30 - RELEGATION DOGFIGHTS

Mar 3:

Right so now we have general agreement to proceed with one Cup game and to replay the other - details of replay date and games to come.
So to confirm:

WK 30	@J_Foreigner	1
	@SgtButane	2

and the replay will be between

WK 30	@MattGoss_
	@NaylorMichael

League action concluded with Roma drawing with Juve, completing the weekend as here.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
30	1	Liverpool	v	Man City	2	1	H
	2	Bolton W	v	Brighton & H A	1	0	H
	3	Rotherham U	v	Millwall	2	1	H
	4	Charlton	v	Huddersfeild	3	0	H
	5	West Syd W	v	Sydney FC	3	4	A
	6	Montpellier	v	Nice	2	1	H
	7	Roma	v	Juventus	1	1	D

Your results are therefore:

@ASpeedingCar	3	-	3	@MattGoss_
@DemP_9	2	-	4	@Footy_Maths
@TheMattBungard	4	-	3	@BrotherAmos
@BenCuzzupe	4	-	0	@Wal13Freo
@Hcdc93	2	-	1	@Amul82
@SgtButane	5	-	4	@Hardsy05
@Andrewm_81	4	-	0	@LaurenceRosen
@Sjhross	5	-	1	@J_Foreigner
@NaylorMichael	2	-	3	@Harri_Chas_17
@TheTipsGuru	3	-	2	@Ethan_Meldrum

Thats a top of the table win to the Sarge over Hardsy, and the 6th vs 5th battle was won by FMI over Dem.

In the Belt game:

@Andrewm_81

4

-

0

@LaurenceRosen

Andrew wins comprehensively, and defends this midweek against

@Andrewm_81

-

@MattGoss_

Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea!


So the full table after 30 weeks is:

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@Hardsy05	30	16	7	7	94	84	10	55
2	@SgtButane	30	16	6	8	93	80	13	54
3	@Footy_Maths	30	12	10	8	93	80	13	46
4	@Amul82	30	13	7	10	87	77	10	46
5	@hcdc93	30	11	12	7	81	76	5	45
6	@Ethan_Meldrum	30	12	9	9	76	75	1	45
7	@DemP_9	30	12	8	10	82	77	5	44
8	@BenCuzzupe	30	12	8	10	83	85	-2	44
9	@NaylorMichael	30	11	8	11	85	84	1	41
10	@BrotherAmos	30	11	8	11	91	91	0	41
11	@Sjhross	30	10	9	11	83	83	0	39
12	@ASpeedingCar	30	11	6	13	72	85	-13	39
13	@Andrewm_81	30	10	8	12	84	83	1	38
14	@TheTipsGuru	30	9	11	10	74	88	-14	38
15	@Harri_Chas_17	30	9	10	11	80	78	2	37
16	@Wal13Freo	30	11	4	15	76	86	-10	37
17	@J_Foreigner	30	8	12	10	85	84	1	36
18	@LaurenceRosen	30	8	10	12	86	90	-4	34
19	@TheMattBungard	30	8	8	14	85	89	-4	32
20	@MattGoss_	30	4	11	15	77	92	-15	23

Will updtae the week 31 blog post tonight and also get out the tips for Week 32 (and Cup replay) tomorrow night.

Mar 2:

Tonight its Roma v Juventus to round out the weekends League play, so this update is not about League results.

Instead its about the Cup games.

I have only this morning noticed I had provided some Spanish League games for players to tip that were past games and therefore not 'live' this weekend. This obviously is an error, and one that works on both games, differently.

Also, provision was not made for such a cock-up by the administration as well. There is a rule (League and Cup Season - rule 5) that covers postponements and cancellations, but not this.

This means one thing and one thing only - Executive Decision Time.


In the below matchup...
The Sarge wins 2-1 even without the Spanish games coming into play.
With a 2-1 lead in the first 5 games the match could have gone to the next three games if game 4 was live and fell to J_F's favour.
But in the first three penalties, the result still favours the Sarge by 2-0, so its game over in that phase of play.

R

M

HOME

AWAY

J_Fo

SgtB

SCORE

RES

J_Fo

SgtB

30

1

Blackpool

v

Wigan Ath.

D

A

1

3

A

RESULT

1

2

2

Norwich C

v

Ipswich T

H

H

2

0

H

SgtB wins

3

Inter

v

Fiorentina

H

H

0

1

A

4

Levante

v

Grenada

D

H

Regular Play

1

2

5

Melb Victory

v

Wellington P

H

H

2

3

A

A

E Frankfurt

v

Hamburger SV

A

H

2

1

H

First 3 Pens.

B

Leeds U

v

Watford

H

A

2

3

A

C

Cagliari

v

Hellas Verona

H

H

1

2

A

4th Pen.

D

Athletic Club

v

R Vallecano

H

H

5th Pen.

E

Reading

v

Forest

H

H

0

3

A

Therefore, I have deemed this game to be complete with the result standing as a win to the Sarge 2-1.


Over in the other Quarter Final, it is not so clear cut though...
Below we can see a similar outcome in the first five games, with Matt leading 2-1.
But in the extra games A through E, there is no way to split the teams if they were locked together after the first five games (other than the other Spanish game).
So given much of this game hinges in 'what might have been' if the Spanish games were still in play, the decision is to REPLAY this cup tie in Week 32.

R

M

HOME

AWAY

Matt

Nayl

SCORE

RES

Matt

Nayl

30

1

Blackpool

v

Wigan Ath.

