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TEAM_FISH is IN

The FISHman is in. Well, we've got the Grand Final sorted mate.

regards,

REB

Could all coaches please join the Hogg Shield 2021 Group. The code for this group is 401342. If we all join the group we can just go to SuperCoach to determine who has the overall Hogg bragging rights.

regards,

REB

Fantastic work REB. Inner Sanctum is in

Rik E Boy wrote:Could all coaches please join the Hogg Shield 2021 Group. The code for this group is 401342. If we all join the group we can just go to SuperCoach to determine who has the overall Hogg bragging rights.

regards,

REB

In & in


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In, hopefully not so mediocre this year

good to be back. I'm in.

wycbloods wrote:good to be back. I'm in.

Welcome back bloods. Hopefully you've joined the Hogg Group and sorted out the kids teams again this year. If they are out please let me know via PM so I can make alternative arrangements.

Regards,

REB

Just Twisties and Hippy to go but I don't have contact details for either. On the interchange bench waiting is WATTS AND MOTTS and Adelaide Crows.

regards,

REB

Rik E Boy wrote:Just Twisties and Hippy to go but I don't have contact details for either. On the interchange bench waiting is WATTS AND MOTTS and Adelaide Crows.

regards,

REB

Great! Fresh meat!

Hippy is in so no Adelaide Crows in premier this year. Beadie looking more likely as I haven't heard from LMA and he obviously doesn't have any mates that haven't been banned. Pays to behave peeps.

regards,

REB

FULL

Final seeded list for Hogg Premier.

1 Has Been One Club Player 38696
2 Summer of George Shake'n'Bake 38426
3 Ecky's Fevolas Ecky 38425
4 Captain Who? Groover 38185
5 WATTS & MOTS bd u15 09 38144
6 TEAM_FISH fish 38143
7 Q Before You Quichey 38143
8 Hondo SCC Hondo 37836
9 Roosters pompy 37834
10 Inner Sanctum AGENT09 37747
11 Hips Don't Lie Scott L 37437
12 wycbloods wycbloods 37204
13 REBCats REB 37203
14 Mediocre at Best Feenix 37196
15 sharks Spiro 37046
16 Poon Illuminati Troy 36803
17 Richo Richo Man CoverKing 36717
18 Delicious valleys07 36309

So it's welcome to new Premier League coaches Summer of George and WATTS & MOTTS and welcome back Hips Don't Lie and wycbloods. We are good to go boys!

regards,

REB

Hogg Premier League Preview 2021

Buoyed by a surprise Preliminary Final showing last year, I am unsually optimistic about the current Premier League season ahead. Naturally there are some very scary teams in this league but I'd have to say I don't have the same level of trepidation as I once had for some opponents. Boys you've lost your aura!

One team that hasn't, and a side that really stands out is Summer of George. Shake'n'Bake wins Hogg premierships for fun and already he is one of the highest ranked teams in Premier League. Starting from lowly Division IV, George has made sure it's been Summer in the city all that time as he has won flag after flag on this way to the top flight. The big difference though is that there aren't any bunny sides up here and a slip up means a loss but the smart money is on yet another Summer of George premiership.

Most sides find it tough to back up every year though so perhaps the sun won't shine on Georgie boy after all. Ecky's Fevolas were brilliant last year finishing very strongly indeed to deservedly win their first Hogg Premier title. A repeat of that form and it will be back to back for the Fevs. Every year about this time I usually pump up Hondo SCC who I normally assume is due. Hondo is probably the best Hogg coach never to win the title and the flag might continue to elude him as cracks have been appearing in this once mighty team. Then again, now I've dropped off Hondo a bit, a flag would not surprise.

Pompy's Roosters is another team I think will be firing come the business end and top seeded Has Been will be keen to add another Premier flag to his belt. Has Been suffered from highscorelostitis last year and that crippled his season. Meanwhile the mighty REBCats pulled a thousand and one mistakes last year but made the finals. I'll be hoping to only make 999 and kick on this year. The big improver for me this year might be Richo Richo Man. Richo has a history of having a very good season followed by a pretty ordinary one so this year I'm backing Richo to come good and make a nuisance of himself seeing as he stunk up the place last year and is due for an 'up' year.

Several gun teams from lower divisions haven't really made a mark so far and Inner Sanctum and Mediocre at Best i'm talking about you. Both sides have struggled to maintain their stellar conversion of lower grades with Mediocre in particular making up the numbers more often than not. TEAM_FISH had a year to forget last season while Groovers Captain Who left it too late and Q Before You struggled for consistency. The other new sides might struggle to keep up with the big boys with wycbloods already copping a relegation in the past and WATTS & MOTTS getting in with a golden ticket. Both sides will make their presence known but will be spectators come August. One new side that might be still swinging in August is Hips Don't Lie who have an excellent Premier League record except for one poor year. Hippy will outperform bloods and MOTTS.

