tory Dickson	94	1	94
F4	Jack Martin	5	DNP	0	F4	Jeff Garlett	61	R	68
U1	Jarryd Blair	0			U1	Aaron Sandilands	91	1	91
U2	Sam Gibson	0			U2	Luke Shuey	0
E1	Alex Fasolo	0			E1	Ryan Lester	0
E2	Mitchell Grigg	76			E2	Jake Stringer	0
E3	Jarrod Witts	0			E3	Joel Patfull	40
			Total	830				Total	1023

	PNL Reindeers					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Luke Hodge	130	1	130	D1	Simon White	37	1	37
D2	Corey Enright	0			D2	Jimmy Webster	0
D3	Jarrod Harbrow	45	1	45	D3	Daniel Talia	45	1	45
D4	Marley Williams	0			D4	Jarman Impey	53	1	53
M1	Dylan Shiel	93	VC	93	M1	Stephen Coniglio	82	C	164
M2	Matt Priddis	0	C	0	M2	Andrew Gaff	0	VC	0
M3	Nathan Jones	71	1	71	M3	Chris Masten	0
M4	Daniel Rich	0			M4	Nicholas Robertson	0
R1	Matthew Lobbe	83	1	83	R1	Tom Nicholls	107	1	107
F1	Dane Swan	0			F1	Zachary Clarke	26	1	26
F2	Chad Wingard	85	1	85	F2	Ben Griffiths	80	1	80
F3	Zachary Merrett	96	R	105.6	F3	Koby Stevens	81	1	81
F4	Jack Billings	0			F4	Jesse White	0
U1	Justin Westhoff	110	1	110	U1	Keegan Brooksby	58	1	58
U2	Mitch Hallahan	109	1	109	U2	Rohan Bail	27	1	27
E1	Tom T Lynch	88			E1	Jarrad Grant	65
E2	Luke McPharlin	68			E2	Zachary Williams	0
E3	Thomas Sheridan	50			E3	Sam Kerridge	0
			Total	832				Total	678

	Seoul Magpies					London Royals
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Jack Newnes	0			D1	Dane Rampe	91	1	91
D2	Tom Langdon	0			D2	Heritier Lumumba	89	1	89
D3	Trent McKenzie	54	1	54	D3	Sam Wright	0
D4	Cameron Sutcliffe	42	1	42	D4	Adam Saad	78	1	78
M1	Ben McGlynn	97	C	194	M1	Dan Hannebery	96	CC	144
M2	Patrick Dangerfield	188	VC	188	M2	Jarrad McVeigh	77	CC	116
M3	Brandon Ellis	128	1	128	M3	Danyle Pearce	78	1	78
M4	Toby Greene	111	1	111	M4	Brent Stanton	86	1	86
R1	Jonathon Ceglar	66	1	66	R1	Callum Sinclair	0
F1	Tom J Lynch	100	1	100	F1	Mark LeCras	0
F2	Brandon Matera	49	DNP	0	F2	Shane Edwards	103	1	103
F3	Joshua Kelly	24	DNP	0	F3	Chris Mayne	64	1	64
F4	Eli Templeton	0			F4	Will Hoskin-Elliott	43	1	43
U1	Lachie Whitfield	97	1	97	U1	Billy Hartung	90	1	90
U2	Taylor Duryea	90	1	90	U2	David Mackay	60	1	60
E1	Thomas Boyd	70	E	70	E1	Troy Menzel	27
E2	Luke Russell	57	E	57	E2	Bradley Sheppard	0
E3	Lukas Webb	52			E3	Josh Hill	0
			Total	1197				Total	1042

[Jukes]

I just realised I cc'ed Dys and not Ward, so happy :') was thinking yesterday it was the other way around, love that 12 points :P

Have more players and better players left, with a pretty sizable lead can't see us getting done in...

[ossie85]

Buenos Aires look the goods from here

[Purple 77]

Buenos Aires are having their best game of the season, with a score pretty much anyone would take at 950/9 (C Played). Well done! With Mumford failing for Cairo... I'm giving very little hope for the Sands.

Cape Town sure have suffered from Cameron (how dare he take Hogan's rising star nomination?!) McCarthy, with that 19 giving the Samurai perhaps a slight advantage at the moment. However, with Captain Stefan Martin still to come, the game is up for grabs. I also fancy the Cobras remaining players better than the Samurai, and will back them to get it done.

