WXV: Moscow Spetsnaz

[Jukes]

Made this in photoshop, took a lot less time than I thought it would but had to stretch that over a couple weeks because a few players didn't have a photo taken yet haha

[Jukes]

Round 1 Review- Rivalry Round!

Moscow Spetsnaz   v   Toronto Wolves   Myanmar   

Team Sheet
D: H. Shaw, L. Dunn, N. Vlastuin, J. Frawley
M: J. O'Meara, C. Ward, D. Heppell, J. Simpkin
R: N. Naitanui
F: D. Martin (vc), A. Monfries, T. Vickery, J. Jenkins
U: T. Barrass (c), D. Sheed
Emg: D. Ellard, C. Sinclair, T. Lee

Spetsnaz Scores
D: H. Shaw 85, L. Dunn 92, N. Vlastuin 74, J. Frawley 76
M: J. O'Meara 117, C. Ward 131, D. Heppell 114, J. Simpkin 84
R: N. Naitanui 54
F: D. Martin (c) 102, A. Monfries 76, T. Vickery 61, C. Sinclair 29
U: D. Ellard 120, D. Sheed 6

Final Score
Moscow Spetsnaz (20.13.133) defeated Toronto Wolves (17.10.112)


Best and Fairest Votes
5. Callan Ward
4. David Ellard
3. Jaeger O'Meara
2. Dyson Heppell
1. Dustin Martin

Best Clubman
Jonathan Simpkin

Reserves
Siberian Wolverines (9.7.61) lost to Toronto Wolves (17.16.118)

Review
Although injuries were hurting (captain Griffen, Hogan, Clarke, Seedsman, Thomas, Docherty and Jenkins all missing), plus Sheed took little part and Naitanui rested a lot after his injury-plagued 2013 season, the Spetsnaz fired through it's second straight round 1 victory under coach Jukes. Callan Ward stood up in the midfield, while new recruit taken way out at pick 82 David Ellard showed his class with 120. Fellow new recruits Jaeger O'Meara and Dyson Heppell also scored well, a great sign for the future of our midfield.

Position   Name   Score   Scored Against   Wins   Losses   Percentage
1   Tokyo Samurai   130   97   1   0   134.02
2   Buenos Aires Armadillos   150   119   1   0   126.05
3   Moscow Spetsnaz   133   112   1   0   118.75
4   Pacific Islanders   119   103   1   0   115.53
5   Beijing Thunder   135   117   1   0   115.38
6   Mexico City Suns   157   138   1   0   113.77
7   Berlin Brewers   130   117   1   0   111.11
8   Seoul Magpies   150   142   1   0   105.63
9   Dublin Destroyers   151   148   1   0   102.03
10   Cairo Sands   148   151   0   1   98.01
11   Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers   142   150   0   1   94.67
12   London Royals   117   130   0   1   90.00
13   Sao Paulo Pumas   138   157   0   1   87.90
14   Wellington Warriors   117   135   0   1   86.67
15   New York Revolution   103   119   0   1   86.55
16   Toronto Wolves   112   133   0   1   84.21
17   Cape Town Cobras   119   150   0   1   79.33
18   New Delhi Tigers   97   130   0   1   74.62

[ossie85]

Great write up :)

Still not sure where Moscow are at, will be interesting to see how they progress

[CrowsFan]

Nice write up jukes. Looking forward to a tough battle this week :)

[Jukes]

I look forward to it, a lot will depend on the ins and outs for us. Clarke should be back, scored 88dt on the weekend for Peel, idk about Griff though.

Would be backing Sao Paulo at this stage.

[Jukes]

Round 2 Review

Sao Paulo Pumas   v   Moscow Spetsnaz   Estadio do Pumas 

Team Sheet
D: H. Shaw, L. Dunn, N. Vlastuin, J. Hombsch
M: R. Griffen (c), C. Ward, J. O'Meara, D. Heppell
R: N. Naitanui
F: D. Martin (vc), A. Monfries, T. Vickery, S. May
U: D. Ellard, J. Frawley
Emg: Z. Clarke, D. Fletcher, J. Simpkin

Spetsnaz Scores
D: H. Shaw 62, L. Dunn 104, N. Vlastuin 91, J. Hombsch 73
M: R. Griffen (c) 63x2, C. Ward 115, J. O'Meara 88, D. Heppell 77
R: N. Naitanui 104
F: D. Martin (vc) 108, A. Monfries 88, T. Vickery 101, S. May 122
U: D. Ellard 39, J. Frawley 101

