This league was finalised this morning when Gilligan joined up where my brother in law Casey was too slow. Obvious family related joke so tempting but....no....too much class! Four of the original top six are no longer in the league so there is an opportunity for a coach having a breakout season and getting promoted to the 'real' Hogg leagues of Divvy II and higher.

There are quite a number of coaches that haven't had that much experience in SuperCoach who have come a long way in a short period. Ugly Ducklings, Modraaa, SA Rapids are all relatively new to the Hogg who have come a long way in a short amount of time. Ugly Ducklings in particular looks a fast learner.

HOGG DIVISION III 2020

1 Some Cant Lucky For Some 50439
2 Duromine Dependent PPLions 49620
3 Ingle Farm Felons the milky bar kid 49576
4 Ugly Ducklings Steph 49249
5 Failed Creation Failed Creation 49228
6 woolballs wooly 49165
7 The Bye Lightning McQueen 48963
8 WeBrownAsOne Browny 48939
9 Modraaaaa! Cravo 48903
10 Right Nut welovetotalkfooty 48664
11 Liamscrows Liam W 48641
12 Power Rules Gilligan 48634
13 Moneybrawl Dogmatic 48544
14 The Willies brod 48495
15 SA Rapids Brodlach Jnr 48438
16 Jimmy crack corn Media Park 47867
17 Footy Legends Cub 47704
18 ZedForce Zed 47249

The average par score for this league is 2122 which is 40 odd points shy of the league above. The season par score for this league based on last year's scoring is 48795. I will be using the SuperCoach group tool to determine who gets the score based Hogg promotions this year so please join the group if you like getting Hogg Promotions. The code for our group is 137550.

regards,

REB

Thanks everyone. Had an interesting meeting with management yesterday. I had them squirming which was good to see. All the while I didn't drop myself in it. A delicate balancing act.

regards,

REB

whufc wrote:How have you got the ultimate premiums or are you taking a punt on the likes of Bontempelli, Mitchell over the Cripps, Neales

Only ultimate premos are Fyfe, Gawn and Cripps.

regards,

REB

I remember going to a Port v Norwood trial game at Richmond with a Portie mate. We went into the club and we had our hats on and Douggie comes in and says 'hats off boys' and we didn't argue. It might have been a Port v Norwood game but it was his bloody club. Being from the Richmond area he was a man who had great respect in the local community.

Vale Mr West Adelaide.

regards,

REB

5 trades confirmed. Probably not enough to save my team!

regards,

REB

Thoughts on the artificial crowd noise on the NRL last night? I thought I wouldn't like it but it is very suttle and thought it was a good addition and gets rid of the echoing in an empty stadium.

Bloody horrible I reckon. Titans v Cowboys and the Cowboys are smashing the Titans and the 'crowd' is carrying on like it's golden point time in an Origin decider. Ridiculous. Gives you a headache watching 'super saturday'.

Then there are the special touches that are missing......Latrell does a big arse fumble and the Roosters get the ball. Next time Latrell takes the ball...where were the Bronxys ffs? You can't manufacture atmosphere. I would rather hear the voices of the players and the THUD of the hits...especially in league. Can you imagine a showdown without the uninformed BALLLLLL!!! chants? And will the AFL factor in the premature ejaculation of Collingwood supporters with the Collingwood chant that rings around the ground when the Pies are three goals up in the second? And what about the polite applause at Cat park when we get a goal?

It's an arms folded big boo from me. Sorry...Booooooooooooooooo.

regards,

REB

Good to see Test Cricket going ahead. Couldn't give a **** about the teeball world cup.

regards,

REB

Round 2

Sharks 2203
Poon Illuminati 2145

Ecky's Fevolas 2175
TEAM_FISH 1970

Hips Don't Lie 2129
REBCats 2015

Roosters 2168
Captain Who? 2150

Q Before You 2246
Hondo SCC 2051

Mediocre at Best 2240
Chicken Twisties 2018

Richo Richo Man 2099
Ben Rolfsburgers 2042

Delicious 2239
Wadey's Warriors 2062

Inner Sanctum 2277
Has Been 2045

Ladder

1 Ecky's Fevolas 2 0 4414 4108 107.45 8
2 Delicious 2 0 4324 4137 104.52 8
3 Hips Don't Lie 2 0 4210 4058 103.75 8
4 Richo Richo Man 2 0 4237 4086 103.70 8
5 Sharks 2 0 4315 4223 102.18 8
6 Mediocre at Best 1 1 4315 4103 105.17 4
7 Q Before You 1 1 4289 4132 103.80 4
8 Inner Sanctum 1 1 4353 4214 103.30 4

9 Ben Rolfsburgers 1 1 4211 4175 100.86 4
10 Chicken Twisties 1 1 4314 4311 100.07 4
11 Roosters 1 1 4339 4366 99.38 4
12 TEAM_FISH 1 1 4186 4346 96.32 4
13 Has Been 1 1 4293 4472 96.00 4
14 REBCats 0 2 4093 4241 96.51 0
15 Poon Illuminati 0 2 4283 4442 96.42 0
16 Wadey's Warriors 0 2 4257 4487 94.87 0
17 Captain Who? 0 2 4221 4464 94.56 0
18 Hondo SCC 0 2 4095 4384 93.41 0

This time last year Benny Rolfs were on a roll and the foundation teams REBCats and Poony were riding high on the top three spots on the ladder. This year the ladder already has a different look about it. The REBCats are the lowest scoring team in the comp and Poon , while scoring better has the same burger ring in the W column. Another side who regularly threatens the top four is Hondo who is in an uncharacteristic position on the table, stone motherless and in a spot of bother. But you won't hear the REBster sledging the great man as it's Hondo vs. Cats this week in the Premier League mockbuster.

