2012 Eliminator Thread

[PowerForGood]

^^^^^^^^
Love it when the gods conspire like this.

A bit like not studying for that important exam, and then finding out on the morning that it's been deferred for a week because of a mistake on the exam paper.

 

[00Stinger]

Gonesky.

Running the eliminator during the 'Bye Rounds' is like giving Black Caviars opposing horses a chance at victory if they flip a coin and it lands on 'heads'

 

[Robbo88]

through to the last bye week raffle, will prob be toughest week to get through, eagerly await the line-up to see if i have a chance, pretty sure this is furthest ive ever gotten.

 

[Hurley300]

Won by 6 points the late out of Hargrave made it a lot closer then i would of liked!

 

[iluvparis]

is your team name Bound for Glory?

Nah mate - but I went down by about 200.

 

[Tippaz]

up against WoodzFC (ranked 5k)

he's facing 5 donuts. i'm facing 8.
looks like i'm gawn

 

[Vincent Chase]

Up against 'Team 1'.

Should take care of him if my players score to their potential. (could be famous last words)

 

[Indie_]

Playing a guy with 9 zeroes before trades compared to my one.

Looks like I'll be going through again thanks to the draw.

 

[Spider Klein]

Playing TopNotchLegends, Gonna be close

 

[Penski]

Playing a guy with 9 zeroes before trades compared to my one.

Looks like I'll be going through again thanks to the draw.

Similar. Looks like the team i am up against got through because they would have had 1-2 donuts the previous two rounds, but his team looks like it will cop 6 or so this time around. I will have 2.

 

[WeetBixKid]

My guy looks like he'll have 5 0's, I'm going to have 7. Not sure if I should go all in & use 2 of my final 6 trades to try & get through, or just leave it.

 

[pauldrc]

My guy looks like he'll have 5 0's, I'm going to have 7. Not sure if I should go all in & use 2 of my final 6 trades to try & get through, or just leave it.

Depends really on your team and your long terms strategy....

Not worth damaging it just to win a round in the Eliminator (even this far in) IMHO....especially if you are low in trades.

 

[Jimi]

Should be an easy win this week.
Before trades
Me: Heppell Waters Swan Thompson Watson Elliott Gibson
Him: Lake McDonald Adams Cloke Dickson

Don't know how he got through the previous rounds.

 

[Spider Klein]

Hoping to keep progressing. I have 4 zeroes after trades and he has 9 zeroes before trades.

So he did 3 trades to reduce his zeroes to 6. Gonna be real close as Enright and Chappy are uniques for him and they got 235 between them and I have some average rookies filling holes as extra players.

 

[beez]

Should progress given my opponent has 2 extra donuts and I have better uniques than him, however we all know how fornicated up this game is.

 

[Vincent Chase]

really need Hargrave to miss to keep my chances alive. looks like he will be a late in though

 

[PowerForGood]

Me - Overall ranking 12K, Eliminator ranking 1394
Them - Overall ranking about 3K, Eliminator ranking 721

1115 (14) vs 1224 (15)
Both have Giles, Porps, S.Shaw

Trying to match up remaining uniques (diff in averages)
Monfries vs Darley (+17)
Stanton vs Dangerfield (+28)
Dempsey vs Johnson (-19)
Treloar vs Gibson (+5)
Shiel vs McDonald (-9)
Callinan vs 118 (-52)

Looks like I'm probably out - about 50 short I think.

Need someone to carve out a 150.....

Edit: Dempsey out scores Johnson by 40, who woulda thunk?
Line ball now....

 

[Jimi]

I'm through. 7 points ahead with Thompson still playing.

 

[PowerForGood]

Got home 1733-1655!!!!!

 

[Tippaz]

i'm out 1408 v 1567

7 donuts was just too many

 

[tryonthis]

Managed to sneak home by 4 points. Extremely lucky.

Now that the byes are out of the way, it'll truly be "the better team won" from here onwards.

 

[Vincent Chase]

Still in it!

Him having Hargrave and Gibson helped.

 

[beez]

Survived another week although not very confident of progressing much further.

 

[Spider Klein]

got through with 1585,

Lucky draw as he was pretty crippled with Gaj, Gibbs, Ziebell, Hayes, Dale Thomas as his 5 mids.

I went hard to complete my team as soon as possible this year and If I bring in Swan I will complete my team. Hasve a few mid range keepers (Lake, Hargrave, Rockliff, Martin, Pavlich) but can't justify trading them out until later in year if lack of injuries permits.

So If I lose I will know I gave it a good crack.

 

[Cat for Life]

Still in as well, this is when it gets interesting with these stupid byes out of the way.