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Matchday 5: Quarter Finals, AFL Round 20
Team A | | Team B |
UAE Tigers | VS | Berlin Brewers |
PNL Reindeers | VS | Bangladesh Bears |
Dublin Destroyers | VS | Bradford Badgers |
Kathmandu Eskimos | VS | Christchurch Saints |
There are now only 8 teams remianing in the Champions League. The 8 best? They'd have to be considered that.
UAE have perhaps the best forward line out of all the teams and their backline is not too shabby either. But what is truly scary (for Berlin) is that they scored 1595 last week with Griffin, Jones and Swallow spudding up. Who knows what they could reach if those 3 all play to their full capabilities. Berlin have been a hit and miss team thus far in the Champs League with a horrible start to the tournament followed by 2 good weeks and now just getting over Oxford this past week. Berlin will definitely need to go big and that should be assisted by the return of Nat Fyfe. But the dilemma is now, do they captain Fyfe? If fact both teams have numerous captain options, getting it right will be crucial in this one. I think UAE should win this one as they might just have too many stars for the Brewers to handle.
PNL have quality all over their park. They also have a few players who they'll be sweating on. Can players like Jarrod Harbrow, Tom Sheridan, Zac O'Brien, Daniel Rich perform to a Champions League standard? If they can't then the Reindeers will have no chance against the 2 time AXV Premiers, Bangladesh. That speaks for itself. The Bears always seem to do well this time of year, and just when you thought they couldn't get any better, Fyfe comes back! Bears coach Adamant was fired up after a big win over their rivals Australia last week and will be looking to move further along in the Champs League. I'll tip the Bears in a close one.
Dublin is the favourite. No denying that. If you haven't seen Dublin's list, I sugguest that you go check it out. But Bradford could just be the team that can beat them. The Badgers have a lot of very high-ceiling players and if they have good days, they can beat Dublin. Bradford will need at least 1600 to defeat Dublin and this will only happen if Cotchin and Barlow lift back to where they should be and they get their captain right. Who do Bradford captain this week? There is no obvious choice, if you have any suggestions for them comment below. Will Holz stick to captaining his favourite player Goldy? Or will he take the punt on Selwood? I think Dublin will be too strong and will defeat Bradford not by as much as some may think though.
Kathmandu finally showed us what they can do last week. The same can be said about Christchurch. Both of these teams scored over 1530 last week and this one is probably the hardest to predict out of all the matches this round. Kathmandu's midfield is very good and may well run all over the Saints but who knows? Both teams have Liam Picken and both teams captained him last week. Will they do the same this week? Taking the captaincy off him may prove beneficial but it may also prove costly. This one should be match of the round and I'll tip Kathmandu by just a couple.
I'd like to hear your predictions below.
You may also be wondering, why isn't there a poll to vote on next weeks poster boy? Ahhh you see I'm going to let YOU, the coaches of the 8 remianing teams nominate who YOU want on the poster. Your favourite player? A player form your XV's team? A random spud? That's right whoever can convince me that someone should be on the poster will win!
Goldy for the poster.
Also i would like to see UAE forward line
I reckon Buddy Martin Roughy Gunston Walters is pretty decent.
going for my 5th straight top scoring team in the world. Buddy and Murphy would be nice
My Reindeers eat Bears for breakfast >:D. And the winter seasons just suit us more!
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:03:09 PM
going for my 5th straight top scoring team in the world. Buddy and Murphy would be nice
Prestia, Lecca, Minson, Harwood, and Judd would be nice as well :-\
I'll request Missy Higgins for the poster, or Tommy Lynch!
Also someone please help me choose a captain haha
Plz. Fyfe is overdue for 170, and with him as captain (as he will most certainly will be), not even Dublin can stop me :P
I'm torn over who to nominate for next weeks poster... I want it to be Jesse Hogan, but feel like I'd be the only one to go for that.
So will also nominate the friendly neighbourhood docker, Zac Dawson!
And again, incredible work Levi! The posters continue to amaze me :o
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 11, 2015, 10:20:00 PM
Plz. Fyfe is overdue for 170, and with him as captain (as he will most certainly will be), not even Dublin can stop me :P
Treloar has abanded you though.
Fyfe is no Goldy
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:21:53 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 11, 2015, 10:20:00 PM
Plz. Fyfe is overdue for 170, and with him as captain (as he will most certainly will be), not even Dublin can stop me :P
Treloar has abanded you though.