Which leaves me to the stragglers. It was something of a running joke between myself and hambone that Poon Illuminati was heading for the relegation chopping block. Now Poon and REBCats are the only survivors from the original 2007 league so I will be crying Crocodile tears if Troy gets punted from Premier this year. Normally a poor SuperCoach season can be put down to life, as in having one. Poon has responsibilities at home and at work which indicate he could be one of the few vulnerable teams this season. I've had none of the pre-season emails and phone calls from Hambone so if he's on his own he is in DIvision I next season. No banter! If he's not pulling his last minute VC loophole moves then you know there is only one other coach going down. That other team might be Spiro's Sharks. I'm still spewing I lost to the Sharks last year in the season opener and every Premier coach should be if the Sharks take a bite out of you. Mediocre at Best will also need a lift but I'd rate Mediocre ahead of the Sharks and they should stay up if Poon isn't a factor this year.

regards,

REB

Ah the joy and hope of a new SuperCoach season, with the 50k and Hogg Premier League glory almost within my grasp

I'll be brought back to earth in a weeks time when I realise that all my premo, midpricer and rookie selections are awful and I have to spend the year trading to avoid relegation

Round 1

No matches of course this week. This is how everyone fared in round one.

1 Richo Richo Man 2122
2 Inner Sanctum 2061
3 Delicious 2061
4 Q Before You 2035
5 Hondo SCC 2032
6 Ecky's Fevolas 2030
7 Captain Who? 1995
8 Mediocre at Best 1973
9 Poon illuminati 1966
10 Roosters 1965
11 TEAM_FISH 1946
12 REBCats 1929
13 Summer of Goerge 1927
14 Has Been 1906
15 Sharks 1853
16 Watts & Motts 1847
17 Hips Don’t Lie 1818
18 Wycbloods 1786

regards,

REB

Round 2
League rank - 1547

1 Inner Sanctum 4325
2 Delicious 4308
3 Q Before You 4293
4 REBCats 4198
5 Hondo SCC 4196
6 Richo Richo Man 4187
7 TEAM_FISH 4182
8 Roosters 4159
9 Poon illuminati 4155
10 Mediocre at Best 4153
11 Ecky's Fevolas 4142
12 Has Been 4107
13 Summer of Goerge 4102
14 Captain Who? 4074
15 Wycbloods 4053
16 Watts & Motts 4038
17 Sharks 4011
18 Hips Don’t Lie 3866

Inner Sanctum is the March champion in Premier League this season with a narrow lead over Delicious. Typically though in this league there are no stand out teams with everyone pretty competitive.

regards,

REB

Round 1

Poon Illuminati 2123
Summer of George 2037

TEAM_FISH 2121
Hips Don't Lie 1973

Q Before You 2157
Mediocre at Best 2090

Ecky's Fevolas 2302
Richo Richo Man 1989

Delicious 2259
Has Been 2154

Captain Who? 2096
Roosters 1958

Hondo SCC 2272
Wycbloods 2196

Sharks 2148
REBCats 2082

Watts & Motts 2237
Inner Sanctum 2218

Ladder

1 Ecky's Fevolas 1 0 2302 1989 115.74 4
2 TEAM_FISH 1 0 2121 1973 107.50 4
3 Captain Who? 1 0 2096 1958 107.05 4
4 Delicious 1 0 2259 2154 104.87 4
5 Poon Illuminati 1 0 2123 2037 104.22 4
6 Hondo SCC 1 0 2272 2196 103.46 4
7 Q Before You 1 0 2157 2090 103.21 4
8 Sharks 1 0 2148 2082 103.17 4

9 Watts & Motts 1 0 2237 2218 100.86 4
10 Inner Sanctum 0 1 2218 2237 99.15 0
11 REBCats 0 1 2082 2148 96.93 0
12 Mediocre at Best 0 1 2090 2157 96.89 0
13 Wycbloods 0 1 2196 2272 96.65 0
14 Summer of George 0 1 2037 2123 95.95 0
15 Has Been 0 1 2154 2259 95.35 0
16 Roosters 0 1 1958 2096 93.42 0
17 Hips Don't Lie 0 1 1973 2121 93.02 0
18 Richo Richo Man 0 1 1989 2302 86.40 0

The reigning premier Ecky's Fevolas has smashed Richo Richo Man in the first round to start the new Premier League season right where he finished the last one, that is, on top. Ecky scored an impressive 2302 which was far too much for a feeble Richo to deal with. Other big winners included Delicious, Hondo and Watts who scored 2200 to get their seasons rolling. Spare a thought for Inner Sanctum whose 2218 wasn't enough to get them a first up victory going down narrowly to Motts.

Poony had a first up win but ol mate REB didn't as FISH, the captain, Q and the Sharks all got off to a winning start. A few sides have yet to start scoring points and Hippy and strangely enough the Roosters are in that boat. Roosters usually score pretty well but they've been slower out of the blocks than the GWS Giants this season as far as scoring is concerned. Only round one though lads so this Cat isn't panicking just yet.....that can wait until next week I reckon.

regards,

REB

Luckily I got Hips Don't Lie on a bad day