13. FOUR SLEEPS 'TIL...

1 Dec:

While we still have a few Cup games to play out, they wont affect the overall result. With Ipswich winning late, the Cup Tie went to penalties, but there is enough results from the few penalty games played that we can safely call the game done now as per the results here (updated 2 Dec with complete results):

R

M

HOME

AWAY

Matt

Etha

SCORE

RES

Matt

Etha

13

1

Man United

v

Hull City

H

H

3

0

H

RESULT

5

4

2

Charlton A

v

Ipswich T

H

D

0

1

A

Matt wins

3

Rennes

v

Monaco

H

H

2

0

H

4

Middlesborough

v

Blackburn R

H

H

1

1

D

Regular Play

3

3

5

WS Wanderers

v

Sydney FC

D

D

1

1

D

A

E Frankfurt

v

B Dortmund

D

A

2

0

H

First 3 Pens.

2

1

B

Tottenham

v

Everton

H

A

2

1

H

C

Seattle

v

LA Galaxy

H

H

2

1

H

4th Pen.

D

St Ettiene

v

O. Lyonnais

H

D

3

0

H

5th Pen.

E

Sampdoria

v

Napoli

A

H

1

1

D

This means MattG wins with a 3-3 result in the first 5 games, and a 1-0 (or 2-1 score if Seattle win) from the first three penalties. Which of course means games D and E are not needed.

WK 13	@MattGoss_	3	2
	@Ethan_Meldrum	3	1

MattG is the last through to the round of 16.

Later this week we will draw the Round of 16 Cup Ties - randomly and will be 'live tweeted' on the night.
There is no Cup play next weekend.


Back to regular League play and this week we have ANYTHING BUT REGULAR LEAGUE PLAY... have a look at the @BrotherAmos score!!

A perfect 7 for the week!

@MattGoss_	5	-	5	@LaurenceRosen
@J_Foreigner	5	-	3	@Hardsy05
@Harri_Chas_17	2	-	2	@Amul82
@Ethan_Meldrum	1	-	4	@Wal13Freo
@TheTipsGuru	2	-	7	@BrotherAmos
@NaylorMichael	3	-	5	@Footy_Maths
@Sjhross	3	-	4	@ASpeedingCar
@Andrewm_81	3	-	4	@DemP_9
@SgtButane	5	-	3	@TheMattBungard
@Hcdc93	4	-	4	@BenCuzzupe

Well done Amos... our first perfect round.

In other game news...
- bragging rights are shared as MattG draws with Laurence.
- The late away goal to Barcelona means its also a draw between Harri and Amul.
- the Tiger derby ended as a win for the Steve (the Car) over Sean (Ross).

MattB suffers his 6th loss in a row. Setting the wrong kind of records Mr. B!


And in the Belt Game, the belt changes hands again as J_Foreigner accounted for Hardsy.

@J_Foreigner

5

-

3

@Hardsy05

Also, this weekend rounds out the month, so we can say the

NOVEMBER Player Of The Month is @BrotherAmos, as he went the 3 games undefeated as well as scoring 15 points, including the perfect round this week..

So to the full table as it stands...

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@SgtButane	13	7	3	3	47	41	6	24
2	@Hardsy05	13	7	3	3	46	41	5	24
3	@NaylorMichael	13	6	4	3	42	37	5	22
4	@DemP_9	13	7	1	5	39	35	4	22
5	@Harri_Chas_17	13	5	5	3	39	35	4	20
6	@BenCuzzupe	13	5	5	3	42	40	2	20
7	@ASpeedingCar	13	6	2	5	33	35	-2	20
8	@J_Foreigner	13	4	7	2	41	35	6	19
9	@Footy_Maths	13	5	4	4	43	38	5	19
10	@hcdc93	13	4	7	2	39	37	2	19
11	@Amul82	13	5	3	5	37	37	0	18
12	@Sjhross	13	5	3	5	38	39	-1	18
13	@BrotherAmos	13	5	2	6	42	45	-3	17
14	@Wal13Freo	13	5	1	7	39	38	1	16
15	@Ethan_Meldrum	13	4	3	6	32	39	-7	15
16	@Andrewm_81	13	3	5	5	40	40	0	14
17	@TheMattBungard	13	3	3	7	39	42	-3	12
18	@MattGoss_	13	2	5	6	38	45	-7	11
19	@TheTipsGuru	13	2	5	6	30	42	-12	11
20	@LaurenceRosen	13	1	7	5	43	48	-5	10

The Sarge retakes the lead.

29 Nov:

Every week in summer, thousands of adults and kids mark out a spot on the crease and 'stand to', waiting for the bowlers delivery.
Every summer for decades this has happened. Brave bats, with and without protective gear.

That such an event as the death of Phillip Hughes this week had not happened before is remarkable. Because it could have happened anywhere and anytime in the last 100 or more years.

Its such an oblique accident of circumstance, happened upon not just a young man, but also a man of talent.
How desperately unfortunate.
A sad circumstance for family, friends and the cricket community globally.

The spectre of this type of catastrophic death will remain in cricket for a long time.
Unlike the young man himself... gone from activity in the field.

