Welcome to our newly promoted sides, the mighty Mediocre at Best who are anything but and Chicken Twisties who are salty for some reason. Crap. Used my one and only Chicken Twisties joke and the season hasn't even started yet. I'm ******!
LMA wrote:What to do with the Rucks? Grundy & Gawn massive dollars and will more than likely lose money but is there anyone else capable of their output
Not sure you can start with either. Grundy is injured and it looks like Melbourne is going with a dual ruck set up this year. Kruezer has potential if he can stay fit, Goldy is solid and Westhoff has DPP. Mummy might be worth a look but he's missing the first two weeks.
1 Buddy Franklin 2229 2 Mediocre at Best 2155 3 REBCats 2142 4 Poon Illuminati 2120 5 Has Been 2103 6 Richo Richo Man 2099 7 Longwood Lions 2091 8 Hondo SCC 2086 9 Chicken Twisties 2066 10 Ecky's Fevolas 2061 11 Q Before You 2050 12 Delicious 2045 13 Sharks 2022 14 TEAM_FISH 2018 15 Honey Badgers 2011 16 Inner Sanctum 1989 17 Captain Who? 1982 18 Ben Rolfsburgers 1924
Our league not off to a massive start in the rankings but that is usually the case for us. I reckon we go a lot higher than 1111 though that's for sure. No matches until round 3 folks then it's on like Donkey Kong.
1 Richo Richo Man 4431 2 Buddy Franklin 4403 3 Has Been 4338 4 Poon Illuminati 4335 5 REBCats 4321 6 Ecky's Fevolas 4318 7 Chicken Twisties 4316 8 Sharks 4308 9 Mediocre at Best 4260 10 Hondo SCC 4251 11 Delicious 4251 12 Longwood Lions 4245 13 Q Before You 4241 14 Honey Badgers 4241 15 Ben Rolfsburgers 4231 16 Inner Sanctum 4112 17 TEAM_FISH 4097 18 Captain Who? 4088
After a slow start where Division I outranked us, I can now report that normal service has been resumed and that we are now once again the best league in the Hogg Shield. In the off season a Premier League coach sent me a message 'bloody hell REB, I have no idea what I'm going to do this season'. l was delighted. Here I was hoping the spectre of relegation would not be looming over me but here we are, two weeks later and Richo has topped the bloody scoring. Piss over CoverKing! The high ratings of Buddy Franklin and Has Been is no surprise but bloody hell what is REB and hambone doing up there? As James Hird said, I'm shocked to be sitting here. However, once again I'm afraid normal service will be resumed!
Trying to write an accurate Premier League preview is about as difficult as not pressing the trade button on Dustin Martin this week. Every year I look at the field and think 'this year you're gone REB' and I usually think it's my mate hambone who is going to keep me company in Divvy I next year. For those of you who don't know your Hogg history the first ever Hogg Premier League took place in 2007. Poon and the REBCats are the remaining 'foundation clubs' from that first season. I think the league was ranked 5000 and something so it's not the dog eat dog comp we have today.
I have no idea who is going for the drop because once again it is tempting to select Poony and myself but the facts remain, you blokes haven't managed to knock us out yet and I've been making howlers for ten years. But going down is one thing, winning it is quite another. Poon is the initial premier and the REBCats have dropped four Grannys but we aren't exactly contenders these days.
At the end of last season Has Been and the Honey Badgers put in a truly powerhouse performance towards the end of the season. Two beautifully selected sides that peaked just when it mattered. As a league we need to put these blokes away early or we could all get owned again. I'm always keen to talk up Hondo but August hasn't been a happy month for him, at least not in our league. Buddy Franklin somehow got relegated a few years ago but in just about every other season he has dominated and I expect him to do so once again.
Then we have some of the newer teams who have bullied their way in. Mediocre at best and Inner & TEAM_FISH have been heavy scorers in recent seasons while Chicken Twisties score less but win games. It will be very interesting to see how Mediocre and Twisties go now that they face a step up in class.
In this league you can't afford to have a poor year or down you go and unlike Buddy Franklin, most teams find it hard to bounce back. Richo Richo is out of the blocks in the early weeks but former power sides such as Q Before You and Captain Who have not. Benny Rolfs is a perpetual finalist...can he reproduce that consistency. The Sharks score well but don't get the wins on the board, that is a habit Spiro needs to break to make the finals for the first time. Longwood Lions and Eckys Fevolas can score very heavily one week but can go missing the next. If you can get them on the downswing you might just pocket an invaluable four points.
Last years heavy scoring at the backend of the season by Has Been and Honey Badgers has shaken me and I think Mediocre is anything but and it wouldn't surprise to see these three sides in the Prelims. As for relegation I think this will be a very even comp with the bottom four ranked sides perhaps needing six wins to avoid relegation this year.
ROUND ONE - REBs tips in bold
Longwood Lions v Ben Rolfsurgers Honey Badgers v Poon Illuminati REBCats v Captain Who Delicious v TEAM_FISH Has Been v Richo Richo Mediocre at Best v Buddy Franklin - MATCH OF THE ROUND Ecky's Fevolas v Sharks Inner Sanctum v Q Before You Hondo SCC v Chicken Twisties
The match of the round for me is Mediocre vs. Buddy. A massive game for both as they score heavily. That one is nearly an eight point game already. I'm liking Richo to continue his early season scoring to roll Has Been and I reckon Poon might upset the Badgers as well.
)