EurAsia v AAP Alliance: A New Divide

[iZander]

LMAO at people taking shots as Rocky being picked.  ::)

You obviously dont read Luhugs captains :P His scoring against Port (including a game this year) is very poor in AF and if its poor in AF you can assume its even worse in SC. Including a 53 earlier this year against them. That in conjunction with the fact he was just coming back from injury as well as the fact that he looked scared the tackles the week before after coming back from a shoulder injury.  Dont think he was the best captain choice personally haha. But tbh none of the good options scored that well anyway so wouldnt of mattered too much, i would of gone jelly on recent form so that wouldnt of worked out either lol

[Purple 77]

With only the Dogs & Dees to go:

	AAP Alliance					EurAsia
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Taylor Adams	68		68	D1	Sam Docherty	153		153
D2	Dylan Roberton	119		119	D2	Michael Hibberd	0		0
D3	Rory Laird	134		134	D3	Zac Williams	63		63
D4	Michael Hurley	118		118	D4	Jake Lloyd	100		100
M1	Tom Rockliff	59		59	M1	Patrick Dangerfield	141		141
M2	Tom Mitchell	113		113	M2	Lachie Neale	125		125
M3	Joel Selwood	73		73	M3	Josh Kelly	98		98
M4	Scott Pendlebury	96		96	M4	Zach Merrett	135		135
R1	Matthew Kreuzer	144		144	R1	Nic Naitanui	0	DNP	0
F1	Elliot Yeo	117		117	F1	Luke Dahlhaus	0		0
F2	Mitch Wallis	0		0	F2	Toby Greene	103		103
F3	Jack Macrae	0		0	F3	Charlie Dixon	64		64
F4	Isaac Heeney	106		106	F4	Jeremy Cameron	50		50
U1 (MID )	Marcus Bontempelli	0		0	U1 (MID )	Dan Hannebery	66		66
U2 (MID )	Gary Jnr Ablett	97		97	U2 (MID )	Dustin Martin	106		106
E1 (MID )	Brad Ebert	105	0	0	E1 (MID )	Rory Sloane	66	0	0
E2 (MID )	Josh P Kennedy	104	0	0	E2 (FWD )	Lance Franklin	48	0	0
E3 (RUC )	Shane Mumford	99	0	0	E3 (DEF )	Luke Hodge	0	DNP	0
E4 (DEF )	Leigh Montagna	101	0	0	E4 (RUC )	Brodie Grundy	116		116
C	Tom Rockliff	59		59	C	Patrick Dangerfield	141		141
VC	Joel Selwood	73		0	VC	Josh Kelly	98		0
		Total:	1303	12			Total:	1461	13

Matty Kreuzer! Take a bow! That's exactly what AAP needed and it was a great call by RaisyKirk to give him the nod over loopholing Mumford. GAJ however, he needed to do better. 97 by his standards isn't great at all and AAP are still on the ropes.

But that is pretty much because Moscow's Sam Docherty saw Kreuzer's 140+ score and raised it! What a performance by the defensive gun, and he maintains EurAsia's advantage.



The Salty Seconds

Oh, what could have been. Christchurch's Bryce Gibbs is sodium chloride itself, with a MAMMOTH 208 that would have turned the game for AAP. Docherty's compatriot in Mexico City's Kade Simpson (142) would have been a vital contributor too.

Beijing's Dayne Zorko (143) would have been a huge improvement over Dan Hannebery, whilst New Delhi pair Robbie Gray (129) and Bachar Houli (129) would be feeling stiff to get the snub from their coach.

[Holz]

LMAO at people taking shots as Rocky being picked.  ::)

You obviously dont read Luhugs captains :P His scoring against Port (including a game this year) is very poor in AF and if its poor in AF you can assume its even worse in SC. Including a 53 earlier this year against them. That in conjunction with the fact he was just coming back from injury as well as the fact that he looked scared the tackles the week before after coming back from a shoulder injury.  Dont think he was the best captain choice personally haha. But tbh none of the good options scored that well anyway so wouldnt of mattered too much, i would of gone jelly on recent form so that wouldnt of worked out either lol

Or calvins captains.

While i wouldnt have even named gibbs on bench.

Ablett clear captain.

[meow meow]

Gibbs > Rocky

[DazBurg]

Gibbs > Rocky

haha been waiting for like 24 hours for this post
we all knew it was coming just a matter of when

[Ricochet]

Gibbs > Rocky

haha been waiting for like 24 hours for this post
we all knew it was coming just a matter of when

haha same

[Toga]

Gibbs > Rocky

haha been waiting for like 24 hours for this post
we all knew it was coming just a matter of when

haha same

True tho

[Purple 77]

Gibbs > Rocky

Ha, brilliant  :P

[Holz]

Gibbs > Rocky

Didn't Gibbs score a 0 this week? :P

in worlds

Gibbs 102 average
Rocky 120 average

[RaisyDaisy]

It's funny, I always research my captain choice for my own SC team, but as I said when we originally posted this team - just selected the team based on averages, hence Rocky C

Didn't really do any research for this like I do with my personal team

Ah well

[Purple 77]

You know what Holz? Your McDonald brothers are alright. I've come around on Oscar, and Tom was outstanding today.