Fyfe is no Goldy
Goldy is no Picken
And Priddis is just over here at PNL smiling quietly, biding his time before it's his turn to take his rightful place as the poster boy for Champs League.
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:03:09 PM
Also i would like to see UAE forward line
UAE Forwards: D.Martin, D.Swan, B.Goddard, J.Ziebell
I think it's better than Dublin's TBH. :P
Quote from: PowerBug on August 11, 2015, 10:28:41 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:21:53 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 11, 2015, 10:20:00 PM
Plz. Fyfe is overdue for 170, and with him as captain (as he will most certainly will be), not even Dublin can stop me :P
Treloar has abanded you though.
Fyfe is no Goldy
Goldy is no Picken
Goldy, Fyfe and Picken are no Ablett. ;)
Good suggestions for the poster as well lads.
Currently have:
Todd Goldstein
Missy Higgins
Tom J. Lynch
Jesse Hogan
Zac Dawson
Matthew Priddis
PNL's forward depth is so good, we don't even need Swan to play forward. #Winners #BestForwardLineEver #BeatItBears
Just for those who don't know, PNL's forward line this season was predominantly: Swan, Wingard, Westhoff, Rioli with Zerrett, Lynch (Crows) and Billings riding the bench :P.
Champions? The poster has to be Richard Tambling.
Quote from: Levi434 on August 11, 2015, 10:51:26 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:03:09 PM
Also i would like to see UAE forward line
UAE Forwards: D.Martin, D.Swan, B.Goddard, J.Ziebell
I think it's better than Dublin's TBH. :P
Quote from: PowerBug on August 11, 2015, 10:28:41 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:21:53 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 11, 2015, 10:20:00 PM
Plz. Fyfe is overdue for 170, and with him as captain (as he will most certainly will be), not even Dublin can stop me :P
Treloar has abanded you though.
Fyfe is no Goldy
Goldy is no Picken
Goldy, Fyfe and Picken are no Ablett. ;)
Good suggestions for the poster as well lads.
Currently have:
Todd Goldstein
Missy Higgins
Tom J. Lynch
Jesse Hogan
Zac Dawson
Matthew Priddis
Untill next year when posibly none of them are forwards, than they are screwed.
I can afford to lose Martin with buddy Roughy gunny Walters.
So who do I play next week?
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 12:23:47 AM
So who do I play next week?
It's up at the top :)
Speaking of which, the away teams are (almost) in alphabetical order :P
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 12, 2015, 09:56:29 AM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 12:23:47 AM
So who do I play next week?
It's up at the top :)
Speaking of which, the away teams are (almost) in alphabetical order :P
No I mean after I beat Dublin this week
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 10:09:23 AM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 12, 2015, 09:56:29 AM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 12:23:47 AM
So who do I play next week?
It's up at the top :)
Speaking of which, the away teams are (almost) in alphabetical order :P
No I mean after I beat Dublin this week
I should probably learn to read hey? :-[
Quote from: Holz on August 11, 2015, 10:03:09 PM
Goldy for the poster.
Also i would like to see UAE forward line
I reckon Buddy Martin Roughy Gunston Walters is pretty decent.
going for my 5th straight top scoring team in the world. Buddy and Murphy would be nice
Our forward line is: Dustin Martin, Brett Deledio, Brendon Goddard, Dane Swan, Jack Ziebell, Jack Riewoldt.
Lol loving Josh Glenn as the poster boy :P
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 10:09:23 AM
No I mean after I beat Dublin this week
Next Week:
Semi-Final 1:Winner of UAE VS Berlin
VS
Winner of Dublin VS Bradford
Semi-Final 2:Winner of PNL VS Bangladesh
VS
Winner of Kathmandu VS Christchurch
So potentially we could see Eskimos vs Bears in Champs League and AXV next week!
Quote from: Hellopplz on August 11, 2015, 11:07:22 PM
PNL's forward depth is so good, we don't even need Swan to play forward. #Winners #BestForwardLineEver #BeatItBears
Just for those who don't know, PNL's forward line this season was predominantly: Swan, Wingard, Westhoff, Rioli with Zerrett, Lynch (Crows) and Billings riding the bench :P.
It's going to take more than just a good forward line to overcome the mighty Bears. ;)
Also Fyfe or Jelwood for the poster!
