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Man Utd v Everton 2-0
Before the game RVP hadn't gone more than two games without scoring returns, that hasn't changed. Despite this statistic, FPL'ers were selling him in their droves to the extent that RVP suffered a price drop.
Utd were also aided by Jones' fine man-marking job on Everton's main attacking threat Fellaini so despite plenty of possession The Toffees couldn't capitalise. Anichebe again started but was replaced after picking up a calf injury. Heitinga got a last-minute reprieve - Distin was injured in the warm-up - and the collective groan of Everton supporters was an excellent early-morning alarm-call for me.
Meanwhile, the work of Everton's full backs was the footballing equivilant of Beauty and The Beast. Baines gliding seamlessly down the flanks ghosting past opponents while the cumbersome and lead-footed Neville swung wild boots at his crosses that continued to land in Row Z.
Utd's other goal came from Giggs as Rafael snared an assist to go with his CS.
Norwich v Fulham
Not much to say here apart from Norwich's budget defence continues to rack-up CS's and Fulham remain unable to score away from home. First clean sheet in 12 for Fulham while Norwich have scored one goal in six. Moving on….
Spurs v Newcastle 2-1
Bale was again the difference with another brace. He's now scored all Tottenhams goals in the last three games (4). Holtby started as did Dempsey, while Adebayor wasn't quite ready after the ACON & Defoe still injured. AVB continues to shake up his back four with Walker the only nailed-on option although Dawson made his 7th start in a row. Kaboul will be back shortly to shake things up further.
Sissoko continues to catch the eye playing in the hole” it remains to be seen whether that will continue when Ben Arfa will soon return to the first team. Marveaux came on in 58mins for the injured goalscorer Gauffron. Newcastle now have a very tempting fixture list.
Sunderland v Arsenal 0-1
Arsenal showed a...

<p style='font: inherit;]After a week of shock and drama, it feels a little weird that footy is back.
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<p style='font: inherit;]But tonight, we have theIndigenous Allstars vs Richmond!


I mean, sure, Riewoldt is out, as is Franklin- but hey, it should be a cracker of a game up in the NT.



The AFL have been kind enough tostream the game here, so if you're planning on watching online, feel free to join us in theTooSerious Chat.



Game starts at 8:30pm (AEDT), so rock up around then sometime.

Coinciding withthe start of Supercoach finals in round 20 the League vs League competition Quarter Finals saw two comfortable victories and two nailbiters !



Quarter Final Winners



Donors MeatPies43689 (44285 last week), TS Seriously Fun 43572 (43730 last week), Top Score 42764 (44068 last week), TS Platinum 42645 (43822 last week),



Quarter Final Losers



TS-Expats Reloaded 42777 (43585 last week), TS Twits 42697 (43581 last week), HARD YAKKA 42376 (43545 last week), Game On41794 (43449 last week)



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FROM THE WINNERS CAMPS (IN ORDER OF THEIR ROUND 20 SCORE)



Donors Meat Pies 43689

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<li>They AGAIN scored the highest aggregate score for the round, smashed the record winning margin in the 2 year history of the league vs League comp and moved up to be ranked #15 overall in Oz. For the second week running their lesser Lights&amp;rdquo; who would be amongst the leadership group in other leagues stepped up - this week it was the 12th ranked team in the league Spartans (Jason) with a score of 2670!The Meat Pies take on TOP SCORE this week!
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TS Seriously Fun 43572

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<li>After last weeks narrow 32 point victory Seriously Fun stepped it up a gear and handed an 875 hiding to the #Twits. They were led by a breakout performance form Greater Western Ormond who finished in the bottom 2 in the league but smashed out a 2570 in this crunch match. THEIR REWARD IS AN AWAY CLASH AT JOHN FARNHAM STADIUM, HOME OF THE PLATINUM LEAGUE, AND THEY WIL HAVE TO ANSWER THE CRITICS WHO QUESTION WHETEHR THEY HAVE THE GAME PLAN TO WIN MATCHES AWAY FROM LUNA PARK...

