2018 Preliminary Final Thread

[Jukes]

Fixtures
Preliminary Final: Houston Bombers vs Las Vegas Sinners

Ladder
1. Wisconsin 15-2
2. Las Vegas 12-5
3. Boston 12-5
4. Brooklyn 11-6
5. Houston 9-8
6. Anaheim 9-8
------------------------
7. Chicago 9-8
8. Carolina 8-9
9. San Francisco 6-11
10. Quito 5-12
11. Ottawa 5-12
12. Colorado 1-16

Full Lockout of all players will occur at the start of Essendon vs St Kilda at 19:50 EST on Friday the 10th of August.

Full Fixture List: http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,111023.0.html
Full Team Lists: http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,108020.0.html

Team Submission
D: A. Player, B. Player, C. Player, D. Player
M: E. Player (c) or (cc), F. Player (vc) or (cc), G. Player, H. Player, I. Player, J. Player
R: K. Player
F: L. Player (evc), M. Player, N. Player, O. Player
U: P. Player, Q. Player, R. Player
Emg: S. Player, T. Player, U. Player, V. Player (sub)

Finals Format
Finals Week One (AFL Round 19)
1st Elimination Final: 4th vs 5th
2nd Elimination Final: 3rd vs 6th
Qualifying Final: 1st vs 2nd

Finals Week Two (AFL Round 20)
1st Semi Final: QF Loser vs Lowest Ranked EF Winner
2nd Semi Final: QF Winner vs Highest Ranked EF Winner

Finals Week Three (AFL Round 21)
Preliminary Final: SF2 Loser vs SF1 Winner

Finals Week Four (AFL Round 22)
Grand Final: SF2 Winner vs PF Winner

[SydneyRox]

Las Vegas

DEF: Jake Lloyd, Andrew McGrath, Jake Carlisle, Brad Sheppard
MID: Tom Mitchell (C), Tom Rockliff(VC), Jarryd Lyons, Harry Cunningham, Jordan DeGoey, Jordan Dawson
RUCK: Majak Daw
FWD: Justin Westhoff, Jeff Garlett, Lance Franklin, Taylor Walker
UTI:  Jade Gresham, Nic Newman, James Harmes
EMERG: (DEF), Tim English(RUC), Jaiden Stephenson(FWD),  Christian Petracca(MID)(SUB)

[Jukes]

So prior to the Freo-Carlton scores,

Houston: 1621 add Simpson, Murphy, and Walters
Las Vegas: 1714

So with the 3/4 time Freo-Carlton scores, Houston are up to 1837 so safe to say this game is over. Houston will meet Wisconsin in the grand final!

I'll have the full and final scores and write-up after the Freo-Carlton game.

[Jukes]

Preliminary Final: Houston Bombers vs Las Vegas Sinners

Houston Bombers 20.7.127 defeated Las Vegas Sinners 17.12.114
(Real: 1899 vs 1714)

This was a reasonably close contest, with the exception of one man and one score - Jack Riewoldt (219). The best on ground by an absolute country mile and delivered the Bombers their first grand final birth. Not to take anything away from their other centurions of course - Heeney was good and made his claim for mark of the year, but Riewoldt's brilliance took away from a few weak spots such as Tuohy and Greenwood twin-50s, their four emergencies only scoring 142 combined points, and not having a ruck so having to have Macmillan play there OOP - but it didn't matter in the end as they got home comfortably. Lloyd was the best for the Sinners, but without Fyfe they were always going to be pressed for wins every week, and their, and Captain/Barometer Tom Mitchell (102), luck ran out - with a poor forward line and only one ton in the midfield enough to push them out of the finals - but at a very respectable third spot.

Best
Houston: Riewoldt, Heeney, Crisp, Sloane, Edwards, Langford, Beams
Las Vegas: Lloyd, McGrath, Newman, Harmes, Mitchell, Daw

Houston Bombers advance to the Grand Final.
Las Vegas Sinners will pick 10th in the draft.
Finals Champion: Jack Riewoldt (Houston)

[kilbluff1985]

would of scored 1992 this week  :'(

[SydneyRox]

Did houston name a team?

Hard to win when our form is so patchy and you come up against a big 200+ score (at least he wasnt captain!)

[Jukes]

Did houston name a team?

Hard to win when our form is so patchy and you come up against a big 200+ score (at least he wasnt captain!)

Nope, in the end it didn't cost them (only really one change would've been made in Dawson Simpson out) but yeah it's tough to win when the oppo has a huge/outlier score like that.


Ironically, in Houston's last big win (over Wisconsin earlier in the season) that made me say wow nice, everybody else scored great while Riewoldt was injured on 3. Swings and roundabouts...