ITS A
LOTTERY V TIM RIGGINS BENCHWARMERS
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| Coach Andy. Not happy. |
FANTASY
PREDICTION: LOTTERY BY 7
FANTASY
REALITY: BENCHWARMERS BY 25.44
With an
aching predictability the Lotteries stay atop the Central came to an
end after one all too brief week following this loss to the
Benchwarmers. All three wide receivers failed to show and once MJD
limped out the game after just a couple of carries Coach Andy could
safely switch off his laptop and start planning for week 8. MJD is
scheduled to return before the end of the season but watching a third
starting running back fall in three seasons has got to hurt the
Lotteries chances this year.
Rogers &
Cruz scored nearly 60% of the Benchwarmers points and the loss of
either would certainly derail Coach Richard's season but as things
stand their lowest pts total so far this year takes them to a 4-3
record, 2 behind the leader atop the North.
PAULS
POLARBEARS V THE HAIRY FROG DISCO
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| The Autopick Bears. |
FANTASY
PREDICTION: AUTOPPICK BEARS BY 3
FANTASY
REALITY: AUTOPICK BEARS BY 3.06
With
certain quarters of the press questioning Coach Paul's Autopick Bears
the leagues leading coach responded with his 6th win of what is surely
now a playoff bound season.
Last season's worst team and last
season's heartbreak finalist jousted back and forth all night long
with neither team able to build a last lead. Coach Calum's Johnson
made an appearance and although its not the most impressive Johnson
in the league it nevertheless performed adequately. With the clock
ticking on the early games, just when it appeared that the Disco was
pulling away, a lackluster Manning delivered a 70yards TD pass to Cruz
and the Autopick Bears took a slender lead into the final match
up. It all came down to Coach Pauls WR Moore and Coach Calum's RB
McFadden. The bookies favoured MCFadden to bring home the win but
Moore's 9.60pts beat McFadden's 8.10pts and handed the Autopick
Bears the win.
That's 4
defeats one the spin now for the once mighty Disco, a franchise
record. Whilst you have to admire Coach Calum's weekly rallying
cries the sad truth is this franchise is not for turning, a coarse
has been set and the Disco are heading for a losing season and a high
draft pick come 2013.
SUPER
SWEDES V FEAR FACTORY
 |
| Bress keeps chucking the pigskin. |
FANTASY
PREDICTION: FACTORY BY 10
FANTASY
REALITY: FACTORY BY 12.74
The
Swedes may well hate losing but that didn't spot it becoming a
reality as the Factory kept them at arms length for the duration of
this match up. A one stage in the evening it was the Super Swedes v
Super Brees and the even then the Swedes were still losing. The
Swedes now stand 4-3 at this, the official half way mark of the
season. Week 8 sees a contest against your reining CNFLE champions,
the appalling Ttttaylor, so the Swedes should be sitting 5-3 as we
head for the turn. Could this be the weakest Swedes side ever to
make the playoffs?
This
week its the turn of the Factory to sit atop the South as one of
three teams in the division (and 6 in the league) with a 4-3 record.
Next week it might be the turn of 79FC, the week after that we could
see French Leader return to the summit such is the evenly matched
nature of the South but for as long as Brees keeps chucking the
pigskin the Factory have a good a shout as anyone else of making the
playoffs.
AUTOPICKWARRIORS
V THE BONE ROCKS
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| Coach Cullen needs to believe. |
FANTASY
PREDICTION: ROCKS BY 7
FANTASY
REALITY: ROCKS BY 5.9
For a
while there on Sunday night we were looking at one of the most
shambolic performances in CNFLE history as a bye week ravaged
Warriors fell apart in front of Coach Conors disbelieving eyes! 'Not
a prayer' he announced to the assembled press. Oh yeah of little
faith. The Bears D actually had the Warriors in the lead late, late,
late into this match up only for Coach Conors lack of belief to cost
Autopick the game in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The defeat
sees them hold on to their second place ranking overall but slip to a
three way tie in the fiercely competitive North. Week 8 seems a
match up against the Factory that is currently too close to call.
These are nervy times for Coach Conor.