You couldn't begrudge Richo Richo winning a low scoring game and Cover King must have gotten some measure of satisfaction after defeating the defending premiers in an uninspiring contest. Promoted Hips Don't Lie scored a comfortable win to remain unbeaten and Delcious has gotten off to a handy 2-zip start as well. Spiro aka 'The Golden Greek' has yet to have a successful Premier League season but is on track so far in 2020. The sharks were the lowest ranked team going in but instead of sitting on the bottom they are in the top five and scoring well. Top of the class is Ecky's Fevs who have had a better record than the sharks so far and continue to do so. Ecky fully deserves his current rating and the latest team to cop the Ecky Thump (A Goodies reference in memory of Tim Brooke Taylor) was TEAM_FISH who were a bit off as they scored even less than the REBCats which is never a good sign.

Someone left the Twisties pack open and during the twelve week absence the Chicken Twisties were as stale as Mediocre handed out a crunching hiding. Shit. Who eats Chicken Twisties anyway, horrible things. The answer to that of course, is Mediocre at Best chomp chomp. Sanctum and Q opened their accounts on resumption with some solid scoring in a week when the league took a collective dump and our ranking tumbled faster than a Romanian gymnast.

Yet another experienced straggler is Captain Who, who, at least managed to get off the bottom as the Roosters opened their Premier League account and keeping us old hands company in the Wine Cellar is Wadey's Warriors who have found it tough in the top flight so far. So here we go again you blokes Round 3 it is and Hondo if you could stink it up this weekend it would certainly be appreciated mate. 8)

Regards,

REB

Round 2

1 Coro Chameleons 4501 10 2
2 FNQ Trotters 4491 - 1
3 Herbs N Spices 4452 37 2
4 The Willies 4450 13 2
5 Sorbent Sellouts 4409 3 2
6 DAISYSDUDS 4407 7 2
7 PorterGUNS 4402 - 1
8 Red Devils 4392 14 2
9 JOBBY THE GOAT 4381 1 2
10 KingKiddy 4375 5 2
11 Jays Jocks 4372 11 2
12 GETOUTOFTHEWAY 4371 12 2
13 Brodlach Bombers 4363 17 2
14 Inner Sanctum 4353 32 2
15 Roosters 4339 16 2
16 True North 4329 33 2
17 ZedForce 4326 17 2
18 Sharks 4315 26 2
19 Chicken Twisties 4314 2 2
20 The Hotshots 4309 4 2
21 The Dukes 4302 - 1
22 Crowvid-19 4300 - 1
23 PowerFailure 4300 38 2
24 Has Been 4293 6 2
25 PORT FOR EVER 4290 9 2
26 Poon Illuminati 4283 19 2
27 Star Midfield 4277 27 2
28 Power Rules 4272 28 2
29 Liamscrows 4263 25 2
30 Some Cant 4257 - 1
31 Richo Richo Man 4237 20 2
32 Failed Creation 4215 - 1
33 Chops Clots 4200 - 1
34 The Far Callers 4195 36 2
35 Adelaide Crows 4189 18 2
36 TEAM_FISH 4186 8 2
37 Ugly Ducklings 4169 24 2
38 Cowpokes 4166 35 2
39 eddieslittleindians 4118 - 1
40 Greedy Guns 4117 21 2

Looks like it's Culture Club back on top of the charts as the Coro Coro Coro Coro Chameleons are the new number one with some big name teams taking a massive plummet. Some highly rated teams have been late joiners to the group and they have rock and rolled the established acts.

regards,

REB

I've done OK I have 21 playing and so can drop Whitfields 8, Taylors 44 and Picketts 50 :-BD
Ive slept on it and am still absolutely fuming. There is so many reasons to award some actual points and move on but no lets complicate it and have the uncertasinty of this game being played at any time where they have said these players will score twice in one round. What happens if tyhis game isnt scheduled until r14-17 when SC finals are on? If i wanted to have rounds with teams playing twice id play SC Cricket.
Then thers cash generation stalling and the ability of other coaches to now get these players without another price rise effectively handing players 4 trades in one round whilst i have 2. I had to choose between Rivers and Sturt, i went Rivers, anybody who went the other way can now have both without a price change.
Then there is the fact i will have 17 playing with players on the bench scoring but no E on them as 6 games had already been played and i cant get them on the field

Might have to think about a non-promotion/relegation season this year depending on how many other rounds are compromised. Already we aren't playing each other once, now this round and then if we have a 'double up' finals series that compromises promotion as well. As for the loss you are wearing, you can recover from one loss but yeah the cash generation thing is a worry. I was going to bring in Rivers but went Starcevich in the end.

