by Rik E Boy » Wed May 03, 2023 2:46 pm
Round 5
ZedForce 2177
Petracca's Picnic 2102
Buckets 2295
Crowmagnon 2112
Jays Jocks 2188
wycbloods 2123
Cowpokes 2268
Adelaide Crows 2081
eddieslittleindians 2325
Jims TigerRoos 2308
Kiwikrappers 2183
PorterGUNS 2302
PunknChump 2302
Coromandel Crisis 2133
Professor Crow 2313
Pool Swimmers 2207
Q Before You 2170
The Willies 2141
Ladder
1 eddieslittleindians 5 0 11152 10929 102.04 20
2 Buckets 4 1 11012 10405 105.83 16
3 Cowpokes 4 1 10805 10345 104.45 16
4 Jays Jocks 4 1 10852 10433 104.02 16
5 Kiwikrappers 4 1 10942 10739 101.89 16
6 Zedforce 4 1 10795 10628 101.57 16
7 PunknChump 3 2 10946 10700 102.30 12
8 The Willies 3 2 11042 10842 101.84 12
9 Q Before You 2 3 10718 10452 102.54 8
10 Crowmagnon 2 3 10633 10399 102.25 8
11 PorterGuns 2 3 10536 10623 99.18 8
12 wycbloods 2 3 10669 10825 98.56 8
13 Coromandel Crisis 2 3 10381 10734 96.71 8
14 Petracca's Picnic 2 3 10262 10786 95.14 8
15 Professor Crow 1 4 10677 11129 95.94 4
16 Adelaide Crows 1 4 10275 10904 94.23 4
17 Jim's TigerRoos 0 5 10845 11078 97.90 0
18 Pool Swimmers 0 5 10531 11121 94.69 0
it's been two weeks since the last update and in that time eddieslittleindians stand alone as the only unbeaten side in the league. The indians are one of the highest scoring teams in the Hogg this year and they were fully tested by the luckless Jim's TigerRoos who remain winless despite outscoring quite a few teams in the top eight. You'd think Jimbo's luck will change soon if they can keep that scoring up. Might not recover to make the eight but relegation should be avoided at the very least.
There are five sides at 5-1 which means that the top half dozen have really skated away from the pack in the first six rounds. All of them look the genuine article in terms of scoring so it would suggest a soft draw isn't what got them there. If Leigh Montagna was here he'd be penciling all six as finalists but i'm not about to adopt his identity as it didn't work out that well for the last chap who tried that.
PunkNChump and The Willies are a game clear inside but in the last two weeks Q Before You has finally remembered to win back to back games, something that team hasn't managed to do since 2021. If Q gets the wiff of liniment in nostrils they could charge up the table here and cause everyone a bit of grief.
Meanwhile a few teams have proven to be a disappointment so far. Pool Swimmers was rated as one of the teams to beat but is so far emulating the Redlegs with the Burger Ring in the W column after five rounds. I also expected better results from wycbloods as they are normally a pretty tough team to beat, and 2-3 seems like underperforming after some solid scoring in Premier last year.
While it is far too early to think seriously about relegation, I believe there are three candidates for the drop. Even though Pooly is not up to speed and Jimbo can't buy a win, it is the scoring patterns of Adelaide Crows, Petracca's Picnic and Coromandel Crisis who would be looking over their shoulder already. I think Petracca's Picnic is an absolute monty to go down while the Crows feathers would be ruffled, even this early.
regards,
REB