Hogg Elite League 2014

[fish]

Happy to get a win but my main aim in this league is to not drag the average score down too much and hopefully give it a boost!

So far, being last placed in total points, I am not doing too well.

Have finally dragged myself off the bottom of the total points ladder

[Rik E Boy]

Round 7 Results

eddielittleindians 2170
Captain Who? 1834

Squeakeroos DTC 1971
Honda's Heroes 1656

Ben Roflsburgers 2145
REBCats 2012

Les's Men 2209
Underdogs 2061

Has Been 2083
Blighty Teasdale 1820

Darksiders SCE 2211
Honey Badgers 1759

TEAM_FISH 2068
Hondo SCC 2065

Q Before You 1957
MILLER MOSQUITOES 1873

Cowboys 2056
Cork in the Ocean 1870

Ladder

1 Darksiders SCE 6 1 15015 14193 105.79 24
2 Cork in the Ocean 6 1 14996 14290 104.94 24
3 eddieslittleindians 5 2 15142 14033 107.90 20
4 Q Before You 5 2 14374 14387 99.91 20
5 Squeakeroos DTC 4 3 14463 14056 102.90 16
6 Les's Men 4 3 15009 14689 102.18 16
7 Underdogs 4 3 14632 14394 101.65 16
8 Cowboys 4 3 14658 14434 101.55 16

9 Ben Rolfsburgers 4 3 14884 14797 100.59 16
10 Honey Badgers 4 3 14104 14434 97.71 16
11 Hondo SSC 3 4 15138 14747 102.65 12
12 MILLER MOSQUITOES 3 4 14029 14228 98.60 12
13 Has Been 3 4 14514 14790 98.13 12
14 REBCats 2 5 14410 14615 98.60 8
15 TEAM_FISH 2 5 14191 14665 96.77 8
16 Captain Who? 2 5 13800 14470 95.37 8
17 Honda's Heroes 2 5 13555 14616 92.74 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 0 7 13757 14830 92.76 0

The Darksiders have assumed premiership favouritism and top place on the ladder after an ominous performance in the second bye week. The Darkside pulled a hefty 2211 to smash the Honey Badgers in a real percentage booster. Another top effort this week was by Les's Men who fell two points shy of Darksiders' total as they recorded a solid win over top eight opposition in the Underdogs.

Two gun teams of last year recorded solid scores with Ben Rolfsburgers accounting for the REBCats and eddieslittleindians not having too much trouble with Captain Who? Cork in the Ocean put in their first shitter of the year so this particular bye week proved to be a difficult one for Interceptor.

TEAM_FISH recorded a sensational three point win over Hondo who can't seem to get going in this league despite some heavy scoring over the journey. Blighty now appears to have one hand on the wooden spoon with no wins so it's time to start stirring him, as he is nearly done.

regards,

REB

[Q.]

I'm getting lucky in this league. Worst % in the top half, but sitting fourth.

[McAlmanac]

"That pathetic effort by Blighty Teasdale - they're going to have to live that...."



Hopefully the spirit of Woodville 1986 can be invoked.

[Rik E Boy]

"That pathetic effort by Blighty Teasdale - they're going to have to live that...."



Hopefully the spirit of Woodville 1986 can be invoked.

You sure Rod Olsson is not in charge.

regards,

REB

[McAlmanac]

You sure Rod Olsson is not in charge.

regards,

REB

Ouch!

[Rik E Boy]

Round 8 Results

eddielittleindians 1941
Squeakeroos DTC 1891

Ben Roflsburgers 1711
Captain Who? 1607

Underdogs 1812
Honda's Heroes 1707

REBCats 2028
Blighty Teasdale 1842

Darksiders SCE 1950
Les's Men 1775

Has Been 1805
TEAM_FISH 1526

Honey Badgers 2000
MILLER MOSQUITOES 1555

Hondo SCC 1845
Cowboys 1758

Q Before You 1806
Cork in the Ocean 1789

Ladder

1 Darksiders SCE 7 1 16965 15968 106.24 28
2 eddieslittleindians 6 2 17083 15924 107.28 24
3 Cork in the Ocean 6 2 16785 16096 104.28 24
4 Q Before You 6 2 16180 16176 100.02 24
5 Underdogs 5 3 16444 16101 102.13 20
6 Ben Roflsburgers 5 3 16595 16404 101.16 20
7 Honey Badgers 5 3 16101 15989 100.70 20
8 Hondo SSC 4 4 16983 16505 102.90 16

