Hogg Premier League 2017

[Rik E Boy]

Round 10

Longwood Lions 1821
Delicious 1774

Has Been 1885
SHARKS 1755

Buddy Franklin 1970
Les's Men 1788

Captain Who? 1845
Q Before You 1800

REBCats 1900
Richo Richo Man 1851

Pool Swimmers 1861
Poon Army 1860

Underdogs 1906
Hips Don't Lie 1889

Ben Rolfsburgers 1932
Honey Badgers 1918

Eckys Fevolas 1986
Hondo SCC 1841

Ladder

1 Buddy Franklin 9 1 21264 20377 104.35 36
2 Captain Who? 8 2 20889 19712 105.97 32
3 Ben Rolfsburgers 7 3 20558 20285 101.35 28
4 Delicious 6 4 20795 19944 104.27 24
5 REBCats 6 4 20292 19975 101.59 24
6 Poon Army 5 5 20361 20086 101.37 20
7 Ecky's Fevolas 5 5 20616 20349 101.31 20
8 Honey Badgers 5 5 20554 20425 100.63 20

9 Pool Swimmers 5 5 20316 20255 100.30 20
10 Hondo SCC 5 5 20884 20864 100.10 20
11 Has Been 5 5 20514 20501 100.06 20
12 Longwood Lions 5 5 20195 20266 99.65 20
13 Hips Don't Lie 5 5 20366 20475 99.47 20
14 Underdogs 4 6 19587 20504 95.53 16
15 Richo Richo Man 3 7 20483 20824 98.36 12
16 Les's Men 3 7 19978 20803 96.03 12
17 Q Before You 2 8 19721 20513 96.14 8
18 SHARKS 2 8 19660 20875 94.18 8

Buddy Franklin have been a cut above the rest for most of this season and that superiority was emphasised last weekend when they almost topped the league in scoring and smashed this week's opponent, Les's Men. As far as the rest of the competition goes though, almost every match from here on will have the status of 'eight point game' as this league is just so close. Anyone can beat anyone here with the last year's struggling teams really lifting and no one really falling away with the possible exception of an unlucky Q and with the definite exception of the SHARKS whose PODs are really awful.

Losing by one point is never much fun and that fate befell Poon Army who are suddenly doing it tough after really flying a couple of weeks ago. The SuperCoach gods have bitten Hammo on the rump in recent weeks with Sloane being this month's Treloar..a SuperCoach poison that may or may not come good. Poon Army are still in the eight but they are one of many teams at 5-5 in what will be a real dogfight for those bottom four spots in the top eight this season. A one point loss to one of your main rivals could prove very costly for the Poonies.

While Buddy did it fairly easily it wasn't so easy for a couple of other highly ranked teams. Captain Who was given a mighty scare by Q Before You who looked like pulling off much needed win. Instead Groover steadied and consolidated their second ranked position on the ladder. Fellow top four side Delicious was not so lucky. Valleys' boys became the second top ranked team to fall to the mighty Longwood Lions who I might have written off a bit too quickly last week. Whether it's bye arse or not, two fine wins against top four teams has kick-started the Lions' season and Alaska is back in business here.

The REBCats have put together their first decent season in many years and it was time to see the Dochter after the Carlton ball hog lead the Catters to victory over Richo Richo after Pendles didn't get the job done on the Queen's birthday. Eckys Fevs had a great round topping the scoring and rolling Hondo who is suddenly standing on the outside looking in. The Underdogs were setting league scoring records for the wrong reason a few weeks ago but they are bark in town with a narrow in over Hips Don't Lie who aren't.

regards,

REB

[Q.]

**** this shit

[Rik E Boy]

**** this shit

Pinch a few, avoid relegation. I've done that for the past two seasons. Pretty close to the drop twice.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Sam Docherty I love you! Couldn't cover Steele and didn't want to burn trades and copped the donut against the top side and won. Captain Docherty did the trick. Three out three for the byes! Three wins out of nine byes is my usual tally. Got to be happy with that boyos!

regards,

REB

[Q.]

