Finals Week One Thread

[Jukes]

Fixtures
1st Elimination Final: Colorado Avalanche vs Quito Quetzals
2nd Elimination Final: Boston Terriers vs Peruvian Panthers
Qualifying Final: San Francisco Grizzlies vs Houston Bombers

Quito have put up more points this season yet inconsistently, but the Avalanche have been in impressive form, regarding both scoring and consistency. The HGA could be huge, so I'll back in Colorado.
Boston really didn't think they'd end up third all season long, but they are and risk elimination. But unless they capitulate, they'll probably beat Peru easily, who many question even deserve to be in finals.
San Fran have won 14 of their 15 games, the one loss coming up against the team they're playing this week. Houston have been up and down all season, while SF have been very consistent, currently on a streak of 8-120+ scores. With HGA, you'd think the Grizzlies would get up - especially if they don't have 3 sub-affected players like last week! Houston will miss Dayne Beams, while San Fran will miss Ollie Wines.

Final Ladder
Ladder
1. San Francisco Grizzlies   14   1   1825   1676   108.89
2. Houston Bombers   11   4   1807   1727   104.63
3. Boston Terriers   10   5   1862   1749   106.46
4. Colorado Avalanche   9   6   1794   1781   100.73
5. Quito Quetzals   8   7   1802   1764   102.15
6. Peruvian Panthers   8   7   1702   1689   100.77
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7. Chicago Sharks   8   7   1712   1737   98.56
8. Anaheim Mighty Ducks   7   8   1789   1732   103.29
9. Las Vegas Sinners   5   10   1669   1738   96.03
10. Santiago Cockerels   5   10   1654   1765   93.71
11. New Brooklyn Hawks   3   12   1541   1686   91.40
12. New Jersey Devils   2   13   1604   1731   92.66

Lockout will occur at the start of Adelaide vs Richmond at 7:50pm EST on Friday the 7th of August.

Team lists: http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,99246.0.html

Team Submission
D: A. Player, B. Player, C. Player, D. Player
M: E. Player (c), F. Player (vc), G. Player, H. Player, I. Player, J. Player
R: K. Player
F: L. Player (evc), M. Player, N. Player, O. Player
U: P. Player, Q. Player, R. Player
Emg: S. Player, T. Player, U. Player, V. Player (sub)

[Jukes]

SFG
D: H Shaw (vc), M Hibberd, SD Thompson, K Kolodjashnij
M: B Stanton (evc), K Jack, A Swallow, L Montagna, S Coniglio, A Miles
R: S Martin (c)
F: B Lennon, E Betts, A Christensen, J Elliott
U: J Viney, C Guthrie, J Pittard

Emg: M Shaw, J Ceglar, C Gregson, N Smith (sub)

[Pkbaldy]

Wait...I didn't make finals? shower...

[Memphistopheles]

Should we be 5th?

[Jukes]

Should we be 5th?

Yeah I'll fix it later

[ckennedy23]

little harsh, dont deserve to be in! aha
decimated by injuries

[T Dog]

Colorado Avalanche

D:   James Kelly; N. Malceski; J. Harbrow; L. Hodge
M:   M. Murphy; D. Mundy; N. Jones; L. Shuey; S. Sidebottom; Scott Thompson (VC)
R:   M. Weller (OOP)
F:   T. Hawkins; D. Zorko; J. Bartel (EVC); D. Petrie
U:   B. Vince; Shaun Grigg; D. Swan (C)
Emg:   T. Chaplin (D); A. Goodes (F); N. VanBerlo (M- Sub); A. Fasolo (OOP)(R);

That ruckline is still nowhere. Trade deals available.

[Memphistopheles]

Quito Quetzals

D: Shaun Higgins, Kade Simpson, Tom Langdon, Shane Savage
M: Sam Mitchell (VC), Jarrad McVeigh, Ryan Griffen, Jack Redden, Brad Ebert, Levi Greenwood 
R: Aaron Sandilands (C)
F: Brendon Goddard, Chad Wingard, Adam Schneider, Lewis Jetta
U: Ivan Maric, Tom J Lynch, Matt Suckling
 
E: Josh J Kennedy (F), Jarryn Geary (D), Jesse Lonergan (M), Garrick Ibbotson (D) (sub).

[Jukes]

I finished second ... how come I play first on ladder ? I should have HGA against 3rd.

