WXV: Cairo Sands

[Nige]

It's a bit overdue, as he's been on board for a few months now... but we'd finally and officially like to welcome GoLions16 or Dave as he's also known, to the Cairo Sands as assistance. We felt that this was the right time to make the reveal given our recent success of the past fortnight has been partially due to some of his decisions.  :P 8)

[Ricochet]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

[GoLions]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

It should be ok, I have like size 11 and a half feet

[Nige]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

Haha, had to find the right man for the job.  ;)

That Clancee trade worked out for the better last year (even though he was mid only ::)). But Dave's been good a revelation at team selection meetings. We had a few choices this week that he made the call on and ML and I happily agreed.

The win streak is gonna build to three this week.  8)

[Ricochet]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

It should be ok, I have like size 11 and a half feet

flower...

Well you know what they say about big feet...

[Ricochet]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

Haha, had to find the right man for the job.  ;)

That Clancee trade worked out for the better last year (even though he was mid only ::)). But Dave's been good a revelation at team selection meetings. We had a few choices this week that he made the call on and ML and I happily agreed.

The win streak is gonna build to three this week.  8)

Clancee will be the next Ablett ;)

Coming off 39 possies , 10 marks, 6 tackles in the WAFL on the weekend btw :P

[Nige]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

Haha, had to find the right man for the job.  ;)

That Clancee trade worked out for the better last year (even though he was mid only ::)). But Dave's been good a revelation at team selection meetings. We had a few choices this week that he made the call on and ML and I happily agreed.

The win streak is gonna build to three this week.  8)

Clancee will be the next Ablett ;)

Coming off 39 possies , 10 marks, 6 tackles in the WAFL on the weekend btw :P

I'm assuming he'll make the final 22 this week yeah?

Brett Goodes was probably just as good and didn't make the Doggies side.  :(

[Ricochet]

About time you filled my old position. Big shoes to fill mate!  :P

Haha, had to find the right man for the job.  ;)

That Clancee trade worked out for the better last year (even though he was mid only ::)). But Dave's been good a revelation at team selection meetings. We had a few choices this week that he made the call on and ML and I happily agreed.

The win streak is gonna build to three this week.  8)

Clancee will be the next Ablett ;)

Coming off 39 possies , 10 marks, 6 tackles in the WAFL on the weekend btw :P

I'm assuming he'll make the final 22 this week yeah?

Brett Goodes was probably just as good and didn't make the Doggies side.  :(

Yeh man should def be back in. Looks fully over his achilles now

[Nige]

So yeah, haven't done any weekly reviews like I had planned. Tossing up whether to do them all or just do a mid season review and then weekly ones after that.

[Nige]

So yeah, haven't done any weekly reviews like I had planned. Tossing up whether to do them all or just do a mid season review and then weekly ones after that.

Will do a mid-season review today.  :)

[Nige]

Cairo Sands Mid Season Review

This review will reflect upon the first 9 rounds. The highs and lows, stars and spuds, the defining moments of the season and also forecast the remainder of the season. Each week's team will be posted along with the best players and the result.

At present, the Cairo Sands currently sit at 4-5 and round out the top 8 while leading a pack of five teams on the same amount of wins and losses due to a superior and healthy percentage, the 5th best in the league despite us sitting in 8th. We also have the 5th most points for, largely thanks to a strong start to the season.



Round 1

D: N.Malceski, B.Smith, P.Hanley, B.Goodes
M: D.Beams (C), D.Prestia (VC), M.Rischitelli, L.Dunstan
R: S.Mumford
F: L.Johnston, S.Kerridge, L.Breust, P.Puopolo
I: J.Giles, J.Cripps

Dublin Destroyers (23.13.151) defeated Cairo Sands (22.16.148)

Best
Cairo: D Prestia, L Breust, D Beams, S Mumford, L Dunstan

Cairo's 2014 season kicked off against the highly fancied Dublin team. It was a match expected to be a close one, and it definitely lived up to expectations. Despite a strong fight, lead by the clubs leaders in Beams, Prestia and Mumford the boys went down by 3 points. There were some disappointing performances and Dublin also had problems. Perhaps the team had problems gelling, with six new faces (well, one familiar - Jamie Cripps), including draftee Luke Dunstan. The closeness of the match was a bonus, as it meant Dublin sat just out of the 8 in 9th and us one spot below in 10th, keeping us very much in touch with the top 8 teams after the first round.

Round 2

D: P.Hanley, N.Malceski, B.Smith, E.Mackenzie
M: D.Beams (cc), D.Prestia (cc), R.Douglas, L.Dunstan
R: S.Mumford
F: L.Breust, P.Puopolo, S.Kerridge, J.Cripps
I: J.Giles, M.Rischitelli

Cairo Sands (23.22.160) defeated New Delhi Tigers (16.15.111)

Best
Cairo: S Mumford, P Hanley, B Smith, R Douglas, D Beams, D Prestia

After a narrow loss in Round 1, Cairo hosted the hapless New Delhi side and really put their foot down. The boys hammered through 23 goals and 22 behinds to register a big score of 160 and really inject the percentage. Brett Goodes and Lewis Johnston were omitted, as Eric Mackenzie and Richard Douglas came in for their first games of the season. The win was pleasing as it put us on 1-1 heading into the third round of the season. Perhaps the biggest bits of the news coming out of Round 2 were Beams and Prestia joining forces for co-captaincy and Shane Mumford dominating his opponent Shaun Hampson.

Round 3

D: P.Hanley, N.Malceski, B.Smith, E.Mackenzie
M: D.Beams (VC), D.Prestia, R.Douglas, L.Dunstan
R: S.Mumford (C)
F: L.Breust, P.Puopolo, S.Kerridge, J.Cripps
I: J.Giles, M.Rischitelli

Tokyo Samurai (23.13.151) lost to Cairo Sands (25.16.166)

Best:
Cairo: S Mumford, L Dunstan, D Prestia, L Breust, P Hanley, D Beams

We had to travel to Tokyo to take on the Samurai who came out to play. Play the did, but Cairo picked up where they left off the week before and came to post a score of 166. Off the back of a big round the week before, Shane Mumford was rewarded with captaincy and thrived in the role leading from the front. Luke Dunstan impressed again and the usual suspects also stood up in a performance that saw us win our second game and two on the trot. Little were we prepared for what would happen in Round 4.

[Nige]

Will definitely have this done by the end of the week. Hopefully on Thursday afternoon.

[Nige]

Yeah, I don't think I'll be finishing the review :-[



In other news, hoping to have some sort of trade thingo up soon.  :)

[MajorLazer]

B&F should be up either tonight or sometime tomorrow.

I've created my own scoring system that barely makes sense to me so it's anyone's guess at who is gonna win this thing.

[Nige]

I approve of this wacky system. It almost guarantees Shane Mumford will win.  ;)