35. TWO TO PLAY AND CUP FINAL

Apr 11:

All the results are in, and we are both narrowing down the promotion and relegations players, and we also know our Cup winner for 2015-16.

In the Cup the final match results were.

MW

M

HOME

AWAY

SCORE

RES

MRG

ASpe

Etha

35

1

[+]

Liverpool

vs

Stoke

[-]

4

1

H

+3

H

1

H

1

2

[+]

Reading

vs

Birmingham

[-]

0

2

A

-2

A

-1

H

1

3

[+]

E Frankfurt

vs

Hoffenheim

[-]

0

2

A

-2

D

0

D

0

4

[+]

Valencia

vs

Sevilla

[-]

2

1

H

+1

A

-2

D

0

5

[+]

Sydney FC

vs

Perth Glory

[-]

4

0

H

+4

A

-2

A

-2

And these match scores made the final of the Cup finish as:

@ASpeedingCar	2
@Ethan_Meldrum	1

This makes the about-to-be-relegated Car come away with silverware.

A handy cup run to offset the relegation.

Congratulations to the 2015-16 FMICL Cup winner, in the colours of Nottinham Forest,

@ASpeedingCar

Now to the regulation league play, and there is some clarity in the tables.

The games finished as:

W	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
35	1	Tottenham	v	Man Utd	3	0	H
	2	C Palace	v	Norwich	1	0	H
	3	Watford	v	Everton	1	1	D
	4	Milton Keynes	v	Rotherham	0	4	A
	5	W Bremen	v	Augsburg	1	2	A
	6	Nice	v	Rennes	3	0	H
	7	Mel Victory	v	Brisbane	0	0	D

These results made your match-ups as:

@DemP_9	4	,	@J_Foreigner	2		@Supermercado99	4	,	@hcdc93	2
@NaylorMichael	2	,	@SgtButane	3		@CapitalCityCody	3	,	@Hardsy05	3
@Amul82	5	,	@Footy_Maths	5		@kosifantutti	2	,	@Andrewm_81	3
@Sjhross	3	,	@Ethan_Meldrum	3		@ASpeedingCar	6	,	@TheMattBungard	4
@BenCuzzupe	2	,	@Harri_Chas_17	4		@TheTipsGuru	0	,	@MattGoss_	1

Amul draws with FMI in a 5-all scoreline to retain the belt, and also ensure FMI is still fighting relegation.

Rosso's draw and the Sarge's win are vital for their top of the league chances. At the bottom Ben's loss might see him go down, while Dem's win could be vital.

In D2, Cody draws while Mercado's win could alter the promotion stakes. Add to that, AndrewM had a win to and the promotion battle is still on.

As before, the relegated players are known. And the Guru coughs up the belt in the lowest scoring game of the week to Goss.

@NickTheStatsGuy	2	,	@Smithj_43	2
@Lucrious	5	,	@DamienBean5	4
@RankingSW	3	,	@LaurenceRosen	2
@cmrnmnning	3	,	@rkw82	2
@melatonii	1	,	@BrotherAmos	3
@AFLTheory	4	,	@RudiEdsall	2

The top of the table showdown between Nick and Smithy ends in a draw, while the other promotion chasers Melatonii and RKW both trip up and lose. Rudi also drops the belt to the Theorist.

TO the tables, and as before, under the red line are those headed for relegation, and above the green line means you are still looking at promotion / division titles.

DIVISION ONE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@SgtButane	17	10	4	3	57	45	12	34
2	@Sjhross	17	10	4	3	57	48	9	34
3	@Harri_Chas_17	17	9	3	5	55	47	8	30
4	@NaylorMichael	17	7	3	7	52	53	-1	24
5	@Ethan_Meldrum	17	6	3	8	53	53	0	21
6	@Amul82	17	5	6	6	52	54	-2	21
7	@DemP_9	17	6	2	9	47	55	-8	20
8	@J_Foreigner	17	5	4	8	50	53	-3	19
9	@Footy_Maths	17	5	4	8	50	56	-6	19
10	@BenCuzzupe	17	2	7	8	42	51	-9	13

The title goes down to the wire between the Sarge and Rosso.

BenC is assured of D2 play next year, while the last relegation spot is still in dispute right up to 5th (mathematically at least...).

Huge week next week!