regards,

REB

Round 4

FootyLegends 2132
Power Rules 2103

Ingle Farm Felons 2083
Ugly Ducklings 1979

Right Nut 2073
Moneybrawl 1902

The Bye 1949
Jimmy crack corn 1942

Some Cant 2138
Liamscrows 2014

The Willies 2179
Failed Creation 1996

Brown Boys 2201
Modraaaaaa! 2079

Golden Fleece 1950
SA Rapids 1848

Duromine Dependent 2273
ZedForce 2224

Ladder

1 The Willies 4 0 8444 8040 105.02 16
2 Golden Fleece 3 1 8077 7655 105.51 12
3 Ugly Ducklings 3 1 8229 7880 104.43 12
4 Right Nut 3 1 7929 7825 101.33 12
5 Brown Boys 3 1 7725 7634 101.19 12
6 ZedForce 2 2 8373 8076 103.68 8
7 Modraaaaaa! 2 2 8161 7936 102.84 8
8 Liamscrows 2 2 8108 7906 102.56 8

9 Failed Creation 2 2 8091 7912 102.26 8
10 Some Cant 2 2 8152 7983 102.12 8
11 Power Rules 2 2 8196 8122 100.91 8
12 Duromine Dependent 2 2 7841 8142 96.30 8
13 Jimmy Crack Corn 1 3 7627 7635 99.90 4
14 FootyLegends 1 3 7792 8045 96.86 4
15 Moneybrawl 1 3 7537 7815 96.44 4
16 The Bye 1 3 7800 8134 95.89 4
17 SA Rapids 1 3 7555 8170 92.47 4
18 Ingle Farm Felons 1 3 7383 8110 91.04 4

The Willies stand alone at the top of the Division III ladder after a routine win over Failed Creation which saw the Creation tumble out of the top eight. The Ugly ducks lived up to their name this week during a round in which the winless teams all manage to open their account for the season. It was a brilliant win for the Felons who hadn't looked like it so far at any stage this season. Unfortunately for them though, The Bye had a close win over Jimmy while FootyLedgens managed to hang on over Power Rules to keep their season alive.

A couple of sides managed to score well and for the first time one of those was Browny. Browny hadn't been scoring squat all season but that changed this week with a sensational 2201 which was more than enough to bring Modraaaaa crashing down to earth. As impressive as Browny's effort was, spare a thought for Zed who scored 2224 but were beaten by Duromine Dependent's 2273 in what was the match of the round. There is nothing worse than scoring the second best score in the league and being beaten by the best. Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.

It wasn't a great week for stragglers who got rolled and SA Rapids in particular are looking shaky. Moneybrawl was well beaten and Jimmy lost by seven so the bottom end of the table is even tighter than it is at the top. Right now The Willies are sitting pretty, this means in SuperCoach that the shit is going to hit the fan for Brod....

regards,

REB

Browny25 wrote:I haven't scored well because I haven't looked at my team since March

Plus I'm not very good at SC!

I haven't cracked 2200 all year so I reckon you're a gun.

regards,

REB

SC can GAGF
Smith 3, no opponents have him
Traded out Taylor to bring in Titch, Taylor tons up, no doubt Titch will be concussed in the first 5mins
Oh and that move gave me full "premo"* status in fwd line so Max Kings 86 sits on the bench too
*by 2020 standards

My Hogg match up is aiive thanks to WCYBloods bold Bontempelli Captain move :D


Could be worse mate. You could have got sucked in by Rosey. What a ******* girls blouse he is.

regards,

REB

The best South player I have seen. RIP Nails.

regards,

REB

Round 5

Ingle Farm Felons 2152
Power Rules 2082

FootyLegends 2030
Moneybrawl 1797

The Bye 1857
Ugly Ducklings 1738

Liamscrows 1980
Right Nut 1960

The Willies 2024
Jimmy crack corn 1471

Some Cant 2037
Modraaaaaa! 1862

Failed Creation 2134
SA Rapids 1520

ZedForce 1957
Brown Boys 1579

Golden Fleece 1952
Duromine Dependent 1833

Ladder

1 The Willies 5 0 10468 9511 110.06 20
2 Golden Fleece 4 1 10029 9488 105.70 16
3 Failed Creation 3 2 10225 9432 108.41 12
4 ZedForce 3 2 10330 9655 106.99 12
5 Some Cant 3 2 10189 9845 103.49 12
6 Ugly Ducklings 3 2 9967 9737 102.36 12
7 Liamscrows 3 2 10088 9866 102.25 12
8 Right Nut 3 2 9889 9805 100.86 12

9 Brown Boys 3 2 9304 9591 97.01 12
10 Modraaaaaa! 2 3 10023 9973 100.50 8
11 Power Rules 2 3 10278 10274 100.04 8
12 FootyLegends 2 3 9822 9842 99.80 8
13 The Bye 2 3 9657 9872 97.82 8
14 Duromine Dependent 2 3 9674 10094 95.84 8
15 Ingle Farm Felons 2 3 9535 10192 93.55 8
16 Moneybrawl 1 4 9334 9845 94.81 4
17 Jimmy Crack Corn 1 4 9098 9659 94.19 4
18 SA Rapids 1 4 9075 10304 88.07 4

The Willies stayed one step ahead of the rest after cracking Jimmy and the Fleece stayed golden for another week but in Round 5 the big story was the stunning victory by Ingle Farm Felons who topped the league in scoring to thrash top eight contender Power Rules. The Power are on a bit of a slippery slope at the moment after dropping two straight matches to teams who were in the relegation zone, although they can feel a bit put out that their score was the third highest score of the round and it wasn’t enough to beat the bottom side!