Charlie Dixon has really let me down. If he got a decent score, I'd be keeping up somewhat. Alas, Dublin are just too strong and they should get it done from here. I'm probably going to lose my 4th match from scoring 140+  :'(

What the hell Mexico City. I'll be playing this Dublin 2.0 next week, so great. Rio are having a shocker, but they wouldn't be too upset as a good score would be a waste against this team at the way it's looking.

The Thunder were let down by Lachie Neale and I suppose Eddie Betts this week; a good score from both would have them a good chance, but Moscow are looking the goods at the moment. I'll back the Spetsnaz.

An interesting match here... especially, as pointed out by roo boys, that Pendles loves his Roos. Toronto have another 10 players to come, so it's hard to predict who will win. All I know is that New York would have loved some more points on the board at this stage, despite being well served by a coaching mastermove in Co-Captain Heath Shaw. I'm going to back the Revolution though.

I think this match will well and truly bring Pacific back down to reality somewhat, whom are looking at their third straight loss. Bugg and Howe combined for 61 points which has really hurt. If Pacific had the same score but were looking at a 60ish HGA, I'd give them a real chance. But the Saints are putting in a strong showing, and should win from here.

PNL plugging along nicely, with Captain Priddis having the potential to bring their score to 160 if all things go well. Poor New Delhi. Might be struggling to reach 1000 this week.

Seoul are clearly having their best game of the year, and didn't I tell ya in the preview?! That, all it would take for Seoul to post a 140+ score was if all their midfield guns fired at once, which hasn't happened this year yet. And that's exactly what's happening. Another thing I predicted, was that London would lose to a bottom 5 club this year, and that's also what is happening. I'm just too good. Seoul should bring it home!

[ossie85]

Dangerfield only just fell short of McGlynns scored doubled

[Purple 77]

Also I reckon it's Cape Town v Rio de Janeiro to be eliminated from World Idol this week...

Teams remaining:
Berlin Brewers
Cape Town Cobras 
Christchurch Saints 
Dublin Destroyers 
London Royals 
Mexico City Suns 
Moscow Spetsnaz 
Pacific Islanders 
PNL Reindeers 
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 

[Holz]

Buenos Aires are having their best game of the season, with a score pretty much anyone would take at 950/9 (C Played). Well done! With Mumford failing for Cairo... I'm giving very little hope for the Sands.

Cape Town sure have suffered from Cameron (how dare he take Hogan's rising star nomination?!) McCarthy, with that 19 giving the Samurai perhaps a slight advantage at the moment. However, with Captain Stefan Martin still to come, the game is up for grabs. I also fancy the Cobras remaining players better than the Samurai, and will back them to get it done.

Charlie Dixon has really let me down. If he got a decent score, I'd be keeping up somewhat. Alas, Dublin are just too strong and they should get it done from here. I'm probably going to lose my 4th match from scoring 140+  :'(

What the hell Mexico City. I'll be playing this Dublin 2.0 next week, so great. Rio are having a shocker, but they wouldn't be too upset as a good score would be a waste against this team at the way it's looking.

The Thunder were let down by Lachie Neale and I suppose Eddie Betts this week; a good score from both would have them a good chance, but Moscow are looking the goods at the moment. I'll back the Spetsnaz.

An interesting match here... especially, as pointed out by roo boys, that Pendles loves his Roos. Toronto have another 10 players to come, so it's hard to predict who will win. All I know is that New York would have loved some more points on the board at this stage, despite being well served by a coaching mastermove in Co-Captain Heath Shaw. I'm going to back the Revolution though.

I think this match will well and truly bring Pacific back down to reality somewhat, whom are looking at their third straight loss. Bugg and Howe combined for 61 points which has really hurt. If Pacific had the same score but were looking at a 60ish HGA, I'd give them a real chance. But the Saints are putting in a strong showing, and should win from here.

PNL plugging along nicely, with Captain Priddis having the potential to bring their score to 160 if all things go well. Poor New Delhi. Might be struggling to reach 1000 this week.

Seoul are clearly having their best game of the year, and didn't I tell ya in the preview?! That, all it would take for Seoul to post a 140+ score was if all their midfield guns fired at once, which hasn't happened this year yet. And that's exactly what's happening. Another thing I predicted, was that London would lose to a bottom 5 club this year, and that's also what is happening. I'm just too good. Seoul should bring it home!

I kept saying Mexico should be the flag favourite,  the list is stronger in the short term as so many old guns.