DIVISION TWO
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@Supermercado99	17	9	4	4	52	42	10	31
2	@CapitalCityCody	17	8	5	4	56	48	8	29
3	@Andrewm_81	17	9	1	7	54	51	3	28
4	@TheMattBungard	17	8	2	7	53	50	3	26
5	@TheTipsGuru	17	8	1	8	46	47	-1	25
6	@MattGoss_	17	7	4	6	53	55	-2	25
7	@Hardsy05	17	7	3	7	51	53	-2	24
8	@kosifantutti	17	6	5	6	54	54	0	23
9	@ASpeedingCar	17	4	4	9	47	52	-5	16
10	@hcdc93	17	3	3	11	44	58	-14	12

MattB sits above the green line as he could finish second provided he scores a big win, Andrew doesn't win and Cody loses.. by a lot. Probable? Possible?

Also if Mercado loses and AndyM wins, the SD will also come into play.

At the bottom of the table, the Cup king the Car and Henry go down, and go down hard. A full 2 and a half games off the pace with one to play.

DIVISION THREE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@Smithj_43	17	9	4	4	55	47	8	31
2	@NickTheStatsGuy	17	8	7	2	45	41	4	31
3	@melatonii	17	7	5	5	49	43	6	26
4	@BrotherAmos	17	7	5	5	48	43	5	26
5	@rkw82	17	7	3	7	47	47	0	24
6	@cmrnmnning	17	6	5	6	45	45	0	23
7	@RankingSW	17	6	3	8	49	50	-1	21
8	@DamienBean5	17	4	9	4	47	48	-1	21
9	@AFLTheory	17	6	2	9	43	45	-2	20
10	@LaurenceRosen	17	5	5	7	42	46	-4	20
11	@Lucrious	17	5	4	8	50	56	-6	19
12	@RudiEdsall	17	3	6	8	46	55	-9	15

The draw between Nick and Smithy and the others' losses sees them secure promotion.

Rudi will finish last, while second-last could fall to anyone from 7th down.

Apr 9:

During the season I have often wondered why I run a separate Cup competition. It is extra work, it needs you to do more thinking and entering, and the majority of players have one or maybe two cracks at it before being eliminated. Do people really care about the Cup.

And then only when we get to the pointy end it becomes clear why I run a Cup.

It gives more work, but it also gives more stories.

Two weeks ago in the Semi's we had 4 players from across all three divisions playing, and this week its Ethan from D1 against The Car from D2.

Ethan finished 5th in the opening half of the year and sits 5th again now. Not out of relegation calculations yet with 2 to play. The Cup Final win could be a nice reward for consistent effort all season.

The Car is another story all toghether. A moderate opening half of the season in D2 meant a mid table finish. But the second half of the season has been a disaster, with only 3 wins from 16 games, and relegation to D3 unfortunately secured.

And this is why we have a Cup. Its a chance for someone battling away without applause to secure some (virtual) silverware.

The Cup Final tips are:

MW

M

HOME

AWAY

SCORE

RES

MRG

ASpe

Etha

35

1

[+]

Liverpool

vs

Stoke

[-]

H

1

H

1

2

[+]

Reading

vs

Birmingham

[-]

A

-1

H

1

3

[+]

E Frankfurt

vs

Hoffenheim

[-]

D

0

D

0

4

[+]

Valencia

vs

Sevilla

[-]

A

-2

D

0

5

[+]

Sydney FC

vs

Perth Glory

[-]

A

-2

A

-2

And the Final hinges on two games - Reading v Birmingham and Valencia v Sevilla.

Which means 'we could be back here next week!'

The regular league play is also down now to the business end... 