Failed Creation got the percentage booster by topping 2100 against struggling SA Rapids and Some Cant, The Willies and FootyLegends all put in solid performances to get the four points. The bye is another side who has been struggling so far this season but they might have turned the corner with a battling, low scoring win against the all of a sudden Ugly Ducks. After a freak week last week Browny went back to his usual ways as he was eclipsed by ZedForce who appear to be back in town this week.

Regards,

REB

The passing of Naley has made me think back to that time when we had so many champion rovers in this state. To make the state side as consistently as Naley did at a time when blokes like Hodgeman, McGuiness, Antrobus and Platten were running around gives a fair indication of just how good he was. Used to love the rovers. The tough little men who kept bouncing back up whenever they got clobbered, who ran all day and created and scored brilliant goals. Sadly now an endangered species in the game.

regards,

REB

Nathan Buckley says life on the road is having a negative affect on his players....already????

Wow they are in Sydney where they arent confined to their hotel room. A lot better off than the teams in Queensland who are confined to their hotel for 14 days.
If thats what Buckley is projecting i dont think the Hawks will have any trouble over coming the Pies tomorrow night. One thing we know about Clarko is he will have a positive spin for the situation much like the snow game last year. I expect the Hawks to do really well through any isolation periods

Clarkson 12, Buckley 1. I know who your bitches are and it aint us. The bookies have the Pies as favourites and the wheels are well and truly falling off at Collingwood. If I was a betting man I'd be all over the Hawks as I reckon they are certainties.

regards,

REB

Two donuts in my back half this week and nothing I can do to fix it til next round, so gonna have to hope I can maximize the C .. Days, take Neales 134 or Grundy, Gawn, Mitchell, Cripps or Boak?
The backline is pure horse shit this year, the two certainty rookies played round 1 and haven't been seen since, I'm taking donuts back there because if I burn a trade I'll only score 35 or something like that anyway.

Had to use both my trades yesterday before most teams were announced and pretty sure I can’t reverse them once the round has commenced?

No, it's true...you are unhappy to be stuck with two....

regards,

REB

Brodlach wrote:Can the season

A lot of Crows fans saying this.....

regards,

REB

Booney wrote:There's a reason that reading is one word and comprehension is another.

Your flag to lose Boon!

regards,

REB

All this betting crap should be on the punting board. I'm anti gambling but before you Punters arc up please realise that I'm on your side and I do want you to collect but the game is rigged and the bookies drive the Benz while the Punters take the tram. It's just ******* boring. It's like me crapping on about SuperCoach in the footy threads to those who don't play it.

regards,

REB

Corona Man wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'm just curious if Scott did indeed tell Newscorp that, or they are taking snippets from other sources again.

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PRE-FRENZY SEASON UPDATE

Season summary after eight rounds. League Rank is 6063.

Ladder

1 The Willies 8 0 17285 15092 114.53 32
2 Some Cant 6 2 16406 15803 103.82 24
3 Modraaaaaa! 5 3 16551 16193 102.21 20
4 Right Nut 5 3 16271 15937 102.10 20
5 Golden Fleece 5 3 15977 15739 101.51 20
6 Duromine Dependent 5 3 15762 15617 100.93 20
7 Failed Creation 4 4 16529 15417 107.21 16
8 ZedForce 4 4 16431 15773 104.17 16

9 Ugly Ducklings 4 4 15535 15394 100.92 16
10 Liamscrows 4 4 15935 15943 99.95 16
11 Brown Boys 4 4 15101 15262 98.95 16
12 Ingle Farm Felons 4 4 15891 16144 98.43 16
13 FootyLegends 3 5 16002 16018 99.90 12
14 Moneybrawl 3 5 15647 15831 98.84 12
15 Power Rules 3 5 16264 16547 98.29 12
16 The Bye 2 6 15323 16360 93.66 8
17 Jimmy Crack Corn 2 6 13649 15181 89.91 8
18 SA Rapids 1 7 13622 15930 85.51 4

The cops have been called on Divy III as it's The Willies show here and the cops don't look too kindly on those kind of shenanigans! brod has been racking up the wins all season long and they have handy two game buffer at the top of the league, making The Willies an unbackable premiership favourite. The Willies are currently on top of the hit parade as well as the number one team in the Hogg this year so it's been a cracking season from brod. Second ranked Some Can't is next in line but perhaps the main threat could come from Cravo's Modraaaaaa! who have been steadily compiling a a solid list in recent weeks some astute trading going on at Mods Park. Right Nut is another who have worked their way into the top four ahead of Golden Fleece who after a strong start have started to struggle a little bit and are beginning to fall off the pace a little.

I reckon the top eight is pretty much set here. Duromine will be looking to get by the Fleece and maybe as far as the top four while Failed Creation and ZedForce have been solid, even though ZedForce's inconsistency makes them a bit vulnerable to sides such as Liamcrows and Ingle Farm Felons who look to be the stronger challengers to the eight than the Ducks and Browny.