Sam Docherty I love you! Couldn't cover Steele and didn't want to burn trades and copped the donut against the top side and won. Captain Docherty did the trick. Three out three for the byes! Three wins out of nine byes is my usual tally. Got to be happy with that boyos!

regards,

REB

He got me the win, traded him in and gave Harbrow the arse. Cost me $$$ though

[Rik E Boy]

Sam Docherty I love you! Couldn't cover Steele and didn't want to burn trades and copped the donut against the top side and won. Captain Docherty did the trick. Three out three for the byes! Three wins out of nine byes is my usual tally. Got to be happy with that boyos!

regards,

REB

He got me the win, traded him in and gave Harbrow the arse. Cost me $$$ though

The Isotopes win a game!
The Isotopes win a game!



regards,

REB

[Masha]

Reb, good win!

However get ready for a good laugh. You should have lost that by 160. Hear me out, then let the ridicule flow lol.

Traded Fyfe for Martin, on Friday morning. Saving one trade for either GAblett or another premo on Saturday. Then heard he was in doubt...silly me! Decided to try get Fyfe back in through the loophole, restore my trades then bring in GAblett. BAM! Fyfe back in, trade burnt! So I started with Fyfe, ended with Fyfe, and burnt 2 trades! FMSC!!!!!

Won most my league games luckily except Hogg PL.

Learning experience which hurt big time. Those extra 210ish points lost means I go from 600ish overall out to 1000ish. And no doubt well outside the top teams in Hogg overall.

[Rik E Boy]

Reb, good win!

However get ready for a good laugh. You should have lost that by 160. Hear me out, then let the ridicule flow lol.

Traded Fyfe for Martin, on Friday morning. Saving one trade for either GAblett or another premo on Saturday. Then heard he was in doubt...silly me! Decided to try get Fyfe back in through the loophole, restore my trades then bring in GAblett. BAM! Fyfe back in, trade burnt! So I started with Fyfe, ended with Fyfe, and burnt 2 trades! FMSC!!!!!

Won most my league games luckily except Hogg PL.

Learning experience which hurt big time. Those extra 210ish points lost means I go from 600ish overall out to 1000ish. And no doubt well outside the top teams in Hogg overall.

Thanks buddy. Hopefully normal service will be resumed and you smash everyone else.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 11

Delicious 1726
Has Been 1392

Longwood Lions 1749
Les's Men 1461

SHARKS 1771
Captain Who? 1648

REBCats 1659
Buddy Franklin 1621

Q Before You 1650
Pool Swimmers 1543

Hips Don't Lie 1799
Richo Richo Man 1686

Poon Army 1795
Honey Badgers 1416

Eckys Fevolas 1750
Underdogs 1544

Ben Rolfsburgers 1661
Hondo SCC 1654

Ladder

1 Buddy Franklin 9 2 22885 22036 103.85 36
2 Captain Who? 8 3 22537 21483 104.91 32
3 Ben Rolfsburgers 8 3 22219 21939 101.28 32
4 Delicious 7 4 22521 21336 105.55 28
5 REBCats 7 4 21951 21596 101.64 28
6 Poon Army 6 5 22156 21502 103.04 24
7 Ecky's Fevolas 6 5 22366 21893 102.16 24
8 Longwood Lions 6 5 21944 21727 101.00 24

9 Hips Don't Lie 6 5 22165 22161 100.02 24
10 Hondo SCC 5 6 22538 22525 100.06 20
11 Pool Swimmers 5 6 21859 21905 99.79 20
12 Honey Badgers 5 6 21970 22220 98.87 20
13 Has Been 5 6 21906 22227 98.56 20
14 Underdogs 4 7 21131 22254 94.95 16
15 Richo Richo Man 3 8 22169 22623 97.99 12
16 Q Before You 3 8 21371 22056 96.89 12
17 SHARKS 3 8 21431 22523 95.15 12
18 Les's Men 3 8 21439 22552 95.06 12

The top two sides went belly up in the last of the bye weeks as the REBCats rolled top side Buddy Franklin and in perhaps an even bigger boilover the struggling SHARKS cleaned up Captain Who in sensational style. The Longwood Lions were a bit like REBCats a few weeks ago, struggling and not looking like a finalist but both sides have won three matches over the bye period to emerge as surprise finalists in this division. Alaska has been on fire in recent weeks and their big win over the Bians has Les's Men sititng stone motherless last on the Premier League table.

I'm sure that Q Man has been fun at parties this season but even he would be happy with this weekends round as Q Before You finally got a win over the inconsistent Pool Swimmers. For Richo Richo and Underdogs it was a bad week as they both fell a little further behind the top eight with another loss. Richo of course, came from nowhere to win the comp last season but they have already lost more matches in 2017 than they did all of last year so a repetition of last year's miracle is looking less likely by the week.