^^ ready to retract that statement the moment either one of them tries to switch the footy, regardless of whether its turned over ^^

[Holz]

You know what Holz? Your McDonald brothers are alright. I've come around on Oscar, and Tom was outstanding today.

^^ ready to retract that statement the moment either one of them tries to switch the footy, regardless of whether its turned over ^^

I was having a laugh that for 1 week i had the dees ruck.

I reckon getting games into omac a good idea. He was/is abit young for the role but both guys are that good athletes you should develop them.

Dont do a carlton a ruin weits up front. Just stick them in one role early and enjoy the rewards when they dominate the comp like rance.

Rance Omac Tmac where brilliant

[Purple 77]

Dangerfield's EurAsia crumble the Alliance

Phwoah, this was a good match though! The Alliance came out firing to claim the first quarter, before a Dangerfield resurgence levelled the playing field at half time. However, AAP Captain Tom Rockliff failed to match the Seoul superstar allowing the EurAsian's a comfortable lead at 3QT. Kreuzer tried his heart out to chase down an unlikely victory in claiming the AAP Alliance medal, but was duly matched by Worlds medallist Sam Docherty to hand EurAsia a squaring victory against the Alliance.

If Bryce Gibbs was selected in place of ANY other AAP midfielder, the Alliance would have disbanded to their respective clubs of origin victorious. It would have been a bold selection though, with many other capable midfielders boasting a higher average. The difference really in the end was the awful captain's performance by Tom Rockliff whom had he just scored his average, the Alliance would have notched their 4th win over EurAsia.

They were 50-50 odds going in and either team could have won, and I reckon this clash sits in the top 3 encounters with the incredible 2013 underdog victory and the 2015 recounted Alliance victory. A big congratulations to our debutant coaches and an even bigger one to the victorious Ricophants!

AAP Alliance (25.8.158) lost to EurAsia (26.7.163)

Best
AAP Alliance: Dylan Roberton, Rory Laird, Michael Hurley, Tom Mitchell, Matthew Kreuzer, Elliot Yeo, Mitch Wallis, Isaac Heeney
EurAsia: Sam Docherty, Jake Lloyd, Patrick Dangerfield, Lachie Neale, Zach Merrett, Toby Greene, Dustin Martin, Brodie Grundy

Late Changes
AAP Alliance: Nil
EurAsia: Nic Naitanui replaced by Brodie Grundy

SAM DOCHERTY wins the EURASIA Medal
MATTHEW KREUZER wins the AAP ALLIANCE Medal
SAM DOCHERTY wins the WORLDS Medal

[Purple 77]

On a side note, thanks everyone for the consistent banter and activity in what can sometimes be a disinteresting week for some. I really liked this years' encounter  8)

[Purple 77]

And the proof:

	AAP Alliance					EurAsia
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Taylor Adams	68		68	D1	Sam Docherty	153		153
D2	Dylan Roberton	119		119	D2	Michael Hibberd	82		82
D3	Rory Laird	134		134	D3	Zac Williams	63		63
D4	Michael Hurley	118		118	D4	Jake Lloyd	100		100
M1	Tom Rockliff	59		59	M1	Patrick Dangerfield	141		141
M2	Tom Mitchell	113		113	M2	Lachie Neale	125		125
M3	Joel Selwood	73		73	M3	Josh Kelly	98		98
M4	Scott Pendlebury	96		96	M4	Zach Merrett	135		135
R1	Matthew Kreuzer	144		144	R1	Nic Naitanui	0	DNP	0
F1	Elliot Yeo	117		117	F1	Luke Dahlhaus	84		84
F2	Mitch Wallis	114		114	F2	Toby Greene	103		103
F3	Jack Macrae	70		70	F3	Charlie Dixon	64		64
F4	Isaac Heeney	106		106	F4	Jeremy Cameron	50		50
U1 (MID )	Marcus Bontempelli	90		90	U1 (MID )	Dan Hannebery	66		66
U2 (MID )	Gary Jnr Ablett	97		97	U2 (MID )	Dustin Martin	106		106
E1 (MID )	Brad Ebert	105	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Rory Sloane	66	DNP	0
E2 (MID )	Josh P Kennedy	104	DNP	0	E2 (FWD )	Lance Franklin	48	DNP	0
E3 (RUC )	Shane Mumford	99	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Luke Hodge	0	DNP	0
E4 (DEF )	Leigh Montagna	101	DNP	0	E4 (RUC )	Brodie Grundy	116		116
C	Tom Rockliff	59		59	C	Patrick Dangerfield	141		141
VC	Joel Selwood	73		0	VC	Josh Kelly	98		0
		Total:	1577	15			Total:	1627	15