WXV Round 1 - The GF Replay

[Holz]

Darn if I hadn't stuffed up twice and had who I wanted captain I think we would be home. Need a huge one from Bob. I just know I'm going to go down by less than 63 points though.

[Nails]

Buenos Aires Armadillos

D - H. Scotland DNP, SD Thompson 88, Burgoyne 103, C. Newman 56
M - D. Swan 133.5 (134) (Co), S. Johnson 116 , M. Boyd, M. Barlow 198 (Co)
R - D. Cox
F - P. Chapman 124, D. Petrie 20, B. Harvey 74, J. Schulz 106
UTI - K. Cornes 111, J. Redpath

EMG - J. Kelly 102 (will come in for Reddy), D. Hale 89, E. Wood

1,232/12 (capts played, unfortunately Petrie did too)

Somebody told me on chat Sam Gilbert is out for 4-6 weeks, so put Newman on for him and Easton Wood emg... Looks like my failure to double check might cost me a few points, but not a win


IDK this team's name, but I know they're my opponent

N Haynes 89 - J Pittard 52 - C O'Shea DNP - C Guthrie 76
JPK (VC) 91 - T Cotchin 118 - D Thomas 62 - A Cooney (C)
J Toumpas 62.5 (63) OOP 32
G Rohan 47 - S Higgins - J Darling - T Hawkins 35
B Hill 96 - D Tyson 111

Emergencies:

S Reid, J Cameron, A Everitt 74

883/12 (capt not played)


Unless their captain and other 2 players DESTROY and my 3 players like Boyd, Cox and Wood (Wood and Cox lol) absolutely fail, we're home.

Kind of painful to see what was at the time 50/50 decisions burning us like Petrie on field for 20 and Hale 89 in the emg. Might see Petrie dropped next week.  Obviously not the most painful thing in the world. But 69 points for percentage could be the difference between 4th and 5th or 1st and 2nd or 2nd and 3rd. Imagine coming 3rd based on his one Hale/Petrie decision and then losing based solely on HGA.

Handy to have players like D. Cross, D. Hale and S. Gilbert lining up for the reserves.

[Jukes]

Bored so will add up 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
F: D. Martin (vc) 204, A. Monfries 76, T. Vickery 61, C. Sinclair OOP
U: D. Ellard 120, D. Sheed
Overall: 1234 with Naitanui, Sheed and Sinclair OOP to come

vs

Def: N.Grima 48, M.Johnson 104, M.Maguire, S.Butler T.Hickey 12 (?), Pedersen 15 (?)
Mid: C.Pendlebury (C) 254, J.Ziebell 47, B.McLean 54, B.Cunnington 92
Ruc: P.Ryder (VC) 96
Fwd: J.Riewoldt 36, L.Adams 46, M.Robinson 55, L.Henderson 47
Int: C.Young 60, M.Shaw 57
Overall: 1023*

*Assuming I know what happens. Hickey comes in as is top listed player on team list not already named and gets 1/4 then another 1/2 for being OOP, and Pedersen comes in at 1/4 ?

Easy win me thinks :3

[Nige]

Cairo - 1367/13 with C
D: N.Malceski 86, B.Smith 78, P.Hanley 72, B.Goodes
M: D.Beams 136x2=272(C), D.Prestia 144(VC), M.Rischitelli 91, L.Dunstan 100
R: S.Mumford 132
F: L.Johnston 66, S.Kerridge 86, L.Breust 140, P.Puopolo 54
I: J.Giles 46, J.Cripps

vs

Dublin - 1388/14 with C
Backs: A.Rance 81, G.Birchall 120, R.Murphy, J.Watts 95
Mids: T.Boak 58(VC), J.Selwood 157, T.Rockliff 95x2=190(C), J.Watson 157
Ruck: T.Goldstein 89
Fwds: L.Franklin 54, C.Dixon 22, M.Walters 65, R.Gray 109
Interchange: D. Mundy 95, N.Dal Santo 96



Cripps and Goodes to come, expecting 60ish from the former and about 80ish from the latter. That'd get us to about 1500.

Just Bob for Dublin who I'll admit were unlucky.

Looks like we're home.  :)

Home?

You trail by 21 points. If you get what you expect your players to get (140 points) you'll lead by 119. Murphy scored more than 119 in 4 of 19 games last year.

And against his opponent tomorrow he scored 147 last year.

If anything, they're home, not you.

I'm real nervous. Just hoping Murphy has a quiet one and doesn't plan on dominating.

I'm trying to stay positive about this, but I too am nervous.

Here's to hoping Bob doesn't get his highest score from last year against the same team.  :P

[DazBurg]

PARISIAN NICE LYON REINDEERS

Backs: K. Simpson (CC)(158), C. Enright(97), J. Harbrow(97), L. McPharlin(53) - 405
Mids: M. Priddis (CC), D. Rich(79), N. Jones(142), L. Ball(105) - 326
Fwds: C. Wingard(100), J. Westhoff(119), J. Patton(90), J. Billings(14) - 323
Ruc: M. Lobbe(76) - 76
Int: D. Shiel(41), H. Grundy(87) - 128

Total - 1258/ Priddis as co-captain left

Emg: D. Myers(105), F. Ray(110), M. Jaensch(107)
(i believe simpson gets rounded up from 157.5 does it not?)
jeez look at the emergency scores damn

VS

Def: D. Swallow(135) - T. Duryea(74) - J. Roughead - T. Langdon(111) - 320

Mid: B. Gibbs(99) - B. Ellis(46) - S. Conigilio(108) - T. Scully(104) - 357

Ruck: B. McEvoy(110) - 110

Fwds: P. Dangerfield (C)(214) - M. Lecras - H. Ballantyne(81) - B. McGlylnn(85) - 380

Int: H. Hocking(64) - T. Hunt(53) - 117

Emg: N. Maxwell(57) - J. Newnes(86) - T. Lynch(73)

Total - 1284 - Roughhead and Lecras left

looking like PNL lose a close one yet again :(

[Nige]

Damn, just realised that Dunstan fell short of a Worlds Rising Star nom.  :(

[ossie85]

One match to go! Encourage everyone to double check the scores :)

Sao Paulo Pumas (Captain played, 14/1321)   v   Mexico City Suns (Captain played, 13/1393)

Pumas have Masten to come, while the Suns have Hurn and Crameri. Would take a mammoth effort, and I think the Suns are home for a bit of revenge....