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 10:09:23 AM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 12, 2015, 09:56:29 AM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 12:23:47 AM
So who do I play next week?
It's up at the top :)
Speaking of which, the away teams are (almost) in alphabetical order :P
No I mean after I beat Dublin this week
Its your dream you can imagine your playing anyone.
Quote from: Holz on August 12, 2015, 12:13:12 PM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 10:09:23 AM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 12, 2015, 09:56:29 AM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 12:23:47 AM
So who do I play next week?
It's up at the top :)
Speaking of which, the away teams are (almost) in alphabetical order :P
No I mean after I beat Dublin this week
Its your dream you can imagine your playing anyone.
If I was dreaming, you wouldn't have said "your" when you were supposed to say "you're"
Quote from: Adamant on August 12, 2015, 11:51:02 AM
Quote from: Hellopplz on August 11, 2015, 11:07:22 PM
PNL's forward depth is so good, we don't even need Swan to play forward. #Winners #BestForwardLineEver #BeatItBears
Just for those who don't know, PNL's forward line this season was predominantly: Swan, Wingard, Westhoff, Rioli with Zerrett, Lynch (Crows) and Billings riding the bench :P.
It's going to take more than just a good forward line to overcome the mighty Bears. ;)
Also Fyfe or Jelwood for the poster!
Don't you worry, we have everything bar a scoring ruck :P. So it'll be a tough match for you guys ;).
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 01:11:10 PM
If I was dreaming, you wouldn't have said "your" when you were supposed to say "you're"
BURN! But Holz doesn't seem to give a damn about grammar anyways.
Quote from: Hellopplz on August 12, 2015, 01:41:09 PM
Don't you worry, we have everything bar a scoring ruck :P. So it'll be a tough match for you guys ;).
Trust in Tom Campbell.
Sam Michael for poster
Quote from: Levi434 on August 12, 2015, 07:19:03 PM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 01:11:10 PM
If I was dreaming, you wouldn't have said "your" when you were supposed to say "you're"
BURN! But Holz doesn't seem to give a damn about grammar anyways.
You can win on grammar, I'll just win on the field.
I'm actually good with my grammar and spelling I just don't care. Especially when on my phone
Bangladesh Bears
D: G. Ibbotson, J. Grimes, A. Walker, L. Hansen
M: N. Fyfe (c), J. Selwood (vc), M. Boyd, S. Mitchell
R: A. Sandilands
F: N. Riewoldt, B. Harvey, C. Rioli, M. Pavlich
U: B. Cunnington, D. Cross
E: B. McEvoy, C. Sutcliffe, C. Daniel
Team Name: Kathmandu Eskimos
Defence: Liam Picken (vc), James Kelly, Michael Firrito, Colin Garland
Midfield:Dan Hannebery (c), Isaac Smith, Brad Ebert (dvc), Andrew Gaff
Ruck: Paddy Ryder (F)
Forwards: Eddie Betts, Luke Breust, Lewis Jetta (M), Lindsay Thomas
Utilities: Levi Greenwood (M), Tendai Mzungu (M)
Emergencies: Chris Dawes (F), Ben Howlett (F/M), Heritier Lumumba (D/M)
CHRISTCHURCH SAINTS
B: Sam Gilbert, Sean Dempster, Dylan Roberton, Liam Picken
M: Hamish Hartlett, Sam Mitchell, Matthew Boyd (VC), Luke Shuey
R: Aaron Sandilands (C)
F: Jamie Elliott, Jack Steele, Jake Stringer, Tory Dickson
I: Dayne Zorko, Harris Andrews
E: Ben Reid, Jeff Garlett, Jake Lever
Parisian Nice Lyon "Bear Eating" Reindeers
D: L. Hodge, C. Enright, M. Williams, J. Harbrow
M: M. Priddis (CC), N. Jones, T. Sheridan, D. Rich
R: T.Campbell
F: D.Swan (CC), J. Westhoff, C. Wingard, C. Rioli
I: N.Malceski, T. Lynch
E: Z. O'Brien, D. Myers, J. Patton
UAE Tigers
D: Luke Hodge (VC), Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Shaun Higgins
M: David Mundy, Nathan Jones, Ryan Griffen, Mitch Wallis
R: Stefan Martin
F: Dustin Martin (C), Dane Swan (EVC), Brett Deledio, Brendon Goddard
U: Jack Ziebell, Jack Riewoldt
E:Shaun Grigg, David Zaharakis, Jarrod Harbrow
Watson gone
Buddy gone
Tmac possibly gone
Mundy possibly rested
not exactly what I wanted.