The Round of 16 saw some hard-fought matches and 1 or 2 blowouts and the Quarter Finals are looming large !







Round 19 results in short:-



Winners



Donors MeatPies 44285, Top Score 44086, TS Platinum 43822, TS Seriously Fun 43730, TS-Expats Reloaded 43585, TS Twits 43581, HARD YAKKA 43545, Game On43449



Losers



TS TooSeriousGOLD 43692, UCantBe TS43639, Money Men 43348, TS Serious Club 43333, # 56 TS Premier League 43261, # 92 TS Premier 43152, TS Diamond League 42718, TS SA Great 42468



For more details and analysis and the Quarter Final Fixture read on over the page !



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FROM THE WINNERS CAMPS (IN ORDER OF THEIR ROUND 19 SCORE)



Donors Meat Pies 44285

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<li>They scored the highest aggregate score for the round and moved up to #17 overall. Mka eno mistake they have no weak links as their 16th ranked team on year to date points led their weekly scoring in round 19 ! THEY TAKE ON GAME ON THIS WEEK.
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Top Score 44086

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<li>Very nearly lived up to their name. They were 2nd highest for the week. They were the lowest ranked league to win in the round of 16, who knows if they have timed thir run or if it was just a big fluke. THEY TAKE ON HARD YAKKA THIS WEEK.
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TS Platinum 43822

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<li>They showed that a league of championsmay be capable of being a champion leaguet, hanks in part toCLARKOS CREWwho snaggedthe highest indidual score in a winning league (2706).They will want to fare better than last years Platinum League who went out at the Quarter Final stage. THEY TAKE ON THE EXPATS THIS WEEK.
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Coinciding withweek 2 of Supercoach Finals in round 21 the League vs League competition Semi Finals saw Meat Pies defeat Top Score and the Platinum League defeat Seriously Fun! So what we started with a roll call of the top leagues as at round 17 nears it's conclusion for another year, the hysteria of GF week commences and the engravers get ready to insert a new league name underneath the NBA Crew's entry as 2011 League vs League Champions.



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FROM THE WINNERS CAMPS (IN ORDER OF THEIR ROUND 21 SCORE)



Donors Meat Pies 43176 (43689 in round 20, 44285 in round 19)

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<li>For the third week in succession the Meat Pies scored the highest aggregate score for the round. They narrowly missed smashing the all-time winning margin record for the third consecutive week (they have the top 3 margins by a long way) and have demonstrated that they not only want to WIN the comp but to annihilate any league who dares to stands in their way.
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<li>Their 3 best this week were That'swattsshesaid (2611), Snotties (2601) and Team stripey (2563). The bottom 2 in their league on overall points smashed scores of 2300 plus (2346 by Fleagles and 2438 by Fanspastics) so once again they have no weak links going into the grand final.
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<li>Team Stripey and That'sWattsshesaid received their 2nd mention in the top 3 and wil most likely vie for the Meat Pies League vs League MVP this year, both said to be fired up to produce another massive effort when it counts most (kind of like the anti Leon Davis !)
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In Round 17 we called for nominations for this comp and in Round 18 we saw the kings dethroned as the 2011 Champions NBA Crew lost to the until-now unheralded UCantBeTS league in a standalone Repechage/Playoff Match !



Box Score
# 113 UCantBe TS 44325 (TSKantha 2692, Alinatrons 2674, Dartmoor Demons 2628) defeated #118 NBA Crew 43899 (Steve 2697, Minis 2623, LiquidSixx 2619) by 426 points



Full details are at:- http://tooserious.net/forum/Blog/tabid/90/EntryId/493/2012-League-v-League-Knockout-Championships-repechage-for-the-NBA-Crew.aspx

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So we bid adieu to the 2011 (no longer reigning) champions and welcome the following leagues to the Sweet Sixteen stage:-



TS Donors Meat Pies - our best ranked league (#18 overall, with a 2096 avg following round 17)



