Afternoon all,

What a round we had, not only in SuperCoach leagues but the AFL served up a beauty with a draw (how many were on the bench anyway?), some floggings handed out by a couple of real contenders, some big upsets for sides aspiring to make the 8, and some flop performances from the games superstars.

On to the TS leagues which, like the real stuff, served up an absolute cracker this week and as we get to the business end of the year, wins in leagues this tight are nothing short of gold. To put it in perspective, a team in the Pine Warmers moved up from 12th to 4th in 2 weeks on the back of 2 great wins, and those above him falling at critical times.

The fact of the matter is, both these leagues are wide open and its anyone’s game this year.

On that note, Im thinking of making these leagues inaugural next season (maybe start a third depending on numbers) but obviously would like to go a bit better in the rankings and maybe crack into the top 10 leagues, so I am throwing it out there to those who want to be in one of these leagues next year, drop me a line on this thread and I will file you away for next season (sorry but I cannot post my email publicly).

It will not be a cash league but maybe walsey can dig up some goodies out of his dust gathering prize cabinet. I know there are still 5 rounds left but I thought I would give all an opportunity to get on board. To ensure these leagues remain competitive throughout the season (so there are no teams that get blitzed early then come good, or blitz early and then drop off), players will need to submit their team id (which is the number required to enter the TS Sideways Cup and is shown here in bold - http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=other_teams&amp;tid=87492&amp;lid=1 - <a href="http://tooserious.net/tipping.php?page=tipping&amp;display=highest_score">please click right here [/url]to figure out how to get this number) and hopefully we wont get a league with 15 top 2,000 players and 1 top 20,000.

<a href="http://tooserious.net/tipping.php?page=tipping&amp;display=highest_score">or click right here to figure out how to get this number[/url]

On with the review and we shall start with the Orange Boys who had a very interesting round where ladder positions (last round) 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 all lost opening the 8 right up. Portland Players belted finals hopeful Banana Slugs by 300 points and bottom 3 placed sambeno embarrassed pseudonuts (another finals hopeful) by over 400 points. CJs Legends just got over the line against tommys guns by 67 points setting themselves up for a chance at the top 4 while bottom placed at the time Whispering Blaze caused upset of the round knocking off WesternRoys in a 32 point thriller. HFC-Premiers 2010! got over the line in a tight one against top 4 side The Mob Goes Wild and jumped into the 8 on the back of some results going their way.

Next weeks fixtures prove a crucial one for all, as to be expected 1 week out from finals, but all games will have an impact on the top 8. There are still 2 spots in the 4 open and it comes down to 4 teams: Buzz Boys, Half Time Heroes, CJs Legends &amp; The Mob Goes Wild with the last 3 mentioned playing in top 8 battles this week and Buzz Boys playing against bottom placed The Duds, who have been hot and cold this year. The last couple of spots in the 8 are still open and anyone down to 12th can still make it (although those lower teams must win and need some results to go there way).

The Armchair Athletes are set to take the minor premiership out playing the 2nd bottom placed Whispering Blaze while 7th placed HFC Premiers 2010 must beat guaranteed top 3 finisher Portland Players to stay in the 8. Other big pre-finals battles next week include Banana Slugs(8) vs The Mob Goes Wild(6), WesternRoys(9) vs Half Time Heroes(4), &amp; pseudonuts(10) vs CJs Legends(5). Needless to say, this ones coming down to the wire!!!

On to the Pine Warmers where this week dished up some classics with Prospectus Boy getting over the line against Year of the Cats by 24 points and setting themselves up for a shot at the finals in a must win game for Knightsee next week against top of the ladder Krunchy Nuts. A win for fcmeh would have moved them from 13th into 7th but alas, they got pipped at line by last minute ring-in Thunder Guns by 14 points, all but sealing their fate to miss out on finals while having the second highest overall score in the league (this loss makes it hard as they are coming up against a top 4 side this week, but they are still a chance pending some other results).

Team LiQuiD kept their finals hope alive with a 200 point win over the steamed hams. Tiger4Life convincingly knocked of ladder leader Krunchy Nuts, and snuck into the 8 in the process setting up a crucial game this week against Year Of The Cats. Life Post-Richo was handed an absolute shellacking by 9/11WasAnInsideJob to the tune of 230 points and securing them a spot in the finals, while making if difficult for LPR to stay up after being top of the summit for a long period earlier in the season.

In a top 3 battle, Jackson Harvey FC smashed Whoknows? by 150 points in a bit of an anti climax game and recent mover and shaker Razors continued their surge up the ladder after flogging bottom placed Snotties to the tune of 200 points and booting up to 4th on ladder after being 12th just 2 weeks ago. Game of the round was without a doubt the 6 point thriller that saw Veni Vidi Vici defeat PowerfromPort to keep them out of the 8, and keep VVVs finals hopes alive with a relatively easy game coming up this week, and if the results go their way they could sneak into the 8.

Next weeks fixture is poised to be a beauty as all games have a bearing on the final 8, but the 4 matchups that will most likely shape up the top 8 are:

1. tiger4life(7th) vs Year of the CATS(8th) – separated by only 0.35%.
2. PowerfromPort(9th) vs LiQuiD(11th) – separated by only 0.53%.
3. Razors(4th) vs Life Post-Richo(6th) – LPR % is below 100 so a loss could see them falling out of the finals, and Razors is looking ominous.
4. Jackson Harvey FC(3rd) vs fcmeh(13th) – fcmeh has the best % outside the 8 and is ranked 2nd overall. A win could see fcmeh jump into the 8.
5. Krunchy Nuts(1st) vs Prospectus Boy(10th) - a win for the Nuts seals the minor premiership but a finals berth should be secured if Prospectus Boy gets up.