At the lower end of the ladder i reckon the bottom three are gone and there are three sides fighting it out not to join them. Power Rules is currently in the relegation zone even though there were in the top eight not all that long ago. The are scoring pretty well but not getting the wins. FootyLegends were 6th two weeks ago but after back to back losses they are back amongst the ruck and fighting it out with Moneybrawl whose season is following a similar trajectory to Cub's. Your guess is as good as mine as to which side joins the league spuds in the bottom three in Division IV next season.

regards,

REB

Whats the deal with Brander, I thought he'd been out with injury but seems thats not the case?

That was a weird one. SC said he was injured and then it said he was omitted and the AFL site didn't have any injury report. I think the Weagles have been playing silly buggers there but something is up. They brought in Rotham last week so who knows...second strike??? One thing the Eagles (and the REBCats) aren't playing is Brander. For me its Brander out and Close and cash in.

regards,

REB

MID FRENZY UPDATE

Modraaaaaa! 1942
Power Rules 1802

The Willies 1883
SA Rapids 1712

Liamscrows 2220
ZedForce 2034

Duromine Dependent 1933
The Bye 1825

Golden Fleece 1925
Moneybrawl 1813

Brown Boys 1885
Ingle Farm Felons 1728

FootyLegends 2072
Failed Creation 1927

Some Cant 2066
Ugly Ducklings 1837

Right Nut 1944
Jimmy crack corn 1026

Ladder

1 The Willies 10 0 21457 19056 112.60 40
2 Some Cant 8 2 20819 19550 106.49 32
3 Modraaaaaa! 7 3 20746 20192 102.74 28
4 Golden Fleece 7 3 20182 19787 102.00 28
5 Duromine Dependent 7 3 19884 19617 101.36 28
6 Right Nut 6 4 20104 19312 104.10 24
7 Failed Creation 5 5 20805 19378 107.36 20
8 Liamscrows 5 5 20352 20230 100.60 20

9 Ugly Ducklings 5 5 19723 19609 100.58 20
10 Brown Boys 5 5 19135 19341 98.93 20
11 ZedForce 4 6 20652 20198 102.25 16
12 FootyLegends 4 6 20309 20225 100.42 16
13 Moneybrawl 4 6 19665 19943 98.61 16
14 Ingle Farm Felons 4 6 19794 20218 97.90 16
15 Power Rules 3 7 20318 20778 97.79 12
16 The Bye 3 7 19188 19998 95.95 12
17 Jimmy Crack Corn 2 8 16585 19472 85.17 8
18 SA Rapids 1 9 17039 19853 85.83 4


The Willies cracking season continues with broderik remaining unbeaten after ten rounds. Even the kiss of death can’t stop him and it’s The Willies flag to lose here. Going up with Will is the main contnders Modra and Some Can’t and Golden Fleece has had a few poor moments but continue to bounce back into the top four whenever they put in a poor performance. This is quite a competitive league though and there are a few teams outside of the top eight who might give this league a shake if they can make it. I’m refering to ZedForce and FootyLegends who need to find some consistency to make their mark. Two teams look a monty for the drop and The Bye is also on shaky ground. One of Moneybrawl or Ingle Farm Felons might go down also which says plenty about the standard of this league as both sides have had improved seasons this year.

regards,

REB

fish wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:THE AYES HAVE IT. PROMOTION AND RELEGATION GOES AHEAD.

regards,

REB

Great. Hope my mid-season slump doesn't see me relegated

You're safe. Don't know about @hambone.

regards,

REB

RB wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:

some distance.jpg

Numerology!

Said it before that Mitch is one of my favorite players, taken a long time for people to catch on

I’ve always liked Mitch’s fearless approach to ball and body.

Lynch’s actions causing too much hysteria imho, whacked a bloke in the guts and you’d think he’d king hit someone. Not legal obviously, but who doesn’t want blokes that cross the line in their side? Certainly added plenty to the theatrical side of the game the other night.

**** the reaction. Hitting someone in the guts and getting a goal out of it is bullshit. Guy is a dead set flog. Against Brisbane he whacked a dude in the back of the head when he was lying on the ground. **** Lynch he's an utter spanner. Do it when they are facing you if you want to cross the line, not when they aren't looking. Wanker.

regards,

REB

Round 1

Power Rules 2106
Jimmy crack corn 1937

Right Nut 2146
Some Cant 2026

Ugly Ducklings 2130
Failed Creation 2038

Brown Boys 1973
FootyLegends 1881

Golden Fleece 2144
Ingle Farm Felons 1926

Duromine Dependent 2058
Moneybrawl 2017

ZedForce 2104
The Bye 2015

The Willies 2189
Modraaaaaa! 2047

SA Rapids 2166
Liamscrows 2125

Ladder

1 Golden Fleece 1 0 2144 1926 111.32 4
2 Power Rules 1 0 2106 1937 108.72 4
3 The Willies 1 0 2189 2047 106.94 4
4 Right Nut 1 0 2146 2026 105.92 4
5 Brown Boys 1 0 1973 1881 104.89 4
6 Ugly Ducklings 1 0 2130 2038 104.51 4
7 ZedForce 1 0 2104 2015 104.42 4
8 Duromine Dependent 1 0 2058 2017 102.03 4

