Round 4. Banchangand Korumburra seem to be hard done by at this early stage. (Choppers - I've given you 1153 for round 4 as the TS ladder doesn'thave a score for you this week) Rank Team Total points Change fromFU ladder 1 Ararat Armadillos 5425 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 2 Goondiwindi Goannas 5284 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 3 Pakenham Parasites 5251 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 4 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 5069 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 5 Staghorn Flat Bulls 5052 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 6 Blanchetown Bunyips 5023 - 7 King Island Monarchs 5006 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 8 Christmas Island Smugglers 4977 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 9 Coolgardie Prospectors 4965 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-7 10 Serengeti Buffalos 4840 - 11 Banchang Barcrawlers 4722 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 12 Korumburra Blowflys 4688 [span style='color: #00b050;]+5 13 Eden Whalers 4682 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 14 Pearcedale Panthers 4465 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 15 Southern Cross Sandgropers 4449 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3 16 Cow Bay Crocs 4134 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Manangatang Orangutans 4086 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3 18 Gisborne Grenades 3544 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2
<td colspan='5] Round 5 The Goannas made up almost70 points on Ararat this week, while Pakenham also closed the gap to the leaders. Still early days obviously, but at this stage it's hard to see any team challenging the top 3 for the title as they're averaging more than 60 ppg over the rest of the comp. While at the other end of the ladder,Gisborne get off the bottom thanks to Hawks non-posting of a team. Rank Team Total Points <td colspan='2]Change from FU ladder 1 Ararat Armadillos 6702 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+1 2 Goondiwindi Goannas 6627 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+1 3 Pakenham Parasites 6606 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 4 Staghorn Flat Bulls 6303 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+2 5 King Island Monarchs 6301 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+2 6 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 6294 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+2 7 Blanchetown Bunyips 6210 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #ff0000;]-3 8 Serengeti Buffalos 6204 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+1 9 Coolgardie Prospectors 6148 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #ff0000;]-4 10 Christmas Island Smugglers 6062 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+1 11 Banchang Barcrawlers 6002 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+1 12 Korumburra Blowflys 5851 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+5 13 Eden Whalers 5846 <td colspan='2]- 14 Southern Cross Sandgropers 5679 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #ff0000;]-4 15 Pearcedale Panthers 5667 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 16 Cow Bay Crocs 5266 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Gisborne Grenades 4692 <td colspan='2][span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 18 Manangatang Orangutans 4086 <td colspan='2] [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2
Round 6 Once again Korumburra appear to be the hardest done by. It's been a tough draw for the Blowflies, having drawn 3 of the top 4 teams in the early rounds. Surely their maiden win can't be too far away. While at the other end of the spectrum the Prospectors are getting the job done racking up wins early in the season. It will be interesting to see ifJPK can hold this ranking from here on in, as Coolgardie has only played one top 8 team to date (a win over the Monarchs in round one). The rest of the ladder seems to be taking shape. After declaring last week that teams would struggle to catch the top 3 the Bulls and Monarchs did just that, capitalising on relatively poor weeks from the Goannas, Armadillos and Parasites. This prediction game is for mugs. Rank Team Points Change from FU Ladder 1 Goondiwindi Goannas 7871 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 2 Ararat Armadillos 7827 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 3 Pakenham Parasites 7789 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 4 Staghorn Flat Bulls 7730 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 5 King Island Monarchs 7702 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 6 Serengeti Buffalos 7529 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 7 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 7510 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 8 Coolgardie Prospectors 7463 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-6 9 Blanchetown Bunyips 7404 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 10 Banchang Barcrawlers 7354 - 11 Christmas Island Smugglers 7332 - 12 Eden Whalers 7120 - 13 Korumburra Blowflys 6992 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 14 Pearcedale Panthers 6830 - 15 Southern Cross Sandgropers 6800 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 16 Cow Bay Crocs 6256 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Gisborne Grenades 5895 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 18 Manangatang Orangutans 5236 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3
JPK wrote: You calling my boys a bunch of over-achievers? As they say 'you can only beat what is put in front of you'. But yeah, the Prospectors are over-achievers.
DamoH wrote: JPK wrote: You calling my boys a bunch of over-achievers? As they say 'you can only beat what is put in front of you'. But yeah, the Prospectors are over-achievers. We've done nearly everything required of us this season (but yes, I am a little worried that it'll all come crashing down in the latter half of the season). I will, however, be barracking for the Grenades to blow the sh!t out of your Budgie Smugglers this week
JPK wrote: DamoH wrote: JPK wrote: You calling my boys a bunch of over-achievers? As they say 'you can only beat what is put in front of you'. But yeah, the Prospectors are over-achievers. We've done nearly everything required of us this season (but yes, I am a little worried that it'll all come crashing down in the latter half of the season). I will, however, be barracking for the Grenades to blow the sh!t out of your Budgie Smugglers this week We have spare pompoms
JPK wrote: DamoH wrote: JPK wrote: You calling my boys a bunch of over-achievers? As they say 'you can only beat what is put in front of you'. But yeah, the Prospectors are over-achievers. We've done nearly everything required of us this season (but yes, I am a little worried that it'll all come crashing down in the latter half of the season). I will, however, be barracking for the Grenades to blow the sh!t out of your Budgie Smugglers this week We have spare pompoms
Tomster wrote: JPK wrote: DamoH wrote: JPK wrote: You calling my boys a bunch of over-achievers? As they say 'you can only beat what is put in front of you'. But yeah, the Prospectors are over-achievers. We've done nearly everything required of us this season (but yes, I am a little worried that it'll all come crashing down in the latter half of the season). I will, however, be barracking for the Grenades to blow the sh!t out of your Budgie Smugglers this week We have spare pompoms While that sounds good mate, no-one wants to see me in a tank-top and mini-skirt! Besides, I'll be busy leading my boys during your game...