9 Squeakeroos DTC 4 4 16354 15997 102.23 16
10 Les's Men 4 4 16784 16639 100.87 16
11 Cowboys 4 4 16416 16279 100.84 16
12 Has Been 4 4 16319 16316 100.02 16
13 REBCats 3 5 16438 16457 99.88 12
14 MILLER MOSQUITOES 3 5 15584 16228 96.03 12
15 TEAM_FISH 2 6 15717 16470 95.43 8
16 Captain Who? 2 6 15407 16181 95.22 8
17 Honda's Heroes 2 6 15262 16428 92.90 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 0 8 15599 16858 92.53 0

Misfiring Q Before You have continued to astound critics and fan alike by collecting another low scoring victory in the Hogg Elite League. Even Port Power hasn't had the same afair with Lady Luck that Q has enjoyed in this league. The previously Impervious Cork in the Ocean has been a bit wobbly in the bye weeks and Q swooped on the win to nab an unlikely foothold in the top four.

Darksiders and eddieslittleindians remain the genuine article as both of these top outfits sailed through the bye period relatively unscathed. Darksiders still nearly managed to rack up 2000 with a mere seventeen scoring players so this team is going to take some stopping later on in the year.

Two teams that did manage to rack up two grand were the mighty Honey Badgers who badged the MOSQUITOES and luckily for me, the REBCats. After sledging Blighty last week coach Glenn Elliott would have had the full support of the board had Blighty Teasdale opened his account. You have to feel a bit for McAlmanac a bit, he's copped 16858 against in the eight matches, which is over 350 points more than the next worst 'defence' Hondo.

regards,

REB

[Q.]

The phrase you are looking for is "kissed on the dick"

[Rik E Boy]

The phrase you are looking for is "kissed on the dick"

I was going to write that...too much class.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 9 Results

eddielittleindians 2416
Ben Roflsburgers 2243

Underdogs 2380
Squeakeroos DTC 2136

Blighty Teasdale 2380
Captain Who? 2226

Darksiders SCE 2349
Honda's Heroes 2128

TEAM_FISH 2174
REBCats 2136

Les's Men 2287
MILLER MOSQUITOES 2191

Has Been 2342
Cowboys 2256

Cork in the Ocean 2347
Honey Badgers 2198

Hondo SCC 2343
Q Before You 2219

Ladder

1 Darksiders SCE 8 1 19314 18096 106.73 32
2 eddieslittleindians 7 2 19499 18167 107.33 28
3 Cork in the Ocean 7 2 19132 18294 104.58 28
4 Underdogs 6 3 18826 18264 103.08 24
5 Q Before You 6 3 18399 18519 99.35 24
6 Hondo SSC 5 4 19326 18724 103.22 20
7 Les's Men 5 4 19071 18830 101.28 20
8 Has Been 5 4 18661 18572 100.48 20

9 Ben Roflsburgers 5 4 18838 18820 100.10 20
10 Honey Badgers 5 4 18299 18336 99.80 20
11 Squeakeroos DTC 4 5 18517 18379 100.75 16
12 Cowboys 4 5 18672 18621 100.27 16
13 REBCats 3 6 18574 18631 99.69 12
14 TEAM_FISH 3 6 17891 18606 96.16 12
15 MILLER MOSQUITOES 3 6 17775 18515 96.00 12
16 Captain Who? 2 7 17633 18561 95.00 8
17 Honda's Heroes 2 7 17390 18777 92.61 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 1 8 17979 19084 94.21 4

Hogg Elite coaches didn't exactly set the world on fire with some average scores being carded by the so-called best coaches in the Hogg this week. eddieslittleindians managed to rack up a competitive score though as they accounted for the highly rated Rolfsburgers who have been good this year, but not as good as last year's stellar debut.