The winners of the first two games will most likely take up the 7th-8th spots however there are big chances for teams like fcmeh and Prospectus Boy to make it if they upset their top 3 opponents (Thanks TimmyJ ). Just like the Orange Boys, this ones set up to be a cracker of a finish!!!

So until next week, the full round 17 game review, updated ladder and the crucial final round fixtures over the break.<!--more-->

PINE WARMERS - ROUND 17 RESULTS

<tbody>

LiQuiD
2,177
def
1,985
steamed hams



Veni Vidi Vici
2,258
def
2,252
PowerfromPort



Thunder Guns
2,041
def
2,027
fcmeh



Jackson Harvey FC
2,227
def
2,081
Whoknows?



Year of the CATS
2,224
def by
2,248
Prospectus Boy



Krunchy Nuts
2,153
def by
2,249
tiger4life



Snotties
2,170
def by
2,357
Razors



Life Post-Richo
2,027
def by
2,257
9/11WasAnInsideJob



 




LADDER

<tbody>

Pos.
Team
<td style="text-align: center">W
<td style="text-align: center">L
<td style="text-align: center">%
<td style="text-align: center">Score
<td style="text-align: center">Average
<td style="text-align: center">Total
<td style="text-align: center">P



1
Krunchy Nuts
10
4
100.09
2,153
2228.88
37,891
40



2
Whoknows?
9
5
102.75
2,081
2248.06
38,217
36



3
Jackson Harvey FC
9
5
102.13
2,227
2222.82
37,788
36



4
Razors
8
6
101.54
2,357
2203.65
37,462
32



5
9/11WasAnInsideJob
8
6
101.27
2,257
2221.94
37,773
32



6
Life Post-Richo
8
6
99.57
2,027
2219.29
37,728
32



7
tiger4life
7
7
101.55
2,249
2238.41
38,053
28



8
Year of the CATS
7
7
101.20
2,224
2222.29
37,779
28



9
PowerfromPort
7
7
100.75
2,252
2239.47
38,071
28



10
Prospectus Boy
7
7
100.25
2,248
2213.53
37,630
28



11
LiQuiD
7
7
100.22
2,177
2230.18
37,913
28



12
Veni Vidi Vici
7
7
97.63
2,258
2188.12
37,198
28



13
fcmeh
6
8
101.16
2,027
2242.71
38,126
24



14
steamed hams
6
8
98.51
1,985
2162.00
36,754
24



15
Thunder Guns
5
9
96.58
2,041
2057.53
34,978
20



16
Snotties
1
13
94.95
2,170
2130.76
36,223
4



 




ROUND 18 FIXTURE

<tbody>

LiQuiD
vs
 PowerfromPort



Veni Vidi Vici
vs
 steamed hams



Year of the CATS
vs
 tiger4life



Krunchy Nuts
vs
 Prospectus Boy



Thunder Guns
vs
 Whoknows?



Jackson Harvey FC
vs
 fcmeh



Snotties
vs
 9/11WasAnInsideJob



Life Post-Richo
vs
 Razors



 




ORANGE BOYS - ROUND 17 RESULTS

<tbody>

The Mob Goes Wild
2,061
def by
2,143
HFC-Premiers 2010!



Banana Slugs
1,884
def by
2,172
Portland Players



Armchair Athletes
2,156
def by
2,272
Half Time Heroes



WesternRoys
2,115
def by
2,147
WhisperingBlaze



The Duds
1,999
def by
2,139
Funsters



Stretch2010
2,194
def by
2,339
Buzz Boys



pseudonuts
1,895
def by
2,301
sambeno



tommys guns
2,101
def by
2,168
CJs Legends



 




LADDER

<tbody>

Pos.
Team
W
D
L
<td style="text-align: center">%
<td style="text-align: center">Score
<td style="text-align: center">Average
<td style="text-align: center">Total
<td style="text-align: center">P



1
Armchair Athletes
10
0
4
104.83
2,156
2246.24
38,186
40



2
Portland Players
10
0
4
103.50
2,172
2203.88
37,466
40



3
Buzz Boys
9
0
5
104.16
2,339
2211.06
37,588
36



4
Half Time Heroes
8
1
5
101.33
2,272
2142.76
36,427
34



5
CJs Legends
8
1
5
98.82
2,168
2178.18
37,029
34



6
The Mob Goes Wild
8
0
6
100.72
2,061
2174.35
36,964
32



7
HFC-Premiers 2010!
7
0
7
101.13
2,143
2161.59
36,747
28



8
Banana Slugs
7
0
7
100.59
1,884
2142.35
36,420
28



9
WesternRoys
7
0
7
99.85
2,115
2141.24
36,401
28



10
pseudonuts
7
0
7
98.50
1,895
2134.06
36,279
28



11
Funsters
6
0
8
99.31
2,139
2148.24
36,520
24



12
tommys guns
6
0
8
98.14
2,101
2105.24
35,789
24



13
Stretch2010
5
0
9
97.22
2,194
2108.24
35,840
20



14
sambeno
5
0
9
97.15
2,301
2042.29
34,719
20



15
WhisperingBlaze
4
0
10
98.17
2,147
2107.65
35,830
16



16
The Duds
4
0
10
96.79
1,999
2047.88
34,814
16



 




ROUND 18 FIXTURE

<tbody>

HFC-Premiers 2010!
vs
 Portland Players



Banana Slugs
vs
 The Mob Goes Wild



Armchair Athletes
vs
 WhisperingBlaze



WesternRoys
vs
 Half Time Heroes



The Duds
vs
 Buzz Boys



Stretch2010
vs
 Funsters



pseudonuts
vs
 CJs Legends



tommys guns
vs
 sambeno