FINALS WEEK ONE MATCH CENTRE

[Nige]

Having on the best all time rounds and not even featuring ::). All of these ordinary teams are.. ::)

Such a shame the Elephants aren't in finals hey Luke?  :P

And the Eskimoes who are flowering shower, are still in the comp.

Barlow, Boak, Lewis. Nuff said.

We're clearly a half decent team to make finals Luke, stop being bitter. 

[Justin Bieber]

Having on the best all time rounds and not even featuring ::). All of these ordinary teams are.. ::)

Such a shame the Elephants aren't in finals hey Luke?  :P

And the Eskimoes who are flowering shower, are still in the comp.

Barlow, Boak, Lewis. Nuff said.

We're clearly a half decent team to make finals Luke, stop being bitter.

No. Got super lucky and should of lost more points since Koop was inactive.

[Nige]

Having on the best all time rounds and not even featuring ::). All of these ordinary teams are.. ::)

Such a shame the Elephants aren't in finals hey Luke?  :P

And the Eskimoes who are flowering shower, are still in the comp.

Barlow, Boak, Lewis. Nuff said.

We're clearly a half decent team to make finals Luke, stop being bitter.

No. Got super lucky and should of lost more points since Koop was inactive.

Luck is a part of the game. Coop was inactive, but had a reason. There are rules in place for inactivity and the team was penalised accordingly. If anything, the rules/system are to blame for giving a coach so many chances. Perhaps a three strikes and you're out method should be implemented, whereas it's currently like 5 chances before a potential sacking. Don't get pissy at me or the team especially since you're rather envious of not being in finals. 

[Justin Bieber]

Having on the best all time rounds and not even featuring ::). All of these ordinary teams are.. ::)

Such a shame the Elephants aren't in finals hey Luke?  :P

And the Eskimoes who are flowering shower, are still in the comp.

Barlow, Boak, Lewis. Nuff said.

We're clearly a half decent team to make finals Luke, stop being bitter.

No. Got super lucky and should of lost more points since Koop was inactive.

Luck is a part of the game. Coop was inactive, but had a reason. There are rules in place for inactivity and the team was penalised accordingly. If anything, the rules/system are to blame for giving a coach so many chances. Perhaps a three strikes and you're out method should be implemented, whereas it's currently like 5 chances before a potential sacking. Don't get pissy at me or the team especially since you're rather envious of not being in finals.

I'm not, I'm joking. But it was 2 points deduction, then a sacking. Should of been 4 points and a sacking. The sacking was a blessing, makes no sense to not penalise, when the sacking actually helped the side out.

[Ricochet]

2ND QUALIFYING FINAL:

Team Name: Kuala Lumpur Crocs Captain: Steele Sidebottom Vice Captain: Bryce Gibbs EME C/VC: Scott Pendlebury DEF1: Player - James Frawley 128 DEF2: Player - Heath Shaw 164 DEF3: Player - Corey Enright 138 DEF4: Player - Harry Taylor 171 MID1: Player - Scott Pendlebury MID2: Player - Steele Sidebottom (C) MID3: Player - Tom Liberatore MID4: Player - Bryce Gibbs (VC) 163x1.5 = 244.5 RUC1: Player - Jarrod Witts FWD1: Player - Luke Parker 138 FWD2: Player - Jack Darling FWD3: Player - Luke Dahlhaus FWD4: Player - Josh Caddy 73 UTI1: Player - Shane "The Saviour" Savage UTI2: Player - Koby Stevens EME1: Player - Aaron Black 64 (FWD) EME2: Player -  Brodie Grundy (RUCK) EME3: Player - Dylan Grimes 54 (DEF) TOTAL: 7/1056.5 + VC

Vs

Team Name: Bangladesh Bears Captain: N. Riewoldt Vice Captain: J. Selwood EME C/VC: N. Fyfe DEF1: Player - S. Mitchell 116 DEF2: Player - P. Duffield 142 DEF3: Player - J. Adcock DEF4: Player - J. Gwilt MID1: Player - J. Selwood (VC) 177x1.5= 265.5 MID2: Player - N. Fyfe 155 MID3: Player - M. Boyd MID4: Player - D. Cross 76 RUC1: Player - A. Sandilands 96 FWD1: Player - N. Riewoldt (C) FWD2: Player - B. Harvey 128 FWD3: Player - M. LeCras FWD4: Player - M. Pavlich 64 UTI1: Player - B. McEvoy (R) 76 UTI2: Player - A. Carrazzo (M) 87 EME1: Player - S. Edwards 101 (M/F) EME2: Player - M. Jamar 75 (R) EME3: Player - J. Rivers (D) TOTAL: 10/1205.5 + VC

[tbagrocks]

Having on the best all time rounds and not even featuring ::). All of these ordinary teams are.. ::)

Such a shame the Elephants aren't in finals hey Luke?  :P

And the Eskimoes who are flowering shower, are still in the comp.