Two top sides who did well were Benny Rolfs who seem to rack up large tallies of victories every season as well as Delicious who are also very consistent. The normally consistent Hondo are now an unflattering 5-6 after copping a stiff seven point loss to the Rolfs. Hips Don't Lie were the big scorers although the back in form Poon Army weren't far behind. Another team on a bit of a hot streak are Eckys Fevolas who are scoring well on a consistent basis.

This Premier League table has a very different look about it as teams who have done well in the past are struggling and some teams that have yet to or haven't made their mark for some time are winning matches. Better than last year's crap that's for sure.

regards,

REB

[Groover]

Reb, good win!

However get ready for a good laugh. You should have lost that by 160. Hear me out, then let the ridicule flow lol.

Traded Fyfe for Martin, on Friday morning. Saving one trade for either GAblett or another premo on Saturday. Then heard he was in doubt...silly me! Decided to try get Fyfe back in through the loophole, restore my trades then bring in GAblett. BAM! Fyfe back in, trade burnt! So I started with Fyfe, ended with Fyfe, and burnt 2 trades! FMSC!!!!!

Won most my league games luckily except Hogg PL.

Learning experience which hurt big time. Those extra 210ish points lost means I go from 600ish overall out to 1000ish. And no doubt well outside the top teams in Hogg overall.

Please tell me you are joking!


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[Alaska]

It was great that the new bye strategy paid off with 3 wins. Although it was set up by Masha, in the first week who obviously threw the first bye to try to get wins in the next two. This allowed me do all my cash generation in week one and upgrade the following weeks.

I will be interested to see how I go the rest of the season as my strategy has changed and I have plenty of POD’s.

[Rik E Boy]

It was great that the new bye strategy paid off with 3 wins. Although it was set up by Masha, in the first week who obviously threw the first bye to try to get wins in the next two. This allowed me do all my cash generation in week one and upgrade the following weeks.

I will be interested to see how I go the rest of the season as my strategy has changed and I have plenty of POD’s.

I have noticed that. I'm your next opponent. I reckon the winner makes the eight this year and the loser isn't out of it either. Pretty important match. Your side looks pretty good.

regards,

REB

[Alaska]

It was great that the new bye strategy paid off with 3 wins. Although it was set up by Masha, in the first week who obviously threw the first bye to try to get wins in the next two. This allowed me do all my cash generation in week one and upgrade the following weeks.

I will be interested to see how I go the rest of the season as my strategy has changed and I have plenty of POD’s.

I have noticed that. I'm your next opponent. I reckon the winner makes the eight this year and the loser isn't out of it either. Pretty important match. Your side looks pretty good.

regards,

REB

Yes big match, I have 3 of the POD's that are inconsistent but can win you the game so it makes it interesting.

[Hondo]

I've really hit a wall despite being pretty happy with my side overall. I took the donut last week and lost by a measley 4 points. The Rockliff trade in a few weeks back has proven really costly. 2 missed games and then two low scores on return.

[Rik E Boy]

Selwood, Heppell and Zorko killed me this week. My winning run is over. Well played Alaska.

regards,

REB

[Hondo]

Poon Army lost Beams early and I thought that was enough and I will take the good luck this time and wait for another week when I cop my turn. I sleep easy on Saturday night. It's all looking like a canter from here.

Then lunch time Sunday bang I lose Joel in 45 seconds. This evened up the injury score count for both of us and looking at the remaining players I thought it looked tough for me. Then a few hours later I flew the white flag when Kruze was on 60 at quarter time.

Then Kruze slowed down while his Nank (who I benched for Greenwood) and Murphy started to underperform while Rance for me was having a big game. Hopes are up all of a sudden and we eventually enter the final game with me + 23 and Witts versus his Harbrow.

Harbrow of course has a hot game and at 3 quarter time was something like 100 v Witts 70. Last quarter and Harbrow continues finding stats but Witts gets moving including kicking a goal and I am watching their scores like a Hawk as Witts slowly creeps into the -23 range. They are the Suns two highest scoring players.

When the game finishes Harbrow shows 120 and Witts 98 = 1 point win. Then it changes to 119 v 98 and I am up 2 points. Final scores come in Harbrow 119 v Witts 99 and I win by 3. An amazing game coming down to a single head to head in the final game.

Bad luck Poon Army, so close.

