Hogg Division III 2024

[Rik E Boy]

Round 6

Killer Wombats 1909
Cathy's Cream 1842

True North 1955
Golden Fleece 1877

The Cats 1899
Hand Solo 1867

King Cobwebs 1892
Pigs Arsenal 1867

Crow Call 1934
DREAMTEAM 1807

Skehan's-Sauce 1880
Blighty Teasdale 1874

Wizard's Sleeves 1963
Greedy Guns 1932

Port For Ever 1968
Chicken Twisties 1847

Hawkers 1839
Persh FC 1708

Trotters 1912
Willys Rolly 1585

Ladder

1 Trotters 5 1 12274 11725 104.68 20
2 Hawkers 5 1 11711 11217 104.40 20
3 Greedy Guns 5 1 12093 11681 103.53 20
4 Cathy's Cream 5 1 12237 11885 102.96 20
5 Killer Wombats 4 2 12143 11808 102.84 16
6 Wizard's Sleeves 4 2 11819 11800 100.16 16
7 Blighty Teasdale 3 3 11810 11523 102.49 12
8 Hand Solo 3 3 12189 12019 101.41 12

9 Crow Call 3 3 11796 11708 100.75 12
10 The Cats 3 3 11589 11561 100.24 12
11 Skehan's-Sauce 3 3 11834 11854 99.83 12
12 King Cobwebs 3 3 11513 11747 98.01 12
13 Port For Ever 3 3 11533 11848 97.34 12
14 Willys Rolly 3 3 11254 11657 96.54 12
15 Pigs Arsenal 2 4 12029 11804 101.91 8
16 True North 2 4 11336 11688 96.99 8
17 DREAMTEAM 2 4 11456 12110 94.60 8
18 Chicken Twisties 1 5 11646 11902 97.85 4
19 Golden Fleece 1 5 11516 11859 97.11 4
20 Persh FC 1 5 11692 12074 96.84 4

A couple of bottom half teams went big this week in Round 6 of Division III action as the ladder constricted into a real mid-table logjam. Port Fever haven’t put the frighteners on too many this season but last weekend they were dazzling to top score in the league and put the kibosh on Chicken Twisties’ short-lived comeback efforts. True North have struggled all season but rolled out the large weapons to sink fellow straggler Golden Fleece in what could be a big result when it comes to relegation time. Killer Wombats and Crow Call also went big and the match of the round featured a big win by Wizards Sleeves who got the best of Greedy Guns in a high scoring encounter. Trotters got 1900 and a massive percentage boost as The Willys had a mare. The size of flogging ensured that the Trotters now head the table after six weeks.


Regards

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 7

Golden Fleece 2082
Killer Wombats 1950

Cathy's Cream 2084
The Cats 2080

True North 2163
Pigs Arsenal 2060

Crow Call 2311
Hand Solo 2145

Skehan's-Sauce 2359
King Cobwebs 2212

Wizard's Sleeves 2373
DREAMTEAM 1905

Blighty Teasdale 2247
Chicken Twisties 2111

Hawkers 2204
Greedy Guns 2099

Willys Rolly 2057
Port For Ever 1881

Trotters 2356
Persh FC 2026

Ladder

1 Trotters 6 1 14630 13751 106.39 24
2 Hawkers 6 1 13915 13316 104.50 24
3 Wizard's Sleeves 6 1 14192 13705 103.55 24
4 Cathy's Cream 5 2 14321 13965 102.55 20
5 Greedy Guns 5 2 14192 13885 102.21 20
6 Blighty Teasdale 4 3 14057 13634 103.10 16
7 Crow Call 4 3 14107 13853 101.83 16
8 Killer Wombats 4 3 14093 13890 101.46 16

9 Skehan's-Sauce 4 3 14193 14066 100.90 16
10 Willys Rolly 4 3 13311 13538 98.32 16
11 The Cats 3 4 13669 13645 100.18 12
12 Hand Solo 3 4 14334 14330 100.03 12
13 True North 3 4 13499 13748 98.19 12
14 King Cobwebs 3 4 13725 14106 97.30 12
15 Port For Ever 3 4 13414 13905 96.47 12
16 Pigs Arsenal 2 5 14089 13967 100.87 8
17 Golden Fleece 2 5 13598 13809 98.47 8
18 DREAMTEAM 2 5 13361 14483 92.25 8
19 Chicken Twisties 1 6 13757 14149 97.23 4
20 Persh FC 1 6 13718 14430 95.07 4

Division III is hardly flying this year and the majority of the teams in the league underperformed. A couple that didn’t were Piglet Shield teams Trotters and Wizard’s Sleeves who racked up a decent score and both are looking pretty flash inside the top four at the moment with the Trotters leading the way. Mid-table Skehan and Crow Call showed they might be suited for higher honours with a very tidy display but several winners on the weekend scored bugger all and managed to salute. Blight and Hawkers went ok and look legitimate top eight sides but there’s a few genuine stragglers starting to emerge here. Funnily enough, big scoring Hand Solo is one of them and the predicted emergence of Pigs Arsenal and Chicken Twisties has failed to come to pass.