In fact, all of the top teams got the job done last week with Darksiders, Underdogs and Cork in the Ocean all winning to retain their top four spots. Corky looked a bit wobbly during the bye period but hit back hard this week as they spanked the Honey Badgers who had a better week during the bye last round than this week. The same thing can be said of the REBCats as TEAM_FISH swooped gratefully on the win to keep their faint finals hopes alive.

The most important performance of the week though was clearly Blighty's debut win in Elite league as he got off the mark against a struggling Captain Who? The Captain at least got some runs on the board this week but Blighty had been spoiling for a victory in recent weeks and finally got the breakthrough. The comeback's on!

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 10 Results

Underdogs 2328
eddielittleindians 2176

Ben Roflsburgers 2324
Blighty Teasdale 2069

Darksiders SCE 2343
Squeakeroos DTC 2029

TEAM_FISH 2390
Captain Who? 2291

MILLER MOSQUITOES 2295
Honda's Heroes 2089

REBCats 2088
Cowboys 1998

Les's Men 2367
Cork in the Ocean 2315

Q Before You 2229
Has Been 2207

Hondo SCC 2291
Honey Badgers 2289

Ladder

1 Darksiders SCE 9 1 21657 20125 107.61 36
2 eddieslittleindians 7 3 21675 20495 105.76 28
3 Cork in the Ocean 7 3 21447 20661 103.80 28
4 Underdogs 7 3 21154 20440 103.49 28
5 Q Before You 7 3 20628 20726 99.53 28
6 Hondo SSC 6 4 23643 23302 101.46 24
7 Les's Men 6 4 21438 21145 101.39 24
8 Ben Roflsburgers 6 4 21162 20889 101.31 24

9 Honey Badgers 5 5 22877 22653 100.99 20
10 Has Been 5 5 20868 20801 100.32 20
11 REBCats 4 6 20662 20629 100.16 16
12 Cowboys 4 6 20670 20709 99.81 16
13 Squeakeroos DTC 4 6 22575 22800 99.01 16
14 MILLER MOSQUITOES 4 6 20070 20604 97.41 16
15 TEAM_FISH 4 6 20281 20897 97.05 16
16 Captain Who? 2 8 19924 20951 95.10 8
17 Honda's Heroes 2 8 19479 21072 92.44 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 1 8 20048 21408 93.65 4

Darksiders have snuck two games clear in Hogg Elite after eddieslittleindians lost their top four blockbuster against the Underdogs. In SuperCoach this week there seemed to be quite a lot of very close games but this wasn't the case in Elite this round. One match that was very close was the Hondo v Honey Badgers match which Hondo won by the narrow margin of two points. It was a cruel result for the Beeners who slip out of the top eight while Hondo is nice and snug in there with a 6-4 record.

Cork in the Ocean are leading Hogg Premier but they don't have to contend with the mighty Les's Men in that league (yet) who got the job done by 52 points to remain in the top eight. Q Before You scored a solid win but he scored a decent score, unlike my REBCats who copped a wobbly Cowboys outfit and won quite easily.

TEAM_FISH has never had to play against so many quality teams as he has this season but it seems to have brought out the best in him. FISHy's scores are starting to become more competitive and this week it was the Captain who was hooked. The Captain put in an improved effort but failed to scale the FISH.

Last year's gun side Bens Rolfsbergers finally got inside the top eight after they defeated also rans Blighty Teasdale and Honda's Heroes also failed to flatter as MILLERS MOSQUITOES got back on the winning list. I'm still liking an indians v Darkside final but Underdogs and Corky in particular might have some say in that.

regards,

REB

[fish]

TEAM_FISH has never had to play against so many quality teams as he has this season but it seems to have brought out the best in him. FISHy's scores are starting to become more competitive and this week it was the Captain who was hooked. The Captain put in an improved effort but failed to scale the FISH.