9 SA Rapids 1 0 2166 2125 101.93 4
10 Liamscrows 0 1 2125 2166 98.11 0
11 Moneybrawl 0 1 2017 2058 98.01 0
12 The Bye 0 1 2015 2104 95.77 0
13 Failed Creation 0 1 2038 2130 95.68 0
14 FootyLegends 0 1 1881 1973 95.34 0
15 Some Cant 0 1 2026 2146 94.41 0
16 Modraaaaaa! 0 1 2047 2189 93.51 0
17 Jimmy Crack Corn 0 1 1937 2106 91.98 0
18 Ingle Farm Felons 0 1 1926 2144 89.83 0

For the life of me I can't recall who the Golden Fleece are but whoever they are they are top of the pile after smashing the Ingle Farm Felons in the Hogg III opener. If round one scores are anything to go by this could be a very close league. No one got to 2200 and only FootyLedgens with 1861 really bottomed out so I won't be trying to write too many preview posts for this league. One thing about Divvy III is certain though, is that it's a lot harder than Divvy II. wycbloods jnr Liamscrows sailed through Divvy V last year but Liam has already hit the rocks on their second journey against the other junior player in the league SA Rapids. i don't think there are any junior players in the leagues above so these guys are duking it out for the title of best young player in the Hogg this year. 1-0 to rapids so far.

Out of all the top eight sides only Brown Boys could consider himself lucky to be there with some solid scores by the rest of the top 10 teams. Browny will need a lift to stay in the eight but right now he's in. A couple of promoted sides had mixed fortunes in the first round with Modraaaaaa crashing to earth while the UglyDucks took off. UglyDucklings are a team that prepares very thoroughly so look out Divvy III.

regards,

REB

ROUND 12 END OF FRENZY 1 UPDATE

ZedForce 2468
Power Rules 2005

Duromine Dependent 2200
SA Rapids 1517

Modraaaaaa! 2192
Golden Fleece 2009

The Willies 2112
Brown Boys 2094

Liamscrows 2140
Failed Creation 2130

The Bye 2204
Some Cant 2203

Moneybrawl 2268
Jimmy crack corn 1753

Right Nut 2125
Ingle Farm Felons 2007

FootyLegends 2280
Ugly Ducklings 2272

Ladder

1 The Willies 12 0 25620 23137 110.73 48
2 Some Cant 9 3 24951 23549 105.95 36
3 Modraaaaaa! 9 3 24924 24111 103.37 36
4 Duromine Dependent 8 4 24071 23185 103.82 32
5 Right Nut 7 5 24088 23414 102.88 28
6 Liamscrows 7 5 24351 24173 100.74 28
7 Golden Fleece 7 5 24004 23838 100.70 28
8 Failed Creation 6 6 25055 23536 106.45 24

9 FootyLegends 6 6 24538 23536 104.26 24
10 Ugly Ducklings 6 6 24090 23748 101.44 24
11 ZedForce 5 7 25030 24189 103.48 20
12 Moneybrawl 5 7 23591 23816 99.06 20
13 Brown Boys 5 7 23237 23542 98.70 20
14 The Bye 5 7 23481 24209 96.99 20
15 Power Rules 4 8 24154 24828 97.29 16
16 Ingle Farm Felons 4 8 23596 24272 97.21 16
17 Jimmy Crack Corn 2 10 19784 23689 83.52 8
18 SA Rapids 1 11 20138 23884 84.32 4

Fixture

Kiss of death in bold .

Power v Duromine
Fleece v Zed
Browny v Rapids
Creation v Mods
Can't v Willies - Match of the round
Jimmy v Liams
Nut v Bye
Ducks v Money
Legends v Felons

Update

Round 12 featured a couple of very close results which will shape the final eight. FootyLegends have come from the outhouse and looking at the penthouse after an eight point win over UglyDucks who are now hoping for a Golden Fleece lost to avoid missing the eight by the slimmest of margins. A desperate Bye squeaked by Some Can't by one point to keep their necks above the relegation zone. Lightning goes well when he is on and I reckon he can grab another win this week and stay up in Divvy III next season. Liamscrows opened the door to the eight for the chasing pack when it defeated Failed Creation by ten points. Creation now has to beat the in form Modra to make the finals this season. I reckon Mods gets the job done there and that the Legends will beat the Felons and take his spot.

The top four teams have all flexed their muscles during the frenzy with Golden Fleece the main casualty. Fleece have been looking good for a top four spot but have slumped in recent weeks. Golden Fleece will be hoping that Ugly Ducks in particular don't salute as the high scoring Zed should finish a puzzling season off with a big win. Some Can't might have gotten rolled last week but I think they might upset the unbeaten ladder leaders in the last round. The Willies are still well clear but other teams appear to have bridged the scoring rate which is all that matters in the last month of the season. I reckon the top four go up and despite a relatively quiet week for Willies they deserve premiership favourtism at this point of the year.