Regards

REB

[McAlmanac]

Hardly flying in terms of setting a track record but there's two emerging groups. Only a game and percentage separates positions 1-5 and also 6-15...so there's healthy competition for both top 4 and top 8 - the breakaway and the peloton. As a relatively newly promoted side, I'm taking inspiration from the rise of Luton Town.

[Rik E Boy]

Round 10

Killer Wombats 2180
Crow Call 2165

Pigs Arsenal 2487
Skehan's-Sauce 2153

The Cats 2225
Wizard's Sleeves 2135

Chicken Twisties 2377
Golden Fleece 2236

Cathy's Cream 2369
Hawkers 2335

Willys Rolly 2252
True North 2202

Trotters 2368
Hand Solo 2276

King Cobwebs 2207
Persh FC 2067

Port For Ever 2365
DREAMTEAM 2297

Greedy Guns 2308
Blighty Teasdale 2307

Ladder

1 Trotters 8 2 0 21369 20458 104.45 32
2 Greedy Guns 8 2 0 21230 20488 103.62 32
3 Cathy's Cream 8 2 0 21112 20384 103.57 32
4 Hawkers 6 4 0 20572 20111 102.29 24
5 King Cobwebs 6 4 0 20833 20556 101.35 24
6 Wizard's Sleeves 6 4 0 20444 20329 100.57 24
7 Killer Wombats 6 4 0 20789 20677 100.54 24
8 Willys Rolly 6 4 0 19692 20042 98.25 24

9 Blighty Teasdale 5 5 0 20577 20160 102.07 20
10 Crow Call 5 5 0 20594 20366 101.12 20
11 The Cats 5 5 0 20528 20324 101.00 20
12 True North 5 5 0 20259 20190 100.34 20
13 Port For Ever 5 5 0 20249 20578 98.40 20
14 Skehan's-Sauce 4 5 1 20570 21067 97.64 18
15 Hand Solo 4 6 0 20913 20972 99.72 16
16 Golden Fleece 3 6 1 20384 20598 98.96 14
17 Pigs Arsenal 3 7 0 20983 20693 101.40 12
18 DREAMTEAM 3 7 0 19980 21266 93.95 12
19 Chicken Twisties 2 8 0 20546 21206 96.89 8
20 Persh FC 1 9 0 19991 21150 94.52 4

Greedy Guns is the thorn amongst the Roses as the Guns and ladies Trotters and Cathy’s Cream have skipped away from the rest of the competition at the halfway point of the season. Stragglers Pigs Arsenal was the scoring star of the round but while they sit fourth on the scoring table they sit an unflattering 17th on the ladder (ffs). The reverse Pigs is Willys Rolly who are last in scoring but are somehow in the eight! Figure that one out. Nothing makes me mad. All the teams with at least three wins would give themselves a chance of finals action but the bottom two will be concentrating on avoiding relegation at this stage. Surprisingly, former Premier League coach Chicken Twisties is one of those teams. I’m not pumping my mob up or Twisties again as we play each other this week anyway.

Regards

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 11

Killer Wombats 2376
Skehan's-Sauce 1953

Wizard's Sleeves 2356
Crow Call 2261

Pigs Arsenal 2390
Chicken Twisties 2154

The Cats 2214
Hawkers 2171

Golden Fleece 2226
Willys Rolly 2098

Trotters 2428
Cathy's Cream 2334

Persh FC 2269
True North 2128

Hand Solo 2209
Port For Ever 2152

King Cobwebs 2417
Greedy Guns 2224

DREAMTEAM 2296
Blighty Teasdale 2142

Ladder

1 Trotters 9 2 0 23797 22792 104.41 36
2 Cathy's Cream 8 3 0 23446 22812 102.78 32
3 Greedy Guns 8 3 0 23454 22905 102.40 32
4 Killer Wombats 7 4 0 23165 22630 102.36 28
5 King Cobwebs 7 4 0 23250 22780 102.06 28
6 Wizard's Sleeves 7 4 0 22800 22590 100.93 28
7 Hawkers 6 5 0 22743 22325 101.87 24
8 The Cats 6 5 0 22742 22495 101.10 24

9 Willys Rolly 6 5 0 21790 22268 97.85 24
10 Blighty Teasdale 5 6 0 22719 22456 101.17 20
11 Crow Call 5 6 0 22855 22722 100.59 20
12 Hand Solo 5 6 0 23122 23124 99.99 20
13 True North 5 6 0 22387 22459 99.68 20
14 Port For Ever 5 6 0 22401 22787 98.31 20
15 Golden Fleece 4 6 1 22610 22696 99.62 18
16 Skehan's-Sauce 4 6 1 22523 23443 96.08 18
17 Pigs Arsenal 4 7 0 23373 22847 102.30 16
18 DREAMTEAM 4 7 0 22276 23408 95.16 16
19 Chicken Twisties 2 9 0 22700 23596 96.20 8
20 Persh FC 2 9 0 22260 23278 95.63 8

