Finals Week One Thread

[Jukes]

Fixtures

League
1st Elimination Final: Boston Terriers vs San Francisco Grizzlies (4th vs 5th)
2nd Elimination Final: Houston Bombers vs Wisconsin Cockerels (3rd vs 6th)
Qualifying Final: Carolina Panthers vs Anaheim Mighty Ducks (1st vs 2nd)

Reserves
1st Elimination Final: Rio Grande Valley Rockets vs North Carolina Tar Heels (4th vs 5th)
2nd Elimination Final: Stanford Cardinal vs Suffolk Terriers (3rd vs 6th)
Qualifying Final: Nevada Desert Coyotes vs Harlem Naggers (1st vs 2nd)


Full lockout will occur at the start of Hawthorn vs Sydney at 19:50 EST on Friday the 28th of July.

Full Fixture List: http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,108878.0.html

Team Submission
D: A. Player, B. Player, C. Player, D. Player
M: E. Player (c) or (cc), F. Player (vc) or (cc), 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)

Reserves: W. Player (c), X. Player, Y. Player, Z. Player, AA. Player, BB. Player, CC. Player, DD. Player, EE. Player, FF. Player


For the teams who are playing RESERVES finals but not League finals -
Las Vegas/Nevada Desert and Brooklyn/Harlem
Name your normal best XVIII and EMG at least, plus the reserves players if you'd like.

[kilbluff1985]

flower u Greene

[Pkbaldy]

NBH/Harlem

D: Jason Johannisen, Bachar Houli, Sam Mayes, Nathan Wilson
M: Matt Crouch, Brad Crouch, Steele Sidebottom, Jack Newnes, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Darcy Parish
R: Sam Jacobs
F: Jack Gunston, Jack Steele, Ben Brown, Jamie Cripps
U: Lachie Weller, Tom Liberatore, Daniel Talia

EMG: Taylor Duryea (D), Josh Thomas (M) (SUB), Wayne Milera (F)

RESSIES: Blake Acres (C), Jarrod Berry, Trent Dumont, Lewis Taylor, Lee Spurr, Daisy Thomas, Jordan Murdoch, Tim Membrey, Callum Ah Chee, Jarrod Pickett

[nas]

Carolina Panthers.

Def: S Docherty - D Roberton - L McDonald - J Kolo.

Mid: D Martin (C) - JPKennedy - C Ward - D Shiel - M Bontempelli - J Kelly (VC).

Ruck: B Grundy (EVC).

Fwd: J Daniher - J Patton - L Casboult -  K Amon

Util: S Menegola - R Henderson (D/M) - S Selwood.

Emerg: K Brand (D) - H McKay (F) -  D Rioli (F) - R Atkins (Sub).

Carolina Tar Heels.

A Otten - S Lemmens - G Logue - B Boekhorst -

**Subject to team lineups.

Seniors:

2's:

[kilbluff1985]

Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Defenders: Michael Hurley (EVC), Michael Hibberd, Brodie Smith, Luke Hodge
Midfielders: Patrick Dangerfield (C), Daniel Hannebery, Zach Merrett (VC), Dyson Heppell, David Mundy, Travis Boak
Rucks: Tom Bellchambers
Forwards: Orazio Fantasia, Devon Smith, Travis Colyer, Mitch Hannan
I/C: Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis, Matt Rosa

Emerg: Luke Brown (D), Blake Hardwick (F), Jobe Watson (sub)

[Jukes]

Previews

First Elimination Finals
The Terriers lead the ladder for most of the season - now, they've stumbled to third and face a big rivalry clash against the Grizzlies, who had Viney and Watts return last week, with Coniglio and Deledio on the horizon - but Betts and Montagna probably won't play again this season, while Boston will be missing Pendlebury and maybe Goldstein and Riewoldt too. Could this game be an end to the two superpowers of our first four seasons, or a spark for new beginnings for both sides? Thursday night teams might be the difference in this clash.

Meanwhile in the ressies, Rio Grande has been a very high-scoring team all season, but faltered a fair few times to finish fourth. The Tar Heels, meanwhile, have been right up there in the ladder all season but haven't been all that convincing, and travelling into Texas (yes, reserves finals will have HGA!). Based on last week I'd lean towards backing the Tar Heels, but it should be pretty close.

Second Elimination Finals
Houston have had great wins over Boston and Anaheim the last two weeks, and are just about the form side of the competition! They host Wisconsin, who have been solid but not unspectacular in 14 of their 17 games. We had a dead-even draw between these two sides earlier in the season, could we see that again?? Nah, Houston should win in a canter.

In the seconds, we again have the Bay Area against Massachusetts with Stanford hosting Suffolk. The Cardinal have been savaged by injuries late in the season, but still have good scoring potential with stalwarts such as Scott D. Thompson, Anthony Miles, and Jake Kelly. Suffolk have been very up and down all season, able of scoring over 100 and under 40 just as easily. Again, will probably depend on Thursday night teams.

Qualifying Final
Probably the two best teams in the whole scheme of 2017, the Panthers jumped the Ducks into top spot to host this Qualifying Final (deservedly might I add - Carolina scored 375 more SC points on the season at an average of 22.06 a week) - now, could that HGA be the difference? It's a potential 100+ point swing, maybe even closer to 150, which could definitely be a big difference maker. Both of these teams have the double chance so all good, and both will host a game next week, just one will be playing for a Grand Final spot (with a second chance) and the other for survival. Anaheim have certainly had the less injury luck over the season, and I reckon they'll be hard pressed to get the win as underdogs here - but nonetheless, they are underdogs and I wouldn't come close to writing them off - look at what happened last time these sides clashed.