JPK wrote: DamoH wrote: JPK wrote: You calling my boys a bunch of over-achievers? As they say 'you can only beat what is put in front of you'. But yeah, the Prospectors are over-achievers. We've done nearly everything required of us this season (but yes, I am a little worried that it'll all come crashing down in the latter half of the season). I will, however, be barracking for the Grenades to blow the sh!t out of your Budgie Smugglers this week Why wait for the crash, it starts now with the new Whalers team slogan 'Trouble in Paradise'
Round 7 Staghorn continued their march up the ladder, confirming they are one of the form teams at the moment. In a first (and probably last) two teams are tied on total points with the Barracudas and Barcrawlers sharing 7th (not sure how that will work for draft purposes, I assume we go to the maligned percentage?). Rank Team Points Change from FU ladder 1 Goondiwindi Goannas 9215 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 2 Staghorn Flat Bulls 9105 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 3 Pakenham Parasites 9045 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 4 Ararat Armadillos 8882 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 5 Serengeti Buffalos 8839 - 6 Blanchetown Bunyips 8838 - 7 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 8722 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 7 Banchang Barcrawlers 8722 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 9 King Island Monarchs 8679 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 10 Coolgardie Prospectors 8626 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-8 11 Christmas Island Smugglers 8347 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 12 Pearcedale Panthers 8295 - 13 Korumburra Blowflys 8286 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 14 Eden Whalers 8153 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 15 Southern Cross Sandgropers 7774 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 16 Cow Bay Crocs 7286 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Gisborne Grenades 6895 - 18 Manangatang Orangutans 6145 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3
As I have the higher % of the two after Rd7, I should probably follow Groote Eylandt in Rd1 of the MSD. What's everyone think?
We are using the actual ladder, the one in the tsLeagues page, so the order is Cow Bay Gisborne Korumburra Manangutan Sotuhern Cross Eden Pearcedale Banchang Groote Christmas King Ararat Blanchetown Serengeti Staghorn Goondiwindi Coolgardie Pakenham Pakenham Coolgardie Goondiwindi etc
Tomster wrote: We are using the actual ladder, the one in the tsLeagues page, so the order is Cow Bay Gisborne Korumburra Manangutan Sotuhern Cross Eden Pearcedale Banchang Groote Christmas King Ararat Blanchetown Serengeti Staghorn Goondiwindi Coolgardie Pakenham Pakenham Coolgardie Goondiwindi etc Is the MSD a snake draft? I would have thought as it's an equalisation measure that Cow Bay gets the first pick in each round and then we continue the order fromlowest to highest?
Hmm, might be Damo. I don't remember, anyone else remember anything? It will stuff up all my numbers for picks in the trades thread. I'm happy enough either way
I was under the impression that the first draft we did wasn't a typical draft order coz we were drafting our initial squads. There were some posts about doing it that way so the coach with pick 1 didn't have too much of an advantage over the coach with pick 18. I just assumed that any drafts after that were in line with AFL drafts where bottom placed side gets first pick in every round and first placed side last pick in every round.
fresh wrote: I was under the impression that the first draft we did wasn't a typical draft order coz we were drafting our initial squads. There were some posts about doing it that way so the coach with pick 1 didn't have too much of an advantage over the coach with pick 18. I just assumed that any drafts after that were in line with AFL drafts where bottom placed side gets first pick in every round and first placed side last pick in every round. +1
insider wrote: fresh wrote: I was under the impression that the first draft we did wasn't a typical draft order coz we were drafting our initial squads. There were some posts about doing it that way so the coach with pick 1 didn't have too much of an advantage over the coach with pick 18. I just assumed that any drafts after that were in line with AFL drafts where bottom placed side gets first pick in every round and first placed side last pick in every round. +1 Don't like it because it hurts me for having a (no offence to anyone) relatively easy draw at the start of the season, allowing me to win games with a low overall total points score (which has been pointed out many times) - but I do agree that its the way to go.
JPK wrote: insider wrote: fresh wrote: I was under the impression that the first draft we did wasn't a typical draft order coz we were drafting our initial squads. There were some posts about doing it that way so the coach with pick 1 didn't have too much of an advantage over the coach with pick 18. I just assumed that any drafts after that were in line with AFL drafts where bottom placed side gets first pick in every round and first placed side last pick in every round. +1 Don't like it because it hurts me for having a (no offence to anyone) relatively easy draw at the start of the season, allowing me to win games with a low overall total points score (which has been pointed out many times) - but I do agree that its the way to go. +3 Would have preferred to make a late season run instead of the recent run of wins to get the Buffaloes a bit higher but its got to be like this IMO for equalisation