Final Score
Sao Paulo Pumas (20.13.133) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (20.20.140)

Best and Fairest Votes
5. Steven May
4. Callan Ward
3. Dustin Martin
2. Nic Naitanui
2. Lynden Dunn

Best Clubman
Dustin Fletcher

Reserves
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (11.5.71) defeated Siberian Wolverines (7.3.45)

Review
2 and 0 for the Spetsnaz as we move our focus onto another tough challenge against Mexico City. A lot of players performed well-  May, Ward, Martin, Naitanui, Dunn, Vickery and Frawley were all in the best; the oldest of these players? 26. Captain Griffen was unspectacular, risking his captaincy for the future, while David Ellard did not continue his good start. Although the team got the win, they weren't very good and will look for much more power and consistency.

[ossie85]

Harsh review for a team that just took down the Premiers :) but honesty is the only way to improve

[Jukes]

Long way still to improve for us, 140 just isn't good enough imo when you have supporting cast such as May and Dunn picking up big b&f votes. Aside from the players still to return (Clarke, Seedsy, JT, Dochers and Hogan), we hope to never see a captain score (63) or player score (39) again, aside from OOP. 140 is good enough on the day but not good enough in the grand scheme of things, only the sixth top score of the week, would have fallen to several other teams.

For example, if Griff hit his 2013 average and Ellard was replaced by Fletcher, we would have scored another 179 points, taking us to 158. We want that to be one of those once-in-a-month top scores.

[Jukes]

Round 3 Review

Moscow Spetsnaz   v   Mexico City Suns   Luzhniki Stadium

Team Sheet
D: H. Shaw, L. Dunn, N. Vlastuin, J. Frawley
M: R. Griffen (cc), J. O'Meara, C. Ward, D. Heppell
R: N. Naitanui
F: D. Martin (cc), A. Monfries, T. Vickery, S. May
U: J. Simpkin, C. Sinclair
Emg: J. Jenkins, D. Fletcher, D. Ellard

Spetsnaz Scores
D: H. Shaw 99, L. Dunn 76, D. Fletcher 84 (N. Vlastuin 17), J. Frawley 79
M: R. Griffen (cc) 49x1.5, J. O'Meara 114, C. Ward 129, D. Heppell 113
R: N. Naitanui 64
F: D. Martin (cc) 84x1.5, A. Monfries 73, T. Vickery 85, S. May 79
U: J. Simpkin 89, C. Sinclair 36

Final Score
Moscow Spetsnaz (20.16.136) lost to Mexico City Suns (22.12.144)

Best and Fairest Votes
5. Callan Ward
4. Jaeger O'Meara
3. Dyson Heppell
2. H. Shaw
1. J. Simpkin

Best Clubman
Steven May

Reserves
Siberian Wolverines (11.6.72) lost to Mexico City Suns (11.8.74)

Review
tl;dr we did shower and they better pull their heads in next week. Ward very dominant, 14 out of a possible 15 b&f votes so far. Sinclair gets the inaugural WOG (worst on ground) medal.
Edit: only lost by 8 points and still scored ok, not as bad as previously thought.



And a quick best and fairest update;

14. Callan Ward
7. Jaeger O'Meara
5. Dyson Heppell
5. Steven May
4. Dustin Martin
4. David Ellard
2. H. Shaw
2. Nic Naitanui
2. Lynden Dunn
1. J. Simpkin

[Jukes]

Round 4 Review

Moscow Spetsnaz   v   Mexico City Suns   Luzhniki Stadium

Team Sheet
D: H. Shaw, L. Dunn, N. Vlastuin, J. Frawley
M: D. Heppell (cc), C. Ward (cc), R. Griffen, J. Simpkin
R: N. Naitanui
F: D. Martin, T. Vickery, J. Jenkins, S. May
U: Z. Clarke, D. Fletcher
Emg: J. Hombsch, D. Ellard, G. Burbury

Preview NEW FEATURE!
London are a pretty good side, especially with superstar captain Brent "GOAT" Stanton. We were very embarrassingly defeated by them a year and a two rounds ago, going down by just under FIVE goals. A lot has changed since then- captain Shane Tuck has retired, the blokes who picked up 5 votes and 4 votes have been shipped out, and only 4 of the players who played in that game are playing this round. We really need to win this one. Dyson Heppell makes his Spetsnaz captaincy debut, while Ward is the other co-captain, making his first captaincy appearance since round 6, 2013. Zac Clarke makes his long-anticipated Spetsnaz debut, alongside Josh Jenkins.