My 2390 was a bit of a fluke and I doubt whether I'll top that again this year...

[Q.]

Jesus REB, did you even look at your side today?

[Rik E Boy]

Jesus REB, did you even look at your side today?

Why yes. Yes I did.

regards,

REB

[Q.]

Jesus REB, did you even look at your side today?

Why yes. Yes I did.

regards,

REB

cheeky kent

[Rik E Boy]

Round 11 Results

eddielittleindians 2326
Blighty Teasdale 1970

Underdogs 2366
Darksiders SCE 2290

TEAM_FISH 2212
Ben Roflsburgers 2109

Squeakeroos DTC 2138
MILLER MOSQUITOES 2074

Captain Who? 2273
Cowboys 2039

Cork in the Ocean 2029
Honda's Heroes 1864

Q Before You 2428
REBCats 2143

Hondo SCC 2101
Les's Men 2038

Has Been 2384
Honey Badgers 2152

Ladder

1 Darksiders SCE 9 2 23947 22491 106.47 36
2 eddieslittleindians 8 3 24001 22465 106.84 32
3 Cork in the Ocean 8 3 23476 22525 104.22 32
4 Underdogs 8 3 23520 22730 103.48 32
5 Q Before You 8 3 23056 22869 100.82 32
6 Hondo SSC 7 4 23718 23051 102.89 28
7 Has Been 6 5 23252 22953 101.30 24
8 Les's Men 6 5 23476 23246 100.99 24

9 Ben Rolfsburgers 6 5 23271 23101 100.74 24
10 Squeakeroos DTC 5 6 22684 22796 99.51 20
11 Honey Badgers 5 6 22740 23011 98.82 20
12 TEAM_FISH 5 6 22493 23006 97.77 20
13 REBCats 4 7 22805 23057 98.91 16
14 Cowboys 4 7 22709 22982 98.81 16
15 MILLER MOSQUITOES 4 7 22144 22742 97.37 16
16 Captain Who? 3 8 22197 22990 96.55 12
17 Honda's Heroes 2 9 21343 23101 92.39 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 1 10 22018 23734 92.77 4

The Underdogs have kept Q out of the top four in Hogg Elite as they knocked off the ladder leaders by a comfortable 76 points. Q Before You haven't been one of the scoring pigs in this league but this week they cracked up a massive 2428 which was more than enough to defeat the misfiring REBCats.

The only thing worse than Hondo winning in Premier League with his paltry 2101 is seeing him double up in Hogg Elite with another victory. Hondo's opponent Les's Men are no bunnies either as they struggled even more to lose the important clash between two top eight contenders. Has Been copped the Underdogs and a close loss in Premier but did it pretty easily against the Honey Badgers and they moved into the top eight at the expense of the Rolfsbergers who couldn't match TEAM_FISH. FISH really on the improve now and are starting to become the one that got away.

A few weeks ago Cowboys were looking good and the Captain looked shot but in recent weeks they have swapped jumpers and the Captain now trails the Cowboys by just the one match. Former AFL Online teams Squeakeroos and MILLERS squared off with four wins apiece with the prize on offer a chance to stay in touch with the top eight. Squeaky got the job done in this match and things are now looking tough for the MOSQUITOES.

Looking forward to August there are still a couple of teams that look like they can stage an eleventh hour entrance with TEAM_FISH looking dangerous and Ben Rolfsbergers always a chance in any match. Blighty and Hondas look to be fighting it out for the spoon now that the Captain has decided to play ball with Blighty looking good to add another spoon to the Peckers' collection.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 12 Results

