ROUND 14 RESULTS
2,310 Blaze of Glory
2,169 FLYING HORSES
2,167 Beasts FC
Firstly, massive congrats to
@Blaze who notched up a lazy 2,310 for the 92nd best score for the round. The eight Finals coaches are still thanking their lucky stars which is more than I can say for my dear friend
@Courtesans who drew that unlucky straw in 'Old Rusty', the round after realising that his PL aspiration was cut short by 0.1 of a percent.
Also the 'Kiss of Death' came back in a big way with all 4 correct predictions!
@IDIG
Both QFs went the way of the seedings as determined by the ladder positions at the end of the H2H matches which were in complete contrast to how the EFs played out.
QF1: FLYING HORSES 2,169 def 2,111 Jibrangers
Key POD players
FLYING HORSES: Titch C (244), BWilliams (82), Steele (151), Oliver (134)
Jibrangers: Cripps C (162), Zerrett (145), Parker (73), Greenwood (118)
Both coaches used 2 trades early holding that 3rd trade for a possible last minute strike to get that all important victory.
Jibrangers started strong with some intent after Zerrett's performance, however, under par scores from Naitanui & Parker on top of Cripps (c) meant that even Greenwood heroic left him just short. Had he went Grundy instead of Cripps for captain, the margin would've only been a mere 12 points in the end. Sho has a round to assess his options and is happy to have a second chance which looked unlikely until the very last H2H round.
FLYING HORSES was in a fortunate position to be able to wait & see which trigger he should pull if and when needed. He decided to press the Neale to JKelly button in response to Zerrett which was a disaster in hindsight and would've rocked his confidence levels. Steele and Oliver produced stellar performances to calm his nerves somewhat. A just reward for a great season thus far.
QF2: Goodie's Guns 2,052 def 1,961 Caleb's Kings
Key POD Players
Goodie's Guns: May (149), Oliver (134), Crisp (125)
Caleb's Kings: Macrae C (192), TKelly (118), Danger (132)
Both coaches used 2 trades for this match.
TKelly & Danger gave Caleb's Kings the platform to secure an early lead although this was soured by his decision to bypass Titch score in favour of Macrae as his Captain. Not sure whether this decision was playing on his mind through the weekend or not but he had absolutely no answers to what eventually unfolded. Like Sho above, Erich has a round to lick his wounds before suiting up again to try and reverse his form.
Goodie's Guns saved his best until the very end with May (145), Oliver (134) & Crisp (125) all significantly exceeding their projections to land the knock out punch. Tim now has a couple of rounds to plug up the remaining weak links in his team prior to their PF.
EF1: MADMUNZA 2,085 def by 2,111 TailsPower
Key POD Players
MADMUNZA: JKelly C (148), Zerrett (145), Lloyd (145), Coniglio (117)
TailsPower: Titch C (244), Bont (122), FreoShaw (115), May (149)
All 3 trades used by both coaches for this Elimination Final.
Everything was going according to script for MADMUNZA until Mumford's clumsy knee got in the way of JKelly as his Captain! I feel bad enough as an owner but can't imagine what that would've felt like for Matt. Despite that unfortunate incident, he still had a commanding lead on the back of great performances from Zerrett, Lloyd, Cogs & Riccardi. He was still quietly confident until May produced his 2nd best SC performance of his career. A tough loss for Matt to take but he now knows what's needed in PL and will be back bigger and better in the years ahead.
For a coach who doesn't have his focus squarely on leagues, I'm sure that this would've given Adrian immense jubilation as he continues to make the most of his last ditch effort to even make the Finals. It looked to be an uphill battle for the most part despite the misfortunes from his opposition. TailsPower was an apt way to describe this match as May delivered the power needed in the back end to secure the most unlikely of victory. Next assignment for coach Adrian will be Sho's Jibrangers.
EF2: Ron's Badboys 2,004 def by 2,167 Beasts FC
Key POD Players
Ron's Badboys: Gaff (135), Macrae (98), FreoShaw (115), JKelly (74)
Beasts FC: Zerrett (145), Bont (122), Grundy (127), Docherty (124)
One coach used 3 and the other 2 trades.
The cue was put in the rack pretty early in this match after JKelly's concussion, despite Gaff doing his part early for Ron's Badboys. David gave it his best as he has done so of late with a couple of slingshot trades, however, they weren't as productive as he had planned so decided to conserve rather than to go all out with his 3rd trade. He knows he can match it with the best now and will no doubt be plotting his plan of attack for season 2021.
Beasts FC was just that for this match as he was very disappointed to find himself in an Elimination Final in the first place. Fair to say that he had this match in control right from the outset with Zerrett and never relented at any stage. He also did us all a favour by swinging his baseball bat at the boom box which has been playing at maximum volume over the past few weeks. Ben now has to map out a plan to try and overcome Erich Caleb's Kings in a couple of rounds.
Team's Performance Dashboard
- 4 coaches inside the Top 760 lead by FLYING HORSES at 200th
- 2,078 average for the round which sees us hold our league position at 6th overall
- 10 coaches used 3 trades; 7 used 2; 1 used 1
- 5 coaches with 3 trades remaining
- 4 coaches with 4 trades remaining
- 4 coaches with 5 trades remaining
- 5 coaches with 6 trades remaining
- 5 coaches now have a 'complete' 22 Keepers of which 2 have 6 trades; 1 have 5; 1 have 4; 1 have 3
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