# 43 TS HARD YAKKA - 2082 avg



# 48 TS Game On - 2081 avg



# 51 TS Platinum - 2079 avg - the best of the best individualsupercoaches from 2011



# 56 TS Premier League Avg - 2077 avg - note there are two premier leagues&amp;rdquo;



# 59 TS Seriously Fun - 2076 avg



# 65 TS Money Men - 2075 avg



# 70 TS Diamond League - 2074 avg



# 82 TS Serious Club - 2071 avg



# 90 TS TooSeriousGOLD - 2069 avg



# 92 TS Premier - 2068 avg - note there are two premier leagues&amp;rdquo;



# 93 TS Twits Avg - 2068 avg



# 94 TS SA Great - 2068 avg



# 101 TS-Expats Reloaded - 2067 avg



# 105 TS Top Score - 2066 avg



# 113 UCantBe TS - 2064 avg







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If you are in any of the top 16 leagues please feel free to brag about your league or sledge your any or all of your League vs League opponents below as you see fit !!



Also to...

Hi all,
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<br/>If you're in a smoking TS league at the moment, best let us know because we are looking to start the draw for the knockout rounds of the competition.
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<br/>Can you make the Pinewarmers warm the Pine once again? &#160; If so, get your entry in. &#160;If we get enough entries below the lines, we may also do Minor Premierships (and the most Minor for those leagues ranked in 37+) &#160;for those leagues that have saved up all their arsenal for the finals and kept their powder dry. &#160; It could be the only thing that Group W wins all season, so I think that is worth undertaking.
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<br/>Leagues that I would want an update from specifically would be: the Platinum League (or are they too afraid to show their face around here) and TS Game On, who I'd think should be in the running. &#160;I do believe there is a TS Ladies League running, which would also be good to hear from. &#160; In all of this, it's not a slight on individuals if your league is tanking. &#160;There are plenty of great leagues out there with one dominant team who will no doubt get their comeuppance in the finals.
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<br/>At the moment it appears that there are entries that are almost tied in terms of overall, it's that close between entries 133 to 141. &#160;2059 average for each league, which means 2 make the comp and 2 miss out!
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<br/>Here are the current entries, and their slots in the pecking order:
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<br/>#18 TS Donors Meat Pies 2096 avg
#43 TS HARD YAKKA avg 2082
# 56 TS Premier League (Avg 2,077)
#65 TS Money Men (2075)
#70 – TS Diamond League – 2,074
#82 – TS Serious Club – 2071
#90 [TS]TooSeriousGOLD avg 2069
# 93 #TSTwits (Avg 2,068)
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<br/># 94 TS SA Great = 2068 avg
#113 UCantBe TS &#160;(2064)
# 115 TS HAWKS = 2063 avg
# 118 TS NBA Crew (Avg 2,062) ## DEFENDING CHAMPS ##
# 128 YAHOOTOOSERIOUS2.0 = 2061 avg
# 130 TS Swamp Donkey = 2060 avg
#133 – [TS] LateThanNever –...

Hi all, just posting on a message from TTH (The Tassie Hawk). &#160;All comments are from TTH, apart from in brackets where I couldn't resist...



2012 League vs. League Comp – The Round 18 Playoff&#160;



It’s that time of year when some of us are struggling and completely fed up with Supercoach, Ross Lyin’ et al and for others the year is starting to get exciting. &#160; (And that's with Jacobs playing most weeks...sigh)



It’s also the time of year that the League vs. League Challenge is set to start. Make no mistake this is a coveted title, not quite up with Olympic Gold but give it time as it is only in its second year.



In Round 18 we have a standalone match – as the DEFENDING CHAMPS – the NBA Crew – have exercised the right to challenge the 16th ranked league – Ucant Be TS for the final spot in the main draw which commences next week.



Match Preview over the break...



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The NBA Crew are a passionate – some would say obsessive – bunch of fantasy sport nuts, be sure that if you start up or promote a fantasy sport comp hereon TS a few of them will probably join – they include Anthak, Underachievers, Owen, Stowie, Steve etc (add as many others as you want) – a distinguished crew indeed !!



