Cheers guys! It makes for really interesting discussion...
how far is too far?
For me, i consider myself out of the race for a couple of reasons. The deficit is just too great now and with teams filling up by the week with superior 22s, any gain i made by finishing my team early will be undone by negative PODs and weak bench cover. That and a couple of recent errors have cost me any chance at giving the top 10 a nudge which history suggests is where i need to be by now to win it.
This table shows where the last 4 winners have been ranked each round so at this stage, 3 of the last 4 winners have been in the top 7 with Chewy coming from 16th. Not sure how many points behind that is but i'm guessing 200-250 maybe. This year there seems to be a bigger spread of points over the top 10, bigger than previous year i'm pretty sure??
So if was in the top 10 right about now, i'd be feeling pretty damn excited!
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<colgroup><col><col span="2"><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]
Round[/TD]
[TD]
Dimma[/TD]
[TD]
Chewy[/TD]
[TD]
Jay[/TD]
[TD]
mutleyblue[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]355[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]67,429[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]228[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,192[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5,897[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]64,318[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,520[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,681[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10,792[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]141[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]300[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,437[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]249[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,310[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]253[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]979[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]127[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]21[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,185[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]141[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,057[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]82[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]715[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]54[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]331[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]50[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]92[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]32[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]54[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]16[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]n/a[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]