The Trotters showed who was boss when they won their top of the table clash against Cathy’s Cream. Cath’s mob carded a credible score but still fell well short of Trotters who topped the league with an authoritative 2428 which consolidated their place at the top of the table. The news was not so good this week for Greedy Guns who copped the brunt of a solid performance by Kings Cobwebs who can be a devastating team on their day, which was apparently last week. Such was the nature of Greedy’s defeat that Cathy’s Cream rose to the top despite their loss to Trotters. Other top eight sides who tucked in were Wizards Sleeves who have overcome a slight slump and former Hogg winner Killer Wombats who snaffled a spot in the four as the Hawkers were scruffed by The Cats. Stragglers Pigs Arsenal, DREAMTEAM and last ranked Persh FC had their day but not Chicken Twisties whose mystifying shit season continued on in the same vein.

Regards

REB

[Vamos]

Ya got to prep. My season was derailed when going on holidays 3 weeks before season opener and not looking at SC at all in that time. Will get my priorities right next season and begin my march upwards from Div IV

[Rik E Boy]

Ya got to prep. My season was derailed when going on holidays 3 weeks before season opener and not looking at SC at all in that time. Will get my priorities right next season and begin my march upwards from Div IV

My lad made a comeback to SC this year and stuffed his initial squad. He's ranked about 15th in Divvy V despite scoring well recently. The first squad makes or breaks your year. I've gone bad enough as I had EVERY cheap rookie that got hurt this year. Avoid all three and you are flying. Stewart over Ryan was horrendous too.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 12

Wizard's Sleeves 2077
Killer Wombats 1975

Skehan's-Sauce 1954
Chicken Twisties 1817

Crow Call 1786
Hawkers 1684

Willys Rolly 2096
Pigs Arsenal 1817

Trotters 2085
The Cats 1926

Persh FC 1879
Golden Fleece 1877

Cathy's Cream 1883
Port For Ever 1876

Greedy Guns 1946
True North 1853

Blighty Teasdale 2122
Hand Solo 1909

King Cobwebs 2064
DREAMTEAM 1828

Ladder

1 Trotters 10 2 0 25882 24718 104.71 40
2 Cathy's Cream 9 3 0 25329 24688 102.60 36
3 Greedy Guns 9 3 0 25400 24758 102.59 36
4 King Cobwebs 8 4 0 25314 24608 102.87 32
5 Wizard's Sleeves 8 4 0 24877 24565 101.27 32
6 Killer Wombats 7 5 0 25140 24707 101.75 28
7 Willys Rolly 7 5 0 23886 24085 99.17 28
8 Blighty Teasdale 6 6 0 24841 24365 101.95 24

9 Hawkers 6 6 0 24427 24111 101.31 24
10 Crow Call 6 6 0 24641 24406 100.96 24
11 The Cats 6 6 0 24668 24580 100.36 24
12 Skehan's-Sauce 5 6 1 24477 25260 96.90 22
13 True North 5 7 0 24240 24405 99.32 20
14 Hand Solo 5 7 0 25246 25246 100.00 20
15 Port For Ever 5 7 0 24277 24670 98.41 20
16 Golden Fleece 4 7 1 24487 24575 99.64 18
17 Pigs Arsenal 4 8 0 25190 24943 100.99 16
18 DREAMTEAM 4 8 0 24104 25472 94.63 16
19 Persh FC 3 9 0 24139 25155 95.96 12
20 Chicken Twisties 2 10 0 24517 25550 95.96 8

Barnstorming Blighty has barged into the top eight after he carbon froze Hand Solo in a sizzling bye week performance by the legendary Pecker. Blighty’s epic 2122 easily eclipsed Hand’s score which was par for the round but well short in his match up. Plenty of other Divvy III coaches cranked it up as well. Predictably, Trotters was one of those and their consistency has them well placed for a return to Division II action next season. Top eight sides and flag contenders King Cobwebs and Wizard’s Sleeves also scored over 2000 but the surprise was Willys Rolly who racked up 2096 to smash my inconsistent Pigs Arsenal side who can’t buy a win in this league. With so many trades the uniques lists are getting quite short which means draws and close matches will be on the cards in bye weeks. This week it was Persh getting off the bottom after winning by two points and Cathy holding off Port Fever by 7. Great matches to win, not so good on the losing side. Thankfully Golden Fleece keeping the door ajar for Pigs Arsenal to avoid relegation which was not in the script for this year.

Regards,

REB