Barlow, Boak, Lewis. Nuff said.

We're clearly a half decent team to make finals Luke, stop being bitter.

No. Got super lucky and should of lost more points since Koop was inactive.

Luck is a part of the game. Coop was inactive, but had a reason. There are rules in place for inactivity and the team was penalised accordingly. If anything, the rules/system are to blame for giving a coach so many chances. Perhaps a three strikes and you're out method should be implemented, whereas it's currently like 5 chances before a potential sacking. Don't get pissy at me or the team especially since you're rather envious of not being in finals.

I'm not, I'm joking. But it was 2 points deduction, then a sacking. Should of been 4 points and a sacking. The sacking was a blessing, makes no sense to not penalise, when the sacking actually helped the side out.

How is that BITTER taste? I bet it tastes bitter? ???  Grow up already ::)

[Nige]

Kathmandu Eskimos - 1293/12 with C

Lumumba, Picken, Hombsch 71, Duryea 67
Greenwood (c) Ellard 107, Smith (c) 121x2= 242, Gaff (vc), Ebert 129
Ryder 113
Breust 102, Jetta 109, Howlett 106, Zerrett 78
Hannebery 70, Polec 99

Ellard, Firrito 81, Rowe 67

vs

UAE Martins Tigers - 1004/8 with VC

Harbrow 109, Hurn, Henderson, Martin
Griffen (c), Deledio 145, Ziebell 134, Douglas
Martin
Martin 144x1.5=216(vc), Riewoldt 117, Gray 149, Yarran 8
Armitage, Greene 156

Ray, Higgins, Dempster



So it's:

Lumumba, Picken, Gaff x1.5, 89 + HGA
vs
Hurn, Henderson, B.Martin, Griffen x2, Douglas, S.Martin + Armitage

I think it's fair to say it's well and truly game over.

Everybody except for Yarran scores above 100... how flowering bad is our luck?

[Adamant]

Bears are flowered.

[Nige]

Bears are flowered.

Not as flowered as the 'Mos.

[BB67th]

1st Qualifying Final
SRI LANKA STRIKERS (1048 from 9 + VC) v HONG KONG DONGS (1224.5 from 10 + VC + C)

1st Elimination Final
MONGOLIAN LAMBS (1114.5 from 11 + VC) v BANGKOK CRABS (1315 from 10 + C)

2nd Elimination Final
KATHMANDU ESKIMOS (1293 from 12 + C) v UAE TIGERS (1034 from 7 + VC)

2nd Qualifying Final
KL CROCODILES (1056.5 from 7 + VC) v BANGLADESH BEARS (1205.5 from 10 + VC)

Here's the scores update. Strikers have a slight edge over the Dongs at the moment, a big one from captain Sloane will put them in a comfortable position.

The Lambs are going to really struggle to get over the Crabs, they will need something special to save their season.

The Eskimos are much in the same boat, with the Tigers smashing it despite Yarran's injury.

The Crocodiles are on absolute fire, just look at that defence. They too, are in a comfortable position, and the Bears need a huge game from Riewoldt to be a chance.

[Jay]

C'mon Sloaney, I need you today :-*

[elephants]

DEF1: Player - James Frawley 128
DEF2: Player - Heath Shaw 164
DEF3: Player - Corey Enright 138
DEF4: Player - Harry Taylor 171

:o that defence though!

[Toga]

Lambs:
D: Hanley, McVeigh (VC) (166.5), Houli (116), Rance (72)
M: Priddis (C), Murphy (135), Hartlett (108), Johnson (75)
R: Pyke (54)
F: Petrie (170), Tippett (55), Lynch (131), Ballantyne (51)
U: O'Shea (116), Cooney

TOTAL: 1,249.5

vs

Crabs:
D: Swallow (144), Carlile (75), Kolodjashnij (128), Docherty (102)
M: Cotchin (C) (308), Prestia (81), O'Meara (151), Treloar (110)
R: Naitanui
F: Hawkins (109), Motlop (107), Stringer, McGovern
U: Crouch (VC), Grigg

TOTAL: 1,315



LAMBS: Priddis (C), Hanley, Cooney + HGA

CRABS: Crouch (VC), Naitanui, Stringer, McGovern, Grigg + 65.5

[Nige]

 :(

[Memphistopheles]

Some ripping matches in the first week of the finals.

Crocodiles are on fire, Crabs look like they could spring and upset and the Dongs are putting up a good fight against the Strikers.