But not gone from the hearts and minds of the cricket (and broader sporting) diaspora.

Vale Phillip Hughes.



(Which is why I am a bit late getting the tips blog posted...  its not an easy task to express such feelings.)



Back to the tips:
Here are your entries:

HOME	AWAY	Matt	Laur	J_Fo	Hard	Harr	Amul	Etha	Wal1	TheT	Brot
W B A	Arsenal	A	A	A	A	A	A	D	D	A	A
Swansea	Crystal	H	D	D	H	H	A	H	D	A	D
West Ha	Newcast	H	A	D	D	D	A	A	D	A	H
Southam	Man. Ci	H	A	A	A	D	H	D	A	A	A
Melb. V	Adelaid	H	H	H	A	H	D	H	D	A	H
Brighto	Fulham	A	H	D	H	H	H	H	A	D	A
Valenci	Barcelo	A	A	A	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
Difference Indicator		4		3		5		6		5

HOME	AWAY	Nayl	Foot	Sjhr	ASpe	Andr	DemP	SgtB	TheM	Hcdc	BenC
W B A	Arsenal	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Swansea	Crystal	D	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
West Ha	Newcast	A	H	A	H	D	D	H	D	A	A
Southam	Man. Ci	D	A	H	A	A	A	A	D	A	A
Melb. V	Adelaid	A	H	H	D	D	H	H	A	D	D
Brighto	Fulham	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	A	A	A
Valenci	Barcelo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Difference Indicator		5		4		1		4		0

...and we have our first guaranteed drawn game as both Henry and BenC picked the same.

Had to happen sooner or later.


Votes were as per this...

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
W B A	Arsenal		0	2	18		16>
Swansea	Crystal		13	5	2
West Ha	Newcast		5	7	8		13-16
Southam	Man. Ci		3	4	13
Melb. V	Adelaid		10	6	4		4-7
Brighto	Fulham		10	4	6
Valenci	Barcelo		0	3	17		<4

Last preliminary game in the FMICL Cup is to be determined as per these tips.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	Matt	Etha
13	1	Man United	v	Hull City	H	H
	2	Charlton A	v	Ipswich T	H	D
	3	Rennes	v	Monaco	H	H
	4	Middlesborough	v	Blackburn R	H	H
	5	WS Wanderers	v	Sydney FC	D	D
	A	E Frankfurt	v	B Dortmund	D	A
	B	Tottenham	v	Everton	H	A
	C	Seattle	v	LA Galaxy	H	H
	D	St Ettiene	v	O. Lyonnais	H	D
	E	Sampdoria	v	Napoli	A	H

If Ipswich win, we go to penalties... any other result in Charlton vs Ipswich equals Cup Tie over!

Good luck everyone!

24 Nov:

We are playing another Friday night of football this coming weekend, so I will need you on your game and tipping done by LUNCHTIME on FRIDAY 28th.

Here is why...
League games:

R	M	HOME		AWAY
13	1	W B A	v	Arsenal
	2	Swansea	v	Crystal P
	3	West Ham	v	Newcastle
	4	Southampton	v	Man. City
	5	Melb. Victory	v	Adelaide Utd
	6	Brighton & HA	v	Fulham
	7	Valencia	v	Barcelona

That red box around 5 is the Friday night game.

Match-ups are:

@MattGoss_		-		@LaurenceRosen
@J_Foreigner		-		@Hardsy05
@Harri_Chas_17		-		@Amul82
@Ethan_Meldrum		-		@Wal13Freo
@TheTipsGuru		-		@BrotherAmos
@NaylorMichael		-		@Footy_Maths
@Sjhross		-		@ASpeedingCar
@Andrewm_81		-		@DemP_9
@SgtButane		-		@TheMattBungard
@Hcdc93		-		@BenCuzzupe

Featured match-ups:

 - MattG vs Laurence: Wooden spoon decider this early in the season? 19th v 20th as a premium FMICL match. Plus - mates bragging rights./

 - Harri vs Amul as both have come from the depth to be top 8 challengers.

 - 8th Sean (SHJRoss) vs 10th Steve (ASpeedingCar) in both a top 8 spot battle but also a Tiger supporter derby.

 - 6th and 7th go head to head as well as Henry takes on BenC. 

The Belt game this week - 

Top of the table Hardsy defends his belt against the current DrawKing

@J_Foreigner

-

@Hardsy05

(Tractor Boys blue vs Baggies blue)

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For the Cup, its the last Preliminary game, and a bit of a rivalry game as well.

WK 13	@MattGoss_
	@Ethan_Meldrum

Go at it lads... tipping on these games.

R	M	HOME		AWAY
13	1	Man United	v	Hull City
	2	Charlton A	v	Ipswich T
	3	Rennes	v	Monaco
	4	Middlesborough	v	Blackburn R
	5	WS Wanderers	v	Sydney FC
	A	E Frankfurt	v	B Dortmund
	B	Tottenham	v	Everton
	C	Seattle	v	LA Galaxy
	D	St Ettiene	v	O. Lyonnais
	E	Sampdoria	v	Napoli

And Cup tippers need to Click this button.

Tips ... GO HERE