A couple of teams booked their Division IV tickets weeks ago but The Bye have fought hard to get out of the bottom four. Ingle Farm Felons have had their moments this year but not enough of them. FootyLegends form has improved in the second half of the year and they should account for the Felons and sentence them to the drop. Power Rules started the season well but as the year has progressed they've found wins hard to come by. They will be hoping that The Bye can't continue his recent scoring and that they can somehow upset Duromine who have been in very good form recently. I reckon the teams in the bottom four all go down with The Bye to survive in Divvy III.

regards,

REB

Ok, happy to agree to disagree, I enjoyed the “unsociable Hawks” era too. Just don’t think this incident is as big as its being made out to be. Understand I’m probably in the minority.

Not really disagreeing with you as I reckon the hype is overblown, as was Hardwick's ridiculous defence. I just really loathe the player. I didn't enjoy the unsociable Hawks era as they played chip chip woodchip and belted blokes with 'not enough force' for years, they were the masters at it. Fancy enjoying Clarko's bullshit. Now Hawks of the 80's that was enjoyable. Three times as many champion players for a start.

regards,

REB

I have snuck in by .04%, that's got to be the closest finals qualification in Premier history hey @hambone?

Thank you Grundy and Goldie!

regards,

REB

Finals Week One

1st Qualifying Final
Summer of George 2172
Jays Jocks 2135

2nd Qualifying Final
Watts & Motts 2164
DAISYSDUDS 2105

1st Elimination Final
Wycbloods 2100
PorterGUNS 1961

2nd Elimination Final
Cowpokes 2023
Professor Crow 2000

Another minor premier bit the dust in this league as the Summer of George were too hot for Jays jocks who lowered their colours. There have been more than a few duds in this league but the teams in the eight aren't included in this and as a result there have been a series of tightly contested matches to open the finals. It wasn't a complete wipe out by Jays Jocks who carded a pretty good 2135 but Georgie boy was too strong. One more win for George and they are in the Premier League. The other team in the same boat is Watts & Motts who enjoyed a 59 point win over the Chris Scott coached DAISYSDUDS. Again the DUDS not disgraced by DAISY must be frustrated by the lack of finals success he has endured despite being one of the most consistent scorers of the past five years. At least if you drop a Quallie you have another chance and it was bye bye to PorterGUNS who had the misfortune of having his season ended when Jelly's head smashed into Mumford's knee. You can't write that shit..oh hang on, I just did. Bye bye Uncle Bill, no soup for you. A couple of weeks ago Cowpokes were sitting pretty in second spot but a last round slip up saw them drop to seventh. So it perhaps fitting that the Cows escaped a first round exit, albeit very narrowly as the Professor came within 23 points of extending their season.

Semi Finals - tips in bold .

Jays Jocks v Wycbloods
DAISYSDUDS v Cowpokes

In a lot of the finals there is a smokey coming up from the bottom half of the eight to challenge but not so in this league. I reckon Wycbloods will give Jays Jocks are a real shake in that final but I reckon Jay will bounce back and end the bloods' year and they'll get a second crack at earning promotion to the big league. I can't believe I'm selecting DAISY to win a final but us Geelong supporters will always believe that if you knock on the door long enough, the bloody thing will open. Hopefully a DUDS victory signals a change of fortune! I reckon the Cows won't go as well as the bloods so feeling pretty confident about that tip. As a former Premier League side the bloods will be tough but it's Jays just for me.

regards,

REB

Simon Black just saying that night time at the GABBA in October will be worse for dew than now. It wont be a great look for the showpiece of our game.

I wonder if they could install big fans around the GABBA, given it wont be a capacity crowd some seats could be removed and fans installed. It would only take 2 or 3 of them. Fans like we have in the Barossa for protection from frost, i really think its doable. Before anyone says it would effect the flight of the ball, it wont, its only a light breeze, just enough to keep the air moving

Just get Clarko to come in and bitch and moan. All that hot air will get rid of the Dew for sure. :lol:

regards,

REB

Looks like the Bulldogs are doing an Adelaide and giving a couple former Hawks a farewell game against their former club. Suckling and Duryea are ins who havent been sighted for quite awhile

Looks like the Hawks are doing an England Cricket team giving Silk a farewell year, his 39th in league football...

regards,

REB

Hogg Division V

harryshawks vs. Giants Legends

Wycbloods' daughter Emma is keeping that premiership feeling in the family as she aims to complete the perfect season in Hogg Division V. Either the youngster is a precocious SuperCoach talent or Dad has been the guiding hand the end result is the same 15-0 and aiming for a clean sweep. Standing in their way is another female coach in Giants Legends in this all ladies' Grand Final. Giants Legends are a rookie team so it a Grand Final in their first year is an outstanding performance and naturally both have been rewarded with promotion.

Apart from having the wrong Lyons in the side harryshawks is a beautiful side that would not look out of place in a higher league. Giants Legends are, well, Giants Legends. The Legends have no less than eight Giants in their team (hmm...I wonder who Kerryn barracks for LOL) and generally this is not an advisable strategy in SuperCoach. If the Giants don't do that well then the Giants Legends might follow suit. Against your average Division V side that isn't a problem but harryshawks are not an average Divvy V side. This looks like the most one-sided match up of the round and harryshawks should go on to record a well deserved premiership. My tip - harryshawks by 129 points .

regards,

REB

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I hope the excitement kicks in soon

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I'm as toey as a clumsy butcher. I reckon our players might have felt like you do now in the first quarter last week. They were asleep!

regards,

REB

Booney wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Can't be true as the AFL would have given Hawkins a game if it was.