Moscow Spetsnaz (12/1072) v   Toronto Wolves (Captain played, 14/1094)

Moscow will likeli have Martin's VC scored of 102 doubled, with Naitanui, Sheed and Sinclair to come (Ellard's score currently halved, but assuming Barrass doesn't play it will be Sinclair's score eventually halved). Toronto have Butler to come, and I reckon Moscow are home and hosed.

Berlin Brewers (Captain played, 13/1149) v London Royals (Captain played, 15/1172)

Brewers finally showing some form, but still under what you'd expect, with JJ Kennedy and Hunter to come. London are well and truly done, meaning only an apocalyptic performance can prevent a Berlin victory here.

Buenos Aires Armadillos (Both Co-Captains played, 11/1130) v   Cape Town Cobras (12/884)

Buenos Aires look like the team of the round, with Cox, Boyd, Redpath (likely Kelly replacement) and Wood to come. Cape Town are struggling, with only Cooney (capt), Higgins and Darling to come. Buenos Aires not even sweating.

New York Revolution (11/672)   v   Pacific Islanders (Captain played, 15/1192)

Terrible performance from New York, with Libba (c), Stevens, Macrae and Lycett to come..... Amazingly, they are still a chance if Libba goes nuts with Pacific only managing a final score of 1192.

Beijing Thunder (Captain played, 12/1072)  v   Wellington Warriors (Captain played, 15/1174)

Beijing aren't going to bad really, with Talia, Rosa and Yeo to come. Wellington would have benefited from the sub rule this week if they chose it, and Beijing are a great chance of coming away with a win.

PNL Reindeers (one Co-Captain played, 14/1258)  v   Seoul Magpies (Captain played, 13/1284)

PNL have Co-Captain Priddis to come, and Seoul have LeCras and Jordan Roughead to come. Seoul have noses in front, but stranger things have happened..... PNL kicking  themselves for not activating sub rule, if they did, Billings would have been replaced by Myers (at half points), but it could prove crucial.

Dublin Destroyers (Captain played, 14/1388)   v   Cairo Sands (Captain played, 13/1367)

Leadership confusion at Dublin could cost them the win with Murphy to come, Cairo have Brett Goodes and Cripps to come... this one is close.

New Delhi Tigers  (One co-captain played, 12/696) v   Tokyo Samurai (11/698)

New Delhi heading for a terrible score, with Co-captain Wellingham, Gaff and Giansiracusa to come, a sub 1000 score is likely. Tokyo aren't doing much better, but with Captain Scooter, Shuey, Dahlhaus and Campbell to come, they should get a win here.

[Toga]

So we need 103 points from Talia, Yeo & Rosa to get us across the line... Come on boys!

[elephants]

Wowowow disgusting from NDT. Oh well, we can only improve from here!

[Boomz]

Not pretty reading for either of us... But at least we should win... I hope.

[roo boys!]

Putrid, congrats Jukes

[Justin Bieber]

PNL Reindeers (one Co-Captain played, 14/1258)  v   Seoul Magpies (Captain played, 13/1284)

PNL have Co-Captain Priddis to come, and Seoul have LeCras and Jordan Roughead to come. Seoul have noses in front, but stranger things have happened..... PNL kicking  themselves for not activating sub rule, if they did, Billings would have been replaced by Myers (at half points), but it could prove crucial.

I swear, my coaching decisions are questionable at times... Can I just auto-sub rule from now on for every round? Or would we have to say it before every round?

We can only hope LeCras is well held and Jordan plays FB and does nothing. That and a 150 game from Priddis wouldn't hurt :P.

PARISIAN NICE LYON REINDEERS

Backs: K. Simpson (CC)(158), C. Enright(97), J. Harbrow(97), L. McPharlin(53) - 405
Mids: M. Priddis (CC), D. Rich(79), N. Jones(142), L. Ball(105) - 326
Fwds: C. Wingard(100), J. Westhoff(119), J. Patton(90), J. Billings(14) - 323
Ruc: M. Lobbe(76) - 76
Int: D. Shiel(41), H. Grundy(87) - 128

Total - 1258/ Priddis as co-captain left

Emg: D. Myers(105), F. Ray(110), M. Jaensch(107)
(i believe simpson gets rounded up from 157.5 does it not?)
jeez look at the emergency scores damn

looking like PNL lose a close one yet again :(

Very tight contest and spewing if we lose another close one :(. Gotta to say, if our reserves don't win this week either, I give up, I just give up... Billings/Shiel the subs didn't help, and McPharlin failed down back, certainly looking to be making a few changes this week if round 1 is anything to go by!

[ossie85]

Sorry hp, people need to nominate sub rule each round

[Purple 77]

Surely this horrible luck won't continue this  year for PNL, surely not :-\

[Justin Bieber]

And just to be sure, if a player is a sub but still scores more than the first emergency (even if it is halved), do we keep that player's score? Or does the sub-rule always come into effect if a starting player is a sub, regardless of score?