Coach
Lars saw some promising signs from his Johnson early on but failed to
produce any real pay off. Even so, the Rocks return to the top of
the Central but have some thinking to do before their week 8 match up
against 79FC. QB Schaub will miss this one on a bye and back up, not
so Super Cam has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this
week. Whilst Cam is projected to post 21.12pts his match up against
a fearsome Bears D suggests that this prediction is optimistic at
best. Coach Lars may want to scour the waivers or see if there is
one last trade doing the rounds.
FRENCH
LEADER V WEST COAST MAFIA
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| Mafia's back. |
FANTASY
PREDICTION: MAFIA BY 10
FANTASY
REALITY: MAFIA BY 38.46
Is the
potty mouthed pixie back? The numbers would appear to say yes. The
abuse dished out to his fellow Coaches has returned and the Mafia
have won 2 on the spin to bounce them right back into contention in a
painfully weak Central division. Yes its been a could week for Coach
Cullen as not only does he possess the biggest Johnson in the league
but his Jackson is pretty handy too. Whilst we have seen the 130pts
total breached on a number of occasions this season its not often
achieved without a decent return from the starting QB and so far this
season Romo has looked like anything but a decent QB. It's time for
Coach Paul to buy a pair of earplugs as he prepares for verbal
onslaught from the Mafia in week 8. The numbers strongly favour the
Mafia in this one and although no-one wants to see it they could be
top of the Central by this time next week.
The
Leader will be surprised by the severity of this defeat and the news
that his Johnson in the smallest in the league and really didn't
perform, in such circumstances it's really best just to let it go and
focus on the next match up. This is indeed sage advice for the
Leader as week 8 sees the visit of the Lottery who will be limping
into town without star running back MJD. It's difficult to see
anything but a win for the Leader in this one and they will remain in
contention for the rest of the season.
SEVENTY
NINE FC V TTTTAYLOR
 |
| Good trade. |
FANTASY
PREDICTION: NINERS BY 17
FANTASY
REALITY: NINERS BY 5.9
Coach
Keeper League received an official warning from the league for
failing to field a full strength team but escaped a heavy fine due to
the fact that they still won. The early season Griffin/Morris trade
seems to have worked out well for both Coaches and another good week
from Morris will see many coaches begin to pencil him in on next
years draft boards. 79FC are the Super Swedes of the South, a
franchise that doesn't look particularly strong but keeps on picking
up enough wins to keep them in contention. As long as Coach Martin
does his job properly 79FC could yet make a return to the playoffs.
Silent
Coach Johnathan sadly spends his Sunday hammering nail after nail
into the Ttttaylor coffin. They are not mathematically out of the
playoff race just yet but it is only a matter of time. Kudos however
to our reigning Champion for continue to field a full strength team.
GOOD
CALL
Coach
Cullen and his impressive Johnson.
BAD CALL
Coach
Martin for fielding a incomplete line up.
ON THE
BOARD
Griffin
III – 158.76
Vick –
103.82
CARLTONS
NFL PICKS III – JUST FOR FUN!
FRENCH
LEADER – 68
HAIRY
FROG DISCO – 67
THE
BONES ROCKS – 65
ARUN
THANEJA – 64
MATT
ROLLS – 63
ITS A
LOTTERY – 59
SUPER
SWEDES – 59
FEAR
FACTORY - 57
CURRENT LEADER - BENCH
WARMERS – 154.86 PTS.
So we
have reached the halfway mark, the Autopicks Bears are clearly the
leagues best team, whilst the Disco and Ttttaylor fight it out for
the right for the wooden spoon. Sandwiched in between are 9 teams of all
which have every right to continue to believe.
The eagled eyed among you may have noticed that it was a clean sweep in this prediction stakes this weeks which makes it all the more disappointing that there won't be a week 8 preview as Commissioner Gordon has
planned an away day to Wembley for the league's hierarchy. Currently
3 of the leagues Coaches are known to be making the trip. If you are
heading Wembley way drop a post on the message board and the
Commissioner will be sure to buy you a pint. Proof of age required.
Good
luck gentleman.
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