Your tips are:

HOME	AWAY	DemP	J_Fo	Nayl	SgtB	Amul	Foot	Sjhr	Etha	BenC	Harr
Tottenh	Man Utd	H	D	H	H	D	H	H	D	D	H
C Palac	Norwich	D	H	H	H	H	D	H	D	D	H
Watford	Everton	H	A	A	A	D	D	A	H	A	A
Milton	Rotherh	A	D	D	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
W Breme	Augsbur	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	D
Nice	Rennes	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Mel Vic	Brisban	D	D	H	A	D	D	A	D	A	D
Difference Indicator		5		3		2		5		4

HOME	AWAY	Supe	hcdc	Capi	Hard	kosi	Andr	ASpe	TheM	TheT	Matt
Tottenh	Man Utd	D	H	H	H	H	D	H	D	A	H
C Palac	Norwich	H	D	H	H	H	H	H	H	D	D
Watford	Everton	A	H	A	A	A	D	D	D	H	A
Milton	Rotherh	A	H	D	D	H	H	A	A	H	H
W Breme	Augsbur	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	H
Nice	Rennes	H	H	H	H	D	H	H	H	A	D
Mel Vic	Brisban	D	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H
Difference Indicator		5		0		4		3		3

HOME

AWAY

Nick

Smit

Lucr

Dami

Rank

Laur

cmrn

rkw8

mela

Brot

AFLT

Rudi

Tottenh

Man Utd

D

H

H

H

D

H

H

H

H

A

H

H

C Palac

Norwich

H

D

H

A

H

D

H

D

D

H

H

D

Watford

Everton

A

H

D

A

A

A

H

A

A

D

A

D

Milton

Rotherh

H

D

A

A

A

H

D

A

D

H

H

D

W Breme

Augsbur

D

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

A

H

Nice

Rennes

H

H

D

H

A

H

H

D

D

H

H

D

Mel Vic

Brisban

A

A

D

D

D

H

A

H

H

H

A

A

Difference Indicator

5

3

5

5

5

5

Yes that's an unfortunate guaranteed draw for Cody, who could lose top spot this week in D2.

Also Nick and Smithy have 5 different tips in their '6 point' D3 promotion battle as well... will be interesting tracking this over the weekend.

How we all tipped:

Accumulated Tips
HOME	AWAY		H		D		A
Tottenh	Man Utd		21		9		2
C Palac	Norwich		19		12		1
Watford	Everton		6		8		18
Milton	Rotherh		13		8		11
W Breme	Augsbur		26		2		4
Nice	Rennes		21		9		2
Mel Vic	Brisban		9		10		13

Apr 6:

There are two regular league games to play, and the Final of the Cup this week,.

First, the Cup Finalists are:

Cup Final
MW 35	@ASpeedingCar
	@Ethan_Meldrum

Games to tip are here.

MW	M		HOME		AWAY
35	1	[+]	Liverpool	vs	Stoke	[-]
	2	[+]	Reading	vs	Birmingham	[-]
	3	[+]	E Frankfurt	vs	Hoffenheim	[-]
	4	[+]	Valencia	vs	Sevilla	[-]
	5	[+]	Sydney FC	vs	Perth Glory	[-]

Enter via the link and good luck!



Right, and now back to the other serious stuff - the second last game of the league.
Games to play are:

W	M	HOME		AWAY
35	1	Tottenham	v	Man Utd
	2	C Palace	v	Norwich
	3	Watford	v	Everton
	4	Milton Keynes	v	Rotherham
	5	W Bremen	v	Augsburg
	6	Nice	v	Rennes
	7	Mel Victory	v	Brisbane

Enter tips via the link as normal.


Your match-ups:

@DemP_9		,	@J_Foreigner			@Supermercado99		,	@hcdc93
@NaylorMichael		,	@SgtButane			@CapitalCityCody		,	@Hardsy05
@Amul82		,	@Footy_Maths			@kosifantutti		,	@Andrewm_81
@Sjhross		,	@Ethan_Meldrum			@ASpeedingCar		,	@TheMattBungard
@BenCuzzupe		,	@Harri_Chas_17			@TheTipsGuru		,	@MattGoss_

BenC Needs to win to avoid relegation, while Harri must win to keep open his chance for the title.

Amul and FMI both need three points to stave off relegation. So to for Dem and J_F.

Mercado and MattB both play the relegated pair, and will need three points to keep promotion alive. Andrew and Kosi are both need to win to keep promotion hopes alive.

@NickTheStatsGuy		,	@Smithj_43
@Lucrious		,	@DamienBean5
@RankingSW		,	@LaurenceRosen
@cmrnmnning		,	@rkw82
@melatonii		,	@BrotherAmos
@AFLTheory		,	@RudiEdsall

Massive top of the table game with Nick vs Smithy that could decide the Division title.The Theorist and Rudi also need the win to avoid last place on the table and of all 32 players.