Blech's Eliminator Cup - 2012-13

why?

5-point deduction just for mouthing off again this week seems right....

i'll be back shortly. off to look at the scores.......

 

well, it looked like yet another tie, with Central Park Rangers and FC Weymouth squaring off on 47 points. fortunately for both of them, the self-proclaimed Sir Bigger Boat opened his pie-hole and started yapping not nice things about the "organiser" and promptly received a 5-point penalty. i'll confess that i hadn't thought about it before, but 5 points really does seem like the right number, since that's how many points he got from Fellaini's double gameweek and he never should have been allowed to drop him and then pick him back up. i know, i know, he'll come back with some retort about it not being his fault that he's head and shoulders above the rest of his league and, if we're lucky, he'll throw in a nice profanity-laced tirade about how he's looking forward to more competition in the future. or, maybe he won't have had any vino yet, and he'll say it more politely, but surely we'll find out soon enough.

interestingly, with those 5 points deducted, the rambling Australian looks to have dipped from 51 to a lowly 46 points. hmmm. quite the predicament.

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tempting as it is to boot the boat, i just don't have it in me. and, it's really not worth hearing him rant about it. and, it will really be so much better to let him back in and have the pressure of making it to the finish. so, in anticipation of the inevitable appeal that we would otherwise receive from Sir BB shortly, the 5-point penalty has been conditionally rescinded, with the conditions being that he drop and pick up Fellaini, Michu, and Cazorla at least 2 times each during the remaining 5 weeks of the season.

with that business out of the way, we return to CPR and FCW, stuck on 47. for those tracking stats at home, while there have been a number of ties this season, we have to go back to gameweek 23 to find the last one. that week ended up with 3 teams tied at 47, coincidentally the same number of points that will see departure this week. CPR, who has made a recent habit of living on the edge with danger zone visits in each of the last 4 gameweeks, was one of the 3 teams tied at 47 back in gw23. unfortunately, the tiebreaker falls the wrong way this time, and CPR is sent packing after having all of those Baines' captaincy points removed under the first tiebreaker. this was the 5th time this season that CPR scored 47 points in a week, but this week it ended up falling just short.

while CPR made it close with the benefit of the autocaptaincy shift to vice captain Baines, FCW sends out a warm thank you to Kevin Nolan, whose 4 points from autosub ended up providing the necessary margin for survival.

that leaves 5 teams. vegas, kopite, bigger boat, FCWeymouth, and WhataBunchofMuppets. carry on.

6. Cantral Park Rangers [47 points; gw33 (tiebreaker)]
7. Aviators [25 points; gw32]
8. blechs_dawgs [35 points; gw31]

 

Just going to say -- wow -- the scores are tight, everyone left has a piece of ManUnited and no one has any action riding on Villa:

WhataBunchofMuppets -- 30 + 2 + Rafael + RVP(c) (with next position on bench at 3 pts)
Vegas -- 35+ Vidic + Rooney (with 1 and 2 in next positions on bench)
Bigger Boat -- 37 + Vidic (or 6 from Cuellar)
Kopite -- 38 + Rafael + DaGea (c)
FCWeymouth -- 38+ 3 + Rooney (c)

Everyone except FCW has a piece of the United defense, with Kopite tripling down for good measure. A little bit of an unknown floats around as it is certainly possible that Vidic and/or Rafael end up not playing. In Rafael's case, he sat one of the gw33 games, while Vidic played both in gw33 but missed out in gw32. Best bets would have them in, but there are no guarantees in the land of SAF.

While this can shake out a number of different ways, Bigger Boat may be the one drifting aimlessly at sea if everyone plays. Given the points and coverage, the Boat has to be hoping that Vidic doesn't play and that United concedes, holding everyone else down while grabbing the 6 points currently resting on the bench. This scenario gives the Boat hope, but will still require that Rooney or RVP misfire to make it work.

While the title in clear view at this point, it doesn't feel like a particularly good day to be Villa, and I'm expecting a busy time for Brad Guzan.

 

15 to play.

Bigger Boat on 43 and Vegas on 42. The Boat will win the tie breaker, so what are odds that Rooney gets 2 BPs?

Kopite could drop to 44 if United concede a goal, but would then need a yellow or dropping a second goal in order for Juniors to drop back into the mix....

FCW and Whata are long since safe.

 

Game over. It is now in the hands of the bonus calculator.

 

5. Vegas Virgins [42 points; gw34]
6. Central Park Rangers [47 points; gw33 (tiebreaker)]
7. Aviators [25 points; gw32]
8. blechs_dawgs [35 points; gw31]

And, we're halfway through the final 8.

No magic for Vegas from the bonus points formula, as RVP steals the show and Giggs' 2 assists lock up the #2 spot. I had wondered if he might get something extra for the assist on a potential goal of the year volley, but it wasn't meant to be. Bigger Boat squeaks by without much room to spare, with a final tally of 43. The rest was FCW (51), Kopite (60), and WhataBunch (72).

With Vegas out, the entirety of Small is eliminated.