A

A

1

3

A

RESULT

2

1

2

Norwich C

v

Ipswich T

H

D

2

0

H

Matt wins

3

Inter

v

Fiorentina

H

H

0

1

A

4

Levante

v

Grenada

D

H

Regular Play

2

1

5

Melb Victory

v

Wellington P

H

H

2

3

A

A

E Frankfurt

v

Hamburger SV

D

A

2

1

H

First 3 Pens.

B

Leeds U

v

Watford

D

H

2

3

A

C

Cagliari

v

Hellas Verona

H

D

1

2

A

4th Pen.

D

Athletic Club

v

R Vallecano

A

H

5th Pen.

E

Reading

v

Forest

H

D

0

3

A

This means a delay for the Semi Finals, but there is still plenty of weeks to fit them in.


The Alternative?Is to let the results stand as all players had the same choices and information. All worked to the same set of data and there was no advantage to anyone.
I'm happy for this too.


Will take your feedback on this as well, let me know if you (genuinely) think its fair or unreasonable. Its your comp as much as mine.
(Send your logical views to PO Box 999 in your capital City... jk)

ALSO:
Do your tips for Week 31 - due by tomorrow night
Tomorrow - League results out!

Feb 28:

OK, we have all tipped and the data is below,

First the Cup Quarter Final clashes.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	Matt	Nayl		J_Fo	SgtB
30	1	Blackpool	v	Wigan Ath.	A	A		D	A
	2	Norwich C	v	Ipswich T	H	D		H	H
	3	Inter	v	Fiorentina	H	H		H	H
	4	Levante	v	Grenada	D	H		D	H
	5	Melb Victory	v	Wellington P	H	H		H	H
	A	E Frankfurt	v	Hamburger SV	D	A		A	H
	B	Leeds U	v	Watford	D	H		H	A
	C	Cagliari	v	Hellas Verona	H	D		H	H
	D	Athletic Club	v	R Vallecano	A	H		H	H
	E	Reading	v	Forest	H	D		H	H

and thanks to The Sarge for highlighting my special sense of humour...

@FMIChamps @hcdc93 @Amul82 @hardsy05 I see what you did there with Frankfurt Vs Hamburg ahah
— Sarge Butane (@SgtButane) February 25, 2015

And over in the regular season tips, we have the following...

HOME	AWAY	ASpe	Matt	DemP	Foot	TheM	Brot	BenC	Wal1	Hcdc	Amul
Liverpo	Man Cit	A	D	D	A	D	A	A	D	D	A
Bolton	Brighto	A	H	D	H	H	H	A	D	D	D
Rotherh	Millwal	H	D	A	D	H	D	H	A	H	A
Charlto	Hudders	A	D	D	H	A	H	H	D	D	D
West Sy	Sydney	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	D	D
Montpel	Nice	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
Roma	Juventu	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	A
Difference Indicator		5		4		4		7		2

HOME	AWAY	SgtB	Hard	Andr	Laur	Sjhr	J_Fo	Nayl	Harr	TheT	Etha
Liverpo	Man Cit	A	A	D	D	H	A	D	A	A	D
Bolton	Brighto	H	H	H	A	D	D	D	A	D	A
Rotherh	Millwal	H	H	H	D	H	D	D	H	H	H
Charlto	Hudders	H	H	H	A	H	H	D	H	D	D
West Sy	Sydney	A	A	D	H	A	D	A	H	A	D
Montpel	Nice	H	D	H	A	H	A	H	D	H	H
Roma	Juventu	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	D	H	A
Difference Indicator		1		5		4		7		4

Crowd sourcing

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
Liverpo	Man Cit		1	9	10		16>
Bolton	Brighto		7	8	5
Rotherh	Millwal		11	6	3		13-16
Charlto	Hudders		9	8	3
West Sy	Sydney		3	5	12		4-7
Montpel	Nice		14	2	4
Roma	Juventu		5	1	14		<4

A wonderfully even set of tips

Feb 25:

If you all have a look at the teams to pick from below (and the cup games) there is one obvious thing that stands out...
Only one Premier League game to pic from this weekend.

Why, well because the other match-ups were just not attractive enough. Too big a difference between the teams to make tipping anything other than pedestrian.

So instead there are other games to tip, and a large amount this week are teams from the depths of their divisions... relegation dogfights!

So here goes...


Cup Quarter Finals

This week its another double header of Cup action.

WK 30	@MattGoss_
	@NaylorMichael
WK 30	@J_Foreigner
	@SgtButane

And you guys need to pick from these:

R	M	HOME		AWAY
30	1	Blackpool	v	Wigan Ath.
	2	Norwich C	v	Ipswich T
	3	Inter	v	Fiorentina
	4	Levante	v	Grenada
	5	Melb Victory	v	Wellington P
	A	E Frankfurt	v	Hamburger SV
	B	Leeds U	v	Watford
	C	Cagliari	v	Hellas Verona
	D	Athletic Club	v	R Vallecano
	E	Reading	v	Forest

Enter tips via this link.

Over in the League the heat is on with 9 rounds to play.

Match-ups are

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

Special note - its 1 vs 2 this weekend... Sarge vs Hardsy.

Also we have Belt action between

@Andrewm_81

-

@LaurenceRosen

These are you games to tip:

R	M	HOME		AWAY
30	1	Liverpool	v	Man City
	2	Bolton W	v	Brighton & H A
	3	Rotherham U	v	Millwall
	4	Charlton	v	Huddersfield
	5	West Syd W	v	Sydney FC
	6	Montpellier	v	Nice
	7	Roma	v	Juventus

Link is here, so enter away... and good luck.