eddielittleindians 2328
Darksiders SCE 2194

TEAM_FISH 2419
Blighty Teasdale 2273

MILLER MOSQUITOES 2295
Underdogs 2221

Cowboys 2411
Ben Roflsburgers 2273

Cork in the Ocean 2382
Squeakeroos DTC 2278

Captain Who? 2316
Q Before You 2168

Hondo SCC 2338
Honda's Heroes 2080

Honey Badgers 2363
REBCats 2315

Has Been 2266
Les's Men 2227

Ladder

1 eddieslittleindians 9 3 26329 24659 106.77 36
2 Darksiders SCE 9 3 26141 24819 105.33 36
3 Cork in the Ocean 9 3 25858 24803 104.25 36
4 Hondo SSC 8 4 26056 25131 103.68 32
5 Underdogs 8 4 25741 25025 102.86 32
6 Q Before You 8 4 25224 25185 100.15 32
7 Has Been 7 5 25518 25180 101.34 28
8 Les's Men 6 6 25703 25512 100.75 24

9 Ben Rolfsburgers 6 6 25544 25512 100.13 24
10 Honey Badgers 6 6 25103 25326 99.12 24
11 TEAM_FISH 6 6 24192 25279 95.70 24
12 Cowboys 5 7 25120 25255 99.47 20
13 Squeakeroos DTC 5 7 24962 25178 99.14 20
14 MILLER MOSQUITOES 5 7 24439 24963 97.90 20
15 REBCats 4 8 25120 25420 98.82 16
16 Captain Who? 4 8 24513 25158 97.44 16
17 Honda's Heroes 2 10 23423 25439 92.08 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 1 11 24291 26153 92.88 4

Hogg heavyweight Darksiders have lost two matches in a row in Hogg Elite and this lapse has cost them top spot and eddieslittleindians have pounced. Like Hogg Champions League, eight teams topped 2300 this week even though a few teams struggled to reach those numbers. TEAM_FISH led the scoring this week with 2419 and they are in red hot form, certainly too hot for last ranked Blighty to handle. Cowboys have been in poor form in recent matches but they put a stop to that with a cracking 2411 that kept their hopes alive as they defeated a key top eight rival in the Rolfies.

Other teams to bounce back into a bit of form this week was MILLERS MOSQUITOES who upset the Underdogs and the Honey Badgers who came from behind to beat the REBCats who had a Sunday Bloody Sunday as the wheels fell off. Captain Who had the better of Q Man but it might be a bit late for the Captain in this league as it isn't quite as even as Premier and especially Champions league.

Hondo and Cork in the Ocean scored key wins to take advantage of the stumble of Darksiders and Underdogs and all of a sudden this league is not the three horse race it appeared to be a few weeks ago. Les' Men is stuck on six wins and haven't been able to shut the door on those outside the eight. Teams on 4-8 have claims but if Les captures that winning feeling then it might a loss to many for the Captain and the REBCats.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 13 Results

eddielittleindians 2673
TEAM_FISH 2416

Darksiders SCE 2511
MILLER MOSQUITOES 2418

Cowboys 2516
Blighty Teasdale 2472

Underdogs 2502
Cork in the Ocean 2415

Ben Roflsburgers 2646
Q Before You 2574

Hondo SCC 2570
Squeakeroos DTC 2385

Captain Who? 2554
Honey Badgers 2435

Has Been 2532
Honda's Heroes 2109

Les's Men 2641
REBCats 2525

Ladder

1 eddieslittleindians 10 3 29002 27075 107.12 40
2 Darksiders SCE 10 3 28652 27237 105.20 40
3 Hondo SSC 9 4 28626 27516 104.03 36
4 Cork in the Ocean 9 4 28273 27305 103.55 36
5 Underdogs 9 4 28243 27440 102.93 36
6 Has Been 8 5 28050 27289 102.79 32
7 Q Before You 8 5 27798 27831 99.88 32
8 Les's Men 7 6 28344 28037 101.09 28

9 Ben Rolfsburgers 7 6 28190 28086 100.37 28
10 Cowboys 6 7 27636 27727 99.67 24
11 Honey Badgers 6 7 27538 27880 98.77 24
12 TEAM_FISH 6 7 27328 27952 97.77 24
13 Squeakeroos DTC 5 8 27347 27748 98.55 20
14 Captain Who? 5 8 27067 27593 98.09 20
15 MILLER MOSQUITOES 5 8 26857 27474 97.75 20
16 REBCats 4 9 27645 28061 98.52 16
17 Honda's Heroes 2 11 25532 27971 91.28 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 1 12 26763 28669 93.35 4

