AAP Alliance v EurAsia: A Hateful Eight

[Purple 77]

After Wce/Ess/Syd/Haw

Well, we certainly have a contest, that's for sure!

Buenos Aires' Luke Parker has put in a huge effort, much to the delight of AAP. Unlikely premo Ricky Henderson (Cairo) also put in a solid showing on the bench to make it 257 from those two players.

You'd almost think AAP would have it in the bag! Then...

James. Sicily.

EurAsia, despite only mediocre contributions from Ricophants' own Jake Lloyd and Shannon Hurn (ahem, to combine for a mere 265 from the New Delhi defense), only find themselves keeping up the pace thanks to the Sicily nightmare.

EurAsia were only given 'average' scores from its emergencies in PNL's Merrett and London's Sheppard, so I'm not Ricophants loops them in. Pacific's Michael Hurley rounded out AAP's emergency contingent with a 74, meaning ROB aside, AAP are doomed for a poor score if a best XV player is subbed out.

Including ROB's 181, AAP are 68 points up, all other things being equal.

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	Cairo	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	105		105
D2	James Sicily	Mexico City	40		40	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	92		92
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	0		0
D4	Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro	0		0	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	0		0
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	128		128
M3	Jack Macrae	Toronto	0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	0		0
M4	Luke Parker	Buenos Aires	138		138	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1	Travis Boak	Toronto	0		0	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	0		0
F2	Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires	0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3	Tim Kelly	Toronto	0		0	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4	Rowan Marshall	Toronto	0		0	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	0		0
U1 (MID )	Ricky Henderson	Cairo	119		119	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
U2 (MID )	Mitch Duncan	Cape Town	0		0	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1 (MID )	Ben Cunnington	Cape Town	59	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	104	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Jack Ziebell	Rio de Janeiro	80	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	0	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Michael Hurley	Pacific	74	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	0	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	95	0	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
			Total:	496	5				Total:	609	6

The Salty Seconds

Dunno about this one FTC, I think not naming Rio's Elliot Yeo (142) might have been a clear blunder, given his 117 average from his past 6 matches! We'll forgive not naming Cape Town's Callum Mills (132) in defense, as well as your own Jack Redden (122).

For EurAsia, London's Dom Sheed (148) would have certainly been handy right about now, as well as his AFL and WXV teammate Luke Shuey (122). But I think we give Ricophants a pass on those ones. But missing my own Zak Jones (117)? Shame.

[Purple 77]

Also, it's kinda cool how Ricophants named three of its defenders, to go up against FTC's three forwards. The battle of the bookends!

[Nige]

HENDO

[fanTCfool]

Too much uncertainty about a potential Dylan Clarke tag to pick any of our West Coast mids this week, and with Yeo coming off a calf injury, I wasn't up to take that risk. We won't talk about the coaching decisions at Hawthorn...

[Holz]

Also, it's kinda cool how Ricophants named three of its defenders, to go up against FTC's three forwards. The battle of the bookends!

Its also interesting how there isnt a single actual fwd in the AAP fwd line. We got 2 mids a defender and a ruck.

[Purple 77]

You know what the guy that has averaged 151 in the past month scored?

151.

Come on Ricophants, the C should have been on him, not this VC garbage

[iZander]

You know what the guy that has averaged 151 in the past month scored?

151.

Come on Ricophants, the C should have been on him, not this VC garbage

Still didnt win the ruck battle.... ;)

[Purple 77]

You know what the guy that has averaged 151 in the past month scored?

151.

Come on Ricophants, the C should have been on him, not this VC garbage

Still didnt win the ruck battle.... ;)

Mate, I'm not the idiot that put Gawn on the bench, that's "Scrub-dy" job as R1 to go against ROB ;) 

[Purple 77]

Tim Kelly, you're winning some fans right now.

Come on Danger!

[fanTCfool]

Dan Houston punishing AAP for not running with him as D5 by killing off TK  :'(

[PowerBug]

Karl Amon

:)

[RaisyDaisy]

Dan Houston punishing AAP for not running with him as D5 by killing off TK  :'(

Nobody from NY good enough :(

Houston gun!

[Purple 77]

After Melb/Fre/Stk/Bris/Port/Geel

Hold onto your hats folks, this will go down to the wire!

All in all, I think EurAsia really missed on an opportunity in those three games.

In it, they saw a putrid 79 from Beijing's Lachie Neale and a very uninspiring 91 from last years captain Nat Fyfe (91). There was also missed opportunity to VC loophole the magnificent Max Gawn's 151, albeit that would have meant dropping Neale (good with hindsight) and copping a 'meh' 104 from PNL's Merrett.

Thank god for Gawn though, and Seoul's Dangerfield (141), otherwise this result would be decided. Others for EurAsia included PNL's superstar Luke Ryan (106), and Berlin's Michael Walters (100), who only put in OK showings. And yes, I know, thank god Berlin's Mundy (63) was an emergency. Let's hope neither Dunkley or De Goey get subbed :-X

For AAP, I thought it was much more successful.

Cape Town's Mitch Duncan (121) did AAP proud, closely followed by Toronto duo Rowan Marshall (119) and Travis Boak (118), as well as Rio's Daniel Rich (113). These were all valuable contributions.

Cairo's Tom Stewart did JUUUST enough (96) to not be deemed a total disaster, but it was Toronto's Tim Kelly (76) that really disappointed. Thank flower for AAP that he rallied after half time where he only had 26!

So, with ROB's 181, AAP are 43 points ahead, all other things being equal! GAME ON!

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	Cairo	96		96	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	105		105
D2	James Sicily	Mexico City	40		40	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	92		92
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	106		106
D4	Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro	113		113	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	79		79
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	128		128
M3	Jack Macrae	Toronto	0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	91		91
M4	Luke Parker	Buenos Aires	138		138	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1	Travis Boak	Toronto	118		118	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	141		141
F2	Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires	0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3	Tim Kelly	Toronto	76		76	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4	Rowan Marshall	Toronto	119		119	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	100		100
U1 (MID )	Ricky Henderson	Cairo	119		119	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	151		151
U2 (MID )	Mitch Duncan	Cape Town	121		121	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1 (MID )	Ben Cunnington	Cape Town	59	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	104	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Jack Ziebell	Rio de Janeiro	80	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	114	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Michael Hurley	Pacific	74	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	63	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	95	0	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	151		0
			Total:	1139	11				Total:	1277	12

Salty Seconds

Oh my, EurAsia should have looked to Tokyo in the ruck division after all! Scott Lycett (180) would have essentially matched the massive ROB score, and really put EurAsia back into favouritism. Dublin's Tom McDonald (135) rose from the grave, whilst New Delhi's Stef Martin (130) is also likely to score more than that scrub from Collingwood.

For AAP, they really nailed their selections! The highest score they missed out on was only Pacific's Jarryd Lyons (112), followed by New York's Dan Houston (110). A selection masterclass.

[JBs-Hawks]

Grundy to bring it home vs English

[RaisyDaisy]

Grundy to bring it home vs English

That just feels like a massive Mozz now!