In our reserves QF, the dominant Nevada Desert Coyotes welcome the Harlem Naggers into the Mojave for what the form and stats tell us should be a routine Coyote victory as they continue their impressive run. Will that be the case? I'm not so sure, as underdog sides have had a real knack of claiming scalps in the ressies comp this season (and cheers also to pk for naming his sides, if he or anybody are still reading this!).

[powersuperkents]

Wisconsin Cockerels

B: Dane Rampe, Steven May, Alex Witherden, Hamish Hartlett
M: Lachie Whitfield, Luke Dunstan, Mitch Duncan, Gary Ablett Jnr. (CC), Luke Shuey, Touk Miller
R: Max Gawn (CC)
F: Josh J. Kennedy (ECC), Jarrad Waite, Caleb Daniel, Charlie Cameron   
U: Jack Billings (M/F), Jack Macrae (M/F), Sean Darcy

E: Liam Duggan (M), Adam Saad (B), Nathan Vardy (R/F), Charlie Curnow (sub)

[Jay]

Houston Bombers

D: Taylor Adams, Kade Simpson, Alex Rance, Lachie Henderson
M: Dayne Beams (VC), Rory Sloane (EVC), Brandon Ellis, Jack Crisp, David Zaharakis, Jack Ziebell
R: Matt Kreuzer (C)
F: Isaac Heeney, Kane Lambert, Will Hoskin-Elliot, Koby Stevens
U: Jarrod Witts, Cale Hooker, Stephen Hill

E: Andrew Mackie (def), Shane Edwards (fwd), Brandon Matera (fwd), Daniel Howe (def/mid)(sub)

[kilbluff1985]

tempted to play Luke Partington

[elephants]

Well, well, well. Bloody coach can't even go on a mid-season holiday without the Terriers dropping three straight games and falling from a game clear on top to 4th place!

Missing some studs this week, but lets see what we can come up with.

Boston Terriers

B: R.Laird, J.Howe, J.Kelly, J.Martin
M: J.Selwood (C), L.Neale, B.Gibbs (EVC), T.Cotchin (VC), R.Gray, D.Sheed
U: J.Redden, C.Guthrie, P.Hanley
R: T.Nankervis
F: L.Dahlhaus, M.LeCras, J.Darling, J.Thomas

EMG: R.Murphy (d), R.Bastinac (m), Z.Smith (r), M.DeBoer (f-sub)

Missing in Action: Pendles, Priddis, Goldstein, Wingard, Riewoldt, Christensen... If I can pull of a win here I deserve to win the Granny! Seriously relying on my Eagles pumping the hell out of Brissie!

[Jukes]

D: H. Shaw, Z. Williams, J. Pittard, O. McDonald
M: S. Coniglio, J. Steven, J. Viney (cc), O. Wines (evc), B. Goddard, K. Jack
R: S. Martin (cc)
F: R. Douglas, J. Jenkins, H. Greenwood, T. Papley
U: L. Hunter, A. Miles, A. Swallow

Emg: T. Hawkins, B. Maynard, J. Trengove, B. Hill (sub)

Reserves: S.D. Thompson, N. Smith, J. Kelly, T. Stewart, A. Young (c), P. Wright, M. Honeychurch, M. Close, J. Watts
AFL EMG: D. Pearce, J. Anderson, A. Black (hopefully one will get up)


Just about the whole team playing this week! Apart from Montagna, Deledio, and Betts.

[SydneyRox]

Las Vegas Sinners

DEF: Jake Lloyd, Nic Newman, Lachie Plowman, Jake Carlisle
MID:  Tom Rockliff (C), Nathan Fyfe, Tom Mitchell(VC), Jarryd Lyons, Josh Caddy, Sam Powell-Pepper
RUCK: Shane Mumford
FWD: Lance Franklin (EVC), Justin Westhoff, Taylor Walker, Jeff Garlett
UTI: Matt Kennedy, Jordan DeGoey, Daniel Robinson
EMERG:  Brad Sheppard(DEF),  George Hewitt(MID)(SUB), (FWD),  Majak Daw(RUC)


Reserves -

Andrew McGrath (C), Christian Petracca, Jade Gresham, Gary Rohan, Tim O'Brien, Jed Bews, Lynden Dunn, Darcy Moore, Harry Taylor, James Harmes

[powersuperkents]

Wisconsin Cockerels

B: Dane Rampe (80), Steven May (DNP), Alex Witherden, Hamish Hartlett (79)
M: Lachie Whitfield (82), Luke Dunstan (140), Mitch Duncan (118), Gary Ablett Jnr. (DNP), Luke Shuey, Touk Miller (61)
R: Max Gawn (194)
F: Josh J. Kennedy (CC), Jarrad Waite (37), Caleb Daniel (67), Charlie Cameron (62)   
U: Jack Billings (103), Jack Macrae (100), Sean Darcy (64)

E: Liam Duggan (M), Adam Saad (85), Nathan Vardy (R/F), Charlie Curnow (sub - 97)

Duggan in for Gaj - JJK becomes CC
Saad in for May

[kilbluff1985]

Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Defenders: Michael Hurley 118 (EVC), Michael Hibberd 81, Brodie Smith, Luke Hodge 92
Midfielders: Patrick Dangerfield 216 (C), Daniel Hannebery 74, Zach Merrett 99 (VC), Dyson Heppell 104, David Mundy 53, Travis Boak 49
Rucks: Tom Bellchambers 58
Forwards: Orazio Fantasia 99, Devon Smith 91, Travis Colyer 60, Mitch Hannan 21
I/C: Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis 119, Matt Rosa 83

Emerg: Luke Brown (D), Blake Hardwick 41 (F), Jobe Watson 70 (sub)

1466/16

[elephants]

Haha, I'm cooked :(