It was a scoring bonanza in Hogg Elite this week with 16 teams scoring over 2400 in the best league performance I can recall in the Hogg Shield. Only Honda's Heroes, who really missed out and Squeakeroos DTC missed the scorefest with plenty of high scoring losers the trend this week. I haven't done the stats for this but I think Q Before You's 2574 would have to go extremely close to be being the largest ever losing score in the Hogg. Q has been scoring crap all year and winning games and now that he has sorted his forward line out he's racking up the points but he's no longer winning matches! Go figure.

Q would have to be worried about a team as good as the Rolfs sitting outside the top eight. The Rolfsbergers have a proud history over their two seasons in the Hogg Sheild with the Elite league the only Hogg league he hasn't dominated after a strong showing in Division IV last year and an arguably stronger showing in Division I this year against tougher opposition.

The only team who looks like a Fish out of water is Honda's Heroes who have only racked up 29000 points for the season which is well down in this company. This league is so tough it is way too early to go the call on anyone. So I won't. Job done.

regards,

REB

[McAlmanac]

Not often you lose 4 out of 5 matches with 2472. And one of my other leagues came up with this week's winner of the $1000 - Box Smashers with 2894 points. A hot week!

[Rik E Boy]

Round 14 Results

eddielittleindians 2146
MILLER MOSQUITOES 2083

TEAM_FISH 2173
Cowboys 2150

Cork in the Ocean 2128
Darksiders SCE 2048

Q Before You 2327
Blighty Teasdale 2071

Hondo SCC 2326
Underdogs 2239

Ben Roflsburgers 2188
Honey Badgers 2102

Squeakeroos DTC 2376
Has Been 2161

Les's Men 2290
Captain Who? 2289

REBCats 2108
Honda's Heroes 2060

Ladder

1 eddieslittleindians 11 3 31148 29158 106.82 44
2 Darksiders SCE 10 4 30700 29365 104.55 40
3 Hondo SSC 10 4 30952 29755 104.02 40
4 Cork in the Ocean 10 4 30401 29353 103.57 40
5 Underdogs 9 5 30482 29766 102.41 36
6 Q Before You 9 5 30125 29902 100.75 36
7 Has Been 8 6 30211 29665 101.84 32
8 Les's Men 8 6 30634 30326 101.02 32

9 Ben Rolfsburgers 8 6 30378 30188 100.63 32
10 TEAM_FISH 7 7 29501 30102 98.00 28
11 Cowboys 6 8 29786 29900 99.62 24
12 Squeakeroos DTC 6 8 29723 29909 99.38 24
13 Honey Badgers 6 8 29640 30068 98.58 24
14 REBCats 5 9 29753 30121 98.78 20
15 Captain Who? 5 9 29356 29883 98.24 20
16 MILLER MOSQUITOES 5 9 28940 29620 97.70 20
17 Honda's Heroes 2 12 27592 30079 91.73 8
18 Blighty Teasdale 1 13 28834 30996 93.02 4

eddieslittleindians maintained their one game lead on the field after scraping up enough points to beat a battling MILLER MOSQUITOES. It was an important win for the indians as the other top sides are hanging around and nothing comes easy in Hogg Elite. Second ranked Darksiders have been doing it tough in the Hogg in recent weeks as tough opposition have found them out and this week's conquerer has had a Corker of a season.

TEAM_FISH have been on fire in recent weeks but even though they are knocking on the door of the top eight that door might not even open with Benny Rolf and Les's Men both winning well to keep the FISH swimming upstream. The battle for the spoon is between Blighty and Honda with Blighty having a most Woodville like 1-13 win loss record to show for his efforts in Hogg Elite this season.

regards,

REB