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The Pieman is back for its 10th year in 2021. And with a difference.
In some of the nine years it has been running there has been a player who has surprised us all by getting games and kicking goals on a regular basis (eg Gowers, Vandermeer, Cordy). In those years the competition became very lopsided. The few who picked the bolter in the pre-season had the competition to themselves while the rest of us just looked on in frustration, hoping to salvage the odd Kelvin or two from the season.
Well not any more! When Bevo swings his next surprise selection we’ll be ready for him.
Also one of the perils of picking a team for the year was the possibility of losing players from your team due to long term injury, omission from the seniors, suspension or retirement. This misfortune used to leave many of us with a diminished team in some games, sometimes with no players at all! There was only one chance to correct this – the mid-season trade period. However by then it was often too late.
This problem has also been addressed in the new Pieman format.
Here's a summary of the changes:
The next three posts (placemarked) will provide the Pieman history, the 2021 rules and the handicaps for Round 1. I'll put them up in the next 24 hours or so.
As soon as the handicaps have been posted you can put in your entry.
Anyone can join any time!
In some of the nine years it has been running there has been a player who has surprised us all by getting games and kicking goals on a regular basis (eg Gowers, Vandermeer, Cordy). In those years the competition became very lopsided. The few who picked the bolter in the pre-season had the competition to themselves while the rest of us just looked on in frustration, hoping to salvage the odd Kelvin or two from the season.
Well not any more! When Bevo swings his next surprise selection we’ll be ready for him.
Also one of the perils of picking a team for the year was the possibility of losing players from your team due to long term injury, omission from the seniors, suspension or retirement. This misfortune used to leave many of us with a diminished team in some games, sometimes with no players at all! There was only one chance to correct this – the mid-season trade period. However by then it was often too late.
This problem has also been addressed in the new Pieman format.
Here's a summary of the changes:
- You can pick new players - or even an entire new team - every week
- The handicaps are revised according to form each week so there is no chance of anyone locking in a bolter with a huge handicap for the entire season
- There is no banker any more
- Instead of a banker you have the option to double up or even triple up on one of your players, however doubling up uses two of your five selections (and tripling up uses three selections). You can do this every week if you want.
- If you don’t want to change your picks each week (or if you forget to make your selections) you just leave them as they are – you will simply get last week’s picks. No need to post anything.
- In the event that one of last week’s players isn’t playing this week you will get a substitute player. The same applies if there is a late withdrawal of any of your selected players
- Because you will have all of your selections playing each week we are reverting to five players in each team - not the “best 4 out of 6" that we’ve had for the last few years
- As you are given the option to trade players every week there is no need for the Pieman mid-season trade period
- There is a 20 point bonus if you pick five different players for a match (ie no double-ups or triple-ups) and each of them kicks at least one goal.
The next three posts (placemarked) will provide the Pieman history, the 2021 rules and the handicaps for Round 1. I'll put them up in the next 24 hours or so.
As soon as the handicaps have been posted you can put in your entry.
Anyone can join any time!
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