Our projected score for the week is 1540
Projected score breakdown: Shaw 95 [You da man], Dunn 90 [Robbed], Vlastuin 85 [Solid], Frawley 85 [Superstar], Heppell 110x1.5, Ward 140x1.5 [flowering spud I hate him so much], Griffen 110 [good], Simpkin 95 [flowering sub], Naitanui 105 [super spud], Martin 95 [Very close to predicted, good], Vickery 75 [Becomes Burbury 77, good], Jenkins 75, May 75 [Dead right pre-scaling haha what a gun], Clarke 105, Fletcher 75.

Spetsnaz Scores
D: H. Shaw 110, L. Dunn 68, N. Vlastuin 77, J. Frawley 131
M: D. Heppell (cc) 133, C. Ward (cc) 48x1.5, R. Griffen 102, D. Ellard 67 (J. Simpkin 38)
R: N. Naitanui 27
F: D. Martin 94, G. Burbury 77 (T. Vickery 25), J. Jenkins 122, S. May 76
U: Z. Clarke 92, J. Hombsch 46
Plus Jaeger O'Meara 105 who was mistakenly omitted but will be counted towards b&f.

Final Score
London Royals (21.14.140) defeated Moscow Spetsnaz (21.10.136)

Best and Fairest Votes
5. Dyson Heppell
4. James Frawley
3. Josh Jenkins
2. Heath Shaw
1. Jaeger O'Meara

Best Clubman
George Burbury

Reserves
Imperial Princes (10.6.66) lost to Siberian Wolverines (12.6.78)

Review
1) would have beaten London any other week this season  ::)
2) why the flower didn't I name Jaeger. Even though it wouldn't have won it for us (I don't think), I was sure he was in.
3) Ward you're a disgrace
4) Nic Nat you're a disgrace
5) Need dem injured players back

[ossie85]

Yep, the Jaeger omission was confusing! Not adhering to team rules?

[Jukes]

Selector wrote his name messy on the team sheet and the coach read it as Fletcher :3

[CrowsFan]

How can you give someone a vote in the best and fairest if they didn't even play? That doesn't make sense.

Also if you have played JOM over Hombsch you would have won. Sorry

[Jukes]

It wasn't Jaeger's fault that he was forgotten, deserves the recognition.

Woops, thought JOM would replace Ellard :/

[Jukes]

Round 5 Review

Buenos Aires Armadillos   v   Moscow Spetsnaz   Estadio de River   

Team Sheet
D: D. Fletcher, L. Dunn, J. Frawley, N. Vlastuin
M: J. O'Meara (cc), D. Heppell (cc), R. Griffen, C. Ward
R: Z. Clarke
F: D. Martin, J. Jenkins, S. May, G. Burbury
U: N. Naitanui, J. Simpkin
Emg: J. Thomas, D. Sheed, D. Ellard

Preview
We've been awful two consecutive weeks, and we want a good score this week. With all the outs- Seedsman, Shaw, Docherty, Hogan and Vickery among them, we can't expect to win, but we want to be very competitive and maybe even sneak a positive boost ahead of next week's must win match against New York. We'll be looking straight at leadership group members Nic Naitanui and Callan Ward to redeem themselves after pitiful efforts last week. We want a score of 140 or more.

Spetsnaz Scores
D: D. Fletcher 82, L. Dunn 82, J. Frawley 96, N. Vlastuin 70
M: J. O'Meara (cc) 75, D. Heppell (cc) 57, R. Griffen 116, J. Thomas 53 (C. Ward 92)
R: Z. Clarke 49
F: D. Martin 80, J. Jenkins 79, S. May 81, G. Burbury 48
U: N. Naitanui 107, J. Simpkin 92

Final Scores
Buenos Aires Armadillos (23.12.150) defeated Moscow Spetsnaz (19.10.124)

Best and Fairest Votes
5. Ryan Griffen
4. Nic Naitanui
3. James Frawley
2. Jonathan Simpkin
1. Callan Ward

Best Clubman
Josh Thomas for being such a great sub he earned us -39 points.

Reserves
Buenos Aires Armadillos (11.13.79) defeated Siberian Wolverines (7.2.44)

Review
Terrible again.