The form he's in he'd miss Rohan anyway.

Stop stealing my jokes you Port mongrel. Wouldn't mind it if it was true, at least someone would be showing some bloody fight when it matters.

regards,

Salty Cat

Awesome half Cats. So gutsy with what we all know what's happening. I've never been so despondent despite leading at half time of a game as it's so obvious what is happening. You would have thought that making us be the only club that had to do 3 hubs would be enough but nup. Geelong have no chance.

Free kicks
Brisbane 11
Geelong 2
FFS put the violin down. Yes you’ve had a rough go, but get on with winning the game. You’ve put yourselves in a winning position regardless of the umpiring, just keep going.
Sorry, I lose my shit too easy. I hate it too. I'm too old for this stuff. :(

**** saying sorry footy Is an emotional game.

regards,

REB

Geelong shat the bed in 2008 but their record over a 200 game period is the best in VFL/AFL history and we didn't need to merge or have a larger salary cap to do it. The best team I have seen though remains Hawthorn 1983-91. Just look at the list of champion players they had through that period. Amazing. Tough and bloody good to boot.

regards,

REB

That was one of the best Shield matches I have seen for some time at Karen Rolton Oval. The wicket was green as on the first day but when conditions were toughest to bat on Marnus played the innings of the match. I got my first extended look at Swepson and he looks very impressive. I reckon he plays in Sydney on current form. Copeland pulled out a McGrath like effort in the second dig but overall it was the more even contribution of the Blues got them over the line but only just. In closing, can anyone recall a worse fieldsman in first class cricket than Usman Khawaja? He is shocking.

regards,

REB

Pope

v Tas 44 overs, 2/203 @ 4.61

v Vic 25 overs, 0/101 @ 4.04

v Qld 24 overs, 1/146 @ 6.08

93 overs, 3/450 @ 4.8 rpo.

Going well then?

Leading wicket taker almost LOL. Poor bugger, learning his craft while the main strike bowlers aren't getting wickets. He'd go much better behind a decent strike attack in my view. He bowls some great deliveries but lets the pressure off far too often. I really think he's a talent but could do with a spell after that mauling. If they let him cop that all summer they'll ruin him forever.

regards,

REB

Geelong offered 2 of their 1st round picks 13, 15 and 20 to GWS who knocked it back wanting all three or two of them and a player from Geelong.

Hope we knock it back. I'd rather we get serious and bring the list age right down but it looks like we are going to be Dad's army once again. If we go a full length season and long quarters it's another Prelim smashing at best for us. Cameron is a quality player but I'd hate to see us sell the farm for him. If we do that then the cliff that everyone has been saying is inevitable for us about ten years now becomes a reality.

regards,

REB

With the Adelaide test literally a month away there has to be some doubt doesn’t there. Especially considering CA won’t be able to make a last minute decision given they would need to move venues, sell tickets, inform broadcasters etc

Having a match is much more important to CA than having a match in Adelaide.

Simples. First test Gabba, fourth test Adelaide.

regards,

REB

Until the cheating Smith and Warner go I won’t be supporting Australian cricket.
How everyone just overlooks what they did is beyond me.

What crap that is. No one overlooks it. They got a one year suspension which was pretty much imposed by the public reaction for something that the ICC would have given them a one match suspension for. Ball tampering has been going on for decades. Our blokes got caught and did the time. While they can never fully regain the trust and respect they once had I saw first hand what Smith in particular was up against and his performances in England was simply remarkable cricket. Too bad you couldn't enjoy it.

regards,

REB

Hodge, Mitchell, Birchall and Lewis
Not that druggy from Sydney.

Butters, Hurn, Liam Ryan, C.Cameron, Rankine and Martin all watchable for different reasons.

Cant stand Lynch, Hawkins, Dangerfield and pretty much anyone from the Bulldogs.

Mate I'm gutted. First we lose the bloody Grand Final and now it looks like you hate the Bulldogs worse than us! **** sake lift your game.

regards,

REB

JK wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:How shit is Wade.

Wade, Wade, hit him with a spade.

Doug Wade?

I'd rather him bat at five.

regards,

REB

Today, Footyology look at Brisbane :

https://footyology.com.au/tale-of-the-tape-for-your-afl-team-in-2021-brisbane/

BEST 22
B: Grant Birchall, Darcy Gardiner, Marcus Adams
HB: Daniel Rich, Harris Andrews, Callum Ah Chee
C: Hugh McCluggage, Lachie Neale, Jarrod Berry
HF: Cam Rayner, Eric Hipwood, Zac Bailey
F: Charlie Cameron, Joe Daniher, Daniel McStay
R: Oscar McInerney, Jarrod Lyons, Dayne Zorko
Inter: Mitch Robinson, Lincoln McCarthy, Ryan Lester, Brandon Starcevich
Emerg: Noah Answerth, Jack Payne, Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Keidean Coleman

Reckon Dev Robertson might replace his near namesake in Mitch who must be very close to being cooked by now.

regards,

REB

How shit is Wade.