[hambone]

Went down to the wire Hondo.

I remember harbrow getting caught holding the ball with a minute to go and thinking thats going to be the difference!

So in the end selwoods 3 points got you home

[Rik E Boy]

Round 12

Delicious 2309
Les's Men 2049

Captain Who? 2336
Has Been 2226

Longwood Lions 2221
REBCats 2108

SHARKS 2256
Pool Swimmers 2065

Buddy Franklin 2276
Hips Don't Lie 2261

Q Before You 2059
Honey Badgers 1955

Richo Richo Man 2346
Eckys Fevolas 2199

Hondo SCC 2261
Poon Army 2258

Ben Rolfsburgers 2290
Underdogs 2155

Ladder

1 Buddy Franklin 10 2 25161 24297 103.56 40
2 Captain Who? 9 3 24873 23709 104.91 36
3 Ben Rolfsburgers 9 3 24509 24094 101.72 36
4 Delicious 8 4 24830 23385 106.18 32
5 Longwood Lions 7 5 24165 23835 101.38 28
6 REBCats 7 5 24059 23817 101.02 28
7 Poon Army 6 6 24414 23763 102.74 24
8 Ecky's Fevolas 6 6 24565 24239 101.34 24

9 Hondo SCC 6 6 24799 24783 100.06 24
10 Hips Don't Lie 6 6 24426 24437 99.95 24
11 Pool Swimmers 5 7 23924 24161 99.02 20
12 Honey Badgers 5 7 23925 24279 98.54 20
13 Has Been 5 7 24132 24563 98.25 20
14 Richo Richo Man 4 8 24515 24822 98.76 16
15 Q Before You 4 8 23430 24011 97.58 16
16 SHARKS 4 8 23687 24588 96.34 16
17 Underdogs 4 8 23286 24544 94.87 16
18 Les's Men 3 9 23488 24861 94.48 12

Get ******. He can't do it again can he? Well, can he? Richo Richo has been stinking it up in his premiership defence but the week after I start engraving the tombstone Richo smashes out a league high 2346 to smash the previously in-form Eckys to remain an improbable two games out of the eight. In more good news for Richo, three teams on six wins all lost so the results went in their favour as well. There are still five games to go so Richo has time to make his mark on this season.

Longwood Lions continued with their good form with a solid win over the REBCats. It was an important win for Alaska's team as all of the other sides in the bottom half of the eight got rolled. The top four consolidated their double chance credentials with some solid scoring. In an even league the top four have been remarkably consistent this year while the rest of the league battles it out at each others throats.

After an extremely frustrating start to the season there appears to be something of a light at the end of the tunnel for Q Before You and SHARKS and not the train that looked like coming. The SHARKS look the best bet to sneak away from the bottom two as their scoring has improved in recent matches while Q Man are still struggling to scratch out a decent score even though he's won a few matches now. No such problem for Underdogs who, as the league's worst scoring team are really starting to struggle. Les's Men are stone motherless and need a win soon to avoid going back to Divvy I.

There were many unlucky teams this round but Poon Army probably take the award with Harbrow's holding the ball costing him the four points. Good old Jelwood! Hips Don't Lie have been scoring very well for most of the year and they again copped an unlucky loss despite scoring well. Has Been need to find that winning formula and it must have been frustrating to score a decent score but get well beaten in the end by the Captain.

regards,

REB

[One Club Player]

Has Been's are really struggling. Thought I was getting back on track with 3 wins in a row then traded in Rockliff, JJ and Lynch in Rnd 12. Scores so far from those 3:

Rocky 92, 59, 83 = Ave 78
JJ 21, 58, 82 = Ave 54
Lynch 103, 37, 39 = Ave 60

Thought I was going bang with 3 upgrades.........turned out to the worlds most expensive triple downgrade

[Rik E Boy]

Has Been's are really struggling. Thought I was getting back on track with 3 wins in a row then traded in Rockliff, JJ and Lynch in Rnd 12. Scores so far from those 3:

Rocky 92, 59, 83 = Ave 78
JJ 21, 58, 82 = Ave 54
Lynch 103, 37, 39 = Ave 60

Thought I was going bang with 3 upgrades.........turned out to the worlds most expensive triple downgrade

Ouch man that is tough. You haven't had one week where all three have scored well. If it makes you feel better I gave Rocky a swerve not trusting his durability and brought in Zorko...who promptly gets his lowest score in years.

regards,

REB