Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Hi! Did you miss me? I, of course, missed all of you very much. If anyone is interested, you can see my holiday snaps (note - if you're not a member of Flickr and one of my contacts, you won't actually see all the shots as some are private so join up and add me). A huge thanks to Kyle for looking after things in my absence, especially seeing as the other week there he had to try and find almost an entire squad.
Wills' course is cancelled tonight and he asked if there was a space - Foxy had a lot of stuff on so kindly agreed to give up his spot for William, to allow him to catch up. Andy is off work (sick I think) so isn't playing and Stu has a cold. I'm back and Ross is the tenth man.
I've updated the stats with the details from the games that were played in my absence. I also found a slight bug in the stats! Do you remember the 4v4 game that we decided shouldn't count? Well the guys that played in it got one added onto their number of games played as a wee thanks for playing. This was meant to be a bonus (so if you ever see someone who's total number of games is one more than the sum of their wins, losses and draws, this is why) but the bug meant that it actually reduced their POTY points. This has now been fixed and that, plus Alan's wins the last few weeks, actually puts him at the top of the table!
There are ten weeks or so to go until the end of the season (get your Xmas shopping started lads) so I'm going to try and give everyone the chance and getting up the table as much as possible. To make that as easy as possible, I've set up an automated way of picking the starting point for the teams. It's the old method we used where the Mince get players ranked 1, 4, 5, 8 and 10 and the Tatties get 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9. The only slight difference is that the rankings are purely based on points earned divided by games played which means when ringers are drafted in, they have an accurate rank. If you want, have a look at the entire spreadsheet to see how it all works.
As I said, that's just a starting point as some weeks, this method will just give us completely unbalanced teams and no one wants that, but as much as possible, I'm going to try stick to the formula as closely as I can.
Teams to follow shortly.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
A number of players seem to catch the Arsene Wenger 'selective vision' disease last night. Hope its better today.
Controversial or not I think the final result was a win by 2 goals to the Mince.
Iain and Jon should be back next week. Cheers again to Ross for playing, (But its 12 notes for you next time you play.)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Quick post because i am very busy,
Nearly all hardcore, Iain and Si are out as expected but Jon has also pulled out so Ross plays instead.
See you tonight. PS can someone bring a ball.
Note thats I have changed the teams around because i only have a blue top!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Pretty rubbish really. Only 1 team in it and they deserved there win.
Next week Iain is still out, As is Si. Other than that everyone should be back.
Thanks again to the guys who have stepped in.
I have no idea what the final score was so if anyone wants it changed then let me know.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Every man and his dog are out this week.
Iain - on holiday
Scott - don’t know why Iain told me last week
Martie - did some kind of walk which means he can’t play.
Gordo – Still in Poland
Si – Still injured
Foxy – visiting relatives
Andy – Going to watch coldplay.
out of the normal reserves.
Marc – on holiday
Rob and Ross – also watching coldplay
So in come Steven, Paul, Grant, and Campbell and up until 2.30 Gary but he pulled out so Dave, a nice chap from my Monday night game has agreed to play.
If it’s this hard next week I am giving up. 12 Hardcore and only 5 can play. Thanks in advance to the guys who have stepping in.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Not much to say about last night's game as I wasn't there but looking at the team selection, the result didn't surprise me.
If you've not heard, William is retiring from Fitbaw. He's going back to Uni to finish his accountancy degree at nights and one of those nights is a Wednesday so won't be able to make it for the next two years.
Although William has only been hardcore since 2007, he's actually been filling in a reserve capacity since 2004 and made his début in August that year so he's been around for a while.
William became known for his quick feet, pulling out the odd spectacular volley and not tracking back. This season, however, he added some defence to his game and so has only lose eight games to date leaving him clear at the top of the table.
So goodbye Wills - we hope to see you back some day. The only question now remains - should he be left at the top of the table? Or does his retirement mean he is removed?
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Firstly Happy first birthday to Kate today, just 15 more years and she’s legal and I will be making my move. I hope she looks like her mother though because she’s hotter than Iain. (Sorry mate)
Anyway the teams are up for what must surely be the biggest game being played in Scotland today.
Lots of regulars out so thanks to the all ringers who have stepped up. Being a true Scot I am going to the game tonight, the rest of you unpatriotic fools make me sick.
I expect Iain will update this later.
Kyle.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
"Attack from deep, at pace" was what we always strived for at rugby and it seems that that old adage may apply to fives as well. That Tatties did exactly that and, for me, that was the difference between the two sides. We would take the ball standing, play it wide and hope Andy or Ross could get a goal from there. When we did make good runs into space, they were well tracked, or if we did get a shot in, Scott or Alan were both making ridiculous saves. I look forward to your opinions in the MOTM.
Next week Martie is at the Scotland game, Gordo is in Poland for two weeks, it's Kate's first birthday so I'm off for that and Si is still injured. Foxy, Stuart and Kyle are back. Jon and Ross will hopefully be the replacements.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Kyle's on holiday, Stuart's moving house, Foxy's got family stuff on and Si's injured (and may not be back this year!). Jon and Ross make up the ten.
Now after last week's battling performance, I don't want the game to get out of control. Like this...
