The Run Home Round 14How are the challengers shaping up with one month to go? If you aren't in the post, your team is crap. Sorry.
1. Ben Rolfsburgers 40 (Honey Badgers, Captain Who?, Has Been, Poon Army)
Three top eight sides in the last month for the league leaders with a soft kill at the end with the lowest scoring team in the league in Poon Army. I reckon Benny can win another three and maybe even all four of these matches. The danger games here are the top of the table clash with the Badgers and the match against Has Been.
2. Honey Badgers 36 (Ben Rolfsburgers, Richo Richo Man, Hips Don’t Lie, Inner Sanctum)
A couple of real toughies for the Badgers in Benny Rolfs and Inner Sanctum. Hips Don’t Lie also won’t be a doddle seeing as they are right in the relegation dog fight and the lowly ranked teams sometimes conjure up a last stand that can upset the applecart for top four contenders. I reckon the Badgers only win two of these.
3. Longwood Lions 36 (Inner Sanctum, Hondo SCC, Sharks, REBCats)
The next two are tough for a Alaska but if they can beat Inner Sanctum then the Lions will be looking at a top four spot. I reckon he can pinch one of the next two and beat the Sharks and the REBCats and make the top four in what has been their best season in the Premier League to date.
4. Has Been 32 (Delicious, Q Before You, Ben Rolfsburgers, Richo Richo Man)
Has been is in top form at the right time of the year and I’d expect them to win three maybe all four of these matches on the run home. Delicious might not have played their best SuperCoach this year so that might danger game and Has Been has earned the right to start favourites against Q Man. Benny Rolfs is the tricky one but you couldn’t discount the Beeners on current form. Should go top four.
5. TEAM_FISH 32 (Hondo SCC, REBCats, Buddy Franklin, Delicious)
If FISHy can get back to his earlier form then all of these are wins. In recent weeks though TEAM_FISH has been a little inconsistent and an inconsistent side wins two of these four matches, but three is the most realistic number. REBCats and Hondo look the toughest opponents in the last month.
6. Inner Sanctum 32 (Longwood Lions, Eckys Fevolas, Sharks, Honey Badgers)
That’s a pretty tough run home for Inner Sanctum with four contenders to play in the last four weeks. If they make the finals they would have done it the hard way. Despite their good form earlier in the year, I can’t see any more than two wins from this lot and they could only end up with one.
7. Q Before You 28 (Captain Who?, Has Been, Poon Army, Pool Swimmers)
Q Man has a massive match this week against his old rival the Captain. Win that and Q Before You makes the eight. Can’t have him against the Beeners but you’d back him to come home with two wins over the final fortnight. Should make the eight from here.
8. REBCats 28 (Pool Swimmers, TEAM_FISH, Hondo SCC, Longwood Lions)
The Cats have been struggling for scoring ever since the bye period and will need to lift their rating to win any of these final four matches. If the Cats can get over the Swimmers this week then I reckon we pinch one more and hang on to a spot in the eight but the REBCats are the vulnerable side for the teams currently looking for a spot.
9. Captain Who? 28 (Q Before You, Ben Rolfsburgers, Richo Richo Man, Hips Don’t Lie)
If they can beat Q Man the Captain should be able to make the eight with Benny Rolfs the obvious tough match here. A loss this week with that poor percentage though probably ends his season.
10. Ecky’s Fevolas 26 (Hips Don’t Lie, Inner Sanctum, Longwood Lions, Sharks)
Ecky will need to win both matches against the teams he heads and maybe beat one of the top eight opponents to sneak into the eight. That extra two points is crucial now but they do have the percentage advantage over Hondo if 8th spot comes down to that.
11. Hondo SCC 26 (TEAM_FISH, Longwood Lions, REBCats, Buddy Franklin)
With three top eight sides to come and an inferior percentage than Ecky, Hondo has to beat two very tough opponents in the next two weeks just to stay alive. I only reckon he gets one of them so he might just miss out this year. At his best Hondo wins all four but despite scoring well this season there have been times this year when winning matches has proven to be problematic.
12. Buddy Franklin 24 (Poon Army, Pool Swimmers, TEAM_FISH, Hondo SCC)
Buddy needs to win the next two in order to keep their season alive but then they play against FISH in a match which could make or break their season. Buddy has been off his tucker in comparison to recent seasons but remains a finals chance and won’t get relegated like he did four years ago.
REBSez1. Bens Rolfsburgers 56
2. Longwood Lions 52
3. Honey Badgers 48
4. Has Been 44
5. TEAM_FISH 44
6. Inner Sanctum 40
7. Q Before You 40
8. REBCats 36
regards,
REB