Berlin Brewers
D: Michael Hibberd, Jarryn Geary, Colin Garland, Jack Grimes
M: Nat Fyfe (C), Jack Steven (VC), Daniel Cross, Jack Viney
R: Max Gawn
F: Drew Petrie, Lewis Jetta, Marco PapaGun, Jack Watts
I: Jesse Lonergan, Rory Atkins
E: Charlie Dixon, Xavier Ellis, Jordan Murdoch
Im having an absolute shocker.
which is no surprise given its finals time.
Quote from: Holz on August 15, 2015, 04:44:17 PM
Im having an absolute shocker.
which is no surprise given its finals time.
Trust me, you've won :P
I've had Higgins and Fas so far, not the best of starts
Quote from: GoLions on August 15, 2015, 04:48:24 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 15, 2015, 04:44:17 PM
Im having an absolute shocker.
which is no surprise given its finals time.
Trust me, you've won :P
I've had Higgins and Fas so far, not the best of starts
thompson 67 NDS sub 70
Sloane 140 is good, not sure what Goldy is on. I need 120+
edit NDS had a big last half of the 4th quarter
78 from him and 236 from Goldy is solid
kind of wanted 350 min from those two.
521/5 is not too bad, was looking in trouble. My big guns have played though.
Quote from: Holz on August 15, 2015, 04:57:08 PM
Quote from: GoLions on August 15, 2015, 04:48:24 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 15, 2015, 04:44:17 PM
Im having an absolute shocker.
which is no surprise given its finals time.
Trust me, you've won :P
I've had Higgins and Fas so far, not the best of starts
thompson 67 NDS sub 70
Sloane 140 is good, not sure what Goldy is on. I need 120+
Yeah I got NDS as well
Team Name: Kathmandu Eskimos (Asians)
Defence: Liam Picken (vc), James Kelly 66, Michael Firrito 94, Colin Garland
Midfield: Dan Hannebery (c) 286, Isaac Smith 123, Brad Ebert (dvc) 105, Andrew Gaff
RucK: Paddy Ryder 115
Forwards: Eddie Betts 139, Luke Breust 135, Lewis Jetta 98, Lindsay Thomas 92
Utilities: Levi Greenwood (M) 28, Tendai Mzungu (M)
Emergencies: Chris Dawes (F), Ben Howlett (F/M) 76, Heritier Lumumba (D/M)
= 1281/11 + C (Scaled = 985.47/11 + C)
Team: CHRISTCHURCH SAINTS (Worlds)
B: Sam Gilbert 96, Sean Dempster 62, Dylan Roberton 66, Liam Picken
M: Hamish Hartlett 117, Sam Mitchell 95, Matthew Boyd (VC), Luke Shuey
R: Aaron Sandilands (C)
F: Jamie Elliott 102, Jack Steele 34, Jake Stringer, Tory Dickson
I: Dayne Zorko 117, Harris Andrews 95
E: Ben Reid 54, Jeff Garlett, Jake Lever 51
= 784/9
Going to be close.
Oh crap, I named my side here but when I saw Greenwood was off I made the appropriate change in AXV, but didn't touch this side.
I guess I'm stuck with it aren't I? :\
Today went terribly I am out :(
Berlin is out UAE scored 1,815 this week (2360 in AXV scoring)
Good luck beating that Dublin.
Quote from: GoLions on August 15, 2015, 05:13:02 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 15, 2015, 04:57:08 PM
Quote from: GoLions on August 15, 2015, 04:48:24 PM
Quote from: Holz on August 15, 2015, 04:44:17 PM
Im having an absolute shocker.
which is no surprise given its finals time.
Trust me, you've won :P
I've had Higgins and Fas so far, not the best of starts
thompson 67 NDS sub 70
Sloane 140 is good, not sure what Goldy is on. I need 120+
Yeah I got NDS as well
And Barlow, Nicholls...
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 10:09:23 AM
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 12, 2015, 09:56:29 AM
Quote from: GoLions on August 12, 2015, 12:23:47 AM
So who do I play next week?
It's up at the top :)
Speaking of which, the away teams are (almost) in alphabetical order :P
No I mean after I beat Dublin this week
Hmmm
Had an awful week, but looks like that hardly mattered anyway :P
Gg tigers!