The Champs have been gloating all year about how they want to go back to back. It’s worth reminding everyone that this was the championship that almost didn’t happen after narrowly defeating the Premier League by 79pts and Donor Kebabs (TS’s best ranked league in 2011) by 126pts in the early rounds last year they then went about annihilating (I almost said decimating but have been well educated by Chels in recent times) the Superleague and Tin-Lids by over 1200 each in the Semis and Grand Final, thus adding their names collectively to the esteemed honour roll of TS high achievers.



After placing in the top 100 leagues overall through to round 10 in 2012 they have slid back to #118 after Round 17...

Round 22 saw the second annual League vs League Grand Final with Meat Pies victorious by 349 points over the gallant Platinum League, and they now join the NBA crew on the TS League vs League Champion Honourboard!







2012 League vs League Grand Final Box Score - Match Fifteen - Meat Pie Park -TS Donors MeatPies 41734 (Geoffo's SC Mob/Geoff 2516, Gouds United/Simon 2451 Riding the Bumps/John 2433) defeated TS Platinum 41385 (Career Enders/Stasi 2605, Bob's Hacks/Adam 2504, El Presidente VI/Shane 2498) by 349 points



- Norm Tuck Medalist (Highest team score in the Grand Final) - Career Enders/Stasi 2605



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The Grand Final was a tight affair, and was decided by the following 18 matchups (in order of year to date scores up to round 22):-



That'sWattsSheSaid Jonathan 2313 (MEAT PIES) Vs Grantus Grant (Platinum) 2273



Vibes Arch 2190 (MEAT PIES) vs Career Enders Stasi (Platinum) 2605



Team Stripey Mick 2166 (MEAT PIES) vs Clarko's Crew Chris (Platinum) 2474



Snotties Philip 2405 (MEAT PIES) vs SCaurusRex Gene (Platinum) 2379



Funks Boys Colin 2322 (MEAT PIES) vs Bob's Hacks Adam (Platinum) 2504



Spartans Jason 2412 (MEAT PIES) vs Steamed Dimmies Bigshow (Platinum) 2373



Wando Cans Peter 2281 (MEAT PIES) vs Lethaldons Leigh (Platinum) 2046



Riding the Bumps John 2433 (MEAT PIES) vs Any Ability? Stuart (Platinum) 2381



Degenerates v.2.0 Forrest 2348 (MEAT PIES) vs Dmans Destructors Sean (Platinum) 2215



Gouds United Simon 2451 (MEAT PIES) vs Impromptu SCE Jay (Platinum) 2233



Muppetville James 2396 (MEAT PIES) vs Riewoldt's XXII Matt (Platinum) 2186



East-West...

Hi all - first post in a while, and it's to bring your attention to what was a brilliant competition from last season - the League vs League knockout championships.



If you've got a TooSerious League, we want to know where you are in the rankings, so we can enjoy this competition and to cheer everyone on through the



I'll give you the basics here, then over the break, you can read a more detailed statement from our good mate The Tassie Hawk!

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<li>League vs League will be 16 teams from round 19 to 22 knockout.
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<li>Yes, that's right, round 22, so we don't lose this competition in the wake of all the other grand finals
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<li>We need current league rankings and the league average scores provided to confirm a league entry in the competition
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<li>Higher ranked teams will get a seeded ranking - 1 v 16 - but with a twist. &#160;Because likely league 1 burned and league 16 saved trades, we will give a small advantage to better leagues - in line with their current league performance averages. &#160;It just means if the General badly strikes these leagues, they have a little more security (and because many great leagues were turfed last year by lurker leagues haha!)
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<div>TTH will explain the rest.... so get entering ladies and gents~!


<div>Lucas


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Hey Folks



Last year we held a knockout competition for the top 16 TooSerious Leagues as at Round 17 (based on the aggregate round score for each league) during the 2011 Supercoach finals.
=>>&#160;http://tooserious.net/league-vs-leagues-the-tooserious-by-half-challenge



The NBA Crew (ranked 9th of the 16 TS leagues) overcame the TinLids (ranked 7th) by 1220 points (37412 to 36192) in the 2011 Grand Final.



We are running this again in 2012 – starting in Rd19 and finishing in Rd22...