It seems pretty clear 2 “do not plays” on any line equals a donut regardless of whether they are both onfield or one is the nominated emergency. If rolling AFL teams become the norm I think all leagues should make a rule change in 2021 so that we name 15 onfield plus 4 emergencies not named on lines but E1-E4 in order with non out of position Emgs having preference to out of position. More 50% scores and less donuts from squads of 19 would be a big improvement than the last 7 rounds.
With news of Kelly out and Perryman doubtful, Walters moves to the mids for Kelly and SPS to the emergency spot. Preuss comes into the forward line and Fiorini forward emergency.
Don't expect Witherden to play but that's all my playing defenders listed, thus the jibe about our backline being taken out. Figured I'd go with the other recycled Saints reject in the forward line over Newnes. No Yeo/McGrath meant needing one of the F/Ms in the midfield. All about timing
Hey no complaining about missing players, I got Grundy Crisp Houli gone because of a flipping bye! Ducks definitely fell behind after the Freo/Melb match Woylies successfully rolling the dice with Acres 113, Oliver under par with a 94 but that's Melbourne for you, and Wilson a solid 88. Lever and his bad moustache could only offer up 54 for the Ducks. WPW 971/10 leading JJD 835/9. WPW still have Weitering, Jack Martin, Whitfield, ROB and Rowbottom to come vs Ducks with Rich, Collins, Sloane, Marc Murphy, Setterfield and MIIIITCH (Robbo).
From looming upset to likely, Useless Loop have taken a strong grip on this matchup and Mole Creek are going to need a huge performance from their undermanned midfield to have any chance. Mole Creek 10/655 trails Useless Loop 12/1009 Mole Creek players remaining: Cripps, McCluggage, Petrevski-Seton, Rankine, Rayner Useless Loop players remaining: Simpson, Neale, McLean
WPW has put the runs on the board and is all out for 1404. JJD currently 1128/12 including a couple of loopholes, needing 277 for victory from the remaining 3 players Rich, Collins and MRobo. Based on average we should only expect them to score around 235 so going to need a bit of a lift.
hOLY mOLY! A good night for the worms makes this a very slim chance of a contest. Big tons and a late out or quiet game from Neale needed tomorrow to have any chance. Mole Creek 12/877 (73) trails Useless Loop 12/1105 (92) *some scores are FF estimates Mole Creek players remaining: McCluggage, Rankine, Rayner Useless Loop players remaining: Neale
So looks like my team update last night didn't actually update, or I didn't hit the save button or something. It means I'm now playing Ah Chee instead of taking Murphy's 81 and a new revised target score. 358 is the target for Rich, Robbo, Collins and Ah Chee and they are currently combined for 103 at QT. At HT they are totalling 178 just barely short of being on track, definitely would be ahead of target with Murphy's score locked in! 3QT and the 4 Ducks are on 283 chasing 358, just barely scraping ahead of the world record line and needing to stay in front for the final qtr. Final update pre-scaling - Rich 107, Robbo 94, Collins 89, Ah Chee 60 for a total of 350. Need some very generous scaling otherwise a single digit win for Woylies, which is super frustrating as the Murphy loophole saving correctly it means the difference between a win and a loss. FINAL: Woylies 1404 def Ducks 1395
Mole Creek 1159 defeated by Useless Loop 1287 The upset is complete! Useless loop knock over the minor premiers in stunning fashion. Mole Creek coach Clint Bizzell was philosophical after the match saying his young team will learn from this and come back stronger next season. Club President Terry Wallace said they wouldn't offer any excuses, before then mentioning at length the COVID season issues and that considering they went into the final missing Kelly, Heeney, Sidebottom, Ladhams, Gresham, Tucker they could hold their heads high and he was now looking forward to his work on trade radio this offseason.
I feel for you @James84 on top for basically the whole year and to be bundled out first pop, it's a tough gig.
Thanks mate, thems the breaks, will just have to go better next season! Good luck for the rest of the finals!
2 upsets, a smashing and a nailbiter highlighted the ORFFF 2020 Eliminations Finals Round. The Shags overcame a numerical advantage to make their way into their first ORFFF preliminary final against the Noahs while the Virgins and Woylies face off in the other. Commiserations to this week's losers and we look forward to you being amongst the challengers again in 2021.