Semi Finals Results
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I may have made a mistake so let me know if you see one.
UAE WOW!
UAE Tigers(1817.86) Defeated Berlin Brewers(1325)
Final Scores: (http://oi59.tinypic.com/2i8wv4j.jpg)
Wow! All I can say is wow. Even if I think of it backwards it’s still wow! I’m pretty sure this is the highest score I’ve ever seen and it may never be topped! However I'm probably wrong and Holz will tell me if I am. Berlin never had a chance against this epic UAE team. Prior to this week I said that UAE have the best forward line in the comp and I was right with them all scoring well; Dusty(197 SB), Swan (182 SB), Deledio (136 SB) and Goddard (155 SB). Not even a good brew from Fyfe would have saved Berlin in this one. Throughout the Champs League UAE may have been flying under the radar but not anymore! They have to be considered the favourite now!
PNL Take Advantage of Lifeless Bears
PNL Reindeers(1480) Defeated Bangladesh Bears(1430.90)
Final Scores: (http://oi61.tinypic.com/2kqwi1.jpg)
PNL did what they had to do in this one. The Bears still played well but it was just some serious spudding from Lachie Hansen and Jack Grimes which ultimately cost them this match. Kind of sad to see the Bears go as they have been quite entertaining throughout the comp but as we know, only the best in the world will survive here! PNL are a team that has always been around that 1430 to 1530 mark but in order to become Champion they’ll have to beat 1530 twice in a row! Can they do it? I think they certainly can if things go their way.
Dublin Keep Rolling Along
Dublin Destroyers(1670) Defeated Bradford Badgers(1218.79)
Final Scores: (http://oi60.tinypic.com/4sgqhw.jpg)
Dublin continue their great form and and set up a mouthwatering clash next week against the Tigers. Delicious, scrumptious, dandy, lovely, beautiful. Whatever adjective you can find could be used to describe how well Dublin have played in this tournament. They always go big and are yet to be challenged. Honestly I’d love to see what Dublin could score if all their players fired on the same week.
Saints On The March
Christchurch Saints(1582) Defeated Kathmandu Eskimos(1310.89)
Final Scores: (http://oi61.tinypic.com/2wdd449.jpg)
Throughout the first few weeks of the Champions League I’ll admit that I was very critical of Christchurch even questioning how they made it past the group stage. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been converted into an outright Christchurch fan! You have to admire the courage that Coach meow has, for example, who would have captained Aaron Sandilands this week? Meow would have. And he did! That move payed off big time with big Sandi getting a massive 150x2=300! I’d love to see Christchurch win it all and they have PNL next week in a match they will really fancy themselves to win and go on to the final!
What treat we have for the next 2 weeks! It seems as though a 1550 score won’t even cut it! Who will have the right to call themselves the Best XV's team in the world?
Again if you see any mistakes let me know.
Watch out Dublin
Goldy up against Sandi this week, game over already Dublin ;)
Couldn't stop that Tigers outfit!
Seeing as I love to see my Worlds team succeed, and I will now back them in, I will point out that Dublin has outscored that adjusted score of 1817.66 3 times this year... with a top score of 192.
3 Worlds teams in the final 4 though 8)
Quote from: JROO8 on August 17, 2015, 08:28:16 PM
Watch out Dublin
Goldy up against Sandi this week, game over already Dublin ;)
to be honest im worried about that. If im going to lose any week its this one. Buddy is still out, Goldy i cant rely as captain and im sure somebody else will miss.
Selwood Sloane Martin Goldy all in line for captaincy this week.
PNL and Christchurch im very confident in beating but i have a feeling UAE will take the champs out (Even though i reckon i will post a bigger score in the grandfinal, i just dont think ill make it)
Quote from: JROO8 on August 17, 2015, 08:28:16 PM
Watch out Dublin
Goldy up against Sandi this week, game over already Dublin ;)
see you later JZ.
Geelong playing Dons, I reckon Jelly might go beserk.
Quote from: Holz on August 18, 2015, 04:25:48 PM
Quote from: JROO8 on August 17, 2015, 08:28:16 PM
Watch out Dublin
Goldy up against Sandi this week, game over already Dublin ;)
see you later JZ.
Geelong playing Dons, I reckon Jelly might go beserk.
Oh well we don't need him. Isn't even in our top five fwds.
Jelwood up against the Saints.