Also any reason why we have 1 less H&A round and no games in round 23 ?

On the first point, you do play top but we both get the double chance.

Finals Week One (AFL Round 19)
1st Elimination Final: 4th vs 5th
2nd Elimination Final: 3rd vs 6th
Qualifying Final: 1st vs 2nd

Finals Week Two (AFL Round 20)
1st Semi Final: QF Loser vs Lowest Ranked EF Winner
2nd Semi Final: QF Winner vs Highest Ranked EF Winner

Finals Week Three (AFL Round 21)
Preliminary Final: SF2 Loser vs SF1 Winner

Finals Week Four (AFL Round 22)
Grand Final: SF2 Winner vs PF Winner

and on the second point,

Because I made an executive decision to have us not play in round 23 because so many players get rested and a lot of teams just have a laugh if they don't need the win, so not playing the gf that week would make the gf a better indicator of the best team, not just the one who got luckiest regarding r23 outs.

[Football Factory]

I realised we were playing in a 6 team finals series so I deleted my post as I was happy with the format  ;D  .. you were obviously in the middle of responding to my message ..sorry bout that

[Football Factory]

HOUSTON BOMBERS

Backs: Alex Rance, Cale Hooker, Andrew Mackie, Dylan Roberton

Mids: Brandon Ellis (EVC), Travis Boak (C), Rory Sloane, Chris Masten, Isaac Smith, Stephen Hill

Ruck: Matthew Kreuzer

Forwards: Jack Darling, Steven Motlop, Jack Riewoldt, Taylor Adams (VC)

Utilities: Micheal Walters, Paul Puopolo, Zac O'Brien

Emergencies: Kane Lambert (F), Kamdyn McIntosh (SUB) (B), Heritier Lumumba (M), Jarrod Witts (R)

[ckennedy23]

D: Brian Lake, Sam Fisher, Taylor Hunt, Sam Docherty
M: Josh Kennedy (c), Steve Johnson (vc), Callan Ward, Rory Atkins, Matthew Boyd, Josh Kelly
R: Brodie Grundy
F: Sam Reid, Cyril Rioli, Marcus Bontempelli, Dustin Martin
U: Angus Brayshaw, Jay Sculz, Daniel Cross
Emg:Xaiver Ellis, Shaun Edwards(sub), Matthew Scharenberg Levi Casboult

[Memphistopheles]

Quito Quetzals

D: Shaun Higgins, Kade Simpson, Tom Langdon, Shane Savage
M: Sam Mitchell (VC), Jarrad McVeigh, Ryan Griffen, Jack Redden, Brad Ebert, Levi Greenwood 
R: Aaron Sandilands (C)
F: Brendon Goddard, Chad Wingard, Adam Schneider, Lewis Jetta
U: Ivan Maric, Tom J Lynch, Matt Suckling
 
E: Josh J Kennedy (F), Jarryn Geary (D), Jesse Lonergan (M), Garrick Ibbotson (D) (sub).

Adam Schneider is out so JJK comes on and Cameron in to the E's.

Quito Quetzals

D: Shaun Higgins, Kade Simpson, Tom Langdon, Shane Savage
M: Sam Mitchell (VC), Jarrad McVeigh, Ryan Griffen, Jack Redden, Brad Ebert, Levi Greenwood 
R: Aaron Sandilands (C)
F: Brendon Goddard, Chad Wingard, Josh J Kennedy, Lewis Jetta
U: Ivan Maric, Tom J Lynch, Matt Suckling
 
E: Jarryn Geary (D), Jesse Lonergan (M), Jeremy Cameron (F), Garrick Ibbotson (D) (sub).

[Jukes]

Deledio, Wines, and Douglas out :/ going to be an uphill battle

[elephants]

Boston Terriers

Captain: Pendles
Vice Captain: Neale
Deputy Vice Captain: Goldy

DEF: Howe, Wood, Laird, Colquhoun
MID: Pendles, Priddis, Barlow, Cotchin, Neale, Rich
RCK: Goldstein
FWD: Riewoldt, LeCras, Pavlich, Dahlhaus
UTI: Dal Santo, Robinson, Scully

EMG: Carrazzo, Mullett, Watts (sub), Nankervis

Rumours circulating that this could be a farewell game for a few very important players! We'll need to watch this space!